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AriesThef0x

Started buying towards the bottom of the market in of 22. Sold 1.2 at $115k and used it as a down payment for my first home. I was very fortunate to time both ends of the market extremely well. No regrets as saving for a home was the initial goal when I started buying BTC in the first place. When I first got in I fantasized about the price going up and selling it all to buy the home with no mortgage. However after a couple years of holding and learning more, I changed my outlook and knew selling it all was the wrong move. Now I’m in a position where I have a solid equity amount in my home, reasonable mortgage, and still hold a respectable stack in cold storage.

wesblog

I had around 40 BTC at one point. I'm down to 6 or 7 now. But I don't have regrets. I sold to buy a couple houses which both increased in value similar to BTC. Biggest regret is probably keeping 10 BTC on Celsius. But I guess it could be worse. I didn't store it all there.

indiamikezulu

There's a trading-pair -- BTC<>BTC Signet -- open on [Altquick.com](http://Altquick.com)

pezdal

10,000 BTC. No regrets. Best Pizza Ever!

DistributionOwn8708

TF you talking about. My stocks are outperforming BTC right now. I am waiting for the crash to at least 50k if not 30k

xxaripss

no he has 2B which is the cash reserve needed to pay the dividends on his preferred, he cant touch that to pay back the debt. As long as BTC appreciates by 2% a year his MNAV would be high enough that he can easily dilute stock to pay back the 8bn

Cptn_BenjaminWillard

Interesting to read. However, very little that we read is guaranteed. I can actually tell you with exact certainty where BTC will trade throughout May. Just ask me in June.

azdcaz

Watch STRC. If they get back to par and buy another 23,000 bitcoin in a week BTC will probably trend up.

_blockchainlife

A friend created a charitable organization, donated the BTC to it and got a great tax break. they can then use the BTC tax free within the charity including for paying the employee (them).

thats_classick

As long as it fulfills its purpose, who cares? It challenges the fundamental principle of self-interest in economics. 1 BTC is made up of 100 million sats, yet a sat will always remain a sat.

SouthernGoal4836

This is what BTC is for. I’m the type that will never sell for fiat but I’ll sell for things. At the end of the day we still need to buy things that make life worth living (vacations/homes/toys/experiences). But when I’m not needing money for things, I leave it invested in bitcoin for the long term. If I need something I’m not going to blink an eye in 30 years if getting my teeth fixed or going on a vacation costed me a million dollars.

Jimmy_Wrinkles

I've sold all my Eth, Sol and Cardano (luckily all for profit) but the BTC doesnt get touched unless I'm in some dire circumstance.

nicknice77

Originally bought 10 BTC at $300 each then sold at $1200 thinking I was a genius…also later sold 2 BTC at $20k ( was near ATH at the time) to invest into real estate …

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urcommunist

1 BTC

One-Chip9029

BTC as your savings account and SOL, hedera and bnb as your tech stock

Friendly-Win-2115

I think (assume) he means that buying pressure has felt weak for weeks. Price is going up, but it doesn’t really feel bullish because the move is so slow. That said, I’ve seen this many times before—not just on BTC charts. You get these breakouts that look like they could reverse hard at any moment because they seem so weak. But at the same time, these are actually pretty bullish candles. The pullbacks are so shallow that you can’t get good entries. You keep expecting a sharp drop that never comes. And before you know it, price is hitting new all-time highs. It’s both hilarious and frustrating to watch.

HedgehogGlad9505

BTC will also freefall when a whale decides to sell. So are we going to freeze all wallets with >10k coins too?

SilentDroid75

Similar here, was trading on paxful for years, built up some savings in BTC and dumped most of it in the bullrun in 2021

Easymacsauce

I timed the top of this cycle and reloaded up around $65-$68k. I got lucky and will never sell again. This allowed me to have more BTC than I thought I’d ever have. Only other time I sold was when my daughter was born so I could take a month off of work to take care of my family.

mandreko

I sold 15 BTC for $100 each to pay for 2 new GPUs for mining since my wife didn’t want me to buy them with USD. :(

PoisonWaffle3

I'm 2011 I mined about 5 BTC in a mining pool with my gaming PC, and sold 4 of them for about $10. I do *really* regret this. I found the remaining 1 BTC and change in 2019 and sold most of it in 2020/2021 to help with building a house, and I don't regret that at all. I still have 0.1 BTC left of it in a wallet, but have bought another whole coin since as well.

