Study the art of the cockroach.
They can regrow limbs, survive a week without their heads, endure a month without food and two weeks without water, and withstand lethal doses of radiation. With few natural predators and millions of years of evolutionary proof, cockroaches are hardwired for one thing above all else: survival.
In investing, survival is everything.
The crypto market is volatile and manipulated, but there's one guaranteed way to win: survive long enough for the market to reprice your assets. The winners aren't the smartest traders—they're the ones still standing when the repricing happens.
Most investors get killed because they impose their own timelines on the market. "Q4 will be bullish." "The best exit is at the end of the four-year cycle." "This month is historically strong, so I'll plan my returns around it."
But the market doesn't care about your timeline. Your ego is what kills you.
When you anchor to arbitrary dates, you make yourself vulnerable. You overextend. You underestimate how long you'll need to survive. And when life demands cash—when the rent is due, when an emergency hits, when the drawdown stretches longer than you planned—you're forced to sell at precisely the worst moment. Usually at the bottom. Usually right before the turn.
The market strips away hubris until you stop trying to predict and start trying to endure. This is where the cockroach wins.
The cockroach doesn't time the market—it survives the market.
It doesn't matter how many times you get knocked down, how many drawdowns you endure, or how long you wait in the dark. What matters is that you're still holding when the environment shifts and the market finally reprices your undervalued assets. Those who survive to see that moment outperform everything else.
The art of the cockroach is simple: stay alive. Hold assets with appreciating fundamentals that are trading below fair value. Ignore the noise. Outlast the chaos. Wait for your moment.
Study the art of the cockroach.
They can regrow limbs, survive a week without their heads, endure a month without food and two weeks without water, and withstand lethal doses of radiation. With few natural predators and millions of years of evolutionary proof, cockroaches are hardwired for one thing above all else: survival.
In investing, survival is everything.
The crypto market is volatile and manipulated, but there's one guaranteed way to win: survive long enough for the market to reprice your assets. The winners aren't the smartest traders—they're the ones still standing when the repricing happens.
Most investors get killed because they impose their own timelines on the market. "Q4 will be bullish." "The best exit is at the end of the four-year cycle." "This month is historically strong, so I'll plan my returns around it."
But the market doesn't care about your timeline. Your ego is what kills you.
When you anchor to arbitrary dates, you make yourself vulnerable. You overextend. You underestimate how long you'll need to survive. And when life demands cash—when the rent is due, when an emergency hits, when the drawdown stretches longer than you planned—you're forced to sell at precisely the worst moment. Usually at the bottom. Usually right before the turn.
The market strips away hubris until you stop trying to predict and start trying to endure. This is where the cockroach wins.
The cockroach doesn't time the market—it survives the market.
It doesn't matter how many times you get knocked down, how many drawdowns you endure, or how long you wait in the dark. What matters is that you're still holding when the environment shifts and the market finally reprices your undervalued assets. Those who survive to see that moment outperform everything else.
The art of the cockroach is simple: stay alive. Hold assets with appreciating fundamentals that are trading below fair value. Ignore the noise. Outlast the chaos. Wait for your moment.
Study the art of the cockroach.
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Would a decentralised stablecoin without a blacklist function, while enabling privacy features, be considered cypherpunk esk?
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People are saying we're entering a bear market. How can we enter a bear market when we've never experienced a bull? 8 months of red for ETH and you're calling it over?
For the first time in 2 years, we're seeing strong alt coin price action even while BTC is collapsing this deep. Look at the alts/BTC ratio and tell me we've experienced a bull run for alts.
The driver, as I've said time and again, is the business cycle. We are slaves to this. Attach yourself to this idea and you will master the art of the cockroach.
Ask yourself: are institutions getting outsmarted by retail and crypto KOLs selling right now? All the weak hands are gone. Only the strong believers remain and those who are speculating on the world tomorrow. The people selling don't believe in crypto—they believe in cycles and trading.
