Bitcoin Under $80K: The Tough Love No One Wants but Everyone Needs

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Bitcoin just dipped under $80,000, and suddenly everyone’s acting like the world is ending. The bull market is dead, crypto is a scam, and “maybe I should just cash out and move on.”

This is what happens when people have never been disciplined.

For months, Bitcoin holders have been like kids sneaking out past curfew, thinking they’re untouchable, running wild with leverage and overconfidence. And now, they’ve finally been caught sneaking back in at sunrise. And guess what? Dad is waiting in the kitchen.

He’s not yelling. He’s not slamming doors. But that quiet, disappointed look? That’s worse.

This market correction is the discipline we all needed. A lesson in pain. Because Bitcoin doesn’t reward reckless behavior — it punishes it. And that’s exactly why it will survive, while most of its holders won’t.

Let’s be real. We all knew this was coming.

For months, people have treated Bitcoin like a magic ATM. New ETFs, the halving, Trump’s return — all of it became an excuse to act like money was infinite, like Bitcoin…