USA

DimitriJutras

What type of wallet ? Yes I'm telling you that there is a way lol there is one guy in the USA that was able to recover a ledger cold storage wallet , you can find it on YouTube here : https://youtu.be/dT9y-KQbqi4?si=--fnN24avcwQXsWI I would try to reach him and offer him 0.5 , I guess he would accept 🧠🟠 There is a chance

Gold_Map_236

Oh I’m aware. But human nature means certain things will always have real demand. And since silver is such a key component in military tech you can understand why it’s becoming scarce as the USA becomes an unreliable ally… and perhaps even an enemy

tompie09

USA, the third world country with a Gucci belt

Amber_Sam

Here's how spending bitcoin IRL looks like: https://youtu.be/Tlhvnpi2ukA I'm usually 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.

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Soranokuni

Kinda tired of seeing shit like this, I am sorry USA fellas but the orange man has completely killed crypto.

StackingSats1300

Ownership doesn't give control over the network. The only thing that consolidation does is prevent adoption by others. Is that a problem? Unknown. Additionally, noone will be able to out buy MSTR without sending the price parabolic. MSTR has just over 3% of the coins in existence. Jack Mallers from 21 is going to start building a business to earn more Bitcoin but he has roughly 600,000 coins to earn to pass Saylor. Having two such companies regularly smash buying Bitcoin should be positive for the asset price, slowing down accumulation. Finally, at some point in 2026, your 401k and such for USA citizens will let you buy BTC. I would bet many Bitcoin believers will utilize this feature. When this happens, many coins will go into 401k balances that aren't touched for decades. This puts more coins out of reach for others to buy - preventing a mass accumulation like MSTR.

UnitedBuy9109

USA

No-Air-7273

If one wanted to place trades, what broker would you recommend? USA customer

unibaul

They are planning to replace USD with a cryptographic stable coin then crash that. This is how they will do the same thing "private equity" does with companies like Toys R Us and Bed Bath and Beyond. They will profit massively on destabilizing the country while robbing everyone blind. The USA will be stripped clean as intended.

Minimum_Setting3847

And USA does this every day lol …

Aganthor

Just like the USA Likes to do.

Acceptable-Idea9450

Any update on Hype now? Or is it dead....I just heard about it. I'm in the USA and figure I would have to trade thru a VPN

Romanizer

No, the USA is leading in official figures: https://hashrateindex.com/blog/global-hashrate-heatmap-update-q4-2025/ The caveat here is that not every miner reports origin, but mining was much more concentrated in China a decade ago. Amount of Bitcoin on exchanges gradually decreases over time: https://www.coinglass.com/Balance It's very much in line with Bitcoin in ETF, so that evens out. Although I would say an ETF is a bit more secure than a hot wallet at an exchange.

FnAardvark

Layer 2. It's the same way when you buy something from France, and get it shipped to you, you don't have to wait for the central bank in the USA and central bank in France to make a final settlement with each other for your $30 dollar purchase. You make a purchase with a credit card and they settle it with their banks who bulk all the transactions and settle their ledgers with each other later. Look up lightning network.

Savings-Leading4618

Being truly honest, I'd wait until mid january. After mid january, liquidity tensions on the repo markets should ease. And coupled with the eSLR changes in USA, should make for a good Q1.

AllHailNibbler

And usa elected him a second time. We blame all of USA

AllHailNibbler

USA happend

Secret_Operative

Someone learned math in the USA.

KiNg-MaK3R

How much does a 4 bed 3 bath house cost in a nice area on the east coast of the USA? About 5 to 10 bitcoin. See how easy that was? We. Don't. Need. Fiat.

jaimewarlock

I saw several cases in Oregon (USA) where a convicted criminal appealed, got a new trial, lost again, then got sentenced to even more time.

