The norm for crypto KOLs: learn regularly, think hard, and stay up late

Macroeconomic research: Fed rate hikes and rate cuts, CPI, PPI, the non-farm unemployment rate, the US dollar index, capital flows, options expiration and settlement—you have to study some of all of them.
On-chain data: get a view of on-chain transactions, trading depth, funding rates, whale addresses, Gas fees, BTC halving models, ETH burn rate—there isn’t a single one you don’t have to watch.
Cycle theory: Kondratiev cycles, Juglar cycles, bull–bear alternation, the 4-year halving—there isn’t a cycle you don’t have to calculate.
Technical analysis: wave theory, Fibonacci, KDJ, breakouts and false breakouts, chip distribution, support and resistance, double bottoms and double tops—there isn’t a technical approach you don’t have to figure out.
Mind-game on sentiment: sentiment cycles, FOMO and FUD, buy low and sell high—there isn’t a strategy you don’t have to try.
Global regulation: global policies, SEC hearings, ETF approvals, BTC pilot programs, the Asian trading session—there isn’t a regulation you don’t need to keep up with.
Track layout: Bitcoin ecosystem, ETH, SOL, L2, AI, RWA, GameFi, Meme coins—you have to understand a bit of every one of them.
Underlying infrastructure: electricity costs for mining machines, computing power, chips, mining-farm revenues, public chains, sidechains, cross-chain bridges, stablecoins, lending and liquidation mechanisms—there isn’t a protocol you don’t need to be familiar with.
Practical tools: BOT trading, quantitative arbitrage, market-making strategies—there isn’t a single one you don’t have to get into. Read the whitepapers, browse X, hang out in Discord, and check contract code on-chain—what information could you not understand?
Trump, Musk posting on X, Grayscale trimming positions, BlackRock adding positions, exchange listings, whale selling— which one aren’t you watching to the second? Follow the big shots’ posts, keep an eye on billion-dollar funds bottom-fishing— even if you end up losing like a dog, you still have to study the timing institutions use to accumulate.
The pain of losing money, the thrill of a contract liquidation, the highest heartbeat, the illusion of taking profits—$10,000 is enough to make you lose at a level that would earn you a PhD.
In the end, you realize that after buying BTC, those people who just lie flat and do nothing make way more than you.