QuantizedDaydream

Yesterday, I came across a bunch of "high APY" yield aggregators again. My first reaction wasn't excitement, but to open the contract address and take a look... To put it simply, APY is just the result; what really matters is which pool the money is being put into, how many layers of proxy contracts are used, whether there are upgrade permissions, and whether the returns are just built up from short-term subsidies. These are the true counterparties. Recently, the staking unlocks and token unlock calendar have been brought up every day, and everyone is anxious about selling pressure. I'm actual

Recently, the funding rate has skyrocketed to ridiculous levels. My first reaction isn't "fight the other side," but rather to reduce my position a bit first. To put it simply, extreme funding rates mean everyone is crowding at the door on the same side; theoretically, doing the opposite would be more profitable, but in practice, slippage, liquidations, and chain reactions of stop-losses are too exhausting. Even backtests look good, they can't withstand real-time market chaos.
My current approach is: avoid if possible, keep a small tentative position as a "thermometer," and if I do end up on t