A $10,000 bet on Solana could've completely turned things around—if you'd held through it all.

Here's how the ride actually looked:

Catch SOL early, that $10k turns into $60k. Still feels like luck, right? Then $60k explodes to $900k—suddenly it feels surreal, like it's not even real money anymore. But then reality hits: $900k craters down to $120k. That's when it starts feeling stupid.

Except it wasn't over. $120k climbed back to $4M. For a moment, it felt permanent, like you'd finally made it. Then—$300k. Everything compressed back down.

Then FTX imploded. Solana got labeled a scam by critics. VCs started dumping their positions. The narrative shifted completely.

That's the thing about riding major crypto cycles—it's not really about luck or timing. It's about surviving the noise, the doubt, the calls for blood. Every major correction felt terminal. Every recovery felt undeserved. The winners weren't the ones who timed it perfectly; they were the ones who could handle watching $4M become $300k and not panic-sell at the bottom.