Why is the "world's most valuable money" stagnating while everything falls apart around it? With 401k hardship withdrawals at record highs and mortgage delinquencies surpassing 2008 levels, shouldn't Bitcoin be rocketing higher? Instead we're watching a slow-motion "silent IPO" unfold as institutional liquidity creates the most frustrating crab market in Bitcoin's history.
But what if this isn't a bug - what if it's exactly how mountains are built?
Time for a Guy's Take episode...
References from the Episode
- Read_912 - Bitcoin's Silent IPO (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/yHpYyBb7BPJyGHjSFYdt)
- UTXO.live feed (Link: https://utxo.live/)
- HOW TO STACK MORE BITCOIN - Will Reeves & Guy Swann on THE Bitcoin Podcast (Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/750Gp9VYDWjc6AuSnKGpFm)
- First Squawk tweet about 401k hardship withdrawals hitting record levels (Link: https://x.com/FirstSquawk/status/1989127501831131216)
- Treasury Secretary's Bitcoin White Paper Day tweet (Link: https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/1984378179809599619)
- Steak and Shake Bitcoin announcement - first big merchant to announce Square Bitcoin payments (Link: https://x.com/SteaknShake/status/1920647356032139430)
- Square Bitcoin Payments now Live annuncement (Link: https://x.com/Square/status/1987886908480033186)
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