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whetherwhether

Sleepiest Friday in awhile for old BTC.

KylianHaaland11

Pathetic to see traders trying to create a self-fulfilling prophecy of BTC going down, all those twitter accounts that pretend to be pro-Bitcoin are pathetic, opportunistic traders. F them. Just buy Bitcoin, these pieces of crp are scared.

NostalgicFor2012

“put your bitcoin in a cold wallet” As if them losing their keys isn’t 1000 more likely than Fidelity or Blackrock stealing their 5k-10k worth of BTC. If your goal is to just make money, and you don’t care about the tech of decentralized money, you don’t need to care about owning your keys. And just a little FYI, even if you want a cold wallet, those crypto hardware wallets are overpriced and overhyped. Using an external harddrive and an offline computer does the same job, TAILS comes with a crypto wallet iirc.

Blade_Runner_69

Don't fall for the garbage western propaganda. BTC is massive in china, china has a virtual Monopoly on the mining ASICS too.

brianmonarch

What are you, 12? Name-calling during a crypto debate with a stranger? All of these moving tandem. Haven’t you noticed that? When BTC moves down everything moves with it. So your three pics are not any different than any of the other ones. So you telling me to look at the chart doesn’t help your case. Get off your soapbox. If you were that great with charts, you’d be a multimillionaire.

fan_of_hakiksexydays

Seems like this rally is running out of steam. Despite stocks and gold having another nice rally today, BTC has suddenly stopped pumping. The bulk of the shorts we had have already been liquidated. Now the new batch of shorts popping up have much higher points of liquidation to reach. On the other side, there's been a big build up of longs for a while that have been stored like powder keg. And they're not fresh and have been dated for a while. If we break down a little too low, it could create a domino effect with all that gunpowder of longs. And these major liquidation hot spots go all the way to $64K.

brianmonarch

What meaningful structural utility is BTC going to be used for? It’s the oldest, slowest, least green coin there is. I think you might be in a vacuum chamber if you think it’s going to be used for its utility. All it has at this point is a store of value. Which might be enough for it to get to a million dollars. I’m not saying it’s not. But it’s definitely not going to happen because of the reasons you mentioned above. If you want a coin that can actually succeed because of its utility, I think HBAR and XRP are far superior coins with companies behind them actually making moves with huge corporations. Just my opinion, of course. Way cheaper to use than Ethereum with its gas prices.

crinsow

That means like $18.5T increase in market cap cap Gold market cap is now $32.92T, Nvidia, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon sum up to 19T market cap. Where all this money will come from? People swaping gold and stock for BTC for what reason?

Sapper_Initiative538

Is it possible that he may be dead ? People were saying that he didn't touch his BTC wallet. He may have multiple wallets, i don't know but i am just asking...How do we know if he is still alive ?

el_rico_pavo_real

$50,000\$100 = 500BTC x $10,000 = $5M

camba619

BTC will hit around $86k-94k by end of Nay and will hit a cycle low of about $36k-44k at the end of October. Then we start a new ATH run. Keep this and give me my praises on November 1st

lovemyhawks

Looks like you’re trying to buy BTC so you can buy drugs online. You’re about 10 years late to the party with BTC. Use a different crypto

LexusLand

and BTC backed loans…

Subject_Reward

SATSCARD is great. Yeah if your gifting just $50 of BTC, a SATSCARD can seem pricey or overkill but your also gifting the SATSCARD which can be used up to 10 times so it’s like a double gift

Ark3tech

One thing that everyone seems to be forgetting, or at least not mentioning, is that BTC had a new all-time high before the halving. To me that already showed me that the cycle was broken. Also, I love how folks just think that a bear market has to run perfectly like it has in the past, yet they don’t hold that same standard for bull runs.

MoverWhoStacksSats

The halving pattern is real and worth paying attention to but this cycle already broke the timing. The low didn’t wait until end of 2026 through early 2027. it looks like it already came in February when BTC held around $60k. That’s earlier than the historical 18 month pattern would suggest. The difference this cycle is the ETFs soaking up supply, institutional money that doesn’t panic sell like retail, and macro chaos from tariffs and geopolitical noise that front-loaded the fear. The Iran situation and tariff uncertainty hit all at once and BTC absorbed it without breaking down the way previous cycles did. 2027 might still be a great accumulation window but waiting that long assuming the old pattern holds could mean missing a significant move before then. The game has changed enough that the old roadmap needs at least some updating. BTC is always adapting so should we.

