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Everything to know about Moons before 'Moon Week' Returns on Jan. 29th.
ETF approval just gave the pros a longer lever to manipulate the BTC price.
I've barely got no food at home but I ain't selling. HODL
FT article on Bitcoin ETFs: we’re on cars, they’re on horses.
Just finished watching The Beanie Bubble. Not as good as I was hoping it would be.
Approximately 10.33% of the total Bitcoin supply, equivalent to 2,170,327 BTC, is distributed among ETFs, funds, private/public companies, governments, and DeFi. The rest is held by individuals or lost. HODL strong.
Question - BTC holding per share for Bitcoin ETF
You're at your deathbed: Your significant other has passed away and you don't have any children -- what do you do with your Bitcoins?
Just Launched a few minutes ago: Forever Alone Token ($Alone) Solana - Our Journey Begins on Raydium!
Dan Niles just stated "starting to buy [Bitcoin] ETFs w/ halving event coming in April." Welcome aboard Dan!!! STACK & HODL BTC TO RICHES!!! GLTA!!!
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I Just Put Bitcoin (HODL) in My 401(k) - You May Be Able to too!
That’s what happens when you try to trade instead of HODL
The next three months will be wildly volatile, be prepared for anything and make sure you HODL.
Amid a red day, here is some positive data after day 1 trading of BTC ETFs
Bitcoin ETFs with expense ratios and AUM.
Big Surprise the ETF didn’t impact price much day one…
HODL ETF – VanEck Bitcoin Trust | Holdings and Performance | VanEck
Anyone know why VanEck’s HODL isn’t trading on Robinhood or E*Trade when ArkB and iShares are live?
All the news of the ETF approval is nice and all, but the point still stands… buy actual Bitcoin
Let's not forget what happened to Gold after EFT approval. HODL!
All 11 bitcoin ETF tickers, for tomorrow. GLTA!!!
Are you guys buying bitcoin ETFs?
Bad link or not…ETF approval is imminent ladies and gentlemen. Keep calm and HODL
SEC.gov website says ARK’s ETF is approved!!!!!
Imagine selling just before the real announcement because a twitter account was hacked
Making this post to say, I’m so happy I continued to DCA daily.
Me, waiting for SEC announcement about ETFs…to buy that juicy dip in ALT coins.
Can somebody please help me understand MicroStrategy's Bitcoin strategy?
Firing the almighty: Can you handle crypto's wild swings better than God?
Bitcoin Slumps on ETF Rejection Rumour in January— Stay Calm and HODL, Experts Predict 2024 Bullish Rebound!
Where does BTC news hit first? Where will the SEC ETF decision leak/publish to first?
Crypto Crossroads: Navigating a $10k Investment in the 2018 Bitcoin
Hot Take: I don’t believe in Hodl. Here are my reasons why…
So what happens to BTC in a widespread cyberattack/grid down scenario?
How I was able to HODL through the bear market by staking
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Like any other alt coin atm not doing much. Was cheap enough for me to buy and HODL for many years
"Nice entry! $66k is looking like a very strong institutional support level right now. I actually just finished a deep-dive analysis on why the traditional 4-year cycle is changing in 2026. The 'Retail Era' of 80% crashes is likely behind us because of the massive ETF floor. If you're planning to HODL, I've broken down why these levels are holding so well here: \[https://bitfluxe.com/bitcoin-2026-cycle-evolution/ . Good luck with the investment!"
When I first got into crypto, I followed all the usual influencers chico, BitBoy, WendyO, Suppoman. Reality check: most of them didn’t know what they were doing, or worse, they were paid and didn’t disclose it. Straight clown show. I lost money listening to them. That’s on me. The real lesson: stop outsourcing your thinking. Best move you can make in crypto: → Invest in yourself before any token → Learn charts, market structure, and market phases → Understand how cycles actually work Most indicators? Lagging. They might work sometimes, but long-term edge is weak. Yet people treat them like gospel. What actually matters: Market structure + phases. That alone filters out 90% of the noise. Right now you’re seeing the same cycle repeatnew wave of people coming in, blindly following influencers, thinking someone has their best interest. They don’t. Every pump gets a narrative slapped on it. Politics, news, whatever. Truth is: those events usually just accelerate what the market was already set up to do. 95% of people don’t understand this. That’s why ~1% consistently win. And that whole “just HODL” mindset? Survivorship bias. For every winner, there are thousands who held garbage to zero. BTC at $1, $1K, $10K was a different game. At today’s prices, you need skillnot hope. Do your own research. Build real understanding. Otherwise you’re just exit liquidity with a Twitter account.
