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Over the past couple of days, I’ve been seeing a bunch of PFPs pushing memberships and doing collabs, and they make it sound an awful lot like, “Buy it and you get into the circle.” To be blunt, for long-term value I care more about execution: how the benefits are actually implemented, whether they can keep delivering over time, and whether the rules stay consistent—today one set, tomorrow another. If you rely only on a profile picture as a ticket, once attention moves on, all you’re left with is an image. On-chain, though, they’ll always remember you when you took the leap…
That kind of Meme/celebrity call-driven rotation is also pretty obvious lately. When things are hot, you can explain anything; when it cools off, all that’s left is emotion. I’d rather treat it as a short-term attention asset—maybe try a small position for experience at most—and not act like the “community” comes with any kind of risk-free promise. Before going to sleep, I think delayed actions and delayed execution of trades feel more real—so for now, I’ll leave it at that.