Ever feel like the crypto world is just one big rollercoaster of "cycles" that experts love to preach about? You know, those boom-and-bust stories where Bitcoin peaks, everything crashes, and then we all wait for the next halving to save the day. Well, hold onto your Dogecoin bags because George Harrap, the trench warfare general behind Step Finance, just dropped a truth bomb that's got me rethinking the whole narrative.

In a recent X post, Harrap cuts straight through the noise: "a cycle is what 100IQs tell themselves so they feel more informed about what to do. there is no cycle, never has been, its a made up thing some ppl cooked up over like 2 datapoints. there is only continuously up since forever in crypto with minor drawdowns here n there."

Oof. That's the kind of raw, no-BS take that makes you sit up and nod. Harrap's not mincing words—he's calling out the cycle

- As Meme Insider, the focus is on meme tokens, so the article should tie crypto cycles to meme coins.
myth as a crutch for folks who need a simple story to explain the chaos. And honestly? When you zoom out on crypto's history, he's got a point. From Bitcoin's wild ride in 2011 to the NFT frenzy and now the meme coin mania, the overall trajectory has been skyward. Sure, we've had gut-wrenching dips—like the 2022 bear market that wiped out trillions—but those "minor drawdowns" (Harrap's words, not mine) always seem to give way to fresh highs.

So, what does this mean for us meme token hunters at Meme Insider? Everything, really. If cycles are just a fairy tale cooked up from a couple of cherry-picked charts, then the real game is about riding that relentless uptrend. Meme coins like PEPE or WIF aren't waiting for some mythical "altseason" to moon—they're thriving right now because the ecosystem's baked-in growth pulls everyone along. Think about it: every time Ethereum scales with a new upgrade or Solana spits out faster transactions, liquidity floods in, and suddenly your favorite frog-themed token is up 10x.

But let's break it down simply, because not everyone's knee-deep in on-chain metrics. A "crypto cycle" typically refers to those four-year patterns tied to Bitcoin halvings—events where mining rewards get cut in half, supposedly sparking scarcity and price surges. Smart folks at places like CoinDesk (where I cut my teeth as editor-in-chief) have built careers analyzing these. Yet Harrap's right: it's oversimplified. Crypto's not a clockwork orange; it's a living, breathing beast fueled by adoption, tech breakthroughs, and yes, viral memes that capture the zeitgeist.

Take the meme coin explosion on platforms like Pump.fun or Base— these aren't cycle-dependent. They're community-driven firecrackers that ignite whenever sentiment flips bullish. Harrap's view reminds us to ditch the fear of "the end is nigh" and focus on the fundamentals: more users, better tech, endless innovation. That "continuously up" vibe? It's why a token launched on a whim can hit seven figures in market cap overnight.

Of course, no one's saying ignore the drawdowns. We've all been rekt—me included, back when I chased a shady ICO in 2017 thinking it was the next Ethereum. The key is perspective: treat dips as buying ops, not doomsday signals. For blockchain practitioners stacking knowledge (shoutout to our knowledge base here at Meme Insider), Harrap's tweet is a wake-up call to zoom out. Track real metrics like TVL on DeFi protocols or wallet growth on Dune Analytics, not just the latest cycle prophecy from a YouTube guru.

In the end, Harrap's mic drop isn't just shade—it's liberation. Crypto's not a scripted drama with predictable acts; it's an improv show where the audience (that's us) writes the script. So next time someone whispers about an impending "cycle bottom," hit 'em with Harrap's wisdom: it's all upward, baby, with a few speed bumps along the way. What's your take—cycles real or ruse? Drop it in the comments, and let's keep building that meme-powered future.