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BuyAdventurous8868

Bitcoin has and always will be a hedge against the dollar. The US dollar and Oil are about to crash. Trumps attack on Iran hasn’t had the effect they hoped, and market is calling their bluff. Bitcoin will pump v hard in short order. USA desperately needs to preserve the petrodollar keep the ponzi going

jspartanlee

There will be direct impact in the USA this year and I'm not talking about fuel price.

ocrlqtfda

People fail to realize that the USA is one of the few, if not the oil exporting country with most to gain from the strait being closed. Then Russia and Saudi.

Simple-Fault-9255

Considering it's highly likely the USA election was cooked.

BaBaBuyey

Bitcoin will be green by 6:30 PM Eastern standard time USA

Vegetable-Rabbit7503

Not for people who already have money, for everyone, everyone can buy 200 usd per month at least, in USA.

mrjune2040

I couldn't give two fucks about being right or wrong with someone that I'm talking to on the Internet. So talking about deleting posts? That says more about you than it does about me. And Iran is a different beast, that's the point. Even more hard-line leaders from the IRGC will come in and replace him and you can be sure as shit that they're going to instigate further military force in the region or even in the US ala 9/11, and that could be next week, next year or a decade from now. It's a fucking domino because dumbasses like Trump and Hegseth just want their USA! strongman moment. It's fucking pathetic. And about Afghanistan? Crickets. Lmao.

jonnyphotos

Bombing primary schools .. yay USA..

Striking_Stand8271

False, the narrative has run out of steam now. USA has crypto president, wall st has crypto etfs, the institutional demand and retail access is there. There's no hype left. It deflates

SKYLINEBOY2002UK

well maybe the USA folk will have to sell their guns! oh noooo, the horror!

point2mind

Fuck the USA

cryptodizzle67

I think it is relevant. We are talking about going onto a platform and betting that tomorrow the USA bombs Yemen for example and if you are right, you get paid out. Investing into a stock portfolio even in weapon companies isn't betting on an event that a bomb drops tomorrow on a specific country. Nor does it mean that you actively 100% benefit from that action if it happens.

Affectionate_Lack709

Lots of people do lots of immoral things all the time. I tend not to call others out on what I perceive as their own immorality because morality is subjective. What is moral to me may be immoral to someone else. In this particular case, I have no problem calling out what I believe to be immoral because A. You posted and asked about it. B. Betting on political events perverts the purpose of said political events. Politics is supposed to be about finding the best way forward for society, not personal gain. The current administration currently runs its policy off of personal gain. Pardon CZ so that he can invest a tremendous amount of money into World Liberty Financial. Set tariffs that will definitely be shot down by the Supreme Court so that Cantor Fitzgerald can buy up the tariff rebates. Bail out Argentina so that Scott Bessant’s hedge fund buddies don’t lose billions of dollars when Argentina defaults on their loans. Kash Patel using FBI resources to fly to his girl friend’s concerts or to Milan to watch/party with the USA men’s hockey team after they win the gold medal. Someone betting on polymarket or kalshi hours before the US launches its intervention in Venezuela and making hundreds of thousands of dollars off of it. Qui bono- who benefits? It should be the American people but it sure doesn’t feel like the American people are actually benefiting here. When the dust settles from this current intervention, mark my words, we’ll see that several people made massive amounts of money off of betting on this US intervention in Iran. Insider trading always benefits the insider the most.

dondondorito

… and the USA.

BacchusAndHamsa

pffft, solar subsidized in the USA too. No such thing as free

Mantis-Prawn

Are you suggesting that the world is bigger than USA ?

