BTC

jeffereeee

So your own research, you can make yourself feel better with the knowledge you will have. Holding BTC is a long game, you’ll be just fine.

PirateSKB

Hm honestly, BTC seems rangebound April 12th 2025 to November 22nd kinda seems like a huge bart tbh

Swiftvoyager1906

If the rumors are true, Venezuela holding 600,000 BTC could be pretty interesting. On one hand, it shows that even a country under financial pressure sees Bitcoin as valuable. On the other hand, if they ever decide to sell or something happens politically, it could shake up the market a bit.

Odd_Basis_6876

BTC today is Blockbuster in 2000. It was fun. It has a few burps left. Brace for 30k and then it will hide out in the shadows for degenerate gamblers like us 

Mcfraga74

In 63 days from now ~ 2 months will arrive to “LESS THAN A MILLION BTC left to be mined”

Longjumping-Read2602

Don’t worry abt it g forget abt that money , keep working and keep investing, learn from your mistake and don’t buy no more peaks , and for these “Broke BTC Experts” telling you to quit don’t even give them the time of your day they just don’t have nothing better to do than make shit comments on the internet since nobody gives them attention , nobody knows what they are doing in this game we all just speculate LEARN PATIENCE AND CALMNESS

OccasionalXerophile

Be risky to be shorting BTC In these times

WiseChest8227

You mean the Trump family now hold 600,000 BTC.

Leynnox

And again, BTC will do whatever it wants, and liquidates the dumbs, I love BTC.

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NFTY_GIFTY

If someone bought BTC in 2017 (like me), BTC didnt let them down. Huge profits were there if the conviction was there. Their lack of conviction lost them money. The answer to your question for me is zero. I know two friends that bought in 2017 or before. One has held every Sat and is in the green by a mile. One sold a full coin in the profit for a family expense but has since repurchased it and is in the profit on the new buys. I have one other friend that has bought a full coin over the last year with a cost basis right at $100k USD, so slightly in the red, but he'll HODL indefinitely so he'll be fine. I'd encourage your friends to rebuy with conviction, they'll still be fine the second time around.

Jayrovers86

1 BTC is 1 BTC but 1 BTC is no good if it’s purchasing power in FIAT goes to trash

Old_Cut_2449

This stoks are only interesting for tax reasons Buy BTC and send it to a old cold wallet

_Emotional_Pirate

It was 0.000001 BTC, might be worth a burger after a few years or decades.

Important-Minimum777

Stupid post. They didn't lose money on BTC. They lost it themselves.

Substantial-Term-423

For me it’s a mix of trust and simplicity more than just fees. I want a platform that’s been around for a while, is transparent about custody, and lets me move my BTC out easily without friction. Low fees don’t matter much if withdrawals are expensive, delayed, or restricted. For DCA especially, reliability and peace of mind over years matters more than saving a tiny percentage on each buy.

BlackoutGenie

You say that whilst bro has 1 million BTC in his wallet ready to dump on us peasants when the time is right 😂

Odd_Basis_6876

No. It’s gambling. IRA’s and 401k’s. BTC is is equivalent to betting on horses.

CryptoStream_app

BTC pumping and I’m already mad I didn’t stack harder at 80K.

