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Post is by: ScholarPrize1335 and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/Buttcoin/comments/1sercte/this_sub_is_not_smart_enough_to_understand_the/ Point 1.) Every investment but MSTR loses purchasing power to inflation. Fiat in MSTR grows in value the more that fiat is less valuable. Point 2.) Fiat will go to zero and BTC will go to infinity. When dollars are essentially worthless MSTR will be worth an insane amount of worthless dollars. Point 3.) Scarcity and value are the same thing. The Vaquita is the rarest animal on earth and farts through its blow hole. If those farts could be harvested and stored as an investment they would be the rarest/ most valuable thing on the planet. Point 4.) Saylor knows if your are HODL or have been disloyal. Currently the person with the most money to invest in buttcoin has that money from buying buttcoin puts. But if that person tries to put their dirty fiat in MSTR Saylor will find them and devalue their shares. Point 5.) Return rates from the last 15 years apply to debt issued today. Buttcoin went up so much that gains from the last decade will easily pay for interest on any and all debt even if buttcion never goes up again. 6.) The name "strategy" is pure genius 3d chess game theory. If you have a fruit stand that doesn't sell Mango it should be named Mango fruit stand. Strategy has no real strategy which means no one can effectively position themselves on the other side of a non existent strategy. Stack, HODL, and & F\*&k fiat!!! Multiple people correctly pointed out that Saylor is like Santa Claus. To that say **"You better not sell, you only can buy** **Don't look at the NAV, I'm telling you why** **Saylor Claus is coming to town** **He's selling junk bonds, so he can buy** **More buttcoin, no matter the price** **MSTR stock is going right down** **Don't look at benchmark index's, they just lead you astray** **He knows if you've been bad or HODL, so HODL for Saylor's sake!** *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.*

FromThePits

Large institutions has the capacity to buy and hodl for far longer than any individual. The only reason we have bitcoin-millionaires is because some people were lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time with the right mindset. Even those people will not increase the holdings by much. Most of them will probably sell little by little, and their heirs will divide the remaining BTC. 2 or 3 generations and its all gone again, into the cooperate treasuries that can afford to hodl indefinitely. The BTC pool for retail will shrink to almost nothing (but never nothing). It is relatively easy for us to buy and save millions of satoshi, but for our great grandchildren this will seem absurd.

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Post is by: One-Formal-824 and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1sgr180/is_the_bull_run_really_over_or_not/ i genuinely don't think so, but i get why people are asking. the Fear and Greed Index has been sitting at 12 for over 46 consecutive days which is rough. BTC is down 46% from its all time high and 30% since January, altcoins are hurting even more. it feels awful to be in right now. but that's kind of the point isn't it. while retail is reducing exposure, whales and institutions are moving in the opposite direction, Strategy added over 85,000 BTC in Q1 alone, and spot ETFs just recorded their first month of net inflows after a string of outflows. that's not how a dead market behaves. there are also actual catalysts coming. the CLARITY Act markup is expected mid-April which could open the door to a whole new class of institutional capital. that's not nothing. so no i don't think it's over. but i'm also not pretending the next few weeks will be easy. the way i'm dealing with it, keep a core position, let stables earn yield while i wait, and if i need liquidity i borrow against holdings rather than sell into this. been using nexo for that, keeps me from making panic decisions when i just need cash for something. protect the downside, don't over-leverage, let things develop. what's everyone else doing rn *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.*

Blade_Runner_69

Mainly Yuan, but they accept BTC and certain stable coins too.

