Yesterday, the market took some of the most severe beatings of its life. I was awake throughout the Choas, and my phone was constantly beeping with notifications from Kucoin and Bybit. I could not believe what I was seeing.
Then I checked crypto Twitter, where I saw American and Canadian citizens threatening and cursing each other.
Apparently, Trump's new 25% tariffs on imports enraged Canadians, and the Canadian government responded in kind, and the crypto market appears to be in chaos.
I do not recall us ever dipping this low, and the last time was during the FTX collapse. The market acutely bled for long and trust the alts to completely get pummeled.
Is Trump The Final Catalyst?
In reality, I have always believed that there would be catalysts for either dumping or pumping the market, so even if Trump did not make these rash economic decisions, I believed we might have that heavy dump that would officially kickstart the rally.
However, even if I knew this, I would not bet on it because of how unpredictable this cycle has been.
Buying Hive
About two weeks ago, my cousin said he wanted to buy some crypto in preparation for the bull market. So he was not going to buy BTC because it would not make him a decent profit. So I advised him to buy Hive instead, and he agreed and came over. So we decided to buy some hive at 0.4$ for him and kept them on the exchange.
However, prior to the transaction, I informed him that anything could happen to his money and that there were no guarantees.
I told him the odds were 50/50. So basically, I told him it was not financial advice. He told me that he had already lost a lot in life, and that the money he wanted to spend would not be enough to end his life.
His portfolio is down about 15% today, but I am sure he has not checked and would contact me if he did. Of course, I did not promise him lambo or anything, but he was most likely going to call because he does not understand how the market works.
Hold your horses
I think it is best if he does not check his portfolio because he is constantly busy. Most of the time, it is best to leave it alone or avoid crypto Twitter entirely.
However, I am waiting to see if he calls, assuming he decides to check his portfolio, which he may do very soon. However, he intends to buy more, but his funds on Kucoin are frozen due to incomplete KYC.
If Kucoin had released his funds earlier, he could have bought at this price, which I would consider a win for him, but we are hoping to resolve the KYC issues in a few weeks.
This is the way
He has gotten into the game, and unfortunately, that is the way. He is already signed up, and there is no going back; however, he signed up willingly, so that is it.
Most of the time, I try to remind people that this game does not come with guarantees. I have been here for 8 years and I am still as broke as ever.
I have made terrible decisions and lost a lot of money over the years, and no-coiners will have a difficult time understanding the game.
Sometimes back I was also talking to someone who was excited about investing in Hive and got in around 0.4$ as well. I have not texted them to check in, but I know they will be disappointed with the overall state of the market because they went in big.
So is this the final shake-off?
Honestly, we do not know most of us don't know.
Perhaps the guy who said we would dip to 85k BTC was correct after all. Events like these are what give people the conviction to make such predictions.
I saw Peter Schiff's tweets yesterday, and he was proudly tweeting about the supposed demise of Bitcoin. He is probably having a proud moment saying "I told you so." However, that is what it is.
I appreciate taking the precaution of always saying "this is not financial advice". People are always attributing their losses to your advice while attributing their successes to themselves.
However, everyone in the game should be proud of themselves. We may not have seen the final dip yet, but we are probably close.
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