Late at night, the ritual of crypto enthusiasts

Just past midnight, the clock struck 12, and my phone vibrated. A new message popped up in the group: “Gate Official Chinese Group, 175,149 members, 1,581 online.” These numbers felt especially real in the dead of night—there are still over a thousand people awake, just like me.

“Tonight, I’ll stay up a little longer,” someone recorded their late-night chart watching routine with blurry pinyin. Others discussed access control, probably in a shared apartment, afraid to wake their roommates but reluctant to put down their phones. This sneaky sense of ritual is all too familiar to crypto people.

In the market tab, Bitcoin’s number stayed at 71113.6, up 6.0% in the past 24 hours. Ethereum was at 2070.22, up 5.32%. The pinned activity was still ongoing: crypto markets rising, posting with hashtags, sharing $2,500 in prizes. But late at night, few people talked about the event in the group—more silence, or the occasional comment like “10-second limit, not many people at night”—like talking to oneself, or confirming that you’re not alone.

Actually, most people still online at this hour aren’t for the rewards. The real reason is that the string in their heart can’t be loosened. When prices go up, they’re afraid of missing out; when they fall, they’re afraid of being buried. So they just watch, wait, observe. Every time the candlestick moves, their heartbeat jumps along.

Someone asked: “Is this rebound officially the start of a new trend? How should we position tonight?” No one answered, because no one could give a clear answer. Midnight group chats are more like a quiet safe haven, giving every anxious holder a place to hide, to see if others are also awake and restless.

By dawn, some might share their profits, others might regret not acting sooner. But at this moment, in this midnight hour, everyone faces the same candlestick chart, the same uncertain tomorrow. Maybe this is the ritual of crypto enthusiasts—staying up through the night for their dreams while others sleep. #加密市場上漲 $BTC ‌$GT ‌