FromThePits

Thats the theory, yes. Fees replaces rewards! Reward per block today = 3.125 BTC/ $243K Average of 3000 transactions per block If we should do this today, an average fee would have to be above $80 per transaction, to compensate for the missing rewards. BTC below $1000 value would very rarely move. BTC over $1000 valuation would only move occasionally, not on a daily or even monthly basis. Noone is buying cappuccino with those fees. Which transactions will provide those compensation fees exactly?

FromThePits

Aha yes. Fees replaces rewards! Reward per block today = 3.125 BTC/ $243K Average of 3000 transactions per block If we should do this today, an average fee would have to be above $80 per transaction, to compensate for the missing rewards. BTC below $1000 value would very rarely move. BTC over $1000 valuation would only move occasionally, not on a daily or even monthly basis. Noone is buying cappuccino with those fees. Which transactions will provide those compensation fees exactly?

FromThePits

Thats the theory, yes. Fees replaces rewards! Reward per block today = 3.125 BTC/ $243K Average of 3000 transactions per block If we should do this today, an average fee would have to be above $80 per transaction, to compensate for the missing rewards. BTC below $1000 value would very rarely move. BTC over $1000 valuation would only move occasionally, not on a daily or even monthly basis. Noone is buying cappuccino with those fees. Which transactions will provide those compensation fees exactly?

FromThePits

Thats the theory, yes. Fees replaces rewards! Reward per block today = 3.125 BTC/ $243K Average of 3000 transactions per block If we should do this today, an average fee would have to be above $80 per transaction, to compensate for the missing rewards. BTC below $1000 value would very rarely move. BTC over $1000 valuation would only move occasionally, not on a daily or even monthly basis. Noone is buying cappuccino with those fees. Which transactions will provide those compensation fees exactly?

logavulin16

MSTR is looking to increase their balance sheet by 25% this year. We are only half way into this bear market. Past draw downs have been 85% and 77%. It would be abnormal for BTC to spend the rest of the year averaging anything but a range between$40,000-$60,000. Don’t let a quick relief rally fool you. I’ve been doing this a long time. Even If the cost basis remained, $80,000->$200,000 would be in the 2-3x range. This is all sound and conservative.

edryer

Markets at ATH BTC/ETH barely moving from lows

jeremiahcp

Why are they all hiking away from the BTC mountain? The image is self-contradictory.

Think-Sector-6329

Interesting split tbh. Price action still looks weak, but conviction buyers stacking that much BTC is hard to ignore. That usually means smart money is positioning befreo the crowd feels confident. Treat this more like accumulation zone than confirmed bottom. Tools like blueblocx can help track if that whale/conviction buying is still hapenning in real time

Cptn_BenjaminWillard

I find that the S2F model is good (for me, a holder rather than a trader) in terms of long-term generalities, but it's not granular enough to really know when the "right" time is to buy, ie. I might mis-time by a few months. I don't have any crypto right now though, so I don't have much skin in the game anyway. But the slow strength of BTC and ETH over the past few months has felt like it's getting close to the right time to be a buyer.

Badj83

Dude don’t get mad. You just came forward to tell us about the very BTC 101 foundation dynamic eeeeeverybody knows about except you. It’s normal you will get made fun of a little. Honestly you might want to erase your post and Google "BTC 4 year cycle" instead.

evandollardon

this is the new BTC/ETH - it never is

Fair_Measurement_957

Because BTC

Suspicious_Act4982

BTC sinse 2021

qwerasdfgthy

It can also just be made up for by increase in total transaction costs? By then the idea is that BTC will be a universal phenomenon and transactions will be very valuable and therefore bundled into very large amounts, and so even a fairly small percentage of the total transaction value in fees will represent a big reward for miners.

