The $300K Lesson I Learned from HODLing Too Hard
I bought XRP at $0.15 back in 2016–2017. Not long after, it hit almost $2.00.
I was barely 22. Instead of taking profits, I held. Not because of strategy—but because I believed the hype.
“To the moon.”
“Never sell.”
“Real holders never fold.”
If I sold, I would’ve walked away with $200K–$300K.
But I didn’t. I held through the crash. And the price stayed low for years.
Yes, XRP eventually came back—but it wasn’t worth the wait. I didn’t have a plan. I had passion without discipline.
Lesson learned?
✅ Take profits on the way up.
✅ Hype is not strategy.
✅ If you don’t understand the fundamentals, every dip feels like a crisis.
Don’t let hype talk you out of common sense.
