3 years ago today I received my first $BTC I paid $231.97 each for.
Most people were REKT, crypto was “dead”.
I slowly became obsessed with this space and the startups building within it.
Man Im glad I stuck around & I have no doubt you’ll feel the same way in 3 more years🙌
I’m an immigrant raised by a single dad, grew up in & out of government housing shelters
But today I bought my first house 🙏
Words cant express my gratitude, in particular, to this community & the crypto ecosystem
Here’s a few pics, I’m overjoyed :)
Just getting started fam!
I was raised by a single dad
We were homeless with nothing but a garbage bag full of clothes, he & I spent many nights sleeping in government housing units.
He doesn’t understand any of this, but on God I will make sure this man never wants for anything the rest of his life
In 2015 a few good things happened…
I bought my first $BTC and I met the girl that would become my wife
I’m getting married tomorrow fam, feeling blessed 🙏
Does anyone know of any alternative coins that I can buy without doing research that are guaranteed to make me rich with no effort?
Asking for the people in my DMs
Can someone explain how my buddy with a 103 fever, shortness of breath, and dry cough for 2 days can’t get tested but a celebrity with the sniffles can get results in an hour🧐
I’ve been here for 6+ years buying $ETH since $8
Am I the only one that thought ETH was proof of stake this whole time??
I kind of always thought that was the whole point, BTC PoW & ETH PoS 😅
Bitcoin just passed 640 MILLION transactions on the blockchain
Not a single one was verified or approved by a bank, government, any human, or centralized entity.
Still blows my mind 🤯
Fear inducing headline:
“Only 74% of
#Tether
is backed by cash and equivalents😱”
The truth:
Your bank would collapse if everyone tried to withdraw, they have nowhere near 74% liquidity.
Calm down people. Buy Bitcoin.
10 years ago I was unemployed, dropped out of college, no bank account.
I used the internet to learn how to code, study, invest, trade, network.
All free.
Eventually I graduated, built websites, helped a startup IPO & started a 7 figure business.
Trust me, you got this.
Quick cheat sheet for newbies to CT
FOMO = Fear Of Missing Out
DILDO = Large candle
DYOR = Do Your Own Research
FUD = Fear Uncertainty & Doubt
HODL = Hold on for dear life
OTC = Over The Counter
REKT = Down a lot
BEAR = Wrong
BULL= Right
MOON = Where we’re going 🤝
What I miss?
$BTC dominance about to break 70%
The last time it did that was March 2017, right before it fell off a cliff and the biggest ALT season in history kicked off...
For everyone who made a decision to involve their time and money in
#cryptocurrency
What an act of faith.
I applaud your willingness to fail & be told “I told you so”; all for a chance at something better. Whatever that is...
We all took a leap.
We’re in this together.
Why is everyone buggin so hard rn??
Literally less than 1 month ago $BTC corrected 30% over the course of 3 weeks
Now it’s happening again (down 25% so far) and everyone’s freaking out.
Come on...act like you’ve been here before. Have conviction ffs.
Bakkt is owned by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE).
ICE owns the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
The NYSE is the single largest stock exchange on earth, by a large margin.
Shit just got very real for $BTC 🔥
Thinking of quitting your job at the beginning of a bear market to bet on yourself?
Jan 2018 I quit my dream job to go full time crypto
JANUARY 2018 😅📉
Took 3 brutal years but we built a 9 figure biz
More than anything you better have conviction because ur going to need it
So happy to announce our Series A funding round for
@StackedCrypto
So many of you have watched us build this company in public the last few years & words cannot express my gratitude to my team, investors, & this insane community of absolute legends
GM fam! Want to get involved with some digital art!? Let’s give away some
@FastFoodPunks
Rare background & traits worth like 5 $ETH already 👀
No need to follow me just comment
#fastfoodpunks
& RT so I can pick a winner
And join the discord too
GL!
If you’ve never had to use a CD burner or infect your CPU with HIV for 18 hours to download 9 songs...
You’re officially too young for me to give a shit about your opinion tbh
I was raised by a single Dad, a blue collar worker. I’ve never met my Mum.
Pops & I lived out of a truck for the first 7 yrs of my life, homeless, shit wasn’t easy but it that’s life.
Found success before crypto & after because he taught me to grind.
#NoExcuses
Thanks Dad.
Chicago is one of the largest financial hubs & home to the largest derivatives exchanges in the world.
I can’t believe it never occurred to me that two of the major sports teams here are called the Bulls and the Bears🤯
98% of you likely have your 2FA app on your cell phone.
