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Post is by: woztrades and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1wyf2z8/crypto_trading_bots_are_not_popular_anymore_why/ hey folks! I've seen a wide array of crypto trading bots, from bots that focus on a single exchange, to grid bots like the ones 3commas used to offer, to scammy orgs that sell "Bots That Work" for $50k one-time payment promising riches. Feels like these were 2017 era things. I also heard that 3commas has turned down their V1 platform. They raised like $30m+. So I'm curious, why are these bots less popular than they used to be? Has interest in crypto just waned or are people building their own in the age of AI? I don't use any crypto bots personally, just wanted to see what you guys think. Is everyone who's in now just hodling BTC? *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

stonktaker

I think it's horse shit to just flat out said it's not or is a bad store of value, it completely depends on how how plan to use it If you plan to store this value for 5/6 years before considering to use it, then BTC is not volatile, it would of always gained value. If you may need to use it within a year or two it's probably bad yea

maternoeslovo

as adoption is making more and more progress such OG values as decentralisation in no way translate to value anymore. I mean everyone was praying for BTC ETF lol. It's a joke.

Vetrol_

I saw the opportunity to short, which is in profit and it's high probability BTC goes down to $83-$84k

Accomplished-Eye5567

Clearly not good since he has no BTC 🤣

Confident_Call_1260

Hope so. BTC can turn fast in either direction so I would rather see how the day develops than try to call it early. Anyone trading with leverage needs to keep size under control too, whether it is on Moon or anywhere else. Staying in the game matters more than getting one move right.

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Post is by: Gold-Dog5999 and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1wycf0t/analyzing_multitoken_dividend_yield_models_how/ Hey everyone, I’ve been looking into different tokenomics models that distribute real yield from platform revenue rather than relying on inflationary token emissions. One example I came across is BFG, the native token associated with BetFury. According to the project, a portion of platform revenue is distributed to BFG stakers in assets such as BTC, ETH, BNB and USDT. From a tokenomics perspective, I find the model interesting because it creates a different risk and reward structure compared with traditional DeFi staking. Non inflationary yield: The rewards are tied to platform activity rather than newly minted tokens that increase the overall supply. Multi asset rewards: Stakers can receive major crypto assets instead of receiving only the native token, which creates a different exposure profile. Locking versus liquidity: There is also an interesting tradeoff between locking BFG for higher potential rewards and maintaining liquidity during periods of high market volatility. I’m interested in hearing how people here evaluate this type of model purely from a tokenomics perspective. Do you prefer yield models based on platform revenue sharing or traditional proof of stake rewards? How sustainable do you think revenue based tokenomics are during extended bear markets? And what factors would you look at when deciding whether a platform backed yield model is sustainable over the long term? *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

matthegc

Who lets you borrow against your BTC?

Pennies2millions

I mean, the man did pull off one of the best trades in history with his 0 cost collar. That one trade garnered enough respect for him for me personally that I don't care that he sold BTC. He also bought it for about $5,500 a coin and sold it at over $70,000 a coin. He still made more than a 1,100% profit. That's a pretty far cry from "Worst investor of all time."

Realistic-Ad1498

It has to be measured against something. The reason people buy BTC is because they think it will go up relative to USD. Universally almost everyone measures BTC against USD.

TenderLA

I had no problem selling my BTC for dollars to buy a house.

Get_after_it_puss

Ive been investing in BTC for quite some time and believe in its wealth creation like most, but to say you'll always win in the long run is wrong. No one knows.

NashDaypring1987

Wait until you try to convert BTC back into dollars so can buy a house 😂

Accomplished-Eye5567

Will b more than his thanks to BTC

DarkNubentYT

BTC about to rug

WHALE_PHYSICIST

What they mean is that even if bitcoin is a perfect store of value, the economy that BTC is measured against still changes, and the relative value of BTC against the economy changes too.