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tldr; Bitcoin Depot, a major bitcoin ATM operator, lost at least 54 BTC, worth about $3.6 million, in a hack on March 23, according to investigator ZachXBT. The breach reportedly went undetected for three days until March 26. The attacker targeted the company’s storage wallets, using 19 blockchain addresses, and some funds flowed to KuCoin. Bitcoin Depot said no customer personal data was likely exposed and has hired external security investigators. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

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Post is by: dustyllanos27 and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1sgq287/was_on_a_5hour_flight_when_cpi_data_dropped_my_ai/ I travel for work about twice a month. Usually that means I either close all positions before boarding or accept that I might land to a margin call. Neither option is great. I've been testing 1024EX's AI agent for about 3 weeks now (closed beta). Last Thursday I had a 5-hour flight — no wifi — and CPI came in hotter than expected right after takeoff. \*\*What happened while I was in the air:\*\* The agent's decision log showed this sequence: 1. CPI released at 8:30 ET. Agent detected BTC dropping 2.1% in 4 minutes. 2. It immediately reduced my BTC long by 40% (I had a momentum position open). 3. 12 minutes later, when BTC bounced slightly, it closed another 30% at a smaller loss. 4. Held the remaining 30% with a tightened stop. 5. By the time I landed, it had closed everything. Total damage: -0.7% on portfolio. \*\*What would have happened without the agent:\*\* Based on the price action, if I'd held my full position through the dump and recovery, I would have been down about -2.4% at the worst point. And knowing myself, I probably would have panic-sold somewhere near the bottom after landing and seeing the chart. So realistically, maybe -1.8% to -2.2%. \*\*My honest reaction:\*\* Relieved, but also a little freaked out. The agent made 4 decisions in 15 minutes that I couldn't even review, let alone approve. The reasoning in the logs made sense \*after the fact\*, but I had zero control in the moment. This raises a genuine philosophical question about these agents: how much autonomy is too much? I told it "manage risk aggressively during macro events" and it did exactly that. But there's a difference between trusting a strategy and trusting a system to make real-time judgment calls with your money. \*\*The uncomfortable truth:\*\* The agent did better than I would have. That bothers me more than I expected. Still testing. Still not sure I'm comfortable giving it more capital. But the CPI incident is hard to argue with. *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.*

FunWithSkooma

see how many people rather have BTC ETFs than the asset itself...

Str8truth

Bullish for BTC!

Suspicious_Act4982

This is the phase where BTC stops being a leveraged bet on risk-on and starts just sitting there like a thing people own. What changed for me practically is I stopped thinking about exit points and started thinking about utility. Like I have a chunk of BTC that I'm not selling anytime soon, so instead of it just sitting there I took a loan against it on nexo when I needed liquidity last month. Didn't trigger a taxable event, kept my exposure. That boring middle zone you're describing is actually where crypto starts functioning like an asset class instead of a casino ticket.

rschmidt624

US government will tank BTC now

Mountain-Bar-320

I don’t believe BTC has long term prospects unless the infrastructure layer integrates into society. I think the biggest upcoming issue for me is reasoning as to why people would use rails that are not their own, especially if AI can throw together equivalent networks that work just as well, if not better. ETH probably has a future

Scotty_NZ

Gonna have to add BTC/OIL to my watch list now.

BooDawg908

I literally got into BTC about a month ago when it reached yearly lows because I figured it was a good opportunity. Other than that it’s just a hope and a prayer. Comments like yours make me feel better!

FromThePits

Well, +17 million BTC is effectively of the market today out of 20 million BTC mined. The 2,5M in circulation is probably mostly used mainly for speculation. Not much real trading for goods and labour going on here. This is after 17 years of existence. I think that another 17 years will wipe most of those free bitcoin from open exchange, and even more so when we reach the end of century. BTC will become much more valuable, but utilitized by the conglomerates of the world, not retail. Mass adoption is a beautiful dream, but highly unlikely to materilalize with BTC's protocol.

stephenph

You mean they extort 282 BTC... Tolls are generally to help pay for maintenance or other costs, in this case they are actually saving money because they do not need to attack those ships that pay. The US should send flagged "q-ships" not paying the toll supported by an air strike package when Iran attacks wipe out even more of the scum.

brianed

"I just wrote you a wall of text, again, as you say"  I didn't say that in a negative way. The main consensus that Sol is a "shit/scam" coin which obviously you don't like, is the fact that indeed BTC is and will always be no.1 no matter if you like it or not, I personally don't like it. Then by some miracle of God or whoever else is responsible, ETH just barely made it to no.2 and has some relevanve, and the rest is utter shit/nonsense/scam, this I don't like either. Trust me when I say this (as a die-hard ETH fan) ETH will go to shit as well in the next 5-10 years. And practically no matter how you cut it, BTC is king and the rest is and will be shit, it just is what it is.

mysticalmisogynistic

Iran is demanding the toll payments in Chinese Yuan. I have not heard a single thing about BTC.

