Bitcoin has no real underlying story or reason to own it, unlike a stake in a company. It is the biggest Ponzi scheme ever; owning part of a company beats it. x.comÂ
Cole
Momentum Stock & Options Trading, Public Trading Journal
Bitcoin treasury companies are a much better risk-adjusted play than AI stocks because buying Bitcoin avoids the constant innovation burden of competing businesses. Perpetual debt to own an asset that has already won beats maturing debt taken on to compete. x.comÂ
High interest rates curb leveraged Bitcoin speculation while new investment opportunities compete for limited capital. AI companies are taking on heavy debt, SpaceX recently went public and Anthropic is preparing an IPO; many beaten-down AI stocks may offer a better chance of doubling than Bitcoin. With Bitcoin below $80,000, $70,000 is more likely than $90,000 from here. x.comÂ
Historic debt levels and currency debasement make Bitcoin's role as a store of value more important than ever, countering Jason Calacanis's call to sell it. x.comÂ
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.comÂ
Bitcoin's failure to decouple from AI leaves it at risk around the coming big hyperscaler earnings week. That linkage is worrying enough to prompt a 'timber' warning. x.comÂ
Bitcoin is the better place for money than equities whose prices are fake. A $200k market order can crash the share price of a $5 billion company. x.comÂ
Strategy might be undervalued because it holds far more Bitcoin than the first time its stock traded at the same price. At $140.51 today, it holds 848,517 BTC, versus 193,000 BTC the first time shares reached $140.51. x.com x.comÂ
Bitcoin is not an investment because it is a non-productive asset. x.comÂ
Bitcoin benefits as the risk of creating gold through alchemy has entered public consciousness. That perceived threat to gold's scarcity supports a long Bitcoin position as a persistent theme. x.comÂ
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.comÂ