NashDaypring1987

Will 1.44 BTC meaningfully change this person's life? I hope so but I don't think so. Even if he only paid $1, it's still only $124,773.01 :( Sorry.

Accomplished-Eye5567

I’ve been doing it for years and yes you need to manage your LTV with good discipline. I do let it expand (sometimes as high as 60-75%) but I always keep a lot of dry powder. If BTC dips and you have a lot of cash set aside, you can just buy the dip and lower your LTV Easier said than done, but with the right discipline this has worked incredibly well for me

Shmolti

Pisses me off that people like Mark Cuban can be smart enough with money to become a multibillionaire but think it's a good idea to sell after BTC takes a 33% dip over less than a year. It's like if Jeff Gordon didn't know how to parallel park or something

tenor_tymir

If I had invested $100 every Monday into BTC for the last 6 years: 💰 Total invested: $31,400 ₿ accumulated: \~0.51 BTC 📈 Current value: \~$44,000 💵 Profit: \~$12,600 🚀 Return: \~40% Are we close?

Intelligence_kiwi_

That’s interesting. I’ve heard of people borrowing against BTC instead of selling, but I’d be worried about liquidation risk if BTC drops hard. Do you keep your loan-to-value really low when you do it?

Intelligence_kiwi_

That makes sense. I like the idea of having a target BTC allocation instead of just buying forever. Interesting that you’re shifting more toward MSTR for the short-term upside too. Hope you hit that magic number by the end of the month🔥🔥

Accomplished-Eye5567

I’ve been doing this for years. DCA’ing in combination with collateralized lending has made me fabulously wealthy in Bitcoin. DCA consistently and when you need cash, borrow against the BTC. Just stay patient and don’t lose your stack and you always win in the long run

quintavious_danilo

I don't know for sure yet. I buy BTC and MSTR every month. My current plan is to stop buying BTC and instead continue buying MSTR with a significantly smaller amount, as I see more short-term upside potential there essentially, I want the smaller capital to work more effectively. My BTC holdings will be complete by the end of the month when I’ve reached my "magic number" and intend to hold those assets forever. I might add to my position during the next bear market, but not before then.

Bred_Slippy

Bitcoin's price is determined at the margin by buyers/sellers in liquid markets, driven by liquidity conditions, regulation, ETF flows, leverage, sentiment etc.. A supply schedule variable can't capture any of that. It misses the demand side, which is hugely important for BTC. S2F models also work far better with assets that are consumable. 

Intelligence_kiwi_

Appreciate it, I’m just trying to stay consistent. €5k a month is serious commitment I like that you increase your buys when BTC is cheaper too. Once BTC goes above $100k, are you planning to stop buying completely or just reduce the amount?

Lavayo

Because in the year 4591, IF a node still runs, 1 BTC will still be 1 BTC.

cubestrike

holders doesn't expect its going up forever. true OG doesnt. volatile is an additional advatages because if its too stagnant, its not good for newer people to get more value in terms of dollars. 1 BTC = 1 BTC we hold without really looking at price in term of usd every 4hr, we see decades, that's why DCA is introduced even by the early people in Bitcoin (development and stuff). Some are just too scared to hold something that is controlled by one entities or government. yes they can control it short term but the end always uncontrollable by my POV. "If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry."

TiredWarrior_

No one will give the opportunity to buy BTC under 60k

SODY27

You must be fairly new to BTC? It could tank 20k next week and another the week after that

Bred_Slippy

S2F doesn't work for BTC. 

West-Possession-9974

Are you able to travel? Able to get cash from credit card? Go to neighboring country pull cash start bank account. Or use a VPN start a cashapp or paypal. You can buy BTC on either of those and send to whatever crypto wallet you have.

Intelligence_kiwi_

Damn, sorry you had to deal with that. Taking care of yourself comes first BTC will always have another entry. Hope things are getting better for you now.

