Things I wish I knew about the cryptocurrency market

For this article, I wanted to condense some of the things I’ve learned about the cryptocurrency market over the last 10 years.

Crypto moves in cycles that feel like you’re listening to the same album, but every time you replay it, something’s changed. The melody’s similar, but the tempo’s changed, or the lead guitarist is now stoned, and the riffs are a lot slower than you remember them.

In other words, it’s not a circle, it’s a spiral. The crypto market cycle has a rhythm of its own, but that rhythm is affected by external geopolitical factors. It’s never the same, but it’s close enough that we can see the patterns forming.

You can time the market (but you need time in the market)

Time in the market gives you a deeper understanding of the crypto market cycles. It enables you to spot the subtle differences in each cycle: the difference in sentiment, velocity adoption, and general cadence of that particular bull market cycle.

Most people will tell you that time in the market beats timing the market. While this is generally good advice, I believe that these two are not mutually exclusive.

Time in the market and timing the market are in a symbiotic relationship, just like the mycorrhiza and…