What does it actually take to survive multiple crypto cycles without losing your conviction, your capital, or your sanity?
In Episode 14 of The Quantum Podcast, Christopher Smith sits down with Sina Iman, a long time crypto participant, trader, and builder known for his sharp takes on market psychology, cycle dynamics, and structural risk in digital assets.
Sina brings a grounded perspective shaped by living through booms, crashes, narrative traps, and incentive failures. Together, the conversation explores why most participants misunderstand market structure, how social consensus and liquidity shape price far more than fundamentals in the short term, and why discipline and patience matter more than prediction.
They unpack how attention, leverage, and reflexivity distort decision making, why many traders confuse activity with edge, and how conviction without adaptability becomes fragility. The discussion moves through Bitcoin, alt cycles, macro liquidity, and the dangers of mistaking narratives for signal.
The episode closes by zooming out to long term system design. Why crypto infrastructure must evolve beyond speculation, how trust is built slowly and lost instantly, and why the next era will reward builders who prioritize resilience over hype. It is a candid, experience driven conversation about surviving markets that are designed to test human psychology.
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⏱ Chapters
00:00 Sina's path through multiple crypto cycles
04:30 Market narratives vs structural reality
09:00 Why most traders misunderstand liquidity and reflexivity
14:00 Conviction, adaptability, and psychological traps
19:00 Leverage, attention, and the illusion of edge
24:00 Bitcoin cycles, alt cycles, and capital rotation
29:00 Social consensus as a market force
34:00 Why activity is not the same as signal
39:00 Building resilience instead of chasing narratives
44:00 Final reflections on surviving the next cycle
