I hope you survived the crash yesterday.

This following post is not supposed to be doom posting or to say that the run is over. Its more about what i learned painfully about profit taking in the last run

Dont believe in what they say you how long the run will go. Find yourself an exit strategy which makes sure that whenever the run ends you wll have made nice profit.

For me that means scaling out since a longer time already into stables.

CT is an echo chamber, everyone confirming how we will have a great Q4. Was the same last time, everyone told me how FLOKI will reach 3b when i was nearly all-in and it was already 1b. Crash game, 600k profits not secured.

The bear comes silent often. We went down, everyone said "Just another dip or small crash before the exponential run". Guess what?

The bounces got weaker, the dips came more often and when i realized bull is over i was already -60%. Nobody will alarm you when bull is over, you wont get pings you can react on.

The bear often comes silent and you realize it much later that it has started since a longer time already.

Take your profits on the way, stable or cash out or find any personal ways to secure your profits.

Whatever you do, there is no perfect way, you cant time the market. But make sure that if bear started yesterday you can say:

This was a good run, i made good money.

This is not supposed to be doom posting, i have no idea what will happen the next days and weeks.

x402 running now could help for a utility season again on base, especially virtuals.

Time to research again, always liked utilities more than memes.

Didnt post a lot lately as the market was up and down with no clear trends on new metas or chains where the volume will come to.
But this could be different, will continue to monitor.

Talked about it a lot, seeing early signs of a possible new meta is the easiest way to find new chances to make "easier" money.

Lets see how it plays out

Will open my private tg for some new members.

DM me if you are interested, searching for some good hunters that can do research instead of scanning 100 sol coins at 20k daily

Its crazy how nearly 99% of traders/degens missed x402, at least it seems this way.

"I have no idea what x402 is" is the most common message i saw. It came from nowhere, but i took some time to research

https://x.com/probablyangg/status/1981030736737296539

https://x.com/jinglingcookies/status/1981352569441292542

Both threads should help you.

And you will probably understand that this is not your random SOL animal meta that may die tomorrow, this is here to stay.

Similar like the first AI run and the virtual agents run all lasted months i hope the same may happen here this time.

BNB season was a small start but degens are hungry. Time to LOCK IN

If x402 is a bigger long lasting thing (this is what i expect) we are not late to fill some bags.

Hard to grasp whats real and whats larp with so many coin names out there now that we have forgotten about.

I liked $MRDN and added it to my x402 bags around 5m

https://x.com/PPLSOPTIMISMCEO/status/1981375713539194976

https://x.com/PPLSOPTIMISMCEO/status/1981711756830339359

https://x.com/PPLSOPTIMISMCEO/status/1981610566473888217

Some tweets that give more insights

https://x.com/a16zcrypto/status/1981024131450818602

The a16z reports mentions x402, privacy and neobanks as interesting.
Its very bullish on these topics and crypto in general.

Whatever you make out of it, i will try to position myself accordingly.

Have been in WIRE and ZARA without calling it, added MRDN in the last post.

Watching $AVICI here at 17m (not the best entry i guess) for more neobank parts in my portfolio

https://x.com/ChillTRD/status/1980135908042317998.


I think the time where we hunt for new pairs 24/7 like in good old SOL days are gone, bnb season already taught us its often better to buy higher mc tokens that have proven themselves.

Will do similar here on base and try to find plays to ape with size instead of 50k shitters

Onchain volume still low,

monitoring the situation but hoped for a better outcome the last days.

Most coins on my watchlist are stable basically with low volume,
will not ape much new stuff until we see clear action.

Good luck out there, i still feel capital preservation is key until we have a REAL onchain bullrun

https://x.com/symphonyio/status/1984286379510304773

SYMP was silently bleeding like all virtual plays since months.

The new Virtual Butler Perp Trader bot uses SYMPS execution layer now under the hood. Which is quite big news.

Hope it will finally reprice in the MC area that it deserves.

A 1b protocol using infrastructure of one of their Agents at 3m (333x lower) right now.

There should be room left to grow

I hope you followed my principles of playing it safe, taking profits, and stabilizing your money regardless of what the market looks like.

I learned my lesson last run. This current market still hurts me and my portfolio, but I will never get liquidated again.

Don't go all-in now or gamble too much trying to make it back.
Now is not the time to play — now is the time to wait.

If this is your first cycle:

- Don't trust anybody.
- Don't follow CT advice blindly.
- Don't fall into the bull trap, believing “we still have X months.”
- Follow your risk strategies and never forget to take profits

Truth is: nobody knows anything.
We could go to 150k and run longer — or BTC could stall here for a while.

