BTC

Soft_Alarm7799

The petrodollar unwinding is the one macro scenario where BTC actually earns the "digital gold" title instead of just cosplaying it. But your instinct about the panic phase is right too. Short term, a real dollar crisis means everything gets liquidated for whatever is most liquid, and right now that's still USD ironically. The bull case for BTC kicks in after the dust settles and people realize they need an asset that doesn't have a central bank attached. Could take weeks, could take months. Position accordingly.

Top-Care-8946

Thank you very much for expression of your point of view! :-) Your explanation is very realistic. Sure, human factor will never disappear and also physical factors that may affect demand and supply relation will never cease exist. So in short, prices should be mostly fixed but will be also floating between some kind of tolerances? Anyway I was born in former Soviet Union's member state and I was growing up until it collapsed. In soviet industry and economic system most of prices were fixed and controlled by the state. But when economy became exhausted by corruption and low currency exchange rate (hyper inflation) then SU's financial system collapsed totally and USD or FIM (Finnish Mark) was used to trade during last years of SU. We might expect that BTC will not be affected so severely but some kind of shift in capitalistic economy system might be applied because already see how assets in global terms are shifting from one ownership to another. Especially there is a risk that USD will lose it's role in fuel and oil market and Chinese Yuan might take that leadership over. That would surely reshape also stocks and crypto markets because paying for crypto and other assets will be done in another currency (not only Yuan but for an example for British Pound or Swiss Franc) That will changes everything we are used to because cash will flow in alternative direction and there will be some other banks and vaults used to stock these assets. Also crypto might to flow through alternative network nodes that will be set up in Asia and other regions.

Johnty21

I’m 65% BTC 15% Sol 15% Eth and 5% Sui

Shittyzed15

Overall, if you’re looking for a platform focused on passive crypto income, simplicity, and strong BTC yield opportunities, CoinDepo is definitely one of the projects worth keeping an eye on right now.

No_Investigator3369

Similar but with pot stocks as well. I was on deep with canntrust and totally got fucked by the Canadian govt. Lost over $150k. BTC also dropped and had to see a bunch at around $3600 . It doubled .. then went through the roof. I try not to look back at it. I also bought palantir at 25 and sold for 17. I'm having a sale on portfolio management. This month only $500 down and I'll only take 0.019% as my rake. Best deal on town right now on fees.

BlazingPalm

Deep down, don’t we all know that Alts and leverage will let us down every single time? Stick with BTC

CherryRoutine9397

If the whole world actually used BTC for payments it would probably change how prices behave. Bitcoin has a fixed supply so you would not get the same money printing that happens with fiat. That could mean less long term inflation, but prices would still move because supply and demand never disappears. Also people forget something. Even with Bitcoin the economy would still have taxes, businesses competing, shortages, and human behaviour. Those things move prices way more than the payment method itself. In the early stage it would probably be messy too. Huge volatility, governments fighting it, banks trying to adapt. Over time though if adoption kept growing the system would likely stabilise a lot more. Also side thought. A lot of people think Bitcoin replacing fiat instantly fixes everything. It doesn’t. It mostly just changes the rules of the game. If you like thinking about stuff like this I write about money, investing and Bitcoin sometimes. My newsletter is free and the link is on my profile.

BaconGreaseShot

IMO BTC is the solution through the crisis phase of this fourth turning. You're spot on with your observations.

malacosa

Well, first, if you truly go all in, you have zero fiat to even buy groceries with, so let’s assume you’re not doing that. Even if you do decide to invest 100% of your excess fiat (so no excess spending, no big flat screen, no toys, no vacations etc etc), BTC is not your only option, and I’d still argue spreading out your risk is a good idea. At any time (as an example) Satoshi could come out of hiding, sell all his BTC, and proclaim this all as one giant Ponzi scheme and I can guarantee that would dump the value of BTC almost immediately. So that is an ever present non-zero risk.

