According to Bobby Ong, high-agency traders can build a concrete 20-item DeFi skill stack for 2026 that includes learning how DeFi works, doing proper DYOR, conducting on-chain analysis and wallet behavior study, managing liquidity, slippage, and depth, understanding tokenomics and emission design, analyzing incentives and protocol growth, mastering AMMs vs order books and aggregators, reading whitepapers and governance proposals, practicing DeFi-specific risk management, studying stablecoins and their failure modes, learning bridges, L2s, and cross-chain mechanics, understanding MEV and how it affects trades, developing yield strategies beyond hype, tracking whales and smart money, improving DeFi writing and researcher marketing, building dashboards, bots, or tools, shipping a DeFi product or SaaS, contributing to protocols early, and turning curiosity into on-chain skill; this guidance is sourced from his X post referencing @Only1temmy’s thread. Source: Bobby Ong on X, Dec 28, 2025. These topics are framed as directly trade-relevant—improving execution via depth and slippage awareness, protecting fills by accounting for MEV, strengthening due diligence with on-chain and governance work, and enhancing risk control across stablecoin, bridge, and cross-chain exposures—offered as a practical checklist rather than market predictions. Source: Bobby Ong on X, Dec 28, 2025.