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)