2026-01-19 15:26:25

Looking back at 2025, locking $COOKIE for a full year stands out as one of my biggest blunders.

Here's the thing everyone tipoes around—most people staking $COOKIE weren't actually chasing "governance power." Let's be honest, nobody was fooled by that narrative. The real draw was different, and we all knew it.

Beyond that, there's another hard truth: numerous MAF projects this cycle have turned into bloodbaths. The losses have been brutal. It's not just about one bad bet anymore—it's a pattern.

The gap between marketing promises and actual outcomes keeps widening. What looked solid on paper crumbled fast. That's the lesson 2025 taught me. Sometimes the safest move is recognizing when sentiment and reality have drifted too far apart.

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GhostInTheChain

· 6h ago

Locking for a year is really amazing; I was completely fooled by marketing hype. This round of the MAF project has died a terrible death; I should have seen through this set of rhetoric long ago.

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GasWastingMaximalist

· 23h ago

ngl Cookie that year was really a textbook-level rug pull, locking up assets for a year just for those empty promises... governance power? Laughable, who would believe that, it's just gambling on price increases MAF's entire ecosystem this year has been a mess, my friends have lost so much they doubt life itself That's right, projects that look good on paper all end up collapsing, the gap between marketing and reality... is becoming more and more absurd It seems the entire ecosystem has learned a set of skills: pie-in-the-sky promises + seamless cutting of losses

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TokenTherapist

· 23h ago

Haha, heal yourself, the COOKIE pit is really a bloody lesson. --- The MAF project has truly been a collective performance this year, the gap between promises on paper and reality... broke my defenses. --- Basically, it's just being brainwashed by marketing. I guess I woke up early. --- Governance power? Are you kidding? Anyone who believes that is a fool. --- The most profound lesson 2025 has taught me: when the gap between feeling and reality is too wide, run quickly. --- The feeling of an entire ecosystem collapsing, it's exhausting just to watch. --- Locking funds for a year and losing everything, but this time I guess I paid tuition. --- It feels like the entire narrative has collapsed. Who still brags about governance now... --- Got a reality check, indeed. Painful but reflective. --- Keep a proper mindset. This is the real Web3 course.

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OnchainSniper

· 23h ago

Haha, the COOKIE thing was really incredible. Locked in for a year just for that little bit of superficial governance rights? Who would believe it? MAF really underperformed this round, with one explosion after another. Those who lost everything are all here. It's not just bad luck anymore. The promises on paper are far from reality. It looked pretty good at first glance, but collapsed in no time. That's what 2025 has taught me.

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LightningLady

· 23h ago

The rhetoric about governance rights really nobody believes, it's just about chasing APY, everyone stop pretending. --- I also skipped the COOKIE trap, MAF this round is all blood letters, there's no way to play. --- The paper gains look good, but it crashes immediately after launch, this is probably a common problem since 2025. --- The gap between marketing and reality is so big, it was time to run. --- Feels like all staking projects are this way, governance rights are just a facade. --- Still optimistic or pessimistic, it's better to just go all-in on USDT to preserve capital. --- Another cycle of being slapped in the face, when will we see real projects? --- It's really common to see emotions detached from fundamentals. --- The bottom-fishing guys are really losing out this time, it's time to learn a lesson.

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