Calm-Professional103

Widespread adoption is a threat to the banks and tradfi and, therefore, paints a target on BTC’s back. I say that a more gradual and  low key approach is more suitable for BTC’s longterm prospects. 

TheresNoSecondBest

I would expect the toll being in millions of dollars (+10 BTC), it actually is being paid on-chain. 10 minutes confirmation is IMHO much faster than sending this amount cash or from one bank to another.

Valyarian

Let alone, Iran may be selling all it's Oil and the tariffs for Bitcoin, $STRC growing exponentially after people have seen it accomplish a years worth of dividend yield payouts, is eating up the remaining BTC monthly, then we have $STRC's competitor, $SATA who is using the same playbook but giving higher dividends to stay competitive, then we have $BUCK, who is buying more $STRC to yield interest on a stablecoin! The interesting part of Bitcoin is that we get to witness a new financial era be created in front of us using an asset so scarce that it's never been seen before in society. This started as an experiment and now turning into the cleansing of the Tradition Finance system. The Bitcoin supply shock is around the corner, are you positioned for it?

TheRadishBros

The fact we’re still crabbing between 60-70k when literally nobody is talking about BTC is very promising.

TheRadishBros

Absolutely zero percent chance (okay, maybe 0.01%, as we do live in a clown world). The tolls would almost certainly be in either BTC or some stablecoin.

rocket_beer

ETFs keep central banking in the game **systemically**, and indefinitely. In order to transition away from fiat and make adoption use bitcoin as the world reserve currency, ETFs are basically the sole stake through the heart preventing that from happening. We only just begun and already there is a manufactured “need” everyone is wanting to use instead of getting rid of fractional reserves and quantum easing. It all but guarantees the endless use of inflationary fiat backing it. It isn’t that I’m against ETFs… I think that it kills BTC ultimately.

FnAardvark

Why does everyone assume accepting BTC payments makes you a holder? They will probably swap it out immediately for a stable coin or something else, or spend it immediately on weapons/infrastructure

anakhizer

In other words, if it's not so already, soon BTC will only have a significant dollar value because of Saylor. Once their business goes under I wouldn't be surprised to see BTC at 20k again.

Savings_Refuse_5922

Believe they originally said stablecoins or Yuan but stablecoins have the ability to blacklist wallets/funds as a central issuer. While you can't technically blacklist BTC you can flag wallets and coins that have come from those wallets. There were a few smaller exchange shops in Canada that had their licenses pulled and a few of them had dealt with Iran linked wallets.

Fit-Poet6736

I can tell you how it's been for 5 years - 20k+ generated from interest only, then more than 0.5 BTC earned through borrow/buy/repay strategy. Enjoy the numbers, will get back to you in 1 year

Responsible-Bite-355

Just dca with money you don't need for the next 4 years and you're set...when you are ready move to cold storage. Using leverage will wipe you out. You don't earn yield on Bitcoin. BTC itself is the yield. First and foremost, your main object should be setting atainable Bitcoin goals...for some that are just starting out it can be 0.01, for others 0.05 or 0.1 BTC and so on. Many dream to be whole coiners and by doing so they eliminate about 400 other people from being whole coiners. There's only 1 million coins left to be mined so think of buying as getting your hands on that last million as that Bitcoin has not entered the market/changed hands between buyers and sellers.

CryptoOnTheSidewalk

Do you self-custody your BTC or keep it on an exchange, and have you ever tried sending a small test transaction yourself? For me it was realizing you don’t really “own” anything until you control the keys and understand confirmations, the practical shift is treating every move like it can take time and fees vary, and the caveat is most mistakes happen when you rush or assume it’s instant.

OkMagician7867

I think self-custody is the whole point. But ETFs bring in capital that eventually finds its way to real BTC. Most people start with the ETF and end up running a node two years later. The on-ramp matters even if it's not the final destination.

