2025-12-30 13:21:26

Recently, the user experience of decentralized exchanges has become almost as good as centralized exchanges. Many people are still hoping that a big industry figure will come back and make a splash again. Unexpectedly, they just casually spent $2 million to invest in the ASTER project for a test run, seemingly just for fun.

What’s the inside story? They have long achieved financial freedom and now prefer not to bear the pressure of entrepreneurship anymore. Their daily routine involves holding projects like GIGGLE, focusing on being an educator and passing on experience to newcomers. This state of mind is indeed enviable.

From the perspective of technological progress in DEXs, innovations such as liquidity mining, optimization of AMM mechanisms, and cross-chain aggregation are gradually narrowing the gap with CEXs. Some choose to lie flat, while others continue to tinker within the crypto ecosystem. Each to their own choice.

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just_vibin_onchain

· 20h ago

A simple $2 million investment, and this is what freedom feels like Lying flat teaching is truly amazing, I want to choose this way too DEX can really compete now, why are there still people criticizing it

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MissingSats

· 20h ago

2 million USD is all about playing, this is the gap.

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BlockchainDecoder

· 20h ago

According to research, this big shot's investment behavior pattern actually reflects an interesting economic phenomenon— from the researcher's perspective, early entrepreneurs tend to shift to lower-risk arbitrage strategies after achieving financial freedom. Investing 2 million USD in ASTER is more of a signaling mechanism rather than a strategic layout. It is worth noting that the technological convergence of DEX and CEX cannot be simply measured by feature parity. From a technical architecture perspective, the fundamental differences in settlement layers still exist— the asynchronous settlement characteristic of the former determines that it cannot fully replicate the trading experience of CEX. Speaking of which, GIGGLE's position choices are quite interesting. Based on crypto asset allocation theory, this kind of low-liquidity token portfolio strategy usually indicates a greater emphasis on ecosystem participation rather than price discovery. In summary, the choices between lying flat and hustling actually reflect different definitions of risk preference functions— there is no absolute right or wrong.

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GasFeeCryer

· 20h ago

2 million USD as pocket money to play around with, I just can't understand it in my lifetime --- Lying flat is really the ultimate goal of winners, why bother after achieving financial freedom --- DEX is now basically similar to CEX in experience, thanks to internal competition --- That big shot is now just a wealthy educator, while we're still losing hair over gas fees --- Spending 2 million just like that is indeed a bit outrageous, but they earn outrageously too --- I've never heard of projects like GIGGLE, but it sounds like a game for leisure money to find fun --- Some people are suited for entrepreneurship, others for enjoying the results; that's true intelligence --- Cross-chain aggregation is really changing the game, a DEX comeback is hopeful

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OneBlockAtATime

· 20h ago

Investing $2 million casually, really just having so much idle money that there's nowhere to put it But on the other hand, lying flat as an educator doesn't seem that boring, at least it's more comfortable than staring at the market every day DEX is really competitive now, the liquidity mining gameplay has long been exhausted Everyone is financially free, who still wants to grind at startups? If I had these conditions, I would have retired to watch the sea long ago Projects like GIGGLE... well, whether the signals are reliable or not, let's not comment for now

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