My first cycle was 2017. I had a prescription for vyvanse and I put it to good use no-lifing the whole run on discord 24/7. I had no idea "crypto twitter" existed back then, but I do now, and I've come to tell you a story about how I'm totally delusional.
Bitcoin peaked at 20k. By that point my portfolio was so big I couldn't even comprehend it, really. The most expensive thing I'd bought before in my life was my car, which cost 9k. My initial Coinbase deposit was $1200. Now I was sitting on enough to cover rent till I died. Not that I'd ever considered taking money out of the market. Why sell the future of finance right before it made you another 100x?
After that peak, bitcoin crashed 40% to 12k. My portfolio was mostly altcoins, which nuked down more like 80%.
I was confused - the coins went up because the tech was good, right? Everyone was writing articles about that. How could they suddenly become bad?
Over the next few days, things bounced back. We hit 17k again and my portfolio was back to 85% of its all-time-high. I dismissed the earlier decimation as a weird fluke, some sort of market error.
With our coins back near highs again, I was talking about new plays with friends in a discord call when an older guy joined. He was a bitcoin miner who'd been in the game since basically day 1.
"Guys, sell everything and don't even think the word 'crypto' for another 18 months. I don't wanna see you do what I did in 2013."
We asked him what he meant - "cycle?"
Did he not understand society was being reorganized around blockchain technology? Did he think things could just got back to how they were before? We had 100 questions.
"I'll never stop mining bitcoin. It'll come back. All this other shit - vertcoin, NULS? Going to 0. Actual 0. You will have to pay people to take it off your hands, and those people will laugh at you for buying it in the first place. Sell all that shit, set a timer for 12 months and when the alarm goes off you dump every cent you have back in bitcoin."
We wished him the best and thanked him for his advice, but nobody listened. He left the call and we agreed he was just too old to understand the revolutionary technology our altcoins were based on.
Over the next month, I proceeded to lose enough money it could've bought several houses.
I didn't even get liquidated trading, just holding coins that went down so fast it was basically the same as liquidation. Day after day after day. It was incomprehensible to me. I'd never seen the charts do that before. Support levels stopped mattering entirely, nothing bounced except bitcoin - and the bounces got sold into like mad, until they wicked the green daily back red and sent us even lower.
There wasn't a single buyer left.
Gradually, people from the discord stopped logging on. At the end it was just me and this totally insane guy. One time while he was saying something totally bizarre, I realized me being the last one sticking around with him probably market me as nuts too. An unpleasant thought, but quite hard to deny at this point. Bagholding multiple fake internet coins down 99% from their peaks is not normal behavior.
After accepting I was delusional, I sold my alts into bitcoin and sent it somewhere to forget about.
This next cycle, you're gonna be accosted by an infinite swarm of people exactly like me from 2017. You might even be one yourself.
They will tell you we've hit escape velocity, that we've created a new paradigm, that we've been institutionally adopted. They're sure that rehypothecation of digital assets brings permanent liquidity to the space and makes it impossible to go down ever again. They'll say shit we can't even imagine right now and they'll believe it completely.
Lots do it their first cycle. When you enter a market that's going up only for over a year straight, it is literally impossible for you to imagine it being any other way.
I have a few goals, based on this experience. I think they're probably decent for most other people too
1) Do not be 2017 Lukas. We go down later. It's not different now and it never will be.
2) Do not let your friends be 2017 Lukas. Most people will not be okay losing 98% of their net worth in one month. They will hate crypto and everyone they associate with it forever. This includes you, to a degree.
3) Make your friends take profits. They don't have to dump the whole stack, but just a little bit to get them used to the idea of selling. Last cycle I bought my 2 best friends AUGs. If I ever again refuse to take profits on a 50x, they know to come point the guns at me. They hope it won't come to that, but they also understand I'd prefer to be shot in my right arm or leg if it does.
