The UNI token burn proposal vote has attracted attention, and both technical and news aspects seem to complement each other perfectly. However, a decade of trading experience has taught me a harsh truth — when all eyes are focused in the same direction, it often means a trap is just around the corner.

My approach is this: when UNI surges, I don’t greedily add positions; instead, I take profits in stages and then move that capital into USDD. This isn’t bearish on UNI; frankly, it’s a hedge.

In the face of such high-uncertainty voting games, putting all your eggs in one basket is essentially naked betting. So I built a barbell strategy — one end holding highly volatile UNI to enjoy potential huge gains; the other end holding stable assets like USDD to ensure that even if the market swings wildly, the foundation of the portfolio remains solid.

Why choose USDD as the ballast? In extreme market conditions (such as a sudden plunge caused by an unexpected voting failure), what you need is truly “censorship-resistant, zero-slippage” liquidity assurance. USDD is pegged to the dollar, not relying on any centralized institution. In a crypto world full of black swans, this feature is the last lifeline.

Deeper logic suggests that holding USDD itself is a smarter form of offense — it provides you with the capital to survive until the next opportunity arises. Don’t let a single voting outcome hijack your entire fate. The real skill in trading is never about precisely predicting ups and downs, but about building a system that allows you to sleep soundly regardless of how the market unfolds.