Bitcoin's capped 21 million supply and growing institutional adoption give it upside while it is still early in its adoption curve. Spot ETFs, corporate treasuries and sovereigns are adopting it, it hedges currency debasement, and its fall from over $123,000 to about $62,000 is perhaps an opportunity. For holders with a long horizon who can sit through 80% drawdowns, a small 2-5% allocation has historically been among the best risk-adjusted ways to lift returns. x.com 

Bitcoin could draw big institutional money once it gets a real slot in bank model portfolios; a bullish research forecast alone is not enough. JPMorgan projects 10% annual returns over 10-15 years, ahead of US large-cap stocks at 7.5% and gold at 5.5%, but excludes Bitcoin from its main risk models because its links to other assets are unstable. Bitcoin could top $100,000, but keep exposure small: JPMorgan expects 55% annual volatility and models an 11.2% annual loss in its bad case. x.com  x.com  … Show more

Bitcoin's core theses no longer seem real or relevant: it has not worked as digital gold preserving purchasing power and hedging inflation and geopolitical instability, institutional adoption has not strengthened its value, and its asymmetric upside against gold's roughly $15 trillion market cap has not materialized, even though 2026 should be a perfect year for it. That leaves only halving cycles, which makes it look like a silly asset class. x.com 

Bitcoin's near-term macro backdrop is not yet favorable because the Fed balance sheet is stuck at $6.75 trillion, so patience is warranted. The Fed will eventually have to step in for debt markets. ETF inflows leave time for October to turn positive, while Bitwise raised its 2036 target to $1.6 million and says institutions may allocate 1% to 5% as adoption and debasement-hedge demand rise. A U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve may start buying very soon once crypto rules are settled. x.com  x.com  … Show more

Crypto's coming run will be much larger than 2020's because stock-market and gold runs into 2026 exceeded those into 2020. Bitcoin's and Ethereum's runs into 2025 also exceeded those into 2019. Macro-risk ratios across stocks, metals, oil, PMI and crypto again resemble 2016 and 2020, positioning Bitcoin, Ethereum and altcoins for a major bull run. Focus on 2027-28; the one-year median altcoin return against Bitcoin is still -17.5%. x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com 

Bitcoin is a scam and nothing more than a greater-fool trade, because it is pure speculation with no intrinsic cash flow. It is overhyped as a wealth-builder and rarely lifts anyone out of their financial situation; in Charlie Munger's words, it is rat poison. Fading excitement and buying show people are figuring that out. x.com  x.com  x.com 

Crypto's maturation, alongside monetary debasement, should keep the revenue-generating and store-of-value portfolio barbell outperforming. These are its two primary drivers. x.com 

Bitcoin's quantum-key concentration risk may be survivable over a sufficiently long horizon because even a government capture of Satoshi's coins need not be existential. Satoshi holds about 5.2% of supply; putting those and other stranded coins in one entity's hands would damage distribution and shake confidence, but gold has survived large government-held concentrations. This is uncertain: a 90%+ down candle might be needed to kill Bitcoin, while a committed holder base could rebuild it. x.com  … Show more

Bitcoin is closer to speculation than investment because it produces nothing. Even if it becomes the dominant currency, stocks, real estate and business profits would simply be priced in it, so owning productive assets captures value whatever the world's currency. Buying bitcoin adds a separate bet that its monetary premium keeps rising against productive assets, and if adoption fails the whole bet can be lost. x.com  x.com 

Bitcoin should still rise over time because its supply is finite, unlike other crypto that will never replace the cash flows companies earn for shareholders. Derivatives now make bitcoin's supply seem infinite too, though that may be short term. The rest of crypto is a waste of time, as Zcash's 50% crash shows: per @BullTheoryio, an Orchard privacy pool bug undetected since 2022 could have allowed counterfeit ZEC, and its privacy design makes it impossible to know if any was minted. x.com