In May 2021, Daliu put his entire wedding dowry of 300,000 RMB into a BTC long position. That night, the market crashed by 20%, and he was liquidated immediately. The bride didn’t even get to enjoy the honeymoon—she went back to her parents’ home. Three months later, he divorced, and the 200,000 RMB wedding turned into the most expensive empty affair of his life.