You don’t realize something is moving when Bloomberg writes about it or when timelines fill with green candles. You feel it first in your body. Something shifts in how you look at things, in the tabs you open, in the Discord vibes. Not because everything is going up, but because something is beginning again.
The bull run, if you want to call it that, isn’t just numbers. It’s a massive return of energy. An emotional wave sweeping through those who stayed, who held on, who shut out the noise when everyone was yelling “dead market.” But here’s the thing. If we stop there, we’re just replaying the same episode.
It’s time to turn it into something more.
Every cycle is a test of memory. Because when everything is rising, you forget. You forget Terra, FTX, the rugs, the exhaustion, the sleepless nights. You forget that last time you promised yourself, “If the market comes back, this time I’ll be smarter.”
Well, this is that time.
This bull run isn’t about chasing the same patterns. It’s about understanding who you are within them.
A degen isn’t just someone chasing a 10x. It’s someone who pushes the system to its edge, someone who experiments, someone who enters early and loses early. And if they choose, someone who builds early too.
Let’s leave the charts aside for a moment. You know who really moves forward in every bull run?
The one who gains access. To new communities, to early tools, to people who build instead of troll.
Your wallet is your identity. Your activity is your resume. The chain doesn’t forget. And that can either be a burden or a foundation for something big.
You enter a bull run for profit. But if you stay only for that, you miss the greatest opportunity, which is to participate in an ecosystem that wasn’t built for spectators but for players. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to do well. To improve your life and the lives of those around you. The point isn’t the desire for profit. The point is whether that profit can be part of a cycle with continuity.
If your next move isn’t just a trade but a project. If your next participation isn’t just farming but a piece of culture. This space needs you. Not just because you “bring liquidity” but because you’re the one who sees first
Maybe you’ve been here since 2017. Maybe you just arrived yesterday. It doesn’t matter.
What’s coming is culture, not just price. New models of work, community, voting, art, and time. DAOs and friend groups organizing like teams. Creators building around their audience. Tokens that aren’t just assets, but signals of participation.
And if all this sounds a bit flashy, think of this: If Web2 taught us to consume, Web3 is teaching us to belong and to participate.
Take the profit, but build something that lasts. Choose wisely where you play, who you talk to, which community you uplift. The next narrative won’t be shaped by a fund. It will be shaped by you, with your presence, your trade, your tweet. This isn’t doctrine. It’s an invitation.
Hold your gains but grow your roots because the bull run is not the end of the bear, it’s the first act of something much greater. And now that everyone is coming back, let’s not just show them how a chart goes up. Let’s show them what this space can create when it remembers who it is.
Spiros Bounas