Extension_Ladder_135

I had 6 BTC, sold it all eventually. Payed of my home. Only have to work 160 days a year. So I bought freedom. Regrets? Nope

PeaceAgitated1978

Do like the reals richs, borrow against BTC, free cash to invest or spend not taxable. Then repay the debt through either working or capital gains allowing you to refinance the debt. Never borrow more than 5% of your stash and you're all set for being able to always repay the debt through capital revaluation. You can allow borrowing for more than 5% but watch your as s 😶 make sure yours calcs are fine tuned..

PeaceAgitated1978

Ultimately it depends where you live 🤔 even 0,5 BTC in Zimbabwe is a hell of a lot! And yeah.. at least being a full coiner in developed country is around what is a lot for me. It start there, and never ends if you're going to poorer and poorer countries.

Lavayo

But there are roughly 4 Billion pairs of balls. Thats 190 pairs per BTC, or even 380 Balls per BTC. Thats with all 21M BTC accountet for. So you see, I dont actually have a point.

dataCollector42069

SP500 and NASDAQ at ATHs... BTC not even at 80k

la-bella-confusione

Single-sig, passphrase, and never more than 1 BTC on a wallet. Yes, I know the BTC isn't on the wallet. But I cap it at 1 per. Trezor Safe 7 top recommendation.

MCL-Jonathan

I’m leaning towards a 🐻 🪤 Time like this, best way to deploy your capital will be via structured DCA! [$BTC bear market DCA playbook video -](https://youtu.be/JXvr49ECTuo)

Sarah_166_13

Tu te renseignes sur le BTC, sur ce que c’est et ce qu’il signifie et tu réponds toi même à cette question.

BosonCollider

BTC is still mostly useless for payments though, with that 7 transactions per second throughput worldwide

rmn_swiss

Good questions. Statistically speaking, most go to zero, no doubt about that. But there’s more than just $DOGE. Tokens like $BONK, $PEPE, and $PENGU have shown there’s room for outliers. That said, when it comes to memes, always take profits, leave a moonbag, and rotate gains into $BTC or your bank account.

phaceacid

BTC is like a train.

rmn_swiss

Why are you so bitter about memes, yet telling people to go all in on $BTC? It’s always about risk management, no matter the asset. You might allocate 0.1% of your portfolio to a meme, while going heavier on $BTC, but never all in.

Mantis-Prawn

Well, OP is a seabass, so he is fish. Thus he will own somewhere between 50 and 100 BTC.

Western-Source710

If buying via an ETF like IBIT, then you just use a margin loan through your brokerage. If you have actual BTC, I would imagine there would be some cold storage rule, plus the blockchain is public information so the bank could immediately see if the coins moved (if left in custody of the owner, not the lender), etc.

MoverWhoStacksSats

Bitstack sounds solid for Europe honestly — 0.99% with auto-withdrawal to cold storage is a clean setup. Most US options don’t even do the auto-withdrawal part. For US-based people in this thread: River is the closest equivalent. Low fees, BTC-only, and they have automatic withdrawal to your own wallet built in. Strike is great for instant purchases but you handle the withdrawal yourself. One thing worth adding to the DCA conversation that nobody talks about: DCA smooths out your entry price, but it doesn’t help you with the exit decision or knowing when conditions have shifted. Most people DCA in, then either panic sell in a crash or hold through a full cycle decline with no framework. The buy side is solved. The strategy side usually isn’t.

rmn_swiss

What are you talking about, bro? We can debate memes, but telling people to go all in on $BTC is just reckless.

Due_Statistician2604

Don’t even think about selling when you’re new, I first sold my BTC when I had been in the game for 5 years. I stayed invested through a 80% drop, I only sold at the beginning of this year and even then it was the last thing I wanted to do. I’m 150% going to buy back in this year Ive already put up my kidney on sale on the dark web to buy more 😆

MuXu96

So you know hot the first backbone works? You won't need to know how the BTC backbone works

rmn_swiss

Yeah, newbies are usually better off starting with $BTC, but memes are a lot more fun. It’s all about picking the right ones and managing risk.

