{"podcast":{"title":"Life Hacking Tech Brief By HackerNoon","slug":"life-hacking-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365653","podcast_index_feed_id":6365653,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/life-hacking-tech-brief-by-hackernoon","website_url":"https://hackernoon.com/c/life-hacking","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8n2noQGJj1WKEaMZxuJjS_cAE_c_HKdG8Sq1jh9mwQM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxNDIyLzE2ODM1/ODI4NDQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"HackerNoon","episode_count":100,"summary":"Learn the latest life hacking updates in the tech world.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-13T18:19:12.637937+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-hacking-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365653"},"episode":{"title":"How I Broke Into Crypto During the Market Bottom","slug":"how-i-broke-into-crypto-during-the-market-bottom","published_at":"2026-06-26T16:01:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-hacking-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365653/how-i-broke-into-crypto-during-the-market-bottom","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-hacking-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365653","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/c9042217","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/c9042217/f791c4c8.mp3","summary":"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.\"","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":361,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/life-hacking-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365653/episodes/how-i-broke-into-crypto-during-the-market-bottom/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-hacking-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365653/how-i-broke-into-crypto-during-the-market-bottom.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}