Bitcoin is not a good collateral for a loan, here's why:

silver's current short-term support line is in green

portugal golden visa real estate investments are less than 3% of total housing transactions

if you buy a car with Bitcoin, you're still subject to capital gains tax

central banks have rejected holding Bitcoin in their reserves including Fed, ECB, PBoC and many others

virtually every corporation that accepts Ethereum/Bitcoin for payments doesn't actually process the payment in crypto

How Banks Create Money When Purchasing Assets

my article on repo rates and BTC price was referenced on bitcoin.com

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silver's key short-term trend support is the green light from the chart

silver and gold move differently, which why I generally refrain from referring to these commodities in conjunction, even though a lot of what I write about gold also applies to silver

gold moves up by ≈13% on breakouts, thus ≈$4000/oz gold in November 2025

lower interest rates means less attractive repo and deposit rates, thus expect more capital movement into assets, as the yields on MMF/deposits become less attractive

$4000/oz gold by the end of 2025? yes, very much possible, but also beware of consolidation ranges which may extend for months

watch the Fed's projection dot plot, not the Fed Funds rate

reducing the cost of capital by 25bps wouldn't affect mortgage that much - as it doesn't eliminate the existing risk in the market (i.e. existing mortgages)

there will NOT be a 50 bps rate cut

it's not just the Fed, the ECB is also lowering rates into higher inflation

🤯 Gold may just go straight to $3500 in the next few hours #7

ECB's legal framework forbids the use of gold revaluation proceeds to pay expenses or operating losses

🇪🇺 ECB gained €10.5B on gold from 2023 to 2024

gold is a great asset to hold for the next 5 years

🇪🇺 The best countermeasure that EU can take is swapping US securities for Gold

real estate is a great asset because banks lend ≈75% of its value

EU real estate prices will continue to increase