Quote from: somac. on February 20, 2021, 11:52:56 PM

Quote from: d_eddie on February 20, 2021, 11:48:07 PM

Quote from: somac. on February 20, 2021, 11:22:37 PM

Quote from: d_eddie on February 20, 2021, 11:05:05 PM

How about elaborating on that a little more, somac.? Wink

ELI5...

Ways to make an income from your current stash:

1. Lend your coins. celsius.network etc
2. Sell BTC futures
3. Sell BTC covered calls

Take your pick on which works best. And yes for some of those things you may have to deliver but, you are in it for the income, just buy the BTC back, even if it is at a higher a price, rinse and repeat.

Hint: covered calls are a great way to sell you BTC, rather than the traditional sell at certain price point on normal exchange.

1. Lending makes me very nervous. The counterparty risk won't let me sleep easily. My precioussss!! The good side is, it is unlike selling because you don't forfait your btc, but cash in interest - that's how it works, right?

2. Sell futures for cash seems a little more acceptable. It is tantamount to selling, though.

3. I like this. I imagine it is something like this: sell covered calls by posting btc collateral, and actually sell the btc at the strike price on expiry. Do you have any idea where that is possible?

You are correct. Deribit and FTX, are 2 places that I know off the top of my head. And you don't have to always post a full BTC as collateral, you can use margin, but then run risk of margin call.

There is of course the risk of a big price move in one month meaning you will miss out on a lot of capital appreciation.

Any guesses on how long it is until there's something close to an FDIC insured account that'll generate some interest?

All those options exceed my risk tolerance, but I am all about the never having to cash out / live off the interest lifestyle, if it can be swung.

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