BTC

CryptoOnTheSidewalk

Losing coins in the FTX mess would put anyone off for a while, so taking a slower approach now makes sense. Quick question first, are you planning to keep your BTC on an exchange again or move it to your own wallet after buying? Your DCA plan already looks reasonable for your income, the main thing is consistency. A lot of people split that extra lump sum into chunks instead of deploying it all at once, just so one bad entry week does not mess with your head. Something like adding a bit to your weekly buys until the 7–8k is used up is pretty common. The other big lesson since 2020 is custody. If you plan to hold long term, buying on an exchange and then periodically moving it to your own wallet removes the “FTX risk” from the equation. Just keep in mind fees and network conditions when moving funds around, small frequent withdrawals can add up. The boring plan usually wins here.

ThePugz

Yep had over 1.5 BTC years ago. Bought at $6600 range & sold it at $10,000 range. Regret that to this day. Now I’m clawing & fighting my way just trying to get Bach to 1 whole BTC for several years now. I’ll get there eventually. But no more selling, only buying.

BitcoinArtMagazine

Check out voltage.cloud for a lightning node and BTC Pay Server instance and the BTCPay Server plugin for Shopify!

leonm0161

This is a question of principle Also, if the person who asked the original question, wants to contribute to the adaption of BTC, meaning using it for everyday transactions, they can't do it with an ETF Also, I don't see where there is an advantage of an ETF except that it's easier as you don't take responsibility yourself

shit_brik

Ummm, how dis? Bitcoin is currently at a price that it was in Oct 2024. If you got the BTC in 2025, how are you in a profit?

Revenantjuggernaut

Wow! What was BTC then???

TheRadishBros

Not BTC

chaindeler

Fellow retail warriors, brothers and sisters who still believe in the dream of crypto freedom — listen to this nightmare, because tomorrow it could be YOUR wallet on the chopping block. I was just a simple P2P trader doing what thousands of us do every single day. I helped real people all over the world swap cash for crypto. No KYC games, no questions asked — because that’s how peer-to-peer is supposed to work. A middleman brings the client, we meet face-to-face, I hand over the cash, they send the coins. End of story. I never knew, and I could NEVER know, where those coins came from three, five, or ten hops earlier. Then one day NEAR Intents decided to play God. They froze my entire 10 BTC — every single satoshi — sitting in a non-custodial deposit address. On-chain confirmed. My NEAR account still shows zero. Weeks have turned into months. No timeline. No appeal. Just an endless “compliance review” while my life savings rot in digital jail. A blockchain expert traced the trail for me. Guess what? I was the 10th address in the chain. TEN steps removed from the original hacker wallet. I didn’t steal anything. I didn’t hack anyone. I simply accepted coins the same way every retail trader on this planet does. So tell me — why the hell are they punishing ME instead of hunting the real North Korean hackers? Why seize an innocent trader’s money while the actual criminals keep laughing and draining more wallets? Why is my cash — the real, physical cash I handed to clients — now collateral damage in their little power game? This isn’t decentralization. This isn’t “intent-based freedom.” This is the biggest, ugliest decentralized SCAM ever sold to retail. They marketed NEAR Intents as sovereign, private, unstoppable. They bragged about “Confidential Intents.” They promised us we would finally escape banks and governments. And the second a chain-analysis flag pops up, they flip the switch and STEAL your funds like any centralized exchange. They even banned me from their Telegram for the crime of asking “When do I get my money back?” Retail friends… this is the moment we all wake up. Every time you bridge, every time you swap, every time you trust one of these “decentralized” protocols — you are rolling the dice with your future

Anantasesa

More like the ATM sent the BTC to the scammer after gullible people paid to buy said btc for a scam reason like to cover their "IRS debt". ATM just sent it where they told the atm to send it. Only "theft" was the scam to deceive them into sending their purchased coins. Funny they don't crack down on zelle transfers to scammers like that.

longonbtc

Did you use AI to generate this post? Fees have been very low for a year+. I'm talking rock bottom low. >are you just broadcasting a consolidation transaction at like 2-3 sat/vB and letting it sit in the mempool for a month until it clears? 1sat/vB will get you in the very next block. Heck, you can pay 0.14sat/vB right now and you'll get in the very next block. Look at the current fees: https://mempool.space/ Just withdraw your bitcoin from the exchange after you have accumulated 0.005 BTC or 0.01 BTC on the exchange. Ideally you would want to have many UTXOs of different sizes but you just don't want to have a whole bunch of very low value UTXOs. Unless of course you're just holding and you never actually perform transactions. In that case, you could just consolidate all of your UTXOs into one large value UTXO if you want. Just consolidate when fees are low like they have been.

broccolihead

I'm pretty sure US Regulated stablecoins must have a freeze and clawback function. Even though you can self custody them, they can still be taken back. But some like $BTC and $XRP can't.

