At eight on Friday night, the lights on the entire office floor went out—except for the screens of crypto traders.
Everyone else on Friday: shut down the computer, meet friends for hot pot, snag movie tickets.
Crypto traders on Friday: move the candlestick chart from the big office screen to the little phone screen, shifting the battlefield from the desk to the hot pot restaurant 🍲
It can’t be helped—the crypto market has no weekends. The US stock market has closed, the A-shares market is shut, but crypto is open 24/7. Friday nights can actually be the most intense: liquidity thins out, and the slightest ripple can trigger a wick. You dare to sleep, and it dares to move.
The quietest table in the hot pot restaurant is always the one where someone has their phone face down on the table, flipping it over every three minutes to check the market. They don’t even notice when the tripe gets overcooked.
Honestly, I recommend enjoying this hot pot while you can. The chart won’t go up just because you look at it a couple more times, and the market won’t stop throwing out wicks just because you look away once. The most exhausting thing about crypto isn’t losing money—it’s the anxiety of “what if I miss out?”
But think back: over the past year, on all those late Friday nights you stayed up, how many times did you actually catch a wick? Most of the time, you just traded your weekend sleep for Monday’s dark circles. You wait for the market to make its move; staring at it won’t make it happen.
Have some tripe tonight. The market can wait until tomorrow. It’s not going anywhere.
What time do you usually put your phone down on Friday nights? Or… do you never put it down at all?
#Friday
Source: Original joke; image: Pexels (cottonbro)
Everyone else on Friday: shut down the computer, meet friends for hot pot, snag movie tickets.
Crypto traders on Friday: move the candlestick chart from the big office screen to the little phone screen, shifting the battlefield from the desk to the hot pot restaurant 🍲
It can’t be helped—the crypto market has no weekends. The US stock market has closed, the A-shares market is shut, but crypto is open 24/7. Friday nights can actually be the most intense: liquidity thins out, and the slightest ripple can trigger a wick. You dare to sleep, and it dares to move.
The quietest table in the hot pot restaurant is always the one where someone has their phone face down on the table, flipping it over every three minutes to check the market. They don’t even notice when the tripe gets overcooked.
Honestly, I recommend enjoying this hot pot while you can. The chart won’t go up just because you look at it a couple more times, and the market won’t stop throwing out wicks just because you look away once. The most exhausting thing about crypto isn’t losing money—it’s the anxiety of “what if I miss out?”
But think back: over the past year, on all those late Friday nights you stayed up, how many times did you actually catch a wick? Most of the time, you just traded your weekend sleep for Monday’s dark circles. You wait for the market to make its move; staring at it won’t make it happen.
Have some tripe tonight. The market can wait until tomorrow. It’s not going anywhere.
What time do you usually put your phone down on Friday nights? Or… do you never put it down at all?
#Friday
Source: Original joke; image: Pexels (cottonbro)