3) Identify the Discord Bitcoin Wizards and obey their commands. There will be at least one point this cycle where a person says something to you that sounds completely retarded, but it'll actually be God himself speaking to you through that person's vessel. You have to seriously consider this possibility every time you hear something new. Accurately identifying and obeying the wizards will make you more money than every thread on airdrop farming combined.
4) Exit with at least 50% of your portfolio all-time high. This sounds like the easiest thing on the list but somehow it's 1000x more difficult than locating wizards disguised as retarded people.
Good luck. I love you all and we are going so much higher
I've been using all three AI agents. OpenClaw, Perplexity Computer, and Claude Cowork.
Here's what I've found so far:
OpenClaw is the most powerful if you're technical, love tinkering and have a ton of time to mess around.
Open source, self-hosted, you pick your models. You can make it do basically anything. But you're also the one building and maintaining all of it (as its always breaking).
Claude Cowork feels the most like having an actual coworker (for 1 specific task). It runs on your Mac, works with your local files, and the plugins for legal, finance, and HR are legit. Downside is it only uses Anthropic models and your laptop has to stay open.
Perplexity Computer is the easiest one to actually get work done (imo) with tons of models running behind the scenes, plugs right into Gmail, Slack, Notion, and it runs in the cloud so it keeps going while you sleep. Tradeoff is you're living in their ecosystem. (oh and their local browser control needs major work, it's unreliable)
so:
Want full control? OpenClaw.
Want a desktop co-pilot? Cowork.
Want to hand off real tasks and walk away? Perplexity Computer.
These tools are changing weekly though, im just trying to keep up.
What did I miss?
CRASH COMING: Why I am buying not selling.
My target price for Gold is $27k. I got this price from friend Jim Rickards….and I own two goldmines.
I began buying gold in 1971….the year Nixon took gold from the US Dollar.
Nixon violated Greshams Law, which states “When fake money enters the system….real money goes into hiding.”
My target price for Bitcoin is $250 k in 2026.
Silver $100 in 2026. I own silver mines and I know new silver is scarce.
Ethereum $60. I got this from Tom Lee. Ethereum is block chain for Stable coins. This means Ethereum follows METCALFS law…. The law of NET WORKS.
LESSON: I follow the laws of money, Gresham and Metcalf’s laws.
Unfortunately the US Treasury and Fed break the laws. They print fake money to pay their bills. If you and I did what the Fed and Treasury are doing…. We would be in jail for breaking the laws.
Today the USA is the biggest debtor nation in history and why I have been warning “Savers are losers.”
That is why I keep buying gold, silver, Bitcoin, and Ethereum even when they crash.
Take care. Massive riches ahead.
BIGGEST CRASH IN HISTORY STARTING
In 2013 I published RICH DADs PROPHECY predicting the biggest crash in history was coming.
Unfortunately that crash has arrived.
It’s not just the US. Europe and Asia are crashing.
AI will wipe out jobs and when jobs crash office and residential real estate crashes.
Time to buy more gold, silver, Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Silver is the best and the safest.
Silver is $50 today. I predict silver will hit $70 soon and possibly $200 in 2026.
The good news is while millions will lose everything…. if you are prepared…this crash will make you richer.
I will have more ways to get richer even as markets crash in future Tweets or Xs.
Take care
LESSON # 3: How to get richer as global economy crashes.
Join a network marketing business.
Reasons why a network marketing business will make you richer.
AI (Artificial Intelligence) will wipe out millions of jobs even jobs that required lots of schooling like lawyers, doctors, actors, personalities….anyone can be faked.
Network Marketing business teach the fundamentals skills of being an entrepreneur.
Number one skill….selling….one to one….overcoming the fear of rejection.
Number two skill….Speaking in front of groups….a fear greater than death for many people.
Number three advantage of joining a net work marketing business….If you fail a network marketing company will not fire you….like most businesses do. …. Network marketing businesses teach you to stand up and most importantly…learn from your mistakes ….which is how you become smarter and richer.
