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Here’s 12 brutal mistakes I made (so you don’t have to))

Lesson 1: Chasing pumps is a tax on impatience
Every time I rushed into a coin just because it was pumping, I ended up losing.
You’re not early.
You’re someone else's exit.

Lesson 2: Most coins die quietly
Most tokens don’t crash — they just slowly fade away.
No big news. Just less trading, fewer updates... until they’re worthless.

Lesson 3: Stories beat tech
I used to back projects with amazing tech.
The market backed the ones with the best story.
The best product doesn’t always win — the best narrative usually does.

Lesson 4: Liquidity is key
If you can't sell your token easily, it doesn’t matter how high it goes.
It might show a 10x gain, but if you can’t cash out, it’s worthless.
Liquidity = freedom.

Lesson 5: Most people quit too soon
Crypto messes with your emotions.
People buy the top, panic sell at the bottom, and then watch the market recover without them.
If you stick around, you give yourself a real chance to win.

Lesson 6: Take security seriously
- I’ve been SIM-swapped.
- I’ve been phished.
- I’ve lost wallets.

Lesson 7: Don’t trade everything
Sometimes, the best move is to do nothing.
Holding strong projects beats chasing every pump.
Traders make the exchanges rich. Patient holders build wealth.

Lesson 8: Regulation is coming
Governments move slow — but when they act, they hit hard.
Lots of “freedom tokens” I used to hold are now banned or delisted.
Plan for the future — not just for hype.

Lesson 9: Communities are everything
A good dev team is great.
But a passionate community? That’s what makes projects last.
I learned to never underestimate the power of memes and culture.

Lesson 10: 100x opportunities don’t last long
By the time everyone’s talking about a coin — it’s too late.
Big gains come from spotting things early, then holding through the noise.
There are no shortcuts.

Lesson 11: Bear markets are where winners are made
The best time to build and learn is when nobody else is paying attention.
That’s when I made my best moves.
If you're emotional, you’ll get used as someone else's exit.

Lesson 12: Don’t risk everything
I’ve seen people lose everything on one bad trade.
No matter how sure something seems — don’t bet the house.
Play the long game with money you can afford to wait on.

7 years.
Countless mistakes.
Hard lessons.
If even one of these helps you avoid a costly mistake, then it was worth sharing.
Follow for more real talk — no hype, just lessons.

Always DYOR and size accordingly. NFA!
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Many believe the market needs trillions to get the altseason.

But $SOL , $ONDO, $WIF , $MKR or any of your low-cap gems don't need new tons of millions to pump.
Think a $10 coin at $10M market cap needs another $10M to hit $20?
Wrong!
Here's the secret

I often hear from major traders that the growth of certain altcoins is impossible due to their high market cap.

They often say, "It takes $N billion for the price to grow N times" about large assets like Solana.

These opinions are incorrect, and I'll explain why ⇩
But first, let's clarify some concepts:

Market capitalization is a metric used to estimate the total market value of a cryptocurrency asset.

It is determined by two components:

➜ Asset's price
➜ Its supply

Price is the point where the demand and supply curves intersect.

Therefore, it is determined by both demand and supply.

How most people think, even those with years of market experience:

● Example:
$STRK at $1 with a 1B Supply = $1B Market Cap.
"To double the price, you would need $1B in investments."

This seems like a simple logic puzzle, but reality introduces a crucial factor: liquidity.

Liquidity in cryptocurrencies refers to the ability to quickly exchange a cryptocurrency at its current market price without a significant loss in value.

Those involved in memecoins often encounter this issue: a large market cap but zero liquidity.

For trading tokens on exchanges, sufficient liquidity is essential. You can't sell more tokens than the available liquidity permits.

Imagine our $STRK for $1 is listed only on 1inch, with $100M available liquidity in the $STRK - $USDC pool.
We have:
- Price: $1
- Market Cap: $1B
- Liquidity in pair: $100M
➜ Based on the price definition, buying $50M worth of $STRK will inevitably double the token price, without needing to inject $1B.

The market cap will be set at $2 billion, with only $50 million in infusions.
Big players understand these mechanisms and use them in their manipulations, as I explained in my recent thread.
Memcoin creators often use this strategy.

Typically, most memcoins are listed on one or two decentralized exchanges with limited liquidity pools.

This setup allows for significant price manipulation, creating a FOMO among investors.

You don't always need multi-billion dollar investments to change the market cap or increase a token's price.

