When we talk excitedly about how Li Xiaolai once wore the crown of Bitcoin's richest person, who can truly touch the profound melancholy of 2011 when he bought 2100 BTC at an average price of 6 dollars, only to watch the price plummet into the abyss, falling below 1 dollar, with 97% of his assets disappearing in an instant? That bone-deep sorrow and the feeling of being trapped in an ice cellar? That was the painful crushing of dreams by reality, where every fluctuation in numbers felt like a heavy hammer, striking at his faith and hope.
When Zhao Changpeng's name shines on the Forbes rich list, how many can traverse time back to the fateful crossroads of 2014? He resolutely sold his Shanghai properties, betting all his fortune on BTC, only to face the relentless decline in price, regret and helplessness drowning him like a tide. That was the darkest moment of struggling alone in the darkness, where every market fluctuation seemed like fate's merciless mockery.
Speaking of Zhao Dong, behind the aura of the off-exchange trading tycoon lies the memory of 2013 when he splurged a million to embrace 2000 BTC, with assets skyrocketing to over a hundred million in celebration, but also the nightmare of three liquidations in the futures market in 2014. A loss of 1.5 billion and a debt mountain of 60 million were enough to crush anyone's will; despair shadowed him, lingering on the edge of collapse for a long time. Fortunately, he stood strong amidst the ruins and awaited that ray of belated dawn.
Look at the present, how many eyes are blinded by the meager profits before them, unaware of the surging undercurrents of future market value. In this wild sea of the cryptocurrency circle: when prices fall, it feels like an endless black hole, bottomless and all support is weak and fragile; when the market rises, it is like a runaway beast, breaking through the sky, crazily astonishing. This is a brutal test; if your heart cannot bear the panic and pain of a cliff-like fall from 1 million to 100,000, then it is also impossible to reach the glory and surprise of a myth of getting rich from 1 million to 1 billion. This is a game for the brave, and also a battlefield of human nature, where every choice is a dice of fate, either sinking or reaching the top. Are you ready?
