If you have bought #bitcoin    and can't withdraw, you don't even have IOU bitcoin.

You have a worthless "I-DON'T-owe-you-bitcoin" token.

Eg a Bitcoin ETF

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If you already have a decent stack, there can be an advantage to putting some shares of the ETF into your IRA or 401(k) plan, but never before you’ve done the work and custodied your long-term satoshis.

If you can't use the dollars to buy real bitcoin, then fake bitcoin could be a good "trade"

They force you to do this with heavy penalties for early withdrawal, because inflation has to do its work first.

Proxy fiat tokens