That dawn at three in the morning, I stared at my phone screen watching the PUMP, my fingers trembling.
This started three days ago. That day I was scrolling and came across a tweet saying a meme coin called PUMP was going to be listed for contract trading on Binance. The market cap was only a few million USD, and the community hype was skyrocketing. At the time, I’d just lost money on QNT, and I only had about eight hundred U left in my account. Seeing the PUMP price at just a few thousandths of a dollar—0.00-something—I thought, whatever, it’s only a few hundred bucks. Even if I lose it all, it’s over.
I bought two million PUMP tokens, spending roughly a little over 1,100 U. I borrowed as much as I could. The moment I finished buying, my heartbeat was racing like it was about to jump out of my chest.
On the first day, PUMP climbed from 0.0046 to 0.0052. I made about a hundred U. I told myself to take profit and stop there, but my fingers just wouldn’t hit the sell button.
On the second day, the price pulled back to 0.0048. I panicked—I even almost cut my losses. But I gritted my teeth and remembered what someone in the group said: once meme coins really take off, they can easily go 10x, 100x. I chose to believe.
On the third day at dawn, PUMP suddenly started surging. 0.0050… 0.0053… 0.0056. Every time it ticked up, the numbers in my account jumped too. I stared at the candlestick chart, not daring to blink. When the price surged to 0.0059, my holdings had grown from eight hundred U to nearly four thousand U.
Four thousand U. My monthly salary.
I took a deep breath and sold everything at around 0.0058. The instant the trade went through, I just went limp in my chair. My back was soaked with sweat. Outside the window, the sky was barely starting to brighten, and the lights from the breakfast shop downstairs spilled in. Suddenly, I felt like the world had never looked so beautiful.
Later, PUMP climbed again to 0.0060, and then it crashed hard. If I hadn’t sold, my profit would at least have given back half. But I don’t regret it, because I know I bet right once—and I also know I can’t be right every time.
I withdrew the principal, and kept the profit in my account. After that, I never again went all-in on any meme coin.
Those eight hundred U taught me more than any course ever could. In the crypto community, the most expensive tuition isn’t getting liquidated—it’s the time you almost didn’t make it out.
#PUMP #meme币 #Contract trading
This started three days ago. That day I was scrolling and came across a tweet saying a meme coin called PUMP was going to be listed for contract trading on Binance. The market cap was only a few million USD, and the community hype was skyrocketing. At the time, I’d just lost money on QNT, and I only had about eight hundred U left in my account. Seeing the PUMP price at just a few thousandths of a dollar—0.00-something—I thought, whatever, it’s only a few hundred bucks. Even if I lose it all, it’s over.
I bought two million PUMP tokens, spending roughly a little over 1,100 U. I borrowed as much as I could. The moment I finished buying, my heartbeat was racing like it was about to jump out of my chest.
On the first day, PUMP climbed from 0.0046 to 0.0052. I made about a hundred U. I told myself to take profit and stop there, but my fingers just wouldn’t hit the sell button.
On the second day, the price pulled back to 0.0048. I panicked—I even almost cut my losses. But I gritted my teeth and remembered what someone in the group said: once meme coins really take off, they can easily go 10x, 100x. I chose to believe.
On the third day at dawn, PUMP suddenly started surging. 0.0050… 0.0053… 0.0056. Every time it ticked up, the numbers in my account jumped too. I stared at the candlestick chart, not daring to blink. When the price surged to 0.0059, my holdings had grown from eight hundred U to nearly four thousand U.
Four thousand U. My monthly salary.
I took a deep breath and sold everything at around 0.0058. The instant the trade went through, I just went limp in my chair. My back was soaked with sweat. Outside the window, the sky was barely starting to brighten, and the lights from the breakfast shop downstairs spilled in. Suddenly, I felt like the world had never looked so beautiful.
Later, PUMP climbed again to 0.0060, and then it crashed hard. If I hadn’t sold, my profit would at least have given back half. But I don’t regret it, because I know I bet right once—and I also know I can’t be right every time.
I withdrew the principal, and kept the profit in my account. After that, I never again went all-in on any meme coin.
Those eight hundred U taught me more than any course ever could. In the crypto community, the most expensive tuition isn’t getting liquidated—it’s the time you almost didn’t make it out.
#PUMP #meme币 #Contract trading