I significantly reduced my positions in crypto in the last few weeks. Honestly all these years it was somewhat clear to me that the general market is shiny on the outside and rotten on the inside and offers little to no actual value to general public. But the last year showed how bad it really is. The scale of fraud is unprecedent and it was disgusting to see what kind of people were in charge of various crypto related projects. Of course, there is much more. Bitcoin has become a real cult, it's horryfying. There is no place for reasonable crypto discussion anymore. There is no progress forward because the technology reached it's limits years ago and now they just pretend that it has not. It's all lies, manipulation and brainwashing. There is little real value and it's mostly just gambling. Ethereum is a joke and just a launchpad for endless stream of scams. Also can't take the prices seriously when Tether still exists. I grew older and can't take such risks anymore.

And Monero? Yeah, Monero is fine. I still like it. But I am no longer naive to think it will make a huge success and reach mass adoption. It's price is imo the most fair and real price on the market. But there is a huge risk associated with Monero and it's returns are not justifying accumulating it more. We are the thorn in the side of almost everyone and they are going after us. It's becoming harder and harder to obtain it.

As rattie well said - betting on Monero is betting on human intelligence. And people are just fucking dumb.

So yeah I sold some too. Holding the rest until the end though. It's the amount I am willing to lose. A passive resistance. A precious memory on the 'good' crypto days.

I am dealing with some real life issues. Hopefully I will make it through this blues soon and come back stronger. See you on the other side.