The post he says millions of others will make the same mistakes appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Host of The Exit Manual, Julian Figueroa, has lost 14 BTC over the last eight years, worth around $1.6 million today. As if that figure wasn’t bad enough, what’s worse is that “90% of people buying Bitcoin today” are going to make one of the three mistakes in Bitcoin security that cost Figueroa his precious BTC. If you aren’t paying attention by now, you should be. Figueroa’s experience highlights a deeper, more sobering reality: the road to financial sovereignty is crowded with pitfalls, and nearly every user will repeat at least one of these hard-learned mistakes about Bitcoin security. Bitcoin Security Mistake #1: Day Trading Dreams, Market Realities Figueroa’s biggest regret? Trying to outsmart the cycles by actively trading: “I lost 4 BTC just because I thought I’d buy low and sell high. Turns out, it’s nearly impossible—nobody beats the market over time, not pros, not hedge funds, nobody. If you just buy and hold, you almost always outperform the traders.” The psychological pitfalls of FOMO, misreading tops and bottoms, and emotional fire sales catch even pros in the jaws of volatility. Many lose sight of Bitcoin security when risking coins on risky short-term moves. Mistake #2: The Altcoin Trap Figueroa lost another 2 BTC chasing altcoin hype: “I bought coins I thought would outperform Bitcoin. They didn’t.” Altcoins offer wild upside stories, but, as Figueroa calls it, “altcoin logic in a suit” often ends up as a distraction. Study after study shows most altcoins underperform Bitcoin dramatically in the long run; a hard lesson seasoned by endless ‘make it, lose it’ stories among crypto’s earliest adopters. Choosing solid Bitcoin security means resisting distractions from speculative alternatives. Mistake #3: Self-Custody or Bust Yet, his biggest loss came from keeping coins on centralized exchanges. He says: “8 BTC—nearly $1 million—vanished when… The post he says millions of others will make the same mistakes appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Host of The Exit Manual, Julian Figueroa, has lost 14 BTC over the last eight years, worth around $1.6 million today. As if that figure wasn’t bad enough, what’s worse is that “90% of people buying Bitcoin today” are going to make one of the three mistakes in Bitcoin security that cost Figueroa his precious BTC. If you aren’t paying attention by now, you should be. Figueroa’s experience highlights a deeper, more sobering reality: the road to financial sovereignty is crowded with pitfalls, and nearly every user will repeat at least one of these hard-learned mistakes about Bitcoin security. Bitcoin Security Mistake #1: Day Trading Dreams, Market Realities Figueroa’s biggest regret? Trying to outsmart the cycles by actively trading: “I lost 4 BTC just because I thought I’d buy low and sell high. Turns out, it’s nearly impossible—nobody beats the market over time, not pros, not hedge funds, nobody. If you just buy and hold, you almost always outperform the traders.” The psychological pitfalls of FOMO, misreading tops and bottoms, and emotional fire sales catch even pros in the jaws of volatility. Many lose sight of Bitcoin security when risking coins on risky short-term moves. Mistake #2: The Altcoin Trap Figueroa lost another 2 BTC chasing altcoin hype: “I bought coins I thought would outperform Bitcoin. They didn’t.” Altcoins offer wild upside stories, but, as Figueroa calls it, “altcoin logic in a suit” often ends up as a distraction. Study after study shows most altcoins underperform Bitcoin dramatically in the long run; a hard lesson seasoned by endless ‘make it, lose it’ stories among crypto’s earliest adopters. Choosing solid Bitcoin security means resisting distractions from speculative alternatives. Mistake #3: Self-Custody or Bust Yet, his biggest loss came from keeping coins on centralized exchanges. He says: “8 BTC—nearly $1 million—vanished when…