Vancecookcobain

That's when you'll wonder how much BTC a dollar is worth

Odd_Barracuda9803

I totally get it. Leverage trading can be brutal. If you’re looking for a platform that handles this kinda thing with added security to protect users profits and capital, try xeniachain, it’s made for exactly this. Just be careful out there! They are in the presale phase and providing ongoing updates to the community which is nice. I lost $23,000 leverage trading Hedera when it pumped and almost gave up then found these guys that put their business number and verification at the top of their whitepaper and are implementing a tiered Take profit system to mitagate users losses and help secure profits prior to liquidation They support a wider array of memecoins and the popular cryptocurrencies like BTC, ETH, XRP etc  Honestly it's a safe vet to at least check out since we know they aren't cross country scammers stealing our hard earned funds like most scummy presales do. Oh and their socials are on the site as-well www.xeniachain.com/whitepaper www.xeniachain.com

omg_its_dan

Never buy a shitcoin. Wasted 3-4 years and a lot of potential BTC on that nonsense before it finally clicked.

angreysquirrel6999

Listen to your son when he comes home from university in 2015 and tells me to start investing in BTC and ETH. Life would be so different now.

SpoonPlateAndAFork

Many people think it's dead. Mainly because it pumps not so agressively and often - so they can't make a lot of money. For me it's practical same as BTC. Many stores in my country (Europe) allow to pay with btc or LTC. That's why I have some. Not much. Also an argument would be the scarcity. There's I think around 93% circulating supply already. I think it could do some crazy green candles, but I buy mainly BTC.

FizbanWaffles

Ah yes, it's the leftists who are deranged. Signed, a progressive BTC hodler.

macetheface

It'll be circumvented via soft fork. The issue is with old Satoshi era addresses. If those wallets are cracked/drained and not somehow migrated over it'll be a bad day for BTC.

Minimal_Gains

If the whole world would use BTC as payment method.... the fees would explode, the blocks full and the queue of transactions so large that trading comes to a standstill.

NilNow

I think STX still has a lot of potential. Crypto conversation is starting to focus more on institutional yield, particularly for BTC, and they continue to ship and announce important partnerships (Fireblocks, Circle, etc.)

malacosa

HODL forever is a completely ridiculous concept. If you’ve bought in at $10k and BTC went to $1 million, and THAT amount was life changing for you, you’d be an absolute fool not to sell. In fact, I’d argue most HODLers in at $10k have either sold already or would not be able to withstand the urge to sell as BTC approached $1 million.

icnews10

I think the key here is time horizons. In a rapid, disorderly scenario (war escalation, dollar stress), BTC likely does not initially act as a hedge but rather as a risk asset. Liquidity is sucked out, correlations go to 1, and everything is selling off. The narrative about BTC being a neutral asset is often discussed after, not during, a scenario. If the dollar were to structurally weaken, then BTC’s position is more interesting. But if there is a disorderly transition, then I think it’s more about liquidity needs rather than what is theoretically correct.

TripsterX

I think HODL merely refers to the strategy of aiming not to sell ever despite price action. I think that each of us have an idea in our minds about how BTC could be our 'escape' I honestly think HODL is the way to go, but selling to fulfill a meaningful, and positive change in your life, whether its paying off mortgage, paying off other debts, re-investment into property for example: that is BTC being used well. Selling however because you want to "enjoy the money" and go qnd live your best life goijg buying lavish cars which only create more debt, that i wouldnt understand and would say is a foolish idea. I guess its highly subjective what would make people sell. Anyone feel free to share what your end goal would be if you were able to sell even most of your BTC one day, what would be your idea youd like to do with your profits?

lookingglass91

Not sure what you mean, Initial Setup (maybe an hour depending how technical the person is, and you only do this one time): Wallet/Node Choice: Skip full nodes if you're not hardcore. Use a mobile app like Phoenix (iOS/Android)—it's fully self-custodial, **auto-manages channels, liquidity, and swaps**. Download, create seed (20 words), done in 5 mins. No Bitcoin sync needed. Alternatives like Breez or Mutiny wallets all handle channel creation automatically on first use. Fund It: Send ~$10-100 sats (0.0001-0.001 BTC) from any exchange/on-ramp to your LN address. Phoenix opens the channel instantly via submarine swaps—**no peer hunting**. Keys: You control them 100%. Backup your 12/24-word seed once. Use a hardware wallet for extra safety if paranoid. **Total time**: Under an hour if you're not fumbling phone apps. Even a full LND node on a Raspberry Pi takes ~2 hours ( Umbrel/myNode makes it plug-and-play)

RunKnots

BTC is like 0,1% of everything. We are crazy early

mossyskeleton

I was buying Bitcoin at $300 trying to get to 21 BTC. Then weed stocks came along and I dumped my money into that instead. I did get 3 BTC out of it but sold on the way up in 2017.

