![Capture.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTeY28i46g2V8CvBy8qHMhzsDic2GHrwWxbECFBWHT43o/Capture.JPG) <center><sub>Snipped this [*here*](https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/price/)</sub></center>

I get it, it's all in the red, and we are here again. Bad times, dark days, crypto gloom, call it whatever you like, but i'd say this is normal, judging from the fact that every new year, the crypto sphere does a sorta retracement when the level of demand and supply tilts as traders take profits and whatnots.

Cryptocurrency has come a long way, during its first year of existence, bitcoin was literally worth zero. And to boot, a dude gave away a whooping 10,000 BTC for 2 packs of pizza in Jacksonville, Florida. That bastard! ;D lol...

The general trend was very parallel to the floor ever since until early 2014 when it had a bit of a spike. Well, things have been steady and pretty much bullish ever since, until recently when bitcoin went gaga and skyrocketed through the charts late 2017 to early January this year, hitting a record high of about $19,498 within a few weeks. -Just a few dollars shy of $20,000-. Yikes!

From the little i know about cryptocurrency and stocks, It's only normal for a retracement to occur immediately after such a bull run, i mean would you look at that!
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## <center>BTC is a bully!</center>
<div class="pull-left"><center><img src="https://previews.123rf.com/images/krisdog/krisdog1604/krisdog160400021/54588232-cartoon-tough-mean-strong-bulldog-sports-mascot.jpg" /><br/><em><a href="https://www.123rf.com/photo_54588232_stock-vector-cartoon-tough-mean-strong-bulldog-sports-mascot.html">Grrrr!!! everybody get down!</a></em></center></div

BTC being the foremost created and most widely accepted crypto, a lot of investors see it as a store of value rather than a means for micro payments *(which of course, its transaction fee has defeated the very reason it was created.)* and its rise and drop tends to affect the well-being of well-meaning crypto projects, Including the steem ecosystem.

Recently, it's gotten worse, with so much dumb money floating around, which day-traders, people who have no interest in the case use of a token, uses to pump and dump altcoins by day traders 

So here we are, again, in for the rough ride, together. Vote weights don't give the same digits they used to, and i feel someone in the last row is about to complain. Well, don't, It's not gonna be long now.
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## <center>What to do?</center>
Stick at it. You might wanna fasten your seat belt for the next wave up, with Steem's SMT and a lot of other blockchain technologies just revving to kickoff, you may well be on your way to Forbes! or maybe not.


#### Whatever the case is with ya, goddamn HODL!, yeah?
<center>https://bittox.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/photo_2017-10-08_18-22-51.jpg</center> <center>[Upvote if ya get this! :D](https://bittox.com/2017/10/21/hodl-meme/)</center>

<center>***For Steem, 
@pangoli***</center>