2025 IN REVIEW: What Worked, What Didn't, and Lessons for 2026 (Premium)

Today’s Core Points: 

• Bitcoin was THE trade of 2025 - nothing else came close

• The altcoin playbook is dead - adapt or get rinsed

• 4-year cycle expectations failed spectacularly

• Risk management separated winners from losers

• New rules for 2026: flexibility over conviction

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Hey all,

Let's talk about what actually happened in 2025.

Not what we hoped for. Not what the charts from 2017 and 2021 promised us. What actually happened.

Because if you can't learn from this year, you're going to repeat the same mistakes in 2026.

2025 was a year that humbled just about everyone. The old playbook didn't work. The narratives we believed in crumbled. And the investors who made money weren't the ones who took the most risk - they were the ones who managed it best.

So let's break it down.

In reflection, one word: Bitcoin.

Joe often says, doing the SAFE thing is often the correct strategy. That was 2025 in a nutshell.

HODLing Bitcoin was the power-move of 2025. Altcoin performance vs Bitcoin was dismal and all cryptos remain in macro downtrends to this day vs the lowest risk, best performing asset in Bitcoin.

Watching the BTC pairs charts and preserving Bitcoin value saved investors a fortune - instead, too many dug-in and fought the trend. This is something we cover at length with our Mastermind Clients.

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