Fickle_Actuator_5145

Ok so for a one-time purchase where you just need to send crypto to someone, here's the simplest path: Yes Cash App does let you buy Bitcoin and send it. That's probably your easiest option if you already have it installed. Buy the BTC amount you need, hit send, paste the seller's BTC address, done. Fees aren't great but for a one-off purchase it's the least friction. If the seller prefers USDT though (which is a stablecoin pegged to $1 so no price swings while you're figuring things out), you'd need an exchange like Coinbase or Kraken. Buy USDT there and send it to the seller's address. Just make sure you're sending on the right network - if they say USDT-Tron send it on the Tron network, if they say USDT-Solana send on Solana. Sending on the wrong network = money gone forever. For your situation I'd go BTC via Cash App since you just need to make one payment. Don't overthink it. One heads up though - if a seller ONLY accepts crypto and won't take normal payment, just be careful it's legit. Not trying to be that guy but crypto-only sellers are sometimes sketchy because the transactions are irreversible.

darwinlovestrees

The scarcity. Nothing else has its level of scarcity. 1 BTC is incredibly rare, when you think about it.

tornavec

If BTC is so important to you, try running a node. Maybe then you'll understand what's what in the crypto market.

Safoelcologne

Macht es nicht mehr Sinn während des Bärenmarkts regelmäßig kleinere Beträge zu investieren statt zu hoffen mit einem Betrag den tiefsten Kurs zu erwischen. Kann sein das wir BTC noch bei 50 tsd oder sogar noch darunter sehen bis zum nächsten halving 2028 aber vielleicht bleibt es auch bei einer seitwärts Bewegung mit kleinen Schwankungen oder dips nach oben

CryptoGrandpaXP

**Why some people say “don’t sell your Bitcoin, borrow against it instead”** It comes down to trade‑offs, not a magic trick. **Borrowing lets you keep your long‑term exposure** while getting cash today. If you think BTC will be worth much more later, paying interest might feel worth it to avoid selling early. Borrowing also doesn’t trigger a taxable sale in many countries, which is another reason some people prefer it. But it’s not automatically better. **You’re taking on debt, interest, and liquidation risk** if the price drops. Selling is simpler, safer, and locks in real profit with no strings attached. So the short version is: * **Borrowing = keep your BTC + get cash, but take on risk and interest.** * **Selling = guaranteed profit, no debt, but you lose future upside.** Neither is universally “right.” It just depends on whether someone values **certainty** or **continued exposure** more. (Not financial advice — just the mechanics.)

khai0001

Projects could be great by itself, but token doesn't have any utility. Important distinction here, unlike stocks, you're not investing in the project, but just the token it created. Look into the tokenomics of the tokens. I'd lean on large caps like BTC and ETH here to start.

actuarialisticly

Thanks, I just bought 10k worth of BTC.

CryptoGrandpaXP

There might be some long‑term correlation between BTC price and production cost, but this chart really oversells it. The arrows are classic cherry‑picking — they show the few touches and ignore the many misses. The smooth 2026 projection is just a curve‑fit; real production‑cost estimates swing wildly with hardware, electricity, geography, fees, and methodology. Turning a assumption‑heavy metric into a clean story about “bounce levels” is more narrative than analysis.

Veronica_JW

The highest conviction I have has to be BTC. 99% of the rest go down in the long term.

UpbeatFix7299

This is as dumb as saying that BTC uses less energy than the entire global financial system, so it isn't as wasteful. Scale matters. And the bank isn't going to let someone wire their life savings to Nigeria or Myanmar without asking questions. That's why they used gift cards before, but they could only get $2k at a time. Now it's unlimited with crypto. Such innovation, much future of finance.

ThriceHawk

BTC, ETH, LINK. The holy trinity.

