Today just reinforced my belief: staking tokens? Negative expected value 99% of the time.

Grabbed 107k $U tokens from Union, immediately threw them all into prestaking. Peak value? Hit $3k. Then reality kicked in—watched it bleed out to barely anything. Classic move, right?

Here's what nobody tells you upfront: locking up your assets sounds brilliant on paper until the token tanks harder than your commitment. The opportunity cost? Brutal. Could've traded those swings, could've exited near the top. Instead? Stuck holding bags while the charts nosedive.

Staking rewards mean zilch when the underlying asset craters 80%. Do the math—those extra tokens don't cover squat when each one's worth pennies. Hard lesson learned.