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The Trump admin told us they were looking to acquire Bitcoin with a "budget neutral" strategy.

Well, they may have just found one:

Engineer a short squeeze on gold, revalue the gold holdings at the peak, and buy BTC.

70% of the world's gold is refined in Switzerland.

So what happens when you slap Swiss exports with 39% tariffs, including the gold bars that New York-based Comex accepts for deliveries?

Suddenly the gold shorters in the United States have a much harder time sourcing gold to cover their positions.

Which means they need to buy existing spot or futures, driving the price higher.

An aggressive short squeeze could force gold towards $6,000 an ounce.

Which would allow the US to revalue its holdings to ~$1.5 Trillion, which would then be deposited into the US Treasury's account.

What could they buy with that $1.5 Trillion?

A ton of Bitcoin.

Are the strange 39% tariffs on Switzerland (nearly the highest in the world) a tactic to force a gold short squeeze so they can revalue their holdings and acquire a dominant BTC position?

Let's see 🍿
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Mark Sea · 27w
I like it.
Sats Consultoria · 27w
Status: Game Theory ON ⚡️
Baerwaldt ⚡️ · 27w
Owning #gold & #bitcoin for the win if…
Dan · 27w
I’d meme this into existence
Benking · 27w
This theory is truly interesting and clever; using heavy tariffs on Swiss exports to create a short squeeze on gold and increase the value of reserves seems like an innovative idea. If this happens, it could enable the US to revalue its gold holdings and generate substantial capital to purchase Bitc...
SoEV · 27w
This is about 20x more intelligent than anything that administration could come up with.
BitLo · 27w
Would make too much sense. So probably not.
₿harat · 27w
Sounds way too clever for Trump.
Piotr · 27w
That's interesting
LEVLHED · 27w
I thought "WTF IS THIS ABOUT??" out loud when I saw the thing about gold bar specific tariff...
CptKook · 27w
You mean steal it. Everything they have is stolen, everything they say is a lie
NodeRunner2049 · 27w
A global gold rugpull by the US Gov would be diabolical.
Decentral · 27w
They would still have to sell the gold. I don’t see them selling gold to buy btc.
halalmoney · 27w
Interesting. It may play into the hands of BRICS though.
Faroaldo · 27w
Not likely to happen. Gold buyers are outside of the US.
Sikto · 27w
We’re nowhere near the top for gold…….theyre going to revalue at higher.
SwapMarket · 27w
Then slap tariffs on all bitcoins that come to the US.
CR45H 0V3RR1D3 · 27w
Why do people want their governments to buy bitcoin? 🤦🏻‍♂️
CR45H 0V3RR1D3 · 27w
nostr:npub14tx872dxkq8augupej3r0gmhwavc5yplr6sjuv3ple89ckr028ps5pn4sj sure he could, you just need dumber people than him and tht sums up the republican party as of late. 😂 He has the verbal articulation skills of a fourth grader and he doesn’t seem to know how to read either. 🤷🏻‍♂...
Ryan Matta · 27w
If Gold hits $6,000 an ounce. I will sell 100% of my gold for real estate in El Salvador
Kayne · 27w
Wrong. Trump is international destroying USA in service to Israel. You are being bled.
PDJ · 28w
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royster⚡️ · 28w
Stack. Welcome back! Good to have you
Chris Krause · 28w
Finally!
BrianFitzwater · 28w
Welcome back.
₿k · 28w
With the oppression of free speech, you need Nostr more than Nostr needs you. 👀
StackHodler profile picture
Bitcoin wealth levels and primary focus:

Stage 1: You have less than $1 million worth of BTC
Primary focus: Capital Accumulation

Get to $1 million worth of BTC as quickly as you can.

Today that's 8.69 BTC.
Soon it will be 6.15 BTC.
Then 1 BTC.

Stay laser-focused on your business until you bank your first 7 figures.

Do not waste your finite time and attention thinking about trading in and out of assets at this level.

You should be stack-only.

Focus on being useful to others like the robots are coming for your job.

Because they are.

Don't think the path you're on will get you where you need to go?

Then change your path.

Channel your efforts into opportunities with uncapped upside and use various forms of leverage (personal brand, AI tools, code, relationships) for non-linear growth.

