In the face of the general trend, individuals are always insignificant. Buffett became the "God of Stocks" because he was born in the United States and invested in U.S. stocks; the rise of China's wealthy class is riding on the east wind of China's reform and opening up over the past 40 years; some people get dozens of times or even higher returns by investing in altcoins/MEME coins because the rise of Bitcoin has driven market sentiment and brought in incremental funds...

But if the entire market is facing headwinds, no matter how hard an individual tries, it will be of no avail.

In the investment market, "junk time" is particularly vivid.

Taking Bitcoin as an example, most of the gains are concentrated in a few months, and the gains in those months are concentrated in a few days.

Most of Bitcoin’s annual gains occur within 10 days each year. If the 10 best performing days of the year are excluded, Bitcoin actually has a negative return.

All the waiting is just for these most crucial ten days.

So, how should individuals deal with garbage time in the investment market?

A-share investors may have considerable experience in this regard.

The first method is to lie down

Since you can't resist, just lie down and enjoy it. If you can't change the reality, then change yourself.

In the words of the cryptocurrency community, go out and get wet in the rain, return to your original life, no longer be kidnapped by the K-line, go out for a walk, date with beautiful girls and handsome guys, and get together with friends...

At this time, it is a blessing in life to stay away from frequent transactions, invest in core assets such as Bitcoin, and hold cash such as USDT for continuous financial management.

The second method is to replace

Look for new opportunities in non-garbage time markets.

The same is true for investment. When A-shares were in garbage time, many A-share investors turned to invest in US stocks and the crypto market.

In 2024, when the crypto market is also in garbage time, investors turn their attention and liquidity to US stocks.

This is not speculation, but the actual situation. The U.S. stock market has siphoned a large amount of liquidity from the crypto market this year. Many crypto tycoons worth billions of dollars have invested heavily in Nvidia, Tesla, etc., and reaped rich rewards. This also reflects another situation: the overall wealth effect of the currency circle this year is far less than that of the U.S. stock market.

The third method,

If the cake doesn't get bigger and you want more cake, you can only snatch the cake from others. This is called curling. You have to be ruthless to others and even more ruthless to yourself.

The volume of the crypto market is typically on-chain PVP and wooling.

For small retail investors, there are greater opportunities on the chain. After all, on an exchange, your counterparties may be market makers, exchanges, and project parties, but on a chain with a relatively clear chip structure, everyone can rely on early participation to become the main force, and then rely on fooling group members to complete liquidity exit.

However, as the chain becomes more and more competitive, the life cycle of each Rug becomes shorter and shorter, from 1 week to 1 day, or even to 1 hour. This is an even more brutal fight, not to mention the various MEV robots and professional Rug issuing teams on the chain.

Group members ship online, come if you have enough money.

History has garbage time, but individuals do not. Perhaps we have missed the best time to invest in Bitcoin. In the present that cannot be changed, perhaps it is still not that bad and the most cost-effective choice.

What will happen in the future?

We are currently on the eve of the Fed's interest rate cut.

In 2025, the global macro policy will be released, and a new bull market will start

As long as the contract is not liquidated, it may only take a week or so for the price to rise.

Be patient and endure it, the road ahead will be smooth

Don't be too optimistic or too pessimistic now:

When you hold the currency patiently, buy the bottom in batches when it drops by more than 10%.

Don't sell at the bottom, hold on and wait, then things will turn around.

For example, the latest news from Mentougou says that more than a certain number of BTC remain unclaimed

For example, the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September.

For example, a certain value coin you bought has a positive impact

The day after tomorrow is beautiful, but don't fall on tomorrow, don't cut your teeth on the floor.

Those who have money can wait for a big drop and buy in batches, while those who don’t have money can just lie back and wait for good news.

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