From Crypto Casino to the Age of Super Individuals

Since I posted about my goal to become a “Super Individual,” I’ve received plenty of friendly teasing from friends. Some joked I was coining new terms and playing with the “super” concept, while others teased that I might end up a “super retail investor.”

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But I’m fully committed. I’ve spent significant time reflecting on what it means to be a “Super Individual,” integrating my own experiences to outline an initial pathway—starting from the crypto industry—to become one.

After nearly eight years in crypto, I haven’t scored a major windfall, but I’ve gained a great deal. As one of the fortunate ones, I genuinely hope you’ll discover this concept early and use it as a reference. I also hope this article connects me with others who share the same mindset, so we can grow together.

Additionally, last week I wrote a somewhat naive post discussing: Super Individual > the crypto trading lifestyle. I used the unconventional example of the “nine-lives retail investor” to build a basic foundation for the concept. While my thoughts were still forming, the post captured the joy of that moment of insight. If you’re interested, check it out:

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1. What Is a “Super Individual”?

Super Individual = Super Individual

The term “Super Individual” best captures the original meaning: the awakening and growth of the individual—not just making money or launching a business. It encompasses three dimensions:

1/ Sovereign Individual — self-sovereignty

2/ Solo Entrepreneur — independent entrepreneurship

3/ Self-Evolving Individual — personal growth

In the age of AI + Crypto, a Super Individual is someone who, in a world ruled by algorithms and capital, can master both AI-driven productivity and financial sovereignty—achieving independence in mindset, wealth, and influence.

If we’re truly heading into a cyberpunk reality, then a life “fed by AI,” “pushed by algorithms,” “steered by market sentiment,” and “manipulated by insiders” can feel truly stifling.

I aspire to be an ordinary person equipped with computing power, sovereignty, awareness, and the ability to grow. It’s not about making the most money, but about controlling my own pace and not being trapped by arbitrary constraints.

Don’t assume that only titans like Elon Musk can break free. Real freedom isn’t about money or status—it’s a mindset and a way of being. As Confucius said, at seventy you can “follow your heart’s desire without breaking the rules.” Today, even if you’re not the chosen one striking it rich, this generation of Crypto Natives can absolutely reach this level in their twenties or thirties.

2. Why Is This Concept Unique to the AI + Crypto Era?

In the Web2 era, people were conditioned by algorithms, trapped by engagement metrics, exploited for data, and pressured by dominant values. In the Web3 + AI era, for the first time, we have two powerful, accessible tools:

1/ First major asset: AI — amplifies your cognition, creativity, and productivity

Individuals now wield the power of a “thousand-person think tank,” lowering knowledge barriers and compounding cognitive growth. Someone skilled in Vibe Coding and who leverages AI for productivity rivals entire companies of the past.

2/ Second major asset: Crypto — amplifies your wealth and financial sovereignty

With just a wallet, you can now hold absolute sovereignty over your assets—no longer dependent on banks, institutions, or intermediaries.

It’s the combination of these two that marks the beginning of the Super Individual. AI gives you productivity; Crypto gives you financial sovereignty. If you can learn, earn, and speak out independently—without being controlled by algorithms, institutions, or emotion—you’re already close to becoming a Super Individual. The path beyond that is still something I’m exploring.

3. Five Stages to Becoming a Super Individual from Crypto

Our generation is unique. Thanks to cryptocurrency, we’ve gained more freedom and wealth, and developed our own survival strategies—some trade, some chase airdrops, some do research, some create content.

In short, anyone who survives is already more awakened than those stuck in the previous cycle’s speculative environment.

The hardest part of crypto isn’t surviving—it’s surviving with clarity.

As the author, I still struggle in crypto’s depths, often frustrated that I’m not the chosen one reaping big rewards. But I’ve learned to coexist with these feelings and am committed to becoming a Super Individual. Perhaps the following framework can inspire you:

Stage 1: Awakening — From digital anxiety to mental clarity

Recognize the limits of the “crypto trading” lifestyle. Market “endpoints” like financial freedom are illusions. The wild price action is just a temporary bull market illusion—the real journey is whether you get what you truly want and keep your head clear.

Practices:

1/ Stop letting daily P&L define your worth.

2/ Practice introspection—observe your true desires and fears.

Mindset: Find a rational anchor between greed during rallies and panic during crashes. True awakening is when you stop staring at charts and start watching your own mind.

