On this episode of Bankless, we welcome back DCinvestor and Eric Conner to share their multicycle bear market war stories. But that’s not all! They also unpack why they keep on deciding to stay every cycle, what’s different about this cycle vs. previous cycles, the role leverage and macro conditions have played, and their hard-hitting, gigabrain advice for first-time cyclers and multicyclers alike. Survive and advance, anon. We’re going to make it. ------ ? NOTIONAL | Real DeFi Yield https://bankless.cc/Notional  ------ ? SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/  ?️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALED ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ❎ ACROSS | BRIDGE TO LAYER 2 https://bankless.cc/Across  ? ROCKET POOL | STAKE YOUR ETH https://bankless.cc/RocketPool  ? AAVE V3 | LEND & BORROW CRYPTO https://bankless.cc/aave  ⚡️ LIDO | LIQUID ETH STAKING https://bankless.cc/lido  ? LEDGER | NANO S PLUS WALLET https://bankless.cc/Ledger  ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 4:03 Being a Multicycle Vet 11:31 Market Phases 19:12 Credit to Staying 26:03 High Conviction High Loss 32:37 Regulator Fear 41:31 Lessons From This Cycle 49:00 Leverage 56:34 Macro Conditions 1:30:50 The Merge vs. Macro 1:09:00 Advice for Newcomers ------ Resources: DCinvestor https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor  Eric Conner https://twitter.com/econoar  Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation https://www.amazon.com/Devil-Take-Hindmost-Financial-Speculation/dp/0452281806  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures