What's the crypto mistakes in 2025 that you don't wanna repeat ?

[The Cryptovator]

As the title already explained about the question, I will write about my mistake that I made last year, and I really don't want to repeat that mistake again. 2025 was a good year for me as a crypto user; I made some handsome money from the trading and crypto marketing as well. Though I lost some funds, on average I made some good funds. The biggest mistake I made this year was during my ETH trading. Made good profits from my ETH holding, but due to mistakes I missed the biggest opportunity.

I have been holding a couple of ETH that I bought for an average of 1400-1600 USDT, so when it went ATH, I took advantage a couple of times and made good profits. Last time, I bought it back and set up a target price. When the price was near my target, I cancelled selling and used stop loss. It was fine using a stop loss since I thought it could pump more. But unfortunately ETH started dumping, and I cancelled the stop loss due to fear of loss. I thought it could hit my stop loss and pump again. That's how SL was cancelled and never put back. As a result, ETH dumped hard; if I hadn't cancelled the stop loss, then I would have my ETH double right now.

So always changing my mind during trading cost me a lot. This was the biggest mistake last year that I really don't want to repeat. Not going to cancel stop loss or have to replace stop loss.

What is your mistake that you don't want to repeat? Share it so we can learn from each other.

[ColdLava40]

I guess my mistake in2025 was not taking profits from my holdings. I know as a bitcoin holder you have to hold for a certain period of time, but last year I made a good amount of profits but didn't take any.

Next time I see an ath as good as last year, Ill take some profits and wait for a dip to buy again. I shared this idea with people on my lb but it seemed many are just with the idea of holding till thy kingdom comes.

Some people don't even know when to take profits and for years they continue to let the market take back what it has given and it will take another cycle to see price at its last ath.

[Somegory]

I guess my mistake in2025 was not taking profits from my holdings. I know as a bitcoin holder you have to hold for a certain period of time, but last year I made a good amount of profits but didn't take any.

Next time I see an ath as good as last year, Ill take some profits and wait for a dip to buy again. I shared this idea with people on my lb but it seemed many are just with the idea of holding till thy kingdom comes.

Some people don't even know when to take profits and for years they continue to let the market take back what it has given and it will take another cycle to see price at its last ath.

You did well already buying and holding Bitcoin, you not taking profit doesn't means you failed, even if you hold for another four years you will make more money than that $126k top where you failed to take some profits.

You are different from those who put all their eggs in altcoins, the market played a trick on them, altcoins pumped in 2023 and stopped in 2024, they Bitcoin started stealing all the liquidity to itself.

Since you stand tall for Bitcoin you are doing great, if you need money which I believe isn't an emergency I advice you look for it via another way and keep holding your Bitcoin, it will pay on the long run.

[Joy_learns_crypto]

I guess my mistake in2025 was not taking profits from my holdings. I know as a bitcoin holder you have to hold for a certain period of time, but last year I made a good amount of profits but didn't take any.

Next time I see an ath as good as last year, Ill take some profits and wait for a dip to buy again. I shared this idea with people on my lb but it seemed many are just with the idea of holding till thy kingdom comes.

Some people don't even know when to take profits and for years they continue to let the market take back what it has given and it will take another cycle to see price at its last ath.

Not everyone wants to take profit, they see the profit but they do not want to take the profit, those who invested many years had profits they would have taking but they did not take now they have bigger profits.
Not all holders are desperate in taking profits.

[Asuspawer09]

I guess trading on futures is just going to be a high risk high reward thing. There are always winners and losers on that trade so if you make a mistakes your surely going to lose money, and it was really fear that is going to hit you since it can drain your funds that is where you are going to make some decision based on your decision that is when most of the time we are making mistakes when we base our decision on emotions, but personally it's not really something that you could blame yourself, probably it involve luck as well, since you can't really predict accurately the market so there are always mistakes as long as you know what you are doing and you are responsible about it I dont really think that you made anything wrong, it's just a bad day on trading.

