# How I Broke Into Crypto During the Market Bottom

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Podcast: [Life Hacking Tech Brief By HackerNoon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-hacking-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365653)
Published: 2026-06-26T16:01:32+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/c9042217
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## Resource

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-i-broke-into-crypto-during-the-market-bottom . I left fintech for crypto right after FTX, with Solana at $8. Here's how the switch actually worked — and why ugly markets are the door, not the wall. Check more stories related to life-hacking at: https://hackernoon.com/c/life-hacking . You can also check exclusive content about #career-advice , #crypto , #fintech , #product-management , #web3 , #skills-for-crypto-career , #job-search , #crypto-bear-market , and more. This story was written by: @n0omik . Learn more about this writer by checking @n0omik's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . A first-person account of switching from fintech (trading at Gazprombank) into crypto at the bottom of the market — right after FTX, with Solana in single digits. The switch wasn't luck: it was a non-obvious match of hard skills (edtech, finance, crypto, user research) and soft skills, signalled loudly over time through public writing and a finance PhD on crypto regulation. The bigger lesson: ugly markets hire for impact, not momentum — so a downturn is often the best time to jump, if you can credibly say "I can fix this."

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