Recently observed an interesting phenomenon: $FOLKS surged from $14 straight up to $38, and the underlying logic is worth analyzing.

On the surface, it appears to be market sentiment igniting and strong market makers cooperating, but what is the deeper driving force? Frankly, projects that can emerge from the fundamental pain point of DeFi liquidity fragmentation are often the result of perfect alignment between product maturity and industry trends. Price surges are essentially the market's re-pricing of its value.

What truly deserves attention are the next few key milestones:

**The actual progress of xChain V2 implementation**—whether cross-chain lending scale can continue to expand, which determines if the product can replicate its initial enthusiasm.

**Whether Folks Mobile can achieve user growth breakthroughs**—from technical validation to a leap in user scale, this is often the watershed that decides how far the project can go.

The most practical rule for such projects is: only with sufficiently low costs can one withstand volatility, patiently waiting for the true realization of the product roadmap. The market is not short of hot topics; what is lacking are products that can continuously deliver value.