Accomplished-Eye5567

BTC and ZEC are a good solution

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jeremiahcp

I still allocate a portion of my DCA funds to crypto, but I’ve shifted my main focus to AI-related tech stocks. I believe that once the Orange Menace leaves the White House, crypto will rebound. Because of that, I should at least build up my ETH and BTC before the recovery, even if it takes years. You need to think in terms of years, not months.

escapefromelba

DOGE has no meaningful structural utility and there’s no ongoing enthusiasm beyond existing holders, the long-term case for price appreciation is very weak, there’s no clear source of sustained demand growth to offset selling pressure or dilution of attention over time.  Just trade it in for ETH or BTC while you still can.

lefix

It is just my impression that whenever BTC reached a new ATH the alt coins from the previous cycle did usually not reach a new ATH. Instead there was always some new alt coin entering the stage. I think people new to crypto regret missing out on the early days, and try to put their money on the latest hype, hoping for it to be the next big thing, dreaming of those 10,000x gains people made back then.

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cyger

For most alts I agree, but BTC, ETH, SOL may have room to run. But I'm glad I swapped a bunch of BTC for AI stocks over the last 2 years.

LibraryWeak4750

Absolutely correct. The chance of making big money with crypto or BTC is gone. Last cycle was NOTHING, it didn’t correct for the inflation or anything - that’s why so many old whales SOLD their btc. 68 to 128 in 4 years? Real inflation was higher than that. Check any of the magnificent 7, any tech or AI related stock, GOLD, SILVER, even old cars and real estate gained more value than bitcoin. It’s gone, owned and controlled by the system.

No_South_9912

Mostly BTC with some ETH and a little bit of SOL.

bitcoinski

It’s the reserve currency for the agent economy which will have billions of agents paying each other directly. No matter the currency used in a transaction, agents will send their profits to their treasuries which will be stored at BTC for security and liquidity.

pfftlolbrolollmao

The no.1 important thing when talking about finances is security. BTC has never been hacked and it's been around for 17 years. Ethereum was hacked in 2017(?) They then changed the code and reverted all transactions back before the hack. They did the right thing but it proves 2 things. One there was a flaw and 2. They can alter the code whenever suits them. This is the same for every altcoin. Humans are the biggest corrupting factor when it comes to anything. We can't be trusted to run things well forever. So altcoins are all controlled and editable which means at anything in the future somebody could fuck your entire life savings. BTC is a constantly moving train with no driver. You either get on or get off. Crypto is horseracing, BTC is innovation.

Quixterix

BTC was one of the worse performing assets for quite some time now. The gold rush is done. Don't expect to get rich from it. It's a trap.

Lephturn

Don’t sell, do a loan using BTC or ETH as collateral.

MinimalGravitas

If your aim is to buy small amounts of BTC "every other day" and transfer it to a self-custodial wallet then I would suggest you rethink your idea. Bitcoin doesn't work on an account model, but rather uses UTxOs. You end up with a separate piece of 'coin' with each transfer. Imagine that you spent a year buying 0.0001 BTC every other day. In total you would have bought about 0.018 BTC... but you don't have a wallet with 0.018 BTC, you have a wallet with 180x UTxOs that are each worth 0.0001 BTC. What's the difference you might be wondering? Well you have to pay extra transaction costs for each UTxO you want to move, so sending 180x UTxOs will be a lot more expensive when you eventually want to move the BTC out of your wallet. Just something to consider when thinking about DCA.

Forded_Fiction24

Bitcoin has a credible path to being the best-performing asset of the next decade. It may not happen but it definitely has potential to be there, just as it had in the past decade. That said I still diversify it BTC is a heavy allocation and existing position

Epictricker2025

Hard to tell for xrp. I usually do TA only on BTC and just rely on altcoins correlation to BTC.

Infinite_Switch1412

I disagree, you can't earn yield on other valuable asserts such as a gold or rare works of art. The value in these is from supply and demand not how much yield or dividends you will receive back. To add to this there is a limited supply of BTC and with every halfening Not everything of value produces a regular yeild.