Just remember: Working harder isn't the answer. You can accelerate your capital accumulation if you work smart.

Just make sure your upside isn't capped.

One unit of input should lead to multiple units of output.

And your work should ideally compound like your assets.

Where to start?

Helping other people make more money in their business is a good rule of thumb.

E.g. AI is a new tool that few people know how to use effectively.

So help them leverage AI in their business.

There's a million niches within that one obvious idea.

You can figure it out and make anything happen.

If you want to.

Stage 2: You have between $1-$5 million worth of BTC.
Primary focus: Capital Allocation & Preservation

At this point you should increasingly focus on your own investor psychology, mindset, and risk management.

You have some momentum at this stage.

Keep it rolling.

Keep stacking Bitcoin and milking your personal cashflow.

But realize that you're closing in on escape velocity.

And your main job is to not screw it up.

BTC's 40-50% CAGR means you're looking at adding $400-$500K to your net worth on autopilot.

When taking taxes into consideration, that's like earning close to $1 million per year in income and saving all your after tax income.

Something that very few people ever manage to do.

This is the point where your BTC starts to make money faster than you likely can through your own effort.

Which means you should shift a portion of your time into mastering your investing psychology.

You need to be mentally prepared for likely market scenarios.

You need to have a plan.

You need to know yourself, and know how you'll react when volatility strikes.

Do you need a cash pile that helps you sleep at night?

How long of a runway do you need to not panic sell the next dip?

These are questions you must address.

You're on your way to generational wealth.

And you cannot afford to screw up at this stage.

Stage 3: >$5 million in BTC. Escape velocity.

Focus on Time Allocation.

Many people in the fiat world don't see $5 million as "enough" to retire.

But that's because inflation is usually outpacing the returns of their "safe" investment portfolio.

But if you have $5 million in BTC, you're adding ~$2 million to your net worth each year, and it's compounding (as long as you have a long time horizon).

You can spend $20K-$25K a month and still watch your wealth accelerate.

At this point, you should take a minute to recognize that the future is uncertain.

AI and robotics will soon change everything as we know it.

And you will never have as much time as you do now.

At this point, you need to be deliberate with how you allocate your time.

Imagine you only had 5 years left to live; would you be spending your days as you are now?

What would you change?

You've essentially solved the money problem.

Now your focus should be on how to live well in a way that doesn't require extreme extravagance.

That way when you get to $100 million net worth in the next decade you know how to enjoy your good fortune without relying on ever more money to do so.

Find activities that you enjoy and that you can compound over the long-term.

Do things that make you feel alive and don't lead to a "hangover" later.

Prioritize your health and family.

Congratulations, you've won the money game.

And your reward is that now you get to pick a new game to play.

Choose your next adventure wisely.

