I asked “if the chain goes down, does your coin still go up?”.
2026-08-26 15:07 UTC – I defined FDV as “Felt Daily Value”.
The advice to CT is to detach from coin prices first before proceeding.
Detaching from price signals helps uphold the high standards we discussed with @tyinlife.
I argued that short‑selling early‑stage projects can be lucrative but ethically damaging, likening it to “killing a baby”.
shorting.early_projects.financial_reward = lucrative
shorting.early_projects.moral_warning = "like killing a baby"
2026-08-04 19:24 UTC – I argued that price should not be assumed to always increase; that is not true price discovery.
Hyperliquid is a good strawman to say: see that went well for retail.
These examples illustrate that price discovery can involve prices moving downwards or staying stable, not just perpetual upward trajectories. retail risk and public price discovery provides a broader context.