A Look Back at the Bullish Rhetoric of 2021 Crypto Influencers: Who's the Outspoken One? Who's the Sober One?

The article revisits the bullish rhetoric of prominent crypto influencers during the 2021 bull market, highlighting their predictions and comments, many of which aged poorly. Key takeaways include:

  • Ansem: Predicted a market crash with eerie timing, earning praise for accuracy.
  • CZ (Binance): Downplayed competition, ironically foreshadowing FTX's collapse.
  • Smolting: Posted an incomprehensible metaphor about market closes, leaving readers baffled.
  • Cobie: Joked about becoming a billionaire in 5 years with a satirical YouTube pitch.
  • ThreadGuy: Questioned OpenSea's spending, raising valid concerns about NFT platform finances.
  • Beeple: Reacted with a cryptic "FUCKKKKKKKK," leaving speculation about his insight.
  • Gainzy: Called for a Bitcoin rebound to $100K after an 8% drop, only to see a 70% crash later.
  • ZachXBT: Criticized Crypto Twitter traders as "snake oil salesmen," a critique still relevant today.
  • Kaleo: Declared the bear market over, but the bull market ended soon after.
  • Udi: Told followers to "stop selling," which they ignored.
  • Michael Saylor: Consistently bullish on Bitcoin, quoting Rockefeller.
  • Easy: Predicted ETH at $6,942 by January 1st (unclear if achieved).
  • Mayne: Advised buying dips for a $70K Bitcoin breakout, but the market turned.

The piece serves as a cautionary reminder that even top influencers often miss market tops, urging readers to stay prepared for volatility.

Summary

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Compiled by Luffy, Foresight News

I went back and looked at what the most followed crypto Twitter accounts were posting at the peak of the bull market in 2021. Most of their views have long since become untenable, but a few of them, like fine wine, have become more delicious with each tasting.

Ansem

Original text: if this market doesn't nuke soon my trading intuition is broken.

Translation: If this market doesn't crash soon, my trading instincts are going to fail.

Author's comment: The timing is perfect, so good it's scary.

CZ

Original text: Don't worry about competition. It will make your industry bigger, which in turn helps you. Embrace it!

Translation: Don't worry about competition. It will make your industry bigger, which in turn will help you. Embrace it!

Author’s comment: “Don’t worry about the competition.” Bro, I accidentally gave a spoiler (FTX was eliminated after a year).

Smolting

Original text: observe the daily close as a cum soaked, sleep deprived sponge observes cl approaching in a sneaky - stalky manner after running out of socks.

Translation: Think of the daily close as a semen-soaked, sleep-deprived sponge, sneaking and tiptoeing around after the socks are off.

Author's comment: Honestly, I don't know how to interpret this.

Cobie

Original text: Might make some clickbait YouTube content "how I became a billionaire from $200 in just 5 years while average only 3 sober days per week" gonna record it in a seaplane with my butler and my butler's butler.

Translation: Maybe I’ll make some YouTube content with the catchy “How I became a billionaire with $200 in just 5 years while only averaging 3 sober days a week” and I’ll film it in a seaplane with my butler and his butler.

Author's comment: "My butler's butler", I'm still waiting for this news.

ThreadGuy

Original text: What the hell does Opensea spend all their money on?

Translation: Where the hell is OpenSea spending all their money?

Author's comment: Raises real questions.

Beeple

Original text: FUCKKKKKKKK

Author's comment: What does he know?

Gainzy

original:

that was av rough btc 8% drop tbh

it made me momentarily uncomfy

i think it's fair to say we deserve a bounce to 100k for this mild inconvenience

translate:

To be honest, Bitcoin fell by 8%, which was a pretty sharp drop.

This made me feel a little uncomfortable for a moment.

I think that based on this wave of decline, we should rebound to $100,000, which is reasonable.

Author's comment: It fell 70% in the next two years.

ZachXBT

original:

If there's one thing you learn from me

people on CT can't trade at all. It's just snake oil salesmen larping as traders

They rely on private sales, undisclosed advertisements, insider knowledge, or pumping & dumping alts to make $

When called out they preach "positivity".

translate:

If there's one thing you can learn from what I'm saying, it's that 9 out of 10 people on Crypto Twitter (CT) can't trade. They're just charlatans pretending to be traders.

They make money through private sales, undisclosed advertising, insider information, or pump and dump of altcoins.

When criticized, they talk about "positive attitude".

Author's comment: Pertinent advice, still applicable today.

Kaleo

original:

IT'S OVER... for the bears.

Clean retest. Plenty of noise around ATH breakout as expected.

I like it. Just keep stacking.

translate:

The bear market is over...

Very thorough backtest. As expected, there was a lot of noise around the all-time high breakout.

Just continue to hoard coins.

Author's comment: In fact, the bull market is over.

Udi

Original text: STOP SELLING THE COINS YOU POORS

Translation: Poor guys, stop selling your coins.

Author's comment: (narration): In fact, they did not stop selling coins.

Michael Saylor

Original text: "He who works all day has no time to make money." - John D. Rockefeller on #Bitcoin

Translation: “He who works all day has no time to make money.” — John D. Rockefeller on Bitcoin

Author's comment: He just keeps making bullish comments about Bitcoin.

Easy

Original text: January 1st - ETH 6,942. It's programmed.

January 1st — Ethereum price: $6,942. The script is written.

Author's Comment: This doesn't seem to be a predetermined trend. Easy didn't specify the January 1st date (perhaps the prediction still comes true?)

Mayne

Original text: Still in a bull market. I'm scoping out places to buy the dip so I can later sell the rip as we blast thru $70k.

Translation: Still in a bull market. I'm looking to buy dips so I can sell higher later when Bitcoin breaks through $70,000.

Author's comment: Take the knife.

This post is a reminder for 2021:

The Twitter feed at the all-time high looked crazy. If even the best couldn't sell at the top, neither can you. Be prepared.

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