Number 4 advantage of joining a network marketing business is you learn to coach and bring out the best in people… rather than treat them like failures….as schools do when you make mistakes.
Number 5, joining a net work marketing business makes you a kinder, more powerful, successful human being….rather than an arrogant, cocky, rich person.
That’s my Lesson # 3 on how to become richer even as the global economy crashes and millions become poorer.
You will have the power to make fellow humans richer.
Take care. Rough economy coming.
Lesson #4: How to get richer when the economy crashes:
ADP just announced 32,000 jobs were lost in November.
Those job losses are from big businesses.
The frightening news is small businesses laid off 120,000 workers.
The bigger lay offs will begin in 2026 when the world slides into a global recession.
If you are concerned your job may be on the block you may want to consider my Lesson # 4 on how to get richer when the economy crashes.
#1: If you own your own car you may want to join Uber or Lyft now and learn their system.
I use their service a lot, especially if I have been partying.
#2: If you can SELL…. most employees can’t selll….start looking for a business or product…you think will survive a recession…do your market research on the business or product now… before the 2026 recession begins.
When the recession hits…. go to the business and let them know how you can expand the business by increasing sales.
#3: If you can raise capital….most employees….definitely cannot put a deal together, and secure investor financing.
Residential and commercial real estate will crash in 2026. Real estate bargains will float to the surface. A number will be “deals of a lifetime” floating to the surface, waiting for you to put the investment and investors together.
Finding distressed properties, assembling a team of asset developers… and selling the asset is what I do today…. Getting richer using other people’s time, skills, and money.
It’s called “Capitalism.”
#4: Go to trade school to learn a trade. The world will always need nurses, plumbers, electricians, elderly care takers. Rather than returning to school, accumulating student loan debt….learning about the history of French miniature art….or some other useful subject….go to trade school, learning to do something useful….and get paid for what you learned.
#5: Accumulate and save “asssets” that go up in value as our FAKE $ loses value.
Keep your job and save real gold, silver, Bitcoin, and Ethereum.
In my opinion the best, most affordable asset to “save” today is Silver. Today as I text on Thursday December 4, 2025, silver is at an all time high of $$57 US.
I believe silver will be $96 US in January 2026….. even if the recession begins.
Please remember my Rich Dad’s words of Capitalist WISDOM: “Nobobody went broke…making a tiny profit…little by little….day after day.”
Take care.
LESSON # 8: How you can get richer as the world economy collapses.
CRASHES do not happen over night.
CRASHES take decades to occur.
For Example:
Silver crashed in 1965: when the US government turned silver coins into fake coins….
Violating Greshams Law which stated when bad money enters the economy good money goes into hiding,
In 1965 I was 18- years old and began saving “real silver” coins.
Today I have a lot of real silver coins.
In 1971 President Nixon took the dollar off the gold standard. The price of gold became erratic and the world economy blew into an economy of debt.
Today America and Japan are giant debtor nations.
The American consumer is deeply in debt with mortgages, student loan debt, and credit card debt.
Homelessness is exploding…. Even people with jobs are homeless because they cannot afford rent.
In 1972 I bought my first gold coin a South African Kruggersnd for $50.
I had to smuggle in that coin because it was illegal for Americans to own gold.
Today I store my gold and silver in Switzerland just in case….
Today on December 10, 2025 that same Gold Kruggersnd is worth approximatately $4,500 US.
This crash the world is going through now, possibly the worst crash in history was started back in 1913 , 112 years ago, when the Marxist US Frderal Reserve Bank….took over America’s monetary system.
The good news for those who study monetary history, they will grow richer as the price of gold and silver, “Gods Money,” and Bitcoin and Ethereum, “people’s money”go up in value as the Fake Fiat money system collapses.
They will be the winners.
The losers will be those lazy, financially ignorant people who believe “This time it’s different.
The Fed and US Government will save me”
OR: “I have safe job with a pension and money in the bank.”
Please remember, all monetary crashes started decades ago.
