Brothers, today I will talk about a fact that many people are reluctant to face:
Not everyone can make money in the crypto industry.
It has a 'money-making pyramid',
Which level you are at basically determines how much you can earn.
After reading, you will clearly understand your current level.
You can also know what the next step to level up is.
Start climbing the tower 👇
🔺 Level 1 (the lowest level): Emotional retail investors — the group that gets cut the most
70%+ of all users.
You must be familiar with the characteristics:
– Only when the heat rises do we charge
– Panic when it drops a bit
– Chasing trends every day
– Today AI, tomorrow X402, the day after tomorrow Meme
– They only see others making money, while they only lose.
– They talk logic, talk feelings, but do not discuss market structure.
In short:
Those who just watch the excitement will never make money.
Why can't this layer of people make money?
Because they buy stories that have already been told to death.
🔺 Second Layer: Sector Followers — Earn a bit, but not stable.
This group of people has some experience.
Know which sectors are moving.
They also know that there must be narratives and hot spots to take off.
When others are still asking 'What is Modular?'
They already know to follow and buy L2, DA, the entire chain.
The question is:
People in this layer will only 'follow the trend', not 'ambush in advance'.
Rising relies on luck, falling relies on strength.
They feel enlightened when the market rises.
Corrections are all given back.
This layer of people makes a living based on market sentiment.
So the volatility is huge.
🔺 Third Layer: Narrative Players — The ones who can really make money in this circle start here.
Less than 10% of people can reach this layer.
But this layer of people is starting to make real money.
They:
– Do not chase hot spots, only chase the wind direction.
– They do not listen to what the project is hyping, only look at where the funds are going.
– They do not ask 'Is this project good?' but 'Does the market need it?'
– They can get in early when the trend just starts.
– By the time the sectors start bubbling, they already have positions.
In short:
Others only buy after it rises; they get in before it rises.
They are not gods.
They just understand how the market tells stories.
🔺 Fourth Layer: Cycle Players — The most stable profit earners in the coin circle.
Less than 3% of people can reach this layer.
They almost do not care about short-term fluctuations.
They only care about:
– Is it the beginning of a bull market? Middle? End?
– Is liquidity expanding or contracting now?
– At which stage is the market heat?
When newcomers rush into a bull market,
They have already started to reduce their positions.
When newcomers lie flat in a bear market,
They are already quietly picking up chips.
They are not in a hurry.
Do not gamble.
Do not FOMO.
Slow, but steady.
If you can reach this layer,
You are basically a 'stable profit maker'.
🔺 Fifth Layer (Top Level): Primary Participants & Ecosystem Occupiers
This layer is the true big shots.
The number is less than 1%.
What they earn is not from the market.
It is 'occupancy rights'.
They:
– Participate in the earliest stage of the on-chain ecosystem.
– Riding on project incubation, testing, internal testing.
– Get the cheapest chips.
– Completing tasks, running ecosystems, mining early spaces.
– The value of the airdrop they received is much higher than the returns from the secondary market.
They do not gamble on the market.
They are betting that 'someone will come to take over the plate in the future'.
What you see is the coin rising by 10 times.
They see that 'my entry cost is close to 0'.
This is truly the top of the pyramid.
🔺 The most painful question comes: Which layer are you in?
Don't rush to answer, let me give you a judgment standard 👇
Are you the first layer?
They only want to buy when they see the hype.
They panic when it falls.
Getting in is all about hearing others talk.
Second Layer?
Understand the sectors, but do not understand the timing.
Make a profit and then lose it.
Third Layer?
Can capture narratives in advance.
Have a sense of cycles.
Have their own judgment.
Fourth Layer?
They can hold back, can go to cash, can remain calm.
They understand the rhythm of bulls and bears.
Fifth Layer?
You are not playing with coins.
You are building or digging for the future.