L00PYLL0YD

I'm sorry to hear about your brothers passing. Don't answer PM's from anyone, as scammers will exploit you. I guess it all depends if you want to hold for the future. 15K if in BTC is around 0.17 BTC in the USA or around 0.23 if its 15K GBP (Unsure of your country). That is a good stack of BTC, in the future that could be worth a lot of money. I would suggest researching Bitcoin and if you believe in it long term, maybe consider self custody in regards to holding it (Cold storage etc) as leaving large sums of money on an exchange is risky due to hacks and also the integrity of the exchange (Look up FTX, Mt Gox, Celsius etc). Good luck!

GettingFasterDude

I gifted my daughter 0.001 bitcoin (about $100 at the time) on River. She dowloaded the River app and easily claimed it there. On the River app, it's listed under "activity and orders" as a "claimed River link." The tax consequences depend on where you live. In the USA, IRS considers bitcoin property and taxes aren't required on gifts less than $19,000 (in a year). If you send it to buy something, then you have to pay capital gains taxes on it I use Koinly to track all of my bitcoin transactions and it's easy to tag a transaction as a gift once you upload the CSV file to River. It's important you tag it as a gift since River doesn't (they don't know if it was a gift, for a purchase, or what you did with it). Verify yourself, since this is not tax or financial advice and I'm not an accountant or tax expert. Koinly makes it easy to print a report to hand to your accountant at tax time. There are apps to track your bitcoin use. You can also do it manually, but it's a lot of work and easy to mess up if you have a lot of transactions.

torrent7

Literally how stock awards work in the USA =/

Amber_Sam

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. If you can buy the cards elsewhere, **avoid**. 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.

Jellydude25

Yes so much going on.. just mentioned on reply in a different post that the USA has QE starting post 25 bps rate cut, the YEN ain’t looking so hot with Japan’s rising interest rates. Commodities are sky rocketing, CPI @ 2.7% (which is completely BS.. only 3 data sets were used for the calculation), while layoffs haven’t been happening yet, the labor market is not healthy in the US. So so many factors. And there’s more I’m not listing / remembering.

Jellydude25

I will say there’s other macro events to take into account as well. We have USA QE starting, the YEN ain’t looking so hot with Japan’s rising interest rates. Commodities have been sky rocketing. CPI coming out at 2.7% (total bullshit.. only housing, gas and one other variable was used for the 2.7% calc) was a surprise. Really hard to say what Q1 of 2026 will look and be like. In terms of the stock market and actual real life in the US.

i_have_chosen_a_name

Yeah Bitcoin will just double in price forever, every 4 years. 2028 $200,000.00 2032 $400,000.00 2036 $800,000.00 2040 $1,600,000.00 2044 $3,200,000.00 2048 $6,400,000.00 2052 $12,800,000.00 2056 $25,600,000.00 2060 $51,200,000.00 2064 $102,400,000.00 2068 $204,800,000.00 2072 $409,600,000.00 2076 $819,200,000.00 2080 $1,638,400,000.00 2084 $3,276,800,000.00 2088 $6,553,600,000.00 2092 $13,107,200,000.00 2096 $26,214,400,000.00 2100 $52,428,800,000.00 So by 2100 one Bitcoin will be worth more then the entire GDP of the USA! And that's why I hodl.

Snoop-8

In North Texas Collin County you can buy a new build for 260k. PITI will be about 1850 a month same home can be rented for 2000 a month. Scenario 1: you put 30k down pay 1850 a month for PITI and the value plummets to 200k after 10 years. After 10 years you now owe 165 on the loan. The house values have plummeted 23 percent you have to sell you make 30k your 30k or so back. Scenario 2: you rent that home at 2k a month for 10 years. In 10 years you have spent 265k. Thats it no money back no nothing. You have also spent 20k-40k more than the buyer since your rent will go up slightly every year while the buyers PITI will go down every year since the value keeps going down as you propose. (Property tax is pegged to the value) Important note: If home prices stay flat for a decade one walks away with 100k. If they appreciate with inflation at 3 percent a year that home is worth 333k in a decade and you walk away with 150k. In no scenario whether it’s down, flat or up will the buyer lose. The thing you need to remember like in 2006-2011 they may go down but with time they come right back up. Every home in the USA now went down in 2008 and look at them now. I would recommend anyone who can to buy and understand in the next 10-20 years no matter what happens during a 5 year span over your life it will have been worth buying and not renting.