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Post is by: barbosik007 and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1wy928c/i_checked_every_150k_bitcoin_call_from_crypto/ Bitcoin's highest daily close this cycle was $124,659 on Oct 6, 2025. I went through transcripts of crypto YouTube videos and pulled every call where the speaker said BTC would reach $150k or more \\\*\\\*by a deadline they named themselves\\\*\\\* — "by the end of 2025", "this year", "in 12 months" and so on. Rules, so it's fair: \\- Only the speaker's own words. Quoting Tom Lee, Arthur Hayes, Peter Brandt or a "power law model" doesn't count. \\- No "if" calls ("if we break X, then 200k"). \\- Only calls whose own deadline has already passed. Result: \\\*\\\*32 calls from 13 channels. None hit.\\\*\\\* Median target: $200k. On Dec 31, 2025 BTC closed at about $87.6k. Channels with the most of them: | Channel | $150k+ calls due | Highest target | |---|---|---| | Crypto Zombie | 7 | $500k | | Crypto Love | 6 | $400k | | Carl (The Moon) | 5 | $300k | | VirtualBacon | 4 | $300k | | Crypto Hustle | 2 | $150k | One each: Crypto Casey ($200k), EllioTrades ($160k), InvestAnswers ($276k), Michaël van de Poppe ($250k), Bitcoin Daily ($200k), Rob Wallace ($200k), Financial Freedom ($200k), Ben Simpson ($150k). A few in their own words: \\- "My average target for Bitcoin by the end of 2025 is about $200,000 per coin." (Nov 2024) \\- "We could easily see the price of Bitcoin double to $200k just this year in 2025." (Jul 2025) \\- "And I believe this year, Bitcoin will go to $300,000, maybe even $500,000." (May 2025) It's not over: 16 more $150k+ calls have deadlines before the end of 2026 (median target $190k). BTC is around $86.1k today, so it needs +74% to reach the lowest of them. Not saying nobody can call tops — some channels did call the drop (that's in the same dataset). Just that "150k by year end" was the consensus on YouTube, and the consensus was wrong 32 out of 32 times. Happy to share the full list with quotes, dates and video links if anyone wants to check a specific channel. Disclosure: I run Oracle Check, the project that logs these calls. No link in the post; I'll drop it in the comments if anyone asks. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

Felman-Gatdet

The numbers are crazy when you think about them but people don't seem to care much. It's also ironic that they will call you lucky for buying BTC early, once Bitcoin becomes a necessity.

TheDisapprovingBrit

I did the same. Read about it when it was new, downloaded it to have a play, didn't look at it again for a couple of years. I have a wallet.dat that I don't know the password to but I can't bring myself to delete because I'm pretty sure I tried out a few of the faucets that used to hand out free BTC back then.

Miz4r_

We don't want bitcoin to mimic the dollar with a 2% inflation target. We want it to be a hard asset with a fixed supply, so it doesn't get devalued through dilution as time goes on. I personally could get behind a tiny inflation target just to keep an incentive for the miners to keep mining when bitcoin emissions go to 0, but 2% would be way too high. Maybe something like 0.5% would be reasonable, it depends on the value of Bitcoin in the future. 0.5% would be 105k newly added BTC per year, then if we assume BTC is valued at $1M dollar in the future that's 105 billion dollars per year miners would be earning (plus transaction fees). I'd say that's more than enough to secure the network. And if BTC will be valued at $10M they're already earning over a trillion dollar per year, which is too much imo. So it's very tricky to set a reasonable inflation target for BTC, you definitely don't want to set it too high. In any case this won't be needed within the next 50 years at least, it will only be implemented when the network gets into danger because of low BTC block rewards and not enough transaction fees to secure the network. Perhaps it will not be needed at all if transaction fees provide enough incentive for the miners.