Personally made a lot of this kind of loss, and I just realize that this kind of trading wasn't really for me, I think it is important to understand that this kind of trading is not for everyone, a lot of traders are learning and doing it for years so you could really expect that you are going to get destroy on some of the trades, if you are not giving the effort and not trying to learn then you should change your strategy, that is why I just stick to spot trading since I dont really do a lot of trading and im not updated anymore to what is happening in the market.

[Asiska02]

This story is relatable because most traders also experience this during trading. Your emotions always try to get the better part of you and this has made trading even become harder because with your full knowledge of the financial trading market, you can still face big losses because of your inability to control your emotions.

Most times, these emotions play big when you don’t trust your judgement of the market, they make you wanna change your mindset and this has caused most traders losses in the long term. Having good risk management, risking what you can afford to lose, making your emotions stay out of your market decisions, they’ll all help to achieve a good and profitable trading plan.

[PrivacyG]

The mistake was that I did not get to purchase as much Bitcoin as I would like.  I repeat this mistake every year but I hope this time I will listen to my self.  Particularly considering the Price range we are sitting on, it really sounds like a very good time to buy.

Other wise, I do not believe I made any large mistake last year.  Thankfully, common sense goes a very long way in protecting me and my Wallet from any threats.

[Japinat]

The mistake was that I did not get to purchase as much Bitcoin as I would like.  I repeat this mistake every year but I hope this time I will listen to my self.  Particularly considering the Price range we are sitting on, it really sounds like a very good time to buy.

Other wise, I do not believe I made any large mistake last year.  Thankfully, common sense goes a very long way in protecting me and my Wallet from any threats.

I guess I am experiencing the same way. I know I am very optimistic about bitcoin and its future, but I think the way I accumulate bitcoin isn't good enough. I know I can buy more if I want more, but the fact that it could suddenly drop its value any time, that made me realize that I should stick to my limit, and spend only just my pure extra money.

Maybe I can stretch more my patience this year and increase my faith with bitcoin so that I can also risk more. But sometimes, its just easier said than done. When you have the funds, you will start prioritizing things other than bitcoin. But still thankful, I have small amount of bitcoin in my wallet.

[Marykeller]

My mistake of 2025 is not having an appropriate timing to sell some of the altcoins and Bitcoin I held. I forgot to sell at good prices, always thinking that a pump would happen last year, even in the last quarter of the year, giving way to a bull run and altcoin season. Neither do I know that, such a thing is far from happening. It's my mistake to hope on that, I have learn my mistake from that, not to miss the opportunities to sell at a high price when it arises.

[Lakai01]

I guess I am experiencing the same way. I know I am very optimistic about bitcoin and its future, but I think the way I accumulate bitcoin isn't good enough. I know I can buy more if I want more, but the fact that it could suddenly drop its value any time, that made me realize that I should stick to my limit, and spend only just my pure extra money.

In the long term, it is certainly better to stick with it and buy coins as regularly as possible, i.e., practice classic DCA:

Dollar cost averaging (DCA) is an investment strategy that aims to apply value investing principles to regular investment. The term was first coined by Benjamin Graham in his 1949 book The Intelligent Investor. Graham writes that dollar cost averaging "means simply that the practitioner invests in common stocks the same number of dollars each month or each quarter. In this way he buys more shares when the market is low than when it is high, and he is likely to end up with a satisfactory overall price for all his holdings."

Source

This allows you to smooth out the purchase price of your coins very well and avoids the risk of buying too much at too high a price due to FOMO.

I have been doing this for many years and have accumulated a decent amount of Bitcoin (crumbs) over time.

Strictly speaking, the regular payout of coins from a signature campaign is the perfect illustration of DCA. You always receive the respective number of coins at the current price for a fixed USD amount.

[RockBell]

The thing is that mistakes are not avoidable even if you are a professional. There are periods when holders undersell, but they have learned from that mistake, and one thing about crypto mistakes is that they are costly and they won't repeat themselves because you will definitely learn from whatever mistake they have made, and it is good for people to know their mistakes so that they won't make the same mistake, and one of the factors is emotions we have to learn not to allow emotion decide for us.

And one of the major mistakes is being scared of making a certain decision because one of mine was slow in making decsion and one thing you have to do in crypto is to learn to make instant decisions so that you don't regret not taking that step.

