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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Bitcoin 2025: We Won the Price War. Did We Lose Its Soul?
by
goldkingcoiner
on 12/06/2025, 14:55:28 UTC
So, the 2024 ETF and Halving hype actually paid off. Bitcoin is at highs we used to just dream about, and it's a legit asset on Wall Street's books. We won.

But now that the suits are running the show, the vibe is... sterile. The wild, revolutionary energy is gone, replaced by corporate custody solutions and regulatory chatter. The cypherpunk dream feels like it's been traded for a spot in a 401(k).

Is this what "making it" looks like? A higher price tag in exchange for its soul? What's the point if Bitcoin just becomes another toy for the system it was supposed to challenge?

All the ETF's did was fuel BTC adoption. Even if ETF's were to disappear, Bitcoin will keep going strong thanks to that ETF history. Not to say there would not be a massive panic and price drop, but eventually it would recover. Maybe even quite quickly.

So to claim that the suits are running the show is not really the reality of the situation.

The problem is the massive re-centralisation of a money that is meant to be used in a decentralised way. But I believe that problem is temporary. Centralisation has it's limits and weaknesses. Time will show them.