Physical_Garbage3150

Clapp BTC Savings provides u that layer of cashflow over ur holdings. Flexible for easy access or Fixed for a higher rate. In every sense of the word, ur BTC earns interest while u hold it.

nugnug90

Aww well. Let them all panic buy 0.01 BTC for extortionate prices in 5/10 years. You get the price you deserve.

hoppeeness

Blah blah word salad and throw in BTC. This applies to nearly every asset and stock. What this should be about is utility ALTs like xrp, HBAR, chainlink, quant…the ones actually tracking doing the lifting of the AI agents.

Plane_Baby

First, I'm sorry for your loss. 😔 I hate even more that it makes you doubt bitcoin. You know this, but BTC is working as intended. It just sucks that the world is changing so fast that people are able to hack ANY basic password. Over time, this is going to happen with most technologies. With whatever your choice, good luck.

jawni

Limited upside maybe, but then it would make little sense to have BTC in S-tier.

DRAGULA85

“Everything was offline” but your computer got hacked. I’m sorry to see you leave Bitcoin. I hope the BTC price affected to much with your departure.

M4gelock

But but, they said BTC was the most decentralized?

j_robert_6057

There’s no one-sat-per-purchase requirement; sats can circulate repeatedly. Lightning can account in millisats too. The bigger constraint is how many payments the network can settle, not how many BTC units exist.

Cryptomuscom

Priced in BTC, that ticket gets cheaper every single year

GraveSenator

The whole advantage of DCA is that you stop needing to decide whether this particular price is too high or too low. Taking partial profit is completely reasonable if you have a reason but then you are adding a timing decision back into the system. I use Moon as well when I want to express a shorter term BTC view and that makes it easier for me to leave the long term accumulation side alone instead of constantly tinkering with it.

Current_Custard_5911

I think the distinction is what you are actually trying to own. If you only care about price exposure in a brokerage or retirement account, the ETF solves that pretty cleanly. Self custody solves a different problem, which is controlling the asset without a custodian. I tinker with Moon as wellfor shorter term BTC views sometimes but I keep that separate too. Price exposure, self custody and betting on price moves are three different goals even though BTC sits underneath all of them.

duc_one

You are right about pump. I just checked its PUMP/BTC chart and the structure and momentum look very strong right now. At least for short term. Im not sure about long term because memes are very seasonal. Avax was primarily put in A tier by me because of its strenght against BTC and other alts in the past 4 weeks

Important_Neck_2122

Chicks are immature teenage girls, BTC gets mature women and I bet she's under the table!! Who are you kidding

matieuxx

this is not BTC, Its paper BTC

Superinteligence404

That explanation doesn’t add up. Simply holding BTC on an exchange shouldn’t create continuously accumulating “holding fees” that require Bitcoin to stay above a specific price for a week to recover. Ask him to show the actual transaction history, current BTC balance and fee records — not screenshots of the price chart. Verify the records, not the story.

Nupezes8

I buy as much BTC as a can afford with my spare money

funkinaround

You can have regret, but don't forget how treacherous it was holding Bitcoin back then. Exchanges failed or were hacked on a regular basis. It was very possible to lose your self hosted wallet info or suffer some exploit. There's no guarantee that even if you knew the future would have incredible price returns that you'd be able to make it out with the same amount of BTC that you bought.

infernal_celery

OP, I looked up the address you gave as yours. https://mempool.space/address/bc1p502znh2pjyywvu5etrulytzvpm3mskaw26f6vhvggh5sf3fn23ashmmdj0 Balance is over 9.4BTC and this was active up to 1 October. I’d say, if anything, there’s a lot of address reuse. Have you mistyped your passphrase? This would open a real wallet but you’d see a zero balance.

Itslittlealexhorn

Ethereum doesn't even need L2s to be successful. It's an incredible offer if you think about it. You get the massive security of ETH, arguably the best in all of crypto with the possible exception of BTC, without having to think about any of the complicated aspects of blockchain management, decentralization, validator clients etc. and all it costs you is a very moderate fee, several orders of magnitude below the cost of an L1. Ethereum is fine with that offer just being out there. Whether base or robinhood succeed doesn't really matter, that's their problem. In the future we won't even talk about L2s being on Ethereum, where else would they be? It's the only game in town and it'll be basic infrastructure.

