Abhi.eth@EarnByAbhi
Sometimes I think crypto has changed how we see money.
For crypto bros, the value of money feels less. People lose $500-$1000 like it’s nothing. In any other sector, losing that much would hurt way more.
I’ve heard so many stories of people losing $10k, $20k, $30k in altcoins and hype narratives. The scary part is not just the loss. The scary part is what that money could have been.
If they had even invested 50% of that properly elsewhere, they could’ve easily built some passive income stream like:
• A small business
• A rental asset
• A skill that pays
• Or even boring/stable investments
They could’ve built real sustainable income over time or at least not watched the whole chunk of money vanish.
If we invested the same amount in a normal business or some other sector, we could at least build something or generate stable income. Here in many cases, it can just vanish overnight.
At the same time, the gains here are crazy. If we make 10-50%, it feels “too low” while stock market guys take years to make that. In crypto - people only talk in 5x-10x terms.
Even personally, when I spend in dollars, it doesn’t feel like much. But when I convert it to INR, I’m like: damn, that was actually a big expense 😅
The point is simple:
The same way crypto can make you rich very fast, it can also make you poor even faster.
Some simple rules I try to follow, Nothing fancy. Just common sense that most people ignore:
• Book your profits
• Don’t invest blindly : Greed is insane in crypto & it makes smart people do stupid things
• Be conservative too : Even 20-50% profit is great, you don’t need 10x every time
• Diversify your funds : Don’t keep your entire net worth in one volatile ecosystem
• Protect capital first : Opportunities will always come again. Capital doesn’t, if you lose it badly. Saving money > losing money
Crypto is an amazing place. It gives opportunities that almost no other market does. But it also punishes carelessness harder than any other market.
So make money, yes.
Chase opportunities, yes.
But don’t forget what that money actually means in real life.
🤝
