Mario Salamanca
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2025: the year that didn’t go as planned, but shaped who I am today
If I judge 2025 purely by numbers, I can say it clearly: it has been the worst year of my crypto life.
Negative PnL, decisions that didn’t play out, expectations that never materialized. A tough year. A long one. The kind that forces you to face the mirror more often than you’d like.
But when I zoom out and stop looking only at the portfolio, the story changes completely.
This has been the year I grew the most as a person inside the crypto ecosystem. I built community. I learned. I showed up. I shared doubts, not just convictions. And most importantly, I finally understood something I used to repeat without fully living it: crypto is not only about making money, even if we often forget that.
2025 was the year I stopped chasing results and started respecting the process.
I went from being just another user to becoming an active part of a global community. Today, we are nearly 25,000 on Binance Square and more than 1,000 on X. Official accounts like Binance, Binance Angels, Binance MENA, and Binance Poland have shared my content. Not because of wild promises, but because of consistency, presence, and genuine contribution.
I lived experiences I wouldn’t have dared to imagine a few years ago. Attending Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai. Crossing paths with CZ. Sharing moments with Yi He, Rachel, and Richard Teng. Helping in small ways that meant everything to me. Feeling small among giants… and realizing that this is not a threat, but a sign you are exactly where you should be.
It was also an uncomfortable year. And that matters.
Uncomfortable because the world moves fast. Because comparison creeps in. Because sometimes you feel behind. Because you realize how much you still don’t know. But now I understand that discomfort is not weakness. It’s growth.
If 2025 taught me anything, it’s that real strength isn’t about being right all the time. It’s about staying when you’re wrong. Learning when it hurts. Not hardening. Not losing curiosity.
I look to the future with more hunger than ever, but with less anxiety.
My goals haven’t disappeared, they’ve matured. Keep building community. Keep learning. Keep creating meaningful content. Reach 30,000 followers not as an empty metric, but as a natural result of doing things the right way. Stay close to Binance, to the Angels program, to the people who give this ecosystem a soul.
I don’t know what 2026 will bring in market terms. No one does.
But I do know this: I’m stepping into the future with more experience, more perspective, and less fear than ever before.
2025 wasn’t the year I dreamed of in numbers.
It was the year that prepared me for what’s coming.
And for that, even though it hurt, I’m grateful.
Negative PnL, decisions that didn’t play out, expectations that never materialized. A tough year. A long one. The kind that forces you to face the mirror more often than you’d like.
But when I zoom out and stop looking only at the portfolio, the story changes completely.
This has been the year I grew the most as a person inside the crypto ecosystem. I built community. I learned. I showed up. I shared doubts, not just convictions. And most importantly, I finally understood something I used to repeat without fully living it: crypto is not only about making money, even if we often forget that.
2025 was the year I stopped chasing results and started respecting the process.
I went from being just another user to becoming an active part of a global community. Today, we are nearly 25,000 on Binance Square and more than 1,000 on X. Official accounts like Binance, Binance Angels, Binance MENA, and Binance Poland have shared my content. Not because of wild promises, but because of consistency, presence, and genuine contribution.
I lived experiences I wouldn’t have dared to imagine a few years ago. Attending Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai. Crossing paths with CZ. Sharing moments with Yi He, Rachel, and Richard Teng. Helping in small ways that meant everything to me. Feeling small among giants… and realizing that this is not a threat, but a sign you are exactly where you should be.
It was also an uncomfortable year. And that matters.
Uncomfortable because the world moves fast. Because comparison creeps in. Because sometimes you feel behind. Because you realize how much you still don’t know. But now I understand that discomfort is not weakness. It’s growth.
If 2025 taught me anything, it’s that real strength isn’t about being right all the time. It’s about staying when you’re wrong. Learning when it hurts. Not hardening. Not losing curiosity.
I look to the future with more hunger than ever, but with less anxiety.
My goals haven’t disappeared, they’ve matured. Keep building community. Keep learning. Keep creating meaningful content. Reach 30,000 followers not as an empty metric, but as a natural result of doing things the right way. Stay close to Binance, to the Angels program, to the people who give this ecosystem a soul.
I don’t know what 2026 will bring in market terms. No one does.
But I do know this: I’m stepping into the future with more experience, more perspective, and less fear than ever before.
2025 wasn’t the year I dreamed of in numbers.
It was the year that prepared me for what’s coming.
And for that, even though it hurt, I’m grateful.
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