Nobody knows shit about fuck ! HODL
Just DCA and HODL. That's the safest way to invest in anything, but especially Bitcoin.
What happens if it doesn't hit 50k and it starts heading back towards 100+k? I just keep HODL personally. Every fortnight I buy automatically. I don't think about it I just accumulate.
For anyone asking why I’m interested in $YELLOW: The main thing that caught my attention about **Yellow Network** is the decentralized clearing concept. If exchanges and brokers can settle trades without counterparty risk, that could become a huge piece of crypto market infrastructure. I’m not expecting overnight gains, this is more of a **long-term HODL play** for me. Curious what people think about the tech and whether decentralized clearing could become standard in crypto trading.
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Its a sign to buy and HODL 😅🤍
This is why personally for me its best to have a forever HODL stack that I never touch, then a separate stack that I actively trade. I bought at around 25-30k in 2022, DCA sold between 90k-120k, and am aiming to buy back by DCA'ing in again this year. If price doesn't respect the typical 4 year cycle this time, then all good I still have my long-term HODL stack.
Nobody has a crystal ball, they didn’t sell to buy back at lower prices because they didn’t know. Just like you didn’t know your buys when BTC was at $76k would be down 13% in a matter of weeks. Buy, hold, add to your stack on dips, hold. Repeat. These prices are a gift imo—and I too don’t know for certain. However, I believe, my conviction, is telling me, for someone that can hold long term, say, 5+ years, these prices are solid. Bitcoin will be far higher than now in 2031+. HODL
People worried about the short term price of Bitcoin will always amaze me. Do they watch the dollar vs other currencies that much? Sound like people trying to trade on Bitcoin and make a quick profit rather than DCA, HODL, and start selling off 7% at a time in 10 years. Stop watching the weekly/daily/hourly swings and treat it like a savings account.
I just got done reading the original “HODL” thread on the forum a few months ago. Similarly entertaining.
Exactly + crashing despite SEC and POTUS now fully supporting , and Wall St involved via ETFs. With what’s facing Western economies over the next 5 yrs + ( elimination of up to 50% of all work -and similar proportion of the consumer base with it ) , HODL truly is a wing + prayer thing
DCA & HODL is what works best. Dropping more fiat at the time of discounts makes the future only brighter. Congrats on learning your lesson, mate.
If that is all that i had, I might sell some for tsla. But otherwise HODL
The storm passes, but only for those who built their shelter on a foundation they were willing to defend through the night. HODL
I quit caring about the nonsense a long (relatively speaking) time ago. I mine and DCA, keep an eye on things (Cointelegraph mainly), but no Twitter, YT, etc. Getting the daily email from a few subs is about the closest to BTC socials as I get. The rest is noise I don't need. HODL and stack. And just for context, I'm about 3/4 in BTC and 1/4 stocks, not including my mining equipment or 401k (which isn't all that much, only recently got a job with one).
Damn ... how do you even protect yourself from that? If not the wife, it could be criminals who know he has coins. That's why privacy is so important - HODL quietly and stay out of sight!
what? it was created to hoard. HODL.
Stop thinking this way… buy now and HODL stop waiting for smaller dips…. You need a LONG term outlook for BTC not scalping into positions
I only really BUY and SELL every 4 years so - yea I'm in "cash" / stable coins right now My rebuy is in OCT And my next sell after that is like AUG ? 2029 I'm not a day trader :-P BUY HODL 3 years SELL Wait 1 Year BUY repeat simple my app explains it all Bitcoin Metronome V15 free app no ads does not call home just an APP like old school apps, before all the bullshit trackers and what not use it or not [endianengine.com](http://endianengine.com) I'll add more stuff to the site as I build it Android only - sorry a SaaS Nuclide Viewer is in the works for University level usage Might be ready for Fall Semester 2026
Been holding my LTC for quite some time, and yeah this chop has been brutal. Watched my stack sit there while everything else either pumped or dumped harder. Still believe in LTC long-term, but I'm done watching it bleed in silence. The "just HODL bro" strategy stopped working for me mentally a while ago.
