For those of you in the crypto world, have any of you ever been to a market day in northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu, southern Shandong, or eastern Henan? The hustle and bustle of everyday life there is hard to find anywhere else in China. Once you’ve been to one of the big markets in these areas, you’ll understand why this part of the country has produced emperors since ancient times! People here seem born with a mix of wisdom and grit, and a hexagram-like temperament: able to bend without breaking.