Whatever happens, make sure you don’t get liquidated.

I hope you're doing okay out there.

This space has a lot of dark corners. Over the years, we’ve seen too many people break under the pressure — people who put everything into crypto, lost it, and felt like they had nothing left.

Even some huge CT figures who were sitting on nine figures not long ago have admitted they thought about ending it all after gambling everything away. It’s a reminder that money isn’t protection from pain — and crypto definitely isn’t a replacement for a real life.

Wherever you are in this journey, please remember:

Have something outside of this.
Family. Friends. A hobby. A purpose that isn't tied to a chart.

Crypto is just a tool — a potential vehicle to build a better life.
But real life isn’t happening on Telegram or Twitter.

Don’t lose yourself chasing numbers.
Don’t forget the world outside the screen.

Take care of your mind, your relationships, your life.
That’s the only “all-in” bet that ever truly matters.

It may sound trivial but even some of the biggest persons we know in this space fail here. IRL is where the real wins are made

This run was pretty exhausting.

All the time in the trenches felt like it wasnt worth anything for many people, most degens even lost money the last weeks and months.

So many people leaving this space rn, but now its not the time to leave.

Surviving and staying ready for a change in the market and volume is key. We will be rewarded, we will see a better and easier market than RN but the question is will you be part of it?

For me i always made the most money in the easy times onchain with lots of volume and mooners. So i will monitor the situation for another situation like this.

There are still some mooners around, sure, but mosts degens and KOLS would even ape and call stuff in the worst market because of their gambling addiction.

R/R is so so much higher in the good times. Dont be an addict, dont gamble your port away. you will need it when these times come.

I’m not here to hype every x2 or spam calls like those “daily alpha” channels.

I’d rather talk about the real side of this space — the mistakes, the lessons, and the growth that actually matters.

People love to say it's all luck.
And sure, luck plays a part — it always will.

But long-term success comes from something else: adapting, learning, staying patient, and choosing good risk-to-reward plays instead of chasing every shiny thing.

I wasn’t always like this either.
I made dumb moves, held too long, trusted the wrong narratives, chased pumps and nearly lost my whole port — you name it.
But that’s how you grow here. You learn, you adjust, you get better.

I worked on my mindset and mistakes and still try to do every day.

If this is your first run, enjoy it.
You'll have wins, losses, euphoria, doubt — and all of it will shape you.

This space is crazy, but for many, it's the one real shot to break out of the cycle, your normal boring wage slave life and build something bigger.

Just remember:
This isn’t a sprint.
It’s a long game.
Show up, keep learning, stay humble, take your shots — and you get better every cycle.

Keep leveling up.

Hope you aped $AVICI at 17m (x4 from that) and held, i sold way too early sadly

Not doing much rn, watching the market but most coins are stable, only very few winners like AVICI out there.

Monitoring $SURGE rn, looks very impressive

https://x.com/OnlyHades_/status/1985701795096564011
https://x.com/chjokkaxbt/status/1988399442584600691

The founder has a big long track record in the field and the connections to big players.

The fact that they paid 50k alone for the surge.xyz domain shows that they plan something bigger and long lasting here.

Its currently close to ATH, has pumped x2-3 the last week alone so probably not the best entry. ALso the market still doesnt look very good, so it will be hard to gain enough volume here.

Just wanted to bring this to your attention, this doesnt feel like the market to call anything imho.

Current price is $0.065

This market is just sidewards or down it feels like ages, no fun for the degens anymore.

It used to be different, onchain always something happend in the other runs even when btc didnt behave. It would be fucking sad if this run ends without any onchain volume for nearly the whole year.

Bring back the 10m daily runner times pls. Just for some weeks.

I hope you stabled and took profits with me during the whole run...

Also took a big hit ofc like most of you, but surviving with a bigger part of the port is key.

All we can do now is pray and wait

See you in better market, wont be active until then probably.

Adding a little $WIRE because they are buying an actual bank.

Betting on them being a winner in some months after the dust settles.

Went to 24m, now at 7m.

They’ve done 70M+ in OTC settlements, and their daily volume is getting close to $1M per day.
Buying a real bank is another level then some crypto card coins that got hyped lately.

But it will be a long term hold, considering most coins are tied to BTC in some way

Still alive but going 100% IRL for now. Never slept that healthy in months...

No need to farm attention or fish for x2 calls for me, will come back when it feels worth it for me.

Stay strong out there