TheSilverFoxwins

trading 10,000 BTC for two Papa John's pizzas.

East-Cricket6421

It doesn't "rely on" any of that to exist. It just so happens that thieves, frauds, and scammers will use the latest technology as part of their scams. In the early days of automobiles bank robbers made us of automobiles in such a way that it was practically a cheat code. All you had to do was have a car that could out pace and out last the cops and you dramatically increased your chances of being able to get away. Does that mean the car manufacturers should be on the hook for the money they stole using cars? Or can you separate the tool someone used from the person using it to commit a crime? Blaming BTC for the scams people use to steal it would be like blaming knife companies for stabbing incidents. It's not the object that is illegal, it's the action.

HashCrafter45

BTC backed loans are underrated for this. borrow against your stack on something like Ledn or Nexo, spend the cash, keep your BTC exposure. no taxable event, no selling. crypto cards work too but the conversion fees quietly eat into returns over time.

Smids4

I guess there is potential for bitcoin to breakout Right now, Bitcoin is in a high-stakes "holding pattern." It has spent much of early March 2026 hovering around the $70,000–$72,000 mark, showing extreme resilience despite massive geopolitical tension in the Middle East and fluctuating oil prices.  Is it "Coiled" for a Breakout? Many technical analysts would say yes, but with a heavy dose of caution. Here is the "coiling" setup: • The Resistance Wall: Bitcoin has faced repeated rejections at the $72,000 level. A decisive break above this (with high volume) is what many traders are waiting for to signal a run toward $80,000.  • The "Short Squeeze" Potential: There is a significant amount of bearish positioning (short sellers). If Bitcoin pops above $73,400, it could trigger a "pain trade," forcing those shorts to close and catapulting the price higher. • The Floor: On-chain data shows "Smart Money" (whales) accumulated roughly 53,000 BTC during recent market dips, suggesting strong support near $64,000.

scrub-muffin

Less of a BTC homer and more of a hater of centralized currency controlled by spineless fuckwits that are sold out to large interests.

drnoisy

Not a great time to be buying index funds. But if you need the income, Id recommend STRC, paying 11.5% dividends at the moment. Massively over collateralized. Technically an equity and strategy has the ability to suspend dividends. But they're no where near any kind of financial stress, and we're in a bear. Next time Bitcoin rips, STRC demand is going to go through the roof. Steady non volatile 11.5% is nothing to shake your head at. That can either go into giving you a lifestyle, or invest the returns back into BTC or STRC.

Ok_Golf_6467

Not taking 300% profit on PENGU. Stacking ETH 2022 to 2025 instead of BTC.

Spicyocto

If BTC 60k was the bottom this will be the best bear market in history. If someone had told me in 2021 that the current ATH would turn into the lowest sentiment in 15 years in 2026 I’d be having a laugh Im having a laugh

BulletButcher

BTC is a relic, old tech. I have s few hundreds in it too, but I spend the time looking for other ways to invest or buy assets. I get BTC has a lot of sentimental value but thats about its only value now

Snoo_43177

Buying anything but BTC and ETH.

mtnmahogany

I'm really low on my USD funds right now so yesterday as an emergency measure, I sold a small amount of my BTC.  Of course, today the price went up.  You're welcome.  lol.

Rare_Rich6713

That’s a reasonable approach honestly. Keeping the core BTC position untouched and only using a small portion for yield or liquidity makes sense if the main thesis is simply holding BTC long-term. The interesting shift lately though is that some projects are trying to move away from the usual CeFi yield or wrapped BTC model entirely. For example, Babylon is experimenting with letting BTC provide economic security to other networks while remaining on the Bitcoin chain. In theory that means BTC holders could participate in securing PoS systems without actually wrapping or bridging their coins. It’s still early of course, but if that design works it could open another category of BTC productivity that isn’t just lending, CeFi yield, or collateralized borrowing. Curious if you see something like that becoming a real alternative long term, or if CeFi and collateralized liquidity will still dominate how people earn on BTC?

flex981

You should understand the cycles and try to sell most crypto when BTC is reaching it’s ATH. After that be patient and wait for moments like now.

Obvious_Interview298

If I were being charged interest, then yes, I would be. Thankfully there isn't interest accruing on a principal balance, so I'm okay with the underperformance for now. I've actually considered refinancing with them to pull even more out, that way I can average down. I'll probably do that in a month or two if BTC is still around this level.