I either spend my Bitcoin directly at merchants that accept it or on online shops that accept it, and/or I use part of it to top up a debit card that I can use to spend anywhere. But obviously I HODL most of it!
I can't believe that there are posters here who still doubt Bitcoin? You are willing to feel the inevitable wrath of the IRS? But write practically about using this coin? Wow delusions and denial. Stack Sats this industry is just beginning called Blockchain and it's driver, Bitcoin. HODL
Whenever my husband says “fucking Bitcoin”, I remind him: it’s not the Bitcoin you hate. It’s people’s lack of conviction/adoption. HAPPY HODL’ing everyone. We will be rewarded.
Not life changing but a significant number. HODL and it was back to square 1. Lesson learnt
probably did some laptop mining back in 2010 and HODL since then
Stop trading and just DCA and HODL for at least 5 years. Their advice was sound, make your daily purchase, then go outside and touch some grass or smoke some. 😂 Watching BTC prices can just drive you crazy. Same thing with IRAs and 401Ks.
Banks are buying Bitcoin now. They understand that Bitcoin is not a "Stablecoin"... Be advised. Bitcoin is on sale at present. Start stacking Sats. Stay humble. HODL
If in doubt, zoom out! It just gets on getting higher and higher, the hardest part is to HODL!
Tldr? Love the work man, and i kind of get it .. it means “HODL” right??
If you look loooooong term (cycle to cycle), everything between now and then is just opportunity to buy (if it's red) or a time to wait (if it's green). The lower your basis, the more profit you show when it goes up into the green. I'm sitting on about $1,500 of profit and I WANT it to go into the red, so I can buy more! Oh, well... it can't go low enough... it can't go high enough. "HODL til you waddle!"
Work your way up to where you want to be! In 2021, I sometimes bought as little as 1/10,000th of 1 Bitcoin at a time. Often, 1/1000th of a Bitcoin. Week by week. Month by month. Here a little. There a little. My average basis is about $48,000, so unless it dips THAT low, I'm never getting out of profit. I'd LIKE to, but... I'm at where I'm at with 10% of 1 BTC (0.10BTC). And I'm good. But if you're on the high end (like now), when you started gathering, just buy while you're in the red. As much as you can afford to lose (not that you will, but it's wise advice, nevertheless) and just HODL it til the next cycle (2028/2029). Remember the rule, "Where it has BEEN, it can always get back TO.". Oh, and... "HODL til you waddle!" :-D
Do my own thing and HODL
HODL forever isn’t a strategy, it’s a personality trait at this point Real ones don’t "never sell" - they just don’t tell you when they do
✅ Absolutely agree! **DCA + HODL** is always the most reliable survival strategy for both beginners and experienced investors—don't gamble on tops and bottoms, buy regularly in fixed amounts, hold, and don't make any rash moves. Time and compound interest will smooth out the volatility. Lyn Alden's *Broken Money* is a must-read masterpiece. She explains the technological evolution of money from ancient times to the present, why the current fiat system is becoming increasingly "broken," and its possible future directions with incredible clarity and insight. After reading it, you will have a completely different understanding of why Bitcoin/hard currency is important. Highly recommended for anyone interested in money, inflation, deflation, and Bitcoin (available in print, Kindle, and audio versions). Beginners, just remember this: **Stack sats, stay humble, read Lyn.** 🚀
The first thing is making an investing plan, and stay by you're plan. When you deviate why did you make youreinvesting plan. Stick by you're plan and if the price drops like 20 à 30% buy some more if you have some more cash. And HODL it for life. Good luck
This isn’t the sub to ask. They’ll tell you it’s always a good time to buy, to HODL and never sell, etc… But this is actually a great time to enter the market. Just be prepared that the “price” will go down before it goes up. It’s good for you though. I started buying BTC at $55,000 and had to stomach it going down to $16,000 before it went to $120,000. Set up an account with Strike or River and buy regular/automatic weekly amounts. Ignore the price as much as possible. Ignore charts except for maybe the 200 week SMA. When it’s close to the SMA line, it’s a particularly good time to buy.
