Former Binance boss CZ just ran some polls that showed Crypto Twitter isn’t as rich as they’d have you believe. 

Turns out winning at crypto's harder than Twitter makes it look – even with Bitcoin at all-time highs.

Let’s see who is winning and who is losing in the market today. 

The Bitcoin Reality Check

The shocking revelation from the poll is that only 50.4% of people are making money on Bitcoin. 

You read that right. During the biggest bull run ever (arguably), 27% haven't even bought in, and 23% are somehow losing money. 

For an industry built on the HODL meme and one whose biggest coin has minted billionaires, odds no better than a coin flip certainly raise some eyebrows.

The meme coin numbers are even more brutal. 

45% of traders are underwater, and only 33% are in profit. 

All those “to the moon" posts were just fishing for new bagholders after all – it looks like most of those moon rockets have already crashed. 

Even wilder, 22% managed to dodge the whole meme coin mania. 

Depending on your time preference and views on meme coins, that’s either smart or foolish, depending on which side of the meme coin fence you find yourself.

NFTs - A House Divided

Half the crypto crowd has never even bought an NFT. 

After all the hype, profile pic collections, and celebrity drops, most folks seem, to have just missed that train entirely 

While the diehard NFT fans are still active in the trenches, it seems that at least half of the industry just can’t be bothered with JPEGs. 

The data that likely has CZ the most upset is that 40% of his own followers don't own BNB – that's a bit like finding out a lot of Apple employees use Android phones. 

BNB is the sixth-biggest crypto, and people following the former Binance CEO don't even hold it… ouch.

Tea Leaves or Hard Data?

Sure, these are just Twitter polls, but CZ's followers probably know more about crypto than most. 

That makes the numbers more interesting, not less. 

If the crypto-savvy crowd is struggling to turn a profit, and half don’t even dabble in NFTs, what about everyone else?

There’s clearly a significant gap between the perception that crypto Twitter puts out there and the on-chain reality. 

While influencers post gains and lambos, half their followers are breaking even or worse. 

Even in a bull market, and Bitcoin above $100k.

Bringing It Back To Basics

Maybe we need to rethink the "number go up" culture that has people obsessed with short-term gains.

Something is wrong when half of Bitcoin holders can't profit in the best market conditions. 

The meme coin losses suggest hype isn't a viable long-term strategy, and the NFT numbers show even crypto natives have limits.

CZ might've left Binance, but he's still dropping truth bombs. 

In a space full of laser eyes and rocket emojis, sometimes that’s the sort of reality check we all need to keep our wits about us.