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Livid_Yam

Texas better up their power grid if they want to fully embrace BTC

_Piratical_

So… Texas didn’t buy BTC but a promissory note to buy BTC. Ok.

avidfan123

Bitcoin's stability compared to the rest of crypto is exactly why it dominates casino deposits and withdrawals. Most crypto casinos support 10-20 different coins, but BTC still handles like 60%+ of transaction volume. From the operator side, platforms like SOFTSWISS that power crypto casinos support Bitcoin alongside 20+ other cryptos, but BTC is always the anchor. It's the one coin that has deep enough liquidity and reliability that casinos can actually hold reserves in it without worrying about waking up to a -40% day. The irony is Bitcoin was supposed to be P2P cash, but now its best real-world use case is moving money in and out of online casinos lol. Fast, pseudonymous, and widely accepted. Not the revolution people imagined but hey, it works.

wdf_classic

it's called Cash Create. BlackRock is legally obligated to sell the BTC the moment the retail trader wants to cash out. It's not like they can hold the BTC in their portfolio and give the client the current BTC price in exchange, the government forces the process. Works in reverse aswell.

iamjide91

Wild week for BTC, but all this volatility just reminds me why I keep looking at real utility plays. While macro drives the chart swings, builders keep building. AIOZ is one of the few actually expanding its AI layer regardless of Fed drama. LOL.

DryMyBottom

and they will continue selling BTC if people continue to sell their etf

jb_in_jpn

Any different, as it effects BTC, at the end of the day? It means people are selling, expecting this is little more than a dead cat bounce.

DryMyBottom

how long do you think the BTC crabbing will last around $87k before the next interesting move?

Mountaingoat2025

Crypto is too volatile to be used consistently to make purchases. You except $50,000 of BTC for a car and the next day it’s worth $40,000. If it ever becomes as stable as mainstream currency then no one will buy it just to speculate.

PandaEatPeople

Can someone explain the benefits of investing in MSTR over just simply buying BTC? Is it because there is a en element of less risk with MSTR?

NHLBigFan

Does it affect BTC price?

AlexMac96

JPM trying to lower the price of BTC so it can load up then it will allow BTC treasuries again so the price can skyrocket

OkYouth3690

After the creation of the car, here is what Kaiser Willhelm II said: “I believe in the horse; the automobile is a temporary phenomenon.” — Kaiser Wilhelm II Maybe crypto is simply not advanced enough to be used in an everyday scenario. That doesn't mean it won't be in the future. BTC needs quite a long time for confirmation, which makes it unusable for instant paying. But there are coins that make it possible. (e.g. Kaspa)

OkSeries5363

That’s not the issue, they simple treat what happens inside Monero as blackbox they don't need to know the balances inside Monero to trace? The vulnerability isn't the holding or transfering Monero, it’s the entry and the exit. Unless you are mining Monero yourself and spending it directly on goods with a vendor who never cashes out, you eventually have to interact with the visible financial system. They don't need to decrypt the Monero blockchain to catch you. They simply see a withdrawal from A and a corresponding deposit at B shortly after. The volume + time correlation creates a statistical link that is strong enough for a subpoena. Another problem is liquidity constraints, for hiding large sums Monero creates issues, and pealing creates a strong temporal fingerprint. Lichtenstein (the Bitfinex hacker) wrote a bot to automate thousands of small transactions over several years. Because he had to break the funds down to swap them, he created a massive Breaking 120000 BTC into thousands of micro transactions. They didn't do this just for fun, they had to do it because of liquidity constraints on swap services. That necessity created a giant repeating, automated visible pattern on the blockchain. The FBI didn't crack Monero, they just watched the 'Peel Chain' feed into the black box and watched the consolidated funds come out the other side. The volume matched perfectly. ​The privacy of the coin doesn't matter if the flow of value creates a visible bridge. You admitted tumblers are risky, without realising swaping XMR to BTC behaves exactly like a tumbler from an outside perspective.

the_nin_collector

Lmfao. You act like defi and crypto are you only options. Every heard of the S&P 500? My mutual funds aren't far behind my BTC and ETC and I've been in the game since 2017. Seriously. Get your self a "make a million calculator" and see for your self. You can make a million dollars by investing 5000 a year in the typical tech heavy mutual fund. I know. Easier said than done. I haven't invested a cent in two years thanks to life happening. But yeah. Your post is kinda silly and sad and this is why we need to teach basic finance to people in high school.