IcyClub2963

The answer would always be : BTC

OkMagician7867

The Iran Bitcoin payments angle is wild and barely being discussed in crypto circles. If that becomes a sustained pattern it's actually bullish for BTC long term as a neutral settlement layer — but short term the war uncertainty crushes risk appetite across everything. You're right this isn't going away anytime soon.

MadSL1m

The "never sell, always borrow" tactic you talked about is literally the "Buy, Borrow, Die" playbook played out by billionaires through real estate, only on Web3. It's not simply that you're making a dull decision; it's that you've advanced from the cryptocurrency gambling hall to serious wealth management. In 2050, the idea of trading in your BTC or ETH for fiat currency will be seen as absurd as trading Manhattan real estate for trinkets.

Aerocryptic

I don’t think anyone who has put some of their BTC on ETH’s ICO will complain

FromThePits

I predict it will end in balancesheets of governments, hedgefunds and cooperations. Maybe thousands of them, but still elite only. From here on its all powerplays and leverage. Your children will hopefully become succesful on their own merits, and when its time to invest they will put their winnings into BTC, and probably have hundreds or even a thousand more satoshis.... but not millions like us first mover generation. Thats why I advocate to make a plan to save for future generations, while we still can.

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Post is by: Animalverse and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: https://animalverse.social/community/p/35446/ The Royal Government of Bhutan has moved another portion of its bitcoin (BTC) reserves, transferring roughly 319.7 BTC ($22.68 million) to two addresses on Thursday, according to onchain data. https://animalverse.social/community/p/35446/ \#Bhutan #Bitcoin #BTC #CryptoNews #Onchain #CryptoMarket #Whales #DigitalAssets #CryptoTransfer #MarketWatch *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.*

Forward-Speed-6665

There’s also: Sats Terminal - non custodial, aggregates BTC loans in one dashboard, lookin at their lowest APR ~3%, no locked terms. Can go direct to get yield as well after getting stables

silverous

The pivot from BTC mining to AI and energy is interesting but the timing raises questions. Selling a third of your BTC holdings right before potentially bullish regulatory clarity (CLARITY Act markup in April) is a bold move. The broader pattern: companies that chased crypto mining hype in 2021 are now chasing AI hype in 2026. The underlying question is whether MARA has actual competitive advantage in AI infrastructure or if this is another pivot driven by share price pressure rather than genuine strategic clarity.

EndSmugnorance

The fact this is still a discussion frustrates me. If BTC had adopted big blocks in 2017, we *would* actually see adoption with low transaction fees. But nooo we’re still debating whether Bitcoin can be used as a *currency* because greedy small-blockers won. 🙄 BCH should have been Bitcoin.

joseaamanzano

Jane Street or equivalent most likely. ETFs are just there to control BTC, not to enable mass adoption

ReadingTheSign23

I get the concern, but “99% institutionalized” feels a bit extreme unless self-custody just completely dies out, which seems unlikely. If anything, BTC is one of the few assets where individuals actually have a real shot at holding it long term without intermediaries. The bigger issue isn’t institutions taking it all, it’s people not securing it properly or not planning inheritance at all. Most coins get lost, not seized. If someone sets up proper custody and a clear inheritance plan, there’s no reason it can’t stay in a family. The tech already allows for that, it’s just not something most people think about until it’s too late. Institutions will definitely own a big chunk, but I don’t think that automatically means individuals get pushed out completely.

Quantum270

Amazing they are at an overall loss with how many years they have been buying BTC

midachavi

"vessels are given a few seconds to pay in bitcoin" - Lulz, good luck with that. More like sit down and enjoy your coffee for two hours. Lightning for 300 BTC? Not so much. Even the instant small payment argument is now invalid. We'll see how this centrally controlled archaic shitcoin proves itself.

FromThePits

Okay. Will your great grandchildren own as much BTC as you do today?

