BTC

Xiximaro

I do it for BTC and ETH... He didn't said what he buys...

Wastedyouth86

Sorry but its not. BTC is manipulated it has not organically grown to these values. The liquidity is no there if you some how held on and have $100,000,000 worth you wouldn’t be able to sell it at that value

KeleneJohnson14

Recently I have been seeing more talks about memes than $BTC lol. I see a lot of talk on memes on #GalaPump especially $GONA $TULPA & $CHIQUITA

PapiMak

I have no confidence in keeping my savings in fiat, so I think I am safer storing its value in BTC.

quintavious_danilo

They still can and they still do. As long as mnav is >1 they keep buying BTC and they did just buy a massive amount of 10k BTC last week

DryMyBottom

MEXC ha a zero trading fee on BTC and several other assets. it is shady af, but I have never had problems... I probably wouldn't trust it with large amounts tho

Signal-Accountant-33

I guess if you define early as "most people still don't know about it" sure, but imagine buying BTC when it cost $10 and not $68k lol.

Fabulous-Wasabi-9358

Thanks. Totally agree. I have become aware of the risks losing about $10k in total. I think it's a reasonable cost of learning. I have learnt that there are shitcoins and then there are very shitty coins. Zcash is in the 2nd category. Only ETH and SOL are the real shitcoins. It's BTC and to a lesser extent ETH for long term investment for me. I suspected that investing in Strategy stocks is probably not much better than playing crypto..that's why I was looking for opinions.

Azatis-

Well with so much BTC stacked from US institutions and presidents involvement is no surprise

angelwolf71885

Retirement it’s the only asset that is truly ever appreciating in value while the 401k IRA Money Market accounts only ever gain in a good economy and can take huge hits in recession and ever growing printing of money some day i can use my BTC to retire

SmokinOil

I recently recovered a wallet from 2019 there was 890$ last time I had access to it, now at the time of this post there is 8.5-8.6k. It’s a way to get out from under the central banking system. Huge investment firms are buying BTC, black rock for example. It’s no longer viewed as some illegitimate asset. I buy BTC because I have made a shit load of money off it and I’m a dumb dumb, and I want to see the central banking system fall.

Kie_ra

If anyone's asking you anything regarding BTC, too many people know you own some. IMO any number above 1 is too many people knowing 

MrsCryptoNerd

BTC being “boring” is honestly bullish long-term. Stability is what gives it real staying power.

DryMyBottom

BTC, there’s no second best

Slimmanoman

> It's volatile in fiat but fiat is volatile in BTC so you could argue either way. Yeah but you get paid and spend in fiat, the two aren't équivalent at the moment

ScaredElevator7151

Do you think BTC will go $100k this year?

ah-hum

Whatever you want. Dollars, euros, alt coins, cars... BTC is highly tradeable and global

dmx442

In since 2017 and not made a killing by just buying BTC? - Check Calls crypto "investing" - check Is highly emotional and angry at the crypto - check Nevertheless Still gives advice for something he failed at - check

MilselimX

https://preview.redd.it/9yg8l0a2vb6g1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1a2d4b754a0bf12dd8684d0d0e1bcc389f28703 ETH/BTC looks fucking awesome for ETH. Time to go up

chain_thinker7

True, most people don’t fail in crypto because crypto’s bad. They fail because they treat it like a gamble, not a tool. I used to bounce from one hot coin to another. Then I started seeing BTC (and crypto generally) the way I see investments, with strategy, patience, and balance. A part of my holdings now works: some I trade, while others I stake or yield-farm (via Money Protocol and Intrinsic). You don’t have to catch the top or bottom to do well. You need consistency + smart moves.

djejjeff

I think it will take a long time until MSTR trade at significant premiums again, even if BTC v goes up, which I believe will happen...

Pkrinv

Most people are not true believers.  Imagine if BTC didn’t appreciate, how many people would believe in it being a better currency and buy it just because they believe it’s a better currency than other major currencies like usd or pounds.  The amount of people I know who are true believers who make all their purchases in BTC and only support stores that accept BTC are basically none.  Almost everyone I know who has BTC has it for the purpose of making money. 

