Today I want to share with you one of the most valuable lessons I have learned in the fascinating and sometimes wild world of cryptocurrencies: the importance of patience, or as we say in crypto jargon, "holding" those "hidden gems". I know many of you have heard stories 📖 of people who achieved impressive returns in a short time, and I want to explain how this is possible, not as a myth, but as a reality that, while rare, does happen. ✨
I don't mean investing the day a coin hits the market 🚀, when hardly anyone knows it and only a handful of "early adopters" have inside information. I mean those moments when a cryptocurrency is already on major exchanges 📈, is generating some noise 🔊, but has not yet exploded. It is in that "valley" of the initial phase where the true potential lies. 🌟 To make it easier to understand, I will use an initial investment of $100 in the examples, but the logic applies to any amount.
Let me give you some very real examples that demonstrate the power of "holding" at the right moment: 👇
1. The PEPE Boom in May 2023 🐸📈Historical data shows us how $PEPE, after its launch, began to generate interest and be listed on platforms. It's fascinating to see the numbers of what happened. 🤔
* My hypothetical scenario: If I had invested $100 on April 28, 2023, when PEPE was around $0.0000002. 💰 That would have given me about 500,000,000 PEPE. 😲
* The "super rise": Just 7 days later, on May 5, 2023, PEPE reached a peak of approximately $0.0000042. 🚀🌕
* The result: My $100 investment would have turned into $2,100! 🤑 This was an incredible 21x in just one week. Imagine that feeling! 🤯
2. The Shiba Inu Madness in May 2021 🐕🔥SHIN is another legendary case. Although it wasn't widely known at first, in 2021 the conversation intensified and it began to be available on more exchanges. 🌐
* My hypothetical scenario: If I had put $100 on May 1, 2021, with SHIB at $0.0000015. I would have approximately 66,666,666 SHIB. 🐶
* The "super rise": In just 9 days, on May 10, 2021, SHIB reached $0.000035. ✨📈
* The result: My $100 would have turned into $2,330! 💸 An impressive 23.3x in less than 10 days. Stories like these fuel the crypto dream. 🤩
3. Dogecoin (DOGE), The Pioneer, in January 2021 🐕🚀$DOGE, the OG of meme coins, has had several historical runs. I will focus on the first major explosion of 2021, which brought it out of relative anonymity. 🌟
* My hypothetical scenario: If I had invested $100 on January 1, 2021, when DOGE was around $0.004. That would give me 25,000 DOGE. 🐕🦺
* The "super rise" (January): By January 29, 2021, DOGE had already reached $0.08, driven by movements on social media. 💬🔥
* The result: From $100 to $2,000! 🤑 A robust 20x in less than a month. And if I had the patience to "hold" until its peak in May, the figure would have been much, much higher. 🤯
Final Reflection 🤔💡
These examples are not promises of instant wealth 💰✨, nor should they be taken as investment advice. They are illustrations of what is possible when patience meets an opportunity in the volatile cryptocurrency market. The "hold" of a "hidden gem" (which rarely is at first) is not just about buying and waiting; it's about researching 🧐, understanding the risk ⚠️, and having the conviction to withstand volatility. Not all coins will reach these heights, and many will fail. 📉
However, in the world of meme coins, it is possible that one of them can "explode" overnight, especially when there is a lot of hype or "fomo" (fear of missing out) around it. We have seen recent cases like Bob or Jager, which, although they have experienced significant drops — for example, Bob fell approximately 40% this week — the importance of holding lies in the fact that, just as they go down, they could rise exponentially overnight or within a week, just like the cases of PEPE, SHIB, and DOGE we mentioned earlier.
Due to the high risk associated with meme coins and the number of fraudulent projects that exist, my recommendation is to only invest a small amount of money that you are fully willing to lose. If the price drops, do not sell in a panic. On the contrary, if the invested capital is small and you are convinced of the project, you might even consider buying a little more to average down your cost. Patience is key.
For those who hit it big with an early investment and have the discipline to wait, the "power of patience" can be truly transformative. 🚀📈
Always remember: do your own research (DYOR 🧠), invest only what you are willing to lose (NFA 🚫), and sometimes the key is simply to hold. 💪