OutlandishnessLimp25

If you’re in the USA (excluding New York and Nevada) I recommend River. Their customer service is far superior (in my experience). They also provide proof of reserves. https://river.com/reserves Ultimately cold wallet is best, but I agree with the other comment on here, there certainly needs to be a comfort level of how to navigate the technology of cold wallets before jumping in. Additionally, in other posts people have mentioned how they lose their keys (like car keys) and wallet (like old school wallet with cash/credit cards) and they don’t trust themselves. So, if you’re one to lose things and not keep track of your own belongings, there is an argument to be made to just keep it on exchanges, but it better be a solid one. Coinbase is publicly traded, and I do believe they’re on the up and up but River has been more impressive and I’ve used both. River is bitcoin only—no shit coins. Which I appreciate, as I don’t mess with anything else but bitcoin. Last thing, if you send bitcoin anywhere, just remember you can always do a small test amount before sending larger amounts to ensure you know what you’re doing before sending any major amount of money. Good luck!

Forymanarysanar

\> Their fall won't be crypto-related, but the fact that they are an active sponsor of terrorism. I don't see fall of USA yet

kortobo

AMT is nothing like the proposed Dutch law. Unrealized gains are not taxed and have never been taxed by the IRS or any other jurisdiction in the USA. For a good reason- it's a stupid idea.

OutlandishnessLimp25

If you’re in the USA (excluding NY and Nevada) I recommend River. They’re a solid group with great customer service. They also provide proof of reserves. https://river.com/reserves

capello_snr_

Anyone in the USA Who has bill to pay to hit me up I can pay the bills for them. Whether its rent, car bills, Credit card and any other type of bill!! Hit me up Asap!

Fearless-Sherbert-40

I love Cash App but you gotta understand how it works. Like for example, the maximum withdrawal limit is $2k, so don’t keep more than $2k. I have found Cash App to be very fair and work with you, but there TOS are very strict and if you break them, you lose your account. Could you explain why your account was closed? They don’t just randomly take peoples money. My account was closed due to be out of the country and when I got back to the USA I had to reinstate my account and I didn’t lose my bitcoin, however it was frozen until the issue was resolved.

Oflameo

What does every millionaire in the USA have in common other than having 1 Mega USD and not having 1 BTC?

opinions-only

Crypto is the natural enemy of the USA.

Western-Source710

Economy in the USA is really bad right now? 🤣 What a joke, or lie..

Suibeam

The economy in the USA is really bad right now. People are losing jobs and prices are inflating. So they need money and have to liquidate Bitcoin at 50% in the red. Once they at away all their fiat savings they have to eat the Bitcoin savings. That's when the real catastrophe happens. 2026 just started

baIIern

That's just philosophy, man. Most of my Euros don't exist physically. It's all just numbers and code 🤷🏻‍♂️ It doesn't matter, as long as people believe that something has value. It's the same with our conception of "solid" material. Nothing is solid, it's energy. Nothing more than energy and strange particles which are energy too. Or take our countries as an example. There is no such thing as 'USA'. Only in our heads. Doesn't matter in real life. Anyway, it's still interesting to think about all this

user_name_checks_out

> One coin is not enough for even every millionaire in the USA to have a whole coin. One coin would not be enough even for two people to have a whole coin.

ckammerm

One coin is not enough for even every millionaire in the USA to have a whole coin. So there’s that

5150sick

Yes, many countries outright ban usury and many other should. This should be a no brainer to all western countries. The only reason we have 30% apr credit cards and 600% apr payday loads in because our government has allowed it. In the late 90's I used to do sales at a Gannett (USA Today) owned call center. We had a contract with Discover Platinum. The card had a $25,000 max limit and it had 12.99% apr. People would tell me that I was insane for asking for 13 %apr. It's 25 years later and 29.99% is the absolute norm. What happened??? I'm not in the above boat. I probably have 100x the savings of the average person simply because I'm not a materialistic fool. You'll notice the people in the most credit card debit usually have the nicest clothes, jewelry, vehicles, etc... The same people who send their (many) kids to school with Jordan's, $250 jeans, a $75 t-shirt, newest flagship phone with smartwatch and ear buds, etc... even though they live in a trap house on the most violent block in the worst neighborhood in town.

theincognito66

Roughly 35% of Americans have less than $1,000 in savings, and 34% have no savings. I just felt like mentioning the entire world to not have USA-centric bias

OrcOgi

Not everybody is from USA clowny. So yes dollar losing 20% matters. Also where on this clown is the new upside you claim shown?

