And you want to buy their Bitcoin ETF!.... Think again! #NYKNYB
Dude...nobody here will ever buy a spot ETF but millions of investors would love using it without having to worry about self custody or figuring out how to use an exchange. That's the whole meaning of it about spot ETF's.
One of the main problems with all ETFs is that any centralized organization requires trust. In fact, they can endlessly issue their ersatz bitcoins if they manage to resolve the issue with the regulatory authorities. So we can only hope they don't issue much more. 21 million real bitcoins and an infinite number of centralized ersatz bitcoins. And the problem is that for average Joe, there is no difference between real bitcoins and their centralized replacement. Even if we understand the difference, it's really important to us that average Joe doesn't get fooled either. Bitcoin is either for everyone, or it will not be able to fully work for a small group of people who understand.
This is exactly what I think about ETFs. Anyone can get that after settling with the regulatory authorities. The effect on the long run will be a shift from decentralisation to centralisation.
Fine, the ETF will increase the penetration of Bitcoin and bring institutional investment which is good for Bitcoin. But control might creep in and that will defeat the very essence of this amazing technology.
The ETF owners might think that they are smarter than they are able to be in regards to their thinking that they might be able to control aspects of BTC, which might end up being a BIG lesson for them - but in the meantime, there could end up being a lot of confusion in terms of people who put their money with the various ETFs and come to the false conclusions that they own the bitcoin, when the ETF owner actually owns the bitcoin, so there may well be some folks (including governments, institutions and rich people) who become educated in regards to the benefits of figuring out ways to get exposure to BTC prices through holding their own BTC rather than giving money to other entities who may or may not be ready, willing and/or able to act in their interest...
...and perhaps some of the rules of custody could end up getting changed because of the various contractual relations that ETFs enter with their clients/and governments, and I would imagine that rich people, institutions and governments do not appreciate when the end up getting rug pulled... just like individual normies do not appreciate getting rug pulled.. but bitcoin gives them a vehicle to hold their own keys. .and perhaps they are in charge of their own rug pulls of themselves rather than trusting third parties that might not be as trustworthy as they appear to be on the surface.
What are you choosing? 100 Bitcoin or
$10Million 💵
Source This math is easy. Currently, 100 BTC is worth $2.9 Million.
I will take $10 Million and buy 300 BTC with $9.7 Million.

Oh gawd....

do you even know how to read?
Look at the hypothetical.
If you choose dollars, then you cannot buy bitcoin again..
so don't be trying to weasel out of the hypothetical...or the spirit of the hypothetical..

..which is that you have to choose one of them and you have to live with the consequences... yeah, I can see some circumstances in which you might end up choosing dollars rather than bitcoin and that is if you are going to die in 3-5 years, then maybe the choice is easy.. take the $10 million and spend it or whatever..
...but the whatever is not so broad that you can buy something that relates to bitcoin in order that you can get bitcoin exposure.. you are stuck with fiat related products.... spend it to consume or perhaps spend it on some fiat related products.. maybe property that is not bitcoin related.
Try again.