The market rules have changed, and you have to accept this reality.

The most obvious change in the past two years? Institutional money has poured in, and the entire market has matured to the point where it’s unrecognizable. As a retail investor, hoping to get rich off Bitcoin and become a millionaire? Wake up, that era is over.

Back in 2018, I bought the BTC dip at $6,000 and made a 20x return. Now? To get another 20x, the price would have to skyrocket to $1.8 million—how many years would that take? Honestly, I don’t think even 8 years is enough.

The scale is just too big now; BTC is no longer that small coin that could go crazy. But that doesn’t mean it’s worthless—on the contrary, it’s now more like a reliable store of value, and there’s still steady demand.

The downside is obvious: you can’t just throw a few thousand bucks into the safest asset and wait to get rich like before. What’s the upside? At least you don’t have to be on edge every day anymore. Remember March 2020? A 40% drop in a single day. If BTC dropped to $54,000 in a day now, just imagine that...

Bottom line, the game isn’t over—it’s just the rules that have changed. If you want life-changing gains, you might need to look at other assets; if you want stable allocation, BTC is still an option. The key is to recognize your position in this game.