In 2018, I plunged headfirst into the crypto world. Back then, it was right at the start of the bull market just having pulled back and the bear market stretching on and on. Around me, there were stories everywhere about people getting rich by bottom-fishing. I also threw myself in with a rush of passion and all my savings, believing I could catch the wind and achieve a comeback.

The moment I entered, I ran into a long, grinding downward slide. I thought it was the bottom—bottom-fishing all the way up the mountainside. I thought there would be a rebound, but instead, time after time, waterfalls shattered the line of support. Leverage fully loaded, chasing highs and selling lows, worshiping “big shots” blindly, and stubbornly clinging to shanzhai coins/projects… I didn’t miss a single pit I could possibly step into, and my principal was left with almost nothing. My mindset completely collapsed.

In those days, every day I would open my eyes and check the market, and at deep night I couldn’t sleep, staring at the candlestick charts. Anxiety, regret, and self-doubt kept taking turns to torment me. Watching the people around me leave one by one, I thought about giving up too, but I just couldn’t bring myself to let all those years of hard work go down the drain.

Later, I started to calm down and focus on refining my understanding—quitting impulsiveness, keeping away from noise, learning to control my position sizes, respecting the market, and accepting losses. I no longer fantasized about getting rich overnight, and I was no longer swayed by my emotions. In one cycle of bull and bear after another, I slowly settled and matured.

Before I knew it, eight years had passed. From a green, impulsive rookie to a seasoned player who had seen madness, endured the bitter winter, and held through major sell-offs, my account slowly returned to breakeven and then into profit, and my mindset had long since become steady.

There has never been a shortcut in the crypto world. All that calmness is bought with countless sleepless nights and lessons paid for with hard cash. If you can survive in this circle and go farther, it’s not luck—it’s understanding, self-discipline, and the persistence to keep grinding until the end.

After making it through the low points, crossing the bear market, and holding on to your true intentions, you will eventually pass through the bull and bear cycles and live the way you want to live. #WCTC交易赛瓜分800万USDT #Gate13周年 $BTC $ETH $GT