Prestigious-Fudge152

Coinbase already has them, but they will get more common as time goes on. They are already accepting BTC deposits for mortgages

GamblinKe

🔴♂️ <repair 69 rover> ... Transfering BTC To Hub ... Transaction Complete ...

iwakan

>t won't be MSTR, it will be everyone holding STRC. It will be both. If/when STRC fails, MSTR loses all credibility. They will hardly be able to raise another cent from investors, which will likely force them to sell BTC at some point, which will trigger a death spiral tanking both MSTR stock and also BTC itself.

JuicedRacingTwitch

> It's a BIG bet on the idea that bitcoin will gain widespread adoption. So you're saying it has not happened? Like all these ETFs don't count for anything? Iran seeking BTC to cross the Strait of Hormuz? Or does none of that shit matter because only daily coffee purchases matter?

LOVER44OFLGBTLOVE194

BTC at $74k is boomer tech. SOL handling 41% of volume is the real alpha. L2 divergence is the move. 🥱📉

JuicedRacingTwitch

> I dont trust him, and why anyone would invest in this vs buying BTC makes little sense unless your legally restricted from trading crypto, or highly regarded. It's leveraged BTC that only requires a standard trading account. Not sure how you can be critical of something you don't really understand or maybe that's what the issue is.

RicoBelled

Only a fool would use a BTC ATM. The spread on any good exchange is quite low, and I;m not taking about paying tax on the sale, but having to keep track of a private sale that's not on-chain. Plus dealing with lots of cash etc. etc. Unless we're talking LARGE amounts of BTC, 2% is not even going to cover the gas to get to the place where you would MAKE the transaction. You want to have KYC free BTC, but your offer is insultingly low, not worth anyone's time.

Arbiter_89

For me it was a gradual thing. Like, I always understood that money's value is based on what our society agrees its worth, and I understood we had inflation, and I invested around that time, but didn't have a lot of conviction. But then I learned about the halving, and how that affected supply vs demand, effectively causing a supply shock every four years and I got more conviction. Then I saw some countries talking about adopting it either as their main currency or as a strategic reserve. The list goes on, but every once in a while I come across something that strengthens my belief in BTC.

ZucchiniDelicious789

There's no "normal amount." That's the wrong question. The right one is: how much can you buy every week without canceling your internet bill or skipping groceries. Or: what is the maximum loss you could bear after, say, a 70% fall in crypto price. $10? $100? $1000? Same question for the case of exchange fxxked up, when you will lose all your assets on it. Crypto beginners should have large portion of BTC in their portfolio, alt coins could bring higher profit, but also hgiher loss. BTW, consider the DCA strategy, buying in an asset with same amount of money every week/month, no matter where the price goes, time in the market and patience will reward you. Dream of getting rich overnight will kill you.

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warrior178

You sell on exchange you lose on spread. And still pay taxes. 2% is better than nothing. And if you want cash at BTC atm you’re losing 10%+

ZucchiniDelicious789

I do not believe I have to power to outperform trading algorithms developed by institutions that cost millions even billions of dollars. I do not see my edge in leveraged trading as those who could control the market can see my long/short orders. Thus, I just stay with the strategy DCA, no matter what the prices are, just put fixed amount of money on the projects I believe in (ADA, BTC, ETH, NIGHT) every week. Quick money may looks fascinating but kills. DCA should be the baseline techniques, traders may use DCA calculators, comparing the yield of their strategy against that of DCA's using the same period from first trade till now and quit trading (leveraged) if underperform DCA.

IndigoWafflez

Damn this gave me flashbacks I tried selling BTC on a p2p exchange a few years ago, and got sent fake deposit slips and released the funds under pressure despite not seeing anything pending. Rip.

Nomadictionnn

Bro this hit hard, I did the same exact dance in 2018-2019. Was so sure BTC would revisit $3k after the bottom that I missed the whole run from $4k to $14k. Kept setting limit orders lower and lower until I just gave up and bought spot at $11k feeling like a moron. The lesson I eventually learned the hard way is that BTC doesn't owe anyone a "fair" entry. Cycles don't care about your bid. What helped me last time was just splitting into chunks, DCA into spot weekly and keep a small bag on bitmex/binance for shorter setups when something looks technically obvious. At least that way you're never fully out and never fully ape'd in. The "I'll buy the dip" crowd in 2024 became the "I'll buy at 80k" crowd in 2025. Same psychology, different number.

lexicon_riot

You need enough people spending BTC regularly for that to happen

Dull-Arachnid6605

Congratulations mate. Remember to diversify your wealth. Don't put just in BTC only.

