Story of my crypto journey using ASCII Art (PART 1): Once upon a time, I was working in TradFi ∧_∧  ( ⌐■Д■)   ┌/つ / ̄ ̄ ̄/  ̄ ̄\/___/ ̄ ̄ During a gathering, one of my childhood friends (who made a lot of money last bullrun) said it's time to get into crypto again as bear market is ending. This was Jan 2024. .   /\_/\     ./\_/\  ./\_/\    ( •Д•˶)   ( •Д• )     ( •Д•  ) ଘ(ა🍱)    (ა🍙૮)。   (🍜٩  )੭ He shilled me a few coins - an L1 project, a multi-chain bridge, and a memecoin || ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄|| || Buy    ∧_∧   ||  Crypto ╲ (゚Д゚ ) ||_______ ⊂ ⊂ | Λ,,Λ Λ,,Λ Λ,,Λ | ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄| (   ) (  ) (  ) | Like most of everyone, I obviously faded and saw the memecoin went 20x within a week (it was $MYRO btw) 。 。 。∧_∧。・。 。゚  ( ゚´Д`)  ゚。   o( U U    'ー'ー' Like a true n00b, I then tried looking for smaller memecoins to "revenge trade" looking for gems that would moon hard ∧_∧ + — 💎 ( •Д• )つ — 💎 — 💎 + (つ — 💎 __つ + —💎 — 💎 ˚ し´ Obviously I got rugged many many times. At one point I was down -80% - but this was a good lesson        ∧_∧       /:彡ミヽ ) ー、        / :::/:: ヽ ヽ :::i       / :::/;;:   ヽ ヽ::i   ̄ ̄ ̄ (_,ノ  ̄ ̄ ̄ヽ、_ノ ̄ ̄ Eventually I stumbled into amazing communities, where I learnt a lot. I even recovered my portfolio. Shout out to $PAINT $DAUMEN $LEH #HARAMBE community      ハ,,ハ  ハ,,ハ  ハ,,ハ( ゚Д゚) (゚Д゚ ) ハ,,ハ ( ゚Д゚) ハ,,ハ) (っ. ハ,,ハ (゚Д゚ ) | U ( ゚Д゚) (Д゚ ) とノ u-u'|  Ul  lU  |u-u      `u-u'  `u-u' This was circa April 2024. Memecoins continue to be hot - everything was so bullish. .            ♪       /𑁧⌢ノ\     ♪  (⌐■Д■ )   _ __○__ ξつヾ___ /. δ( ◯ ) /† ⠟† /δ ⠿( ◯ ) / | ̄ ̄ |  ̄ ̄ ̄ | ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄|  ̄ ̄| l | | ::. |      | | Eventually I stumbled upon $GIKO - I've never seen a meme with so much narrative since $PEPE and $DOGE. Plus the community was so amazing, and it helped that I am such an otaku (someone weak to Japanese stuff). It really convinced me to buy a bag and push - whereas previously I have been mostly trading/passive. . ∧_∧   (,,゚Д゚)   /   ヽ  / /  |\_M ( ∧   |、__E) \/  ノ  /  \   (  | / ヽ   | || ( $Giko |   | / /  \ ノ   | ) )    ̄ ̄ ̄   |||   |||   / |、\  (_/  ̄ (To be continued in Part 2, which will focus on my $GIKO journey)
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