The Crypto Game: How to Play & Win

“You get a short period of time after you graduate to hypergamble into elite status or you end up wage cucking for life.” - @DegenSpartan

Crypto is like a game: trading tokens, earning (and losing) money, growing followers on X.

Don’t you feel the same?

But unlike real games, losing in crypto can have serious consequences.

After the Terra crash, a Korean family of three, including a 10-year-old daughter, was suspected of committing suicide due to financial loss, based on the father’s online search history.

That’s why openly admitting that crypto is a game makes me feel guilty. Too many people have got scammed and lost lifesavings.

But crypto as a game mentality helps me to stay sane and motivated to continue playing. Because craziness we experience in this industry is on another level.

Yet the big upside of this game makes it worth playing: financial freedom.

As DegenSpartan once posted:

“You get a short period of time after you graduate to hypergamble into elite status or you end up wage cucking for life.” -. @DegenSpartan in now deleted tweet.

In this blog post I want to share the playbook of the crypto game, my mental framewo…