Everyone, put down the bowls in your hands! Go check the ETH weekly chart immediately!
A nearly two-year 'inverse head and shoulders' giant structure is about to be completed——this is not what I say, it’s what the candlestick has drawn itself. Familiar? Before the surge in 2021, a similar pattern appeared, but the order was reversed.
History does not simply repeat itself, but often carries the same rhymes. Let me say this: Ethereum and its altcoin brothers' frenzied supplementary surge may have entered the countdown.
But don't rush to go ALL IN——because this time, the strategies of whales and smart money are completely different from three years ago.
Yes, the technical chart is indeed beautiful enough to be enticing. Once the right shoulder confirms a breakout, the upper space may open up, and an astonishing chase may indeed be on the way. ‘Hold on!’—this is what I want to say too.
However, seasoned traders should remember how many people were excited about the graphs in the last cycle, only to be completely washed out during the intense fluctuations? The other side of a surge must be equally intense volatility and pullbacks. Are your positions and mindset truly ready to embrace this level of rollercoaster?
More importantly, if you are betting all your assets on the expectation of a highly volatile one-sided rise, can you really sleep at night?
The truly smart money is doing one thing: they are no longer going all in on one direction but using part of their funds to chase potential high returns while using another part to build a ‘cash flow foundation’ that is ‘rock solid regardless of bull or bear markets.’
This is the ultimate strategy to survive to the next cycle in the crypto world.
Speaking of ‘stable foundation,’ I must mention a protocol I have recently researched deeply and started to lay out—@lista_dao.
What it addresses is the most painful point at present: while eager to capture the potential gains of high-volatility assets like ETH, how to ensure a portion of assets continuously generates stable income, hedging risks, and being fully under your control.
Simply put, ListaDAO is a decentralized liquidity staking and stablecoin lending protocol. Its core ace is its #USD1 investment strategy, the best strategy in ListaDAO.
It’s not like you simply store coins on an exchange; instead, it allows you to:
Stake assets like ETH to obtain liquidity staking tokens without missing out on potential price increases.
Use these staked assets as collateral to borrow stablecoins pegged 1:1 to the dollar, $USD1, with almost no liquidation risk.
Invest these $USD1 into the ecosystem's ‘stablecoin savings pool’, thereby earning continuous, transparent stable income.
This creates a perfect hedging cycle:You maintain exposure to ETH's explosive growth while, through the stablecoin strategy, you gain a cash flow that resists volatility and downturns. When the market is crazy, you remain calm; when the market crashes, you have continuous interest as ‘ammunition’ for rebalancing.
Why is ListaDAO's strategy particularly worth paying attention to at this moment?
Because if ETH really starts a big market movement, on-chain activities, lending demands, and staking demands will all grow explosively. As infrastructure, the lending demand and yield level of stablecoins in the ListaDAO ecosystem are likely to rise accordingly. This means the stable income you gain through it could be more attractive than during market calm periods.
$LISTA As the governance token of the protocol, its value is deeply tied to the vibrant development of the entire ecosystem. The more users there are, the larger the locked amount, and the safer and more efficient the protocol becomes, the stronger its long-term value foundation.
So, this is not just a tool for ‘stability,’ but a smart platform that allows you to ‘ride two boats’ and simultaneously enjoy the growth dividends of the crypto market (whether from volatile growth or stable income growth). It shifts you from ‘gambling-style investment’ to ‘structured asset allocation.’
So, stop just staring at the candlestick charts fantasizing about tenfold or hundredfold returns.
The real winners have already begun to build a balanced asset matrix. Use part of your position to chase the stars like ETH, while using protocols like @lista_dao to build a solid fortress in your back that continuously generates cash flow.
Whether the bull market comes or not, you can remain calm. This is the way of the wise in 2024.
