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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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Whales are manipulating us to buy our Bitcoins cheaply. Don't sell, HODL!
Just saw this. Not sure what the disagreement is? My comment stands. Bitcoin is now collateral. It is what is going on. And yes that means that the price will continue to remain low until the Bitcoin Treasury industry that is envisioned, becomes a reality. The rich don't pay full price for anything. HODL.
Remember...the rich never pay full price for anything. You wonder why the price of Bitcoin is remaining so low with all of this buying? The rich are establishing dominance. They are creating a trillion dollar Bitcoin Treasury industry. Expect the price of Bitcoin to skyrocket after they have control. Other countries are going to be at their mercy. (So will the retail and hobbyist, but we don't count) The Institutional funds worldwide will pay for a seat at the table too. No choice. I hope you have a fraction of a coin...not just an ETF. HODL
All I know is I will continue to HODL through these crazy times as I believe in bitcoin and am riding this through. I have other investments but bitcoin holds a special place in my heart. All that to say, LFG! 🚀
Stacked for the last 8 years . Sold some to buy a house last year and some more this year for renovations . My first time ever selling last year for the DP on my house. Still HODL the majority of my stack. As much as I miss that nice round number I use to see, my quality of life has improved nicely this last year . I’ll buy back as I can and I’ll sell when I need some liquid funds . My mindset is stack as much as I can and spend when I need to . BTC is basically my savings account . What do you do with your savings account ? You stash away as much as you can consistently . When big life purchases come along you dip into that savings. After all that’s what you build a savings account for right ?
He probably sold it at 60k and is now bitter, HODL til the end
100 per week, occasionally buy more when I feel I can and should. My BTC money is completely written off which means I want to HODL this for a while - short term goal would be the next bull run just to see how this pans out. Should be a nice next 1-2 years with better prices.
If BTC were to go to somewhere close to zero, I would still buy BTC and HODL tight with a huge smile on my face.
We are basically on year 15 of a 500 year asset/store of value/means of exchange. Pretty early, gotta HODL.
Not your keys not your bitcoin. DCA every payday and move to Cold storage that makes it difficult to sell so you are not tempted. HODL
I believe in the US you have to declare gains for tax purposes, and now I think every transaction must be added buy or sell. You can also use any losses to lower the amount of tax u pay, from what I understand. Say you bought (just using for this example so mods pls dont remove) Aat you bought XYZ coin and that coin tanked and u sustained a loss. When time comes to do taxes and you claim gains on BTC, you then apply losses from other coins, like my example of XYZ coin. So it would lower the amount of taxes u have to pay. Obviously this would apply to a situation where at one time u thought u were making a sound purchase and it became stagnant and declined, but you still are HODL to that coin. So then you wld seel and yes lose, but perhaps that coin was never going to recover. So in a way you are taking a loss and making it a gain. I hope that made sense. And this is legal, as it is simply normal to sustain losses in trading of any kind.
Hey, I think you shouldn't sell and just keep stacking for the next 20 years. Avoid all major purchases and life decisions as well because HODL. Next obssess over QE and other monetary policy instruments which many don't understand on this forum. Finally, speak in memes like "money printer go brrrr.." Or, use your investment to buy a home, enjoy, and grow as a person. You can always buy in during this bear market year.
Buy and HODL: BTC, ETH, & SOL
I cant take someone who still says "HODL" seriously
Buy BTC. HODL. Repeat.
OP This is precisely it! And the exact thing I needed to see this morning. Stay strong & HODL on! Those of us who had the brass nuts to ride out this bullshit, will be rewarded like kings! 👑
Plenty of YouTube videos and articles about it. Be sure to look at both sides before making a decision. Also read the original white paper, and ask AI or Google about terms you don't understand. I'd say you're on the right path to start saving your money this early. Don't get into trading, only save, HODL, and invest. I started around this age as well, wish I was more serious about it and dove way deeper. Could have had an actual BTC by now...
It's beginning to look a lot like christmas...stack sats and HODL! 🎅
Yeah, I first bought at $67K to then see it go down to $16K. Learned to HODL that way.
just HODL and one day that will be worth enough to buy a mcdonald’s value meal
That’s ok. Just do your best. I only had a bit for this drop and I’m ok with that. Most import thing is to HODL.
They hate it when we HODL and buy the dips.
Some idiot on Reddit will probably tell you to live in a cardboard box for a year and HODL. I personally enjoy hot water and climate controlled air. But to each their own!