SithLard

"I received .33 BTC!" Narrator: "He didn't."

P-Villain

My mom saw how much i made from BTC and decided to join in only to get hacked and lose a good sum of money

mezmezik

You ccould not be more wrong. 1- AI Agent are coming, they cannot easiliy use real money so they gonna have to use some sort crypto currencies. 2- Cryptocurrencies are the best in class to move money around the world. Thats how I bought a land in a remote country. Having to transfer money in a foreing currency was far more complex. 3- Probably far more people are using cryptos than you think. 4- Even if its mainly a store of value in the end (BTC), this is the best way to protect to money against governement control. The war in is some the best exemple, people can get their money, the governement is taking money directly in the bank account of people, freezing their assets. You cant do that with bitcoin. And dont talk about intrinsic value, thats the worst argument ever. Cryptos has no less value than fiat. Bitcoin for instance, the value is in the confidence people have in project, if people value buying a 600$ untradable item in a video game, cryptos is an e-assets that is far more useful already.

Local_Reply_3436

People only want BTC and ETH. Whatever else you have/had was just a shitcoin. You have USD in America. There aren't 100s of other USD variants. There is only one. It's the same concept. At this point, price doesn't lie. BTC is it.

Ok_Winter8503

That’s a fair distinction. I think there’s a real difference between someone being 100% BTC by accident versus someone doing it deliberately with full awareness of the risk. Where it gets interesting to me is that a lot of people call something “conviction” when it’s really just unmeasured concentration. That’s part of what pushed me to build Crypto Clarity AI — because most trackers will show the portfolio value going up, but not really force the question of how fragile or concentrated the structure underneath actually is. Even for someone who ends up wanting 100% BTC, I still think there’s value in being able to quantify that choice clearly instead of just hand-waving it as conviction.

benditbackwards

you can't be this gullible in real life?? Did you work for that .33 BTC?? Ask yourself, this is ALOT of money, and I hardly broke a sweat to get it. If you answered yes, then its a scam or at least the beginning of one. This is fiat thinking, expecting something for nothing. This is not how its like in the REAL world and Bitcoin.

Sunshine_dmg

.... yall know you can stake ur BTC right

Yeagerist15

1% won’t move the needle but neither will the advice of “only invest what you are willing to lose” You simply must risk it for the biscuit if you want any sizesble gains.  Was curious my allocation so I did the math  I’m  21% Physical Gold (this wasn’t intentional) 20% BTC 49%  ETFs 9% Emergency/Liquid cash  1% rounding errors since I’m using a calc quickly for these numbers 

Ge_Yo

Sounds like a solid strategy. Do you think BTCFi will gain more adoption? Most BTC is just sitting idle, but more protocols are exploring ways for it to earn yield while keeping full self-custody, like with the upcoming Trustless Bitcoin Vaults.

Top-Care-8946

OK thanks. Interesting argument. So you think that BTC just could not be used as functional payment because there will be network overload? But if it's real cause then what final purpose should BTC have? To replace gold as an asset? Because if fiats will lose their purchase power then there must something to become that replaces fiat. Like in medieval era there were minted gold and silver coins as main payment instrument which later was replaced by paper printed banknotes.

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BuyTheDip_Repeat

BTC as allways, leverage from x2 - 10

Ge_Yo

Nice, and are you also considering staking it in protocols that keep self-custody intact? Trustless Bitcoin Vaults will also unlock more use cases once they launch, bringing even more ways to use BTC.

Top-Care-8946

If state taxes like VAT and other taxes like gas and electricity excises and property and asset related taxes are raised then that means that final end consumer products will be more expensive because manufacturers and service providers will not pay for it at a cost of their earned profit. End user will pay as always have been paid. So technically if state sends bills where tax calculations and demands are given in BTC and taxes are subject to be raised by years or more according to the state tax and economy policies then it technically causes inflation also for BTC as digital currency.