cryptoboywonder

BTC issues nothing back because there is a limited supply. Banks can issue something back, if they ever do, because they create money out of thin air. You deposit money into the bank or buy GIC, for example, and earn interest. Mean while, the bank loans out your deposit to someone else and charges them a much higher interest. While your money is loaned out, if you ever decide to withdraw your money, the bank just takes someone else's deposit to refund your money. This whole nonsense repeats many times over. Basically it is a pyramid scheme that keeps functioning as long as the Central Banks around the world keep printing money out of nothing, and keep loaning them to the banks. The banks, to a certain degree, can also print money. Hence we have inflation where the value of your money is worth less now and will continue be worth lesser and lesser. One way to reverse this is for Central Banks to buy back their currencies, just like companies do a stock buyback to reduce their outstanding shares. This makes each share more valuable. But Central Banks will never do this. Another way is for our wages to increase faster than the rate of inflation. Look back to the 1970s in the USA. I think a bag of chips were only 25 cents and yearly wages were $10,000. Fifty-five years later, a bag of chips is about $5 and yearly wages is about $70,000. A bag of chips is up 20 times and our wages are up only 7 times???? No wonder most of us cannot afford to buy a home now. You see the problem? The solution is NOT "tax the rich". The solution is to for governments to stop spending OUR money wastefully! If BTC was the only currency then the scam by governments will come to an end.

InvestaHepps

I think you’re picking up on something real, but I wouldn’t call it an identity crisis. Most of those “dead” projects didn’t suddenly stop existing… they just lost the conditions they needed to actually function. When liquidity is concentrated, it tends to sit in BTC and a handful of majors. Everything else slowly dries up underneath it. From the outside that looks like failure, but it’s often just a lack of sustained demand. The model hasn’t really changed as much as the timing of where liquidity flows and who actually captures it. That’s why it keeps feeling like people are exit liquidity… they’re usually arriving in the wrong phase rather than playing a broken game entirely…

liftcookrepeat

It could play a role but volatility is the main issue for trade, pricing energy in something that swings is hard. In practice most deals would still settle in fiat, BTC might just be a bridge or reserve. One step is watch how stablecoins are used today, that's closer to real adoption. Also depends on regulation between countries, that decides usage. Do you see it as settlement layer or actual pricing unit.

liftcookrepeat

No yield doesn't mean no value, gold is similar. BTC price comes from supply and demand, not payouts. Compare it to other non-yield assets. Regulation and access can shift price fast. Are you viewing it as investment or system comparison.

thebaldmaniac

What are you even talking about? If you keep your money at home do you get a return on it? Similarly why would you get a return on keeping Bitcoin (or any crypto) in self custody? You can choose to put your BTC in a CEX, wrap it (WBTC) and deploy in a DEX and get some returns on it. At the end of the day it's your money and YOU can choose what to do with it!

Ok-Paint-635

Oil drop eases inflation fears—great for risk assets. Added more BTC on BitMart spot, but keeping stablecoins ready for any sudden dips. 🛢️📉

salinungatha

Its possible to set up transactions such that you can publish the public and private keys immediately, but the transaction can only be claimed at a certain block. At least one person has done this, setting up 0.1BTC to be claimed in around 100 years time. But what if a Saylor/Satoshi type figure actually got worried about mining rewards? They could effectively use this technique to donate Bitcoin to block rewards. Unlikely but possible.

Far-Photograph-2342

USDT isn’t really “decentralized crypto” in the same way BTC is, it’s a centralized stablecoin, so freezes are kind of part of that design for compliance and fraud cases.

cravingsomeone

I think the same. BTC will dip to 50-60k at the end of this year, and start bull market.

Spitipoti

That's a huge problem anyway. Let's suppose that price remains the same as today adjusted for inflation. Today 1 block = 3.125 BTC, in 2060 (not that far up the road) 1 block = 0.0061035 BTC - that means 0.19% of today. That means also hashrate (and consequently mining difficulty) would dramatically fall, which is extremely dangerous because it exposes the network to attacks. No one seems worried about this, which is wild to me.

Used-Height-2670

I don’t believe that the last BTC will actually ever get mined

Fit-Poet6736

my longest positions are BTC, ETH and NEXO, it's been like 5 years now - doing pretty well to be honest (had to use them as loans several times, but everything was ok)

TheresNoSecondBest

>if all BTC is owned by cooperations and hedgefunds by then... That's like saying if a rouge comet discovered in [1971](https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/), named [REKT 69420](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E4WlUXrJgy4) will rugpull the orbit and release a giant pirate octopus that will eat the Earth, there won't be much transactions going on either.

FromThePits

Mining becoming easier doesn't change the fact that one block reward = 0.00000009 BTC a hundred years from now. And if all BTC is owned by cooperations and hedgefunds by then, there won't be much transactions going on either. This will only be a problem if BTC isn't the worlds reserve currency by then.