Limited liquidity combined with high demand can drive prices up due to basic economic principles. Keep this in mind during your research.
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While markets obsess over rate cuts, Wall Street’s sharpest minds are focused elsewhere.

The real story: Fed officials are expected to announce Reserve Management Purchases at the December 10 FOMC meeting, initiating $20 to $40 billion in monthly Treasury bill acquisitions starting January 2026.

They will not call it Quantitative Easing.

But the math speaks for itself.

At the upper range, this injects $480 billion in fresh liquidity annually into a financial system where bank reserves just touched $3 trillion, their lowest level since the repo crisis of 2019.

Evercore ISI projects $35 billion monthly. UBS forecasts $40 billion. Goldman Sachs expects $20 billion net. The spread reveals uncertainty. The direction reveals intent.

Three years of balance sheet reduction. $2.4 trillion drained from markets. Now the tide reverses.

The mechanism is elegant: maturing mortgage backed securities, running off at $15 to $19 billion monthly, get reinvested into short duration T-bills. Duration shortens. Liquidity expands. The Fed maintains plausible deniability.

Mark Cabana of Bank of America warns investors are “underestimating” what the balance sheet announcement will deliver. Above $40 billion signals accommodation. Below $30 billion signals restraint.

The repo market already knows. SOFR rates have repeatedly breached the Fed’s policy corridor ceiling. The banking system is signaling: reserves are shifting from abundant to adequate, with scarcity looming.

For risk assets, this changes the calculus.

For inflation hawks, this raises the specter of policy error.

For those paying attention, this is the pivot hiding in plain sight.

December 10. Watch the implementation notes.

The era of tighthat ended. The era of managed expansion begins.
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There have now been 1.2 MILLION job cuts announced in 2025. And, 60% of Americans say we are in a recession.
Yet, the S&P 500 has added +$17 TRILLION since April, nearing its 29th record high of 2025.
What's happening? Let me explain.

US layoffs currently set to match levels seen in the 2008 Financial Crisis.
US employers have announced 1,170,821 job cuts in 2025, the 2nd-highest total in 16 years.
In November, US employers announced 71,321 job cuts.
This is the 3rd HIGHEST monthly total ever recorded.

And, it's impacting ALL demographics.
Unemployed Americans with 4-year college degrees now make up a record 25.3% of total unemployment.
The percentage has doubled since the 2008 Crisis and is above 2020 levels.
The US labor market is weakening across all education levels.

This explains why surveys show that the MAJORITY of Americans think we are in a recession.
68% of those surveyed say inflation and rising cost of living tops the list of reasons why they believe we are in a recession.
50% say family members are complaining about money.

However, the data says otherwise.
There is currently just a 33% chance that the US economy enters a recession by 2027, per Polymarket.
Odds are down ~11% percentage points since October 2025 and at their lowest level yet.
The data says we are NOT in or near a recession.

Meanwhile, the S&P 500 is seeing one of its best runs in history.
The market just posted its 6th 35%+ rally in 6 months over the last 30+ years.
While Wall Street sees historic gains, most Americans think the stock market is DOWN.
So, why is there such a massive disconnect?

Data shows that US GDP grew by +3.8% YoY in Q2 2025, and +1.6% in the first half of 2025, far above contractionary territory.
However, ~63% of that growth came from AI-related spending.
In other words, without AI spending, the economy is running FAR weaker than it seems.

This chart says it all.
Spending on data centers in the US has TRIPLED since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022.
Spending on structures excluding data centers is down ~20% since the 2023 high.
The strength of technology companies has created 2 "economies" in the US.

This is why we see another Fed rate cut this week, their 3rd cut of 2025.
American consumers are struggling from a rapidly declining labor market.
Yet, the largest US companies are thriving as AI explodes, and rate cuts will add fuel to the fire.
All as inflation runs at 3%+.

We see more record highs ahead for the S&P 500.
Why? Because the biggest companies don't need rate cuts, but consumers do and they are coming.
The top 10% of US stocks now account for a record 76% of the US market.
These stocks will push the S&P 500 to 7000+ in our view.

The AI Revolution is transforming just about ALL parts of financial markets.
The macroeconomy is shifting and stocks, commodities, bonds, and crypto are investable.

As rate cuts continue into stagflation, we see more nominal appreciation in assets across the board.
The only way to hedge against the broadening wealth gap is to own assets.
Own assets or be left behind.

source: Ko beissi Letter
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