2026-01-14 00:41:52

Absolutely on point. When you compare working with large institutions versus dedicated investment funds, the core trade-off becomes crystal clear: you lose that critical continuity when your investor doesn't fully commit to the firm long-term.

It's the classic bind—you're stuck balancing between staying attractive to major players while protecting your operational stability. Neither choice feels completely right.

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BrokenDAO

· 4h ago

Short-term arbitrage vs long-term commitment by investors, this is a deadlock. Mechanism design cannot fundamentally save people from greed.

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LazyDevMiner

· 5h ago

NGL, this is the curse of Web3 fundraising. When big institutions come in, they're just here to harvest quick gains, not thinking about the long-term...

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AirdropHunter

· 5h ago

This is the reality. Big institutions fund quickly but are unreliable, small funds are steady but limited in capital... Being caught in the middle is the hardest.

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LayerZeroHero

· 5h ago

This is a typical flaw in incentive mechanism design. It has been proven that the difference in commitment depth between institutional investors and professional funds can directly affect the stability of the protocol.

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bridgeOops

· 5h ago

ngl this is the curse of Web3 fundraising. Big institutions are just harvesting retail investors and then pulling out, there's no such thing as long-term commitment.

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LiquidationWatcher

· 6h ago

ngl the institutional trap is real... been there when the money walked and positions imploded. health factor drops fast when your backer suddenly has "other priorities" 💀 protect your runway before it's too late, fr

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potentially_notable

· 6h ago

ngl this is the deadlock of Web3 financing. Big institutions come in to make quick profits and leave, small funds don't have that much ammunition... It's really the most uncomfortable being stuck in the middle.

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