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深潮TechFlow|2月 04, 2026 10:17
Sapce Review | When the Tide recedes, the Survival Logic of Longtermism and TRON Ecological Practice in the Wave Field When the rising tide recedes, the market faces a real test. In the continuous downward trend, short-term narratives gradually become ineffective, and more and more projects are exposing weaknesses that are difficult to cross the cycle. The real test is quietly approaching. Without incremental funding, emotional premium, and narrative gradually becoming ineffective, what does a project or ecosystem rely on to cross the cycle? The answer is: sustained, genuine, and value building that does not rely on market sentiment. Even during periods of overall market downturn, we can still see such an ecosystem in action. Taking TRON as an example, its ecosystem has not stagnated due to market fluctuations: from the heavy launch of SUN's Chinese brand "Sun Wukong", to JST launching its second repurchase and destruction, and then to the full launch of the AINFT AI service platform, these actions collectively outline an ecological landscape that is still actively being constructed and advancing across multiple lines. The multi line practice of TRON in the wave field reveals two key points of long termism at present: the infrastructure of AI and the structural resilience of DeFi. This SunFlush roundtable focuses on these two dimensions and explores in depth the conditions that ecological crossing of cattle and bears should possess? And the practice of TRON in AI infrastructure and DeFi track. The following is a review of the essence of this Space round table discussion. The three major conditions for ecological crossing of cattle and bears: healthy operation, cost advantage, and endogenous circulation. Against the backdrop of a sluggish market and tight liquidity, a series of once hot phenomena are beginning to recede. This has prompted industry participants to calm down and examine a core question: when the noise dissipates, which ecological designs can withstand the cold instead of relying solely on seasonal prosperity? Regarding this core issue, Crypto.0824 explicitly stated in the discussion that long termism is essentially a result of system design. He summarized the ability to truly cross the ecology of cows and bears into two conditions that must be met simultaneously: firstly, infrastructure must still operate healthily at low activity levels, and its economic model should not rely on high trading volume to maintain, which is the underlying logic of anti cyclical behavior. Secondly, the cost structure must be transparent and extremely low, which constitutes a key competitive advantage in a bear market where users are extremely sensitive to expenses. OxPink further starts from the ecological "stress resistance" and "internal circulation" capabilities, pointing out that the core of infrastructure with true resilience lies in its ability to maintain the cyclic operation of internal system functions in an environment lacking external emotions and traffic. He emphasized that the test of the market downturn stage is not grand narratives, but whether the ecosystem truly addresses the real needs of users. Miya used the TRON ecosystem as an example to illustrate this mechanism: through highly competitive low transaction fees, the TRON ecosystem continues to attract and deposit a huge amount of stablecoin traffic, which not only forms the cornerstone of network usage, but also naturally transforms into DeFi activities, further consolidating trust and forming brand effects, thus constructing a self reinforcing closed loop that continuously converts "real usage" into "network value". The operation of this endogenous engine does not rely on short-term price fluctuations in the token market, but is rooted in sustainable real on chain behavior and user needs. In summary, the insights of the three guests progress layer by layer, together outlining a complete picture of the ecological cycle that transcends: it begins with systematic design (healthy operation, low cost, high autonomy), hones in endogenous stress resistance and cycling ability, and ultimately validates in a practical closed loop that transforms real use into lasting value. When these factors work together, ecology can build lasting resilience beyond short-term prosperity in market fluctuations. Countercyclical construction and value discovery: From the perspective of the TRON ecosystem, the long-term practice in bear markets is based on the theoretical framework of crossing cycles mentioned above. The TRON ecosystem provides a key practical sample. When the market as a whole falls into a downturn, the TRON ecosystem continues to promote infrastructure construction such as AI and DeFi. These actions themselves provide the most direct observation window for how "long termism should be implemented", and also lead the discussion from theoretical deduction to concrete practice. Why has AI become a bear market mainline? The countercyclical implications of wavefield AINFT suggest that when the market enters a downturn, the AI track becomes the focus against the trend. The guest discussion pointed out that this is not simply a sector rotation, but an active screening of the real value by the