TowlieisCool

That address has 9.5 BTC. It’s still there.

Dragnskull

1. i can barely understand what you type because it's in jumbled english that seems to be paired with various auto-correct mistakes 2. i don't know what happened to you im a stranger on the internet 3. but i can tell you just because you had a virus on a completely different PC a decade ago doesn't mean the person that ran that virus was the BTC thief from 5 days ago, especially if you've long since replaced devices and changed and used new passwords since. 4. i can also tell you your password for the btc wallets secret phrase wasn't brute forced because the average time to do so would be MILLIONS of years now, what COULD have happened: if you were infected with a virus, changed passwords on that PC first, THEN replaced the pc, your new passwords could have been compromised immediately as you would have used them on the already infected PC. if you did that then sure, someone could have been watching your accounts and linked them to enough to be able to get access to however you stored your BTC. Again, i don't know what happened but your account wasnt brute forced, and even if it was (it wasn't) there's no reason to imagine there's a lone hacker running malware from a decade ago whos been sitting and watching you become a millionaire for a decade then pulling the trigger to brute force your password with future tech that doesn't exist yet.

Inevitable-House3699

The price at which you buy BTC is completely irrelevant.

chainglance_cm

Technically yes, you can make coins unspendable, but Satoshi's are sitting in normal outputs anyone can check. Whoever has the keys could move them tomorrow. Fun exception: the first 50 BTC from the genesis block really is unspendable, thanks to a quirk in the original code. Ironically, Satoshi's coins use an old format that a future quantum computer could crack, and some devs have proposed freezing coins like that. So your theory might come true, just 17 years late.

Dragnskull

what you're describing is standard malware from 10 years ago, nothing special. there's no scenario where an infection from 10 years resulted in 1 million in lost BTC after you've changed addresses and replaced computers and gone a decade into the future with all new passwords and hardware. if your story is true then then whoever did it is unrelated to a virus you had 10 years ago on another PC with old passwords you long since changed.

Informal-Ad220

Good points, cocacola0102. Allow me to expand on your thoughts: When BTC hits $1,000,000, I wonder how many of the socialist leftists in this forum (and there is no shortage of them) would be willing to share their BTC with other unfortunate people who never did invest in BTC. They love confiscating other people's money and hate parting with their own, all the while claiming it is fair and righteous to strip others of their wealth. And when that $1m day happens, the argument will be, "You only paid a small fraction for BTC, and look what you are worth now compared to others without BTC. You are rich already, and you don't need that much. We want the government to confiscate the BTC you paid for and redistribute it to others."

chainglance_cm

Alt season didn't die, it got split 100 million ways. In 2021, new money had a few thousand coins to go into. Now every rally gets spread across thousands of new memecoins launched the same week, so no single coin gets much of it. ETFs changed things too. A lot of people who'd have bought BTC, then ETH, then moved into smaller coins now just buy a Bitcoin or Ethereum fund through their broker and stop there. That money never reaches the rest of the market. My guess is the next one looks more like stock picking. Coins with actual revenue that use it to buy back their own token will probably do well, and most of the rest won't. Fewer coins going up, but the ones that do have a real reason to.

UnsersGottaGo

imo we're moving towards a multipolar reserve currency regime - RMB, USD, Euro, BTC so i agree euro won't be *the* reserve currency, but it could be one reserve currency amongst many.

Mauroneo

no enough money will go to alts to keep a rise.. only BTC have value and will keep going up maybe not so fast like we woud like but it sure will

Independent_Line5018

Fair point, institutions clearly mattered for BTC's run to its ATH. But BTC had years of grassroots belief before they showed up. Institutions tend to follow a community that's already proven it won't leave, they rarely start one. Whether this one gets there is still unproven, but I'd rather be early and wrong than late and right.