Max_W_

I listen to a few different economic focused podcasts. These aren't Bitcoin focused. One of them was "Prof G Market". In December they had a guest on who gave a good response to why Bitcoin dropped in October. It made me feel better about BTC. Here's an AI summary of what they discussed: The guest you are thinking of is Santiago Roel Santos, founder and CEO of Inversion. He appeared on the Prof G Markets episode titled "Did the U.S. Just Hand its AI Edge to China?" which aired on December 11, 2025. During the segment, Santiago unpacked Bitcoin's performance in late 2025 and addressed the significant "slide" that occurred in October. The Reasoning Santiago explained that the October downturn was a "speculative washout" driven by two main factors: Leverage Unwinding: He noted that a massive amount of leverage had built up during the early 2025 rally. When the market hit a "local top," a wave of liquidations hit, causing a forced sell-off that the market couldn't absorb quickly. Macro-Political Uncertainty: He cited the volatility surrounding U.S. administrative policy shifts and a "wait-and-see" approach from institutional buyers as the primary catalysts that triggered the initial dip. The Quote While discussing why he remained bullish for 2026, he famously stated: "We are seeing the purge of the tourists. This isn't a funeral for Bitcoin; it’s a clearance sale for the institutions who missed the first boat. The leverage is gone, the fundamentals are intact, and 2026 is where the real scarcity hits the fan." Why He Thinks It Will Go Up Santiago’s bullish outlook for 2026 was based on: Institutional Inflows: He argued that the "spot ETF" infrastructure was now mature enough to handle larger sovereign and pension fund allocations that were sidelined during the 2025 volatility. The "Scarcity" Factor: He pointed to the post-halving supply crunch finally manifesting in the price action as liquid supply on exchanges reached record lows.

Dipluz

And considering theres a maximum of 15-17b USD of bitcoin on the OTC market this could make BTC and ETH explode

Assist_Lumpy

If course that's how I started and what I'm still doing. I don't have a ton of money or make a ton of money but I do make sure I optimize every single penny I have. If you are in the US the best way I've found for this is using FoldApp for everyday use and River for a HYSA paid out in Bitcoin. FoldApp- for daily driver general use debit card % back, spot BTC buys , pay bills and get BTC back, buy gift cards for high % back, small spread, no fee with membership River - for HYSA savings paid in BTC and DCA , no fee on DCA after the first one you set up. One Free monthly withdrawal Let me know if you want an indepth explanation and referrals for sign up bonus 👍🏽

tizadxtr

Indeed, but the incentive will be far less once all BTC is mined

Administrative_Shake

Yes, I think it's possible. Recall a while back that Ukraine politicians hold a massive BTC stash as well.

Green_Ad9723

BTC ETH BNB SOL – that's all you need!

pulpo24

I'm European, I get paid a salary in their currency, euros, what I mean is get by what I stated is; let's say you have some friends with a wallet, if I pay for a dinner and we are going to split, I will ask for some BTC to cancell his debt, so "get paid" doesn't mean employment, it means cancelling a debt in my favor by transferring the BTC we decide on

mpm206

The dollar price is a decent proxy for "how much to stuff can I get for 1 BTC".

Effective-March2027

Well there are plenty of ways you learn trading in crypto, you dont have to invest in anything, once you learn enough you know not to touch anything else than eth or btc (primarily BTC), but if you wanna go ahead with investment, just buy 100 ruppees worth of eth, as you can get crypto in fraction, and you will get return based on your amount, so doesnt matter how much you are putting. PS: Just dont buy if you are student and wanna save money, there are plenty of other safe investments to be done. Also indian laws make handling crypto tough

Olmops

Once more, all Bitcoin greenwashing summed up in one place… „… which found Bitcoin’s energy use is largely independent of transaction volume. “This means that Bitcoin transaction volume can scale without increasing resource use.” a) Bitcoin transaction COUNT cannot scale, because the community has enshrined immutability of the protocol. The VOLUME (i.e. how much BTC is transferred) is arbitrary, but that is meaningless. Any accounting system can store a large number for the same cost as a small number. b) it means that the Bitcoin network consumes the same insane amount of energy whether or not any transactions are made. Yay. And I won’t dig into the other points, but the principle is similar.

