On Wednesday afternoon, while Xiao Li was slurping noodles at a street-side fast food stall, his phone screen suddenly lit up—he had followed BTC for half a year, and it had just broken below a key support level.

This deep correction in the 2024 market has left the crypto world somewhat quiet. The top traders who used to lead the market have mostly disappeared, leaving a group of retail investors holding hands and sighing. Xiao Li’s hand holding the phone started to tremble a little. Over half a year ago, he had gone all-in with his five years’ savings, hoping to turn his luck around, but now the numbers in his account were hardly worth mentioning.

Gnashing his teeth, his finger hovered over the "Sell All" button, feeling a sharp pain as if something was stabbing him inside. At that moment, another notification popped up on his phone: a major international bank had increased its holdings of crypto assets by $380 million.

This message was like a stone thrown into a calm pond. Xiao Li’s mind flashed back to the scene three years ago when he first entered this field—back then, he had entered with his coworker Lao Liu. Lao Liu had said, “This stuff is definitely the future,” but after just a week of rising, it collapsed. Lao Liu ran away, cursing it as a scam.

But Xiao Li didn’t leave. He devoured a bunch of research reports, learned the ins and outs of blockchain technology, and understood how deep the cognitive gap is between institutions and retail investors. He came to a conclusion: panic selling in a bear market is often the best opportunity for smart money to position itself.

Taking a long breath, he withdrew his finger from the sell button. Instead, he divided his remaining small amount of active funds into three parts—investing in BTC, ETH, and a new public chain project he had studied for a long time.

Turning off the trading app, the shop owner handed him a bowl of hot soup. “Bro, do you want some more scallions?” Xiao Li nodded, watching the steam rise from the bowl and blurring his phone screen.

There’s a saying—vision and patience often turn an ordinary decision into a turning point later on. When the market reaches an extreme, every step taken by a clear-headed person counts.