Excellent_Dare6280

USA

OkBiscotti3221

true - even if gov tries to ban it so long as two people trade it for a dime it will have value. I think there may be scenarios where it 'could' be pretty wiped out - e.g. if quantum computers develop faster than we expect and BTC isnt quantum resistant by then - that would be game over (for many things!) another possibility is gov closing down exchanges - no legal on or off ramps in USA/EU would create havoc. the big worry isnt that it goes to 0 but that it just does a slow fall and sits in a low range for the next 10 years.

planetpluto3

The number of people I personally know who have 401ks and disposable income in the USA who still scoff at bitcoin is a way way way higher number than those who buy bitcoin. Post is dumb.

OrcOgi

Been here longer than 99.9% sold the top cause i believe cycle theory. Im 100% invested in europe currently. Gl eating sub 40k when USA opens on Iran and/or fucks midterms.

Full-Sound-6269

Not only that, but the world has changed so much since 2017, it's insane, look at USA, government is making money with insider trading, trading on their own decisions consequences, nobody gives a crap, dollar is losing value, China (and some other countries) is trying to dedollarize and bring back gold based currency. It's hard to predict where it's all going. In case USA will keep printing and devaluing their currency, and that will be in line with this admin's plan to bring manufacturing back to US, crypto could pump on that.

TheresNoSecondBest

Are you trying to say, you've never used it, despite hearing about it for this long? 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.

loud1337

Krakens HQ is in Wyoming and when in USA you are using that entity.

spydrthrowaway

This. People should be getting multiple residencies and passports anyways. Opens up lots of doors. Especially when those old paths (USA, Canada, western Europe) just want to hound you for all your money.

oldnoob2024

It’s not. The prediction that it may be in a decade is more likely true today than it was in 2008 because many former allies are selling off treasury bonds to buy gold because they no longer trust USA.

fishykisss

And what happens, if if USA attacks Iran? 55k?

nitaai_nostrasifu

Travel across the border, open a bank in the USA. America gives zero fucks about aml and kyc.

counter_perspective

This fundamentally not true, and why nobody is speaking on this is quite odd. Here is a break down in Macro logic. 1. Iran conflict. This is a very big deal and effects all aspects of the global economy. 2. Inflation/USA economy. Not incredibly strong, better but back to firing on all cylinders. 3. Risk asset, I really don’t care and neither does the world on how much conviction you or anyone else has of bitcoin’s future. If the world believed it, you would see it rise with safe haven assets. Ie gold, silver. 4. This is not spoken about enough, when institutions got involved, they can and do trade billions daily. Up - Down. It doesn’t matter the house/market makers win. They make their profit regardless. It doesn’t actually need to hit 1m-10m per. They can make 1000x-10,000x that in between The long awaited rise. Case & point, every morning between 8 AM and 10am while btc chops. The traps of the day if you will are set. 5. Less important but whomever said the weekend doesn’t matter is not paying attention. USA Sunday. Asia trading time. The logic is very much here. I just think to many refuse to look at all available data

elbenya

Maybe it has to do with the Asian markets opening today, showing the digestion of the Friday bad news in USA

SpecialistMattress21

I purchased via a friend back in 2013 and when i cashed out, i just paid long term capitial gains tax on it. i never had an audit or anything, i think the irs (USA) just saw it and it was legit.