What I'll do? First, stop reading candles as if it where an horoscope, witchboards, because are the dumbest method of risk investment. No single day in Bitcoin is similar to other, period. Only timely even that really has an impact on Bitcoin is halving because it limits the supply that requires being sold to pay for power needed to mine new blocks. Then Bitcoin it's jus another scarce asset , mostly affected by the same political and regulatory events, no magical 'cycles', if you actually believe there are a rye cycle in Bitcoin, surely you believe in horoscope, and I'm convinced that someone smarter than you will use your beliefs against you because are dumb to anticipate bay an adversary trader. Every Bull or Bear runs has an clear trigger event, everyone, that kind of events are the ones you need to anticipate. Meanwhile the best advice is given Bitcoin is scarce by design , don't think on short time lapses, but on long, doesn't matter whatever the fluctuations at some point an new ATH will be reached, and how you accumulated it's whats matter. If you're just a short term trader looking for quick profits, sorry I don't have advice for you. But if you really want to be member of the Bitcoin gang, just DCA & HODL.🫡✌️👍
Great questions - the answers are all customized to your situation. I believe BTC is the future of money and we’re still early for a transition so massive. Emotions and fears can be helpful, but they should be tempered. I think DCA and HODL strategy take the emotion out of it and are super easy for most to understand and implement. But basically, the plan is to get rich slowly, but faster than traditional stocks and bonds (real estate would be great, but I can’t yet afford shit in that space). I think we all are living in a very unique time with regards to BTC and it’s quite the generational opportunity. Also, it’s unbelievable and despicable what the US “leadership” is imposing on the world and it seems like the goal is to speedrun the collapse of the dollar. I wish to my own detriment that the US dollar will last longer, but it seems to be melting at an alarming rate, just like the polar icecaps. I am grateful for an escape hatch in this misery.
The best advice is : 1. Never FOMO 2. Buy the dip. 3. If you miss the ATH selling , Don't be sad just HODL.
I don't think that I will get a whole coin but I will DCA and HODL as much as I can.
I'm jealous of people who had been in game long enough to trim off some profits near the top. Ive only entered the game the last few years, so didn't know anything about prior cycles, etc. My plan in future is to have a HODL stack that I just never sell, and DCA into, but also have a separate stack for selling off some profits with hope of a re-entry lower
Interesting concept, but I’d be careful equating “trustless” with “low risk.” In my opinion, risk is merely shifted from custodians to smart contracts, oracles, and liquidation mechanics. Those can fail in less obvious ways, especially in volatile markets. If vaults can truly handle stress (volatility, liquidity crunch, cascades), it’s a big unlock for BTC productivity. But for now, I’d still treat it as higher risk than simple HODL + traditional borrowing. I might not know enough of it and will be happy to hear other viewpoints.
Its hard and I learnt the hard way like a lot of people, although it seems like its all over, you have to learn and move on, I have several tools and lots to learn from on my site, but for now the best advise is not to use leverage at all and just HODL any bitcoin you have, that the best way to beat the system, believe me there is a system thats out to get your coins.
HODL for the God of HODL!!! never mind that if he gets liquidated, all of his HODLings will be sold.
HODL then borrow is a solid plan. What’s your take on Trustless Bitcoin Vaults, which will unlock ways for BTC to be productive in lending, borrowing, and other on-chain use cases while keeping full custody?
HODL then borrow is a solid plan. What’s your take on Trustless Bitcoin Vaults, which will unlock ways for BTC to be productive in lending, staking, and more while keeping full custody?
Well worth it. I'm a big fan of [ColdCard](http://coldcard.com), specifically the coldcard Q, its full keyboad and QR scanner make it pretty easy to navigate. Lots of tutorials on how to use it. One thing I love most about it is that it meets the Bitcoiner where you are on your journey. If you just want to HODL and stack sats, its great for that. If you want to send lots of tx's and are living off Bitcoin it also has great features for that. It really is the best wallet on the market.