LegitimateDream4942

What you said is totally untrue. Why can't they sell Apple or TSLA to buy a house...?? Let's play this BTC thing out: I have 2 BTC. It's worth $200,000USD. I found a house I want to buy in Thailand, it costs $200,000USD and I need to pay cash. I can't get a loan since I have no income and I'm not local. How do I turn that 2 BTC into $200,000USD? I'd have to sell it in Thailand right? Because if I sell it in USA, I can't take that much cash out of the country, and I cannot import that much cash into Thailand without declaring it which will trigger all types of shit. So you tell me, how the hell do I "buy a house in another country with BTC". Tell me how BTC is superior to fiat at this point, in this house buying transaction.

gihkal

What have you done about the blatant corruption and ineptitude with regard to Canadas liberal party? Criminalizing protests. Firing women who won't obey criminal orders. "She experienced things differently" physically assaulting a woman in the house of commons on video. Trudeau was accused of trafficking cocaine in India. And now Carney is mostly focused on empowering Brookfield. An asset management company that he is heavily invested in. Our government isn't better than the USA. We're just not as big of ass holes. And being an asshole is likely a good way to be as the leader of a country. Which president in our lifetime wasn't an asshole looking back? They were nice on camera and evil in reality.

Bulletpr00F-

USA did 50% in 2020 and 40% in 2008. So let’s do some quick estimates. Not exact, I’m not doing that rn. Let’s say the money supply started at 10trillion in 2008 . Not real number just easy to use for the sake of example. 10*1.4=14 14x1.5=21 …….. so in 20years you’ve 110% money printing 110%/17years=0.0647 years or 6.5% per year. The Snp averages 7%. You theoretically are making .5%. Not 7.

Bulletpr00F-

USA did 50% in 2020 and 40% in 2008. So let’s do some quick estimates. Not exact, I’m not doing that rn. Let’s say the money supply started at 10trillion in 2008 . Not real number just easy to use for the sake of example. 10*1.4=14 14x1.5=21 …….. so in 20years you’ve 110% money printing 110%/17years=0.0647 years or 6.5% per year. The Snp averages 7%. You theoretically are making .5%. Not 7.

Bulletpr00F-

USA did 50% in 2020 and 40% in 2008. So let’s do some quick estimates. Not exact, I’m not doing that rn. Let’s say the money supply started at 10trillion in 2008 . Not real number just easy to use for the sake of example. 10*1.4=14 14x1.5=21 …….. so in 20years you’ve 110% money printing 110%/17years=0.0647 years or 6.5% per year. The Snp averages 7%. You theoretically are making .5%. Not 7.

Bulletpr00F-

USA did 50% in 2020 and 40% in 2008. So let’s do some quick estimates. Not exact, I’m not doing that rn. Let’s say the money supply started at 10trillion in 2008 . Not real number just easy to use for the sake of example. 10*1.4=14 14x1.5=21 …….. so in 20years you’ve 110% money printing 110%/17years=0.0647 years or 6.5% per year. The Snp averages 7%. You theoretically are making .5%. Not 7.

