Most traders hate bear markets. Prices are tanking, portfolios are bleeding red, and every news headline seems to predict an even darker future. But here’s the thing — the “smart money” doesn’t see bear markets as something to fear. They see them as an opportunity. In fact, some of the biggest fortunes in crypto are made during bear markets, not during the bull runs everyone brags about.
I learned this the hard way. My first bear market felt like a slow, painful bleed. I panic-sold coins that would later recover tenfold, jumped into random “recovery” projects that failed, and convinced myself I was done with crypto altogether. It wasn’t until I started studying what veteran traders, hedge funds, and early adopters were actually doing in bear markets that my perspective flipped.
Today, I want to share exactly what I learned — the habits, strategies, and mental frameworks that the smart money uses when the market is down, and how you can adapt them for yourself.