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Visible-Caregiver132

Yes, BTC Is the best Crypto to invest in. If it's worth is subjective, however don't expect the growth that we've witnessed up until now to continue with the same rate.

djejjeff

The only crypto I consider worth investing in are BTC, ETH and SOL. You need utility and network effect. BTC is considered an inflation secured store of value (like gold). It has close to $2 trillion in market cap and most of validators, and this the strongest network effect. ETH is the crypto of choice for large transactions. There are also some promising layer 2 solutions resulting in lower transaction fees and higher speed. SOL has the lowest transaction fees and fastest transactions of the major cryptos. It has a chance to be the network of choice for small transactions. There are other networks like Cardano and SUI that have promising developments, but they lack in network effect. All other cryptos are mainly for speculation and it's more of gambling at the casino than investing...

Illustrious_Chef_402

$BTC has finally reclaimed the $90k level. $95k is the next level to watch/reclaim.

MadOrange64

Seriously, BTC is now at ~$93k 💀

Dalhia_Moon

BTC all way

CutFabulous1178

Held over In 4 years, BTC has never loss money 100% of the Time, everytime. Disclaimer* Past performance does not guarantee future performance

GroundbreakingHost62

BTC y ETH

Fernmixer

"600,000 BTC lost as owner is kidnapped and forgets seed"

coinluv

BTC will be up in May when tax refunds come in. DCA and keep buying during the sale.

RiseBasti

I can just tell you what I experienced at the time i started with crypto. I bought at 60k+ at the end of 2021 and the market plumped... 80% loss at the time... But I changed my thinking about that "loss" and startet to think about the possibility of BTC going up again and in that case it would be the perfect time to buy more BTC now becauses it's 80% cheaper than it was before and if it gets back or even surpasses the ATC (what it did) I'll get 300%+ on my new investments. And that's what I did. I informed myself about BTC and learned about the history of money, invested more and I'm hodling since. Learn about BTC and why alot of people think it's "freedom" and "the prefect moeny" and decide if you wanna keep going or wait until you can exit.

pop-1988

Bitcoin mines 450 BTC per day. The market trades more than 300,000 BTC per day. Therefore mining is not a significant source of supply > I am no expert in economics Not very good with numbers either

jujumber

Yes, but statistically you're a lot less likely to get hacked or lose access to BTC. I hold my own and have BTC ETFs There are pros and cons to both.

stellarfirefly

That’s $18,250 spent into BTC over the last 5 years, which is not an insignificant amount. Especially considering the price of BTC 5 years ago. Good on you.

Kebas239

I was 24 in 2010, but if I was a minor, I would've convinced my parents to buy me a gift card or something alternative so I could purchase the BTC. Or maybe even snuck it under their noses somehow. If I KNEW it would make me a multi-millionaire, I would've figured out a way even if they wouldn't let me. On that line of thought, couldn't you just get $20 in cash and buy a pre-paid Visa card then use it instead of your parents credit card?

Mimeschlime

Newbie here, BTC's been around for years now, and everyone in the comments seems to treat it as the "most stable" pick for 2-3 years, But isn't crypto supposed to be super vlatile? Curiously asking.

OpticallyMosache

The world is moving in a direction where BTC offers ever increasing peace of mind.

chumel56

Just wait for the BTC nuke

Due-Professional6824

If you can keep you 1 BTC safe now then keep it that way. It doesnt matter what the USD value is as long as you dont lose your 1 BTC. I agree with the beneficiaries - my brother knows my 12 words.

Due-Professional6824

>measuring bitcoin quantity in dollars Low IQ detected 1 BTC 2016 = $500 1 BTC 2020 = $15,000 1 BTC 2024 = $125,000 1 BTC 2028= 😉 😜 😘 1 BTC = 1 BTC 99.5% own the population will never own 1 BBTC

Odd_Basis_6876

This is hilarious advice. Sums up BTC well. “Buy it but expect to regret it.”