Regular_Following653

possible — but far from certain. BTC at 50–70k? Absolutely within the realm of outcomes if macro liquidity and demand align. ‘This time is different’ is a risky bet, plan for both upside and downside.

Inevitable_Air8460

Looping loans on Ledn to buy more BTC and lower your LTV is possible. Just keep an eye on their rules and your risk. I’d stay under 30% LTV and remember fees and taxes. Volatility can still hit hard. If you’re comparing options, borrowsatsterminaldotcom lending site is another one. What kind of buffer are you planning?

50sat

>Many like which ones? When did BTC or ETH node owners/miners had to do something like this? Any times this year? 7 times for bitcoin ETH only once with a second maybe before end of year. > why not just be honest and not say it was fixed automatically when clearly manual intervention was needed This is the nature of reddit. I didn't say that.

maffeziy

[CoinSwitch](https://coinswitch.co/) is probably your fastest option. UPI deposits reflect instantly, and you can buy BTC in a few taps. It’s regulated, simple, and settles everything directly in INR.

First_Rule6028

HODL, you didn't lose anything! BTC is long-term! Big $$$ flushing out all the little fish!

Simke11

And its still further from ATH than BTC, and not even counting the fact that it barely set one.

VariatCA

Days like today show why BTC tends to have consecutive +3-5% days during prior periods of momentum reversal. Even with another green day for stocks, the Nikkei being up tonight and Futures looking positive, there was still over **$3 Billion** more fresh Short-position volume opened than Long-positions in the last 24 hours. They keep greedily piling on trying to hold it down, but when market sentiment continues to trend upwards, those shorts turn it into a powder keg.

KipAndrew

honestly if losing value scares you maybe just dca 5-10% of your portfolio into BTC/ETH. Even if you ride the dip down, you're just improving your DCA for when it bounces. Maybe add one or two alts later once you understand what you're holding. NFA. DYOR.

Thecasasciusdealer

Thank you so much!! You are a life saver. I accidentally put the price for the 1 BTC version.

Thecasasciusdealer

It’s like a cold wallet containing 1BTC in physical currency format. There’s a sticker with a private key under it located on the coin.

AgentSmith2077

Are you sure that you only want $92K for that. It contains 5 BTC worth $438K [https://casasciustracker.com/?search=1CMTSwJP](https://casasciustracker.com/?search=1CMTSwJP)

longonbtc

That's right, shares of a spot bitcoin ETF are not the same thing as actual BTC. A spot bitcoin ETF is legally structured as a grantor trust that holds actual BTC on behalf of the shareholders and each share represents direct beneficial ownership in the underlying BTC. When you own shares of a spot bitcoin ETF, you can benefit from bitcoin's increasing value but you don't actually own any BTC. You own shares of a spot bitcoin ETF that represent direct beneficial ownership in the underlying BTC that the ETF holds. When you own actual BTC, you can send some BTC to someone else. You can't send shares of a spot bitcoin ETF to someone else. When you own actual BTC, you can use BTC to purchase something. You can't purchase anything with shares of a bitcoin ETF. The government cannot seize your BTC as long as you securely store your private keys. Your spot bitcoin ETF shares can be seized by the government. If you buy BTC directly from someone else (peer-to-peer), then you own that BTC without the government knowing that you own it. You cannot own shares of a spot bitcoin ETF without the government knowing that you own it.

OkSeries5363

I think you are confused by heuristic analysis. Time delay is irrelevant, and splitting doesn't help. The Bitfinex case is a textbook example of why splitting funds, commonly called fragmentation failed against modern forensics. ​Regarding breaking transactions down. This solved with the classic subset sum problem. Breaking 1 BTC into 0.1, 0.29, and 0.17 doesn't break the trace, it just changes the math. Algorithms are designed to solve the subset sum problem. They scan the blockchain looking for outputs that mathematically sum up to specific inputs,  ​If 1 BTC enters a mixer, and over the next 12 hours, or even 12 months a cluster of new wallets receives amounts that total exactly 0.99 BTC, the algorithm flags that cluster as the destination. The fragmentation actually provides more data points for correlation, not fewer. ​Regarding only logs matter this also very dangerous, you don't need server logs to deanonymize a mixer, you just need to participate in it! Its called a sybil attack. ​Forensics firms like Chainalysis flood liquidity pools and mixers with their own clean coins. If a mixing round has 10 participants, and the forensics firm owns 7 of those inputs, they can instantly identify the flow of the remaining 3 participants by process of elimination. No warrant or server seizure required. The blockchain is permanent, a 12 hour delay is irrelevant to an analyst looking at the data a month later.  ​I think the strongest point here is the Sybil Attack. Most people assume mixers are populated by other privacy advocates. In reality they are also massively populated by bots owned by compliance firms mapping the network. Plus dusting attacks combined alongside these methods to identify wallets after they leave a mixer and have been very effective and efficient.