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LE PEDALEUR · 28w
⭐️💎⭐️
cornman · 28w
welcome back ser!
Deleted Account · 28w
Welcome back 🦾 missed your words here!
Privacy Is Dignity · 28w
This presupposes BTC will keep going up. The pumps will have to run out of steam eventually. So when? Already the pumps are not nearly as big as they were circa 10 years ago.
User · 28w
Being non-diversified is an uncompensated risk.
jick · 28w
Great to see you back on NOSTR, stack! Since I left Twitter I missed your wise and thoughtful posts!
mobiusmoe · 28w
It is good to see StackHodler's content back on nostr, consistent quality content like this is the most important thing to keep people coming back once they dip their toe in
TIDE · 28w
This made my day I was thinking about how I could achieve these goals Today the richest person I know called me asking about my projects And I heard about a Chinese investor who I could help execute his investments What a lesson, guys! Let's focus on our future and be grateful for the present
Kayne · 28w
This is terrible advice. Fiat minded nonsense. The value of dollars is less than it used to be, and will continue to decline. Saving up a million dollars worth of Bitcoin won't mean anything in the future because a million dollars will only have the buying power that 100k has now. And telling p...
Jake Woodhouse · 28w
"You've essentially solved the money problem." This is a problem that most people have, at every levels of wealth, but that very very few have realised Bitcoin actually solves Ask yourself: "what if I've solved the wealth problem?" It's the same thing multi-generation business owners have been tr...
Barry · 27w
Welcome back to NOSTR! Please keep posting your valuable and eloquent insights on this incredible platform!
farooq · 27w
👍
Marcosnovaes51 · 27w
Hélio
bitcoinIke · 27w
Most depressing tweet😅🥴🧡🧡
Gabe · 27w
Any recommendations on where to learn how to best use AI? I’m using it personally, but I seem to learn best in a “curriculum” setting. #asknostr
DataNostrum · 27w
Not sure the 40-50% CAGR will keep going as it has, it is decreasing over time. To me, Bitcoin is not an investment, it's savings.
RezBuilds · 27w
Somewhere between Stage 1 and 2, most people realise they don’t actually want to own anything. The cars, the watches, the gadgets — all start to feel like pointless little distractions once you understand what real leverage looks like. Bitcoin forces bigger thinking. But it often leads to want...
Joe Nakamoto · 27w
Why on earth is this shit trending
Dan · 27w
Thanks for the morning wood
Fotoart · 27w
No need to look in spending so much per month, which means stack hard but once you get to a healthy monthly amount to give you back your time, you'll realize that time is worth way more than the shit you want to buy now. Stop trading time for money algorithm: Your net worth DIVIDE BY ((Year you thi...
satsified · 27w
How to build wealth in 3 easy steps. Step 1: Get a million dollars. Step 2: Get your next 3-4 million dollars Step 3: Kick back and relax, having solved the wealth problem.
inpc · 27w
Ok but what to do if you have over $800 billion in BTC. Would you advise getting a second Nano S?
No counterparty risk · 9w
You sir are still the best Bitcoin motivational writer. I left X a year ago and specifically missed your posts however here you are! Found you again. Made my day. Thank you.
StackHodler profile picture
In 2007 US Debt-to-GDP was 62%. Today it's 129%.

Political insiders absolutely fleeced the country over the past 16 years.

And before they try to convince you it's your patriotic duty to pay off this debt, remember this:

As the bombs dropped overseas, the infrastructure crumbled at home.

Central Bankers suppressed interest rates and enabled political graft while health and education standards fell.

Politicians voted on legislation by day, and managed 7, 8, and 9 figure portfolios by night.

And the media propagandists made sure that the rabble looked left or right, instead of up at the leaders, or down at their pockets being emptied.

So today the debt bill sits at $31.6 Trillion.

And currency debasement is the only way to pay it off.

The plutocrats have gotten theirs, and now they're going to stick the rest of us with the bill.

But there's a way to protect your hard-earned monetary energy: #Bitcoin

It's the only money they can't seize, debase, or manipulate. Which makes it ideal for surviving the coming fiat flood.
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peterzander · 151w
Why would the 3rd world countries also need to pay for the U.S.A. debt?
StackSats.IO · 151w
They safe is long since empty, they’ve been looting the silverware and china and by backstopping bank deposits they’re trying to buy enough time to strip the copper wiring out of the walls. This won’t be over until they’ve made everyone so poor that they see no alternative but to accept a m...
nobody · 151w
On the money as always!
mandalorianHODL · 124w
Thank you for posting on nostr. I was banned from twatter because I posted a string (‘bring back the guillotine’). Apparently, it is violent to post texts.
Marinatin · 100w
Preach it!
StackHodler profile picture
YouTube incentivizes surprised soy boy thumbnails

Instagram incentivizes lips inflated to 50psi

Twitter incentivizes outrage and doom

Zaps incentivize pura vida 🤙
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Brisket · 156w
😂 so true
WINTER ☩ HODLER · 156w
natural order.🤙
Bitcoin Bulldog · 156w
Poisoned incentives have dragged almost every facet of modern day living down. Pure incentives = Pure value = Pura Vida
Chilidem · 156w
Soyjak youtube thumbnails are the decline of the west.
mandalorianHODL · 156w
is 50 psi actually accurate? i like the meme
Highsselhoff · 27w
‘Surprised soy boy thumbnails’ really nails the aesthetic 😂
UNLICENSED MONEY TRANSMITTER · 27w
nice to see you here
StackHodler profile picture
For those keeping score at home: New high on the EU 30 Year bond yield. EU05Y as well.