farabundoshafik

Investment: BTC - Gamble -$OMNIPAIR

yurk23

Hit the sell orders at 93k and the 1k BTC sell order at 94k earlier today is gone. Looks like BTC heads down for “false move” Monday

fajarsis02

1 BTC is always equal to 1 BTC

BrutalTea

First off, i want to say, you're fine. If you truly dont need the money. You haven't "lost $2k". that is loser normie mindset. SHOULD you have DCA'd whatever buying power you had into Bitcoin? and divided it up by 5 or 10. and bought bitcoin over 5 or 10 weeks, sure. That would have been smarter. But we're here now. Do you walk into a strip club and give the first stripper you see $10k? your whole band? no. you dont. you give one stripper $500 and then another $250. Second. you shouldn't be buying bitcoin for a quick flip. you should be buying bitcoin for 5 to 10 years from now. otherwise, you should be buying 2 year bonds or some shit. The road to riches is paved with losers. If you could get rich quick doing it, everyone would do it. It takes TIME and Dedication to build something up. my advice. Start DCA part of your paycheck into BTC every week. watch your average price go down the more you buy over time. WHILE ALSO adding to a HYSA for emergencies. Watching that money build and grow will feel GOOD, the OPPOSITE of the feeling about "losing $2k on btc" and you can use that money for a treat or emergency or whatever. good luck. Learn bitcoin. read the white paper. buy more. diamond hand. or burn like the other paper hands. i dont care. its not my job to educate you on bitcoin, nor anyone else.

magic-karma

Maybe the sanctioned oil being transported by the dark fleets was paid for in BTC, to avoid fiat banking system? Kind of crypto is used for bad things sort of narrative here? A modern Silk Road but nation state contraband instead? But they were wheeling dark oil for Russia, Iran and NK. Seems reasonable to use crypto for those payments. And really, the dark fleets are just a physical symbol of the smuggling networks. If you can smuggle oil on nation state quantities, what are some guns, drugs or people? WAY easier especially if you have tankers that can get through. If they did have that kind of reserve and it’s known, that’s not good for BTC. Venezuela is deeply in debt with judgements from international courts over the nationalization of oil facilities. If they have a known assets, there will be a lot of pressure to sell the asset and make the debt good. I doubt very much the ability or willingness of large oil companies to accept crypto as payment.

Jewba1

The BTC community has a "Libertarian" problem. I hate these people.

phil1rio

I think at that point we’d have bigger problems than BTC being offline. However, if you have your seed phrase; once online you could recover your funds once operational. Luckily the likelihood of this scenario is low

jll027

This is about as good as the “Saudi’s looking to buy 1 million BTC” rumors.

Afrikiwi

Sold is literally just the same as bought obviously. Breakdown of known holding sizes would be interesting to see here though. I.e. 1000+ BTC wallets, 100-1000 etc.

Ar0sson

If you are urged to buy it then you believe in it, and you're 18, and we all believe it's going to a million, it doesn't matter if you buy at 85k or 115k.. it's basically the same. 1 BTC = 1 BTC. Just keep buying and staking, a bit at a time, and you're laughing. Do not sell while down. Wait. Don't even consider it.

gcampton

Did you figure it? Scan QR code, connect it to WiFi. It will reboot. Then on the main screen it will display a port number. like 192.544.1.115 you type that into your browser on the same network. It will then bring up the miner settings and graphs, click edit and input your BTC address.

WorkerPlayful4192

1 million USD per one BTC?

enovi_dancs

I don’t think there’s really a “best” cold wallet for frequent swaps, especially for Bitcoin. Seems safer to separate things: cold wallet for storage, swaps on a trusted exchange. That’s how I do it now. Funny enough, managing wallets on Solana with Solflare felt way more intuitive compared to BTC tools.

Always_working_hardd

I have a $20 buy order every day on BTC. Buy it now while it's still cheap.

333chordme

The argument for other crypto over bitcoin is that technology improves, and those improvements make it more valuable. Newer cryptocurrencies have improved the technology. Pretty straightforward. The argument for bitcoin over other crypto currencies is a little more nuanced, but I think ultimately more compelling. Essentially, if you abandon a crypto because a "better" one comes along, then that nullifies any crypto as a stable, long-term investment option. You'll always have to worry about the next new shiny thing coming along and making your current money worthless. So either you stick with the original (BTC), or you just decide that crypto isn't worth investing in long-term.

