This morning, I opened my phone and the margin call notification shattered my sleep—"BTC has fallen below 85,000, your position has been forcibly liquidated." My head was buzzing; this is the third time this week.

The group was filled with cries of despair. Lao Wang posted a screenshot showing his SOL long position vanishing in a 4% plunge. But interestingly, Ah Kai remained very calm. He said he had converted one-third of his position into stablecoins yesterday, and this wave he was able to withstand completely.

At that moment, I truly understood— in a waterfall market, how much you’ve earned in the past doesn’t really matter. The key is how many chips you still have left after the plunge to continue fighting.

An analyst once said that Bitcoin might return to $10,000. Three months ago, no one believed it. But now, as BTC really breaks below support levels and various tokens bleed out, this fear becomes tangible. However, I learned a deeper lesson from Ah Kai’s story: true risk management isn’t about accurately predicting where the bottom is, but about having bullets left to fight back no matter how low it drops.

This is the core value of stablecoins during a crash cycle—they are not a safe-haven tool, but your strategic reserve. They don’t predict market direction; they prepare for all possibilities. When others are forced to exit due to liquidation, you can use stablecoins to buy the dip on those high-quality tokens that were wrongly killed.

Looking back at this round of market, the main positive catalysts have basically been fulfilled: ETF approval, institutional entry, policy support… all these cards have been played. What remains is only the primal supply and demand game. At this moment, the value of stablecoins becomes even more apparent—they tell you in a simple yet powerful way what true wisdom really is.