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Survivorship bias

In shortDrawing conclusions only from the winners you can see, ignoring the many that failed.

You hear about the person who turned $1,000 into a million on a memecoin, not the thousands who lost it all. Most coins from past cycles no longer exist.

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Related terms

  • MemecoinA token based on a joke, animal or internet trend, with value driven almost entirely by community and attention.
  • Narrative fallacyOur tendency to explain random events with a neat story, and then trust the story too much.
  • Overconfidence biasOverestimating your own skill and the accuracy of your predictions.

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