For Bitcoin Newcomers – Congrats! You Have Just Experienced Your First Major Pullback

If you don't panic and stay a Bitcoin HODLer no matter what, you will even grow out of it.

Illustration by Sylvain Saurel

Bitcoin is a market apart. You could realize it once again on May 19, 2021. Bitcoin's price volatility is a feature, not a bug. Of course, you've read this over and over again. But you never really realized it.

For newcomers to the world of Bitcoin, those arriving during this bull market rally that began in October 2020, eve…