BTC Drops back to 78k. My Playbook (1/4)

Today’s email and the next 4 emails are going to be a long elaboration of how I view the current market.

We are consolidating on the last support band.

You think you're playing the market? Nah. The market is playing you.

Let me say something that might sting.

Most people lose in crypto not because they’re stupid.

But because they’re lazy thinkers with smartphone attention spans.

They don’t study. They don’t verify. They don’t dig.
They just scroll Twitter, follow influencers, and ape in based on vibes.

So what happens?

They get dumped on by insiders.
Chopped up by volatility.
And they leave the market bitter, broke, and “traumatized.”

I get it.
Crypto is seductive. It's fast. It's loud. It's wild.
It promises freedom, wealth, and escape from the 9-5 trap.

But it’s also one of the most ruthless liquidity games ever created.

And if you walk in without armor—without an edge—you’re meat.

Let’s break this down with an example.

Let’s say there’s a new project, $HYPECOIN.

The chart looks good. The community is active.
Influencers you follow are posting daily moonboy content about it.

You ape in.

You feel like you’re early. You feel smart.
But the price starts dipping 10%, 20%, 30%…

Panic sets in.

So you sell.

Then the coin pumps 3x after you exit.

WTF just happened?

Here’s what you didn’t know:

• The founders airdropped coins to influencers under strict “no sell for 7 days” conditions.

• VCs unlocked their tokens yesterday and dumped into retail volume.

• The Telegram group was botted.

• The “dev activity” was forked GitHub commits from an old DeFi project.

• The whole setup was a timed narrative playbook.

You never stood a chance.

Because you didn’t know what game you were in.

Crypto isn’t about being early.
It’s about being right before everyone else, and knowing why.

You’re not in a market. You’re in a liquidity battlefield.

And on that battlefield…

• Influencers are marketers for bags they already hold.

• Exchanges trade against your stops.

• Whales manipulate narratives to exit without slippage.

• Retail (aka you) provides exit liquidity when the music stops.

You see the green candle. They see your wallet.

You see the hype. They see a trap being set.

So how do you start winning?

You flip the script.
You start thinking like a hunter—not a fanboy.

✅ Study on-chain. Learn to spot real accumulation vs wash trading.
✅ Track funding rates. Who's overly long or short? Where's the pain?
✅ Study liquidity maps. Know where stops sit.
✅ Follow stablecoin flows. Where’s new money entering?
✅ Read whitepapers. Understand tokenomics—fully diluted valuation matters.
✅ Look up team wallets. Are they selling into strength?

When you see through the smoke, you don’t panic.
You position.

While they’re selling fear, you’re buying blood.

While they chase green candles, you’re stacking red days.

That’s how winners play this game.

Because in crypto, survival comes first.

You’re not here to impress anyone.

You’re here to last.
To learn.
To stack conviction.
To deploy with purpose when the real opportunity comes.

This game punishes the impulsive.
Rewards the prepared.

You want to be rich in crypto?

Act like it.

Stop jumping from hype to hype like a tourist.
Start building the skills of a killer.

Next email:
We go deeper.

How to actually track smart money movements,
Spot early narratives before they trend,
And set traps instead of falling into them.

Because you’re not here to get played.

You’re here to flip the script.

My playbook was already posted in my 9-5 traders discord before this email.

Get in if you wish to be early.

Stay sharp.

—Victor