After a deep conversation with my brother Akai yesterday, I completely overturned my understanding of HODL in the crypto world.

Akai's mother passed away last week, and with red eyes, he said to me: “No one will urge me to wear thermal pants when it’s cold anymore, and I can no longer enjoy the warm home-cooked meals when I get off work.”

At that moment, I suddenly realized: no matter how enticing the fluctuations in the crypto market are, they cannot compare to the solid feeling of having someone waiting at home—this is the true meaning of making money.

The crypto world is never short of the excitement of rises and falls, just like today BTC fluctuating around $87,000, with a slight increase of 1% in 24 hours, and ETH also climbing slightly by 1.29%.

There are always people around who are either overjoyed or anxious about these small fluctuations, even treating profit screenshots as bragging rights in the community. But this hollow excitement is hardly worth mentioning in the face of family ties.

I have seen how Akai used to be: to chase after popular contracts, he stayed up all night staring at the charts until his hands and feet went numb, his eyes glued to the candlestick charts without daring to blink.

And what was the result? A slight pullback in the market led to significant losses, and in the end, he had to scrape together money even to buy his mother a health check card.

At that time, his mind was filled with thoughts of “doubling” and “getting rich,” forgetting that the original intention of making money was to provide a better life for his family.

Now I finally understand: we analyze candlesticks and research DeFi not to showcase our strength as “whales” in the community, but to have enough financial confidence.

When family needs it, there’s no need to worry about medical expenses; during seasonal changes, we can directly buy warm clothing for our elders without making them compromise to save money.

The ultimate significance of making money has never been to prove how capable we are, but to give our family a stable sense of security.

After being in the crypto world for a long time, I learned that no matter how dazzling the numbers in the account are, they are not as precious as a warm lamp at home or a hot meal.

Keeping this initial intention is what truly means understanding the significance of HODL.

I used to wander alone in the dark, but now the light is in my hands.

The light is always on; will you follow? @交易员 K总

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