Gullible_Car_5628

Mining difficulty adjustments are pretty elegant actually, like how my linux distro handles resource allocation when processes start competing. Been watching this space for few years and the network always finds its balance somehow The real wildcard is what happens when transaction fees become the main incentive instead of block rewards. Right now fees are still tiny compared to the 6.25 BTC reward, but in 2140 miners will need those fees to be worth their electricity costs. Either we'll have enough transaction volume to make it work, or layer 2 solutions will handle most payments and miners get squeezed out gradually My bet is on something in middle - not total collapse but not moon prices either, just slow adaptation as the economics shift

Accomplished-Pop-720

True. Increased regulatory clarity or a major nation adopting BTC as a reserve would be a sufficient catalyst. We’re waiting for that black swan event.

Accomplished-Pop-720

Most of it. Spot ETFs already pulled $50B+. Real catalyst now is macro-Fed policy and whether BTC becomes the true inflation hedge.

Tim-Rocket

I don't think so, the "financial crime unit" T3+ (Theter, Tron, TRM Labs and Binance) does exactly this from time to time. (It's not them in this case tho.) Tron collaborated in freezing USDT on Tron in prior occasions, it's healthier for a network not to have illicit money circulating on it, if they can prevent it. (Unlike BTC) This does not hurt the network, on the contrary.

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Phantasizer

> watching all that investment tank at 15k Of course that would be stressful for me too, that’s why I’m trying to not check the exchange rate anymore. Yesterday I removed BTC from the quick access list in my currency app (I need the currency app because I travel a lot).  But if it tanks again to very low levels, I think I’ll be holding steady even if I notice it. Basically I consider my BTC as “lost money”, I can afford to lose it and won’t cry if that happens. 

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zfride

https://stats.andotherstuff.org/ 42.5 BTC zapd on nostr alone lol

WorldlyCaramel3793

This is one of the main reasons why I focus on bagging BTC.

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True_Bodybuilder8095

Yeah, Bitcoin fiction can be interesting when it sticks to how BTC actually works instead of bending it for plot convenience. The “no coins move, just a valid signature” idea is actually a solid hook. Curious how deep you went into the economics side in the story vs just the cryptography angle.

Mife97

Unless it's BTC forget it. Crypto is suffering right now

Mife97

Feels like it is. AI data center stocks seems to be the new baby. Apart from BTC everything else is dying out

Frog-bitcoiner

Cheaper BTC

NorfolkIslandRebel

Yes but not 0.61 BTC. That would be ridiculous.

blue_scream_of_death

Looks like 0.6 BTC is back on the menu, boys!!!

scrape_ur_face

If I sell 0.62 BTC, should I make a post about it too?

Frog-bitcoiner

Only 9 BTC 🤣

Top_Limit_

If you have 10BTC somewhere, I'll let it slide.

SherbetFluffy1867

Over $375,000,000 worth of BTC flying around the network. I'd say it's in use :)

ARoundForEveryone

So Microstrategy as a company, outside of BTC holdings, is worth basically nothing? Their only value is their Bitcoin wallet? Does the company even do anything anymore? Or is it just Saylor with a bunch of hardware wallets strewn around his house?

logavulin16

MSTR’s cost basis is currently $80,000, and will only continue to drop as price action continues down. BTC ran 840% from bottom to top. With 20% of the purchases ahead the base cost could drop to $70,000 fairly easily. A high of $210,000 would be a 66% growth on the previous peak. More importantly, the bottom will likely grow about 300% or more. We need to stop obsessing over market peaks

