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		<title>Every asset class has this problem. Crypto gets blamed for it.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Let’s talk about uncertainty. It’s one of the most uncomfortable things about investing, but it’s something every investor faces at some stage. The thing about uncertainty is that many asset classes have it – from property development and private equity, to shares, commodities, and even running a business. Yet crypto is the one that seems</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="eb_p">Let’s talk about uncertainty. It’s one of the most uncomfortable things about investing, but it’s something every investor faces at some stage.</p>
<p class="eb_p">The thing about uncertainty is that many asset classes have it – from property development and private equity, to shares, commodities, and even running a business. Yet crypto is the one that seems to trigger the most anxiety.</p>
<p class="eb_p">A lot of it comes down to crypto&#8217;s early reputation. Before institutional involvement and clearer frameworks, crypto’s perception was shaped by pure volatility and negative media narratives. The industry has well and truly matured since then, but the perception hasn&#8217;t fully caught up.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Which means crypto carries reputational baggage that other assets simply don&#8217;t have.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Take property, for instance. Anyone who has been involved in building a home knows that development delays are normal. The final outcome can look very different from what was originally planned.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Even shareholder investing has uncertainty, where a product launch could get pushed back, a key executive departs or earnings fluctuate more than anticipated.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Investors tolerate variation in these asset classes much better than they do crypto.</p>
<p class="eb_p">So how can we apply some of that same tolerance to the crypto market?</p>
<p class="eb_p">It starts with recognising that deviation and uncertainty in these markets are not a failure. Uncertainty doesn&#8217;t mean something is inherently wrong, it usually means you&#8217;re dealing with something early and evolving.</p>
<p class="eb_p">This is historically where the biggest returns happen.</p>
<p class="eb_p">In my opinion, crypto has something other asset classes don’t – incredible, future-facing technology and the potential for substantial growth over time.</p>
<p class="eb_p">So ask yourself: ‘Is my crypto project broken? Or has the timeline just shifted?’</p>
<p class="eb_p">If the fundamentals remain intact, then patience becomes your greatest ally. Because uncertainty is something to navigate, it&#8217;s not something to fear.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In the last blog post, I shared some of the negative news and sentiment going around in past cycles. Today, let’s dive deeper into some of the major crypto liquidation events, and how the market recovered from them. Because when things feel uncomfortable, history gives us perspective. But first, some basics. What a liquidation actually</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="eb_p">In the last blog post, I shared some of the negative news and sentiment going around in past cycles. Today, let’s dive deeper into some of the major crypto liquidation events, and how the market recovered from them.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Because when things feel uncomfortable, history gives us perspective.</p>
<p class="eb_p">But first, some basics.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><strong>What a liquidation actually is </strong><br />
Many traders use leverage, which means they borrow money to increase their position size. If price moves against them, exchanges force-close those positions to limit further losses. This forced selling can push price lower, triggering more liquidations, and the cycle feeds on itself. When lots of these happen at once, we call it a liquidation event. You’ll also hear the term ‘capitulation’, which is when panic selling marks a potential bottom.</p>
<p class="eb_p">So what did some of the biggest liquidation events of the past do to the market? Let’s take a look.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><strong>October 2025: The biggest liquidation event in crypto history</strong><br />
On 10 October 2025, Bitcoin fell from a high of around $122,500 to roughly $104,000. That’s a drop of approximately 14%, triggering the largest crypto liquidation event ever recorded. Around $19.4 billion in leveraged positions were wiped out in 24 hours, affecting over 1.6 million traders.</p>
<p class="eb_p">What happened next? Not only did Bitcoin <i>not </i>collapse, it recovered to around $112,000 within weeks.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><i>From the biggest leverage flush crypto has ever seen.</i></p>
<p class="eb_p"><strong>April-May 2021: A one-two punch</strong></p>
<p class="eb_p">In April 2021, rumours of Chinese government crackdowns on crypto mining sparked a sharp sell-off, dropping Bitcoin from around $64,000 to below $50,000.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Around $9.9 billion in leveraged positions were liquidated – at the time, the largest event on record.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Before the market could catch its breath, a second hit landed. On 12 May, Elon Musk announced Tesla would stop accepting Bitcoin for vehicle purchases, citing environmental concerns. Bitcoin dropped another 12% on the day to below $50,000, with further losses following over the next week.</p>
<p class="eb_p">What happened next? Bitcoin took roughly 5 months to reclaim its previous highs, reaching a new all-time high above $68,000 in November 2021.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><strong>March 2020: The Covid crash </strong><br />
This was a particularly violent period because every global market broke at the same time. Bitcoin fell roughly 50% <i>in a single day</i>, from around $8,000 to near $3,800.</p>
<p class="eb_p">What happened next? Within about 2 months, Bitcoin had climbed back to its pre-crash level of approximately $9,000. By the end of 2020, it had reached new all-time highs near $30,000.<br />
And despite being one of the most frightening moments in crypto&#8217;s history, it became the launch point for the entire 2020–2021 bull market.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><strong>What history keeps showing us</strong><br />
When you look at data like this, history sends a consistent message. Crypto doesn’t end during liquidation events. It resets, rebuilds, and eventually moves forward stronger than before.</p>
