Been Here Awhile, Never Intro'd Myself, nor knew what to say.

Well, I am Joe.
Pretty simple really, I am a former politico, who has been in the crypto space heavily since 2011, although technically i was here in 2010, never really did anything to benefit anyone other than myself in the space before then, besides just giving away BTC.

(Sadly, I am the dude)

While the space was forming, I was running campaigns, whether it be for candidates or organizations, spent about a decade there, and after the last inauguration, I fell off with a lot of my colleagues, may have been my depression or maybe i was starting to realize that this wasn't for me no matter how good I was at it.
Then that final straw happened, My partner, bff, wifey, whatever, left me. She was unhappy, I was still doing crypto on the side, but never really talked about it with her towards the end, because she didn't believe in it like I did.
That was Feb. 2017.
The decision I made that month would forever change my life, I said I am going to leverage the knowledge I had trading, what I learned in 2015 from a hedge fund friend, in exchange for campaign services, and just go full time trading.
Little did I know 2017 would be the greatest year ever so far in crypto, and sleeping on friends couches partying my ass off and trying to get over my ex, would actually become the most important thing I have done in a long time.
I had bills, like everyone else, taking care of my dad who has some debilitating illnesses to say the least, but I drank and partied hard to keep my mind off it.

By the time August came around, I was finally getting to a point where I was happy with myself again, traveling all over the country by September, and living the life I always wanted for my Ex and I, except just did it on my own. I was out of the mainstream crypto circuit since 2014 and Coins in the Kingdom, but the people who had been around for years still remembered me, so it was easy to get back in the game.

Fast Forward to Oct, when I had to let's say deal with certain things, that I had nothing to do with, but you guys know how governments can be.
After i dealt with all that, had $2 grand in my pocket, and trading skills, I meet with my bestfriend in the first photo, have friends who flew me to NY with their company for an event called ICOForward, where I met some people in the space that I will forever cherish. They didnt care what happened with me, nor did they care why, never asked me for a penny, but made sure we all were killing it in crypto.

For the first time in my professional life, I never had to worry about people taking pictures of me, nor caring how I looked. I didnt need a $4000 suit to prove anything to anyone. I wore whatever I wanted, and never got IDed at the door, checked in for an event, or even questioned why I was there.
It was actually hilarious, the worst dressed one in the room is the one making deals and talking trading with family offices and hedge funds.

Fast forward to now, I am sitting in Miami, spending time with a new person in my life, watching the sun rise and sunset every day, trading to my hearts content, making moves in the industry, helping with legislation to protect our industry, and doing it my way. For the first time I answer to no one but myself, and I am proud as hell of that.

All in all, I know God can't be mad at me, because all the blessings he gave me.

Every struggle has been rewarded 10 fold by the universe in the most amazing ways. Every experience I have ever had has come back around, and I would not change it for a second. Been broke as hell, and had more money than I knew what to do with, now I am kind of sitting in the middle, but helping as many people as I can along the way to bring everyone up with me, because no matter what you have, it is lonely if you aren't sharing it with those who have been there.