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Post is by: Bcom_Mod and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/bitcoin_com/comments/1su2ssz/btc_hit_795k_pulled_back_to_772k_and_is_now/ It's as if the market wants to go higher, but keeps getting interrupted. The price action over the last 48 hours is worth documenting, because it illustrates exactly what's happening structurally in this market right now. Wednesday: Trump extended the ceasefire indefinitely. BTC ripped to $79,500: its highest print since early February. $320 million in short liquidations. Total crypto market cap tagged $2.7 trillion. The move felt like the start of something. Thursday morning: Iran seized two commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Not before the ceasefire extension, but during, while the ink was still wet. The IRGC, which has been operating with significant independence from Iran's civilian diplomatic apparatus, apparently did not get the memo. Three other vessels were reportedly attacked in the same window. Oil spiked back toward $100. [BTC faded from $79,500 to an intraday low of $77,201 before finding a floor around $78,000](https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-retreats-from-79k-peak-as-middle-east-economic-warfare-intensifies/). The $218 million in liquidations Thursday were mild compared to Wednesday's $320 million: mostly overleveraged longs that had chased the initial breakout. The market repriced the geopolitical risk premium and found a level. Which is itself interesting: BTC absorbing an IRGC ship seizure during a ceasefire and settling at $78K rather than flushing to $74K suggests the support structure has genuinely shifted upward from where it was a month ago. QCP Capital flagged this after the Wednesday spike: the rally is driven by reduced tail risk, not improved macro fundamentals. Oil is still near $100. The Fed is still on hold. Kevin Warsh's confirmation testimony reinforced data-dependence without offering the dovish pivot that would give crypto a clear macro tailwind. What you have is a market that desperately wants to go higher: the positioning, the ETF inflows, the structural accumulation from Strategy and Tether are all pointing the same direction, but keeps getting interrupted by a conflict that won't resolve cleanly. The next key levels are exactly where you'd expect them. Clean break and close above $80,000 on real spot volume opens $85,000–$88,000. The $200-day moving average is threading into that zone and above it supply thins significantly. Fail to hold $77,300 and the old range around $74,000–$76,000 reasserts. The $180 million in shorts stacked above $78,000 still hasn't been fully cleaned out: they're the mechanical reason the next leg, when it comes, will be violent. Oil at $100, IRGC seizing ships during the ceasefire, BTC at $78K and apparently refusing to care all that much. Somewhere there's a narrative about digital gold. It might actually be correct. *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.*

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Post is by: Bcom_Mod and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/bitcoin_com/comments/1su2o8y/a_fourstar_us_navy_admiral_just_told_congress/ Here's a story that landed somewhat quietly yesterday, yet deserves a proper read because of its implications. Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of US Indo-Pacific Command, the four-star in charge of American military operations across the Pacific including all strategic competition with China, appeared before the Senate and then the House Armed Services Committee this week. During questioning from Senator Tommy Tuberville about whether Bitcoin could strengthen US deterrence against China, Paparo said this: "[We have a node on the Bitcoin network right now.](https://news.bitcoin.com/us-military-runs-bitcoin-node-conducts-operational-tests-indo-pacific-commander-tells-senate/) We're not mining Bitcoin. We're using it to monitor, and we're doing a number of operational tests to secure and protect networks using the Bitcoin protocol." And then at the Senate hearing the day before: "Bitcoin is a reality. It's a peer-to-peer, zero-trust transfer of value. Anything that supports all instruments of national power for the United States of America is to the good." He described Bitcoin not as a financial asset but as a computer science system — specifically framing proof-of-work's energy-cost architecture as a tool for "imposing costs" on adversaries in cyber operations. The same logic Major Jason Lowery laid out in his "Softwar" thesis, which argued that PoW is essentially a form of physical deterrence in cyberspace. When Lowery wrote that in 2023 it was a niche academic argument. When a four-star combatant commander testifies to it before the Senate Armed Services Committee in 2026, it's operational doctrine. The context matters. Tuberville noted that China's main monetary think tank has been publishing research on Bitcoin as a strategic asset: directly in response to Bitcoin Policy Institute work examining the same question. The US currently holds approximately 328,000 BTC in government reserves. China's estimated holdings from the PlusToken seizure run around 194,000 BTC. Never formally disclosed, never designated as a reserve. There are two superpowers quietly treating Bitcoin as a strategic asset while the retail market debates whether $80K is resistance or support. The disclosure is also genuinely strange when you sit with it. Bitcoin's entire design philosophy is resistance to capture by powerful states. The proof-of-work network was explicitly built so that no government, institution, or military command could control it. And now the command responsible for US power projection in the Pacific is running a node: directly participating in that peer-to-peer network, and testing its architecture for offensive and defensive cyber applications. Bitcoin doesn't care. The node validates the same way any other node does. But the fact of it is remarkable. The protocol was built to resist government capture. The government is now running a node and calling it power projection. Satoshi did not have notes on this. *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.*

Drspaceman1717

Bot. The US has been regulating the markets to accept BTC for years. Regulated exchanges, ETF’s, 401k access.

