‘Oops We Made a Mistake’ – Things to Do When FEAR Kicks into the Market
Does this mean sell it all? Is the time to get out now?
If there’s one thing I’ve learned after decades in the stock and crypto markets, it’s that markets don’t move on logic, they move on emotion.
Also, that often the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent…
Nonetheless, if you understand the insanity at times of it all, you can line yourself up for significant gains over the long term.
And right now, the time is looking ideal for the emotionless investor to make serious long-term bank.
Let me explain how…
Dry Powder at the Ready
Just a month ago, both the CNN Fear & Greed Index for the stock market and CoinGecko’s Crypto Fear & Greed Index were flashing full-tilt greed.
Investors couldn’t get enough. Bitcoin ETFs were hoovering inflows, the S&P 500 and NASDAQ were setting record highs, and the mood was pure euphoria.
But look at the dials today…
Both indexes have swung sharply lower. Fear is storming back. Confidence is evaporating. You can almost hear traders pulling their bids and refreshing their charts in disbelief.
CNN’s Fear & Greed Index,
And CoinGecko’s Fear & Greed Index,
Does this mean sell it all? Is the time to get out now?
I’ll let you in on a little secret… nothing fundamental has changed.
The stock market is still brushing against all-time highs. Bitcoin is maybe 10% off its peak. And yet, the collective mood has soured as if the bull market just died overnight.
This is what makes these indicators so powerful. Not because they predict the future, but because they mirror our emotions in real time. They tell us when greed has blinded us and when fear is clouding our judgment.
And right now, they’re screaming opportunity.
Markets run in cycles, but human psychology runs in loops. Every bull market has these moments, the sudden panic, the shaky hands, the fake pullback before the next leg higher.
Maybe Bitcoin does retest $100,000. Maybe the miners and crypto stocks shed another 10%, 20%, even 30% in the next few weeks.
That’s fine. In fact, that’s healthy.
Because fear creates liquidity for the calm and conviction-driven investor.
When the herd panics, disciplined investors build wealth.
Oops, We Made a Mistake
Remember, we’re not going back to a world without digital assets.
We’re not un-inventing tokenization, or unplugging AI from the financial system.
BlackRock isn’t shelving its reconstruction of global financial infrastructure. Stripe isn’t abandoning its stablecoin future. Robinhood, eToro, and Coinbase aren’t suddenly going to say, ‘Oops, we made a mistake, let’s tokenize nothing.’
This is a one-way evolution of finance, technology, and data, all converging into digital, borderless, blockchain-based systems.
That trend is irreversible.
So, when fear takes over, that’s when you slow down, breathe, and prepare to buy.
Keep dry powder on hand. Add to your core holdings. Stack sats. Own the companies building this infrastructure. And ignore the noise that tries to convince you that a 10% to 30% correction is the end of the world.
Because the greatest investments aren’t made in moments of confidence, they’re made in moments of doubt.
And if there’s one iron rule that’s never failed me… when everyone else is scared, I’m interested.
Trust in crypto,
Adam Atlantic