ByteForc3

We accept BTC signs

MejiaAlex28

To buy your first BTC. Just make a Coinbase account, If you live in the US. If not then use anything else like crypto.com or Binance. After creating your account do the necessary steps to secure it. (Google authentic, Face ID) then Insert your card info or bank info and purchase BTC. You can set a recurring buy, to buy BTC every day, week or month. When you’ve collected enough Satoshi you can start researching what a cold wallet is and move your funds off the exchange into a cold wallet👍 cheers

evandollardon

you think that ETH and BTC will disappear? Why?

Dude-Lebowski

Bitcoin doesn't need to be moved. It is good to just save amd spend when needed. When Iran needs whatever shipload of whatever from china, they can pay with BTC.

Romanizer

That would mean they just collect more BTC. US should market buy 1 million BTC and shoot the price up so Iran gets less.

BrooklynNeinNein_

20 of 21 million BTC have been mined already. Iran will not get "all the BTC". Also the west is not a political cohesive construct, if Europe for example wants to ban Bitcoin, I am sure the US is happily picking up the pieces.

Ok_Bus_3914

**You don’t need to “get into Bitcoin” by going all in.** The better way to start is: learn the basics, understand wallets, make one very small **spot** buy, and see how you handle the volatility before putting in more money. At 19, the biggest mistake is usually skipping straight to charts, leverage, or people promising fast money. I’d stay away from **contracts** at the beginning. Bitcoin can move hard, and if you don’t understand custody, transfers, or risk yet, leverage just makes the learning curve more expensive. A simple path would be: * learn what Bitcoin actually is and how a wallet works * start with a tiny amount of **spot** BTC * practice basic security before adding more * if you don’t want to guess the “perfect entry,” use a small **DCA** plan instead of trying to time every dip If you’re looking at **BiyaPay** specifically, the relevant part here isn’t just “it has crypto.” For a beginner, it makes more sense as a place to start with small **spot** buys or a **DCA** setup and get familiar with managing the position step by step. Since it also has more advanced trading functions, I’d treat those as something to look at later, not as the first move. Start small, keep it boring, and don’t add serious money until you understand what you’re doing.

EndSmugnorance

I hope I live to see the day when Tether collapses and takes BTC and MSTR with it.

Acceptable-Smile-225

BTC looks bullish long term, but short term still volatile.

MaximumStudent1839

“A few seconds to pay in Bitcoin…” Whoever this Iranian guy is, he is pretty clueless about BTC. BTC confirmations happen in minutes, if you are likely, not in seconds.

gnittidder

Rate is set in USD and paid in BTC.

sh1be

If Trump didn't start this shit, BTC would go up to $1 mil a lot later.

mlag000

BTC use case is always criminal or illegal in a certain way, funny.

Silversaving

You must REALLY hate Satoshi huh? He has even more btc and could rug pull BTC at any moment...

mjmeyer23

I somehow think it's not true... or not true yet. it is unavoidable. it will almost be a bigger blow to the west than them actually testing a nuke out in the open. even worse woulde be a toll payable in Yuan or BTC only. EU would be eager to join the war at that point and we will likely finally see regime change. either way, the US would be off the hook for keeping a large presence in the region indefinitely and the rest of the world would have to pay the toll or provide policing. it hurts the dominance of the dollar as a reserve currency but its probably net positive for the fiscal situation in the US. weaponizing the dollar was a bad idea all these year ago. this is the inevitable outcome of ever escalating sanctions and seizures.

ProtoplanetaryNebula

This assumes these big corporations will get involved in BTC. This won’t be their area of expertise, they will probably just buy Chinese RMB instead. Crypto is unfamiliar territory for them.

alex88-

Yeah if anything US negotiated for BTC usage. Our institutions are heavily invested in BTC too.

Ajobek

Iran will just raise price of toll and get more BTC or just ask for Yuan.

LyleeNicholas

Iran pushing for development of BTC to somehow improve transaction times to was not on my bingo card for 2026.

EN3RGIX

The fuck you talking about? There's like 40+ sources confirming Iran charging tolls in BTC...