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Post is by: Ok-Tumbleweed-2416 and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1rr82zg/cryptomarkets/ Everyone's fixated on BTC's $246.90M ETF day — but ETH's $12.60M is the more interesting number Popular narrative: institutions only want Bitcoin exposure through ETFs. But Mar. 10 data shows $259.5M in combined BTC and ETH spot ETF inflows — both green on the same session. ETH ETFs hold a fraction of BTC's AUM. That makes $12.60M proportionally more significant than it looks. Relative demand vs. supply is tighter on ETH. Historically, sessions where both BTC and ETH ETFs see simultaneous inflows have preceded broader altcoin expansions within 2-3 weeks. We bid ETH at these levels based on that data. Question: if ETH ETF inflows hold for another 3-5 sessions, does the market finally reprice ETH — or does BTC dominance absorb everything? *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

LeaMalEhrlich

Wenn man davon ausgeht, dass Bitcoin langfristig die 1 Mio erreicht, wäre das vom aktuellen Niveau ungefähr ein 14,3x. Ich persönlich halte das langfristig für absolut möglich. Ich mag aber auch Use Case von ETH und bin somit selbst in ETH und BTC investiert. Der Use Case hinter Ethereum ist aus meiner Sicht deutlich breiter als der von BTC, weil dort viel Infrastruktur drauf läuft (Smart Contracts, DeFi usw.). Trotzdem fällt es mir schwer, mir vorzustellen, dass ETH ebenfalls noch einmal 14x vom heutigen Preis macht. Vielleicht liege ich damit falsch, aber irgendwie ist das für mich weniger wahrscheinlich als bei BTC. Deshalb habe ich mich aktuell für eine allocation von 70 % BTC / 30 % ETH entscheiden.

East-Cricket6421

We've always know that. It's the courts and the general public that seem to think that somehow selling someone BTC means you are liable for what someone else does with it. Digital Assets have some of the qualities of cash instruments. It should therefore be treated as such in some legal scenarios. Regardless of how we view it, going after the BTM provider because someone sent BTC they bought from them to someone they regret sending it to, makes zero legal sense.

Born-Taro-9383

Glad to be one. Hype/BTC is at all time high. Thanks for playing

East-Cricket6421

The sad part is this does nothing. The thieves use BTC as the payment but the person who sold the victim the BTC (in this case whoever owns that ATM) likely has nothing to do with that. This would be akin to a scammer getting you to hand them a cashiers check via fraudulent means and in response the local police go and take your money back from the bank. Unless the ATM operators were also miraculously the scammers, then all you've done is create a new set of victims with this move.

EarningsPal

So damage or destroy the machine, costing the own, for the gullibility of the person they was scammed? Thus passing the pain from the person to the BTC machine owner?

eiretaco

Please diversify your portfolio. Put a nice chunk of that in an index fund or something. Im pro BTC and have a few quid put away in it myself. But I wouldn't yolo my father's entire life work into it either.

Justme100001

Right now literally anyone's guess could be the right one. What about a complete loss in faith in technology or security due to unforseen events that will put BTC in a free fall. Sure fiat currency will take a hit too, but people will flock more to traditionnal values that some real backing. Just saying...

LaurentDuboi

it looks like 2021 highs and 2024 post ETF run consolidation seems to be giving a good support, often BTC dip just a little more than people expect so 55k could be the bottom we see. Feb 5 low could also be it. Nobody knows but i think this is a good entry point but never go all in at one moment during the bear market, always DCA.

aaj094

Yet you can't name what those risks are, given that the BTC reserve of Strategy is worth 4.7x the value of STRC capital + the capital senior to it including debt. So exactly what risk are you referring to (other than Saylor basically having lied about everything)?

Suspicious-Case3861

Statistically AVG it has 14-15% too bottom that being said. BTC can vary and has varied slightly it's just an AVG. I won't go into geo politics and just say nobody knows shit about shit.

aaj094

2019 BTC bought today (yesterday was 2038 btc) by Strategy through strc issuance. But uh, Strategy is a ponz, right?

Annual_Caramel_3368

Yes I have been thinking about it a lot. And I am already in BTC so I know the feeling going 50% down. But now it is already 50% down from its ATH

Crypto_4_Cash

I'll sell you a BTC for 210k, right now. 🤣

UGeNMhzN001

One thing to watch is puttng a huge chunk of inheritance into BTC all at once, it could swing way more than you expect. Have you thouht about spreading it out a bit or keeping some in safer spots too?

