one thing that's been pretty clear is retail (even though we are all retail) has been cooked, deep-fried, and chop-sueyed anytime they try to touch crypto from following ultra large account engagement farmers first, to then getting into the whole "bid the daily runner and never stop clicking", to now allegations of insider trading with DATs (and in some case literal public flexing of insider trading) it makes sense people aren't interested in the industry this shift back to "good" coins is a win though imo. culture-wise the pnl screenshots are still lame but collectively prioritizing research, good spots, good teams, patience, and incentive alignment i think is a good cleanse from where we were months ago with the "you have 3 hours to retire your blood line, click memescope and bid all the new daily runners"

think ansem and threadguy are good stewards as the largest accounts in our space rn and a fan of how tg is operating counterparty rn with emphasis on patience, good spots, and optimism. and you can like him or not but ansem delivers his thoughts really well and does it for free shifting ct back to a space where people share thoughts and thinking instead of just outcome-sharing i think is a big change for the better

to me this is all a positive cleanse and culture shift back to fundamentals, basics, and learn-maxxing (which everyone should always be learn-maxxing)