Dependent_Code7796

True but lower BTC-USD= more sats for me!

Needacupoficedtea

Half of ‘good short-term alt plays’ are just coins waiting for BTC to decide their personality.

Patient-Ordinary-359

It's the default, but don't be too loose here and think that it should apply to everything. You need to examine the cases more critically. It's most commonly applied to, and is relevant for, the compound growth scenario for a diversified portfolio i.e. the S&P index over a 5+yr period, for example. Assuming it that it applies to BTC, or even say individual arbitrary stocks is an unjustified leap.

Lantern_In_The_Fog

You can crypto through Fidelity, but it has restrictions, only authorized states are allowed to buy and sell select cryptocurrencies, primarily Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and the Fidelity Digital Dollar (FIDD).

knife3

Anyone thinking BTC is dead can kindly give me theirs.

SlowArtPlanet

Bro you’re overthinking it. BTC is your anchor SOL is your beta. Going 70% SOL sounds sexy until market sneezes and it nukes harder than BTC. If you wanna sleep lean heavier BTC. If you’re chasing upside tilt SOL but don’t go full degen. 50/50 is clean, 60 BTC / 40 SOL is safer. Anything above that in SOL and you’re basically saying I’m here for volatility

Objective-Choice6518

Always DCA, but also always keep some cash to get a huge dip If the dip never comes, don't FOMO, accept that you lost the rocket but you still DCA'd some... Just keep your cash on a conservative investment like trasures and wait for the next cycle  Being maximalist is stupid anyways. Having both BTC and cash is a good idea

didnt_hodl

so the trading 20% is basically gone. you will quickly lose that money and that will be the end of it now, of the accumulating 80% the BTC part might survive, the rest will be just losing to BTC long term simply plot ETH, SOL or any other shitcoin vs BTC over the last say 5 years and see what is happening long term you'd be better off placing 90% into BTC and do what you want with the remaining 10%, but mostly be prepared that it will lose to BTC

thisistheperfectname

I have no idea what BTC is going to do; for all I know, it crashes precipitously because of some exogenous factor and never comes back. Exponential growth is the default in the financial world, though. Every financial advisor bases their retirement models on it for a reason. It doesn't come from nowhere.

cashflashmil

If this is truly long term, I would not overweight SOL over BTC. Bitcoin is still the cleaner core holding. It has lower upside than SOL if the market gets euphoric again, but it also carries much less protocol, ecosystem, and narrative risk. SOL can outperform in a strong cycle, but it is the riskier asset, so making it the larger position only makes sense if you are fully comfortable with bigger drawdowns and higher volatility. If I were building a simple long-term split from what you described, I would lean closer to 60-70% BTC and 30-40% SOL inside the main bucket, not 50-50 and definitely not 70% SOL. That gives you exposure to upside through Solana without turning your long-term portfolio into a higher-beta bet. Also, be careful with the idea of “staking BTC.” Native BTC is not a staking asset. If someone is offering BTC yield, you are usually taking extra counterparty, wrapping, lending, or smart contract risk. That is very different from just holding Bitcoin. My view: keep BTC as the foundation, keep SOL as the growth piece, keep memes and random newer projects small enough that they cannot damage the portfolio, and do not over-diversify just to feel active. In crypto, simplicity usually ages better.

pezdal

The current block size can’t handle the millions of transactions per hour that the world currently performs. Also it takes on average 10 minutes for a block to confirm. It can be quicker at times, but also much much longer sometimes due to variance. Double-spending attacks are possible if merchants don’t wait for confirmations on Layer 1 (on-chain) transactions. Lightning and other Layer 2 networks solve this. So yes, the currency everyone uses could be Bitcoin as far as that’s concerned, just not on the base network. However BTC isn’t sufficiently stable yet. Merchants would have to change their prices a lot more. They would be lowering their prices, mostly, but customers want predictability. And, as I said, when Bitcoin is going up quickly, as it often does, Gresham’s Law will also have everyone choosing to spend fiat for as long as it remains an option.