Pkrinv

Bitcoin 100% can be taken form you by force unless you’re willing to endure torture and death to not give up your seed and then you’ll be dead and it of no use anyway. People get kidnapped for their BTC.  If anything I’d say it’s easier to take BTC by force and it be less traceable than someone walking you into a bank and telling you to withdraw a million in cash ( which we know how hard it is to walk in and get even 50k in cash) or do an ach push that is totally untraceable. Not saying BTC is bad for that reason. But someone can 100% take it by force. 

No_Hour6830

Many reasons. I'm a Bitcoin noob but here's why: 1. Financial Sovereignty. I *really* like the idea of having 100% complete control of a portion of my assets. No restrictions on when, how, why, what, or where I use my money. I am repulsed by the idea that the bank could decide to not let me use my own money for any reason at all. The alternatives (huge piles of cash, precious metals) are far less secure and far less portable. 2. Fiscal deficits/national debt, monetary policy, and the invention of quantitative easing. I'm not necessarily a believer in Austrian economics but there are some merits. In 1980, US debt to GDP was 30% and now it's 120%--to be fair that was an extremely tight time for US monetary policy, but it was 50% in 1990 so the point stands. I'm not worried about a currency collapse, but we don't know what happens with debt to GDP levels this high over the long run. 3. Demographics/The Wealth Transfer. As Millennials and Gen Z inherit the wealth of boomers, I believe a significant portion of that will go into Bitcoin. So I believe that buying BTC today will yield very strong returns over the next 10-20 years. I think BTC could hit $1M in the next 10 years. 4. The technology and the story behind BTC is so beautiful and special. It's the most significant financial innovation in 300+ years and it happened in 2009(?) by an anonymous individual whose identity is still not confirmed? Even if BTC goes to zero, I want to know that I owned a piece of it. So it's a combination of utility, speculation (not inherently bad, gold is also a speculative asset), and an interest in the technology and cultural aspects of Bitcoin.

NewChallengers_

Yeah it's not like BTC that keeps breaking new records every few months

Patrick_Atsushi

A base of BTC and experimental frontier of ETH is enough.

AggravatingMajor4565

If you want something you can load directly from a non-KYC wallet, your options are a bit limited these days because most BTC→card services require at least some verification. The usual picks people mention are things like Bitrefill gift cards or using a BTC→USD off-ramp that lets you top-up a prepaid card. That said, you might want to keep an eye on XSPA’s upcoming crypto card. They’ve been building it specifically with easy on-chain funding in mind, so it could be a solid option for travellers who want to spend their crypto without jumping through too many hoops. It’s not live yet, but worth watching if you’re planning ahead for your trip later this year.

HalcyoNighT

Who cares about this mumbo jumbo? If you zoom out and see the year to date, ETH fell 6% since the start of the year, same as BTC

faita14

I’m interested in AlexOCrypto if you can track that. I actually trade in my own but have been following his BTC and Sol scalp trades and have been crushing for months.

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xomox2012

Yeah, BTC pretty much already solves the biggest issue with currency we were facing. Sure there are absolutely use cases for tokenization and smart contracts but the market right now is absolutely flooded with crap trying to be the next big pump without any reason. Lipstick on a pig… Crypto isn’t the problem, greed is.

VariatCA

ETF inflows were green for both ETH at +$177M and for BTC at +$152M today. It was positive inflows across the board for the biggest Ethereum ETF's, and only Blackrock doing the selling of -$132M in Bitcoin while the rest of the ETF's purchased +$287M worth. Bitcoin has now had about +$312M in ETF inflows since November 20th, while ETH has had +$512M in inflows since then. We're starting to see very clear signs of a momentum reversal for Retail entering into BTC/ETH ETF's at a positive rate.

5lipperySausage

Exactly people are quick to call out BTC as an MLM/Ponzi and backed by nothing.  People really should look at the fractional reserve banking they rely on so much. Government issued currency is just modern slavery.

slash_networkboy

Mine too :) But I think that the BTC value was pretty good IMO. The day a Sat becomes a dollar... well by then a dollar will be relatively worthless. Look at the Yen as an example for what I think of a dollar that's one Sat.