SpecialistMattress21

I would recommend you don’t get excited about long shot crypto, think of it like gambling or stocks: the bigger the risk/potential reward, the more likely you are to lose everything you invest. Your best bet is to create a cold wallet and start squirrelling some BTC into it. But only what you are willing to lose completely.

nezeta

The number seems highly unlikely and random. Strategy holds 672,497, but suddenly another 600,000 BTC whale appears out of nowhere? Even 6,000 would raise doubts (El Salvador holds 7,509).

Cuddlingmuse

memes have been popping but it's all just good for scalp trading to invest it's always BTC on weakness all day long

blackjackn

How often do I watch? All the time. How often do I buy? The same amount in dollars everyday. I do not try to time. Is there a minimum amount? No. The maximum is whatever you're willing and able to hold long-term. Do I keep BTC in my wallet? Yes. I do not plan to sell any until at least 10 years from now. The only other place I keep BTC is on Strike where I buy it and it gets sent to my wallet once I have about 1 million Sats there.

SuggestionSea2882

BTC

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; Rumors suggest Venezuela may secretly hold between 600,000 and 660,000 BTC, worth $60–67 billion, making it one of the largest Bitcoin holders globally. Allegedly, the accumulation began in 2018 under President Nicolás Maduro through gold swaps, oil-for-USDT trades, and mining seizures. Alex Saab, a Maduro associate, reportedly managed these reserves. If true, this could significantly impact Bitcoin markets, especially following Maduro's recent arrest and potential U.S. efforts to seize these assets. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

RED-WEAPON

What do you think would happen if a massive series of solar flares hit Earth, taking out almost all electronics? Would Gold do better than BTC? Or would it ultimately not matter because the entire market would be in a crash?

phil1rio

Fair point, but if you look at history, ALL fiat currencies have failed (think the Roman Aurelius coin with the collapse of the Roman Empire) only one left standing is Gold, and BTC is our 21st century equivalent of that. The only thing that will eliminate BTC is if human existence is wiped out in its entirety where there would be no demand because life would be gone. Short of that, it’s not going anywhere and here to stay. In Contrast, fiat is going down in value with 100% certainty (it’s literally impossible for it do to anything else since it relies on inflation) I do not want most of my eggs that decaying basket.

Aromatic_Scarcity142

But they have been saying for the last 15 years BTC is a scam and it will crash.

Comprehensive-Ad1518

I wouldn’t mind it if BTC stayed on sale for my next pay period…

EddieD1234

I'm guessing BTC will be at 1 million in about 8 years

Iamdispensable

Don’t overthink this. Buy what you can afford at regular intervals in an exchange like Strike. After you accumulate a certain amount transfer it over to a wallet like Trezor. If you truly believe in BTC, buy it and forget it. It goes up, it goes down, it goes sideways. Just keep dollar-cost averaging your price. Good luck.

FnAardvark

That's a you thing, not a owning 1 BTC thing. Also, this comes across as more of a humble brag.

andrei-daa

As a non-owner of 1 BTC I can definetely agree with your point of view. I would also add 3 accountants and a lawyer on your payroll as it can be quite scary

PermissionPlusFour

I've been buying up some of the DAT stocks over the past 3 months; BMNR, ASST and NAKA. They all went up 15%+ last Friday. I don't know what the price movement will look like, but if BTC/ETH recover, I reckon they'll at least double in value.