[Outhue]

Using Google Playstore to find crypto wallet rather than using the crypto wallet official links and let it direct you to the rightful crypto wallet app on Google Playstore.

I paid heavily for this mistake, some not so popular crypto wallets on Playstore have double apps on the platform and they look near identical, never find your favourite money apps or crypto wallet apps using the search engine in Google Playstore, you can easily end up with the wrong app and your money or coins will be drained.

[Razmirraz]

My mistake of 2025 is not having an appropriate timing to sell some of the altcoins and Bitcoin I held. I forgot to sell at good prices, always thinking that a pump would happen last year, even in the last quarter of the year, giving way to a bull run and altcoin season. Neither do I know that, such a thing is far from happening. It's my mistake to hope on that, I have learn my mistake from that, not to miss the opportunities to sell at a high price when it arises.

Putting too much hope in Altcoins is a basic mistake that needs to be corrected and never repeated again. I'm not discouraging anyone from investing in Altcoins, but when the green light is on, don't let yourself get caught up in greed, as has happened before, Altcoins are very easy to manipulate. Personally, I'm not particularly interested in gambling on altcoins, for the reasons I mentioned above. Bitcoin is the only viable option for generating substantial future returns. I hope that such mistakes will not happen again. If you feel the price is according to your wishes, immediately release the assets you own and then return when the price is low.
 

[Daniel91]

My mistake is probably a mistake that many of us make, which is not taking advantage of BTC's high value to withdraw profits and instead waiting, expecting further growth. When there is a sudden drop in price, then of course it is too late to react. However, although it was a misjudgment, personally, based on my experience so far, I expect BTC's price to recover and I believe that I will eventually still be able to take my profit, sooner or later. The great thing about BTC is that after every drop it always recovers, so you just need to wait a little longer, but everything goes back to the beginning.  

[God Of Thunder]

What is your mistake that you don't want to repeat? Share it so we can learn from each other.

I heard other people's opinions when I bought some shitcoins, which I should not have done. Furthermore, I listened to their opinion again while I was in profit, and I was about to take my initial investment and leave some for the moonbag. Still, it never happened because I heard other people's opinions. They did the same thing, and I followed them; as a result, we are both at a loss. If I had sold that, I could have made some profit by now. Most of the altcoins did not recover, but there was an opportunity to make some profit from certain shitcoins, which would have helped mitigate some of my losses. I am not going to listen to what others have to say about some specific coin. I would do whatever I feel safe doing.

[Maliceprime]

Taking profits, I failed to take profits and I got burned.
Mistakes that many people have done in the past and was warned about it several times.
It became a frozen part of me, no one ever said that taking profit is one of the hardest things to do.
No one said it takes more than been disciplined to take profits, It felt like a comfortable zone you don't want to exit.
I don't regret for investing in altcoins, because I did well, I choose right, and that's why I was in big profit, but I failed to take profit.
That's all.

I tend to work on this, all I have lost will remain a past experience but I believe that another opportunity will come again, it is not over until it is really over at last, I believe that the future still holds many opportunities, I will do better next time.

[Sticky Bomb]

I guess my mistake in2025 was not taking profits from my holdings. I know as a bitcoin holder you have to hold for a certain period of time, but last year I made a good amount of profits but didn't take any.

Next time I see an ath as good as last year, Ill take some profits and wait for a dip to buy again. I shared this idea with people on my lb but it seemed many are just with the idea of holding till thy kingdom comes.

Some people don't even know when to take profits and for years they continue to let the market take back what it has given and it will take another cycle to see price at its last ath.

You did well already buying and holding Bitcoin, you not taking profit doesn't means you failed, even if you hold for another four years you will make more money than that $126k top where you failed to take some profits.

Sure, failure in bitcoin investment isn't measured by not taking profits as quickly as a new ATH is reached, but it is measured by selling too much BTC  too soon and regretting it later on the long-run if the prices go a lot higher and you have very few coins left in your portfolio when you should have had more (had you not shaved off profits) and got good profits from the compounding effect of bitcoin price appreciation on your investment.