This is what happens when retail investors and hobbyists attempt to make profits by selling constantly in hope of buying lower. It isn't rocket science. Institutional funds have rules on divesting without a planned exit. In fact there are huge penalties when institutional Investors attempt to abruptly sell. The rich are establishing dominance in order to create a trillion dollar Bitcoin Treasury industry. The rest of the world is going to be looking for coins to support their loans from banks going forward. It will be cheaper than dealing with the IMF. At some point the reluctant International monetary fund (IMF) will have to join in and allow Bitcoin as collateral. HODL.
Is this enforceable? HODL in the bigger wallets. Use it to pay your little wallet. If it needs a reason for payment, just wash it through some limitless paid job like “consulting “ or “modern art” like the big boys do.
Bitcoin and fiat have 1 very important thing in common, you can’t take either of them with you when you’re dead! Never any reason to HODL forever
HODL without profit-taking is how unrealized gains turn into life lessons, sell, diversify, and don’t marry your bags
“HODL is a strategy” Bro… HODL was literally invented because a dude was drunk and missed the sell button. This post is the reality check most people need. Yield looks amazing when prices go up. Then suddenly you’re farming 15% APY on an asset that’s down 80%… which is basically negative 65% APY if we’re being honest. Taking profit isn’t bearish — it’s survival.
Keep it coming. Cheap Bitcoin to buy and to HODL
Don't underestimate the power of the the word HODL.
Bought mined and HODL. have a few🤠 Most people forgot just a few years ago BTC wasn't worth shit like in 2020 during covid 5K USD Ming and block rewards were higher. So for the stupid people that are all like oh you don't have this and that, invest in it the right moment stack it then swap if needed the money.
It’s much easier to HODL when you send funds to a cold wallet and no touch.
HODL. It's going to go down and go up. If you sell, it's human psychology that you won't buy back in at the better price you think you will. If you believe in Bitcoin or a company, you just got to hold through the noise.
The slogan for fiat : DONT HODL
When bear, HODL BTC. When bull, stay in BTC.
Dump the girlfriend and HODL more.
i heard in the 2018 crash from 18k to 3k that 70% of people HODL-ed
😂 so no more HODL 😂
As opposed to selling at a loss yes. If you are going to need the money in the next couple months don’t bother. HODL
Of everyone just HODL then all the tulip mania funders would probably end up right. We all HODL bitty hits $1m everyone sell at once. Now you have missed your chance to accumulate more before the run and the market is now unstable. Smooth distribution would be preferable.
I fomo'd back when BTC was around 5-7K per in 2019 IIRC. I bellied up and wrote a check for the full amount, bought 1BTC and will ride that baby as far as she goes. It's a long play for me. I'm in my late 30's. I have no intentions to do anything with it but HODL, outside of true emergencies, until I'm in my mid to late 50's.
I know someone who got there by having 13 BTC and selling most of them, lol. Then leaving some (like $200 worth of BTC) on Mt. Gox until that got hacked and he was forced to HODL until last year which forced him into massive gains.
I did exactly what the internet told me to do way back in 2017. HODL, never sell, and DCA. Usually no more than $100 at a time. Or maybe $1000 bucks here and there if I got a bonus at work for example. I also mined a bit. Bought altcoins to trade up and into Bitcoin. It was a long 7 year journey. I self custody and have been for 5 years now. I bought the highs and the lows.
I'm in my mid 50's. The answer is that I bought BTC when it was way less expensive. As long as I'm in the labor force, I will continue to DCA tho. Right now, my BTC holdings are greater than my 401K, which is pretty awesome. Essentially I DCA and buy some extra when the price dips. The key is to just buy it and HODL.
Don’t get stuck on the HODL. I have round tripped plenty of times and at this point I am like an addict who doesn’t know when to get out.
Buy BTC and HODL. Your friend is not giving you good advice.
HODL was just straight up invented to create bag holders that will endure 75% + drawdowns.
Adding to what you said... HODL only works if you're holding something worth holding long term. So many people get wrecked by buying into nonsense coins with nothing but hype, and they get rugged. Usually, they don't even understand the tokenomics behind the coins they bought. Also, +1 for everything you said about timelines and goals. Absolutely.
