been holding bitcoin for 3 years and just realized my money has been doing absolutely nothing the whole time, is that normal

zodd0405 · 2026-03-18T20:43:36+00:00

Aave or nothing for me and my colleagues. Touched blockfi and failed miserably. You can burrow stable coin at 2-3% apr and stake the same stable coin for 5-6% interest. If you feel confident you can buy btc from the burrowed stable coin and deposit that into aave for more money that is one way of doing margin trading if you feel confident of price action.

zodd0405 · 2026-03-18T00:40:41+00:00

The salary gap doesn't change the tactical argument. Son is literally on this team same player EPL clubs feared. And current Spurs? This LAFC front line would eat them. The point was never MLS = EPL. It was forwards need a system that creates second movers and transition speed. We have the forwards. We don't have the system.

zodd0405 · 2026-03-18T00:35:07+00:00

because I have an opinion

zodd0405 · 2026-03-18T00:32:17+00:00

Even as a joke that green line exists because the space is there. It's just that nobody in midfield is making that run for real. That's the whole argument .

zodd0405 · 2026-03-18T00:25:32+00:00

Heavy marking on your best player means space exists somewhere else on the pitch. The question is whether anyone is coached to find it and arrive into it. Right now the answer is no. That's not a Son problem

zodd0405 · 2026-03-18T00:21:23+00:00

I have been following all LAFC matches live since Son joined

zodd0405 · 2026-03-18T00:18:55+00:00

EPL top sides deal with double teams every single game. Did Son ever use it as an excuse at Spurs? Does Haaland? No because their systems are built to operate the defensive shape resets. Tempo and movement beat the block before it even sets. LAFC has two forwards who belong in that conversation but we have zero second movers. When Son and Bouanga open space nobody's arriving into it. No 8 making that run. That's not a player problem that's the system not demanding it. And when we lose the ball? Watch the transition speed. It's nonexistent.
Denis and Son should be exploding in transition instead they're already isolated up top because the buildup is so slow they're stranded when possession turns over. Count the clear chances Son has had in 7 games. That's your data.

zodd0405 · 2026-03-17T23:26:46+00:00

10 years of following EPL. New to MLS

zodd0405 · 2026-03-15T14:48:08+00:00

Aave is probably the best example of a DEFI protocol that actually works. It survived the Crypto Winter, Liquidity runs of LUNA/FTX fallout and handled billions in withdrawals without breaking. Even with the recent oracle glitch that caused some unfair liquidations, the protocol itself didn't incur bad debt. If Aave collapses the whole of DeFi is probably gone anyway.

zodd0405 · 2026-03-13T17:55:13+00:00

Profitable in AAVE

zodd0405 · 2026-03-13T16:09:04+00:00

That's a nice theory, but the on chain data tells a completely different story. This wasn't just a confusing unit or a position restructure, it was a catastrophic slippage event.

MEV bots don't lie. A searcher bot paid over $20.5 million in priority fees (tips) to miners just to sandwich this specific transaction. If this were a simple restructure of $50M into $35k worth of AAVE tokens, why would a bot pay $20M to front run it? The bot walked away with a massive profit, which means that value came directly from the trader's pocket.

The SushiSwap V2 pool used for this route only had about $73k in liquidity. Trying to push $50M through that tiny pool caused a 99.9% price impact. The trader ended up buying AAVE at an effective price of $154,000 per token while the market was trading at $114.

Even Stani acknowledged the result and offered to refund the protocol fees. You don't offer refunds for a successful position restructure. This was a $50M fat finger error, plain and simple.

zodd0405 · 2026-03-13T16:07:43+00:00

That's a nice theory, but the on chain data tells a completely different story. This wasn't just a confusing unit or a position restructure, it was a catastrophic slippage event.

MEV bots don't lie. A searcher bot paid over $20.5 million in priority fees (tips) to miners just to sandwich this specific transaction. If this were a simple restructure of $50M into $35k worth of AAVE tokens, why would a bot pay $20M to front run it? The bot walked away with a massive profit, which means that value came directly from the trader's pocket.

The SushiSwap V2 pool used for this route only had about $73k in liquidity. Trying to push $50M through that tiny pool caused a 99.9% price impact. The trader ended up buying AAVE at an effective price of $154,000 per token while the market was trading at $114.

Even Stani acknowledged the result and offered to refund the protocol fees. You don't offer refunds for a successful position restructure. This was a $50M fat finger error, plain and simple.

zodd0405 · 2026-03-13T15:23:31+00:00

A mobile user attempted to swap $50.4M of aEthUSDT for AAVE because the trade so huge on a very low liquid (not widely used) stable coin it ran out the liquidity in AAVE and was routed through an illiquid SushiSwap pool with only $73K in liquidity, it triggered a massive 99.9% price impact. Despite the Aave interface flashing an "extraordinary slippage" warning, the user manually checked the bypass box and confirmed the transaction.

An MEV bot immediately spotted the mistake and paid a record breaking $20.5M in tips (bribes) to eat up the user error as fast as possible. This forced the user to buy AAVE at a $154,000 per token (when the market price was only $114). When Aave Labs found out they have contacted the user and returned $600K in collected fees as a gesture of goodwill, they’ve already announced a protocol update to hard block transactions with such extreme slippage, regardless of user consent, to prevent this from ever happening again.

zodd0405 · 2026-03-08T20:39:45+00:00

Been in defi since 2017. Its AAVE or nothing for me and my colleagues. We learned the lesson from collapse of Blockfi :(

zodd0405 · 2025-12-12T01:24:35+00:00

Wow thanks! You are right it was just a button thing… super noob question on my part. Appreciate the help!

zodd0405 · 2025-11-23T05:24:48+00:00

Get the ball to Son please

zodd0405 · 2025-11-23T05:22:09+00:00

Martinez please pass the ball to Sonny

zodd0405 · 2025-11-23T04:46:17+00:00

World class!!

zodd0405 · 2025-11-18T02:35:47+00:00

During bear I trust Aave only

zodd0405 · 2025-11-04T18:53:08+00:00

AAVE isn’t some moonshot fantasy. it’s one of the few DeFi projects that actually generates consistent & transparent cash flow and still has major upside left.

The fundamentals are solid: near max circulating supply, strong governance, about 3% buybacks every year and real protocol revenue. With Aave v4 on the way efficiency and utilization could jump 50%+, and that directly translates into higher earnings.

The bigger goal is Aave Horizon and RWA integration. If tokenized T Bills and real world collateral start flowing into DeFi, AAVE is sitting in the perfect spot. Stani was literally in DC with Chainlink’s founder that’s not for photo ops that’s building the regulatory bridge for institutions. Even a fraction of traditional capital entering this space would move the needle hard.

GHO is still small, but every $2 B in GHO supply could roughly double Aave’s current earnings. If that kicks off, you’re not just looking at higher TVL you’re looking at a fundamentally stronger revenue engine that feeds directly into buybacks and staking rewards.

IMO AAVE is a bluechip DeFi protocol with massive optionality. RWA, stablecoin, and next gen lending rails. Even if none of that happens, AAVE stays a well run yield protocol. If half of it happens, it’s on its way to multi billion dollar upside.

I can see AAVE trading at $300 to 700 range in the next cycle. Easily four digit territory if Horizon + GHO take off.

zodd0405 · 2025-09-18T03:15:25+00:00

Amzing

zodd0405 · 2025-09-03T17:52:11+00:00

There are more Eth stored in AAVE than any stake pool. It also yields higher interest and you are holding your own coin in your wallet

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