Either-Bumblebee4372

This place primarily cares about short term price action, that’s about it. Very few discussions about the technology and how Bitcoin is being adopted. Saylor has talked about how AI agents would likely favour Bitcoin. It’s going to get crazy when AI is let loose with some BTC and the ability to transact independently.

Ill_Location4524

I take “HODL” as a general rule, i.e. *generally speaking* it is better to buy and hold BTC than to trade BTC. Put another way: Its core value is in storing and appreciating value over time, not trying to time ins and outs and tops and bottoms.

phreaminz

Looks like uncertainty about future world economics relations is pushing a flow of capital into BTC and other crypto coins. This response was not generated by AI, I pinky swear.

Short-Cantaloupe-899

Same mindset here. I stopped trying to pick winners based on narratives and started looking more at data structure. Things like volume pressure, volatility regimes, and whether BTC is stabilizing often matter more than which alt people hype that week. Been testing some small forecasting experiments just to see if short-term direction is even partially measurable. Mostly trying to reduce bad entries rather than find perfect trades. https://preview.redd.it/h2nunkrlgnpg1.png?width=1473&format=png&auto=webp&s=267fb349f7fa5e72b007afa2d4a4cb06bdbadb79

Gloriam_Insights

It might work, but you yourself pointed out the core problem, no one knows when the bottom or the top actually is. So it's impossible to objectively sell at the peak and buy when BTC bottoms out. In theory, that kind of approach could work. The deeper issue is that you're treating this as a reliable strategy purely because BTC has shown this pattern a few times. But past cycles don't guarantee future ones, you even acknowledged that the pattern may change. And if it does, you could find yourself sidelined: you sold thinking it was the top, but BTC kept going higher. DCA is simply a safer, lower-risk, and far less stressful approach.

FromThePits

BTC will become more and more institutionalized. The bulk of bitcoin will gradually move from first mover wallets into hedgefunds, governments and cooperations wallets - simply because they have deeper pockets and longer time horizons, than most individuals. It will never reach mass-adoption. It will be out of reach for most people, even with 2 layer options. Coming generations will sell whatever you have managed to gather - and it will be near impossible to regain after a few years. The good news is, that if you're aware of this, you can still benefit from the massive upside BTC will continue to have as store of value and financial settlement layer between gigants. Even if you only hold a few satoshis. And if you are able to save a little for your great great grandchildren, thats even better.

kawfeeman69

Well, to be honest, i think we're going to hit considerably new higher highs in the next year well before we ever hit the previous lows sub $60k.. I cannot imagine a situation where we go below $60k considering how poorly things are going here in the US ( i am talking about the price of BTC as it pertains to the USD ) ... If gold is set to surpass $6k and "our" ability to find more just keeps getting better ( maybe not easier, just better ).

jclaslie

After spending almost a decade in this market I will give you the most boring advice you will get - BTC is the only safe bet on crypto, because BTC started crypto. Over time, BTC holders will almost always outperform every altcoin out there

jclaslie

The value of BTC goes up in dollars, and dollars go down in value compared to BTC

ResolutionSmall3692

I'm not missing out on BTC, ADA and NEXO

NoOne2419

It a AI bot, who cares what it says? It can be fed data and can avoid BTC

TheresNoSecondBest

>if the whole world would use BTC >Could prices stabilize Of course. The more people use bitcoin, the more stable it'll become.

na3than

> if BTC should be integrated and adopted into current financial system as fiat is adopted then it will be a little affected by inflation because taxes are subject to have higher rates and this artificially increases prices What? Seriously, > then it will be a little affected by inflation What? > because taxes are subject to have higher rates What? > and this artificially increases prices What?

OwnDoughnut2689

It's still down a lot from ATHs 😂 if you believe in BTC, this price isn't shit

Constant_Smile_

Anybody putting money in anything other than BTC right now has brain damage.

