Let’s be brutally honest: those “turn $100 into $10 million” stories all over the internet? Nine out of ten are pure nonsense.



When the bull market arrives, keyboard gurus swarm out, flaunting screenshots and telling fairy tales. But if you think about it calmly—anyone who actually made $5 million in crypto never did it by simply “picking the right coin.”

**It all comes down to three core things:**
1. **Choosing the right track** (don’t blindly chase the hottest trends)
2. **Managing risk** (don’t go all-in or play with reckless leverage)
3. **Having patience** (don’t expect to get rich overnight)

Those shouting about getting rich overnight? 99% are here to take your money. The real winners treat this as “long-term investing,” not as if they’re rolling dice in a casino.

**Here’s some hard truth:**
Crypto, at its core, is basically a “legalized game of musical chairs.” There’s no real asset backing it, no regulatory safety net; prices are driven purely by inflowing capital. Every dollar you make is essentially someone else’s “ignorance tax.”

**But why do some people make money?**
Because this market offers something that’s incredibly rare for ordinary people—**nonlinear profit opportunities**.

A regular job pays you for every day you work. Starting a business means beating 99 competitors just to get a taste. But crypto is different—catch the right wave once, and your principal can leap exponentially.

This isn’t to encourage you to dive in and gamble your life away, but to remind you: if you want to survive here and actually make money, drop the “get rich quick” fantasy and approach it with a long-term investment mindset.
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Degentlemanvip
· 2h ago
That's right, most of those get-rich-quick stories are made up by marketing accounts, but when it comes to really relying on a long-term investment mindset, most people still can't stick with it.
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AlphaBrainvip
· 16h ago
To put it bluntly, this market is just replicating wealth. Don't expect to get rich overnight.
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DegenDreamervip
· 16h ago
That really hits home. Those who truly make money never show off.
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RektRecordervip
· 16h ago
Sounds nice, but in reality, you're just trying to convince us not to enter the market so you can profit more easily.
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GasGuzzlervip
· 16h ago
To be honest, eight out of ten of those screenshots are photoshopped, but occasionally there are indeed some ruthless people who make a killing by exploiting information gaps.
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ZkSnarkervip
· 16h ago
ngl the "100U to 1M" screenshots are just elaborate fiction with a copypaste playbook at this point
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