Regular_Structure274

At any moment that could change. And they could essentially rug pull BTC.

brianmonarch

You have no idea what you’re talking about. You’re making assumptions. You guys are forgetting one important factor. Partnerships. Hadera and Ripple have huuuge partnerships with huge companies. They’ve been building them for years. That’s why it doesn’t matter if a faster coin comes out. Who cares if it settles a transaction in half a second instead of two seconds. It’s all real time at this point …those new coins don’t have partnerships Those coins that do (HBAR and XRP) with huge companies like Ripple and Hedera championing them …. are being used for their utility right now. Companies don’t want to invent their own tech. Banks might. But I don’t think the companies mentioned above are even counting on Banks at this point. They have other use cases the whole Swift narrative is so old at this point. It was a thing people discussed five years ago. I don’t think it’s going to happen but these huge companies… They don’t want to hope that AI is going to make them something that is secure and perfect. That stands the test of time. These coins are tested…. over 10 years old now. They have shown that they are hack proof. At least up until now. This thread is just a bunch of doomsdayers, assuming the worst. It’s so obvious that 90% of the people in this discussion are bitcoin maximalists. Guess what… It’s the oldest, least green, slowest and least useful coin out of all of them. Periooood. All it has at this point is a store of value. That’s it. But these guys are in a vacuum chamber, surrounded by other people that have the same positive view about this coin. And maybe that’s enough. I’m not saying it’s not. But when utility matters… and I do believe it will… I don’t know what’s gonna happen to BTC after that point. But maybe its store of value will last forever and continue to grow. Definitely a possibility. But when it comes to utility and actually being used… Ain’t happening. Lightning network is nothing compared to the coins that are made for this sort of job. Look it up.

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tldr; Iran has reportedly begun charging oil tankers a $1-per-barrel toll in Bitcoin to transit the Strait of Hormuz during a two-week ceasefire with the U.S. Tankers must submit cargo details and pay on-chain; a fully loaded supertanker could owe about $2 million, or roughly 28 BTC. At normal traffic, Iran could collect about 282 BTC daily. The article says Bitcoin rose on the news, but notes major uncertainty over enforcement and whether the ceasefire—and toll system—will last. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

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Post is by: Bcom_Mod and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/bitcoin_com/comments/1sgd7c9/morgan_stanleys_bitcoin_etf_goes_live_today_93/ $MSBT becomes effective today, April 8th, on NYSE Arca. For context on what this actually means: Morgan Stanley Wealth Management oversees $9.3 trillion in client assets. Their 16,000 financial advisors can now pitch a Morgan Stanley-branded Bitcoin ETF as their own house product: not a third-party fund they're reluctantly offering access to, their own fund at 0.14% annually. That undercuts BlackRock's IBIT at 0.25% by 11 basis points. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas called it a "semi-shock" when the fee dropped. James Seyffart's reaction was simply "WOW." Strategy's CEO Phong Le did the maths publicly: Morgan Stanley recommends a 0–4% Bitcoin allocation for clients. A 2% allocation across their AUM would be $160 billion. BlackRock's IBIT, the fastest-growing ETF in Wall Street history, currently has about $55 billion. So even a modest shift in how Morgan Stanley's advisors allocate client capital could create inflows that dwarf what IBIT has built over two years. The distribution angle is the story here, not the product itself. BlackRock built the best-known Bitcoin ETF. Fidelity built one with institutional credibility. [But Morgan Stanley has a private client wealth management network](https://news.bitcoin.com/morgan-stanley-bitcoin-etf-expected-tomorrow-as-massive-inflow-speculation-builds/) that specifically reaches the demographic most underexposed to Bitcoin: older, wealthier, advisor-driven investors who wanted the exposure but needed someone they already trusted to package it for them. That population hasn't moved yet in any meaningful size. This all lands while BTC is at \~$69K, Fear & Greed is at 13, and sentiment surveys are about as bearish as they've been all year. Every institutional access point that gets built during this drawdown is supply that will matter when conditions change. Worth watching first-day inflows closely. IBIT did around $112M on day one in January 2024. MSBT has a different distribution base and a fee advantage. The opening number will tell you something about how ready that advisor channel actually is. The bank that took two years of ETF approvals to finally launch its own product chose to do it while BTC is 45% off ATH. Make of that what you will. *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.*

throwaway_trader12

Bitcoin. I am not even thinking about ETH. Just main BTC. pair with a few ALt.