Idk why I hear HODL and my mind goes to HODOR lmao
**To Millennials, Gen X, Gen Z and Gen Alpha,** We were sold a dream: grind for decades, stash your earnings in a “safe” 401(k), and retire in peace. In a world of financial chaos, broken promises, market rug pulls, wars we don’t want to be part of… we’ve reached the punchline: **401jk …just kidding**. The American Dream has aged like milk, has been chewed up and spit out, and is now being marketed through late stage capitalism to the entire world. The institutions that claimed to protect us? They were just bluffing. The majority of politicians who claim to be representing us, only have their selfish interests at the forefront of their agendas. The $12 trillion USD 401k retirement system has the majority of people who have grinded the 9 to 5, worked overtime, dedicated their entire lives to a craft still working even when it’s time to access their 401k when their knees and backs are breaking at the age of 70. The concept of the blockchain and cryptocurrency that was born from cypherpunk ideologies is being usurped by the very people the cypherpunks despised. The behind the scenes mass centralization of bitcoin, ethereum and other cryptocurrencies has started to benefit mainly now the hedge fund managers, already rich insiders, and politicians. **The joke’s been on us… until now.** Through cypherpunk and meme fueled laser focus we are here to be one step ahead of the madness, the chaos, and the attempts to keep the normal person hooked to the chains and bars of the regimented life and rules our environment has set up for us. Just like Satoshi flipped the script post-2008, we’re flipping the bird to traditional finance in 2025. Every **“**Roth IRAhhhhh!**”** we scream is a war cry… a mix of existential dread and satirical truth. **Irony is now our resistance. Humor is our shield. Full awareness and our ability to seek “alpha” and show it others is our weapon.** We live in a time when the word “retirement” sounds like an inside joke we weren’t let in on. “Investments”? A coin toss at best. The system expects us to play a rigged game and clap when we lose. But instead, we meme it. We mock it. We move on… with eyes open and wallets decentralized. Imagine a community where true retirement, or as we like to call it **“freedom”** is achieved by those who have banded together with a promise to each other to focus on the things that make the world around them a better place. Unhook from the chains and focus on creating, not using or destroying. True freedom allows you to full heartedly devote to this. **401jk is an awakening.** It’s the banner we wave while we build a new reality where financial freedom isn’t just for the boomers who got in early. We laugh, not because it’s funny, but because it’s real… and laughing is how we stay sane. The collapse is here. The illusion is gone. Retirement is a concept in itself that keeps us hooked mentally to the old way of thinking. **It is total freedom we desire.** The system lied. We Meme. We Laugh. We HODL. We Moon. We seek to create change, grow, and repeat the process……and flex a little bit in the process too 😉 😈 Welcome to the era of 401jk. The meme retirement (freedom) fund. Ever present, constantly improving, always laughing just like our community.
It’s here now. HODL: Resist Fear- when the price is going down one must fight the urge to sell and hold on HODL: Resist greed- when the price is going up one must fight the urge to sell and hold on. The moon will arrive in due time. Our job is to HODL
The term HODL never meant so much as it does right now!
Bitcoin has its biggest moves in about 10ndays out of each year. Hard tell when it will happen. Stack HODL Persist.
You didn't HODL you bought shit coins.
Never just HODL and extremely volatile and highly manipulated crypto asset
I always laugh when people shout “HODL” as if it’s a strategy. Most people in crypto only understand stop-losses in theory. None of this is new though. Humans repeat the same behaviours regardless of the asset or timeframe. Greed is greed unless you’re conscious of it.
https://preview.redd.it/p28t79i3wz6g1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67e3826bd5d6ddaa4ce6277a994764b40b3fe545 HODL could be a good strategy sometimes.
The only crypto to HODL is Bitcoin, nothing else. Everything else will potentially go to zero in the long term but BTC won't especially after widespread adoption by institutional investors.
Great journey so far, mate. You're very fast learner and probably in the 1% of people who understand what they HODL. >But I still wish to keep my stack private, as I do not consider it anyone else's business by mine. My question: If I were to purchase a new cold wallet (let's call it Wallet B, perhaps a Jade), start afresh, and transfer within the context of my own node from my old Trezor (Wallet A), will I be enhancing my privacy? If you go for Jade, grab the JadePlus. Use it as a temporary signer, completely air-gapped. Create a wallet with a passphrase1 and move your KYC'd Trezor sats in. Create a wallet with a passphrase2 and use it for your non-KYC'd sats. Don't do it all in the same day, and if possible/needed, use different software for the watch wallets.
HODL is a stupid move it’s just exit liquidity for the rich’s
You don't HODL garbage... no wonder you lost so much.
I also had to learn my lessons the harsh way. I lost my entire networth following that stupid advice of HODL-ing
HODL is a strategy but that wasn’t HODL’ing
Just HODL , give it 10 to 20 years Chill nibba ....
Nobody is saying HODL altcoins. Hodling btc ist the key
HODL is a meme, not a strat, is it? Some real knowledge you're dropping there... This is like Moses descending from the mountain with the commandments! What other revelations and wise prophecies have you divined, oh great one?
HODL is a meme, so they can cash out while you HODL. They buy again cheap during capitulation and later tell you the same.