Stage 2: Balance — Integrate investing into your life system

When big wins aren’t euphoric and big losses aren’t crushing, you’ll see that investing is just one dimension of life. Real growth comes from balance—thought and practice, AI and humanity, wealth and health, solitude and community. The market is just one arena for practicing the middle path.

Practices:

1/ Reserve 40% of your daily energy for your “non-market self.”

2/ Make creation, reading, and exercise your antidotes to anxiety.

Stage 3: Autonomy — Rebuild your value system

The greatest illusion in crypto is thinking “everyone else knows the answer.” Real autonomy means only comparing yourself to your past self and redefining your beliefs.

Practices:

1/ Don’t be swayed by exchanges, influencers, token teams, or social sentiment.

2/ Build your own “mental research model” and “asset allocation system.”

3/ Extend your sovereignty from wealth to time and spirit.

Stage 4: Long-Term Compounding and Sovereign Self — Growth as faith

Compounding isn’t just about your portfolio—it’s about accumulating knowledge, character, skills, influence, and spiritual strength. Markets are volatile, but only time compounds for those who stay clear-headed. When you think in decades, you gain composure and skill in the market.

Sovereignty is the key concept at this stage—controlling your assets, keys, and identity, but also your emotions, choices, attention, and life rhythm.

Practices:

1/ Design your life blueprint in ten-year blocks: wealth, skills, work, relationships, and spirit.

2/ Use AI as your cognitive leverage—learn faster, express better, see deeper.

3/ Use Crypto as your capital leverage—understand the foundations of ownership, liquidity, and value transfer.

4/ Build your own Life Operating System: mental management, information intake, learning cycles, financial review, and creative output.

Mindset: True freedom isn’t doing whatever you want, but not being forced to do anything. When you have sovereignty, you don’t need outside validation—you’ve become the “root node” of your own system.

Stage 5: Infinite Possibility and the Infinite Game

At this stage, your goal isn’t just “making money” or “winning”—it’s entering the Infinite Game.

In a finite game, people seek victory.

In an infinite game, people seek continuity and creation.

From the crypto market, you realize it’s not a speculative environment but an amplifier of energy. It lets you transcend cycles, unlocking infinite possibilities, using market logic to enrich every dimension of your life.

In investing: You focus on stability, use small bets for big opportunities. You stop chasing get-rich-quick schemes or going all-in. Build your own “long-term stable allocation + small high-risk trial” mechanism:

• Main allocation for stable compounding—stablecoins, BTC serve as foundational holdings in this era
• Small allocation for pursuing outsized returns and high-risk exploration
• Losses are tolerable, gains are enjoyable; both wins and losses spark learning and inspiration.

In life: Let the market enrich your journey; when you’re no longer bound by money, money starts working for you. Even adopting one of these mindsets brings significant benefit:

• Making money isn’t the goal, but a way to buy back time and freedom;
• Investment returns aren’t just numbers—they give you space to read, travel, exercise, create;
• The market’s setbacks and volatility become your truest psychological training ground.

Practices:

1/ Build your asset allocation strategy and cash flow management system—prioritize stability, supplement with trial and error.

2/ Make earning money fuel your quality of life, not a source of stress.

3/ Treat losses as feedback, not punishment.

4/ Use market cycles as your life rhythm; let wealth compounding drive compounding in time, health, and cognition.

Mindset: True mastery isn’t leaving the market, but evolving your life through its ups and downs. The Infinite Game’s endpoint isn’t “winning”—it’s endless upgrading, persistent existence, ongoing creation, and continuous growth.

Conclusion

To everyone still struggling in crypto’s depths (myself included): don’t be the person who makes a fortune but still feels empty, anxious, or fake. “Super Individual” might be a way of life even the rich would envy.

On this path, wealth may be just a byproduct of your energy. Your real achievement is a self-driven life system.

This initial framework is an evolutionary chain: trader → investor → long-term compounder → infinite gamer → Super Individual.

Though it’s still a work in progress, I plan to launch a small, long-term “Super Individual” group soon, open only by member referral.

I hope to turn cryptocurrency trading peers into genuine lifelong friends.

I hope to transform cryptocurrency trading practices into real self-mastery as a Super Individual.

Maybe this is just a bit of utopian daydreaming or a moment of clarity. Will one misstep mean losing everything? Will I remain trapped by trading’s suffering? Will I cling to illusions? The outcome remains uncertain.

But I sincerely look forward to the journey of becoming a Super Individual.

The road is long and winding, but with kindred spirits encouraging and growing together, our chances of success may be much greater!

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