<p class="eb_p">I share this message because we’ve experienced a lot of volatility and uncertainty over the past few months. And I get that it feels personal when you’re inside it, but when you step back, you can see that it’s happened before. In fact, these moments form part of a long, repeating pattern.</p>
<p class="eb_p">A few cycles ago, an event like October 10th would have absolutely devastated crypto. Exchanges would have frozen or failed, stablecoins might have depegged, and markets could have spiraled into a multi-year bear phase, just like after Mt. Gox or the 2022 collapses. But this time, the infrastructure held strong: platforms processed the chaos without breaking, spot holders like ETFs stepped in to stabilize prices, and the market quickly recovered without long-term damage. That resilience shows how far crypto has matured, and its ability to weather serious shocks.</p>
<p class="eb_p">There are always going to be events that shake confidence in markets, and we’ll see many more along the way. But time and again, the market has shown it can absorb shocks and keep building.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I’ve mentioned a few times recently that DWG have seen and experienced just about everything when it comes to cryptocurrencies. The good, the bad and yes – the ugly. So when I tell investors we’ve been through this before, I really mean it. I understand why some people feel this time is different. There is so much</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="eb_p">I’ve mentioned a few times recently that DWG have seen and experienced just about everything when it comes to cryptocurrencies. The good, the bad and yes – the ugly. So when I tell investors we’ve been through this before, I <i>really </i>mean it.</p>
<p class="eb_p">I understand why some people feel this time is different. There is so much going on with tariffs, wars, geopolitical tension, and policy shifts but I’m here to let you know, we’ve experienced market events that felt every bit as catastrophic as what we’re experiencing now. And we made it through every single one.</p>
<p class="eb_p">But not only that, the market came out stronger on the other side.</p>
<p class="eb_p">I thought I’d take you on a quick tour through some of the storms we’ve weathered in past crypto cycles. My goal is to show that turbulence isn’t new to crypto – it’s something every groundbreaking technology has faced on its path to maturity.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Let’s dive in.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><strong>February 2014 – Mt. Gox collapse</strong><br />
In early 2014, the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world imploded. Around 850,000 BTC had been stolen from Mt. Gox – worth roughly $450 million at the time. Withdrawals were frozen, trust evaporated overnight, and Bitcoin fell more than 30%.</p>
<p class="eb_p">It was absolute chaos.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="https://kartrausers.s3.amazonaws.com/taurusinstitute/30737369_1775266428rcximage.png" alt="30737369_1775266428rcximage.png" width="377" height="145" /></p>
<p class="eb_p">This event exposed just how fragile early exchange infrastructure really was and shattered the belief that centralised platforms were automatically safe. Investor confidence was crushed and anger, despair and panic took over. If the Crypto Fear &amp; Greed Index had existed back then, it would have been in extreme fear – for a very long time!</p>
<p class="eb_p">If you scroll back through the Bitcoin obituaries, you’ll see how many bleak headlines we were dealing with.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><img decoding="async" src="https://kartrausers.s3.amazonaws.com/taurusinstitute/30737370_1775266460shBimage.png" alt="30737370_1775266460shBimage.png" width="624" height="447" /></p>
<p class="eb_p"><strong>December 2017 to February 2018 – the crypto winter</strong><br />
In December 2017, Bitcoin peaked near $19,800 before falling to around $3,200.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><i>That’s a drop of roughly 84%. </i></p>
<p class="eb_p">The ICO bubble burst, regulators cracked down globally, China announced sweeping bans, and a $530 million hack at Coincheck poured fuel on the fire.</p>
<p class="eb_p">More than $800 billion was wiped from the market.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><i><img decoding="async" src="https://kartrausers.s3.amazonaws.com/taurusinstitute/30737371_17752664773JVimage.png" alt="30737371_17752664773JVimage.png" width="383" height="128" /></i></p>
<p class="eb_p">As you can imagine, the headlines were horrible. It was so bad that even long-term Bitcoin holders wondered whether the whole thing had failed for good.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><strong>March 2020 – the COVID crash</strong><br />
Remember the early days of covid? We certainly do. We watched Bitcoin’s price take a nosedive from around $8,500 to around $4,000. It dropped more than 50% in 48 hours. Fear dominated the headlines, sentiment collapsed, and miners capitulated. And all of this unfolded while the world was shutting down and the media screamed about a global pandemic.</p>
<p class="eb_p">To say sentiment was dire would be an understatement.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><strong>April to June 2021 – China bans mining</strong><br />
When China shut down more than half of the global Bitcoin hash rate almost overnight, Bitcoin plunged from its $64,000 peak in April right down to the low $30,000s by June/July.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Could you imagine waking up and seeing this headline staring back at you?</p>
<p class="eb_p"><img decoding="async" src="https://kartrausers.s3.amazonaws.com/taurusinstitute/30737376_1775267085CBOimage.png" alt="30737376_1775267085CBOimage.png" width="430" height="137" /></p>
<p class="eb_p">Many investors genuinely feared the network could become vulnerable to attacks or fail to process transactions reliably. And underneath that was a deeper fear: if a major global power could distrupt  mining so quickly, what was stopping other governments from doing the same?</p>
<p class="eb_p"><strong>2022 – Terra, LUNA, and FTX</strong><br />
In 2022, we didn’t just deal with one shocking crypto catastrophe, we dealt with two.</p>
<p class="eb_p">First came the collapse of UST and LUNA, where roughly $45 billion in value vanished in days. Then came FTX, which was considered one of the most reputable exchanges in the industry.</p>
<p class="eb_p">FTX revealed an $8 billion hole in its balance sheet. The fallout erased more than <i>$200 billion</i> from the market and froze lending across the ecosystem. Both retail and institutional trust collapsed. The mainstream narrative didn’t just play on investor emotions, it turned openly hostile.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><img decoding="async" src="https://kartrausers.s3.amazonaws.com/taurusinstitute/30737373_1775266512Znmimage.png" alt="30737373_1775266512Znmimage.png" width="370" height="209" /></p>
