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@Croesus_BTC@bitcoinarchive World governments will soon pump our bags. (Sovereign Wealth Funds). Sounds like a Bitcoiners dream but it's becoming a reality. Nation state game theory has begun.
@CarlosVallim2@therationalroot Up only. โฌ๏ธ. Don't worry about this cycle peak, just zoom out keep stacking and HODL. BTC has not top because fiat has no bottom.
MicroStrategy has acquired 55,500 BTC for ~$5.4 billion at ~$97,862 per #bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 35.2% QTD and 59.3% YTD. As of 11/24/2024, we hodl 386,700 $BTC acquired for ~$21.9 billion at ~$56,761 per bitcoin. $MSTR https://t.co/79ExzXk4UM
Some questions I have about the strategic Bitcoin reserve:
1.) Assuming the idea works, and when we use the BTC to "pay down the debt", whom specifically do we pay the Bitcoin to? Do we pay back holders of Treasuries with BTC *instead of USD* even if they don't prefer it? If debt holders insist upon dollar payment at maturity instead (because they have dollar liabilities themselves and because they bought treasuries expecting dollars), what would be the point of the Bitcoin? Are we selling BTC on the open market FIRST, which requires private sector buyers, and then sending the dollars as payment? Sketch it out for me.
2.) if BTC is meant for paying down debt, are we intending to issue less debt going forward? Or are we going to run the same deficit playbook in perpetuity? This is important because a strategy of balancing out our debt burden comes with an implicit presumption of fiscal discipline *at some point*.
3.) BTC's market cap took 15 years to capture 5% of total US debt by market share (pictured). Do we expect Bitcoin's relative performance vs US debt to *accelerate* beyond this point? Because mathematically, its % gains cycle over cycle are diminishing while the growth rate of debt is rising. How do these forces balance over the next 10-20 years with conservative CBO estimates of 5-7% deficits in perpetuity?
These are questions I am pondering and which I don't see ANYONE having reasonable discussion about. It's all euphoria around our bags getting pumped by Uncle Sam. However gains aren't the only reason this matters, and we need to understand the mechanisms for this plan before allowing the govt to embark on radically new policy. I am disappointed with the lack of analytical rigor from the Bitcoin community on this issue and hope to see more robust debate before any bill or EO is actioned by Washington.
@_Checkmatey_ Nice! I gave BTC at a company holiday gift exchange ages ago. Everyone laughed and thought it was a dumb gift. That guys is up 550% and he's a HODLer. Changed is whole life actually because he invested a lot after that.