My crypto friend who turned 10,000 into 1.4 million in 8 years: Extreme slowness is the ultimate speed
In 2017, my friend had just graduated. With 10,000 yuan saved from his internship, he jumped into the red-hot crypto world. Back then, there were stories of overnight riches every day—people doubling their money with 100x meme coins, others betting big with 20x leverage. But he was an "outlier": he didn’t chase new coins, never touched high leverage, and set three strict rules for himself: no single coin position over 10%, max leverage at 5x, and immediate stop-loss if a floating loss hit 3%.