Bulletpr00F-

USA did 50% in 2020 and 40% in 2008. So let’s do some quick estimates. Not exact, I’m not doing that rn. Let’s say the money supply started at 10trillion in 2008 . Not real number just easy to use for the sake of example. 10*1.4=14 14x1.5=21 …….. so in 20years you’ve 110% money printing 110%/17years=0.0647 years or 6.5% per year. The Snp averages 7%. You theoretically are making .5%. Not 7.

momacozey

Well according to my Google friend its like this 18c per kwh average in USA 7c per kwh average in Russia. Its cheaper but you'll be pulled into the front lines and made into fertilizer before you see Putin reap your mining rewards

rtwolf1

USA wasn't founded as "one" country but became one over a quarter-millennium. It was initially founded, much like the EU, as [confederation of independent states](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation) giving up just a couple of powers to the confederation-level. In fact, the first century of the European union looks a lot like the first century of the American one (right down to its dysfunctions)

Gallus_11B

Wow it's like your brain is the size of a golf ball. The pandemic hit the USA In 2020, and inflation isn't some instantaneous effect. Production slowed, supply plummeted. Low supply + same or higher demand = increase in price = inflation. Government spending only accounted for like an additional 1 or 1.5% of inflation and as every economist on the planet has stated, the small addition of inflation was worth it to not cause a massive economic collapse and the damage that would have done long term. Please educate yourself on this topic before speaking again, child.

NeitherGas5326

Yes, this is a bit country dependent. In the USA they haven't applied superficial wash trade rules to cryptocurrencies. But, in for example Canada, they have.

Demosthenoid

>er wolle die USA zum weltweiten Zentrum von Kryptowährungen machen. Wißen diese Sheißkerle eben wie blöd das hört sich an?

Coolguyokay

USA Today money

Yogabriel-yoga-69

Kaufe keine Bitcoin. Letzte Woche sind 11 Milliarden Dollar aus ETF abgeflossen. Ist das der Anfang? Der US-Senat hat allerdings gerade erst den als kryptofreundlich geltenden Michael Selig als neuen Chef der Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) bestätigt, der als Leiter dieser Aufsichtsbehörde für den Derivate- und Rohstoffhandel auch für den Bitcoin zuständig ist. Als Mitglied der Crypto Task Force der SEC hat er mehrfach ins selbe Horn gestoßen wie US-Präsident Donald Trump und verkündet, er wolle die USA zum weltweiten Zentrum von Kryptowährungen machen.

BOGDOGMAX

USA. Sorry, it just seems every time a post is made showing a public display of Bitcoin like on a car or something else, the comments in this subreddit lead to talk about wrench attacks and how you shouldn't display it. As a new grandfather it's probably made me a little paranoid.

ThrowRA-football

Us just dropped their rates. Which is the bigger economy, Japan or USA?

Ghost__of__kyiv

Who dare to attack US bitcoin strategic reserve with Quantum computer unless they want to go to war with USA?

RRBeachFG2

I’m agree, but we could see rebound nicely in April if China USA relations go well

ddc703

All you conspiracy theorists thinking it's a governmental agency forget one fact. The government doesn't have a time machine, they had no idea of knowing if BTC would be successful. Same way Obama's parents didn't know he would be President of the USA when he was born in Africa (I know he was born in Hawaii btw). These conspiracies only work AFTER the fact when the success is known. These are millions born all the time and millions of ideas all the time, nobody knew btc would be what it is today back when it was released.

__fez

>That wallet means nothing to any government that could have made it ( USA, China, Russia, etc.) yet

Supaflyray

Let’s pretend we can 100% say it’s the US government/CIA. As that’s the biggest speculation. That wallet is only worth $100B. The us government is 35 TRILLION in debt. That wallet means nothing to any government that could have made it ( USA, China, Russia, etc.) They do $100B deals in congress like it’s nothing. That wallet is a drop of water in a bucket when you look at global GDP

bailaowai

In the US guidelines and guiding principles differ by state, but it’s generally not that simple. The implication of your statement is that it’s a wash - that’s what you’d be spending anyway if you remained together. That turns out to almost never be true, at least in CA USA. The guiding principle is that support from the non-custodial parent is set to try to minimize the impact on the child’s lifestyle - so it’s basically what your expected contribution should be to try to best keep the (economically derived) lifestyle of the child or children the same as it would be if the divorce didn’t happen. It’s almost always more expensive to have two separate households than one because of “fixed costs” that would otherwise benefit all family members. The result is that a non-custodial parent will usually need to contribute an amount that’s larger (sometime much larger) than “what they would spend on the child anyway” if the household were together.

