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If Bitcoin never drops, that would be your nightmare!
Bitcoin isn't afraid of a crash; it's afraid of "never dying but not moving up"—which means you'll never turn things around.
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01 A sharp decline is the "fair mechanism"
Have you ever wondered why Wall Street both loves and hates Bitcoin?
They love its astonishing gains, but hate that it can't be fully controlled. Traditional financial markets are an "institution's playground"—stock prices can be manipulated by research reports, news can be delayed, and rules can be changed at will.
But the Bitcoin market still retains the last "dark forest": here, whether you're a Goldman Sachs partner or a delivery driver, when a crash comes, everyone is thrown off the cliff together.
This is the only chance for ordinary people.
Look at what this crash has taken away:
· A group of gamblers trying to "turn around overnight" with 100x leverage
· Trash projects that rely on creating concepts to scam money
· Blind followers chasing rallies, even not safeguarding their private keys
When the tide recedes, the shells left on the beach are the real treasures. The market is doing the filtering for you.
02 High-level sideways trading = chronic death
Imagine this scenario:
Bitcoin forever fluctuates between $60,000 and $70,000.
It can't go up, nor can it go down.
Sounds wonderful? This is the ultimate nightmare in the crypto world.
It means:
· Quant funds fully control the market, their algorithms trade thousands of times per second, and you're always the one placing the buy order
· Traditional financial institutions have completed their布局, and the price has become a "whale stock"
· Volatility is drained, and contract traders are unprofitable
· No deep bear market, no real bull phase—only endless sideways trading
When Bitcoin becomes "stable," it dies.
It is no longer the tool that helps Vietnamese miners turn their lives around, Chinese students earn their first gold, or African refugees establish cross-border payments.
It becomes just another S&P 500 component—safe, stable, and disconnected from ordinary people.
03 The shocking truth revealed by this decline
Carefully observe the abnormal signals in this crash:
Exchange BTC reserves are depleting
Despite the price falling, Bitcoin flowing from exchanges to cold wallets is accelerating. Big players are quietly accumulating—they know what this signals.
Miners are not panicking
In previous crashes, miners would sell大量BTC to pay electricity bills. But this time, their hash rate is increasing—they're preparing for the next cycle.
The most ironic thing is
Those "gurus" shouting the loudest on Twitter often hold the lightest positions; while the silent whales are quietly accumulating in market fear, one truckload at a time.
The market is bleeding, but new money is flowing through the veins.
04 How to become a hunter in this slaughter?
Remember these three counterintuitive principles:
First, don’t ask "where is the bottom" during a crash
Ask yourself: "If this is the last chance to buy BTC at $40,000, how much would I buy?" The true bottom is always known only in hindsight.
Second, forget about "buy high, sell low"
In cyclical markets, 90% of profits come from 10% of the time. Those trying to catch every fluctuation will ultimately miss the main rally.
Third, prepare for the worst-case scenario
Assume Bitcoin could fall to $30,000, $20,000, or even lower. If you can withstand this, no market fluctuation can shake you.
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The cruelest and fairest rule in the crypto world has never changed:
Bear markets don't bury people; bull markets do.
Those who despair and leave during the deep bear in 2018 missed out on 50x returns in 2021; Luna believers who went bankrupt in 2022, if they坚持定投BTC, are now back in profit.
This crash is eliminating the weak and screening the strong.
When most are ruled by fear, a few see something different: this could be the last "wild cycle" before traditional finance takes full control.
When the next bull market arrives, will you be the one who accumulated enough chips during the deep bear, or the one chasing highs in the bull market and then asking "Why do the whales always target my little money"?
The market is giving you one last ticket, but most people are too afraid to reach out and take it.