Quirky-Reveal-1669

I would never claim that America/USA is my ideal place. I am just looking for a place where responsible, freedom-loving, hard-working men are willing to pay a collective fee, for whatever needs to be collective - but not more than that. In the Netherlands, and frankly also in the EU, citizens are currently enslaved to sustain an ever growing government apparatus. The Dutch government has been the biggest employer in the Netherlands since years! The tax on unrealized gains purely comes from some government deficit on a spreadsheet. The government even acknowledges that this is not ideal, but they need it, in order to sustain THEMSELVES!

OutlandishnessLimp25

If you’re in the USA and not in Nevada or New York, I recommend River. (www.river.com) great team, awesome service. They also provide proof of reserves.

jwilson9029

what’s an app like that for USA ?

uncapchad

presume you are in the USA? chatgpt says: FIFO - If you've held some for over a year, selling using FIFO means those long-term holdings are sold first, potentially qualifying for lower long-term capital gains tax rates HIFO - The most expensive Bitcoin (highest cost basis) is sold first. This minimizes capital gains and is often optimal for tax efficiency, especially if some of your purchases were at much higher prices than current market value If you want to minimize gains, **HIFO** is generally best. To qualify for lower long-term capital gains rates, **FIFO** may be preferable Then it gets complicated: IRS allows FIFO and Specific Identification (which can include HIFO or LIFO)*. You cannot switch methods year-to-year without justification, and Specific Identification requires detailed records*. So in the case of Bitcoin, I guess you would need coin control and specify which UTXOs you'll be selling. It also says "you must document your choice **before the sale** and identify the UTXOs. You cannot wait until a price target is reached and then choose UTXOs retroactively. If you don’t specify beforehand, the IRS defaults to **FIFO**

hipdashopotamus

It's a metaphor for the USA as a whole lol

Consistent_Many_1858

Fuck USA for fucking up the world.

usedmattress85

I only buy ETFs (in Canada we had them waaaay before the USA) and it’s held within a Tax Free Savings Account so zero taxes paid.

sevoflurane666

I have more confidence in tether than the USA dollar At least tether is back by gold bonds and bitcoin

bitusher

1) https://learn.robosats.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QISRoZxQaAs&list=PLigSCpZv02e8s-VBPGZ6XL5v925up0VBy 2) https://bisq.network/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU1s1Rk3no8 3) https://vexl.it (outside USA) 4) https://hodlhodl.com (outside USA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epLslPQC-EA are popular If using a DEX like bisq or robosats you will need to have a small amount of btc to get started though https://bisq.wiki/Getting_your_first_BTC Bisq 2 allows you to buy without a security deposit : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUoiUSUkMGw

KateR_H0l1day

So, now we are across the board at 10% tariffs, which previously caused large swings in, but this time it’s basically nothing at all. The one thing we can be sure of though, while we’ve seen notable price increases in most things, this tariff reduction will not cause prices to reduce for us, the consumers in the USA. I’m betting that the corporations/importers are rubbing their hands right now, higher profits on the way.

xM1XU

Idk but USA debt is projected to be 63trilion by 2035. And the money supply will increase th same amount.

crazy_lolipopp

Trump is honestly the most inspiring person ever. Because if HE can become the president of USA TWICE, then anyone can do anything in life.

uncapchad

OK so how do we give the USA a timeout then? Asking for all friendly nations

itsaworry

Compared to other countrys round the world , the USA is really young , like 250 years old . Other countrys had their people a 1000yrs , 2000yrs , since history began some of them . So America like a teenager , doing teenager stuff and thinks it knows it all . Can be difficult to live with .

Fluffer-fluf

Crazy. But long?? With the current military buildup and the USA having to pay back 150b..on top of a 40 trillion debt. I’m betting on a recession myself with my 100 bucks short 😅

Internal_Custard_746

I dazi di Trump sono stati una sciagura innanzitutto per l'economia USA, oltreché un'idea semplicemente demenziale per l'impatto assolutamente negativo che hanno avuto sugli assetti geopolitici mondiali. Chiunque difenda i dazi di Trump o è un MAGA o non capisce nulla di economia globale.