Electrical_Chard3255

Its not religious fanatism, its a fact, bitcoin historically as always gone up, each progressive 4 year cycle is better than the previous and reaches higher highs, how is that fanatism ? .. its data analysis that comes to only one conclusion, the day we have a 4 year cycle that breaks that, will be the day that we all re-evaluate .. I buy, and have been since 2017 over the years, at highs and lows, and all my BTC is in profit, again thats a fact, If I bought at the 2025 high, in 4 years time that will either be lower or higher than the price in 2029, history says higher, so if you buy at the ATH in 2025, wait 4 years, then that buy will, or should if you believe the 4 year cycle, be worth far more than what you paid for it. Never a bad time to buy Bitcoin ..its a fact, not fanatism

maninas

6 BTC would allow me to retire today. For a long time that could even be forever.

riscten

Feeling proud and content? Ah, so 21M BTC?!

Winston_Sm

I have a price in my head. When it hits that, all BTC goes and happy days after

Flaky_Concentrate898

you have to be patient, but if you understand the ranges and signals you absolutely can profit off BTC pumps. and if you cant, you can just mirror someone else's trades

thisistheperfectname

Exponential =/= high. A savings account with a constant, low interest rate would grow exponentially. The early years of BTC having a CAGR over 100% followed a power law. I do agree that those days are gone.

thisistheperfectname

Struggling to think of how, other than it being broken or adoption reversing, BTC ends up with long run returns less than the GDP + fiat inflation + BTC deflation floor. What would cause that mechanically?

la-bella-confusione

Many people aspire to certain mathematical limits: 1 BTC, then 2.1 BTC, then 2.5 BTC. At 2.5 BTC you're in the top 0.6% of all holders globally. The other two put you in the top 1.6%. For lower amounts, same math applies, with .21 BTC being a special indicator..

FitCompetition1804

I’ve bought very small amounts of BTC in the past, after the prices falling this year, I’ve finally decided now is the time to take advantage of lower costs as this might be the last opportunity this year to enter at these prices going forward. I started learning about 4 year cycles and decided now is the time. Started buying in the low $70k range with some limit orders to start getting some skin in the game. Read about how this dip could go as low as the $30k range. Decided to start a daily DCA in February when BTC was in the $65-70k range to ensure I don’t miss the boat if it doesn’t fall, with staggered limit orders set starting in the $50k range and going down. If it does indeed dump to those levels sometime this year, that’s great as I’ll significantly increase my position. If not, at least I didn’t miss the boat and I will have a decent position with the daily DCA, which I plan to keep set for at least another 5-6 months. I won’t have as much BTC as I’d hope if it doesn’t dip as some expect, but I will also have enough with the daily DCA where I won’t feel similar remorse like you describe that you experienced last bear market in 2022.

phreaminz

If BTC rips everyone will probably make money. If the price does not move enough to keep paying out the dividends then they need to find a new source of income, or stop paying dividends. I dont trust him, and why anyone would invest in this vs buying BTC makes little sense unless your legally restricted from trading crypto, or highly regarded. What are the pros of investing in a company who just buys BTC vs buying it yourself.

HSuke

Increasing the dividend rate makes their cash run out faster. That's the part that seems a bit Ponzi-ish to me. It only makes sense if BTC is rising, but eventually the BTC price falls, and they've already out higher dividends to offset the BTC price gain. I don't think this method will survive in the long run. They will need to keep finding new sources of cash to pay for it.

HSuke

That works only if he has enough cash buffer. Like I said, this works best when BTC is trading in a small range. But even then, Microstrategy is slowly bleeding out paying dividends. Try to imagine what happens in the long run if they do this for a decade.

HSuke

Loans at 0% interest rates still need to have their basis paid back. He actually only has about $1.5-2B in cash, which is far less than the $8B in loans. They would need to sell MSTR since he refuses to sell BTC.

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Infinite_Switch1412

Never enough for me I just keep buying more and more 😅. Tbh it depends how much $ you have got. Put in as much as you can afford and then if you wanted you can just keep adding each: day, week, or month. Over the long haul I'd say 1 BTC is gunna start getting more out of reach for people so it's only going to get harder to stack sats

Deep_Decision4441

A lot of people here (reasonably!) think this is a pyramid scheme. I see it slightly differently - It's a BIG bet on the idea that bitcoin will gain widespread adoption. This bet absolutely could fail and MSTR + holders would be big losers. I think most folks who buy STRC/MSTR actually know this and are betting on a similar future. I think Saylor is making this bet, believing it will play out as he expects but understanding that there's a chance it won't. Note: I do not hold STRC, but I've been considering it. I likely will choose to just buy BTC instead, but I find his play interesting and worth investigating.

