When the funding rate hits an extreme, I get itchy and want to take the other side of the trade, but every time I think of those past cross-chain incidents—thinking I was getting a bargain but ending up getting taught a lesson by the bridge—I first calm down for half a minute... Honestly, extreme situations are rarely given for free; someone is eager to pass the risk onto you.

If I hadn’t forced the trade back then and instead waited a couple of days for the volatility to pass, I might have paid much less in tuition. Now my approach is more cautious: either try with a small position, one I can afford to lose; or just not touch it at all, wait until the emotions settle down. Recently, there’s been a surge of stories about AI Agents doing automatic trading and on-chain interactions—sounds great, but no one talks about the safety details. If something really goes wrong, there might be no one to hold accountable... Anyway, I’d rather miss out than become a liquidity human cushion.