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A common framing of Bitcoin today is that it is a savings technology, digital gold, and something to hold, rather than use. According to Ben SAN’s post on X, that framing has become incomplete and ultimately wrong. This is because BTC is not meant to sit alongside fiat as another savings vehicle, but to replace fiat as a monetary base and a financial base that cannot be used or function as money.
However, for BTC to operate as a form of finance, it has to be usable at scale. That usability at scale implies execution, settlement abstraction, fast interactions, and cost-efficient transactions. BTC layer 1 is designed for finality and neutrality, not to satisfy these requirements, and it shouldn’t be.
This is why BTC needs layer 2s to operate as money. “Once you accept that Bitcoin needs L2s to be usable as money, you stop asking whether alts are competing with Bitcoin and start asking whether they are serving Bitcoin,” the expert stated. If acceptance of altcoins is ever possible in the BTC-first community, it won’t come from alternative monetary assets. Instead, the acceptance of the altcoins will only come from systems that keep BTC as the unit of account and native asset, while extending its usability crucially without weakening its guarantees.
In these cases, auxiliary tokens may be introduced, but only where BTC is structurally incapable of performing the required coordination or incentive functions around expressiveness and yield. Furthermore, any non-BTC asset that has a legitimate chance of being accepted within the community will earn that legitimacy by filling those gaps in a way BTC itself cannot fulfill.
Crypto analyst Mattertrades highlighted that Bitcoin is trading above the weekly resistance, and the path is slow and clear. This setup is a result of Michael Saylor stepping in this week with his largest purchase since July, acquiring $1.5 billion worth of BTC. The last time he did this, BTC surged to $126,000.
At the same time, the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI)-related news for Strategy was very bullish, and it actually attracted more buyers. Mattertrades concluded that this is how a bullish case quietly forms. If Saylor’s purchases bring in more buyers, reflexivity will begin because when he starts accumulating such large amounts again, other players will follow suit.
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Powell Speech Today: US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said during his post Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) press conference speech that serious difficulties in small number of banks have emerged. In response to these events, the Fed along with the FDIC took prompt actions, he said. In his opening remarks, the Fed chair said isolated banking problems if left unaddressed can threaten banking system. He added that all bank depositors’ savings are safe amid concerns of a growing banking crisis.
In response to these remarks, the Bitcoin price fell about 1% but the crypto market could take a different turn after the Fed chair’s comments are digested. It may be recalled that previous instances of Powell speeches saw a reversal in crypto market system after the press conference ended.
Speaking about the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse, Powell said that fundamentally SVB management failed badly. The Fed supervisors saw the risks and intervened, he explained. He also admitted that there is so much uncertainty around the banking crisis.
Powell said in his speech that the Fed remains strongly committed to bringing down inflation to 2% and that the central bank will use all the tools needed. The Fed chair admitted that the process of getting inflation down has a long way to go and that it will be bumpy. He also acknowledged that the FOMC is aware that high inflation imposes significant hardship.
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Earlier, the US Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) delivered a 25 bps hike on expected lines. This hike took the current target rate from 450-475 bps to 475-500 bps. The central bank said recent indicators point to modest growth in spending and production. Regarding the ongoing banking crisis, the Fed said the U.S. banking system is sound and resilient. The crypto market reacted in a mixed manner to the decision.
The central bank panel said that the unemployment rate has remained low while inflation remained elevated. It warned of tighter credit conditions for households and businesses as a result.
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