<p class="eb_p"><img decoding="async" src="https://kartrausers.s3.amazonaws.com/taurusinstitute/30737374_1775266566vZAimage.png" alt="30737374_1775266566vZAimage.png" width="404" height="253" /></p>
<p class="eb_p">And yet – through each of these so called ‘disasters’, where Bitcoin was declared dead, it found its way back into the limelight every single time.</p>
<p class="eb_p">At DWG, we’ve picked up the pieces of investor confidence time and time again.  Many of those same people went on to recover – and do very well.</p>
<p class="eb_p">And none of these events killed crypto.</p>
<p class="eb_p">But here’s the important part. Back then, we only had a fraction of the positive catalysts that we have in 2026. Today, the landscape looks very different.</p>
<ul>
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<p class="eb_p">We have a wave of institutional capital steadily moving into the space.</p>
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<p class="eb_p">We have ETFs opening the door for traditional investors at scale.</p>
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<p class="eb_p">We have a far more constructive US political environment around crypto.</p>
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<p class="eb_p">We’re seeing improving regulatory clarity instead of constant uncertainty.</p>
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<p class="eb_p">Tokenisation is moving from theory into real-world execution.</p>
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<p class="eb_p">Stablecoins are becoming core financial plumbing, not fringe experiments.</p>
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<p class="eb_p">And behind it all, monetary pressure and liquidity are building again.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p class="eb_p">That’s the difference.</p>
<p class="eb_p">The volatility hasn’t disappeared, but the foundation beneath this cycle is stronger, broader, and more legitimised than any previous time.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Every major cycle has had moments that felt like breaking points. And while history may not repeat <i>exactly</i>, I can tell you that the emotions of each cycle are the same. It&#8217;s never easy to sit through it, but history shows that the most uncomfortable periods often lay the groundwork for prosperity in the future.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Last week, the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) and the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) dropped some long-awaited guidance and answered one of the big questions on the crypto sector&#8217;s lips for more than a decade. Are crypto assets actually securities? For the most part, the answer is no. Which is fantastic news for investors.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="eb_p">Last week, the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) and the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) dropped some long-awaited guidance and answered one of the big questions on the crypto sector&#8217;s lips for more than a decade.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><i>Are crypto assets actually securities?</i></p>
<p class="eb_p">For the most part, the answer is no. Which is fantastic news for investors.</p>
<p class="eb_p">So what happened and how does it impact crypto? Let’s walk through it.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><strong>Why this matters</strong></p>
<p class="eb_p">For years, uncertainty has been one of the biggest barriers in crypto. Without clear rules, builders didn’t know where the boundaries were, and institutions that might have deployed serious capital simply sat on the sidelines. As a result, innovation slowed to a trickle because the framework was so unclear.</p>
<p class="eb_p">This announcement changes that.</p>
<p class="eb_p">The market now has a clearer structure to operate within, removing one of the biggest overhangs on the industry.</p>
<p class="eb_p">
<p class="eb_p"><img decoding="async" src="https://kartrausers.s3.amazonaws.com/taurusinstitute/30737353_1774152337sxgimage.png" alt="30737353_1774152337sxgimage.png" width="389" height="342" /></p>
<p class="eb_p"><i>Source: @SECPaulSAtkins </i></p>
<p class="eb_p"><strong>What this guidance actually means </strong><br />
The SEC is still working from securities laws written in the 1930s, when investments looked like stock certificates and railroad bonds. So what they’ve released here is essentially their interpretation of how those older laws apply to a completely new technology.</p>
<p class="eb_p">In simple terms, the SEC is saying ‘this is how we’re currently reading the rules’.</p>
<p class="eb_p">For anything to become permanent, it will need to be written into new legislation. That’s where proposals like the CLARITY Act come in, which aims to create a proper crypto-specific framework.</p>
<p class="eb_p">And we’re starting to see movement there as well.</p>
<p class="eb_p">On 20 March, the Senate and the White House announced they had reached an ‘agreement in principle’ on one of the key sticking points in the CLARITY Act talks: stablecoin yield.</p>
<p class="eb_p">A lot of the debate has centred around whether stablecoin issuers or related platforms can offer yield, rewards, or interest-like incentives, without pulling deposits away from the traditional banking system. The language still needs to be finalised, but this is a meaningful step toward moving the bill forward.</p>
<p class="eb_p">In the meantime, we have this new guidance. So let’s break it down simply.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><strong>How the SEC is now viewing crypto</strong><br />
Rather than treating everything the same, crypto assets are now being separated into clearer categories. Think of it as finally sorting crypto into clear buckets, instead of one big, confusing pile.</p>
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<p class="eb_p"><strong>Digital commodities: </strong>These include established network tokens like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP and Chainlink etc.</p>
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<p class="eb_p"><strong>Digital collectibles: </strong>These include NFTs and similar assets, where value comes from scarcity, culture, and demand rather than business performance.</p>
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<p class="eb_p"><strong>Digital tools: </strong>These are utility-based tokens that perform a specific function within a network, such as access, usage, or infrastructure.</p>
