It’s a very old memetic phrase that has been used so much that it is played out and lame to still be saying that in 2026. I don’t doubt that Bitcoiners still aspire to be rich and live in luxury, but owning a lambo is not most people’s goal. Buying flashy cars and jewelry is what you might expect from Richard Heart and Lam Malone. Those that didn’t get rich overnight have gotten more mature and are likely to invest wisely if they’ve reached some level of wealth.

Cashing out all your BTC in one lump sum can leave you without your primary source of money, so you don’t want to spend it all on frivolous things that will leave you poor. Cashing out over time doesn’t guarantee that Bitcoin will still have a lot of value in the future. Either way, buying lambos should be the least of your priorities.

This word, "when lambo" is very popular when the first bull run hits the market and makes history in the crypto world. Old-timers believe it will happen again due to its unpredictability and volatility. But at this time, the market trend is changing. When Lambo fades, it's just like how we see a bullrun happen.

Just imagine, before a shitcoin becomes like gold? That is why altcoins are known at that time, because many people make a huge profit from them. But now, it is rare to see them. The story has changed, and this is also because people have learned to control their emotions/hype.

Basically, that sums it all up. Anyone who bought Bitcoin in 2012—let’s say $1,000—and held on through one cycle or a little longer was able to buy a Lambo, but today we’re not going to see those kinds of returns anymore, since the price and market cap are too high and it takes a lot more effort to move them. Plus, back then there was nothing else that was as new and speculative to invest in, whereas today, a lot of investment is flowing into AI companies.

If you buy $1,000 worth today and hold on through one cycle, you won’t make much. With luck, you’ll get $3,000, but if Bitcoin continues to perform as it has over the last five years, it’s not just that it will lose out to AI—it will also lose out to other traditional investments like the stock market or gold.

It was just a meme type slogan that people got bored of. There’s no definitive reason why people stopped posting it. It’s important not to get caught up in these viral slogans, just buy Bitcoin with military repetition over many years and ignore the noise.

No one asking another "when lambo" because it was already fulfilled by the market price increase.  Just because people are not asking the question means Bitcoin holders are not into luxury anymore.  Once these people cash out and got their profit, it is sure that they will spend part of their profit in luxury.

Aside from that, Bitcoin market is not the same as before.  Its price fluctuation is not crazy, where the price multiplies by 1000x.  As we can see the Bitcoin price today does not jump over 2x or 3x in just a day or even in months.  This means the market is more stable and the price is backed by value.

Looking at this, that's a lot of money, approx. 4 BTC at today's market. So I'm wondering why anyone would buy a car with 4 BT, especially if they've been hodling for a long time. I can buy it if I own 50 BTC, but definitely not 10 BTC, or if I have saved for years for it.

When Lambo was the phrase I regularly saw on bitcointalk before, this pertains to bitcoin going up. I also saw many other terms like "to the moon" "WAGMI", "GMI" and many more, which I usually see on altcoin groups during 2021 bull market. Too many terms that encourage others to join the train and be like them. I honestly want to see people saying these terms again, as I only remember the market on the bullish side that's why many people are hype about it. These phrase usually dies out during a bearish market or accumulation phase.

Though we might see lesser "when lambo" term next bull market as bitcoin will probably give us less profit compared to before, when Bitcoin was still at its early age and giving easy 5-20x profits to investors.

I remember back when I was in the early days of this forum there were a lot of people who said that.. If I'm not mistaken when the ICO trend was so high.. At that time a lot of people said "when lambo" "when moon".. I thought it was just a meme sentence and it shouldn't be taken seriously.. But now it's rarer for people to say that, maybe most are pessimistic or there's no point in saying that anymore.. Even people who used to play meme coins don't say that anymore.. So it's probably outdated too and people have forgotten about it.

I think the whole lambo phrase was used more with altcoins as it was a marketing technique used for selling their projects and it had nothing to do with Bitcoin. Those trends were done by the influencers to showcase a lifestyle of luxury to attract investors into buying their shitty projects and for that time because of the trend, they had a lot of victims that got scammed because they trusted an influencer that rented a Lamborghini acting like he brought it with the investments that he made and fooled many followers. Bitcoin hardly been associated with over showing luxury lifestyle instead that has always been altcoins (shitcoins, Memecoins) as Bitcoin has always been associated  with patience and people achieving financial freedom from hodling Bitcoin for long and not overnight success that people spend buying luxurious liabilities.

That's because it was intendedly to be a meme and not a serious thing to note for. Most ICOs back then were successfully and that's why it has become a language for all.

So it didn't only apply to those but also to bitcoin. But yes, it's no longer that used often and I think that's better than we keep on reading and hearing these people ask for when lambo for bitcoin.

It's got no point of saying it then when most of them probably have invested more in bunch of altcoins than to bitcoin so, they know it won't be a lambo anymore.