_boiler

Sell the BTC to harvest a tax loss, and then buy it back

Remarkable_Gap_3418

That's quite contradictory because your trading volume with high success rate makes you a bigger target than your PnL. Furthermore, you could easily post percentage PnL rather than actual numbers. All in all, if you're getting good at it and consistent, I'm genuinely glad for you, it's a tough gig. But it doesn't change the fact that he might have part of the money rather than all of it. And he didn't want to seem like a loser and incompetent in front of a girl saying "hey I lost some of it", so he came up with an alternative excuse. It's not giving him credit, it's an actual likely scenario that can easily play out. Take someone's money, open margin thinking you can profit the margin profits and give them principal + 1x profit as if you bought spot, market doesn't cooperate, panic sell since it's not your money, come up with a story about prolonged fees rather than saying "I'm an idiot and I didn't know what I was doing" to a girl, wait for BTC rally above original entry price, pay back the difference. Just as likely as him getting liquidated . If that's the case he could have come up with a much better story about why he will never be able to pay her back the full amount, considering OP doesn't know anything about crypto or the markets. Otherwise why come up with a story about paying her back above X price after Y timeframe if you eventually have to admit the loss anyways. He is trying to cover up his impulse incompetence but it's possible he didn't lose it all.

ZethTheWindwrecker

This made me immediately buy more BTC, and send it to my hardware wallet. The US is fucked.

Riskismyapellido

no bro. OMFG I am so sorry :((( But if u believe like me that BTC will be 1.000.000 in the next years, them get in again!

Coletrain88_

Assuming the price of Lamborghinis remains static, you only need BTC to hit $433,655,000 to be able to afford one. You might be checking the chart for awhile.

Unban_thx

BTC will come our way ahead

RetiredAvocado

They couldn't and didn't. Pizza was bought with dollars. The one guy sent another guy all that BTC. The other guy bought pizza with a credit card or something. The first guy gets the infamy credit. But no one talks about the Chad who got 10000 btc.

cocacola0102

Not inherently. Yes BTC likely continues to be worth more dollars if the fed keeps printing. But those dollars buy less and less the more the printer prints. What you really want is your purchasing power to go up (which it absolutely might with btc, but it won't be because the fed is printing money by itself, btc is just a hedge against that really). Basically, if btc becomes $1M a coin, but $1M is about the average annual salary because of inflation, you haven't really gained anything.

Waste-Milk2716

BTC bottomed in late 2022 after inflation had already peaked and the Fed had begun slowing the pace of hikes. During 2023 the Fed only delivered four 25 bp hikes, compared with 425 bps of tightening in 2022, and markets increasingly anticipated that the tightening cycle was approaching its end. Markets are forward looking. When Treasury yields are near zero, you’re sacrificing almost nothing in yield to speculate on BTC. When safe government debt pays 5%, that opportunity cost is materially higher.

Reach_Beyond

You could argue in this case most even somewhat well off developed country citizens only need 0.25 BTC to hedge this.

Zopheus_

Anything with scarcity. BTC, gold, real estate, and equities (which also tend to rise with inflation). The funnymoney has to be invested into something.

AutisticJaguar4380

Some people seem to have a hard time understanding that tulips are more akin to USD, not BTC. One day they’ll learn, or not because the same people often have a difficult time admitting they were wrong about something.

dmacart

bybit charge fees every day for leveraged positions (depends if you are long or short and what the funding rate is at that moment) They dont charge fees if you bought the BTC outright and unleveraged and are just holding it.

shoecellar

It’s all but guaranteed it will eventually pass $300k and on up even past that with time. Just a matter of when. It’s not only finite with 21M tokens but 1M are gone with Satoshi forever off the market, and every week 100’s of people lose or break a thumb drive with 0.001267BTC and another hard drive gets corrupted losing more forever. In 50 years we will likely only have 5M actually on the market even available and most will be with blackrock and Saylor. When that happens they will set the price and it won’t be a volatile market anymore. I mean, how many 100’s were just thrown away every week back in 2008-2009 when it was “worthless internet money”

PersimmonExpensive37

He is scamming you. Even if there are fees, the price of BTC being maintained for several days wont magically get those fees back.  He stole your money and thinks youre an idiot. I would get the law involved. 

grewb

How much BTC does President Trump own?

