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Last night my wife hit me with the question everyone asks eventually. Shouldn’t we DCA out near the top and DCA back in near the bottom. On paper it sounds genius. Sell a little in euphoria. Buy a little in blood. Repeat. More Bitcoin. Easy. Here’s the problem. That plan only works in a world where you always have access to your money. We do not live in that world. 💥 The real risk is not timing. It’s access. If the system snaps even for a week, you don’t get to calmly execute your “buy the bottom” plan. Banks can pause transfers. Exchanges can restrict rails. And stablecoins are not the vault people pretend they are. USDT and USDC can be frozen or blacklisted at the issuer level. 😬 The nightmare scenario You “smartly” trimmed Bitcoin because you thought you’d buy back cheaper. Then the bottom arrives. Panic everywhere. And your dry powder is unusable. Dollars stuck behind a bank holiday. Stablecoins frozen or blocked. On ramps broken. Off ramps gated. Meanwhile Bitcoin still trades globally because Bitcoin does not need permission to trade. But you do need permission to move fiat into the game. 🧠 The trap nobody talks about If timing works once or twice, your brain calls it a skill. You start thinking you found the cheat code. You promise you’ll stop “near the top” but you won’t. Because now it “works.” So you keep pushing it until you get caught on the wrong side when the world shifts fast. 🎯 My conclusion Everyone wants to sell the top and buy the bottom. That’s the same dream gamblers have. This is not a casino. This is the greatest wealth transfer in human history. In a real monetary reset, most assets get dumped and liquidity runs to the strongest escape valve. Bitcoin. ✅ So I’d rather be early than clever. ✅ I’d rather be positioned than locked out. ✅ I DCA in and build the stack. Because the moment you need Bitcoin most might be the exact moment you can’t buy it.

Woke up at 60.5k 😂 Back to 66k now. Insane price movements lately.

The Silver Opportunity ⚡ Silver can absolutely do well in the coming year. When fear rises and money gets debased, precious metals get a bid. I'm not here to trash silver – it has real utility and has protected wealth for thousands of years. But here's what you need to understand: Silver is not the end game. Bitcoin is. ⚠️ The Deadly Trap Most Investors Fall Into --------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's where people get wrecked. Jumping from one horse to another to chase short-term gains feels smart. You see silver pumping and think you're being tactical. You see Bitcoin dipping and think you're being disciplined. Until you fall off and get trampled. 🐎💥 Most people lose money not because they pick the wrong asset, but because they switch too often at exactly the worst time. They sell the bottom, chase the top, and end up with less than if they'd just stayed put. The wealth isn't made by those who jump around. It's made by those who ride the right horse all the way to the finish line. 💡 My Practical Take for 2025 ------------------------------------------------ If you want to put a small percentage of your emergency fund into silver? Fine. Do it smart: ✅ Physical bars only – no paper, no futures, no ETFs ✅ No leverage – own it outright ✅ No paper promises – if you can't hold it, you don't own it But make a rule right now: 📅 At the end of 2026, rotate back into Bitcoin. Promise yourself you will buy Bitcoin in November 2026 when it usually starts that slow grind higher and everyone is still asleep. Set a calendar reminder. Make it non-negotiable. Silver can be your trade. But don't let it become your prison. 🏆 Why Bitcoin Wins Long Term --------------------------------------------------- Let's get real about the fundamental difference: Silver's Limitations 🥈 - Requires third-party trust again - Storage costs and security risks - Verification requires expertise - Transport is expensive and risky - Settlement requires middlemen - You're back to trusting the same people who have lied time and time again

Meet two friends, both 30 years old, both sitting on $100,000 in savings. They're standing at a crossroads that will define the next decade of their financial lives. Sarah buys the dream home. ---------------------------------------------- She finds a $500,000 house. Perfect neighborhood, good schools nearby, everything she imagined. She puts down her $100,000, takes a $400,000 mortgage at 7%, and settles into homeownership. Her monthly reality becomes: - $2,661 mortgage payment - $417 property taxes - $150 insurance - $417 maintenance fund Every month, $3,645 leaves her account. She's building equity, she tells herself. This is the American Dream. Marcus takes a different path. ------------------------------------------------- He takes that same $100,000 and buys Bitcoin. He rents an apartment for $2,500 a month, but here's the key—he still has that $1,145 difference between what Sarah pays and what he pays. Every single month, that $1,145 goes into more Bitcoin. He's betting on 25% annual growth. Aggressive? Yes. Impossible? History says no. Fast forward 10 years. ------------------------------------ Sarah decides to sell. Her home appreciated 3% annually—solid, respectable growth. It's now worth $671,958. But there's still $343,250 left on that mortgage. After paying 6% in selling costs and settling the loan, she walks away with $288,391. Not bad, right? She more than doubled her initial investment. Marcus opens his Bitcoin wallet. ----------------------------------------------------- $1,785,077. He stares at the number. Six times what Sarah made. And unlike Sarah, he could have accessed that money at any point over the decade. No selling costs. No mortgage to settle. Pure liquidity. The brutal math nobody talks about: ----------------------------------------------------------- In Sarah's first five years, nearly all her mortgage payments went to interest. The bank got rich while her equity barely moved. She was trapped—not just in the house, but in the payment. One bad month at work? She's not just behind on rent, she's risking foreclosure.