Most people get crypto completely backwards.

They show up when everything is pumping. Prices are near all time highs, their group chat is suddenly full of experts, every second post on their feed is someone flexing unrealised gains. That energy is infectious and it pulls people in at the worst possible time.
They buy because it feels safe because 'everyone is winning' and 'you can't lose'. Sounds insane but that's how it works. When everything is green and up only has been the default for 2 years straight, buying feels like the obvious move. It doesn't feel like a risk, but it feels like opportunity.
Then the music slows down. On chain opportunities cool down. The pumps get smaller and the dips get sharper. Suddenly that "obvious" buy is underwater and the group chat goes quiet.
Meanwhile the people who were buying 2 years ago, when sentiment was in the gutter and nobody wanted to talk about crypto, they're doing the opposite. They're quietly derisking into the euphoria. Selling into the same excitement that pulled the late arrivals in.
This isn't theory. I've spoken with thousands of traders, investors and complete beginners over the past few years and the pattern is almost always the same. The ones who built real wealth didn't have some magic indicator or secret strategy. They just did the uncomfortable thing: they were active when it felt pointless and cautious when it felt euphoric.
The people who show up during fear and stay through the boring sideways months are the ones who walk away with life changing returns. The people who show up during greed and leave during fear are the ones who tell everyone crypto is a scam.
Crypto isn't a scam, but treating it like a casino will always give you casino based results. The edge has never been about picking the right coin at the right time, it's about being positioned before the move happens, which means being here when nobody else wants to be.
The next bear market is thus your opportunity, but wait... we are in one right now. The question is whether you'll actually take action on it or wait for the next pump to feel safe again.