The people holding haven't seen euphoria yet. They think prices are cheap and they're not getting out.
So ask yourself: are we going to be in depression forever, or is the market a weighing machine in the long run that will eventually reprice everything as business ISM moves up?
Every day we wake up, the world becomes more digital. Infrastructure is growing. Value lies in the community and network effect, with crypto mindshare expanding exponentially. Billions of stablecoins are being minted on chain. The world is getting tokenized.
We are building a better financial system with payment solutions and AI integrations. Fiat keeps expanding, inflating the value of all assets. Yet right now, alt coins are barely moving—and this comes back to the business ISM.
We want self-custody. We want self-sovereignty. We can trade 24/7.
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. We're getting below fair value prices while the underlying value of crypto grows exponentially. The risk/reward has never been better.
Knowing we are slaves to the business cycle is the first step to freedom with crypto.
Go against the crowd,
BasedOG
For the first time in 2 years, we're seeing strong alt coin price action even while BTC is collapsing this deep. Look at the alts/BTC ratio and tell me we've experienced a bull run for alts.
The driver, as I've said time and again, is the business cycle. We are slaves to this. Attach yourself to this idea and you will master the art of the cockroach.
Ask yourself: are institutions getting outsmarted by retail and crypto KOLs selling right now? All the weak hands are gone. Only the strong believers remain and those who are speculating on the world tomorrow. The people selling don't believe in crypto—they believe in cycles and trading.
The people holding haven't seen euphoria yet. They think prices are cheap and they're not getting out.
So ask yourself: are we going to be in depression forever, or is the market a weighing machine in the long run that will eventually reprice everything as business ISM moves up?
Every day we wake up, the world becomes more digital. Infrastructure is growing. Value lies in the community and network effect, with crypto mindshare expanding exponentially. Billions of stablecoins are being minted on chain. The world is getting tokenized.
We are building a better financial system with payment solutions and AI integrations. Fiat keeps expanding, inflating the value of all assets. Yet right now, alt coins are barely moving—and this comes back to the business ISM.
We want self-custody. We want self-sovereignty. We can trade 24/7.
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. We're getting below fair value prices while the underlying value of crypto grows exponentially. The risk/reward has never been better.
Knowing we are slaves to the business cycle is the first step to freedom with crypto.
Go against the crowd,
BasedOG
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Discussions around the posts, crypto, macro and thesis for hidden gems are welcomed.
No cryfagging allowed.
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Discussions around the posts, crypto, macro and thesis for hidden gems are welcomed.
No cryfagging allowed.
BasedOG
Eth came back to its March 2023 CME gap of $1420. Based OG officially states the bottom is in for Eth.
You reckon i'm right again?
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BasedOG
The reason why this game is so easy is because the competition is incredibly weak. Take note of all the cucks who were calling for the bear market the past few days and weeks. Watch them start shifting bullish. The reason? Because the price has changed.
Same message, same characters, different day.
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The signals that started the bull last time, macro wise, they are right in the early phases.
If you go on the 4 year timing instead, its time to get out.
Everything tells me the former is correct. The heartbeat of the economy aligned with the 4 year cycle (created post 2008) but this time it has extended to 5 years.
This period is no doubt one of the best to be buying alt coins. Question on what alt coins is a different debate.
For those with balls, what are you buying? For the 4 year cycle retailers, what toilet paper are you buying?
If you go on the 4 year timing instead, its time to get out.
Everything tells me the former is correct. The heartbeat of the economy aligned with the 4 year cycle (created post 2008) but this time it has extended to 5 years.
This period is no doubt one of the best to be buying alt coins. Question on what alt coins is a different debate.
For those with balls, what are you buying? For the 4 year cycle retailers, what toilet paper are you buying?
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Have you sold over 50% of your crypto?
Anonymous Poll
23%
Yes
65%
No
12%
No, but I will in the next 1-2 months