PeopleNose

Up with BTC Down with Astrology rofl

levelup1by1

Good thinking. One year salary into BTC.

bigorangemachine

Man I am so frustrated with retirement plans.... I'm like... "They give you 3% and take 1% commission... you can buy the same BS index's they charge you an commission on" But my one friend like "BTC reflects the cocaine traffic in the world" meanwhile goldman sachs launders cartel money...

Seattleman1955

Most of the value of gold is as money. BTC is limited in supply, easy to move, can't be debased like the dollar. You can hold it yourself. You aren't going to hold much gold yourself and you can't exactly take it with you easily. You don't need it to be a currency. If you need to pay your rent, use dollars. If you want to preserve your purchasing power for years and years, buy Bitcoin.

malte_brigge

So... why has BTC been dipping every single time?

AlberGro

Ive been saying for a while that BTC is not rare at all, there’s not 21 millions BTC, there’s 2.1 quadrillion BTC, you put the comma wherever you want. Money devaluation, stock splits, this happens all the time, the only reason it hasnt happened yet to BTzc is because pseudo scarcity is the only branch those maxisonkeys are all hanging for dear life. So 2.1 Quadrillion, if we were to split that evenly, each human would get 300000 BTC. If you were to count from 2.1 quadrillion to zero it would takes you back to the dinausaures, 65 millions years ago. BTC is just the chip of the 24/7/365 casino, nothing more nothing less.

reliable35

Sold most of my Crypto & bought NVDA & PLTR. Made BTC’s gains this cycle look pathetic. Although still holding BTC & a few Alts - for shits & giggles.

TestNet777

Retirement accounts are either offer a self directed account or they don’t. If they don’t, you can’t buy MSTR. You might be able to buy a BTC ETF if the plan has it as a pre-selected fund. Most don’t but some do. If the plan does offer self directed then you can buy anything you want including BTC ETFs or MSTR. So, there is no version of 401k that you can buy MSTR but not BTC ETFs.

anonymoususernamegay

You place the bet and collect. Then when bitcoin dips you use the original $50 plus whatever you made on the bet to buy actual BTC. Timing the market > time in the market. Always

Spirited_Wolverine

Store of Value is all you need to know. How many folks have a Van Gough or Mona Lisa hanging in their living room? Owning BTC says to the world - I have something of unique value - if I want to trade my Mona Lisa for a Playboy Mansion...for a moment in time my currency is a store of value - or object of affection. The issue with waving dollar bills for a Playboy Mansion...those dollar bills have shown to be a TERRIBLE SOV over the last 100 yrs. ♤♤♤♤♤ Suppose Heff after one of has 7 day parties hung ovah says to you, doesnt want your Mona Lisa painting but says you can have my Playboy Mansion for what ever dollar amount Sotheby's can auction your Mona Lisa! They auctioned off your Mona for 27Million(think Crypto Exchange). Heff who is old school is so happy to have 27Mil(minus Sotheby's 10% comm) but the minute the 24.3Mill hit his bank acct it continues to depreciate...the dollar which is in infinite supply lacks the ability to be a positive Store of Value. ♧♧♧♧♧♧ One who has a unique limited supply store of value asset need not worry whether or not if its utility is currency. There is ALWAYS a Sotheby's out there that will Exchange your Store of Value(BTC) for whatever lesser SOV the other person desires. If Heff had been smart he would have simply accepted your Mona Lisa(one of the highest SOV assets in the world)! When the point of focus is SOV the option to choose any currency you would like...its simple a matter of conversion. ◇◇◇◇◇◇◇ Key takeaway: he who possesses the object with the greatest SOV has the most degrees of freedom to convert to the same or lesser store of value i.e. currency...which is usually more liquid but horrendous SOV.....the currency question is a non issue.

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OhhhhBillly

.001 BTC

Other_Importance249

Wow. As of today 0.001 BTC is worth 79.5 EUR. I'd say BTC is already a resounding success.

OhhhhBillly

832,812 addresses hold 1-10 bitcoin, if you divide that into 4 then that means approx. 208,203 people hold 2.5 BTC. Who know how many of those people are actually on [bitcointalk.org](http://bitcointalk.org) or r/bitcoin, but I would imagine a lot of them are here.