Sonster111

honestly most people (including me) overthink this just do like 60-70% majors and then pick 2-3 things you want to take a chance on. check them once a week, not every hour. I hold BTC, ETH, SOL, SEI, and NEAR right now. that's it. might add one more if something interesting pops up but trying (and failing still) not to overdo it

Thecasasciusdealer

Indeed, but with this you’ll also get 1BTC and “History”. 😆

GarrettJohnson1984

stop trying to pick winners. just DCA into a group of tokens you pick and stick to that. BTC, ETH should be the main bags. Put like 30% aside for some other bets you want to take a chance on.

Notrustjustverify

Bro I can get 1 BTC with that money 💀

panthera_N

ETH depreciates against BTC by about -10% per year, I guess your ETH staking return must be high, maybe 20% 🤣

dontchknow

I also had left over BTC from the silk road. I sold those at 6k. Bought and sold lots since then. Should have just keep them ALL

GarrettJohnson1984

If you're skeptical, but still want to get in, might be worth DCAing instead of lump sum. Even if you have a lump sum to put in, DCA lets you average the cost of the investment, and you can add more each month based on your risk appetite. About Trump... yeah the whole "be your own bank" narrative gets messy when the president can tweet and personally fuck up your bag, but ultimately governments and media have always influenced anything we invest in, thats just the game. For alts, I'd maybe wait til you're comfortable with BTC/ETH.

Ok_Golf_6467

BTC to 150,000

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Superjointron82

I need to find a new place to put my tiny bit of savings. I'm literally losing money by the day at this rate. Hopefully BTC goes down even lower so I can buy more and you can just think of this as like a black Friday sale...lol.

MakCapital

Trump has been insanely bullish for the crypto industry. We went from "Touch Web3 and go to jail or get buried in lawsuits" to "Everything gets tokenized & Bitcoin is a reserve asset of the US". You couldn't have a more crypto bullish administration. All Trump appointed US regulators are now also crypto bulls. Hence why the US war on crypto ended. Fantastic. Also, if you believe Trump is bad global stability this would be bullish for Bitcoin. Global instability is what Bitcoin is designed for. BTC dropped because there was more net selling than buying. Simple. Hard assets go up. Sellers step in to take profits. Gold recently added 15 trillion dollars to its MC. There's a ton of fcking money moving markets. The wealthy move markets and they are not short on capital. That doesn't mean they felt Bitcoin was worth buying at 125k at that moment. They obviously sold, but the capital returns when people feel fair value is hit.

airestotle092

Somebody can be a “analysis BTC chart” for 50 years and they still wouldnt know fuck all

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heisenbrod

“Fallen like a star from the sky” 😂 tell me you’re new to BTC without telling me you’re new to BTC. Just hold on, the star will go back up into the sky.

Open_Bluebird_6902

Ahahah 😂😂😂 another idiotic Bot generated post stupidly trying to create some hype while BTC is sinking towards his target at 60k

Inevitable-Essay6446

Man you don’t need all this, BTC in 5 years time will be a game changer again for the long term holders and you will be in regret if you don’t hold some.

forestcall

**Stupid question:** My parents purchased a $300k+ in ETF and my Mom is freaking out wanting to sell it and move it to BTC. Part of the issue is they are in Costa Rica and I am in Japan (were American). I have been too busy with my day job coding to pay attention lately to crypto anything. I used to do web work for BTC back when BTC was in the $100 range and so my family think I am some Crypto guru which I am clearly not. I also helped my Japanese family buy a lot of BTC when it was around $4000 a few yrs back. So thats my experience. **QUESTION:** 1. Should my parents sell ETF-BTC now? I am planning to buy them BTC and move it to cold storage metal seed stamps and just forget about it. Thank you!!!!!

levelup1by1

Quit crypto, buy BTC

Major-Rabbit1252

First time? You’re not averaging down when you’re expecting the price to increase long term. Unless you bought BTC like 3 months ago then you’ve profited if you’ve held the asset. Fear is when you should be buying. When you hear dramatic and exaggerated hyperbole like “retail has lost all hope 🥀” then you amp up your DCA and discount stack. BTC will eclipse a new ATH in the future, so miss me with the “averaging down” stuff

maxintos

Many like which ones? When did BTC or ETH node owners/miners had to do something like this? Any times this year? Also even if it's the principle of the network and you have good reasons for why it's done, why not just be honest and not say it was fixed automatically when clearly manual intervention was needed?

