I've stopped throwing money at every trend that comes my way. Too many people get seduced into chasing the next big thing, only to watch everything they've carefully built in crypto crumble overnight. The pitch is always the same: put your money where your mouth is. But that's exactly how fortunes vanish. Real skin in the game means rolling up your sleeves and doing the actual work—not just betting blindly. We'll find out in 2026 who's serious and who's just been riding on hype. The ones still standing will be those who learned this lesson early.