Crypto Winter?

Ah, that winter in the Netherlands these days. It's dark, gloomy, cold and downright grim, just like the state of crypto this week. And then many people thought that crypto would do better now that Trump has entered the Oval Office again. With apparently the DOGE Shiba Inu as the logo of his new special forces team of which Elon Musk is a part. But really people ... despite a flashy All-Time-High for Bitcoin and a Trump and Melania memecoin, crypto doesn't seem to be doing much better.

A Flag Full of Pretentious Promises

It seems more like this "orange knight" has entered again, with a flag full of pretentious promises. And to top it all off, launching a memecoin that is as empty as it is flashy, and actually just a disgrace to the entire crypto world. How do you want to be taken seriously as a crypto industry when a president comes to power who dumps half a billion dollars from the team wallet of his memecoin on day two. This just goes to show that “ethics” and “crypto” apparently don’t get along anymore. How’s that inspiring? A real masterclass in how to market, or just another reminder that cold hard cash speaks louder than anything else.

Maybe I'll Wake Up With A Tesla Tomorrow

But hey, maybe I’m just too cynical. Maybe dumping $500 million of your own currency is some other kind of new strategy that we, the unpolished masses, can’t fathom. Maybe pigs do fly and I’ll wake up tomorrow morning with a Tesla in my driveway.

Holding ON To The Hope

Meanwhile, I’m still sitting here holding on to the hope that crypto will eventually lead to financial freedom. Hours I’ve spent writing quality blogs that get lost in the noise, years I’ve held on to tokens that could just as easily have been Monopoly money by now. But it’s all good, right? We’re building the future! The fight is worth it! It’ll all work out in the end!

I keep telling myself this, hoping that it will finally come true.

My Dreams Keep Me Warm

I barely make ends meet myself, but I try to keep myself warm with dreams that things will get better one day. In the meantime, the big players are constantly making good money from it. Fancy websites, polished roadmaps, and promises that are never kept. And yet somehow it rakes in millions of dollars in public money. And here we are, cheering them on, because what else is there to do? Maybe they know something we don’t, or maybe they’re just much better at selling illusions.

It's Like A Circus

My faith, if you can call it that, is hanging by a thread thinner than some over-processed hairlines I could name. Crypto is starting to look less like a revolution and more like a circus, except the clowns in this show are decked out in fancy watches that they probably bought with our investments.

Mint it, Print it, Sell it, Fuck it!

^{Quote from Mark Cuban}

Focusing On Euros

So what’s next for me? I’m changing course, to be honest. Spending time with Skipper. Diving into creative projects: pyrography. And who knows, maybe I can finally bring myself to forget about this illusion of getting rich with crypto and get my damn website online. While crypto may be in the winter cold, I have to keep the heat and lights on and keep my own dream moving. Winter in the Netherlands and crypto-these days have a lot in common: cold, dark and confusing. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the opportunity to pack up my things and move to a sunny beach somewhere before winter set in. The good news? Winter will eventually make way for spring. As for crypto, I don’t know anymore, I’m going to focus on the euro for a while. It may be a worthless currency, but to make everything work here I really need a lot more of it than I have now…