Carbuncle2024

No worries..Whale is BTC for wook. 😎

Major-Rabbit1252

Use can be all encompassing. You can using something for good, something for bad, or just use it bc its status quo. This is not a good rebuttal to the argument “it has uses” “Yeah but those uses are for bad guys!” Ok? And? That’s true and untrue. If I use a decentralized digital token as a medium of exchange instead of fiat bc I want P2P payments and I want to avoid wait times. It’s my labor and my earnings, I want control over it. We’ve accepted the status quo and some people want to **use** a currency that differs from fiat. That’s a use unequivocally. Do bad guys use it? Yeah man, no shit. Anything and everything will be abused in life. That’s life 101. That doesn’t mean that something can’t be used for its intended purpose. Fiat has bloody dripping off of every dollar That’s just BTC. Assuming that all crypto falls into the “currency” ballpark is silly (don’t want to assume so just in case you think this). There’s your garbage pump and dump “Trump Tuah Fart Coin” or whatever the fuck, but most of the coins that people are buying are **utility coins**. I think the mere Websters dictionary definition of “utility” would tear your argument down a peg

wayfaire

Did you just hold? It sounds like a man paying for a movie ticket, sitting down, it was quiet, it got busy, second act of the movie upset him, and he’s too embarrassed to leave. You saw many coming and going, but you kept pretending to eat your empty box popcorn: Story checks out, you were there; all those years. If you expected 2021 alts to perform the same, then, obviously not. I think BTC and select coins have a future. I think the price today may be less or more tomorrow. I think the price you can buy them today will be a good investment in 2+ years.

VariatCA

It's hardly even "selling" in the traditional sense keeping BTC flat today. Perhaps at market-open when it dropped and bounced back, presumably by another day of ETF outflows at the opening as we've seen for weeks. But over the last few hours (for instance) you can view in real-time the hundreds of millions of dollars in Shorts that pile on when BTC so much as goes a couple hundred dollars up in price. The coordination and systematic price suppression these last few weeks/months have been astounding.

Ill_Bee6659

These Blackrock dipshits... this is almost like a win win for the long term Bitcoin people. They should have understood from the beginning that you need to keep your money in at least 3-4 years, and expect big 30-50% draw downs. It looks like the banks are playing games anyway, and if this drives the price of BTC down, great... take it down to scorched earth so I can gobble up as much as possible! I'll continue to collateralize my loans and borrowing.

darkdemon991

Nibba i'll buy a Lamborghini tomorrow if BTC hit 1 billion tomorrow

theincognito66

They want you to think a bear market is happening to get small hands to sell their coin. Everyone should know there's only going to be 21 million coins, many millions are inaccessible or lost forever... There's more than 21 million millionaires on Earth... if every millionaire or billionaire wanted to buy 1 BTC each, they wouldn't be able to. Hold onto what you've got - there will come a day where everyone wants some, but they can't get any.

HSuke

It was BOTH on-chain AND off-chain, which is why it's considered a true double-spend. 1. Merchant OKPAY receives a deposit from the customer on the v0.8 chain. 2. The accepts the deposit and credits the customer on his BTC-e account off-chain 3. Miners 51% attack Bitcoin, and the v0.7 chain becomes the longest chain, invalidating a total of 11914 transactions from the 0.8 chain 4. Customer re-uses the same UTXO on the v0.7 chain that was already used to for the OKPAY deposit, committing a double-spend on-chain that was already also used off-chain. ------------------ There may have been many more on-chain-only double-spends. But these types of on-chain-only double-spends usually don't do any damage unless their v0.8 transaction was off-ramped through an exchange, merchant, or bridge. 270 out of 11914 (2.26%) transactions from the 0.8 chain were identified as potential on-chain double-spends because their input UTXOs hadn't yet been used on the 0.7 chain. I'm sure plenty of the input UTXOs of the 270 transactions were eventually reused, leading to on-chain-only double-spends.