ilovesaintpaul

More like a "bull-shit flag". Look... I'm pro BTC and hold my keys and pay attention. I've NEVER lost money on BTC. It takes discipline and patience, not "feels."

rodmandirect

Tl;dr: Bitcoin’s scarcity is literally math, enforced by code running on thousands of computers at once. Central banks can print money whenever they feel like it. Bitcoin works completely differently. New coins can only come into existence one way: as a reward paid to miners when they add a new block of transactions to the blockchain. That reward shrinks over time, though. Every 210,000 blocks, roughly every four years, it gets cut in half. This is called “the halving.” Bitcoin started in 2009 with miners earning 50 BTC per block. Then 25, then 12.5, then 6.25, and right now 3.125 BTC. Keep cutting a number in half forever and you inch toward a ceiling you never actually hit, which is exactly how the math produces the 21 million limit. The last tiny fraction of a Bitcoin will be mined around 2140. The enforcement is what makes this interesting. Every computer running a Bitcoin node checks every block against the same rules independently. If a miner tries to claim more Bitcoin than the formula allows, every node on the network rejects that block automatically, purely because the rules say so. The natural question is whether someone could just change the code. Technically yes, Bitcoin is open source and anyone can modify it. But adoption requires the vast majority of users, businesses, and node operators worldwide to voluntarily switch over. Given that a fixed supply is the whole point of Bitcoin for most people running it, an inflationary change would almost certainly go nowhere. The 21 million cap holds because the people running the network actively choose rules that preserve it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

MooseLoot

I did: 1) enough BTC that if this sub is right, I’m good 2) house 3) stocks enough that if this sub is wrong, I’m still good 4) more BTC I’m reasonably certain this approach makes sense

f7931a

Bullshit. You were still wetting the bed when BTC launched in 2009, and the average person didn’t hear about it for years after that. Even if you knew about BTC and started working as soon as you were legally able to at age 14, you would still need $120,000 to buy each of your “300+ BTC” for $400, the average price in 2015. Get lost, scammer!

f7931a

Yeah, it’s really unfortunate that Bitcoin is still so stigmatized. The ever expanding landscape of shitcoins and crypto scammers have led the general public to think of and treat BTC the same way. By the time they realize the errors of their ways it will be too late. Sad!

ReelTech

The problem with the 'cycle vs dead' debate is most people eye-ball it (did the chart recover last cycle? does anyone still post about it?). You can actually make it data-driven: pick 3-5 criteria (3-month volume trend, 30-day dev commit activity, exchange listings lost/gained, correlation to BTC by rolling 90-day beta) and set up a screen that flags any holding that's failed 3 of 5 for two consecutive months. Both CovenantAlpha.com and TradingView.com let you run this as a repeating scan across your watchlist and export the results. Takes the emotion out, if a coin's been screening as dead for 4 months, you've already been given your signal to trim whether or not the vibe has shifted. HODL made sense in 2017 when retail couldn't get good data on anything, in 2026 with transparent on-chain plus rate-limited APIs for most of it, there's no excuse for not checking in quarterly.

OpticallyMosache

The only meme I hold is the rune on Bitcoin called D*O*G. I like the ordinal and ecosystem in BTC.

Rare_Rich6713

Are you staking BTC already and on which platform are you staking on?

_SlipperySalmon_

If you're not selling isn't it pretty simple? Look at exchange deposits and then look at your BTC #

Tarlius72

Just sell and and forget it bro they’re all gonna be rug pulled eventually, BTC won’t. In doing so you won’t have to worry about it anymore. It’s the same as worrying about any tech stock you sold once that might go up in the future. If you know enough about BTC you’ll know that long term it’s the only right answer, good luck

Tarlius72

Are you up? Sell them and buy BTC. Are you down? A lot? Maybe wait. A little? Sell and buy BTC

Drspaceman1717

Don’t give a gift that your intended doesn’t want or understand. You’re just spreading your orange ideals on them. If they ask for BTC then they’ll already have an account somewhere.

coffeebadger21

There's no need to buy breakfast with it. I'm talking about holding a 90% allocation. Regular Joe did not do that in 2021. Amazon and Microsoft are not doing it now. So it hasn't yet been adopted. The retail adoption phase is when salaries are denominated in BTC because no one is willing to work for any other currency. We're still in the early adoption phase.