1) It's been 6 years ago that I've made my first crypto investment.
Since then I've:
• Graduated
• Worked at a trading firm
• Quit my job
• Bought 2 properties
• Moved to a new country (ongoing)
I'll be sharing the good, the bad and the ugly.
This is my story 🌎
🧵👇
Since then I've:
• Graduated
• Worked at a trading firm
• Quit my job
• Bought 2 properties
• Moved to a new country (ongoing)
I'll be sharing the good, the bad and the ugly.
This is my story 🌎
🧵👇
2) It's late 2016. A time where no one has heard about bitcoin or the term cryptocurrency in general.
I was a student in my early twenties trying to get my degree as a teacher in physics and computing.
I had big hopes and dreams but believed I didn't have the capacity.
I was a student in my early twenties trying to get my degree as a teacher in physics and computing.
I had big hopes and dreams but believed I didn't have the capacity.
3) I see myself as a normal smart individual but not a genius.
I always thought I had to be either brilliant or born into a rich family to escape the rat race.
Or just have plain luck in some way or another.
Since I wasn't any of these I accepted I had to work my entire life.
I always thought I had to be either brilliant or born into a rich family to escape the rat race.
Or just have plain luck in some way or another.
Since I wasn't any of these I accepted I had to work my entire life.
4) The least I could do was get a GOOD job that from my perspective didn't feel like working.
Creating a life I didn't need to escape from even though it was being stuck to work nonetheless.
Hence I stumbled upon becoming a teacher.
Lots of vacation after all 🙈
Creating a life I didn't need to escape from even though it was being stuck to work nonetheless.
Hence I stumbled upon becoming a teacher.
Lots of vacation after all 🙈
5) It was then my best friend came to me.
She read online about bitcoin and some of the success stories from certain individuals.
The internet can be a pretty awful place with misinformation everywhere but this was really how she and me got introduced to this space.
She read online about bitcoin and some of the success stories from certain individuals.
The internet can be a pretty awful place with misinformation everywhere but this was really how she and me got introduced to this space.
6) I was more of a sceptic than she was.
After discovering this was a market we could invest in I convinced myself and her that we are not cut out for this.
We probably need to be born into a family that thought us the ropes of investing at a young age.
My exact words 🙈
After discovering this was a market we could invest in I convinced myself and her that we are not cut out for this.
We probably need to be born into a family that thought us the ropes of investing at a young age.
My exact words 🙈
7) After going back and forth and spending bits of online research about bitcoin we couldn't let this go.
The rabbit hole really opened for us.
We agreed that potentially losing a 1000 dollar would suck but not mean anything in the grand scheme of things.
The rabbit hole really opened for us.
We agreed that potentially losing a 1000 dollar would suck but not mean anything in the grand scheme of things.
8) Potentially turning this in a lot more WOULD mean something.
We decided we wouldn't want to miss out. Who knows someday right?
I decided to make my first investment.
Bitcoin at 1000$ looked very expensive however (clueless about supply metrics) so I did some quick googling.
We decided we wouldn't want to miss out. Who knows someday right?
I decided to make my first investment.
Bitcoin at 1000$ looked very expensive however (clueless about supply metrics) so I did some quick googling.
10) We had a small little OG club to exchange talks and share projects with each other.
The crypto community was pretty small back then and crypto twitter was almost non-existent.
I got INSANELY motivated and ambitious.
The crypto community was pretty small back then and crypto twitter was almost non-existent.
I got INSANELY motivated and ambitious.
11) Crypto wasn't just a small niche. It was a whole new industry and technological evolution called blockchain.
I spend the entire year of 2017 studying, researching projects and learning about fundamental analysis.
In college you have these big classrooms with 100 seats.
I spend the entire year of 2017 studying, researching projects and learning about fundamental analysis.
In college you have these big classrooms with 100 seats.
12) I want to college and spend the majority of time behind my laptop looking up crypto related stuff and research.
More than paying attention to my own education 😅
Likely because it paid of BIG.
More than paying attention to my own education 😅
Likely because it paid of BIG.
13) Before I continue I'd like to add I probably also had time on my side.
I came into the market right before the next bull run started.
I watched trending coins, sold my holdings frequently to have funds for the next one.
I came into the market right before the next bull run started.
I watched trending coins, sold my holdings frequently to have funds for the next one.
14) I initially had a goal of achieving 5000 dollars after 1 year.
A very optimistic return on investment ratio of 400%.
I started with 1000$ and this would mean a 4000 dollar profit.
I thought I wouldn't reach this however. It just would be pretty great wouldn't it?