Obtusk22

Hmm, your gut is right for where you're at. Derivatives aren't the future of crypto, they're just a tool that exists, and 95% of people who touch them lose money. I lost $4k in my first month trying 25x longs on Bitmex back in 2019 because some Youtuber made it look easy, took me a year to make that back. Shorting BTC isn't dumb btw, it's just risky. Sometimes the chart screams "this is going down" and being able to actually act on that is useful. But that's a skill, not a beginner move. If you're new just stick to spot, learn how the market actually moves first. The leverage stuff will still be there in 2 years when you actually know what you're doing, and by then you'll have the discipline to not blow your account in a week.

OkProject2361

I recently hit one “fulll BTC. .66 in cold storage, the rest in BTC ETFs in my taxable brokerage, HSA, ROTH IRA and rollover IRA. I wish I hadn’t bought for my taxable, but I was excited and bought the day $FBTC started trading. I now just do $50 every Monday on River.

isofakingwetoddid

Buy and hold. If you want to DCA just set up a dollar amount to put into BTC every week or two weeks or every month. If you’re new, recommend taking the more traditional approach by just dumping money in and leaving it just like the stock market. Check on it every couple of weeks. It’s too volatile to sit there all day and look at the charts

isofakingwetoddid

Fully expect it to drop again. I was expecting the whole market to explode at the end of last year like it did back in October of 2021. Been holding since August 2024. Not sure what’s gonna happen but I’m holding on for the ride!! Let’s see what 2026 has in store for BTC

justcurious3287

Never worry about the price of BTC. Just keep buying and holding. That’s it.

phaceacid

I keep buying. BTC for me its not anymore just investment but a real opportunity to privacy and freedom. BTC is future.

deviapto

It depends. If it's on Binance, I would even get rid of 0.01BTC. If it's self-custody, it's another level.

Salt-String1151

0.1 BTC will be satisfying enough for the long-term future

gtwooh

Statements like this show your lack of understanding of the subject outside of incendiary headlines. Already there is BIP-360 (Pay-to-Merkle-Root) on BTQ Bitcoin Quantum testnet; post-quantum signatures (e.g., NIST ML-DSA, SPHINCS+) on Blockstream Liquid sidechain. And if you just hold and have not spent your BTC you’ve never exposed your public keys and thus are not currently at risk. But thanks for spreading FUD

Any-Huckleberry2593

Currency change and domination is not easy. Wars have been fought in the past for this domination. For USD to continue to dominate, they may annex BTC to it, that too to keep USD as the king maker. If not, US will likely continue to protect dallarking. Crypto is being used as underworld and being played to fluctuate, at this point. The retailers may get lucky but the deep pockets are lining up their pockets. Nothing new.. read history..

alexlovesbitcoin

don’t listen to this guy. fear is completely natural feeling when you’re first starting to invest in anything. it’s completely normal. it’s your hard earned money, and watching it not be net positive is an ugly sight. but here’s what i’ll tell you. I slowly started DCAing in from the 2021 draw down. from 60Kish all the way down to 15K. I was negative for a long time. but I kept building a position, and honestly it was shitty feeling, but as i kept learning about bitcoin, i understood that this was gonna print one day. You have to get used to it being red, and you have to change your outlook on red days. red days aren’t bad days if you’re in the game for the long term. the red days are GOOD days. over a period of time you’ll discover what and when you’re comfortable throwing more money in. I’m all in on it, and my average cost is much lower than today’s price. You may not get in the pricing i was in, but you can build today’s price as yours. BTC in the future is only set to grow much larger than what it is today.

Logical_Lemming

1) Very few people have pensions anymore 2) The first example they give is a pension fund doubling its money by investing in Bitcoin 3) I agree a 10% allo in BTC is high for a pension fund, but Florida's policy is UP TO 10% - doesn't mean they will actually invest that much.

devCheckingIn

That's because people invest in the S&P long term -- "up and to the right". Whereas BTC "investment" is based on gaming the "cycle".

WittyElevator4579

What does crypto do? BTC? Nothing? Ok let’s invest!

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Real-Technician831

Buy Euros you mean. BTC gains shrink when paired with actual currency.