Toyake

It’s absolutely getting reported. It’s 2026, if you think half a million dollar transactions aren’t getting reported idk what to tell you. We already have a wealth taxes in the USA, it’s called property tax. In the future we’ll 100% be expanding that to cover stocks/assets because capitalism eats itself otherwise.

Few-Chemist-3463

Except they aren't -- might want to double check those facts. Only cash transactions. And there won't be any wealth taxes in the USA. Good luck passing that here. And if there are, it should only apply to those with 100m+ NW

Few-Chemist-3463

In the USA only cash transactions over 10K are reported. I can buy 10ozt at a time from a dealer via wire or check, all day long and it's not reported to anyone. All I am saying is, if rich people want to hide assets and avoid a wealth tax. It's not that hard. They have more advanced vehicles to do so than just buying bullion from a wholesaler.

Toyake

If you’re buying $500,000 in gold, in cash, then your bank has a record of your withdrawal and the shop has a record of your purchase. In the USA transactions over $10k are reported, as are purchases. If somehow you’re able to accomplish this, the sale is also heavily scrutinized, documented, and reported. This fud has a bunch of broke boys going to bat for billionaires so they can protect their hundreds/thousands while accepting that the rich will not pay taxes on billions.

oopssomething

Another USA holiday today? Or why aren't we dumping?

Academic_Attorney996

USA will fall behind if they don't get their act together.

Academic_Attorney996

If USA don't pass the Clarify Act, it will be come UNClarity. Other country will win and become Clarity...lol

perth_girl-V

Can you provide any evidence the UK is or has deployed and Military assets to support the USA ?. None of the other common wealth country's have showed they will support Trump if anything they wouldnt piss on trump if he was on fire and any government that did send support is pretty much done in the next election

OrcOgi

Figure that out yourself bozo. Betting be quick. USA entering Iran end this week.

FunnelCat

Go put it in polymarkets betting that USA will have conflict with Iran before the end of February, betting Israel will have a conflict with Iran before the end of march, that the Iranian leader will no longer be in place by the end of march.

Vegetable-Roof-9589

Can we, in the EU, doing the same as USA?

psi-storm

No, you keep 64% of the profit you make each year. The government just doesn't want to wait decades to tax your profits, when you finally sell. Or never tax it, like in the USA, where you just take on debt covered by your assets until you die. Your kids then get the assets tax free, clear your old debt and start a new debt for their own, so they don't have to sell their assets never too.

Full-Sound-6269

As far as I know government doesn't pay losses back to anyone in Europe, so losses are purely yours and gains are ours. Correct me if I'm wrong, I only know of USA that compensates losses.

KILLACALLI

I like how they call Canada USA 😂

Glittering-Pizza894

That’s crazy, my work is 20 min, parents is 2 hours, gym is 10 min. - USA based, and I’m considered lucky, my mother drives 1 hour to work a day

exposed_anus

Cool ill stay in the USA thanks

BrassBruton

Property taxes are typically like 1% of the assessed value in the USA. 36% of an unrealized gain is insane. I guess that's the difference

Arbiter_89

I think anyone who says BTC has no value besides criminal uses is either not educated on Bitcoin or is being totally disengenuous. I'm willing to listen to people with differing opinions, but if they clearly are uneducated on the topic or are arguing in bad faith there's not much value in continuing the conversation. That said: Even if you ignore Bitcoin's value proposition as a store of value, (which is being very generous) you still have to address the fact that bitcoin accounts for roughly 9-13% of remittances from the USA. If you're sending money to your family abroad you can either pay 5% to transfer fiat, then an additional fee to convert it to their home currency or you can just send bitcoin for less than a dollar. That alone is a tremendous value for the millions of people sending money abroad. Setting aside value for the everyday person: if countries need a strategic reserve and they keep it in fiat they may be easily subject to sanctions. If they keep it in bitcoin or gold it's a lot more difficult to effectively restrict their trade. Again, that is an incredible value. There's more arguments to be made, but these are immediately visible to anyone who does any level of research.