ColdLava40 did the right thing IMO to continue holding despite seeing an ATH, but in all indication he is still not comfortable in the right decision he took which makes it obvious that he is prone to short-term investment and wouldn't hesitate to shave off profits the next time bitcoin price comes soaring again.

[AYOBA]

I guess my mistake in2025 was not taking profits from my holdings. I know as a bitcoin holder you have to hold for a certain period of time, but last year I made a good amount of profits but didn't take any.

I thinks anyone who was able to hold a bitcoin for a long period of time and the season has come to an end the best thing to do is to take the all the profits he/she have get so that he can actually know the total amounts of profits he/she achieves in that year, now that we have enter another year why which is 2026, you won’t know the actually profits you get in previous year.

Next time I see an ath as good as last year, Ill take some profits and wait for a dip to buy again. I shared this idea with people on my lb but it seemed many are just with the idea of holding till thy kingdom comes.

Some people don't even know when to take profits and for years they continue to let the market take back what it has given and it will take another cycle to see price at its last ath.

It’s good idea to take corrections from mistakes you made earlier. Taking profits and waits for the Dip markets and buy again is what most of the investors do in order to get what they want in return, but the ideal of continue holding till the market rise to the highest levels; I don’t think the ideal can work out rather it will take you back to lose everything.

[Pearl_20]

I guess my mistake in2025 was not taking profits from my holdings. I know as a bitcoin holder you have to hold for a certain period of time, but last year I made a good amount of profits but didn't take any.

Next time I see an ath as good as last year, Ill take some profits and wait for a dip to buy again. I shared this idea with people on my lb but it seemed many are just with the idea of holding till thy kingdom comes.

Some people don't even know when to take profits and for years they continue to let the market take back what it has given and it will take another cycle to see price at its last ath.

You did well already buying and holding Bitcoin, you not taking profit doesn't means you failed, even if you hold for another four years you will make more money than that $126k top where you failed to take some profits.

You are different from those who put all their eggs in altcoins, the market played a trick on them, altcoins pumped in 2023 and stopped in 2024, they Bitcoin started stealing all the liquidity to itself.

Since you stand tall for Bitcoin you are doing great, if you need money which I believe isn't an emergency I advice you look for it via another way and keep holding your Bitcoin, it will pay on the long run.

I don't even know why some people do regret when the price of bitcoin got an ATH and they didn't take profits from their investment. Every investor should have a plan, if you want to take profits when the price reach an ATH then you can do that and there is one mistake that many bitcoin investors do make which is to think that they can only take profits whenever an ATH happens. Having that mentality is wrong because such an investor will not have enough bitcoins in their portfolio after taking profits each time the price reach an ATH.

So far as one didn't invest in some shitty coins, there is still hopes of a bigger profit in the future so why should they regret if they are actually investing for the long term.

A bitcoin investor is not suppose to regret not taking any profits when the price got higher because inasmuch as bitcoin continues to exist, the price will always get new ATHs which means that more opportunity awaits in the future than what now.

[Catenaccio]

I have been holding a couple of ETH that I bought for an average of 1400-1600 USDT, so when it went ATH, I took advantage a couple of times and made good profits. Last time, I bought it back and set up a target price. When the price was near my target, I cancelled selling and used stop loss. It was fine using a stop loss since I thought it could pump more. But unfortunately ETH started dumping, and I cancelled the stop loss due to fear of loss. I thought it could hit my stop loss and pump again. That's how SL was cancelled and never put back. As a result, ETH dumped hard; if I hadn't cancelled the stop loss, then I would have my ETH double right now.

You can feel regretful with your decisions and missing profit if you did not cancel your selling order and use stop loss order but it happened and your practice is quite good. At least this practice and discipline can safe you in terrible scenarios when the market crashes even when you are sleeping well on bed.

Stop loss order or stop limit order is designed to save your money, avoid or reduce loss severity and with traders as well as with anyone, money is important. It is vital to defend and protect initial capital as best as possible. You can miss opportunity to get profit now, several more times but you will have more other chances in the future. If you successfully protected your capital, you will get profit in the future while if you lost your money, your initial capital, you're done and  no more other opportunities.