I just reviewed some numbers that got me thinking. If someone had invested a thousand dollars in the main cryptocurrencies back in January 2025, today they would only have about 550. That's right, nearly a 45% loss in just over a year. Bitcoin and Ethereum fell 30% and 36% respectively, but the biggest drops were Solana and XRP, which plummeted 65% and 55%. The entire market shrank from 3.49 trillion to 2.47 trillion in capitalization, and trading volumes halved. Crazy, isn’t it? The interesting part is that BNB performed relatively well, losing little, and TRON was the only one that gained value during that decline. Dogecoin, Cardano, and Avalanche were the hardest hit, dropping between 72% and 74%. Today, the crypto market value is slowly recovering, but what happened was brutal. It reminds us why diversification and patience with these assets are key because cryptocurrency volatility is this wild.