Inspirational quotes from financial and Crypto pioneers
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
"Bitcoin is on the verge of getting broad acceptance."
"It's not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for."
"How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case."
"The biggest risk of all is not taking one."
"In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable."
"Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time."
"Bitcoin is the most important invention in the history of the world since the Internet."
"Digital currency is here to stay, and it's only a matter of how long before governments embrace it."
"To understand Bitcoin, you need to understand the problem it solves."
"You can't stop things like Bitcoin. It will be everywhere, and the world will have to readjust."
"Bitcoin is the currency of resistance."
"Tesla will never accept ETH... because it requires gas."
"I have a joke on Bitcoin, but it requires so much energy to get it."
"This crash was worse than a divorce. I've lost half my portfolio and I still have my wife."
"Why did the people not trust the butcher? He had no proof of steak."
"How do you get a hardcore crypto technical analyst off your front porch? Pay him for the 2 pizzas."
"How much did it cost to invent bitcoin? One Satoshi."
"They say crypto ruins lives, but in reality it has brought my family closer. We live in a one bedroom unit now."
"How can you tell who owns bitcoin at a party? Don't worry, they'll tell you."
"A boy asked his bitcoin-investing dad for 1 bitcoin for his birthday.
Dad: What? $115,554??? $114,354 is a lot of money! What do you need $116,782 for anyway?"
"Sad but true, BTC is more volatile than your wife."
"Who needs a joke when you have such a portfolio?"
"They told me buy the dip... I have so far bought the dip of the dip of the dip."
"Tokyo, Japan - Mt. Gox collapse Feb. 2014 & filled bankruptcy (2010-2014)"
"Global - The DAO hack Jun. 2016 & $50 million worth of ETH stolen, creation of ETC(Ethereum classic) (MAY-JUNE 2016)"
"Beijing - China Bans on bitcoin & Crypto trading - 2017, sparked BTC -%30 correction"
"Black Thursday – COVID Crash Mar. 2020 - BTC from $7,900 to $3,800 "
"Beijing - China Bans on bitcoin & crypto mining - 2021, tanked BTC mining Hashrate by -%50. "
"Russian-Ukrainian war Feb. 2022 - Global markets, including Crypto, tanked in fear of global conflict and inflation."
"Terra (LUNA) & UST Collapse May. 2022 - $60 Billion wiped out as UST lost it peg from the dollar - LUNA lost %99.9 of it value. "
"Celsius Network Insolvency Jun. 2022 - halted withdraws and bankruptcy, lost retail funds."
"FTX Collapse Nov. 2022 second largest exchange went bankrupt, Sam bankman arrested, billions lost. SOLANA reached as low as $6. "
"US Banking Crisis Mar. 2023 - Silicon Valley Bank collapse, Circle's $3.3 billion USDC stuck, temporarily depegging it."
"April 2025 Trump announces worldwide Tariffs, spiking uncertainty in the markets."
"Largest liquidation in Crypto history of $19 Billion. 10&11 of October 2025"
"Bitcoin Whitepaper Oct. 2008 - published by Satoshi Nakamoto, Sparked a financial decentralized revolution. "
"First Bitcoin Transaction – Pizza Day May. 2010, 10,000 BTC used to buy 2 pizzas. "
"Bitcoin Reaches Parity with USD Feb, 2011 - first milestone for BTC"
"Ethereum Launch Jul, 2014 mainnet went live and introduction of Smart contracts."
"2017 Bull Run - Bitcoin surged from ~$1,000 to nearly $20,000, BTC gone mainstream."
"CME & CBOE Launch Bitcoin Futures Dec. 2017 - First major traditional finance firms to embrace BTC"
"DeFi Summer Mid. 2020 - Explosive growth in decentralized finance protocols."
"PayPal Integrates Crypto Oct. 2020 - 350M+ users gained exposure. "
"Tesla Buys $1.5B in Bitcoin Feb. 2021 - BTC price surged above $58,000 "
"Coinbase IPO Apr. 2021 - got listed on NASDAQ , first major Crypto exchange on the stock market. "
"El Salvador Adopts BTC as Legal Tender Sep. 2021 - First country to adopt Bitcoin as official currency."
"Ethereum Merge Sep. 2022 - Ethereum transitioned from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake."
"Bitcoin Spot ETFs Approved Jan. 2024 - SEC approved first-ever U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, ~$40,000 to new all-time highs in months."
"BlackRock, Fidelity, JPMorgan and others Enters Crypto 2023- Validated BTC as a global institutional asset."
"The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on Brink of Second Bailout for Banks."
"I've been working on a new electronic cash system that's fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party"
"If you don't believe it or don't get it, I don't have the time to try to convince you, sorry"
"Lost coins only make everyone else's coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone."
"When someone tries to buy all the world's supply of a scarce asset, the more they buy the higher the price goes."
"It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on."
"Bitcoins have no dividend or potential future dividend, therefore not like a stock. More like a collectible or commodity"
"In a few decades when the reward gets too small, the transaction fee will become the main compensation for [mining] nodes. I’m sure that in 20 years there will either be very large transaction volume or no volume."