I dont have enough time to explain all the reasons thats a terrible idea...
Buy a new IPod touch
Create a new Apple ID w/ new email
Download Google Authenticator
Put IPod in airplane mode
Rest easy👍
In Dec 2017 I quit my perfectly fine job at a 9 figure tech startup
I started a business at the bottom of a 3 year bear market
I showed up to this hell hole every. single. day.
Don’t let them call you lucky fam. You earned this shit.
Wait, you know
#bitcoin
is just in one huge bull pennant, right?
Weve just been messing with you by “acting scared” the last few months. It was one giant crypto-twitter shitpost conspiracy between “influencers”.
Sorry if you missed the memo, jokes over now so back to lamboland.
MicroStrategy has purchased an additional 480 bitcoins for ~$10.0 million at an average price of ~$20,817 per
#bitcoin
. As of 6/28/22
@MicroStrategy
holds ~129,699 bitcoins acquired for ~$3.98 billion at an average price of ~$30,664 per bitcoin. $MSTR
I don’t care what people say about banks...
JP fxcking Morgan just told the entire world that crypto is here to stay.
They couldn’t beat um, so they joined um.
Btw they’re worth 2x the entire crypto marketcap😬
I see a lot of hate for $DOGE but just think of it as the top of the crypto user funnel
Most buyers dont understand marketcap, utility, etc
But the volatility up or down will release dopamine
Before you know it, theyll be looking for the next hit
Then they’re here forever 🤝
The UK bans crypto derivatives trading which could save citizens over $50m+ according to the release.
Meanwhile they allowed UK citizens to lose $14bn gambling at literal casinos last year 😅
5 years ago I met this gem of a human being, a month later I bought my first $BTC
Needless to say everything in my life got better after meeting her, and she actually agreed to marry these bags!
Feeling grateful right now fam. Thanks for being a part of the journey 🤓
Normie friend called all nervous and asked how I stay calm during such a huge dump
The answer is actually super simple...I didn’t buy my first Bitcoin at $40k
Netflix is soon to be $12 billion in debt.
Lyft lost $900+ million in 2017 & no profit is projected until 2023.
I honestly believe the risk:reward on a huge number of
#crypto
startups is magnitudes better than any tech stock.
The first time ever that $BTC broke $5k it hit $20k within 66 days 👀
Do I think we see $20k in 2019? Personally no.
But CAN it?
You bet your ass it can👌
In the last 7 days, the stock market lost 11 entire crypto marketcaps...and it only moved 4.6%.
Let that sink in and realize we’ve only just begun.
#crypto
I was just 50 ft away from one of the worst accidents I’ve ever seen
Metra train hit a semi & exploded. Most of us got out of the way in time but several people did not make it
Im absolutely lost in thought right now
In this moment nothing else matters, hug the people you love
if your networth is above 20m, you are completely out of touch with reality. plz whatever you do, do not give life advice. enjoy your fantasy land & leave us alone.
@ksicrypto
My man you can’t show us that you lost $5m on a trading account during the greatest bull market in history and then expect anyone to pay attention to your option on price action 😅
Bitcoin is having its second largest single monthly drawdown in history
The first largest was the month right before the biggest bull run in history
Here’s hoping history repeats itself 🍻
For those that weren’t around last year...
ALTs pretty much got REKT the entire second half of the year. It wasn’t “easy money”.
BTC pumped from current prices to $20k in only 35 days & dumped just as fast.
ALTs pumped over the course of about 3 weeks.
Then it was over.
Timing is not everything…
There’s a community of millions of people that were earlier to crypto than 75% of you
Yet they’ve missed generational wealth this cycle because they refuse to admit they were wrong about $XRP
Don’t let your bias keep you broke 🤝
On January 7th
@BKBrianKelly
bought 3 $BTC worth of $XRP on TV.
He called it an “upgrade to the international financial system.”
Well your 3 $BTC investment is now upgraded to .9 $BTC - which means your $51,732 is now $5,625.
#XRPTheStandard
#Upgrade
I learned that
@elonmusk
only had the money for 3 rocket launches and after years of work & millions spent...all 3 failed.
They literally scraped parts together for a 4th and final attempt.
It was a success. It re-wrote history.
Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
#DrunkPoolPredictions
ALTs hit bottom in the next 10 days or so, when $ETH hits ~$400 USD.
Market consolidates and moves sideways for about 17 days, until middle of April.
Then moon.
🍻
I’ll never forget the times we shared, the euphoria, the moons, the lambos...
I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
Until the next financial revolution🍻
Signing off.
BB