Annual_Caramel_3368

Already have TREZOR, now just thinking about going much deeper with BTC

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Post is by: Supreme-Muffinator and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1rr4fu0/you_cant_switch_platforms_until_2027_whats_your/ Right now the market has been mostly sideways in the mid-$60K to low-$70K range, not some wild rip. BTC's currently at $70K, bouncing on macro cues and geopolitical sentiment without much conviction either way. Alts aren't exploding into rotation either - it's more grinding and chop than boom - which ironically makes fees, execution quality and counterparty reliability more important than ever. So here's the hypothetical: If you had to pick just one platform to handle everything through the rest of 2026 - spot, earning, borrowing, risk management - no switching allowed... what are you choosing? For me that would be Nexo. It's not the flashiest, but imo it covers more bases in one place. I can hold long-term BTC/ETH, earn on stables when I derisk, not to mention I borrow against collateral. The capital efficiency matters more to me this cycle than max leverage or chasing obscure alts. I've used Coinbase and Binance - all solid in their own way. But I'm starting to value stability, structured yield and liquidity access more than pure trading bells... Not trying to start a tribal war here lol - but genuinely interested in what's actually working for people in this cycle. If you had to commit to one for the rest of the year, what would be your top pick? *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

Purple_Glass7412

$BTC going to zero is laughable Just hold your bags and ride the wave Us Maxis will be the ones laughing in the end

No_Savings_9138

|Value Comparison (2025 → 2026)||| |:-|:-|:-| |USD Hold ███████████████████ $1000||| |BTC Hold ███████████████ $845|||

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Post is by: bytewitco and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1rr2pob/i_analyzed_50_crypto_news_sources_over_the_past/ I track sentiment across +50 crypto and finance news sources daily using AI scoring (0-100, bearish to bullish). Last week was one of the most interesting divergences I've seen. Here's the breakdown: What everyone believes: • "Institutions are leaving crypto" • "Bear market confirmed" • "BTC is done" What the data actually shows: 1. ETF flows quietly flipped bullish $9B outflowed from BTC ETFs over 4 months. Scary. But the last two weeks: $787M and $568M in inflows back to back. That's the biggest reversal since November. Sentiment score across sources: 93/100 bullish, 95% confidence. 2. BTC decoupled from gold during a military conflict On March 9, BTC rallied 3.5% to $68K while gold dumped 5% and Nasdaq bled. This is the first clean safe-haven behavior we've seen this cycle. Every source I track scored this 89-93 bullish. 3. Fear & Greed has been below 15 for a full month I went back and checked every instance of 2+ weeks below 15 since 2020: • Dec 2022 → BTC doubled in 3 months • Jan 2023 → +40% in 30 days • June 2024 → +60% in 4 months • Now → ??? Average 90-day forward return: +47%. Worst case: +12%. 4. Saylor loaded $1.28B while retail panic sold MicroStrategy now holds 738,731 BTC. He's buying at $66K while Fear & Greed sits at 8. The gap between retail sentiment and institutional activity is the widest I've tracked. 5. The whiplash is the signal BTC hit $74K midweek, crashed to $69K on Friday's jobs miss (92K losses), then reclaimed $70K by Sunday. Gold didn't recover. Nasdaq didn't recover. BTC did. TL;DR: Every sentiment indicator says fear. Every flow indicator says accumulation. When these diverge this hard, historically the money wins. Not the feelings. Not financial advice — just data from tracking +50 sources daily. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

BigDeezerrr

Strategy alone is scooping \~5000 BTC per day alone now that they're STRC / MSTR engine is up and running. How long can OTC desks keep filling these? Who is selling this type of volume at these levels? The math ain't mathin. Unstoppable accumulation is running straight into unchangeable supply.