AngryFker

Absolutely. No one denies Ukraine has corruption. Also what Ukraine consider a corruption is a legal thing in USA and called lobbyism. So what. Ukraine is dependent on foreign aid right now and these over-hyped stories from every tea pot are made with only one goal - to make a harm and cut any aid.

EatingTheDogsAndCats

Leave Canada out of this; the USA is the archaic one.

BrocoliAssassin

So start speaking out against Zionism. It's our biggest terrorist organization that controls most of our USA tech and social media platforms.

youssef___off49

Binance or coinbase is two the best exchange but coin base for USA binance is Global

Sad-Mango-5363

si vas a hacer 50$/semana lo más importante es que elijas algo barato en comisiones y que te deje retirar a tu propia wallet sin líos. Strike y River son buenas opciones en USA, en Europa mucha gente tira de Kraken, Coinbase (fácil pero caro) o Binance (potente pero lioso). ideal a medio plazo es que aprendas a usar una wallet propia (Electrum, BlueWallet, etc.) y no dejes el BTC en el exchange. si algún día te pasas a exchanges europeos más regulados tipo Bit2Me o Fazil Crypto, ahí el DCA semanal lo puedes dejar automatizado y te olvidas, pero primero céntrate en entender bien qué estás comprando y cómo guardarlo.

vattenj

I never really understand this Japanese Yuan thing: Every time there is a talk from the central bank of this little island, the world is in panic mode. How come Japanese Yuan is so critical to the financial system of the world? It almost feel like the whole world is dependent on it, but their GDP is about 1/10 of USA

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GettingFasterDude

I've used 4 different exchanges: Coinbase, Kraken, Gemini and River, in that order. **Coinbase** was my first bitcoin experience. The were fine for about a month. Then when I started transferring to cold storage they repeatedly required me to submit KYC and ID verification again. Fine, no big deal I did it. Didn't take that long, but annoying. Then, they started putting transfers to cold storage on 72 hr hold and gave no reason other than "we're trying to protect you." Uh... okay. Makes no sense, but I can't wait 3 days. A little bit more annoying, but not the end of the world. Then, after making my biggest buy so far, I decided to move that to cold storage. They locked all transfers for 1 month; held my bitcoin hostage. I went around and around with support, first AI bots, then people, then emails and formal complaints with no help other than the same line repeated to me, "it's to protect you." Bizarre. During that thirty days I read about how common this is and for some people it's even worse; assets held for greater than 30 days, 6 months or even permanently with accounts closed and assets confiscated. After the 30 days, my transfer to cold storage did go through and I left my account empty and will never go back. There's something very wrong with that exchange. The experience was terrible. I tried **Kraken** and it was better, but they did do a 72 hr freeze. So, after going through all that with coinbase I left Kraken, not wanted it to worsen. Next I tried **Gemini** who was better. But after Coinbase and Kraken I became leery of very large exchanges, especially ones that trade all kinds of garbage coins like Fartcoin and similar. I don't believe they're ethical. I don't think they care about customer satisfaction or building a longer term successful company: Just make millions and run away with it when all the sh/tcoins go to zero. **River** is bitcoin only. They're small enough the CEO still messages with people here on reddit or on twitter when a problem arises. You can actually read someone on the phone for support, although I've never needed to. They automatically transfer to my cold wallet, with no fee and no hassle whatsoever. They have Lightning support. They focus on being the "best financial institution in the world." Recurring DCA bitcoin buys after one week are zero fee (with only a 0.1-0.3% spread). The app is great. The experience has been simply flawless so far (knock on wood). They are USA only. Their CEO seems like a good guy with a proper vision in interviews, unlike the sh\*tcoin exchange CEOs who want maximum profits with no ethical guardrails. I've heard all the same things about **Strike** as with River. They are also bitcoin only. Jack Mallers seems as responsive and driven to create a great product as Leischman at River. I hope to try Strike one day, but River has been so good, I haven't had a need to. I probably will open an account there at some point, just to try it. Tldr: If an exchange offers Fartcoin or similar sh\*tcoins; avoid like contagious d\*ck cancer.

