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Long overdue, but finally launched a $DOGS holders chat. Planning to share more updates and inside scoop in there. The team has already joined, you need to be a $DOGS token holder to get in. A couple of places might be available for those who have done something extraordinary for the project.

Let's raid the comments on this tweet 🦴🦴🦴 It's gotta be the bone 🦴 https://x.com/TONMemeRepublic/status/1988926957409693705?s=20

Every little good deed matters ☺️

Which channels are the most influential on TON?

DOGS stronger together 📅 October 24th | 13:00 UTC Join an all-DOG AMA together with: Neiro | BabyDoge | SUNDOG and @dogs https://x.com/i/spaces/1OdKrOYMgryGX

TG Tools powered by $BUILD is among the most straight-forward no bullshit projects out there. Identifying gaps in the TG tools and fixing it through simple clean software that is really easy to use. Access has been incredibly for private chats (including some of the sticker-gated chats). Now it's time for contests. Should $DOGS launch a contest there in parallel with our own website?

Glad to see more IRL events involving sticker holders. You might even spot some DOGS merch here and there 🫨🐶

This is probably one of the most important updates from $DOGS in a while. And I really don't want you to miss it. I will try to explain it here in a more boring (but possibly easier to digest) way. $DOGS want to fund projects and ideas directly from inside the community. We want to support the go-getters who know how to pull these off themselves. If you want to go to your local orphanage or animal shelter and help - apply. If you are an artist and want to create an art object, a mural, a statue or anything else related to $DOGS - apply. If you are a sportsperson who wants to ride a wave, climb mt Everest or jump off a cliff (safely) while representing $DOGS - apply. If you want to do something that helps spearhead the DOGS mission - apply. We have done this in the past but thought we should systemize it further so every idea can turn into reality. Furthermore, we wat to support the causes close to the community's heart. Some examples of previous community-lead projects: Sports | Charity 1 | Charity 2 | Charity 3 (and many-many-many more) This can be you. This should be you. This will be you. Just apply.

Will share some updates and thoughts here 🥳 https://x.com/toncommunityhq/status/1978170738063380817

New biweekly show on the future of Web-3 gaming has landed. NOT Games x Wagmi Hub The first episode featured such legends as On the YES side: wab.eth (Sappy Seals), Anton (Sleepagotchi), Andrew Saunders (frequency, ex-Arbitrum), Sergey (Notcoin) On the NO side: Curtis Lepore, Scott Foo (ex-peaq), Evgeny (Zerion), Jarod (WAGMI Hub)

This is cognitive dissonance resolution — the mind re-balancing your past actions with your current beliefs, so you don’t feel like an idiot. But the cost is accuracy. You lose the lesson in exchange for comfort. Which is why you’re now saying:

“Next time I’ll wait and long the bottom.”

So What Should We Actually Do? - Acknowledge our human limits. Your brain will lie to you. Constantly. But if you expect the deception, you’re less likely to follow it. - Study your own behavior, not just the chart. Ask: What did I feel during the crash? What did I think I saw? Where did my conviction collapse? That’s where your next edge is. Not in a fantasy 50x long. - Focus on a robust long-term strategy.

On psychological traps behind the fantasy of “I should’ve bought the bottom with 100x leverage” Over the weekend just as many peeps out there, I kept asking myself the same question. “What if?” Especially once the market sort of bounced back. Then I decided to look at what behavioral scientists said about similar situations with stock traders. Turns out, Prospect Theory is indeed applicable to the myths and psychological reasons behind the whole “Coulda - shoulda - woulda” of crypto trading. “I Would’ve Bought the Bottom” — No, You Wouldn’t Have The market nuked and bounced in a matter of minutes. And now comes the chorus:

“Bro if I had just longed the bottom with 50x…” “It was so obvious in hindsight.” “Could’ve printed life-changing money.”

But you didn’t. Let’s talk about why that fantasy is almost never true — not because you’re dumb, but because you’re human. And humans are wired to remember selectively, predict poorly, and misjudge both past and future pain. The Fantasy Timeline vs. The Real One In the fantasy timeline, you wait patiently, emotions in check, spot the exact ATL, size your position perfectly, crank the leverage, and ride a clean bounce straight into early retirement. In the real timeline, here’s what happens: - You think it’s the bottom - You enter too early - You get liquidated - You repeat this 2–3 times - You either give up or have no capital left by the time the real bottom arrives (certain variations are expected here but you get the jist) So why do so many people still believe they would’ve nailed it? 1. Retrospective Simplicity The mind compresses chaos. When you look back, the chart looks obvious. But in real-time? Every bounce looks like the bounce. Every dip may feel like the bottom. In behavioral science, this is more than just hindsight bias — it’s retrospective determinism: the illusion that the past was orderly, predictable, and fit into a clear narrative.

“Of course it bounced there. It was the obvious liquidity sweep.”

No. It feels obvious because it already happened. 2. Counterfactual Rehearsal Loops Your brain doesn’t just recall what happened — it rehearses what didn’t.

“If I just bought at the bottom…” “If I held through the pain…”

This isn’t learning — it’s counterfactual rumination, and it wires you deeper into regret, not clarity. Studies show that people will re-live near-misses more vividly than actual outcomes — like traders who almost went long at the bottom feel worse than those who didn’t even notice the dip. That’s not insight. That’s self-punishment disguised as analysis. 3. Time Compression & Emotional Amnesia Your memory of how fast it all happened? Wrong. Your sense of how stressed you were? Also wrong. In high-volatility moments, time dilates emotionally — you feel like you’re in the market for days when it's only been minutes. Every candle is a threat. Every bounce is fake. Your heart rate tells you to exit now. But weeks later, you only see a clearer picture. The tension is gone. Your body forgets the fear. And so you assume you could’ve calmly executed the perfect long. You weren’t calm. You were cooked. 4. Illusion of Control & Roleplay Bias Most people think they’re the “main character” of the trade. They imagine the win as if they were in control of it — despite all evidence to the contrary. Psychologists call this the illusion of control — overestimating your influence over outcomes driven by luck, timing, and volatility. But in crypto, it often gets worse: roleplay bias — mentally inserting yourself into someone else’s successful trade, as if you would’ve made the same decisions with the same conviction. You didn’t ride it. But your brain thinks you did. 5. Post-Traumatic Rationalization This one cuts deep. After a drawdown, we can’t just say “I panicked.” Instead, we rewrite the story: “I was being careful.” We justify the early exit. We justify the late entry.

Someone launched a petition to do this faster. Something we can get behind ☺️☺️ https://t.me/bugs?startapp=c-54902

Excited to see the wave of non-Telegram native projects finally landing on here. All aboard, OpenSea Look forward to the further developments

Numerous meetings and events I couldn’t possibly count. Token2049 was yet again a blast even if a bit hectic (and made me miss Chelsea-Liverpool). Will leave you with yet another picture of how mainstream crypto is becoming: watched the F1 practice session just before heading to the airport surrounded by web-3 folks.

Andrew making TON Great Again

Andrew Rogozov, Yat and Max Crown talking all things NFT and (not surprisingly) Stickers

While the crypto world is focused on TOKEN2049, it seems like Singapore is actually focused on F1 this week. Simply (simply lovely) impossible to ignore it here

Almost ready for tomorrow 🦴

Spotted $TON in Singapore.