market after the liquidity recedes. The bear market has become a touchstone, filtering out short-term hotspots that rely on narrative and allowing underlying innovations with long-term value to emerge. The TRON ecosystem's decision to officially launch the AINFT AI service platform at this time is a proactive response to this trend. It is not only a technological layout for the AI track, but also a practical response to a fundamental proposition: what kind of innovation can dare and persist in construction in the trough of the cycle. AnDY, the head of HI Labs, stated that AI's return to the main line is not a new round of trend switching, but an inevitable result of market screening. When the market recedes, the model of relying solely on emotions and subsidies becomes unsustainable, and AI, as a tool that can improve efficiency and reduce costs, highlights its practical value. It does not require market evidence, and its ability to cross cycles will be naturally validated in a cooled market. It is precisely in this logic that the launch of the AINFT AI service platform has symbolic significance. The platform is not a single model, but an open service network integrating multiple mainstream big language models, aiming to provide developers and users with stable and accessible AI capabilities on the chain. By lowering the threshold and cost of use, it enables AI tools to truly integrate into daily on chain interactions, content generation, and data analysis scenarios, becoming a "usable infrastructure" in the encrypted world. This practice itself is the best interpretation of the long termism that 'instrumental value is superior to narrative hype'. How does DeFi cross cycles? The in-depth analysis of the resilience of the wave field ecological structure, which emphasizes the importance of "instrumental value" and "endogenous demand", not only defines the role of AI in bear markets, but also constitutes the underlying philosophy of DeFi ecology. The DeFi system of TRON, with its continuous operation and real user accumulation, has become a vivid example of interpreting "anti cyclical". The guests proceeded around this example, dismantling the key resilience logic layer by layer. Crypto.0824 points out that the key to the DeFi system of TRON's ability to cross cycles lies in "low friction and real-world driving". He observed that many bull market DeFi projects essentially rely on high APY designs to attract liquidity, and their model is similar to a capital game, where once market sentiment recedes or incentives decrease, the entire system becomes unsustainable. In sharp contrast, the TRON DeFi ecosystem has always been built around real and high-frequency on chain needs such as stablecoin exchange, staking, and lending. It does not rely on "incentive binding" to users, but instead retains them by becoming the most practical and economical natural choice. Wang Feng Anc and OxPink further supplement the key dimension of user experience. They believe that the reason why TRON DeFi can cross cycles is because it provides a burden free experience of "open and use, use and go, but come back repeatedly". It does not deliberately package complex financial models, but focuses on serving a massive number of real on chain behaviors, thereby accumulating the most solid user base. Sweet demonstrated the effectiveness of this structure with specific data: even during periods of market fatigue, the TRON protocol maintained stable profitability, with total revenue exceeding $216 million in January alone. Its leading DeFi protocol, JustLend DAO, also maintained a stable TVL of approximately $6 billion, and lending rates remained in a healthy range. At the same time, the TRON ecosystem is not only satisfied with financial resilience, but also feeds back the development achievements to the community through governance mechanisms. As of now, the governance token JST has completed two rounds of repurchase and destruction, with a cumulative destruction amount of over 1 billion tokens, accounting for 10.96% of the total supply. In addition, (SUN. io) has also established a mechanism for repurchasing and destroying tokens from protocol revenue. As of now, the cumulative destroyed quantity has exceeded 650 million SUN. These continuous value feedback and deflationary practices not only strengthen the economic model of tokens, but also clearly demonstrate the determination of the ecosystem to share long-term development value with the community, from the sustainable income capacity of the agreement to the active value management of multiple tokens within the ecosystem. These facts collectively indicate that the ecological structure represented by TRON, rooted in real demand and possessing closed-loop value feedback, not only demonstrates resilience against volatility in bear markets, but also accumulates a solid value foundation at the bottom, and reserves sufficient elasticity for market recovery. From this, it can be seen that the key to crossing cycles lies in building a structure that is rooted in real needs and has a value loop, as practiced in the TRON ecosystem of wavefield. This is not only the way to survive in a bear market, but also the fundamental logic for continuously creating value.
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