It’s a volatile market, no matter what you invest in, it’s gonna go up, down and sideways. It’s not a «get rich fast» kinda thing, unless you’re really lucky and the market is in a good state. If you did your research, just have faith in what you invested in and HODL, or take your losses and sell if you can’t stand the volatility.
The future is going to be even harder than it is now. And if you HODL forever they can’t inflate it away to drop bombs on people like they can if you’re in dollars. You’re just being greedy right now.
Heard people selling their property to buy BTC and HODL :)) the app might be good, not sure about the idea tho
HBAR I’ll HODL. I believe by 2030, - 2035, that shit is gonna be my retirement. What an easy grab, to buy that shit now and just put it aside and the returns in 5-10 years will be more than any shit ass severance or retirement package any employer bank or long term investment will give.
If you're in the red... buy more. If you're in the green, HODL. Period. My average (basis) is about $48,000 so I'm gonna be in the green for a loooong way down. 10% of 1BTC is better than none and "it's easy being green". :-D
Turning small swings into almost 5k? That’s some pro HODL + timing magic🔥
People HODL for when shit really hits the fan. When fiat goes the way of the weimar mark, what do you want to be holding? A finite digital money nobody can take from you, or your fiat "profit"?
I aped into BTC via a home equity agreement through Horizon (joinhorizon.com) a few months back. DEFINITELY caught closer to the top, but very happy with my decision now lol. HODL.
"Mate, that’s how you HODL 😏 Diamond hands only 💎✋
If you are planning to invest a Stable value ($10k) and expecting a Stable return ($600-$900), why are you even asking here? Ask @ r/StableCoins. In Bitcoin, you are supposed to invest and HODL at least for a halving cycle.
Because if you are not a professional trader you will very, very, very likely loose with this strategy for so many reasons. It's like if a bunch of us randomly picked from this group would go down in a football, basket, baseball or soccer field with ANY of the current professional teams, we'd NEVER touch the ball once LOL, they'd win 1000 to zero!You are competing against skyscrapers full of datacenters and people glued to their computer screens 24/7, so unless you like doing that (different story -> pro trader) forget it. "Focus on your trade and stack sats" (DCA + HODL) beats almost everything because it is "set it and forget it". I still have friends that in 2017 told me: "I'm going to wait it go down to 1K then I'll start buying" ... they are still waiting.
Just view the bitcoin as your savings account. You add to it when you can by selling fiat, and, if you really need it, buy some fiat. I don’t plan to HODL forever, but have no interest in buying fiat just for the privilege of paying taxes on it, and watching it dwindle in value. I expect to treat it that way until I die.
I bought 1.8 btc, and 3+ eth at 18yo (I'm 25 now). Sold at almost 20yo 😭 Should've HODL'd dat sheit. Did that twice now. I've now started a 401k, roth ira, and started buying back into eth (at 2.0eth and 950xrp now). My goal is to keep my stingy fingers off of things atleast until I'm 35.
But Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, NVidea and HODL
Where I am, right now, is a sweet spot... can't go low enough... can't go high enough. It's over $1,500 in the green right now. It goes higher, great! If it drops into the red, I'm happy, because I can accumulate more before the next bull cycle. I trust what Bitcoin will do, long-term, not the daily/weekly candle freakouts! I'm not a trader, I'm a Gather-HODLer... "HODL til you waddle!".
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.
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?
Read the original post where "HODL" comes from. That explains it quite well. Pit pat piffy wing wong wang
Has nothing to do with you being negative or positive. This is not meant to be a trading sub. These just clog up the sub and are ultimately property pointless because no one really has a clue what’s going to happen. DCA and HODL. If you’re dead set on losing money day trading there are other subs (eg, r/BitcoinTrader).
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.
For me I just HODL until I hit my mark - selling high and buying more low I try to avoid simply because of taxing - every time I sell I would have to give up almost half to taxes so for me - I stay in btc and few crypto until I hit my goal and then I will diversify somewhat more or just live happily ever after and settle down somewhere more crypto friendly 🥳
Timing tops destroys EV; whipsaws and taxes kill gains. HODL variance wins long-term. I've profited stacking cycles without selling.