Amber_Sam

>A currency that no one accepts? Sorry mate, thousands of vendors are accepting bitcoin payments. Square rolled out [Bitcoin payments for 4 million of their vendors](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/square-bitcoin-payments-go-live-today). Perhaps avoid commenting on something you clearly struggle to understand. 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.

seiggy

I don't have to pay capital gains taxes when I buy a coffee with my VISA card. Until that changes, BTC is not a currency here in the USA.

Amber_Sam

**I do. Many of us do**. 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.

SecretaryDizzy6374

Worlds too unstable a lunatic running USA and UK something has to give

AstonMarco

OMG. Do you really think a capable quantum computer will be controlled by bank robbers? This will be a multi billion project controlled by governments (USA, China, perhaps Europe). It will take many years. And Bitcoin has enough time to do a softfork. Problem solved. 1.7 million BTC at risk? Worst case scenario: One last dip. I will buy this dip, if it ever happens.

Aazimoxx

>why would that be a bad idea? Because the average inflation rate over the past 5 years in USA has been over 4%. So even if you did nothing else with your money but have it in a high yield savings account or term deposit at 4.5-5%, you're technically making money you would've lost. And that's the rock bottom bare minimum - if instead you plugged it into S&P 500 or one of the other 'safe' investment options, you would've doubled your money in that time (over 15% p.a.). The same investment in BTC over that stretch would've seen ~250% gains (3.5x), depending on start date.

Master-Piccolo-4588

Of course, nothing to see here, no bribery, no nothing, business as usual in Trumps USA.

SteveW928

I don't know... though I've realized over time that there are a lot more 'traders' in Bitcoin, than people who really understand Bitcoin. Plus, I'm not sure how many people really know the economic situation of the USA/world. Jack Mallers' podcast is indispensable, IMO. There's no way the USA can avoid printing a ton of money, so unless Bitcoin fails, it goes up. The timeframe is the only remaining question. That's why I'm bullish. Stack & HODL!

Successful_Pin_2641

Just USA impeding us having a proper bull run for alts this cycle

ZapHabanero

21 million coins, fixed supply. 4-5M missing or lost. 3.4M liquid today, with just over 1M remaining for all time. 153M people on earth have some, out of 7-8 billion. One Bitcoin is worth $87,000 right now. The amount of Bitcoin you already have is massive compared to the rest of the world who’ll need to adopt it. If every millionaire in the USA (55M or so) wanted 1 Bitcoin, they’d be lucky to get .03 each or less (would be a bell curve). If you can hold what you have, move it off an exchange and into self custody (ColdCard or similar air-gapped device) and forget about it until 2035. I think you’ll be happy much sooner than that though. ✌🏽

buddies2705

Japan is going up, the USA is going down. It will balance out

Escapement_Watch

XRP I heard became a bank recently in the USA? not sure if that is true. I don't follow the coin or invest in it. But that could be something?

KnicksDodgerFan

Trump gives a speech tomorrow night, if he mentions the USA being the crypto capital, look for the Santa rally. Who knows, it could put us right back into the bull market and just keep going.

MotherLoveBone7

Very sorry OP and other men who have been hurt by marriage and divorce in USA. The system so broken. You wanna do the right thing and get married but the laws are so stacked against you.