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<p class="eb_p"><strong>Stablecoins: </strong>These are assets pegged to a currency and used for payments, settlement, and liquidity within the ecosystem.</p>
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<p class="eb_p"><strong>Digital securities: </strong>These represent tokenised versions of traditional financial instruments. (Regulators continue to apply full securities regulation to this category).</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p class="eb_p">So only that last bucket gets the heavy regulation; everything else is being viewed through a more practical and defined lens.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><strong>What this means for investors</strong><br />
This is the kind of clarity the industry has been waiting for. It lowers the risk of projects being challenged or shut down unexpectedly and sets the stage for real market-structure legislation. But not only that, it helps contribute to a more stable foundation for future growth.</p>
<p class="eb_p">For many of the major assets in the market, this removes a decade-long layer of uncertainty and gives capital more confidence to start moving.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Recently, I received an email from one of our DWG students that really made me pause. They wrote: “I’ve watched all the mindset trainings… but now they don’t matter because the market hasn’t moved.” And it caught me a little by surprise. That’s not to say I don’t understand where the feeling comes from. After</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="eb_p">Recently, I received an email from one of our DWG students that really made me pause.<br />
They wrote:</p>
<p class="eb_p"><i>“I’ve watched all the mindset trainings… but now they don’t matter because the market hasn’t moved.”</i></p>
<p class="eb_p">And it caught me a little by surprise.</p>
<p class="eb_p">That’s not to say I don’t understand where the feeling comes from. After all, markets test patience, waiting tests conviction and uncertainty tests everything else!</p>
<p class="eb_p">But the deeper truth about mindset is this: it isn’t built when things are easy.</p>
<p class="eb_p">A positive money mindset is something many investors strive for. But the reality is, it&#8217;s not forged when the market is going up and everything feels obvious.</p>
<p class="eb_p">After all, it&#8217;s easy to feel confident and positive when everything is green.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Your mindset is revealed when the market pauses, when uncertainty is high, when timelines extend, and when patience becomes the hardest skill of all. That’s when the framework you’ve built either holds you steady – or it doesn’t.</p>
<p class="eb_p">The truth is, markets have a very interesting way of revealing the conversations we’re having with ourselves.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><i>Do we trust our decisions?</i><br />
<i>Do we panic when timelines stretch?</i><br />
<i>Do we become reactive when outcomes are delayed?</i></p>
<p class="eb_p">Because here is something worth remembering: Your framework for thinking becomes your framework for living…(One of my favourites!)</p>
<p class="eb_p">If your internal world is chaotic, impatient and fearful, it becomes very difficult for the external world to feel calm, clear and successful. But when your internal state is grounded, patient and focused, you move through uncertainty very differently.</p>
<p class="eb_p">The outside world often reflects the state of the inside one.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Simply said:</p>
<p class="eb_p"><i>If we don’t have a positive space within us, it becomes very hard to create one around us.</i></p>
<p class="eb_p">This is why mindset matters so much.</p>
<p class="eb_p">I often talk about the concept of wealth initiations in my Money Mindset training sessions with DWG students.</p>
<p class="eb_p">And initiations are rarely comfortable.</p>
<p class="eb_p">They stretch you.<br />
They test you.<br />
They ask you to become someone slightly stronger than you were before.</p>
<p class="eb_p">But the interesting thing about initiations that you almost never recognise them while they’re happening. It’s not until later that you realise the challenge was actually the training.</p>
<p class="eb_p">So if you find yourself feeling impatient, uncertain, or questioning things right now, know that you’re not alone.</p>
<p class="eb_p">But please don’t immediately assume something is wrong.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Remember, all markets move in cycles, even when they pause longer than we expect. But the psychological side of investing doesn’t pause with them.</p>
<p class="eb_p">So stay grounded, stay educated and stay connected to the reasons you began in the first place. Because the mindset you are building now isn’t just shaping how you experience this market – it is shaping the investor, and the person, you are becoming.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 18:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Most market opportunities don’t announce themselves clearly. In fact, they usually arrive disguised as disappointment. Right now, a lot of people are saying the same thing about altcoins: “They’re dead.” On the surface, that view makes sense. Prices are down sharply. Confidence has collapsed. Capital has crowded into Bitcoin as the perceived safe haven. Many</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Most market opportunities don’t announce themselves clearly.</div>
<div>
In fact, they usually arrive disguised as disappointment.</p>
<p>Right now, a lot of people are saying the same thing about altcoins:<br />
<i>“They’re dead.”</i></p>
<p>On the surface, that view makes sense. Prices are down sharply. Confidence has collapsed. Capital has crowded into Bitcoin as the perceived safe haven. Many projects that historically delivered explosive upside during expansion phases have barely moved at all this cycle and some remain down 80–90% from prior highs.</p>
<p>It looks like failure.</p>
<p>But here’s the mistake people often make, and it’s one we’ve seen many times before, across many different markets.</p>
<p>They confuse price suppression with fundamental decay.</p>
<p>Think back to other periods like this.</p>
<p>In the early 1990s, Australian property felt uninvestable after years of stagnation.</p></div>
<div>
After the dot-com crash, technology stocks were dismissed as a “one-time bubble.”</div>
<div>
After the GFC, bank shares were widely considered permanently broken.</p>
<p>In each case, the narrative was the same: <i>“the best days are behind us&#8221;.</i></p>
<p>What was missed was this:<br />
Progress didn’t stop just because prices were weak.</p>
