Recently, a term has been trending in South Korea: 벼락거지 (Lightning Poor). It means feeling 'suddenly poor' even though you didn’t do anything wrong—just because you missed out on the asset boom. In Q1 2026, South Korea’s three major life insurance companies saw policy surrender amounts reach 4.9 trillion won—elderly folks would rather take a loss on their principal and cash out early to invest in the market. KOSPI skyrocketed from 4,000 points to nearly 8,000 points in just six months. Samsung surged 138% this year, SK Hynix jumped 189%, and those who didn’t catch the wave feel like they’ve been struck by lightning, even if they’re working hard every day. The S&P 500 hit new highs in the U.S., gold broke historical records repeatedly, and South Korean retail investors borrowed money to bet on semiconductors, earning 'ten years’ worth of wages'— Everything is going up, yet Bitcoin is still stuck in place, and altcoin season seems nowhere in sight. In this global asset frenzy, does holding crypto make you another kind of 'Lightning Poor'?