ObviousEconomist

BTC. There are exciting utility coins for sure eg Eth, Sol, Chain, etc. but as with all utilities crypto or otherwise, AI will bring about massive deflationary pressure. Eth for example has ever increasing use volumes yet it's price hasn't followed.  BTC's best bet is it's position as an alternative to gold

iwonderthesethings

I’m holding mine and don’t know why people are so scared. I normally stack these crappy ones in the bear and sell in the bull - to buy more BTC. Because once the bull comes, media brings in newbies who don’t want to buy 0.000001 BTC. They want to buy 1,000,000,000 Pepe, Pengu, Fartcoin or whatever else, because it’s more appealing. That’s when I cash out, makes heaps of profit and buy BTC and eth. There will always be rotation into memes to benefit patient bear market stackers.

ThePugz

No. Each coin is divisible only to 100 million Satoshi. So total Satoshis ever available will be 2.1 Quadrillion. That works out roughly (based on current world population) to only 265,000 Satoshis for every person currently alive. It’s actually fewer than that because of so many permanently lost BTC from the early days. And the number also will continue to drop as more humans exist.

b1mm3rl1f3

I still think it's pretty amazing that Ir an is charging tankers in BTC to pass through. BTC right at the centre of another war/conflict, completely borderless and permissionless

1BadAzzWS6

40% $BTC, 35% $HBAR, and 25% $DOVU. Do your own research.

Jamesss111222333

Bitcoin's been consolidating for two months. Even when stocks made new lows in recent weeks, BTC did not. Coiled spring?

manifestDensity

My BTC is down 20%. I have two alts that are currently up 20%

eddy_2026

Yea BTC is king and also STOCKs are good they outperformed all shitcoins

chaitanya1015

You are on point bruh. I can relate myself with you. I'm gonna hold for another year to year and half and get out of this shit. No point in holding garbage coins. BTC is the only king

SpontaneousDream

[https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/ETHBTC/?timeframe=ALL](https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/ETHBTC/?timeframe=ALL) ETH is just another altcoin that bleeds out against daddy BTC Thanks for playing!

CryptoMemesLOL

Yes, technically it is thousands and thousands of addresses that holds Satoshi's BTC.

Wambo_CH

No. 1USD per barrel, but paid in BTC.

Meats10

uh... its material if the largest holder of BTC is alive and those wallets could become active at any moment vs lose wallets are truly dead.

angelwolf71885

Iran isn’t accepting BTC as payment of that $1.00 per barrel of oil…they are demanding some Iran or China controlled Shit Coin

Seisouhen

It will most likely or probably already is BTC since it's un-blockable unlike the main stablecoins

devCheckingIn

So I mentioned this earlier but many of my comments get \*\*\*'d here so I'll guess I'll try again. Have people seen the reports that Iran plans on requiring ships through the Strait to pay a toll in BTC? It would be the equivalent of about $20 million in BTC transactions per day, when fully opened.

na3than

> iran is demanding $21million dollars for 21million barrels of oil that passes the strait per day. At ~$70k/BTC that's roughly 300 BTC/day. > if the price of bitcoin stays the same (which it won't) iran will reach with just this tax 21million bitcoin in 21 years. 300 BTC/day × 365 days/year × 21 years = 2.3 million BTC Your math is off by an order of magnitude.

LiquidityCompass

Interesting angle, but isn’t this assuming BTC gets “consumed” per trade? Same coins can circulate, so daily oil volume doesn’t translate into needing that much BTC supply. Curious how you’re thinking about velocity here? Also feels like the real impact would only come if actual settlement flows move, not just math. If oil ever starts getting priced/settled in BTC, that’s a liquidity shift… and that’s when things get interesting.