M30MM100

Can you tell me what the price of BTC will be eoy?

stellarfirefly

The exact number is just a function of the starting reward level (50 BTC) and the granularity (100M sats/BTC). It is the approximate number of BTC that will end up existing once the halving reaches a point that one more halving will round to less than 1 sat, or something along those lines. I think the actual final number ended up being something like 20M minus 0.12 or thereabouts.

mjk1093

Those fees were a big turnoff for a lot of people, me included. In fact I sold almost all my ETH for BTC when I saw how high they were.

Proof_Resolve_602

Imagine he puts a million BTC into a wallet and deletes the private keys when he dies lol

Otherwise-Finding337

BTC doesn't close, fool.

nugymmer

Everything is fucking shit compared to BTC

Ghola_Mentat

Why IBIT? BTC (the Grayscale ETF) has the lowest fees.

nugymmer

Like most alts? Did you become a BTC maxi and learn that hardest of lessons? 

Knight925

Nice, thank you! This somewhat explains at least why he has chosen several million, with one consisting out of many fractions. So 21 million because if each one is worth 1 Dollar, it could work in a niche, as 21 million objects is enough for a bubble to use it. 100.000.000 because it is a lot of zeros and would still work with "ridiculous" prices like 100K Dollar pers BTC \*caugh caugh\* (: The amount of Satoshis still seems really random. Could just be 3 zeros more? Also 21 million could easily be 10 million, 42 million or 84 million without changing much. Do we have more information or is it just coincidence?

VariatCA

Highest 12-hour period of long/short volume since November 20-21st, starting around U.S. market open. In that time, they were basically completely balanced in volume, while BTC rose as much as +$4,500 and is still up $2,000 in that time. https://imgur.com/a/n5ZAReL There was some heavy-duty buying going on today, and still absolutely **relentless** short pressure that still doesn't want to give an inch.

nugymmer

You have nothing to worry about. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. You are one of the smartest folks in crypto. Only the smartest hold BTC.

longonbtc

You can't unless you have access to a service like Chainalysis and you don't. If you know what you are doing, then it doesn't matter if the coins have been "mixed". You can send those coins to another address five or so times. You will want to split them and send them to different addresses instead of just sending the full amount of coins from one address to another 5+ times. So if you have 1.5 BTC, then send a random amount to 2 or more addresses, then send random amounts from each of those addresses to 2 or more addresses, and do that 5 or more times. But if you really want to make sure you wont have any problems, then you can open some channels on the Lightning Network or perform a submarine swap to receive some bitcoin on the Lightning Network and then perform another submarine swap to get that bitcoin back on-chain or eventually close those lightning channels.

VariatCA

Welcome back; Eth's up +$500 and BTC's up $7,000 since your last post!

higher-steaks

retarded take really. when a company makes a bet on a sector, their success is very often outside of their control and there are many plausible scenarios where they do not survive. literally a meaningless argument that could apply to anything. also somebodies average purchase price for BTC doesn't qualify or disqualify them from being a genius, rather it really has very little to do with anything

harvested

Many such cases >In since early 2017. Hit some highs and some lows along the way, but never quit and ran my portfolio to $1.2m by Dec 2024. As as of current, my portfolio is worth almost nothing, and I owe the IRS ~25k. Altcoin season became extraction season, masked by BTC price action. I'm now in my early 30s with all of my assets completely wiped out. GG crypto, it was fun while it lasted.

FilmDazzling4703

For me I’m here because the system is broken. Especially since going off the gold standard. And I hope BTC has a shot at fixing it

Maxlum25

Speculation, technically BTC has already lost to XRP, because the powerful have already decided what the monetary system of the future will be and it will not be BTC

PeopleNose

Broke: isn't every living creature? Woke: BTC

tx_brandon

How much BTC did that ad cost?

TomtheMagician26

I'm still young so might as well take as much risk as possible now so I won't need to when I'm older. Also is it even risk? It's volatile in fiat but fiat is volatile in BTC so you could argue either way.

JustMortalSoul

Not post but Times Sq Ad of BTC lol

OneFrogArmy

What happens when quantum computing allows BTC to be infinitely divisible?

Rare_Rich6713

You can only make it if you don't put your life savings in, which will make you panic sell. I only invest what I can lose. And focus mostly on BTC, and you will be good. Also DCA into SUI too and maybe XMN.