Amber_Sam

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.

uncapchad

India has China's hand up it's ass. ECB also wants to go the CBDC route but have met with resistance from financial sector. 14 banks say no, they have or are already in the process of creating their own solutions and that CBDC doesn't add any value. [https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/cbdc-fault-lines-digital-euro-clash/](https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/cbdc-fault-lines-digital-euro-clash/) now hybrid type solutions are being discussed. But yeah duplication of effort, infrastructure etc. Interestingly, UK BoE has shelved their plans for a CBDC and are looking at regulation and oversight for stable-issuers instead. So more along the lines of what USA is doing. It's a thorny topic with permissions and control at the heart of it. It will get more political in the new year.

NonTokeableFungin

Let’s say China runs all their reactors on Thorium. And you (USA) use only Uranium; And have absolutely zero requirement for Thorium. So … is Thorium considered “*Strategic*” ? Well, it may be for China, cuz they need it. But it’s not strategic for USA at all. They don’t *need* it. So then, what is the incentive for USA ? Is it to … 1. Participate in the thorium market ? “We better buy some up, help lift the price for our friends in China !” Or…. 2. We should destroy the Thorium network, and their stockpiles. Cuz we will **never** need the stuff. If Country A stockpiles a bunch of BTC, the *incentive* for Country B is to damage the network, thwart the price; find a different Digital Asset to buy and promote. Not to help out their enemy. If you’ve stockpiled up a load of some asset - and your adversary has no *need* for that asset - you’ve just painted a big target on your own back.

CrossHeather

Essentially the USA has done the hard work of drafting the Genius Act and we’re going to give it a year and a bit to make it seem like our regulations aren’t just copies of yours.

uncapchad

waiting for the Japan rate cut then we can perhaps move onto something optimistic. What that is, not sure tbh. Some more regs out of the USA perhaps? Don't think that will even cheer the market up. Americans dealing with cost-of-living, medical insurance changes. No couch money for crypto.

ThrowRA_mesaynobj

This is only impressive in the USA which for some reason has the most archaic banking system in the world

Romanizer

This would only mean that the USA would be the biggest holder immediately. Probably among the better alternatives.

harvested

Oh right. USA is the world. Moron.

LivingHighAndWise

About 800K make a mil or more a year in the grand old USA

Tandittor

There are more than 21 million millionaires in the USA

Feanixxxx

I doubt there are 21 million millionaires in the USA

No_File_3888

I was replying to the guy that said less than one million Americans make 1M+ just stating that doesn’t take away from there being millions of overall millionaires in USA. You don’t need nearly that amount yearly to become a millionaire or be considered a millionaire on paper. I guess in the USA it’s harder to hold over 1m in liquid assets that truly make you feel that “rich” because even if you hold the most liquid stocks bonds or etf if its in your 401k you’re kinda screwed until 60yo vs a Canadian tax free savings account that can be withdrawn from tax free and redeposited the following year. But to counter the real estate argument, if someone has over 1m in equity they can likely access that cash with a heloc while retaining ownership and eventually regaining that equity they converted to cash. If doing so to buy BTC Unless buying at peak prices it’s highly likely the BTC return blows your heloc interest out of the water. It’s just that over 80% of “millionaires” in America are aged 50+ ie near retirement age and no longer have the appetite for risk needed to hold bitcoin long term when their multi million $ stock or real estate portfolio kicks out hundreds of thousands a year with much less risk and tax burden

MCWatch31

News (especially news about/in USA) heavily affect the market. Those that know what will happen beforehand then take advantage and position themselves accordingly before the public gets to know and react

VRunner1

You never were able to buy a house in Europe or USA with a bitcoin in 2020 nor you will in 2030.

Granstereski

It's backed by all citizens of the USA.

KlearCat

I don't have XRP. But any monetary currency needs to be exchanged to local currency. Euros are useless to me as an American in the USA for purchases. I can't go to the store and buy milk with Euros. Hell there are some currencies that I couldn't even exchange at the bank, literally totally useless to me. But they are still currencies.

pikkuhillo

World =/= USA. Crypto is global.