This good news is, this gives those who are aware and prepare, a lot of time to be get ready to be richer and richer.
My final question is, the same question I asked when I created the Cashflow Board game in 1996 and began writing my books about fake money in 1997….approximately 30 years ago:
“Why don’t we teach financial education in school?”
And more importantly, what are you going to do about a lack of financial education around the world?
Go back to school?
Gold and silver have been money for thousands of years.
Bitcoin for nearly 20 years.
Fake money has brought down empires for thousands of years.
Fake money brought down the Roman, Chinese, and Germany years and years ago…. Proving people do not learn from history.
Take care…. this time is not different.
Save real gold, silver, Bitcoin, and Ethereum.
LESSON # 8: How to get richer as the global economy crashes.
NAMES of the REAL GAME
“HEADS I WIN
TAILS you LOSE.”
The bankers of the world control the world because they control global Cash Flow.
The game bankers play is “Heads bankers win…tails bankers win…. but you lose.”
Technically the above translates into:
“Privatize our wins…socialize our losses.”
That means when bankers win they keep the winnings…. and if bankers lose, the tax payer pays for their losses.
In 2008 during the GFC, the GREAT FINANCIAL CRISIS, when bankers lost billions….the public…covered their losse via an increase in taxes.
That is why the name of the game is heads bankers win….. tails bankers win….tax payers lost.
I choose not to play that game by learning how NOT to pay taxes legally and own tangible assets outside the banking system, assets such as real gold, silver, Bitcoin and Ethereum.
If you would like to know how not pay taxes legally, my advisor Tom Wheelwright’s book Tax Free Weatlh may be a great addition to your financial library and your brain.
Remember America was founded in 1773 as tax free nation during the Boston Tea Party.
Tom’s book is true through out most of the world’s economies because the rich do not pay taxes in most countries.
Don’t be a loser. Get smarter with your money.
Take care
GIẢI THÍCH CƠ CHẾ FILL ORDER CỦA COINBASE LAUNCHPAD
Nhiều anh em vẫn chưa hiểu cơ chế của Coinbase Lanchpad và cứ nghĩ acc nhỏ sẽ được mua còn ông nào deposit nhiều thì coi như nịt, nhưng thực tế khác hoàn toàn.
Sẽ có 2 trường hợp xảy ra là:
1️⃣ Nếu tổng số MON mọi người đăng ký mua ≤ 7.5B token → Ai request bao nhiêu nhận đủ bấy nhiêu (cái này thì dễ hiểu rồi nên không cần phải giải thích).
2️⃣ Nếu tổng request > 7.5B MON → Coinbase dùng cơ chế “filling up from the bottom”, tức là:
Bước 1 – Ưu tiên vé nhỏ:
— Hệ thống tìm người có số lượng request nhỏ nhất (ví dụ người A mua ít nhất).
— Sau đó cấp đúng số lượng đó cho tất cả mọi người.
— Tức là: tất cả đều được “fill” lên bằng mức của người mua ít nhất.
Bước 2 – Lặp lại cho tới khi hết token:
— Sau vòng đầu, những người đã đủ số lượng họ xin sẽ dừng nhận thêm.
— Các ví còn thiếu (chưa đủ số lượng request) sẽ tiếp tục được chia trong vòng sau.
— Hệ thống lại nhìn mức “unfilled amount” nhỏ nhất tiếp theo và lặp lại tương tự.
Bước 3 – Chia đều phần còn lại:
— Khi số MON còn lại không đủ để tiếp tục fill thêm 1 “lần đồng loạt” như trên, thì phần token còn lại sẽ chia đều cho tất cả những người vẫn còn thiếu allocation.
Lấy ví dụ để mọi người dễ hình dung nhé (lấy từ trong tài liệu của Monad):
▶️ Có 1000 MON để bán và có 3 người đăng ký mua là:
— Low: 100 MON
— Mid: 500 MON
— High: 1000 MON
Thì cách chia sẽ như sau:
➡️ Vòng 1: Chia cho tất cả mọi người tham gia, mỗi người 100 MON > nghĩa là còn dư 700 MON và còn thiếu của ông Mid 400 token, của ông High là 900 token.
