The recent market movements are less about price trends and more about testing people's resilience.

CPI has yet to be announced, and the Bank of Japan's stance remains uncertain, causing global funds to hold back and observe. The market is not lacking information; it lacks certainty. And at such times, people are more prone to mistakenly believe that by making a few more judgments or holding a slightly larger position, they can preemptively find the answer.

But almost all major philosophical traditions repeatedly remind us of the same truth: the greatest suffering of humans often stems from an overattachment to the uncontrollable.

The Stoic school believes that what truly belongs to you are judgment and choice; price, direction, and outcome are never within your control. The crypto world is precisely an extreme testing ground for this idea, constantly telling you that what you think you control is actually just a risk of delayed realization.

In the current market structure, this tension is very evident.
Bitcoin repeatedly swings within a key range, seemingly choosing a direction, but in reality, it is draining patience. The bulls below are unwilling to admit defeat, while the bears above are reluctant to cover early. Everyone is waiting for an external force to make the decision for them. The market is not in a hurry to give answers; it is more like quietly observing: who will lose their composure first.

Nietzsche said that the greatest illusion of humanity is believing that the world must operate according to our will.

And the cruelest part of the market is that it never responds to your expectations; it only responds to structure and capital. The more you want to prove you're right, the easier it becomes to turn your positions into faith and risk into patience.

The repeated fluctuations around $3000 for Ethereum are actually a microcosm of this mindset.

This level is important not just because of technical significance, but because so many people are projecting their emotions here. Once the price needs to be constantly defended to hold, it has already shifted from support to a psychological burden.

You will find that current market sentiment is very subtle.
Fear has not been fully released, but greed has clearly retreated. ETF funds are shrinking, and year-end funds are more inclined to reduce volatility exposure. It’s not that everyone suddenly became pessimistic, but that they realize, before macro uncertainties are resolved, actively betting is a high-cost behavior.

Heidegger once said that humanity’s true dilemma is not uncertainty itself, but the inability to coexist with uncertainty.

Many people's anxiety does not come from the market itself, but from the impulse to know the outcome right now. But the market has never owed anyone an instant answer; it only provides calm and ruthless feedback at the right time.

Perhaps what this current phase of the market truly aims to teach us is not how to predict the direction, but how to place ourselves.

Not every period is suitable for attack, and not every fluctuation is worth participating in. In some stages, what is most scarce is not opportunity, but restraint.

When you stop trying to control the future, the future is less likely to break through you easily.

The direction will eventually appear, but before that, whether you can maintain the boundaries of your mind is often more important than judging right or wrong.