JustMortalSoul

Is this why BTC hit 94k?

JustMortalSoul

Then what’s the point of holding BTC? With precious metals like Good it has many utilities like Jewelry, etc but BTC is just store of value in form of energy?

CherryRoutine9397

Honestly, I think most of them don’t even realise how much they’d be worth today. Back then, people treated BTC like a fun experiment, not something that would become a trillion dollar asset. Imagine buying a bit for a game server, forgetting about it, and waking up 15 years later, basically set for life. Crazy to think about how many wallets are just gone forever because nobody thought it would matter.

Leownx

BTC price likely to shake a bit down, I'll be ready to buy.

AusNormanYT

And they'll never see his BTC. Sure he'll pay a fine and oppos sorry. But he's coming out on top, as that was 2022 and BTC basically doubled in that time.

skyvin

Put a shirt on but yes 1 BTC = 1 BTC sir.

Easik

0.25 Rate cut, no rate cut in January, BTC will drop under $90k again, and data dependent / inflation risk buzz word.

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kironet996

Niice green dildos. Any reason? I see BTC dumped back below the resistance, ETH is still well above it so far. What are we thinking? Fake pump to bait longs or actual reversal?

Independent-Dog5311

Most noobs don't even bother to read the White Paper. And most normies can't even differentiate between BTC, Alts and shit coins.

These-Brick-7792

Shit is so mainstream now. Used to have to do to some sketchy ass foreign cex to but BTC. Wow

imfuckinglying2u

BTC can hold deez nuts, doesn't matter. We're still more than 25% down while stocks consistently go up.

JoviTheJukeboxx

Congrats! Next stop .21 BTC

bbatardo

You will probably get your chance in the 80's again lol. To people that don't think it could happen, that is just around a 10% dip from current prices. We are at a crossroad where I wouldn't be surprised if BTC hits 100k or 80k by the end of this week.

MatterFickle3184

They can keep their shit fiat. Precious metals and BTC are the way.

OG_TRADER68

exactly. pretty anyone who would have bought BTC at $80-100, would have probably jumped ship once it was in the 1000-2000 range. Ain't nothing wrong with 10-20 x return

Fear_Blind83

Exchanges set their own withdrawal fees, this is a fixed amount regardless of how much you are withdrawing. Kraken Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin Withdrawal Fee: 0.000015 BTC Withdrawal Minimum (including fee): 0.00022 BTC

thupkt

It's never a bad time to buy some BTC especially if you have zero

Arijan101

This comment makes zero sense and here's why: 1) If America ever buys BTC and starts accumulating in any meaningful way, a lot of other competing nations and other bad actors can dump their BTC intentionally to hurt the U.S. financially, so it's a huge liability and useless risk . 2) BTC along with all of crypto and Blockchain technology will be rendered useless by quantum computers in the near future. 3) The current administration is using crypto like a personal get rich quick scheme which raises tons of questions about future regulations.

greyham0707

A redditor tipped me $10 in BTC back in 2012. I remembered it a few years back and it paid for my Xmas gifts

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rechtim

They allocated $10 million to SBR, $5 million was invested into IBIT and it looks like they spent the other 5 on actual BTC

VariatCA

I've seen that dude post "So glad I bought BTC this morning" when markets opened green, then 45 minutes later after a dip write "So glad I sold all my BTC this morning." No way it's not just a current-sentiment karma farming bot.

Kie_ra

I sold my house to buy more BTC. We are not the same.

SeriousGains

You can sell short 5M BTC. Essentially the same thing, however I don’t recommend it.

TheGreatCryptopo

BTC got to hold at 93k for 24 hours. This is very very important. Very.

CulturalRealist

I was in the same boat and was part of the 21BTC club for quite some time. This bull run I sold some.

booyakasha_wagwaan

Texas, like every other state, holds treasury reserves in cash, bonds, equities, real estate, etc. [https://www.ttstc.org/about/](https://www.ttstc.org/about/) BTC is a nice addition to this, especially since Texas is a global leader in bitcoin mining.

VariatCA

BTC's up $3,000 from the morning, and this is still some of the highest 24 short-volume we've seen in weeks. Keep believing this isn't just leverage price-suppression though lol.