<p>That’s the lens we need to apply today.</p>
<p>Despite depressed prices, many major crypto networks have continued to build quietly, steadily, and without market applause.</p></div>
<div></div>
<div>These ecosystems are larger, more mature, and more resilient than they’ve ever been (I’ve spoken about this many times in the last few trainings). At the same time, the external environment continues to improve: clearer regulation, ETFs, growing institutional participation, and real infrastructure adoption (including AI increasingly using crypto rails) &#8211; are all moving forward.</p>
<p>Price hasn’t reflected that yet.</p>
<p>And that’s the point.</p>
<p>Markets don’t reward certainty.<br />
They reward positioning before certainty exists.</p>
<p>This doesn’t mean recklessness. It doesn’t mean going “all-in.” And it certainly doesn’t mean we’re trying to call a bottom.</p></div>
<div>
That’s exactly the point, we don’t get caught up in timing. We focus on what we own, why we own it, and how quickly this market can move when conditions change.</p>
<p>That’s why our approach hasn’t changed.</p>
<p>We don’t put the house on these assets, because we don’t know when sentiment will turn. But we do recognise that for many altcoins, their day in the sun is likely still ahead.</p>
<p>When that’s the case, the intelligent response isn’t timing, it’s allocation, position sizing, and disciplined accumulation. All of which I spoke about in my training yesterday [you can watch the replay here].</p>
<p>This is the part of the cycle that feels uncomfortable.<br />
That’s not a flaw, it’s a feature.</p>
<p>If you listened only to the loudest voices online right now, you’d think the sensible move is to retreat, sit in cash, and wait until everything feels “safe” again. But safety usually arrives after opportunity has passed.</p>
<p>Being contrarian doesn’t mean being aggressive.<br />
It means being deliberate when others are paralysed by fear.</p>
<p>History is rarely kind to the crowd at moments like this.<br />
But it’s often generous to those who stayed disciplined, patient, and positioned &#8211; even when it didn’t feel obvious at the time.</p>
<p>That’s the framework we’re operating from now.</p>
<p>And while buying when markets are bleeding never feels comfortable &#8211; just as selling into strength never does &#8211; history consistently shows that progress is made by those who act with discipline when it feels hardest.</p></div>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Over the years, living through multiple market cycles teaches you caution. When markets rise quickly, experience tends to trigger caution &#8211;  slow down, wait, protect capital. That instinct makes sense. It was built in markets where progress was steady, cycles repeated, and corrections followed familiar patterns. But one of the key points from my latest</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Over the years, living through multiple market cycles teaches you caution.</p>
<p>When markets rise quickly, experience tends to trigger caution &#8211;  slow down, wait, protect capital. That instinct makes sense. It was built in markets where progress was steady, cycles repeated, and corrections followed familiar patterns.</p>
<p>But one of the key points from my latest training is this:</p>
<p><i><strong>The environment we’re operating in has changed.</strong></i></p>
<p>We’re no longer dealing with a system that moves in small, predictable steps. We’re now entering a period where technological capability, productivity, and economic value are compounding faster than anything we’ve seen before. Applying defensive instincts built for slower systems doesn’t reduce risk here &#8211; it increases the chance of being structurally underexposed.</p></div>
<div></div>
<div><i>What this means:</i> being “too safe” in a fast-changing system can actually become the risk.</p>
<p>That’s why we need to be looking through the lens of <i><strong>asymmetry</strong></i>, not precision.</p>
<p>Trying to perfectly time entries, exits, or cycles assumes markets behave cleanly and linearly. In reality, volatility (caused by macro political headwinds), corrections, and drawdowns are permanent features (especially in emerging asset classes like crypto). These movements feel dramatic in the moment, but relative to what’s unfolding, they are often just noise.</p>
<p><i>Zoomed in, markets look chaotic.</i><br />
<i>Zoomed out, the direction becomes more obvious. </i></p>
<p>We’re already seeing early evidence of acceleration across AI, automation, software development, energy, medicine, and infrastructure. Entire product teams are being replaced by software. We’re not talking about a few percent gains either. In some areas,<strong> the volume of work and economic value being produced </strong>is being multiplied. Timelines are compressing, and innovation is moving faster with each cycle.</div>
<div></div>
<div><i>What this means:</i> value is being created faster, and markets tend to reprice <strong>before</strong> it feels obvious or comfortable (and I discussed this in my training &#8220;why it gets harder before it gets obvious&#8221; just last week).</p>
<p>When all of this change compounds like this, traditional valuation frameworks struggle. Models built for linear growth weren’t designed for environments where productivity, labour, and development speed are all shifting together and at an exponential rate. Waiting for perfect clarity usually comes at a cost &#8211; by the time certainty shows up, markets have already moved.</p></div>
<div></div>
<div>And what is certainty, really? It’s when the debate is over, confidence is widespread, and the opportunity is no longer early.</p>
<p><strong>Crypto sits directly at the intersection of this transformation.</strong></p>
<p>It has already demonstrated its ability to compress wealth creation into shorter timeframes than traditional markets. Early cycles were driven heavily by speculation. What comes next has the potential to be larger and more durable because the underlying real economic value creation <i><strong><u>is</u></strong></i> <u>increasingly</u> supporting the growth.</p>
<p>That doesn’t mean risk disappears. Downside risk always exists, and volatility will continue to test conviction. But the largest risk in environments like this is not price movement &#8211; it’s exiting prematurely, confusing discomfort with failure, and being unpositioned when conditions shift.</p>
<p>Simply said, Crypto is not a trader’s environment.</p>
<p>Long-term ownership has historically outperformed short-term trading for most participants, and that gap tends to widen during periods of rapid change. The challenge isn’t predicting every move &#8211; it’s staying positioned long enough for asymmetry to work.</p>
<p>That’s why our strategy is built the way it is. And why it is boring by design.</p>
