📊 Interesting data from Delphi Digital


They analyzed all possible 5-year holding periods for Bitcoin since 2016 — no cherry-picking, no bias.
Here’s what they found👇
• Median return over 5 years — 8x+
• Worst-case scenario — around -13%
• Most periods ended in profit
• Ethereum had zero negative 5-year periods
👉 The takeaway is simple:
Time in the market > timing the market
Even if your entry isn’t perfect, long-term holding has historically outweighed short-term mistakes.
💡 This challenges the common mindset:
you don’t need to catch the bottom — you just need to stay in the market long enough.

❗️But remember:
short-term volatility is still brutal
and that’s a completely different game (trading vs investing)

📌 Personal takeaway:
if drawdowns stress you out — you might be playing the wrong strategy.
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