A very optimistic return on investment ratio of 400%.
I started with 1000$ and this would mean a 4000 dollar profit.
I thought I wouldn't reach this however. It just would be pretty great wouldn't it?
15) I couldn't be more wrong.
I discovered:
⏩ $MCO - Before becoming $CRO or @cryptocom today.
⏩ #Antshares - Before becoming $NEO today.
⏩ $WTC - #Waltonchain
⏩ $ICX - #ICON
⏩ $SUB - #Substratum
⏩ Many more.
These CHANGED everything.
I discovered:
⏩ $MCO - Before becoming $CRO or @cryptocom today.
⏩ #Antshares - Before becoming $NEO today.
⏩ $WTC - #Waltonchain
⏩ $ICX - #ICON
⏩ $SUB - #Substratum
⏩ Many more.
These CHANGED everything.
16) Most of these didn't just double my money.
They gave me a 10-20 multiplier in a matter of WEEKS.
These were really glorious times. The bull run was completely ongoing after all and I entered right before it.
I even witnessed the ICO of $ADA back then and many more.
They gave me a 10-20 multiplier in a matter of WEEKS.
These were really glorious times. The bull run was completely ongoing after all and I entered right before it.
I even witnessed the ICO of $ADA back then and many more.
17) Instead of achieving my goal of 5k I had a portfolio of multiple 6 figures.
I withdrew 120k and bought my first car and appartement.
This was also the year I was supposed to graduate.
Lots of friends that knew bits of this wondered what I was still doing at school.
I withdrew 120k and bought my first car and appartement.
This was also the year I was supposed to graduate.
Lots of friends that knew bits of this wondered what I was still doing at school.
18) My mom taught me to always have a plan B and that's what I did.
The motivation wasn't entirely there BUT I went on to study and still get my degree.
Which in the end was a very good thing because this was also the time I witnessed my first bear market.
The motivation wasn't entirely there BUT I went on to study and still get my degree.
Which in the end was a very good thing because this was also the time I witnessed my first bear market.
19) I lost most of the remaining funds that I had.
Not really lost but saw the value drop with more than 95%.
I started to work as a teacher (yay degree) so I still had a stable income.
Early 2020 I was hired at a real trading firm.
Not really lost but saw the value drop with more than 95%.
I started to work as a teacher (yay degree) so I still had a stable income.
Early 2020 I was hired at a real trading firm.
20) They started a crypto division and were hiring for a "lead cryptocurrency analyst" at their firm.
Out of more than 20 candidates I was the only one that fit the bill.
I apparently was one of the few with such a big comprehension of the entire market.
Out of more than 20 candidates I was the only one that fit the bill.
I apparently was one of the few with such a big comprehension of the entire market.
21) Still quite proud of that actually.
Meanwhile I already had some bear market positions running after I discovered one of my favorite coins to this day back in 2018.
$QNT definitely was one of my best bets discovering this at 1$.
Only available on a dex called #IDEX.
Meanwhile I already had some bear market positions running after I discovered one of my favorite coins to this day back in 2018.
$QNT definitely was one of my best bets discovering this at 1$.
Only available on a dex called #IDEX.
22) This along with many other positions (I never quit crypto) ended up doing a serious multiplier once the bull market returned.
My portfolio was back at its previous height and much more.
Although I loved my job I quit after 1 year and a halve.
My portfolio was back at its previous height and much more.
Although I loved my job I quit after 1 year and a halve.
23) I was still stuck in the rat race since they required me to be at the office from Monday to Friday.
They did have a sick office though. My desk had 6 screens.
Although I don't have the finances yet to last a lifetime I do have enough to last me more than a decade.
They did have a sick office though. My desk had 6 screens.
Although I don't have the finances yet to last a lifetime I do have enough to last me more than a decade.
24) This takes into account not earning any single dollar anymore in that time period.
I bought my second property this year and have plans to potentially move to another country.
The freedom I gained quitting my job kickstarted my Crypto Twitter journey this year.
I bought my second property this year and have plans to potentially move to another country.
The freedom I gained quitting my job kickstarted my Crypto Twitter journey this year.
25) It probably explains why I'm able to write such a large amount of threads a lot of you ask 😅
I'm currently still doing what I do best and position myself for the next bull market.
OH, and remember my best friend?
She's also retired with even more finances than me ❤️
I'm currently still doing what I do best and position myself for the next bull market.
OH, and remember my best friend?
She's also retired with even more finances than me ❤️
26) This is my story. Thanks for reading 🤗
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Would love the support if you could like and retweet the first tweet. Thank you 🙏❤️
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