Why are so many people still enthusiastic about trading cryptocurrencies?
Let’s do the math:
An ordinary person working hard in a factory for a lifetime can earn a total income of at most 6 million RMB. After taxes, housing loans, and rising prices... what they truly take home may only be about 500,000.
But a successful trader in the crypto space could earn back millions of dollars in foreign exchange by blowing up an overseas short position. They do not rely on physical strength or resources; they rely on understanding, strategy, and risking it all.
This is not simple speculation; it is a financial offensive and defensive battle without visible smoke.
I have never mocked those who make money in the crypto space; instead, I have a bit of respect for them.
Because they are not blindly buying into the A-shares, not relying on connections, and certainly not depending on the 'system's safety net.'
They fight in the real international market, relying on their own wisdom and discipline to reclaim foreign exchange from financial superpowers.
They are financial snipers without ranks, grassroots freelance mercenaries, and invisible guerrilla forces in the Sino-US financial war.
We cannot always rely on the 'national team,' nor can we place our bets on those who only know how to support the A-shares.
To win, one must rely on oneself.
US interest rate hike? We short the market and take down the leveraged players in the US stock market.
US quantitative easing? We go long and preemptively acquire crypto assets.
As long as we operate properly, we can leverage small funds to influence larger patterns, making their policy costs higher and letting them know that the global market is no longer under their control.
In this smoke-free financial tug-of-war:
Some people sell labor under the overpass,
some people are watching K-lines and trading trends in rented rooms.
Not every cryptocurrency trader can become wealthy, but every retail investor who lives seriously and trades hard is participating in the international game in their own way.
They do not seek medals, do not want compensation, are willing to gamble and accept losses, earn money from the free world, and bear uninsured risks.
This is not speculation; it is a financial resistance of 'small bets against big ones.'
Who says trading cryptocurrencies is not a noble profession?
It benefits both individuals and the country.
It does not take a government salary but can earn the foreign exchange that the country wants but cannot obtain.
Behind these thousands of lights,
countless traders are staring at the market late at night, fighting against fate and hedging risks,
in small rented rooms, wielding their leverage scythes,
protecting their family’s dignity and the baseline of finance.
You ask me: does the trader who shorted LUNA for a profit of 2 million dollars contribute highly to the country?
I dare not make rash judgments, but I sincerely feel that:
They at least deserve a salute.