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; Ripple Labs has secured a Federal Banking License in the USA, enabling it to operate as a bank powered by blockchain technology. This marks the creation of the first 100% crypto-native bank, offering faster transactions, lower costs, and easier credit access. Ripple's USD-backed stablecoin and blockchain efficiency could make it a major competitor in banking. The move is expected to accelerate crypto adoption and boost XRP's value, Ripple's native cryptocurrency, as it plays a key role in transaction fees on the XRPL blockchain. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

Polka_Wu

I’m with you brother. Thank you for speaking out and having the courage to stand up to these tyrants. I filed in 2024 vs CZ and Binance. The corruption, incompetence and malice is unprecedented. I tried serving CZ while he was at the halfway house, LASD told my attorney he wasn’t there.. We called the bureau of prisons and they said he wasn’t there. I had to contact US Marshals to serve this clown. Bet he was surprised. Unfortunately NJ threw away the case for “lack of jurisdiction”.. We had to refile highlighting CZ’s Money Transmitter License” in NJ .. At the same time they USA let him go to Dubai and lost my serving and can only go against Binance in the Cayman Islands. Exploit this parasite.. I’m a year in the case.. Keep Fighting.. Binance is a third party parasite…

BQbaobao

Doesn’t have to be one whale. What is stopping multiple entities from working together to manipulate the price? I doubt the SEC / FBI would be doing anything about it at this point. And that’s if it’s even happening in the USA. Could even be a nation state doing the manipulation for all we know. I can think of a couple countries that are pretty hard up for cash right now due to sanctions that would love nothing more than to fleece retail for all their chips. FWIW, I thought it was tinfoil hat shit at first but the more time I spent watching the tapes, the more I’ve realized this doesn’t look to be random. Then I learned about Livermore, wykoff, and how USA markets were manipulated in the early days before regulation. Those case studies look a helluva lot like BTC right now.

Crafty-Tailor-2961

USA will f brick nation and gold will go down bitcoin will go to da moon :)

CanadianCompSciGuy

Every time I say this, Americans downvote me. Luckily for me, karma points are fucking worthless and I don't care. So let's try this again. The USA, is **NOT**, the entire fucking world. Bitcoin, **IS**, the entire fucking world. (Ok, that sounded dumb. It's available to the entire world) Bitcoin doesn't give two shits about the American FED rates. It's one of many many factors that play into the current valuation of Bitcoin.

Editor-Forward

There is no reason for BTC to drop every four years, as OP is proposing. What matters most is USA interest rates, Money Supply, favorable legislation, favorable administration..... all of which we have 100% right now. Past performance does not control the future...future conditions, obvioously control the future. We may obey the four year pattern next year, but that would be just coincidence

Funny_Night_7125

Bitcoin's volatility makes for a bad emergency fund. Putting capital that you might need at a moment's notice into a highly volatile asset like Bitcoin is... well, kind of insane. It sounds like your first focus should be building up a cash position ($10K-$50K, or a proportional amount relative to where you live, if not USA) for emergencies and other short-term needs. Boring, but rational and necessary. Then - and only then - are you in a position to store excess capital for the long term, of which Bitcoin is one possible option of many. But if your time horizon on your Bitcoin investment is anything less than 4-5 years (at least), then you're relying on timing and market sentiment to work in your favor, as opposed to the underlying value proposition of Bitcoin itself.

D3VOUR3DD

I don’t agree with that. The halving is only part of the picture. You can argue that the macro liquidity cycle which correlates to the USA election cycle is probably more significant… that is also 4 years as well

skexzies

Bwaaaa haaaaa haaaaaa. BTC is always going to go up over the long term. Just wait till USA National debt hits $39 Trillion by March and the. 40 by June. The AA rating will drop to B, the bond market will tank and BTC will be worth a fortune.

shelby_xx88xx

Been to Dubai Not my cup of tea. Good for a holiday. Actually planning on going back to USA soon. Had my fun in Europe. Also better to just visit IMO.