SilverKing006

....and in 2 years after the FED prints 12 trillion, and Bitcoin is 1 million....you will be crying. You didn't buy, and JPM will be happy to sell you BTC for a 1 million per coin ....hahaha

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hairyotter

If you’re quitting, can I get your BTC

Substantial-Seat5641

BTC will hit 300k in the next 2 yrs though!

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Sharp_Detective34

By god do I want to buy a lot of BTC but my financial position won’t let me for another 2 weeks and I fear it’ll go up by then

mrbourgs

BTC is socially considered a safe place to put your money. Thats essential. Then, it has 10 years of solid proof of gains. Thats essential. So now, as investment firms are constantly looking for places to put their money in, BTC is just another one of them. Yes commodities such as wood, gold, water, grain, houses, etc.. have very defined applications, but so does BTC as a store of value and you can spend it more easily than you would with most commodities. Plus, It adopted worldwide, so if your country currency goes to sh*t, you’re protected much more than with any other commodities. That goes to say, BTC is much more comparable to fiat than a commodities, but also act as one. We have to keep in mind it a new technology/era, so you can’t compare it at 100% to other things. Also, It unfair to compare it to anything else as fiat isn’t tied to gold anymore and stocks are overpriced by a gazillions on projected outcome in gazillions years. Everything has become lala land. The “leaders” or richest people in the world knew this would happen and some are acting on this, as why we see them buying so many ressources, such as land, farms, hydro, etc.. but thats another discussion….. At the end of the day crypto is just another market/tool to make money with and god knows human loooove one of those! Lol

MagixTouch

For the 100 millionth time. Blackrock does not own the BTC. They buy it on behalf of their clients.

EarningsPal

Many geniuses and prominent people said BTC was valueless from $1 to $100,000

Sandharbor

What’s the point? I mean he’s right even the “legit” coins we are all basically trading coins with CEO’s at this point. There basically just unregistered stocks themselves, without needing to be audited, or file financial data, have the ability to dilute whenever they want. They can migrate tokens at will and come up with brand new tokenomics in the process.  I’m not leaving but the most profitable narrative in crypto is defi. But they act like banks and how can they really reward the token holders other than staking rewards or buying back and burning without being deemed an illegal security.  Our crypto friendly president who could’ve done something came in with his crypto friendly idea basically launching slow rugs. His coins look like any other rugged coin.  Google Ben.eth and his coin “Psyop” you could trade that chart and Trump coin chart, it looks exactly the same. Crypto stocks outperformed almost everything. IMO the safest play for crypto other than BTC is probably COIN stock and it did outperform from its market bottom, it plays every facet of the market; exchange, layer 2, crypto treasury, coin base ventures, profits off aerodrome dex, has real earnings, can’t dilute us to crap. 

Dangerous_Walk9239

I mean 0.1 BTC could be worth $100,000 if BTC goes past 1 million…. Maybe not enough to retire but I’m sure whatever you invested to get 0.1 btc will grow a lot faster than if you invested in the s&p500

RiddleMe123

Assume: BTC price is going down MSTR used debt to buy BTC … Do you get it, yet? BTC doesn’t have to goto zero. Just needs to stay in the red long enough relative to MSTR purchase price of BTC. Like a margin call.

Open_Bluebird_6902

another idiotic Bot generated post stupidly trying to create some hype 😂😂 it’s obvious even in this days people buy everything but BTC

Least-Telephone-5959

I believe that borrowing against BTC is a great tool if used wisely.

Background_City2987

are we rly gonna be buying bread in 10 years with 0.000000001 BTC?

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word-dragon

Sounds right. My advice is leave it on the exchange until you have a million sats (0.01 BTC) or more, then send that. You don’t own any UTXOs in the exchange and it will generally go out as one UTXO. If you are uncomfortable leaving 0.01, do 0.005. I usually do it every 4-6 months.

manageablemanatee

It's only a matter of time, before the flippening happens. BTC's huge energy consumption combined with exponentially decreasing block subsidy means it's more or less inevitable. There are three main limits it can run up against, and only time will tell which will be the main one: Regulatory, Physical or Capital. In other words, government intervention, energy availability or money inflows.

