HODL

hodl English Verb en hodl. en David Yaffe-Bellany They Made Millions on Luna, Solana and Polygon: Crypto’s Boom Beyond Bitcoin w:The New York Times 2022-02-07 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/technology/cryptocurrency-luna-solana-polygon.html 0362-4331 Many people who have gotten wealthy through little-known cryptocurrencies said they didn’t plan to cash out. They said they preferred to HODL, or hold on for dear life, and keep speculating. https://web.archive.org/web/20220219083122/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/technology/cryptocurrency-luna-solana-polygon.html en w:Paul Krugman Crashing Crypto: Is This Time Different? w:The New York Times 2022-05-17 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/opinion/crypto-crash-bitcoin.html 0362-4331 Bitcoin, in particular, has always bounced back from previous dips, and investors who HODLed (held on for dear life to their coins, despite falling prices) have ended up with huge capital gains. https://web.archive.org/web/20220521210350/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/opinion/crypto-crash-bitcoin.html Derived terms en HODLer en Cryptocurrency