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The first rule of surviving crypto winter is to unlearn bad habits from the bull market — like chasing quick gains driven by hype or following influencers whose popularity vastly exceeds their expertise.
Many investors come out of bull cycles believing that good technology, real users and solid products will naturally translate into protection in a downturn. While these projects are still a better bet over the long run than a portfolio of vaporware and memecoins, even coins with good fundamentals dive when liquidity disappears and bull posters go into hibernation.
Patience becomes the key to survival.
What crypto winter?
But are we even in a crypto winter, or is this just a lengthy but temporary pullback due to geopolitical uncertainty? Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan believes we’ve been in crypto winter since January 2025, while Bitmine’s Tom Lee argues we are now in the final stages of a “mini-crypto winter.”
The current market downturn didn’t become readily apparent until the flash crash of Oct. 10, when Bitcoin lost 15% in a day. Bitcoin has since recorded five consecutive losing months. March offered some relief by snapping that streak, but the Iran war and surging oil prices have put a lid on
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