AmazingfurnitureCT

You won’t regret it. Great timing too, BTC on $ale. Cheers (but sorry for your loss)

aaj094

This sub is just unwilling to see the reality of the beast that STRC is. Reason mainly being it directly ties to BTC bullishness alone and that is not something that excites shitcoiners. strc dot live

Hitachi22

Can't believe I've almost been in crypto for 10 years but I bought the worst possible shitcoin possible, Litecoin. That I still hold in a hardware wallet. Biggest regret of my life.  Should have listened to the Bitcoin maxis way sooner. Took me years to finally start DCAing only into BTC. 

jett1964

I think “the belief” for 90% of BTC holders is that there is a possibility of getting rich. I bet most people don’t fully understand it- myself included.

TeslaTorah

Your plan isn’t bad, but it’s a bit heavy on SOL and smaller coins. For a 5 year hold, it's better keep more weight in BTC and ETH since they’re the most established and usually survive market cycles better. The good part of your plan is investing monthly. That’s usually better than trying to time the market. Personally I keep most of my crypto long term and buy through Nexo, then move things around depending on what I’m doing with it.

soks86

There's only one question to ask yourself. What happens when the BTC market runs out of sellers?

EarningsPal

Stop talking to people about owning a house worth of BTC. Someone might mention it to the wrong person and decide they want to take it by forcing you, through threat of harm, to give it up. It’s not a house. It only takes one person with a bat and the lack of morality to take it away.

lenissius14

"New directions has been set" ?? You just need to check the last 6 months of the price chart to see what's the actual story of BTC; it will keep fluctuations between 65-75k until a new catalyst happens and it sets a motion either upwards or downwards (we are going sideways currently)

Usually_Sunny

So you think BTC is done growing in value. Because if not, why the hell would you buy groceries with it lol

Velvet_Samurai

My mistake was trying to mine it early. I didn't even have a GPU. I was using Montero and eventually Honeyminer. They probably netted me $100 maybe $200 worth but one day it occurred to me I have a job. I have money. I can buy it a lot faster than I can mine it. So I ended up spending around $20,000 buying BTC from $3,000 on up. I'm deep in the black, and I don't know, if I would have just bought it with cash back when I first started up Montero who knows, I could have 10 BTC.

One_Egg_1137

It was never about profit for me. When you live in a country so corrupt that you can wake up to find your savings have vanished from the bank, **BTC just makes sense.**

wowmushroom

And asset-rich people put up all sorts of other collateral (real estate, stock) for loans to fund their lifestyle. Therefore using BTC as collateral for a loan isn’t unique except that BTC is a less institutionally seasoned and more volatile asset to use in this way.

Blockchainauditor

OK. So ... why? Are you looking for gains, with plans to sell eventually? You mention "to the MOON"; when would you "bail out"? Do you believe philosophically with BTC and its proponents? Is this about establishing a new currency for the people, against the financial system, concern about the government? Who is the "We" you reference: anyone holding BTC, pure investors, philosophical backers? Are you ready to "be your own banker", manage wallets and keys and seeds?

wowmushroom

They serve different purposes. ETH is like a checking account. BTC is like a savings/investment account (and you might be able to retire early account).

Annual_Caramel_3368

Thank you! I believe that BTC will be here with us for a long time!

LightningShiva1

Im open for a fun challenge. People will always find a cause for why BTC is acting the way it does. WW3 or not, below 50k$ by end of year imo. !Remindme 9 months

infernal_celery

Same as last time: carry on as normal.  If volatility is too much for you, consider diversifying into other assets. A £20k BTC fiat price drop is scary if that’s 30% of your assets devalued in one go; it’s irritating if it’s 15% of your assets, it’s an inconvenience if it’s 7.5%, it’s a blip if it’s 3.75%, it’s negligible in the medium term at less than that. Your average pre-retiree with little conviction can probably shrug off having a 10% allocation to BTC at any time that dips by 30-50% every so often, albeit they might have themselves a comfort beer that night. Obviously most people here will have a much higher allocation and that’s cool. I have a buffer of tradfi assets and that works for me, let’s me go ham on BTC and taking my business invoices in BTC. I sleep pretty well.

forgotmypassword4714

Come on, stop crying. A couple weeks ago everyone was worried it'd plummet to $50k. BTC is holding up very well right now.

wowmushroom

Buy a little every day (and hold) so you dollar cost average over time. This makes it a lot easier to stomach any short term volatility and you’ll benefit from BTC’s long term upward price trend.

OrganicRemove839

Additionally to this, a loan isn’t taxable however selling BTC means potential paying capital gains tax

cryptoshaman420

would you be open to monthly payments at this price of BTC, so that you can average down?

soks86

Sell hedges, buy more BTC. If I was responsible buy more hedges too but I'm a BTC maximalist at heart.

