Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly, breaks down the one rule that separates investors who actually get rich from those who don't: staying in the market when everything says to get out.

A former professional poker player turned VC, he shares how he survived 2018 and FTX without selling, and why he defended Ethereum and Solana when nobody else would.

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0:00 Introduction

1:55 Studio & Show Discussion

3:30 How Hasseb Feels In Life

4:51 Why All The Og’s Are Leaving Crypto

7:39 How Do You Last In Crypto

9:39 Biases That Crypto Investors Try To Trick You With

11:20 Partnerships: @Trezor @BitwiseInvest

12:06 Major Lessons Haseeb Learned At Silicon Valley

17:51 Why Haseeb Compares Crypto To Tech

21:29 What Crypto Is All About

24:35 Haseeb’s Meaning Behind Believing In Exponentials

30:51 Partnership: @KASTxyz

31:39 How Haseeb Sees Crypto’s Future Becoming Huge

40:54 Does Haseeb Ever Sell Major Tokens

41:28 More Oh Haseeb’s Personal Finances

42:04 Haseeb’s Thesis On Bitcoin + Exponential Growth

48:29 What Does Bitcoin Look Like Once Saturated

51:10 Partnerships: @JupiterExchange @Ethena

51:53 Why Haseeb Defends ETH & SOL

58:07 When Has This Growth Story Thesis Been Wrong

1:02:31 Where HyperLiquid Fits: Growth Or Revenue

1:04:05 Should People Stay In Crypto?

1:08:31 Closing Thoughts

If You Want To Get Rich, Hold Bitcoin - Haseeb Qureshi, Dragonfly Managing Partner | E177

When Shift Happens Podcast

If You Want To Get Rich, Hold Bitcoin - Haseeb Qureshi, Dragonfly Managing Partner | E177