➡️ Vòng 2: Vì 700 không đủ chia cho mỗi người 400 token (số mà ông Mid còn thiếu) nên hệ thống sẽ tự chia đều số còn lại cho cả 2 ông Mid và High mỗi người 350 token.
👉 Kết quả là:
— Low: Mua được 100 MON.
— Mid: Mua được 450 MON.
— High: Mua được 450 MON.
Nhiều ông có vấn đề đọc hiểu với làm toàn cấp 1 còn không xong mà cứ thích đi cà khịa mình quá, mặc dù chả bao giờ đụng chạm gì ai. Nói thật là bớt bớt đi thì cuộc sống mới khá lên được chứ suốt ngày sân si thì sao mà phát triển.
Monad bán pre-sale token với định giá $2.5B trên Echo (vừa được Coinbase mua lại), sẽ có tổng cộng 7.5% tổng cung được mở bán trong đợt này và dự kiến thu về gần $200M cho dự án.
Tiền trong dân còn nhiều thật 😁
Kèo Monad này thực ra mình thấy khá giống kèo $PUMP đợt tháng 7 khi chuẩn bị ICO thì bị fud ngập trời như việc phân bổ airdrop, định giá quá cao,...
Tuy nhiên nếu mọi người là một người thích kiếm tiền hơn kiếm chuyện thì đây lại là một cơ hội cực ngon vì:
— Thời gian chôn vốn ngắn (không đến 1 tuần).
— Có thể mua được một volume rất lớn.
— Có thể hedge được để tránh rủi ro (giá đang x2).
Vậy thì tại sao không nhấc cái mông lên và đi KYC Coinbase thay vì ngồi đó đọc FUD trên mạng? Sáng mình cũng vừa KYC xong trong thời gian chỉ khoảng 15 phút.
Một số mẹo để anh em hạn chế được tối đa việc không nhận được code và KYC cực nhanh là:
— Sử dụng phương thức đăng ký bằng tài khoản Google thay vì tự tạo tài khoản email, mật khẩu.
— Sử dụng SĐT Vinaphone để đăng ký tài khoản (mình không có nên mua 1 cái SIM chính chủ mới cũng khá rẻ).
— Sử dụng GPLX để KYC vì thời gian duyệt rất nhanh, mình thấy anh em trong cộng đồng hay dùng CCCD và nó khá chậm.
🔗 Đăng ký Coinbase: https://t.co/pHauh8zgQX
you only need $100 to make generational wealth with the $MON token sale on coinbase.
→ you buy $MON at $0.025
→ $MON goes to $1
→ you make an easy 500x
$100 × 500 = $500,000
The next phase for $ZK token is real economic utility.
As interop and Prividiums enter production, the network for incorruptible finance should capture the value it creates, channeling it towards ecosystem growth.
A friendly reminder from @gluk64:
@ZKsync is no longer “a chain”.
ZKsync is not only ZKsync Era.
ZKsync is an Elastic Network,
a network of public and private chains.
Including:
Abstract Chain, Sophon, Grvt, Lens, Nodle, Cronos zkEVM, Memento (Deutsche Bank), LaChain, Union, Creator, Xsolla, Lift, ZKcandy, Zero Network, Heurist, Space and Time, XPLA, SANDchain, ADI Chain and more to come…
It’s a BIG network. Once interop is live, you will see how big the collected fees are, and how big the buybacks and burns can be.
You all are not bullish enough on $ZK!
Chains with the biggest fee growth in the past 7 days:
1️⃣ @ZKsync: +694%
2️⃣ @Arbitrum: +194%
3️⃣ @SeiNetwork:+186%
4️⃣ @LineaBuild: +121%
5️⃣ @Optimism: +117%
Usage is cool.
But revenue is better.