<p>Position sizing, risk management, and patience aren’t designed to eliminate volatility, they’re designed to make volatility tolerable. The objective is not to react to every headline, but to remain exposed to upside <i><u>while allowing uncertainty to pass</u></i>.</p>
<p>Short-term narratives will continue to flip between extremes. None of them change the underlying structure we discussed in my latest training. Crypto is not broken. Volatility is not failure. And time in the market still matters more than timing the market.</p>
<p>The core message remains the same:</p>
<p>Endurance is key in this market. It always has been.</p></div>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I wanted to take a moment to address what’s been happening in the market and, more importantly, to give you some clarity and reassurance during what can feel like a very uncomfortable period. On the surface, the recent sell-off looks ugly. Red candles, alarming headlines, social media panic — it’s all very loud right now.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="p1 eb_p">I wanted to take a moment to address what’s been happening in the market and, more importantly, to give you some clarity and reassurance during what can feel like a very uncomfortable period.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">On the surface, the recent sell-off looks ugly. Red candles, alarming headlines, social media panic — it’s all very loud right now. But it’s important to understand what this move actually is, and what it is not.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">This is <span class="s1"><strong>not</strong></span> Bitcoin failing.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">It’s not crypto fundamentals breaking.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">And it’s not the market deciding that crypto is “over”.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">What we’re seeing is a <span class="s1"><strong>forced liquidation event</strong></span>.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">In simple terms, people weren’t choosing to sell — they were forced to sell.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">When crypto, stocks, and even assets like gold sell off at the same time, it usually isn’t because investors have suddenly changed their long-term beliefs. It’s because leverage is being unwound.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">Over recent years, large funds and institutions have been using crypto as collateral to borrow money, which they then invested into other assets like equities and metals. When crypto prices fell, the value of that collateral dropped, triggering margin calls. If those margin calls couldn’t be met, assets had to be sold immediately — regardless of quality.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">That’s why, over the last day or two, we’ve seen everything sold off together. Not because confidence vanished, but because there was no choice.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">This type of forced selling creates a domino effect. Prices drop, collateral loses value, margin calls occur, assets are sold quickly, prices fall further — and the cycle continues until excess leverage is flushed out of the system.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">The key point to remember is this: <span class="s1"><strong>forced selling always ends</strong></span>.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">Once it does, panic sellers are gone, leverage is reduced, and what remains is a much cleaner, healthier market. Historically, this isn’t the end of a market cycle — it’s a <span class="s1"><strong>reset within a cycle</strong></span>.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">The long-term trend remains intact. The market simply needed to release pressure before continuing on.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">Markets don’t move in straight lines. They move in waves. Every crypto cycle includes advances, pullbacks, periods of consolidation, and occasional sharp resets like the one we’re experiencing now. These resets tend to happen when leverage builds up too quickly and prices run ahead of underlying structure.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">What this is <span class="s1"><strong>not</strong></span> is a failure of the asset class. Crypto fundamentals are stronger than ever. This is a pressure release, a structural clean-up, and a recalibration between price and reality. In hindsight, moments like these often look like the shakeout before the next phase.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">Living through them, however, is always uncomfortable — especially for newer investors. If this feels unsettling, that’s completely normal.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">One important mindset shift to remember is that crypto has grown into the broader financial system. With that growth comes increased leverage and, at times, sharper volatility. That doesn’t mean crypto is broken — it means it’s maturing.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">History shows us that periods like this feel chaotic in the moment, but they’re often where weak hands exit and strong hands quietly accumulate. It’s uncomfortable, but it’s part of how markets evolve.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">From an emotional standpoint, it’s okay to step back for a few days. You don’t need to react to every move, and you don’t need to make decisions today. These flush-outs don’t change the long-term game.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">Nothing material has changed about Bitcoin’s network, adoption, institutional infrastructure, supply dynamics, or long-term demand. This isn’t the market voting against crypto — it’s the market clearing excess risk.</p>
<p class="p1 eb_p">For now, let the market do what it needs to do, and give yourself permission to take a breath.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>February opened with a bang as crypto sentiment has slipped back into extreme fear, and we’ve seen sharp moves across broader markets. Gold and silver have both dropped considerably, with Silver plunging over 30%. If you’re feeling uneasy and nervous about what you’re seeing, I want to reassure you that this is not unexpected. So</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="eb_p">February opened with a bang as crypto sentiment has slipped back into extreme fear, and we’ve seen sharp moves across broader markets. Gold and silver have both dropped considerably, with Silver plunging over 30%.</p>