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Logical_driver_42

People who can’t do it think it’s magic but I bought for the first time at 40k sold at 108 and bought a lot more down at the 70k range. I didn’t do it perfectly at all but I still added that extra 35% price delta directly to my BTC stack. The funny thing too is I had people telling my to rebuy at 120k and that I messed up selling it. As long as you’re patient you can make it work out really well for you.

PresentationWeak4818

Yeah this makes sense tbh. In a real panic, everything gets sold first and people just rush to cash or whatever feels safest in the moment. But once things settle a bit, that’s when the “what do we trust now?” question kicks in. If confidence in fiat actually cracks, BTC could benefit from that shift. Agree with your last line though, liquidity still drives everything right now. The ideology part only really shows up after the dust settles.

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Personal-Dev-Kit

BTC is dead. Or so I keep hearing

Low-Razzmatazz3932

Honestly in a real “things are breaking” scenario, BTC probably dumps first with everything else. When panic hits, people sell what they can, not what they want. But after that initial chaos, it could bounce back stronger if people start looking for alternatives to fiat. So short term = messy and volatile, long term = maybe bullish if the narrative actually shifts. Feels like BTC still reacts to liquidity first, ideology second.

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RandomPlayerCSGO

I mean is not that bad I still was lucky enough to get into crypto early before finishing my economics degree and since then I have been accumulating BTC and Monero and have a lot more net worth than regular people my age so It's fine I'm happy, most people who were in crypto back then have similar stories the market was crazy at the time

Editor-Forward

According to the four year cycle, which seems very much intact, we are still sliding downwards from the recent (10/2025) high. The cycle indicates that BTC bottoms and/or stabilizes and thinks about climbing, around 10/2026. Dont fight the trend, in other words. Follow the cycle.

phoebusmaximus

Had £50k in Raiblocks after dumping £11k into it, which got to that by buying from ETH mainly. Which was about £100 when I bought it. Was going to cash my initial the next day after a family member convinced me to. The exchange got 'hacked' (which turned out to be a glitch with withdrawals), withdrew just in time before they froze withdrawals, but then held Bitcoin (was something like 11-12 BTC) until it bled to about £2-3k. Held for years, price rose a bit, I cashed it all to go travelling, then BTC rallied to £60k+ that bull run. Still think about the fumble to this day.

Odd_Bar9513

I have the BTC only Trezor too. It’s so cool!

Hfksnfgitndskfjridnf

Somewhere between 2-4 million BTC are assumed lost. That means 16-18 million BTC are accessible, with 1 million left to mine. MSTR is close to 5% of the supply already if there are only 16 million BTC.

Hfksnfgitndskfjridnf

Saylor is the egg man. Price collapse of Bitcoin is inevitable, the only question is how long it takes and how much of the bag belongs to MSTR shareholders. He’s put himself on the treadmill of doom, this week alone he committed to 120 million more in yearly dividends. By the end of the year that will be over 2 Billion a year. MSTR is only raising 20-30 Billion in capital a year so 10% of all future capital raises will go towards dividend payments instead of buying BTC. The more preferreds he issues the worse it gets. Any strategy that only works by exponentially increasing capital raising and needing exponential rise of an underlying asset isn’t a real strategy. It’s a recipe for guaranteed failure.

biophysicsguy

I'm genuinely curious about your long term strategy. Say you are successful and buy BTC at sub-$50K prices, then is your plan to time the top and sell all? The fact that you have zero BTC now tells me that you ether sold all your BTC previously or you are new to this game.

TheRadishBros

One of many traditional finance experts who are too egotistical to “get” BTC.

londonsson

I’m thinking I was going to go with the most basic jade, I I think I’ll only ever want to buy BTC

mrpez1

Early is wrong. He almost went bankrupt waiting to be right. He could eventually be right but that’s his schtick. Make some Casandra call (BTC depression! AI meltdown!) and then wait around until it hits. This time around he’s closing his fund and sitting in cash rather than shorting. Guess he learned something from last time.

