As a Chicago-based financial anthropologist, I watched the numbers dance—6.51% swings, 0.041887 USD prices, 103k trades—and realized these aren’t just market data. They’re echoes of trust eroded by algorithmic pressure. This is not about profit maximization. It’s about what we lose when we join a movement that measures value in silence. I write this not to sell, but to soothe the digital burnout haunting DeFi’s soul.