Are you a trader or an investor? If you try to trade the market you will likely lose over the long term. This is why we HODL. Think in terms of 10 years not 10 months.
Statistically, most people can’t time the market ie., what you’re proposing, most will fail to execute successfully. The best investors are good at doing nothing for long periods of time. HODL
HODL doesn’t need “forever” attached to the end. Holding on for ‘Dear Life’ is for the life you are willing to save up price appreciation for. CASE CLOSED.
HODL made more sense in the early days when the network was beginning its adoption curve, but now that everyone knows about it, tens of millions of people have exposure, governments are talking about it, and Wall St is trading it now is the time to start using it. Bitcoin is money and many of us use it as such. It's a very good form of money too if you've spent an hour learning how to do it properly. Now is the era of using it as money: spend and replace.
THE "STRAIT OF HORMUZ" DECOUPLING While the legacy markets are shivering at the prospect of energy-driven inflation—with the Nikkei and US futures slipping as oil supply through the Strait of Hormuz remains tight—Bitcoin has effectively checked out of that correlation. In a massive show of strength, Bitcoin surged nearly 4% to hit $75,921 early today, its highest level since early February. This move is significant because it’s happening against the grain of traditional risk assets. While the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are grappling with the fallout of the US-Iran conflict, Bitcoin is increasingly being treated as a cross-border liquidity bridge and a geopolitical hedge. The internal mechanics of the market support this shift. We’ve seen a clear move of assets into long-term custody, even as prices hold this psychologically heavy $75k zone. With Tokyo-listed Metaplanet securing another $255 million to follow the MSTR playbook, the "Corporate HODL" is not just an American phenomenon—it is a global race to capture the last few liquid satoshis before the supply-demand imbalance becomes irreversible.
Excellent, comprehensive response. Very little to add. Only that I would personally recommend Trezor (Safe 3 or 5) if you mainly DCA and HODL. For reasons of simplicity. And for all cases: do properly backup your seed and use a passphrase backed up separate from the seed.
Anybody who was investing for retirement in traditional assets before bitcoin completely understands the HODL for decades mentality.
HODL doesn’t need “forever” attached to the end. “Holding on for ‘Dear Life’” is the life you are willing to save up price appreciation for. CASE CLOSED.
HODL was a typo suggestion from a drunk man. Get a grip.
Sell when price goes up and, buy when price goes down, repeat, simple as that. The only assets you should HODL are assets that you actually use, like a house that you live in.
HODL and borrow against it in due time.
To echo what others are saying "HODL" is more of a mindset that the point is not to have it until you can sell it later, it's to have it until you *spend* it. BTC is currency, you don't need to sell a currency, you just *spend it*. I'm HODLing until I have enough to retire, at which point... I'll start spending it. I'm not converting it to USD or EUR or whatever until the month I have to (if I even have to, there's an increasing number of places you can spend without converting).
I’m continually told on this sub that HODL’ing is life. You can’t time the market. DCA is the way, etc. Well I timed the BTC market multiple times now. So far it’s an incredibly predictable 4 year cycle. Timing it is easy. I sold at $110k and shorted. Now I’m all cash and waiting for the bottom around October. And doing this will make me 3-4x as much money as HODLing would do. Yet apparently I’m the dumbass. In short yes I think HODL forever is a trap. It will make you money but it’s not as much as what I do. I don’t nail the exact top or bottom but I still catch a lot of the larger moves up and avoid most of the fall, (plus short it).
The only people who tell others to forever HODL, are those planning when to sell. If you never sell, your asset has no financial value.
Hab auch lange nur HODL gemacht. Bin mittlerweile dazu übergegangen, ca. 30 % jedes Coins immer wieder zu verkaufen (hoch) und neu nachzukaufen (tief) Gleiches Geld, mehr Coins....
#HODL does not necessarily mean you can not use the Bitcoin. One may use his BTC to provide Liquidity to Lightning channels and earn Sats from it. Now, he may sell those Sats through BISQ to pay for daily needs.