Crypto has never looked this good.
- BTC reached institutional adoption and is now going through a healthy cleanup phase.
- Overinflated projects are heading to zero. At this point, everyone knows who's farming their token and who's actually trying to build around it.
- Memecoins are no longer the center of attention, and the "who cares about utility?" crowd isn't dominating the conversation anymore.
- Real projects are still gaining momentum despite the broader market slowdown.
- You can scroll your timeline and actually find quality articles, research, and thoughtful content, especially if you've spent time filtering and muting the noise.
- The biggest extractors have either disappeared or are busy doomposting about how "crypto has never been this bad."
The industry feels a lot healthier when easy money disappears.
Whenever bear markets like these hit my conviction that crypto is going to produce something that is going to make a difference in the world grows big time
Whenever bull markets hit it shrinks to near zero given the shit the industry comes up with when it has all the attention
You shouldn’t build a personal brand, start a podcast, stream, or anything like that.
Here’s why, with one exception:
Doing this in 2026 is the equivalent of being a stripper in a club with one million other strippers.
Yes, you can make money fast. But there are three major drawbacks:
A) This skill set stops producing money the second you stop shaking your ass.
B) There are 1,000 other creators starting every day. Even if you make it, you have to shake harder and harder to stay relevant.
It is no longer an “open” opportunity. The second you stop serving the algorithm, you are replaced.
C) You will not want to be shaking your ass on Twitch and making content at 40.
Keep in mind. At 40 you will not just have to maintain this. You will need to be shaking your ass 5x harder, every year, as the competition to be relevant get's harder and harder.
What you really should do is master a craft: business building, investing, or something else you can master in silence. Then do that for 30 to 40 years straight.
In all honesty, 90% of people making content are wasting their careers. Even the mildly to largely successful ones. It is just not a good choice.
It's fun when your 20. But ultimately a brutal waste of your years.
The only times you should do this are:
A) If this is truly your life’s calling.
B) If it is a fun side hobby.
95% of people doing this do not fall into bucket A. They are doing it simply to make money.
Their time would be better spent learning how to invest, build companies, build brands, and develop real skills.
95% of my net worth comes from my tech companies, which have grown mostly outside of my “content.”
For the last six months, I stopped making videos because videos fell into bucket B for me.
I stopped enjoying it. So I don't do it. The end. I get up and work on my businesses and write in hobby time.
I cannot fathom a greater hell than having to make videos and content if I didn’t want to.
This is a luxury most “personal brand” entrepreneurs do not have.
Ask yourself as you see all the past aging influencers running ANOTHER stream...Another podcast...Still having to shake their asses...
Ask yourself if you want that to be you.
If you’re young and thinking about starting another podcast, stream, channel, or personal brand, you really need to ask yourself:
A) Does the world need another talking head?
B) Is this really what you want to do for the next 30 years?
The answer to A is no.
The answer to B is likely no.
Think about it before you waste years of your life in the rat race of trying to become popular online.
The vast majority of hyper-wealthy people are total unknowns.
Airmass explains why he only takes full-port trades
“I used to run a business. I didn’t try to run three other businesses. If I did I would be screwed because it would divert my attention and it would all just unravel”
“Why is it that when you own a business it's OK to be all in, but it's not OK to be all in on a massive business that has management which is better than me or you?”
while trading, never ever copytrade anyone
develop ur own system/strategy and trust ur own method, if u copytrade someone u will end of fumbling the best trading bc u lack the conviction and u dont have the confidence of diamond holding winners,
same for losing trades u will hold on to them bc some random guru told u so
in the poker table ur alone, and other players often will mislead u, a profitable trader will never reveal his secrets in some paid group or on some course that he sells to you as some "savior way" to make millions
if someone has the golden egg chicken, he won't ever share that with anyone
I am praying for people to realize that years are a social construct and really have nothing to do with price action.
If you simply shift when the year begins and ends by literally two weeks, this changes.
Using candle history is the fastest way to poverty