Commercial-Base-4774

For me, it's BTC, HBAR, ETH, XRP and then I'll have it locked by Nika finance for safekeeping.

DangerHighVoltage111

Don't worry, price will follow. Fundamentals were first. But you can already see the change. BTC did a great job slandering the working Bitcoin. But we will get there. Unfortunately I believe you will get in late 😎 You will sell your "SoV" for some working Bitcoin when you can buy your groceries with it.

Obvious_Interview298

Praying for this outcome in my situation! I've had a home equity → BTC loan through [joinhorizon.com](http://joinhorizon.com) for a few months. I don't have any monthly payments which is really nice, so HODLing is very easy and I'm never tempted to panic sell.

santya95

That's just what i'm saying they surely bought BTC, but they are not holding that, they are just swapping.

TheManWithTheBigBall

It’s the limited supply and the “true” decentralization of the asset. Realistically, though, the reason to invest in BTC is the cap, the supply gets squeezed way harder than ETH.

Vegetable-Rabbit7503

Thats not how it works, if you have 5k in BTC and it goes down 5% in one day, you still can buy milk and bread.

Stetru_12

Gold has concrete uses, not just for vanity, safe haven or investment purposes. Stop comparing BTC to gold, it will never be "like" one, BTC has absolutely no uses except for speculative purposes. Scarcity does not mean rarity and it needs demand to jack up prices, which you'll never have. This halving cycle just suggested speculative demand for crypto currencies is falling.

santya95

I agree, that's just dollarization 2.0 no one in iran is holding btc, they are buying and swapping in USDT, do you think normal people who just want to buy bread can substain btc volatility? What if you were there? BTC surge i can buy milk and bread, BTC crash i can't afford to feed my family, is that simple.

0xZennite

Yeah the ETF flow dynamic is massive — once those inflows become structural (pension funds, 401k allocations) it's basically a slow-motion supply squeeze. The interesting question is whether that buying pressure stays concentrated in BTC and ETH or eventually spills into alts. Are you seeing any signs of that broadening yet?

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KateR_H0l1day

Virtually all the Subs are saying the same thing, that’s because we are in the accumulation phase! There’s whales in every Sub building positions, some will be the exact same whales building several positions. But, sometimes whales die too, it’s a strategy to follow whales, but which one, that’s the big question?? I think we mere mortals don’t have enough to build multiple positions, we tend to choose 5 or less, we know most of us pick BTC as the first position. Therefore, in my mind, you need more than whale accumulation to make something uptick outside the market! And, right now XRP is not doing that, virtually everything, as usual is following the Big Dog, when he wags his tail, everything else follows. Just some musings on the OP from a random internet stranger 🤷‍♀️

No_Investigator3369

Found an old pub/private key between some old paper in a safe this morning. Haven't felt this level of excitement in a while. 90% sure its nothing as my lowest BTC interaction was in the $300's when $300 was still a lot of money. So I doubt I let it sit around for too long without buying drugs.

KateR_H0l1day

It’s almost impossible to time the market bottom and top, if you get one of them, you’re extremely lucky. Your plan is good, having a strategy to critical IMO, however you need to do “what if’s”. For example, what if we’ve already seen the bottom, what if it only goes down to $55K. What will you do in those circumstances, will you be missing out and buying nothing? Is your plan to buy with a lump sum, or have you allocated a portion of your salary for weekly or monthly buys? If lump sum, is it an amount you’d be willing to lose, do you have other investments outside crypto, if so, what percentage of BTC do you want to own compared to TradFi? What is your risk level at, for example are you buying BTC from an Exchange/DEX, where will you hold it, do you have a cold wallet already. Or, are you buying an ETF, which one, why, you could buy MSTR with more risk, and bet on it beating BTC, or buy STRC, less risk, get 11% now rotate monthly earnings directly into BTC/MSTR, so many options to decide on!! I don’t think from your OP, or comments, that you have a plan/strategy, you have an idea, but you need to take it further and flesh out the strategy to achieve the desired goals 🤷‍♀️ I honestly don’t think we will drop into the $40K band, that’s my idea, and I’ve built a strategy around that, which is in place today. But good luck 🍀whatever you do

