Shenzhen University Class of 2018 alumnus Zhang Yufeng achieved financial freedom through cryptocurrency one year after graduation and donated 50 million yuan to his alma mater.

"My friends around me often lament that they were born at the wrong time, missing out on Taobao in 2008, WeChat in 2013, and TikTok in 2018, but greater opportunities are coming. Web3 has opened a new world for young people: from SBF to ordinary students, we should all leap into the tide of the times."

On September 27, the news of "Shenzhen University Class of 2018 alumni donating 50 million" swept across social media, and amidst the astonishment, various speculations ran rampant. Tags like "Tencent CTO's son," "founder of Singapore's ABD Capital," and "CEO of a certain company" were forcibly attached to this young alumnus. This article will restore the true growth trajectory of this self-made crypto genius—Zhang Yufeng—from multiple perspectives. Zhang Yufeng's in-circle ID is @octopusfeng, hereinafter referred to as oct.

Chapter 1: Breaking the Cocoon and Becoming a Butterfly—Trading Enlightenment and Cognitive Leap#

Although there are many opinions about oct's wealth code from the outside world, the undeniable fact is that this graduate of Shenzhen University’s Class of 2018 in International Trade completed a donation of 50 million two years after graduation. In stark contrast to the economic winter and employment freeze, some netizens are more inclined to believe in the narrative logic of "second-generation entrepreneurs." However, those familiar with the crypto field know that oct's true identity is a legendary trader who once worked at the most controversial exchange in crypto history—FTX.

Looking back to 2018, oct, who had just entered Shenzhen University, was no different from his peers. In a recent interview, he candidly admitted that he held a strong prejudice against trading, especially crypto trading, believing it was merely "gambling in suits," and even viewed Buffett-style value investing as a game of capital size crushing. This perception was not broken until the end of 2020—when news of Bitcoin's annual increase of 300% and its surge to $30,000 frequently appeared in the media, oct chose to set aside his prejudices and dive into the market.

If traders can be divided into action-oriented and theory-oriented, oct is undoubtedly an extreme case among the former. Even after achieving his first six-figure profit through Hong Kong stocks like Xiaomi and U.S. stocks like Bilibili, he still chose to fully invest in the crypto market. In this field known as the "financial jungle," oct displayed a cheetah-like keen sense, and his first prey was the $SOL, which later created countless wealth myths.

Through the deep research habits cultivated in the primary market, oct built a unique analytical framework:

Public Chain Track Selection: Insight into the development bottleneck of Ethereum's high gas fees, focusing on the "high-performance low-fee" public chain track.
Judging the Strength of the Whales: Discovering the strong backing of FTX exchange behind SOL, predicting it would become an important piece of the exchange ecosystem.
Builder's Barometer: Judging the activity of the developer ecosystem through the quality of hackathons, SOL stood out among similar projects.

The real test began with the long decline after fully investing in SOL at the beginning of 2021. When the price of the coin repeatedly fell below $1, oct experienced the psychological hell familiar to all holders. In a recent podcast, he admitted: "During that time, I was constantly torn between persistence and giving up, which even affected my daily life." Ultimately, this battle of will ended with an epic surge of SOL, gradually taking profits from $3 entry to $200, completing the original accumulation of wealth in the tens of millions.

Although later observers often attribute this to luck, reviewing each decision point of oct: from breaking cognitive biases to building an analytical framework, from position management to psychological games, all resonate with the growth path of a professional trader...

[To be continued] Source of the story: 0xbeyondlee.eth

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