ProfessionalNaive601

Historical support was at 80k, Support at 80k has held. Everyone is hyping a rally before EOY but I’m bearish, probably a more healthy growth cycle over the next year. OR gdp report comes back shit and we are in a recession and BTC go brrrr

WenaChoro

it depends, if you didnt leverage then you bought well, as 90K is a reasonable, non emotional point of entry. The bottom is still not done because too many retail people are trying to long and all of them need to be killed first. BTC has already proven If you were trying to pinpoint the exact entry point then you are delusional and its a good thing you didnt got it right as if you actually did a good long that would bite you later when you will try again, because you would think you are good at trading.

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tldr; Bitcoin is trading below $88,000 as traders prepare for a $14 billion BTC options expiry on Friday, which could favor neutral-to-bearish outcomes. Most call options are set above $91,000, making them likely to expire worthless if prices remain near current levels. Despite a 23% price drop over 30 days, traders have added year-end call options near $100,000, showing persistent bullish sentiment. Economic concerns, including weak US employment data and declining consumer confidence, are influencing market sentiment, though potential Federal Reserve stimulus could impact future trends. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

Opposite_Cold8616

So... 1 BTC can be more that 1 BTC

Notrustjustverify

Centralized structures never prevail in the long run. Banks are dying and BTC will take over, hard money always wins. Every fiat currency has died in the past and it always will because it is easy to print and no limited supply.  BTC is the hardest money known to humanity and as per game theory as well it is the death of fiat.

Muddy-Waterz

Pick two or three baskets !!! Stock market and BTC would be perfect

RocksteK

If you hold for more than a year, you pay (United States) 10-15 % tax. So it is worth it for me. Buy BTC at an average entry of $30k/BTC and sell for $100k+/BTC. For example, you sell $5k of BTC that you paid $1,750 for, then that’s $3,250 profit and you pay no more than $487 in tax. You just pocketed $2,763. It would be great if there was no tax, but that isn’t my reality.

Lacklusterspew23

Considering the voodoo math of blackrock and others, buying BTC through an etf does not have the same effect on the price of BTC. I'd bet dollars to donuts some ETFs are selling Fake BTC and never buying the underlying, but just adjusting their "short" spreadsheet, i.e., market manipulation.

Alive-Tangelo-3332

Guess it depends what you mean by financial freedom. Safety net to quit your job and be unemployed for a while? Sure. Retire early? Unlikely. Bitcoin going to a million or two would still be far from enough to retire on if you only own 0.1 BTC.

DullLimit5629

Buy BTC then short it. Win-win.

JustStopppingBye

How do you think Ethereum functioned at $4000 or BTC at 100K?

CasualRedditObserver

At a high level, it's probably correct enough. Some things to keep in mind though: 1. Each purchase at Coinbase is going to have an exchange fee. So if you send £100 to Coinbase, you'll end up with a bit less than £100 worth of BTC at the time of the purchase. 2. When you send to your wallet, Coinbase will probably charge you a transaction fee. So, you'll end up with even less BTC in your UTXO than you had at Coinbase. 3. When you send back to Coinbase, the transaction fee you'll pay will be an amount of BTC. So, if the value of BTC is ten times higher, that fee may be ten times higher as measured in equivalent amount of £. 4. When you exchange BTC for £ at Coinbase, they'll likely charge you another exchange fee, further reducing the amount of £ you'll get. 5. After the exchange, in some jurisdictions, Coinbase may charge you a fee for the transfer to your bank account. 6. After all that is done, again depending on your jurisdiction, there's a pretty good chance you'll owe taxes on any gains you experienced. If you experienced a LOT of gains, you could find yourself exposed to new taxes, fees, or effects you haven't had to deal with in the past (for example in the U.S. there's a higher capital gains tax rate if you exceed a threshold, and a NIIT tax at another threshold, as well as potential effects on IRMAA for those on Medicare).

TherealCarbunc

after that texas news i have a feeling we'll see a rally but who knows. DCA BTC with house money, don't panick and wait for new highs