WordsHappenedHere

It’s because BTC itself isn’t good enough it wouldn’t work without the other layers for this use case

Omniwatch

In all seriousness. If BTC was to hit $1 million. Realistically what is the inflation of everything else’s? Would 1 million feel like 1 million then ?

AstralVenture

Sit on BTC for 30 years

TheresNoSecondBest

>Electricity is consumed not just in mining but also in every transaction This is wrong. The on-chain transactions are written in the new block but they don't require extra energy. The transactions on r/thelightningnetwork use about the same amount of energy as your Reddit comment or an e-mail. >if BTC gets 1000X more expenses, It'll be not only the most decentralized monetary network in the world as it's today, it'll be bigger than the housing market and the economies of western world combined. I would expect more people would want to throw their energy on it.

sogladatwork

Alts are done. Pile all that cash into BTC and watch it explode. First ones in BTC win the most.

Top-Care-8946

My very first BTC Receive transaction was less than €30 and now it's value has increased ca €10. (With current price of the same transaction costs €39.25. According to Trezor Suite transaction details this transaction made +39.8% of profit compared to the original purchase cost.

Turbulent-Land-5664

I've kind of done some of that leveraging my credit line. I think that is better because BTC loan interest is paid in BTC as a % and then it can cost a lot.

loc710

This isn’t a bitcoin thing and I hope this doesn’t turn you away from learning about it and learning how to use it. Your friend scammed you! Here is what likely happened. You gave him that money and he played three hands of blackjack on stake.us. Busted twice and dealer hit 21 the third hand. It was probably all gone within the same day you gave it to him. God I hope this doesn’t turn you away from BTC but for sure away from that “friend”

FelixDiamante

You spent one BTC for that? What a ripoff haha

longReshape40

Take a look at what had the best 1 month gains on CMC. Those will likely gain momentum once BTC crosses 100k again. Many former coins or projects have lagged behind despite some recent gains. The AI niche, such as FET, TAO, etc will see some love just like RWA as others have mentioned

TexFarmer

Electricity is consumed not just in mining but also in every transaction, and if BTC gets 1000X more expenses, then an even greater percentage of global electricity production will be consumed to maintain and transact in BTC.

Molasses_Calm

Approx 80% of BTC ETFs owned by non-institutional investors

Asdfghhqwel

No way to tell because in their eyes if everyone could do that they could duplicate their BTC , the anonymous nature of addresses gives them not way to prove whether it was you or not

pomplemice

I'm sorry this happened to you, but have you not researched much about bitcoin? NOT storing your seed phrase in email and on a notes app is like the very first thing you should know before buying any BTC. Seed phrase should be completely offline and only us a cold wallet. The other option is to just buy an ETF through Fidelity if you don't want the hassle of self-custody

_This_Is_Ridiculous

OP put his grandma's birthday check in BTC so he is super excited.

machin_bidule

A hardware wallet cost ~$50, and will keep your seed phrase safe. If the cost of the hardware wallet is small compared to the value your BTC investment, buy one. Hot wallet are only suitable for "coffee money".

Even_Ask_2577

Don't think about BTC, think about how to increase your income. Btc isn't going to make you rich, its going to help you get there.

Belgiannator

Money will rotate for sure. In fact, charts already showing clear money rotations from BTC to alts. The big narrative will be AI agents I believe. I'm positioned in FET.