From Speculation to Belief: Seeking Tokens with a Higher Purpose Aligned with Your Values
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From Speculation to Belief: Seeking Tokens with a Higher Purpose Aligned with Your Values
It's time to stop short-term speculation and believe in long-term development.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsAuthor: Degen
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It's time to believe in something.
Welcome to the bull market—perhaps even a supercycle. Institutions are flooding in, buying our assets. We're returning to a zero-interest era, welcoming the most optimistic presidential candidate in history, and witnessing negative premium in South Korea’s market. These are the ideal market conditions we've always dreamed of—a new paradigm. This time, it's not just retail investors; global institutions have joined our investment frenzy.
In short: it's time to stop short-term speculation and start believing in long-term visions.
Some may ask, how do we shift from our past culture of short-term speculation to a long-term holding strategy? When we’re used to battling in a hyper-competitive environment, we often end up fighting each other. But an age of abundance has arrived—it’s now time for us to compete with the world, from Mumbai to Dubai. It’s time to leave behind the chaos of short-term speculation and enter a state of sustained growth.
Early Bitcoin enthusiasts had unwavering faith—they were cypherpunks dedicated to creating a decentralized currency free from government control. That’s why Bitcoin remains the strongest “belief system” to this day: it has a clear mission—to become the most decentralized network state in the world—and that vision grows more tangible by the day. While Bitcoin is technologically unique due to the invention of blockchain, its true power lies in the collective belief of its early users—their steadfast conviction in its potential and technology made Bitcoin part of global consciousness. From an obscure digital corner to adoption by national governments, this achievement was built on belief, intention, and the power of realization.
Since Bitcoin’s inception, countless altcoins have tried to replace it, luring speculators into short-lived, meaningless projects for quick wealth. Yet Bitcoin, like the honey badger, remains tenacious, steadily increasing its global recognition, adoption, and acceptance.
In 2017, thousands of projects emerged with grand ambitions, claiming to deliver world-changing utility and attracting hopeful believers. These projects generated some of the most astonishing returns in financial history. Investors who held for just months saw hundreds of times returns—until the bubble burst and their assets lost 99% or more of their value. Those who lived through it no longer trust projects with lofty goals, as few ICOs ever delivered real products.
The so-called decentralized global computer? A complete joke.
By 2020, the global pandemic forced the Federal Reserve to inject unprecedented capital into markets to "save the economy." Naturally, much of this money flowed into speculation—but this time, into tokens with actual use cases (ushering in the DeFi summer), backed by real applications users could interact with. Though these promises weren’t as grand as a decentralized global computing system, they seemed feasible—even if fundamentally structured as Ponzi-like financial games. We threw ourselves in because we believed it was the starting point toward more innovative products. Yet as the cycle ended, it became clear this was all one massive Ponzi scheme, culminating in the fraudulent collapse of one of the largest exchanges, and the fastest project (Luna) wiping out tens of billions in market cap in a single day, as nearly every DeFi innovation turned out to be some form of ever-expanding Ponzi yield extractor. It was all just a dream.
After these two traumas, most seasoned crypto participants have seen through the deception. Today, we understand the game—it’s all illusion. We’ve weathered multiple cycles and are no longer young or naive. If we continue speculating, we choose the simplest, most meaningless projects, because we’ve become utterly nihilistic about the current state of crypto. The original Bitcoin and Ethereum fanatics who got rich have largely exited. There’s no reason left to believe the lies—we simply bet on meme coins instead, because at least they’re transparent. This has led to today’s reality: the most degenerate and meaningless tokens being openly hyped to astronomical levels.
But how can you possibly hold a token you know is worthless—just because it might go up—long enough to achieve hundreds of times returns? Only a rare few can do that.
Instead, as rational investors, why not choose tokens that offer more than just short-term gains? Maybe, as Vitalik suggested, opt for meme coins with a clear purpose? Why not choose real wealth and inner peace? When you invest in a token with a higher purpose, you begin attracting greater opportunities and the universe’s blessings—all aligned in your favor.
I’ve found that the trauma and stress caused by crypto are best healed through alternative therapies like Ayahuasca and other psychedelics. These can help awaken us from lower, animalistic states of consciousness into higher realms of being. Being a trader obsessed only with short-term profits isn’t admirable—it limits our creativity and faith, turning us into slaves of machines. There are many paths to wealth, but the journey matters more than the destination. So choose to be someone with belief.
Perhaps now is the time for crypto traders to let go of antisocial, daily-profit-obsessed speculators and relearn how to believe and dream. The purpose of investing should be to align with projects that resonate with your consciousness—not to squeeze profits from different tokens every day. Since you’re not leaving the crypto space anyway, you might as well enjoy your time here.
In the Zen temple where I practice, my meditation teacher gave only three instructions: give your all, keep questioning, and maintain infinite belief. The last one applies perfectly to crypto. When you have unshakable belief in an asset that aligns with your values, short-term price fluctuations cannot shake your conviction.
My advice: seek out tokens with higher purposes and meaning, establish a conscious connection with them, and align them with your values. Holding such tokens can not only transform your life but also make a real impact on the world. Good actions lead to good outcomes—Bitcoin sparked a new global monetary revolution through collective belief and the power of manifestation.
It’s time to find a safe harbor—one that brings not only economic rewards but also positive social impact.
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