<p class="eb_p">If you’re feeling uneasy and nervous about what you’re seeing, I want to reassure you that this is not unexpected. So let’s come together and take a look at what’s happening in this market.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Let’s start with the facts: We should expect extreme volatility over the next few weeks.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Crypto is moving alongside other risk assets as markets react to geopolitical tensions, trade concerns, and general uncertainty. And when volatility rises and negative headlines take over, we often see it reflected as a drop in retail participation. This is because many retail investors think in terms of weeks or months, not years. That alone makes uncertainty itself feel like a risk.</p>
<p class="eb_p">That’s where we, as educators, try to slow things down, add context, and help you see what’s happening beyond the price action.</p>
<p class="eb_p">If you’re a DWG member, you’ve probably watched last week’s update where we walked through the upcoming headwinds that would heavily unsettle markets. We’re seeing some of those play out right now.</p>
<p class="eb_p">In other words, this is not new news.</p>
<p class="eb_p">So what’s driving this particular drop?</p>
<p class="eb_p">There isn’t just one cause – it’s a few things converging at once.</p>
<ol>
<li class="ck-list-marker-color" data-list-item-id="e7ecb2cc9c0bdada6675756f126c51e04">
<p class="eb_p"><strong>A change in US rate expectations </strong><br />
Markets reacted to news that Donald Trump nominated Kevin Warsh for Federal Reserve Chair. Warsh supports higher interest rates and tighter control over money flowing through the economy. This matters for crypto because risk assets perform best when money flows freely. When investors expect interest rates to stay higher for longer, they often reduce exposure to higher-risk assets. After this announcement, the US dollar strengthened, which added further pressure to crypto prices.</p>
<p>However.</p>
<p>Kevin Warsh has consistently spoken about Bitcoin in a measured and pragmatic way. He sees it as an important asset that helps keep monetary policy in check by signalling when central banks misstep. He has also compared Bitcoin to gold as a store of value, particularly for younger generations who see it as a digital alternative to traditional assets.</p>
<p class="eb_p">
Warsh also understands the crypto space at a practical level. He has invested in crypto-related projects and spoken positively about blockchain as a powerful new software layer with real-world potential. That perspective sets him apart from policymakers who have historically dismissed or misunderstood this technology.</p>
<p class="eb_p">
So what feels unsettling to some now, may ultimately support greater legitimacy and long-term growth. This appointment could prove constructive for crypto once short-term volatility passes.</p>
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<p class="eb_p"><strong>Lower weekend trading amplified the move</strong><br />
Trading volumes typically drop on weekends, which allows prices to move more sharply than usual. As prices fell, traders using borrowed money had to close positions automatically. These forced sales pushed prices down further. So this chain reaction accelerated the move.</p>
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<p class="eb_p"><strong>Technical selling added pressure</strong><br />
When Bitcoin dropped below key price levels, automated sell orders kicked in. These orders added more selling pressure and sped up the move lower. High leverage across the market made the downside feel faster and heavier than usual.</p>
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<p class="eb_p"><strong>The US government shutdown added another layer of uncertainty</strong><br />
The partial US government shutdown is underway, adding extra uncertainty to an already fragile market. Shutdowns pause government spending, salaries, and contracts, which reduces short-term money moving through the economy. They also delay economic data and regulatory decisions. In thin weekend markets, headlines like this often push investors into a defensive posture and amplify price moves.</p>
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<p class="eb_p">What we’re seeing is a short-term liquidity and confidence shock. It looks chaotic in the moment, but I’d like to offer a reminder: these markets tend to have a very short memory.</p>
<p class="eb_p">For instance, in 2024, Japan raised short-term interest rates for the first time in 17 years. So all the cheap borrowing suddenly became much more expensive. Investors rushed to unwind their positions, creating a wave of selling across global markets. Bitcoin fell roughly 15–20% in a short period, while many altcoins dropped even more.</p>
<p class="eb_p">It looked like absolute carnage.</p>
<p class="eb_p">But prices rebounded and went on to test all-time highs again <i>within a matter of 3-4 weeks. (</i>Yes you read right). <i> </i></p>
<p class="eb_p">This is how resilient (and often unexpected) this crypto market has become.</p>
<p class="eb_p">At DWG we openly share potential headwinds with members. It’s not to panic or alarm you, it’s to arm you with knowledge of potential hurdles, so you don’t get shaken out by the noise when they happen.</p>
<p class="eb_p">We know that macro events can disrupt confidence, and the media amplify fear and whip people up into a frenzy. When you add the pressure many of us place on ourselves to ‘be right’ about crypto, it becomes easy to react or make rushed decisions. It can create a perfect storm of destabilisation.</p>
<p class="eb_p">But it doesn’t have to be that way.</p>
<p class="eb_p">One of the most important skills an investor can develop is staying calm in the chaos, and not letting emotions get the better of us. And I know – it’s not always easy! But it’s often where the real work is, and where the real edge lies.</p>
<p class="eb_p">As retail investors, it’s hard for us to copy institutional strategies exactly, but we can adopt the way institutions think. They understand that volatility doesn’t automatically mean something is getting worse.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Overall, I still believe we’re heading into a strong year for risk assets. Nothing about my thesis or conviction has changed. On a fundamental level, governments will continue to print money, as they always have, and quality assets will be the winners over time. There will be bumps along the way, in both crypto and traditional markets, but volatility alone does not signal the end of a cycle.</p>
<p class="eb_p">In fact, I’ve been educating through three market cycles, and I can say honestly that I’ve seen sentiment far worse!</p>
<p class="eb_p">These were the headlines in 2018 before Crypto had any real smart backing.</p>
<p class="eb_p"><img decoding="async" src="https://kartrausers.s3.amazonaws.com/taurusinstitute/30737324_1769923155A5Mimage.png" alt="30737324_1769923155A5Mimage.png" width="460" height="385" /></p>