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Sflswingers

I definitely admire you by doing the one thing I think everybody should do and that's to invest and it doesn't matter if it was Bitcoin or if it was gold or if it was stocks and bonds I think everyone should invest in something to diversify their financial portfolio. And I like how you clearly mention that you know it could be extremely lucrative or humbling experience and any investor who knows that is a person who will not be drunken by the financial power of investments. By myself who actually mined 10 bitcoins back in the old days 2009 to 2014 and bought others. But I had to sell some of those original bitcoins when BTC peaked last October 2025 when I sold my business after my business partner retired and while I'm in my mid 50's , I needed the financial freedom to be able to not have to work for a while and also to be able to start up any other type of business within reason of course. So you sir are a beacon to other investors and I hope it will show that the old adage no risk no reward is true. I along with any cryptocurrency investor can only pray that our investments continue to climb even at a modest rate of say 10% each year would be fantastic as I believe every single investor knows that the outrageous gains in the last 5 years are probably not a realistic sustainable course of action.

Calm-Professional103

Canadian here. I use Shakepay. I can keep my « spending BTC » in a self-custody Lightning Wallet, send it to Shakepay over LN in a few seconds, convert it to CAD and spend it using their VISA card. Simole and fast. Who needs perfection or merchant adoption?

u_spawnTrapd

If you’re new, most people here will probably tell you the same thing. Trying to time the best moment usually ends up being stressful and inconsistent. A lot of beginners do better just buying small amounts over time and learning how the market moves. BTC can swing a lot, so it helps to get comfortable with that first before putting in money you’d worry about.

MarioWilson122

>Why? There are perfectly working PoW coins that are not crippled. They are just one trade away even. You don't even have to leave Bitcoin. Bitcoin Cash works perfectly. You might also want to try Monero as another example. No one gives shit about those other coins the way they do btc. So it doesnt matter what they bring to the table, the most interest is still on btc and will likely remain there. >At least 51% disagree with you, because they have constant problems with LN. You will find more here: >[https://old.reddit.com/user/DangerHighVoltage111/comments/1ne1qyt/ln\_fails/](https://old.reddit.com/user/DangerHighVoltage111/comments/1ne1qyt/ln_fails/) Yeah, the people with issues will complain on a post for sure, even still plenty of people don’t have a problem using it overall. >And what does this have to do with it? This is the FIAT maxi speaking out of you not, the p2p casher. Govs and Institutions are fine with you getting FIAT rich, they just want to keep control over you. And with crippled BTC they will keep it. Yeah its down for now but it always hits new ath and continues to thrive overall. BTW they hold no control over me at all financially. Of course there are others that they will for sure. >It is never pointless to fight for more freedoms. And to do so you must get of the captured horse. Well yeah if crypto isn't for you, then you can leave it for sure.

Dangerous_Tap_5045

lol if only markets worked like that. Bitcoin doesn’t really care about calendars or whether traders feel tired. It just keeps doing its thing 24/7 while everyone argues about the next move. Half the time the best move is honestly just doing nothing anyway. People burn themselves out staring at charts every day when BTC’s biggest gains usually come from just holding through the boring months.

Realistic_Fee_00001

>Well, if it’s such an issue just leave crypto altogether no one is making you stay, lol. Why? There are perfectly working PoW coins that are not crippled. They are just one trade away even. You don't even have to leave Bitcoin. Bitcoin Cash works perfectly. You might also want to try Monero as another example. > I love it an believe in it long-term so I have no issue with it. Lighting network solves enough right now and its definitely still highly valued and continues to garner more interest by the say. At least 51% disagree with you, because they have constant problems with LN. You will find more here: https://old.reddit.com/user/DangerHighVoltage111/comments/1ne1qyt/ln_fails/ >Which is interest from governments and big institutions, so it’s not going anywhere regardless of all this. And what does this have to do with it? This is the FIAT maxi speaking out of you not, the p2p casher. Govs and Institutions are fine with you getting FIAT rich, they just want to keep control over you. And with crippled BTC they will keep it. >So, it’s basically pointless at current times anyway but I’m sure whatever issues will get worked out over time regardless. It is never pointless to fight for more freedoms. And to do so you must get of the captured horse.

Hypnotic101

Maybe do some research to figure out why BTC is a far superior investment to the shitcoins you've been wasting your money on first.