Focus on self-interest, the filtering method of grand narratives

In online discussions, many readers have left messages asking about recent hot topics such as RWA, stablecoins, and tokenized stock trading.

These topics have been heavily hyped recently. I can see someone in my social circle posting major news related to these almost every day.

As a participant in these hot topics, what I want to share is:

I won't get too obsessed with grand narratives but will pay special attention to whether they relate to my own interests, how they relate to my own interests, and what I can do to make them relevant to my own interests.

What does this mean?

For anything, especially grand narratives, at my current stage (having moved past the romantic student era and entering society, seeking stability), if I find it hard to think about how it concerns my own interests, I will quickly discard it and not waste too much time on it.

For example:

Take RWA, stablecoins, and tokenized stocks, which many readers have mentioned. The biggest grand narrative surrounding these three topics is moving off-chain assets onto the chain, creating a 24/7 uninterrupted trading market, thereby establishing a global, continuous market.

This vision is indeed grand, but what does it have to do with me?

I don't engage in frequent trading, so continuous trading is not a point of interest for me.

For the offline assets and stocks I am currently interested in buying, I can already acquire them through legal means, so trading these assets on-chain is also not a point of interest for me.

There are also other divergent thoughts asking whether a 24/7 uninterrupted trading market could lead to new exchanges, new application scenarios, and new business models?

Then I would continue to ask: Are these new exchanges, new scenarios, and new models something I can invest in? Or can I participate in their creation?

Upon careful consideration, I find that I can see:

Coinbase is currently promoting its wallet, which integrates stablecoin payments and uses AI agents to complete various manual tasks;

Circle is a stablecoin issuer and is currently the largest compliant stablecoin public company issuer;

Robinhood is preparing to venture into stock token trading.

How much impact will these businesses have on their future revenue and net profit, and how do these compare to their current valuation? Is it appropriate to buy at this stage?

In addition, I am also interested in tokenizing private equity for trading on-chain, but this currently seems to require regulatory approval, and its future is uncertain.

One thing that is more certain is: if most of these scenarios occur within the Ethereum ecosystem, it will drive the price of Ethereum.

This example illustrates that I will pull myself out of the "grand" narrative and focus specifically on interests relevant to my current stage, thinking more from these interest perspectives to find opportunities.

Otherwise, discussing these grand narratives in a vague manner is purely bragging, chatting, or just watching the excitement.

The same reasoning applies to the recent news about stablecoins being discussed in Shanghai that other readers have asked about.

For this type of news, many media articles often talk extensively about how it relates to national rejuvenation, how it concerns the fate of the country, and how it affects Sino-U.S. competition, and then the articles just end after discussing these points.

What I am more concerned about is whether it will connect to my interests: Will this discussion lead to the free exchange of stablecoins and fiat currency?

If it does not lead to this result, then I will not waste too much time on such topics, nor will I spend time on such articles.