lever200

Put headphones on to drown the noise and just buy BTC…….. with the occasional ETH

bitcoinbrisbane

I wonder if it's worth checking browser history too? Does anyone actually delete that? Might give you hits of what mining pool, like slush pool could have been used. Pools had a threshold, and only paid out then. The email would have come from bitcoin.cz. Your reward for mining with the [**bitcoin.cz**](http://mining.bitcoin.cz/) mining pool service has exceeded threshold of 0.1 BTC. Amount **0.10015557 BTC** has been transfered to your address **12oxYxNDjrfmcc67Sy7JgerzJ1rNskdhx7** at 2013-01-10 03:16:36.088219 UTC. Payment processing through Bitcoin network may take between 30 minutes to 3 hours. You can watch current payment status on [http://www.blockchain.info/address/12oxYxNDjrfmcc67Sy7JgerzJ1rNskdhx7](http://www.blockchain.info/address/12oxYxNDjrfmcc67Sy7JgerzJ1rNskdhx7). If you see payment on [Blockchain.infchain.info](http://Blockchain.infchain.info) in your Bitcoin client, please verify that your client is up to the latest block or ask on Bitcoin forum for any other help. Best regards, slush The Pool Operator

Dazzling-Toe9614

This is wild but makes perfect strategic sense for Iran right now. According to the FT report, Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union spokesperson (Hamid Hosseini) said that during the current two-week ceasefire, ships (especially loaded oil tankers) passing through the Strait of Hormuz must: - Email cargo details in advance for assessment - Submit to monitoring/inspection (mainly to prevent weapons transfers) - Pay a toll of ~$1 per barrel of oil on board — but in cryptocurrency (Bitcoin or other digital currencies mentioned) Empty vessels apparently get a free pass. The goal is clear: generate revenue while staying outside the traditional banking system that’s heavily sanctioned. Crypto lets them receive funds quickly, with less traceability/seizure risk compared to USD wires. Why this matters for crypto: - Real-world adoption signal. One of the world’s most critical oil chokepoints (handles ~20% of global oil trade) potentially forcing payments in BTC/stablecoins. - We already saw Bitcoin and Solana pumping on the news today as traders priced in this narrative. - Iran has been using crypto and yuan for years to dodge sanctions, but turning it into an official-ish “tollbooth” during a fragile ceasefire is a new level. That said, enforcement is the big question. Will major shipping companies (Maersk, etc.) actually pay in BTC to avoid delays or worse? How will the US and Gulf states respond? And is this sustainable beyond the two-week truce? It’s a reminder that geopolitics can create forced crypto use cases faster than any marketing campaign.

pizzeriagio

I'm 15 and I thought learning BTC was hard but it's actually super easy. If you want I can teach you. P.S. If you receive any dm about Bitcoin 99% of the time they are scammers (I know by personal experience)

ScooterMcWTF

Recurring buys of BTC. And that's it. See yall soon :)

Remarkable_Tutor_994

850k BTC bought in that range and people still calling this a weak market?

Silversaving

When has that company ever sold any BTC? What sell pressure?

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yoyo1231234

I do both. DCA but keep just a little dry powder to fire away if I think the dip is tremendous, and never fire away all the dry powder at once. At most 50% at once. I’ve pondered turning DCA off momentarily if BTC goes on a tear. I felt a little stupid having DCA on when BTC was 110-120k+

FitSeaworthiness9574

The actual number of the supply doesn’t necessarily matter in the way that finite vs infinite does. Like obviously something with billions of tokens instead of millions is not going to hit numbers per individual token like BTC has but you would have a lot more tokens. Market cap is probably better to look at to gauge it. I actually think Algorand is super cool but the above doesn’t only apply to it.

lokoluis15

If BTC becomes the globalized commodity exchange currency, it's a complete game changer. Currently most Bitcoin holdings are speculative value plays. But a global marketplace trading trillions of dollars in goods will put coins in circulation and incentivise buying in every sector to secure efficient pricing. i.e if barrels of oils are priced in BTC, you can buy cheaper oil if you bought BTC at 70k vs 200k. So the incentive is huge to load up.

No_Investigator3369

No. Maybe you tax BTC category companies based on their energy line item in their budgets. But honestly it would be difficult to pass a bill given the large percentage of renewables that mining occurs on.

MarcusSmaht36363636

BTC, QRL. That’s it, nothing else is needed