KingPabloo

I win by keeping a small percentage of my portfolio in crypto which is almost entirely BTC and ETH. I’ve won in defi, actually wrote a book on yield farming when it was still new. The problem is I see people selling all these alts and projects and those shilling the project and a whale or two are the only ones whoever profit. If people know what they are doing, research your project and decide to invest that’s fine. Post like this are trolling for people who are desperate and have more than they should in crypto. You’ve put know what I don’t see, follow ups to all these post a year later, or better yet years later, showing how successful they been. They are quick money grabs for the project team and the whale who funds it early and runs away with the gains - it pumps, dumps when the whale bails, and never recovers. How do people become millionaires in altcoins, by taking others money from them. There’s no real business underneath, it lacks value like gold/silver, it’s just money transfer painted like lipstick on a pig, but still a pig 🐷

OMGArianaGrande

You’re literally contracting yourself every time you reply… It doesn’t matter, you’re not losing sleep, doesn’t impact your life, willing to lose entire investment etc… Which is it. If you can’t handle BTC, you’re not going to enjoy stocks and other assets.

mustachechap

If I want to “gift” my brother some BTC, is Venmo the easiest way to do so? He already has a Venmo, and I get the feeling he isn’t interested in opening a Coinbase account or anything like that

BakedGoods

again, same thing, imagine the us government announcing it's acquiring billions in BTC mining centers so they can crash the price. citizens would be like, wtf?

inShambles3749

Simple terms: stick to BTC and skip everything else. Or you will lose money inevitably. This is financial advice, you're welcome.

inShambles3749

I mean if you invest in penny stocks on the stock market that's high volatility too so.... It entirely depends on your investments independent of the market. If you invest in the MSCI world that's as safe as it gets. Then s&P500 already comes with increased volatility.. Same with crypto BTC is volatile but nowhere near the extent of alt coins. The thing is just that the stock market is much much bigger than cryptocurrrencies. So tldr; I'd safe stock market is equally unsafe if you invest in trash

MoistService2607

1 trillion USD divided by 21 million BTC ultimately results in $47,619 buoyancy per BTC. Not a linear increase, but the buoyancy is there. That’s how I see it.

daredevil707

Too early. Real test would be BTC crossing 100k

Complex-Photo-973

If it is stable and settles above 100k with no immediate or nearby downturn, then the low we had before is the lowest in this cycle, and we can moon for BTC. Until then, any thing can happen.

brackelbo

BTC and alts both running...surely this is bearish?

GreedVault

if the choice is 0 BTC or becoming a eunuch, i would choose 0 BTC.

awp_india

Me with my 0.0001BTC 

left-button

It may not seem like a lot, but it's a good start. It's more BTC than 99% of people have! Keep putting your money in (if you can), and HODL. Don't panic sell. You'll be rewarded in the long run!!

Doritos707

Up to 30-70% of your money allocated in BTC is always a great idea. You have two choices. Either buy at once or cost average into it daily/weekly/monthly etc...

riscten

Sounds like you need to study a bit more. Owning more than one BTC doesn't mean it should be entirely under one address or even one wallet. You don't need multiple hardware wallets either.

JuxtaposeLife

A stat worth highlighting... 99.85% of coin movements in the last 12 hours were coins in profit. Of the 335,754.02 Volume of BTC moved today on chain... only the 90-180 day ago group, which moved a combined 516.36 BTC were in realized loss relative to their last movement. That represetns just 0.1% of total volume on chain today, the other 99.85% of movement was coins moving that are in profit from their last move.

heinzmoleman

Anyone who has bought and held BTC for at least 4 years has never lost money.

GoodBugMessenger

I would recommend looking at the volatility of whatever security you're putting your money into and ask whether or not you can stomach it BEFORE buying.  Over time the value of BTC has obviously increased tremendously, but you would have to be blind to not see that it's value has also plummeted several times in its history. Did you think that your ownership would be special and not involve any swings to the downside? If you can't rationalize that over time BTC will appreciate relative to the dollar you might as well just sell your BTC, hold cash and not lose the sleep over it.

matthegc

I have zero doubt I’m all in on BTC

L00PYLL0YD

As per the other commenter, just make a Strike account and start that DCA off. Transfer your BTC to cold accordingly.