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What Crypto Investors Can Learn From The Golden Rule Of Improv
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Years ago, in my twenties, I took an improvisation course at Second City in Toronto with friends. It was challenging and fun, too. I don't remember any of the scenes we performed, but one thing has stuck with me over the years. It's the golden rule of improv: Yes, and...
If I hand you an imaginary red ball in a scene and you say, “No, that's not a ball,” the scene dies. But if you say “yes, and I'll pretend it's heavy”, the story builds, and the energy flows.
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That little rule has guided me through careers, building my own company and many other decisions, big and small. And lately, I can't stop thinking about how desperately the Bitcoin and crypto asset space needs it.
In theory, the entire set of ecosystems should thrive on expansive thinking. And internally, from a building standpoint, they likely do. But when it comes to investing, what I've seen - and experienced - is also rife with rigid mindsets and tribalism. Take the different approaches to market participation. You've got:
Long-term investors: They accumulate assets like Bitcoin or Ethereum slowly and consistently, using strategies like dollar-cost averaging (DCA). They may take profits, sell if they need the money or capitalise on a large appreciation, but generally this is long-haul investing. They aren't looking at their portfolios and assessing movements daily or maybe even weekly. These people echo the stock market maxim: 'you can't time the market'.
Medium-term traders: These folks study market structure, read charts, conduct technical analysis and generally buy in the red and sell in the green. They believe you can time the market if you have the right tools and put in the work. And they will argue that a lot more money can be made this way, and a lot of money is lost in the long-term approach.
Short-term traders: They ride the market's volatility daily, sometimes hourly, often using leverage to amplify their plays. Charts, technical analysis, “golden buy” signals, breakouts, wedges: this is their language. One of their guidebooks is AZ Penn's Technical Analysis for Beginners: Take $1k to $10k Using Charting and Stock Trends of the Financial Markets with Zero Trading Experience Required. With AI in the picture and a steady, methodical approach, I know people making steady money doing this. I'm even learning to do it myself.
I recently left a crypto group where the founder would rage whenever anyone mentioned charts or technical analysis. His approach was pure instinct, and it worked for him. But that doesn't mean others can't find success using different tools. Even leverage, when properly managed, isn't a dirty word. There are people out there using it minimally, growing their accounts sustainably. And all three can co-exist in the same investor, depending on how much time they have, and how willing they are to do their homework.
The division exists between assets as well. Check out the chatter on X to see the arguments between Bitcoin maximalists and the XRP Army; just one example. Why does it have to be one or the other, though?
A well-balanced portfolio might include large caps like Bitcoin and Ethereum, mid-caps like LINK (which connects blockchains to real-world data), and new projects like ONDO (focused on real-world asset tokenisation).
Everyone has different predictions for where the market is going to go. What's the outlook for 2026? Are we in for a crypto winter? Or a super cycle? The reality is that things are moving fast, and soon, none of this will matter. With big firms like Fidelity and ARK Invest now suggesting crypto allocations of 1 to 10 per cent in diversified portfolios, TradFi is starting to say “yes, and...” to diversifying into it.
Even traditional gold and digital gold don't need to be at odds, although it's still depicted that way. The Crypto Report's Tom Handy is one of the many analysts highlighting how Bitcoin is now challenging gold as a legitimate store of value - one that's faster, more portable and more transparent. In his recent newsletter, he wrote about how JPMorgan analysts have said that if Bitcoin's market cap were at parity with gold, the price potential is US$170,000.
Web3 - the next-generation, decentralised internet built on blockchain technology, the one that shifts control from centralised corporations to users - is not simple. Neither are we. But all of it gets a little easier when we stop trying to prove we're right - less “no, but”; more “yes, and...” - and start learning from each other.
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