369__NTesla

I don’t use USA banks so I would know

krtyalor865

Ok. So do you agree that it’s harder to find details about a given transaction with blockchain than vs traditional banking? It’s unregulated and no one can stop people like the president of the USA from accepting bribes on the side.. Currency of any form, not just used but being actively promoted by ANY sitting US president must be regulated by some entity with law enforcement implications . When talking about implications, It’s the ultimate Pandora’s box without SOME kind of safeguards in place

No_Oil_8880

Just start commiting crypto fraud like president of USA and plenty of influencers :)

Zaitobu

I just found out it's President's Day in USA today. it's a federal holiday so the U.S. stock market is closed. I guess that will have an impact on how busy it is here. But mostly it's quiet because we're in a downturn and the charts have flattened out for a few days. it doesn't matter if it's a shitcoin with a $100k market cap or Bitcoin, people go quiet when the hype dies down. A big swing either way and people will flock here to talk about ramen / lambos as appropriate.

watch-nerd

I have no idea how they came up with the USA number, as it can range from 0% (if low income, long term capital gains) to as high as 37% (high income, short term cap gains).

Quandale_Pringle69

I will hope for the best I guess USA has it all in its hands…

LeoMSt

I like how you talk about the Canadian court system like it's a joke compared to the USA. I hate to break it to you but America is losing its "greatest country in the world" status at an extremely fast pace whether you believe it or not.

TheresNoSecondBest

**Great job, mate!** For anyone interested, here are some ways how to spend some sats: 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.

Deetoo8554

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Nearing_retirement

One reason the USA is good is because when a state pulls this bullshit people have freedom to easily move to another state. USA has its own problems but this nonsense at least it doesn’t have.

Actual_Pattern_265

Key word is trade. Of course you're taxed on trades in UK or USA because you are taxed on the disposal of an asset. Doesn't matter if you trade for another crypto, or USD or hookers. The sale of an asset is a taxable event. The NL law taxes unrealized gains - i.e. no sale / trade is required. These are not comparable.

EmbarrassedFoot1137

Fine, so there's an arms race and it goes 30% USA, 30% PRC, 30% EU, and 10% everyone else. WHAT CHANGES?

EmbarrassedFoot1137

Fine, 50% USA and 50% PRC. What changes?

EmbarrassedFoot1137

So let's say the USA controls every single BTC. What changes tomorrow?

LooseSpot4597

No chance. If anything single event is going to break the 4 year cycle it will be a major announcement from USA or another superpower e.g. china to make bitcoin legal tender.

Putrid_Pollution3455

You should own both. If USA companies continue to do well, the sp500 will continue to grow and spit out dividends every quarter. Owning the means of production is always a solid play. What I like about bitcoin is similar to why I like gold; dead assets cannot die. Companies go bankrupt. The average lifespan of a publicly traded company is 15-20 years. Stocks CAN go to zero, get diluted get mismanaged, get out competed, sued into oblivion etc. But gold is eternal, and bitcoin essentially is now as well. Eternal vs sempiternal. I like the idea of "owning nothing" with a price tag that violently fluctuates. Nothing cannot be destroyed. It's like part of the matrix. It requires slightly more trust than gold, since gold can exist even when we all die someday, with no electricity or network, but bitcoin is more efficient in every category as gold and will work better than gold so long as there is electricity and a network of living human beings.

Beginning-Bird9591

that can still occur if you trade it for another crypto in the UK or USA fyi.....

schooner-of-old

Australia is ahead of USA in terms of timezone lol

srtmungai

I need wise USA

stuart_nz

It wouldn’t be hard to figure out my identity and link it to past blockchain transactions but luckily I don’t live in the USA with the DEA force and prison being a willy nilly thing.