OkSeries5363

Authorities often treat privacy tools, like mixers, coinjoins and Monero transactions as a black box. They don't need to see what happens inside the box, they just look at what went in and what came out. If you send 0.5 BTC into Monero, and 0.49 BTC appears at a destination wallet 2 hours later, heuristic algorithms flag that as a match with high probability. They don't need mathematical certainty to freeze funds or subpoena an exchange, they just need probable cause based on statistical likelihood. There are plenty of documented cases where people used highly sophisticated swapping methods, chain hopping, mixers, and privacy coins, but were caught simply because the math didn't add up. Plenty of darknet vendors, even the bitfinex launderers. They used thousands of complex transactions and moved funds through Monero. The FBI didn't need to crack Monero to catch them, they simply watched the consolidation of funds. When the hackers eventually tried to move similar volumes back into accessible wallets, the heuristics matched the inputs to the outputs. They traced the flow, not the coin. The take down of darknet marketplaces like AlphaBay and Hydra resulted in the arrest of numerous vendors and prolific buyers. While these individuals almost universally used a combination of Tor for access and cryptocurrency mixers for payment, investigators have successfully deanonymized them. That NCA officer was caught stealing silk road 2.0 assets during the investigation. To cover his tracks, he sent the stolen funds through Bitcoin Fog, despite this attempt to launder the cryptocurrency, investigators with the help of blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis, were able to trace the complete flow of the funds.

Jemtex

I don't know though. Most that have any of BTC and sell out, can never buy back in. So you left with more and more hard core holders with most of the BTC

JohnnyUtahThumbsUp

It varies.  Sometimes BTC is correlated and sometimes it is not. https://www.theblock.co/data/crypto-markets/prices/btc-pearson-correlation-30d

Live_Jazz

When correlated, BTC “useless” because you might as well just buy QQQ. When it’s lagging QQQ, it’s useless because clearly it’s dead and trade is over. When trouncing QQQ, it’s useless because it’s speculative, too volatile, too hot, etc. Pick your FUD.

Maxlum25

Bitcoin is not related to QQQ, BTC is related to macroeconomic aspects and market sentiment If BTC liquidity increases it goes up, if it goes down BTC liquidity goes down.

Alexbobica

I mostly stick to BTC, but have some low caps. The reason for the investment is the products that I find promising. Aioz for streaming, Dia for reliable oracle data, Tao for its fast-growing AI agent ecosystem, and Inj for its unmatched DeFi execution layer.

SpaghettiTape

Maybe you could use BTC to buy a spellcheck app.

Amber_Sam

For the unaware. **6.15 BTC is a 2019 meme**. It started by the Twitter/Nostr persona known as AmericanHodl. It was in response to this tweet from CZ of Bincance. He suggested that owning just 1 BTC would place someone in the top 0.3% richest people in Bitcoin terms. https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1165533865554804739?s=21 The response was that “If you own 6.15 BTC, you are guaranteed to get eternal riches and big titty bitches.”

ZacharyMorrisPhone

It’s just cope. We are in a damn crypto bear market like it or not. Bitcoin will most likely form a rising wedge into EOY and close near $104k. Then we are looking at sub $50k at some point in 2026. It’s an election year too. JPM is not responsible for the sell off. The truth is we don’t really have many real use cases yet. No one in the mainstream is going to Walmart and spending BTC or even stable coins. I’ve owned crypto for over 10 years. I don’t want it to fall but let’s just let the chart speak for itself. After all the good news in 2025, it’s DOWN for the year.

GhostPudding

Could 0.1 BTC give us financial freedom in the next 10 years?

Always_working_hardd

Not your keys, not your crypto. I read a few days ago that institutional investors were bailing on the blackrock ETF for BTC. What's the ticker anyway?

Calm-Professional103

The secret is setting yourself up to succeed before you pull the pin. 1.  Even though I live in Canada, I learned the habits of folks who live in high inflation economies like Venezuela or Turkey. I engineered a weekly income flow from staked yield-bearing USD-backed stablecoins, keep a $5000 liquidity buffer also in yield-earning stablecoins and the rest in BTC.  2.  I engineered a lifestyle where I rarely have to convert BTC to CAD. That means a fully paid-off condo, no debt and expenses well within my income 3.  I DCA and don’t swing trade. I never panic sell  4.    I don’t borrow on my Bitcoin. Those loans usually need to be over-collateralized and I stay away from them 5.  I hold my dry powder for real blood in the streets stuff. No sniping at minor 10% price pullbacks. They’re a waste of  powder

thecahoon

The reason why, though, seems to be the liquidity crunch. And basically everyone's said money printing starts December first (it actually started in November lightly with the overnight funding market bailouts that no one is talking about.) BTC's crash in 2021-2022 started the moment they shut off the printer, so my bet is this is a shakeout since BTC is the most liquid asset and drops in low liquidity environments. I do not believe that we're in a 6m+ bear market.