#美SEC促进加密资产创新监管框架 What insights can Buffett's investment philosophy offer to people in the crypto space?



When it comes to Buffett, a lot of people think he's just a traditional finance bigwig, someone totally unrelated to those of us playing with crypto. But if you dig into his investment logic, you'll find plenty of things that actually fit this space pretty well.

Here's a little anecdote. In 2011, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, someone stopped Buffett and asked: "What's the most important thing in investing?" The old man calmly replied with just one word—"Patience." Then he added something else that made everyone around laugh. People there didn't really catch the second part, and were too embarrassed to ask, so they just laughed along. It's actually pretty interesting: in investing, patience comes first.

If you've been in this market long enough, you'll understand that the moments you really make money aren't from staring at the screen and trading every day, but from acting like a sniper—lying low most of the time, and only pulling the trigger when the right opportunity appears. Munger put it even more bluntly: "I made big money by waiting, not by chasing mediocre opportunities." Whether it's in your career or investing, the principle is the same.

Don't just focus on how others make their picks—spend more time figuring out what path suits you. Everyone has different risk tolerance, capital, and depth of understanding. Copying someone else's strategy doesn't always work for you.

And then there's the whole "don't follow the crowd" thing. Buffett never went with the flow his whole life, whether it was his stock-picking methods, lifestyle, or even office location. While all the Wall Street elites flocked to New York, he insisted on staying in Omaha in the Midwest—which, in traditional finance circles, is basically "the middle of nowhere." But the old man never cared about those labels.

Munger is the same way. He doesn't like being part of the hype—he spends all his time on independent thinking and reading, actively filtering out useless socializing. The depth of thought he's built up over the years made him the architect of Berkshire's philosophy.

This duo’s lesson for us is pretty clear: don't waste your energy on FOMO and meaningless anxiety. Find your own rhythm, discover your strengths, and move forward with conviction. The market will always have opportunities, but only those that truly fall within your range of understanding can actually be seized by you.

$ETH $BTC The same logic applies to investing in crypto—keep calm, think it through, and then make your move.
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ReverseFOMOguyvip
· 12-05 14:42
Bro, this article is pretty well written, but honestly—how many people in crypto can really be "patient" these days? Everyone's chasing pumps and dumps, glued to the screen for over a dozen hours a day. They like to call themselves snipers, but in reality, it's just a gambler's mentality. I'm the same way—I say I want to think independently, but in the end, I still get hijacked by FOMO. But since we've admitted this problem, let's just work on changing it little by little.
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BlockchainTalkervip
· 12-05 14:26
actually, if we break this down through the lens of behavioral economics... patience isn't just a virtue, it's empirically the biggest edge most retail traders lack. the fomo narrative's fundamentally broken.
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