<p class="eb_p">Imagine if I had listened to this?</p>
<p class="eb_p">I can assure you, I would not be in the same financial position I’m in today.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Instead, I let the market do the lifting and took the emotion out of the game.</p>
<p class="eb_p">So I’m going to say everyone’s favourite trigger word one more time….</p>
<p class="eb_p"><i>Patience.  </i></p>
<p class="eb_p">Yes, there are macro pressures still ahead, as we outlined on Wednesday night. The difference in this cycle is the foundation <i>underneath </i>the market. ETFs, institutions, and strategic reserves are now part of the picture, and that level of structural support simply didn’t exist in earlier cycles.</p>
<p class="eb_p">If you have conviction in your chosen projects, and you believe in this asset class like we do, take a step back and allow the market to move through this phase.</p>
<p class="eb_p">I believe we’ll come out much stronger on the other side.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>If crypto sentiment feels a bit all over the place lately, you’re not imagining it. The Crypto Fear &#38; Greed Index has swung from extreme fear, through neutral, and even into greed for a brief moment. Now we’re back at fear again. All while gold and silver are printing new all-time highs (classic risk-off behaviour).</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="eb_p">If crypto sentiment feels a bit all over the place lately, you’re not imagining it. The Crypto Fear &amp; Greed Index has swung from extreme fear, through neutral, and even into greed for a brief moment. Now we’re back at fear again. All while gold and silver are printing new all-time highs (classic risk-off behaviour).</p>
<p class="eb_p">It’s understandable to feel disheartened by it all, and I’ll address the growing frustration from investors in an upcoming email; but today, I want to shift the focus slightly and ask a different question:</p>
<p class="eb_p"><i>If price action isn’t positive right now, what is?</i></p>
<p class="eb_p">The answer is – quite a lot, if you know where to look!</p>
<p class="eb_p">In this email, I’m going to share a quick snapshot of a few things I’ve noticed over the last week. I see this as further confirmation that crypto and blockchain adoption are moving forward in the background, even if it’s not making its way onto your feed. This isn’t about hopium or short-term predictions; it’s simply about sharing what I’m seeing on the ground, so you have a balanced view of what’s happening beneath the surface.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Let’s start with tokenisation.</p>
<p class="eb_p">If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of tokenisation, it’s taking real-world assets and representing them as digital tokens on a blockchain. When you hold that token, you hold a verifiable claim to the underlying asset. This lowers barriers to entry, opens up 24/7 markets, makes fractional ownership possible and makes liquidity far easier to access.</p>
<p class="eb_p">In short, it takes everything we know about traditional investing and flips it on its head.</p>
<p class="eb_p">DWG have been talking about tokenisation since 2017, but based on recent news, data and institutional conversations, it looks to be moving into the spotlight and could be one of the more promising crypto sectors in 2026.</p>
<p class="eb_p">We know that tokenisation featured heavily in discussions at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos. Which means big players are definitely interested. But here’s the important part: It’s not being framed as a future idea or experimental tech, it’s being discussed in the context of <i><strong>necessary financial infrastructure</strong></i><strong>.</strong></p>
<p class="eb_p">So that alone is huge.</p>
<p class="eb_p">But in addition to that, the New York Stock Exchange – the most established and conservative financial market in the world – has announced plans to bring tokenised stocks and ETFs onto blockchain rails.</p>
<p class="eb_p">So what does this tell us? Well, TradFi giants don’t like to speculate; they make moves when a shift is unavoidable. For them to explore blockchain infrastructure is almost like an admission that the old ways are truly outdated and blockchain is a better solution.</p>
<p class="eb_p">At the same time, Token Terminal has revealed that the market value of tokenised euro assets has reached a historic high of $1.1 billion. That&#8217;s double the high of the previous year. All that growth needs reliable, battle-tested blockchain infrastructure underneath it.</p>
<p class="eb_p">Which brings us to Ethereum.</p>
<p class="eb_p">According to recent data, around 65% of tokenised assets currently live on the Ethereum blockchain. Global financial institutions increasingly choose it as their base layer, and BlackRock’s BUIDL fund (tokenised US Treasuries that started Ethereum-native and now runs multi-chain) still primarily operates on Ethereum. In fact, Larry Fink, BlackRock’s CEO, publicly hinted at needing &#8220;one common blockchain&#8221; when it comes to digitised assets.</p>
<p class="eb_p">So why isn’t it being reflected in the price?</p>
<p class="eb_p">Because, as frustrating as it is for investors, price doesn’t always lead. Often, infrastructure, usage and positioning move first – and price catches up later.</p>
<p class="eb_p">It brings to mind a saying: <i>Price is what you pay – value is what you get.</i></p>
<p class="eb_p">The truth is, if we look beyond price and focus on recent Ethereum network activity, a very different picture emerges. Over the past week, Ethereum hit three new all-time highs:</p>
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<p class="eb_p">Highest number of transactions in a single day</p>
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<p class="eb_p">Highest number of new wallets over a 30-day period</p>
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<p class="eb_p">Highest amount of ETH ever staked</p>
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<p class="eb_p">These metrics point to people building, transacting, and locking value into Ethereum – even while market sentiment remains cautious.</p>
<p class="eb_p">So while it can be frustrating waiting for price to catch up, important things continue to happen beneath the surface. Remember, this is just a snapshot of one sector and one blockchain – not the whole story. I share these updates to remind you that even in periods of fear or impatience, progress keeps moving forward.</p>
<p class="eb_p">And as world-class investor Charlie Munger would say<i> </i><br />
<i>&#8220;The big money is not in the buying or the selling, but in the waiting&#8221;. </i></p>
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