Fun_Breath8166

Not 100% relevant, but as a prime example: I did not know anything in 2019. Bought btc and eth for about €10-12.000. Sold when it went down and decided I did not have the stomach for it yet. Calculated on the previous market top of 2021(!!!), this amount is the one I’ve missed due to panic selling: €162.840 Invested 25k extra in total afterwards, had a portfolio value of 125.000 beginning of last year. But the project I was in failed, and I ended up with 25k currently in my portfolio. Which is BTC for 80% of that amount. So I’m still at a loss after 7 years for not believing in BTC DCA.

CryptigoVespucci

We were max fear in February right when he made this call. Generated 100s of "BTC to zero" headlines, and shook a lot of people out. Agree now we're at apathy

__redruM

Dollar is up considerably since the conflict started, so it’s not happening any time soon. But it’s vanishingly unlikely that the world chooses BTC to replace it.

Good-Hand-8140

No one knows, most probably a 95% crash in real value. A low possibility of a bounce back to knew heights. Btc is not a hedge or alternative to the dollar, that's gold. BTC is a parallel dollar system.

CaffeineComaMode

If this happens, I think BTC will be your last problem...

Supreme-Muffinator

True and history backs that up. However, I do think people underestimate how tied BTC still is to the dollar system today. If the USD suddenly lost its footing in the middle of a war, I doubt the immediate reaction is everyone piling into Bitcoin overnight. BTC might benefit later, but the transition would probably be a lot messier than anybody can predict...

Supreme-Muffinator

Congratulations bro! Keep stacking, will wait for the next post at 1 BTC milestone!

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tldr; Metaplanet transferred 4,986 BTC worth $368M after three months of dormancy, coinciding with a 12% drop in its stock price. The movement involved relocating funds to five new wallets from cold storage, raising market attention. This followed a revised capital policy focusing on equity-based funding and limiting dilution through warrant controls. Metaplanet raised $531M for Bitcoin accumulation, aligning treasury expansion with shareholder outcomes amid volatile market conditions. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

Electrical-Image4564

You hodl until BTC isn't the hardest money anymore or you need to spend it on something

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tylerokc

Nice. Next goal: 0.21 BTC

Supreme-Muffinator

I know 1BTC = 1BTC, but up to this point I guess we're all used to seeing it expressed in USD. Would be weird to see it expressed in any other currency tbh

Supreme-Muffinator

Yes, that's true. But if this happens within the next week, I honestly doubt that people will just pour into BTC overnight, not to mention BTC (for now) is strongly influenced by the dollar...

CuriousLope

BTC doesn't need dollar to survive and this is the objective of bitcoin.. to mantain your money even if countries fall today

sagesofthe4th_world

Yes, I think so. There are many scammers of course. But also many legit communities of degens just wanting to push their memes. I only trade memes. For years now. I would get too bored with BTC/ETH.

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Post is by: Supreme-Muffinator and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1rw7aob/what_happens_to_btc_if_the_dollar_loses_its/ Has anyone else been paying attention to what's going on with Iran and the strait? Because something came out a few days ago that I feel like isn't getting enough discussion here. Long story short - a senior Iranian official said they're considering reopening the Strait of Hormuz to non-Iranian tankers - but only if the oil gets traded in yuan instead of dollars. Like, 20% of global oil moves through that strait. And since the war started in late Feb, Iran's been blocking anything linked to the US, Israel, UK, Europe. Chinese and Russian ships go through fine. Now look - this might be posturing. Could easily be a bluff or a negotiation card, but the fact that it's even on the table is just wild. The petrodollar system is literally one of the main reasons the dollar stays dominant globally. You start pulling threads on that and things get interesting real fast. And it's not like this exists in a vacuum either. Russia's already pricing energy in yuan and roubles, the Saudis have been flirting with non-dollar deals, BRICS keeps pushing alternatives. But all of that was slow diplomatic stuff. This is wartime. Things move differently under pressure. I'll be honest, as soon as I heard the news my first move was to limit my USD exposure. I had USDC sitting on Nexo compounding for the interest, but I just swapped it to euros and let it earn there instead. Yeah the rate's like 1.5% less, but still a good deal for me. Plus if the dollar slides against the euro that gap more than makes up for itself. I may be overthinking this, but it just seemed like the obvious play given everything that's happening. However, I keep thinking about this and what worries me most is this - what happens to BTC if the dollar actually starts losing its grip? Not in some hypothetical 20-years-from-now way, but messy and fast and chaotic? Part of me thinks BTC rips because it's the one asset that doesn't belong to any government. But part of me also thinks if the dollar crashes hard enough, everything gets sold first in the panic - crypto included - before people figure out where to park capital. Any thoughts? Is this bullish for BTC long term? Could this just be yet another geopolitical noise that blows over in a month? *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.*

sagesofthe4th_world

Yeah until the power grid goes down and BTC goes to zero. We should be fine though.