Imagine locking up your money for 30 years in exchange for 2.5% annually paid in EUROS 😂

Complete garbage.

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Chris · 156w
The normies have no idea how screwed they are if they don’t own any btc
Dom · 156w
My bank proudly sent out an email that they are now paying out 0.6% on deposits. The yield on my lightning routing node is higher....
Mark Camper · 156w
Who is still buying all the crap?
MinigolfChamp1312 · 156w
You must be totally insane to make such a deal… so you get a real -5% to -10% yield in purchasing power . When they make there homework all the money goes one direction
Jogi · 156w
I can't even ...
kidcamaleon · 156w
Are the 2.5 fix if y buy?
Joyful Chadette · 135w
Getting 2,5% but inflation is like 30% a year. So you are losing 27,5% purchasing power a year 😂
Himel · 156w
Only zap is real
nobody · 156w
Agreed.
2minutebitcoin · 155w
once you zap, you can't go back but for real - what a desperate attempt from a failing company. You can tell from 20 miles away that it is going to flop
StackHodler profile picture
Once you get used to storing your wealth in Bitcoin it gets really hard to buy assets that you don't have full control over.

Throw in unpredictable supply, limited portability, operational risk, and counter-party risk and very few assets look as appealing as they once did.
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Andy The Bitcoin Adviser · 156w
No coiners don’t understand this trump’s volatility every time especially when your time preference is low.
Shini · 156w
Exactly like this. And even worst when you are in a shitty economy like venezuela or argentina. It doesn’t make sense to have not even 1 peso in your account 🤔
Bitcoin Bulldog · 156w
Completely
StackingPlease · 156w
That's why mom always forced us to eat our meal before dessert. Bitcoin is like a dessert you deserve to eat every day as long as you want to l. If for some crazy reason one day you'll want to eat ordinary meal you can easily exchange it with anyone for anything.
TheExit 💊⚡️ · 156w
The deeper you go down the Bitcoin rabbit hole, the more appealing a Bitcoin only portfolio looks.
WINTER ☩ HODLER · 156w
Inherent maximalism
𝖓𝖔𝖊𝖗𝖒𝖘 · 156w
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2minutebitcoin · 156w
the amount of third parties and complexity in the system makes one truly give up on trusting it in the long term a house, lots of land, gold and bitcoin seems like the most appealing thing
J · 156w
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Frappy · 156w
💯 % agree… it just doesn’t feel right by any other assets. At least if you think about it too much.
Karl · 156w
In other words: Bitcoin maximalism is inevitable when you actually DYOR
BitNap · 156w
It's so true. After reaching a stacking goal I wondered if i should diversify.. there is no second best.
mydogisahusky · 156w
Plus, you cannot zap from them.
$elfish gene · 156w
скоро будет немыслемое))) Ты готов?
The Big D-Base · 155w
I've made a living in real estate development and rentals. The game is changing. Gov't policy is turning residential real estate into a shit coin. I know of what I speak. I'm early, but others will follow. Bitcoin.
StackHodler profile picture
Of all the places to store the hard won fruits of your labor...

Imagine trusting a scarf-wearing convict and putting it in sovereign debt backed by a hodgepodge of aging + bankrupt countries.

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Andy The Bitcoin Adviser · 156w
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Hodlbec ⚡️ · 156w
Absolutely No Bueno
Humble Bitcoiner · 156w
Euro is gonna fall apart in the next decade imo. Cannot see a scenario in which Germany wants to stay the payer for all the debt of the GIPS countries. Monetary union without fiscal union is destined to fail
Pleb on The Cob · 156w
Scarf-wearing convict lol
StackHodler profile picture
Some popular traders on Twitter that have been bearish since 15K are starting to sound desperate for the orange coin not to bust through 25K 😂 Feels good to stack and chill.
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MonKota · 156w
💯….I love alpine villages.
joe · 156w
Reminds me of Doomberg's 5k "fair value." I hope he's right tho lol. Need to stack more.
nobody · 156w
Lol absolutely. Simple strategies are the best!
Forever Hodl · 156w
This is the definition I will adopt going forward
Michael Matulef · 156w
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