2026-01-01 14:23:14

Looking back at the beginning of the year, in 2025 I tried many new things, and the biggest takeaway is: good investment opportunities and partners are not achieved overnight.

Choosing projects is like choosing people. What is truly valuable is not the initial return, but those assets that can accompany you for the long term—a reliable ecological partner, a promising protocol—often play a leverage role in every subsequent decision you make.

Things that come naturally usually have some real skills. Those investments that forcefully chase hot trends? Most of them end up as nutrients in the chives field. If you choose well, the entire 2026 profit chain will be different.

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ForkItAllDay

· 10h ago

Honestly, long-term tracks are the real gold and silver. Those chasing hot trends tend to die the fastest. Early discovery of good ecosystems can indeed double your returns. That's how I got through. Reliable partners are really worth more than initial returns, I’ve got that now. Choosing the wrong person is more costly than choosing the wrong project, I have deep experience with that. Opportunities that come naturally often have real barriers; forcing your way in usually results in heavy losses. By 2025, many trending projects are already silent, wasting time. Good targets indeed continue to perform well, I agree with this view.

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SmartMoneyWallet

· 10h ago

Basically, it’s the retail investors who chased Meme coins last year and suffered heavy losses. Only now do they understand what chip distribution means... Long-term holding is indeed strong, but the premise is that you must understand on-chain data; otherwise, choosing assets based on intuition is still gambling. Fund flow is the real truth. Those who claim to "find it naturally" might have already been布局 by whales behind the scenes... In 2025, many will follow the trend, but few will actually make money, mainly due to information asymmetry. Are ecological partners reliable? It depends on their wallet addresses. Anyone can tell a story.

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YieldHunter

· 10h ago

nah this is just survivorship bias talking... actually if you look at the data, most "long-term partners" just exit when the market dumps lmao correlation between early returns and sustainability? way closer to zero than this post suggests... degens love this narrative tho

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AirdropDreamer

· 10h ago

Really, those chasing the hot trends are all just leeks. I lost money this way in 2025. That's right, long-term partners are much more rewarding than short-term gains. Choosing projects is like gambling on people's character; this saying hits the mark. I feel like I was the one who forced the chase—what a blood, sweat, and tears lesson. Reliable protocols can indeed turn things around; the key is to be patient.

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UncleLiquidation

· 10h ago

These days... there's no rush, really. I've seen too many cases of people chasing the trend and getting burned. Long-termism is something everyone talks about now, but few can actually implement it. What they say is true. I've fallen flat on my face like that before. Now I take it slow, going with the flow, and the returns are actually more stable.

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MetaverseMigrant

· 11h ago

That's right, I went through the same in 2025. The early trend-following projects basically ended up in the water. Only later did I realize that the ones truly making money are those that can settle down and stay with you in the race. --- Choosing projects is about choosing people, that's spot on. I now prefer to invest in fewer projects but find partners who can continuously create value. --- Haha, the nutrients in the leek field are too harsh, haha. But it's true, how are the people chasing the trend now? --- Reliable ecological partners can really change the entire gameplay; I’ve experienced this deeply. --- Long-term targets > short-term returns, this mindset is correct. 2026 will definitely be different. --- Projects found by going with the flow have a much higher success rate. Those forced to chase all died. --- The leverage analogy is brilliant; a good protocol can really influence all subsequent decisions. --- I'm just too greedy now, wanting to try everything I see. I need to learn to let go. --- Choosing well is truly the starting point of the entire profit chain, not the end point.

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