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Crypto Daddy retweeted
2026 will go down as one of the most mentally exhausting years to be a stock or crypto trader.
Crypto Daddy retweeted
Lots of crypto fatigue on the timeline rn. People asking what's even left to get excited about.
Crypto Daddy retweeted
I think social media has made this even worse.
People are constantly comparing their lives to others and feeling like they’re falling behind.
Everyone wants to make it big, and everyone wants it now.
When you give yourself a 5-10yr horizon to make it, you’ll start making better decisions and stop being desperate.
i've been trying to figure out why the 2026 drawdown feels so much more personal than 2018/2022 even though it’s not nearly as bad price wise. my take:
a lot of people on here have decided there's now a clock running. ai is coming, the door to escaping the middle class is closing, and if you haven't made it in the next couple years you're on ubi as a pleb forever.
i don't know if that's true. but it doesn't matter if it's true. people here believe it, so they're putting a deadline on themselves and when the market doesn't cooperate on that timeline it feels like they’re missing the last train out of a burning town rather than “just a bad few months but we can recover”
this also explains retails pivot to memes as a “fast track” to making it.
add instagram to the mix. 22 year olds in mansions and lambos all over your feed, most of them you suspect got there by rugging people like you.
envy is one of the strongest emotions there is, and envy plus a ticking clock is my guess to why we are seeing crash outs instead of just "this cycle sucks but we’re all in this together bros”
it truly is diff now
Crypto Daddy retweeted
Internet money fucked with my head but I think I’m normal now
A plumber came to wash my water tank today and he asked for 50k, I looked at him funny and at the end, he accepted 15k
One thing I did this year that I am most proud of is recalibrating my value for money.
I started making profit in 2024 and it made me lose touch with reality
For one, I stopped pricing stuff the way a normal person would.
50k is $35 so It seemed alright for what I could have paid 15k for
This year, I stopped offramping crypto to naira and only lived on my savings on what I make from rl gigs
The bear market also helped.
Now I know the value of money again and it feels good.
Crypto Daddy retweeted
Can we normalizeeeeee asking God to protecttttttt us from becominggg arrogant when things go well?????
Crypto Daddy retweeted
I always recommend cashing out profits to your bank account, because if you keep them on-chain you'll either gamble them away or, worse, spend them on stupid shit like merch
Crypto Daddy retweeted
This game is rigged, and I'm done.
Lost $3m+ trying to buy dips, convinced the market would eventually bounce. It never did. Every move followed the same pattern. Catching falling knives, doubling down on fomo and pump plays like $CASHCAT, $STONK, $ANSEM, $PONS, $GROKIFICATION and $KIMCHI, watching them bleed 90-95%, only to eventually panic sell near the bottom.
Then came the perps. Intentionally losing money on papertrade to farm $PAPER, hoping to make it all back trading 1000x perps. Made $3.5k from staking rewards funded by other traders losing money and convinced myself I could run it back turbo.
Now I'm staring at hyperliquidation, watching what's left disappear as the threat of nuclear warfare sends another shockwave through the market. Moved the last remaining bit of my assets onto @binance to wait for more favorable conditions before redeploying. And guess what happened?
Everything I've spent the last 1.5 years building is gone.
Three months. That's all it took.
That's the game. It keeps you around just long enough to convince yourself you've figured it out, only to remind you who's really in control. Some walk away with wife-changing money. Others learn the hard way what max pain actually feels like.
This market isn't what it used to be. Too much manipulation, too many traps and far too many ways to get played. The biggest winners aren't necessarily the smartest or the best traders. They're the ones with the deepest pockets, questionable morals and enough patience to let everyone else become exit liquidity.
I played the game. I lost.
Stepping away. Not bitter. Not coping. Just accepting reality.
To all the friends I've made along the way, thank you for being part of this journey. Genuinely wish you all the best, whether you're still in the trenches or have already found your way out.
Take care of yourselves.