HODL is not a meme or terrible advice, it was just never meant for crypto outside BTC
That’s an idea that most people don’t seem to realize, even the wolf of wall street had that in mind: don’t let them to cash out earnings, keep them investing in something else. I’ve invested, and overall had good earnings (I brought BTC at 8K sold it -at 64k). Sure I could Have made more profit, but now I have materialized that into something, Those lambo guys sold right? Otherwise there will be no Lambo. When? Well, you gotta set a goal for yourself, Rather than just HODL… holding for what exactly? You gotta set a goal and retire when that happens.
The time-tested sage advise is to not watch what those on the top SAY , but what they DO. All of the best magic is done by misdirection. If you hear an industry leader yelling "HODL" while they are running for the exits, your senses are already telling you that advice has credibility issues
Came here to be enlightened why you wouldn't HODL Bitcoin, realised you bought shit coins, the real lesson is don't buy shit coins.
The HODL meme literally referred to Bitcoin. The shitcoiners always try to appropriate it but it's really simple: hodl Bitcoin.
That line of thinking doesn't work if Bitcoin is the plan to retire lol. 'HODL' isn't the only road to retirement. Sometimes, a more nuanced approach fits someone's plans.
No, the key is not to HODL shit coins.
There is nothing wrong with HODL. Holding on for longterm is absolutely fine, but what isn't is when your coin has 5x/10x/20x/50x/100x etc and you don't take any profits. IF it weren't for HODL then you wouldn't see your coin hit any of the potential gains possible said above. The real problem is YOU or the INVESTOR. HODL doesn't literally mean buy a coin, hold, then never sell. What would the point of that be???! It's more like HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE until it hits significant gains, but take some when you get there and/or on the way up too. HODL worked for me like a charm.
Market Manipulation. Whales trying to shake and shake you out! HODL! Diamond Hands will prevail! 🚀
Who wins in a fight, this Indian HODL’er with a gold chain, Or the US military?
If you bought the top 100 “internet” stocks in the 90s and 99% of the company’s in your portfolio failed you’d still have beat the SP500. Not saying HODL is the best advice but with emerging technology, patience can be lucrative.
The problem isn't the advice to 'HODL', the problem is that it is hyped as the only way, and HODL demagogues would denounce anyone else who say otherwise as heretical. Holding an asset long term is a viable solution if your time horizon is long, like 5 years to a decade if not more. However, not everyone can just hold something ad infinitum. Life throws a curveball at you sometimes, in the form of increased expenses, unexpected bills, a car barreling down a slope right into you and the resultant medical bill that hurts more than the physical trauma. People are also varied in financial goals. Take me for example. I sold Bitcoin at $121,500 not because I can't stomach another crypto winter (to be honest, I don't want to, but that's not my main reason). I sold because I have financial goals to meet. First partial retirement through real world assets that generate passive income - which I will meet by January 2026, then full retirement by 2030. Holding Bitcoin would have forced me to work at full steam for the next 5 years, and I work from Monday to Sundays. I don't want that.
I’m not. I buy and HODL. I’m not savvy enough to try and trade to make money. I buy the dips when I can and just know this is a long game.
Im Welsh... i believe. Im HODL'ing long term !!! We're not *all* selling !
This. I wanted toward it in a different way, but it was long, this is straightened to the point. Wow there’s a lot of certainty with BTC itself, there’s no direct certainty on where it will go. That certain is that it will not go “100% away”. Up or down, it’s still gunna go sideways a lil. We can all do our best and continue to DCA / buy what you can AFFORD, and HODL. Five years from now a measly .001 of BTC could be $10k. If you believe, go with your gut and what you can afford. HOLD. Oh, and as of me recent learnings, make sure you get and know how to store and keep on a good cold storage wallet for whatever happens.
It is what adoption means when you don't own the world economy. The idea of de-fi was noble. However the need to use the de-fi products required an economy willing to accept it. So here we are. Try to make some (Fiat) money out of this. The rest is a nostalgic rant about, "should have been). Sad...I agree, but here we are Hope you own a piece of a coin, not just an ETF HODL
People don’t HODL Bitcoin because it’s bad money. They HODL it because fiat is a melting ice cube. Bitcoin is doing exactly what every money does while monetizing: Store of value → medium of exchange → unit of account. Gold went through the same cycle. You don’t judge a money mid-monetization. Fiat only “wins” as spending money because you’re forced to use it (legal tender laws + inflation). Bitcoin wins because it can’t be debased. Not spending Bitcoin isn’t a weakness — it’s literally the feature.
I tell everyone I can owning IBIT and selling covered calls with LEAPS in your back pocket as insurance in the event it moons is the best play on BTC long term (it will hands down out perform buy and HODL). However, I acknowledge a lot of people don't trust big institutions or they feel ETFs go against the true purpose of BTC, so I don't judge if people want to self custody. I, personally, never will.