sagesofthe4th_world

No. If you know what you're doing memes are amazing. Not only are Memes way more fun than trading boring BTC/ETH narratives - they can do a 10x in less than 24 hours. We are in a BEAR. Not getting out anytime soon. Doesn't matter. Still profits to be made. Took years for me to become comfortable with meme trading. You kind of have to stare at the market and the fundamentals for a long long time. But eventually you can figure out a strategy to make decent returns. Maybe not millions, not in this market, but still. Where else you gonna do 1000% returns in several hours?

CaptainTrader32

The buying is drying up already. I think BTC fall below $70,000 again this week.

CaptainTrader32

I checked the last three days.. STRC is below its $100 par value, meaning no Bitcoin purchases whatsoever. I checked the last occurrences: when persistent >$100 par coincided with BTC purchased after weeks of pauses. That coincided with a 15% BTC price correction in November and roughly 40% in January.

Shittyzed15

This becomes even more important during bear markets. When prices are slow or falling, strategies like stablecoin yield, BTC lending, and structured products can help investors stay profitable. Platforms like CoinDepo are built around those kinds of opportunities.

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xxaripss

he already holds 5% when you factor in lost BTC

xxaripss

he sells the credit to buy BTC

sagesofthe4th_world

It is subject to macro economic realities like anything else. If the market continues into uncertainty going into summer BTC will suffer. If the electrical grid/inet is affected by the war then it goes to zero like the rest of crypto.

TheresNoSecondBest

Here's how spending bitcoin IRL looks like: https://youtu.be/Tlhvnpi2ukA I'm using Bitcoin almost on a daily basis. Buying groceries, paying for meals, taxis, domains/hosting, VPN... Spend and replace is usually the name of the game so no, I'm not spending bitcoin while saving in cash. If you're thinking about spending some, here are my favorite directories: http://lightningnetworkstores.com/ https://btcmap.org - awesome map, you can even add your local vendors in, once you orangepill them. https://acceptlightning.com/list.html https://spend-sats.com/ https://spendabit.co/ https://directory.btcpayserver.org/ There's also an option of buying gift cards https://thebitcoincompany.com/ https://bitrefill.com https://www.egifter.com/buy-gift-cards-with-bitcoin - this one's least fave because they use a shitty custodian for payments but are handy for a few cards. Spend and earn some sats back: https://foldapp.com - save up to 20% Starbucks, Uber, Target , whole foods , Dunkin https://www.lolli.com – save up to 30% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily USA stores https://satsback.com/stores-list - save up to 20% by spending BTC anywhere but primarily Europe stores.

ThePugz

As I stated tho it’s works better mathematically & psychologically in 2 ways. Makes BTC seem cheap & makes visualizing its potential growth much better. And the other it makes it easier to utilize it for payments. People generally don’t understand paying 0.0003 for something but can earn understand paying 3000 sats. Think it’s really the path for BTC future. Just my opinion but seems to make the most sense.

BeBoldGoBald

Many years ago, I had around .25 BTC in Celsius to earn interest. I thought it was a good way to make my bitcoin work for me and to earn some additional bitcoin. Celsius went under, I lost about .20 bitcoin and recovered maybe .05 after several years. While it may sound safe, it does happen. Do not do it.

ResolutionSmall3692

I suggest starting off with BTC, ADA, NEXO

Efficient_Dust_7974

Try to send me 0.00001 BTC from this amount to this address bc1qnamjsmznl6m3a0reljar7ekewul2jslhll3cd3 or this 1M8vNj2pDJ3mJvQywPCZrGeJbddv2UE5T3 and I'll send you back a forensic detailed analysis best regards Dave Rick