If you hold debt, youre an asset on the bank's balance sheet.
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I don't see how that's propping them up in any real sense. I pay no interest and get back more to put into Bitcoin than I do using debit.
You can make this argument at a surface level using their definitions for assets and liabilities, but I don't buy it in reality.
Especially for something like uncollateralized credit cards. We can call that an asset, but I wouldn't consider it an asset if I loaned someone money with no collateral or interest.
I'm not opposed to doing what I do with a debit card. I'd rather prop Bitcoin up by buying as much as possible more than I'd like to remove a faux asset from some spreadsheet at a bank. But like I said, whatever works. I don't know everything. There could be other benefits I'm missing. Just sharing my reasoning and why others may be doing what I do. I think that's why Mallers was brought up. I believe he does the same