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Self-custody Bitcoin whales have been moving coins into ETFs (mostly BlackRock's IBIT).

In July 2025, the SEC approved a rule change that allows tax-free, in-kind transfers of self-custody Bitcoin to exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

With this change, large Bitcoin holders can exchange their coins for ETF shares without incurring tax liabilities.

Bloomberg reported that over $3 billion worth of Bitcoin has been converted into BlackRock ETF shares through in-kind transfers.

However, this is a one-way valve (coins → ETF shares = easy/tax-efficient; ETF shares → coins = hard/taxable).

In other words, you can't do the inverse.

You can't go to the Fink and give him your BTC receive address and say: "Exchange my ETF shares for sats and send here you dirty rat" because he'll tell you "Sell ETF and pay tax first you stupid slave".

This is not an accident. It's the control equilibrium: herd value into surveilled, controllable wrappers and keep exit into sovereign self-custody costly, taxable, and reputationally suspect.

More context on why self-custody Bitcoin whales are moving into ETFs:

https://controlplanecapital.com/p/why-self-custody-bitcoin-whales-are

More context on why Bitcoin treasuries will be forced to buy ETFs instead of spot BTC:

https://controlplanecapital.com/p/why-bitcoin-treasury-companies-will

The article on why the plebs won't be able to "ETF shares → coins" without tax is in the works.

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Control-Plane Capital 2mo ago

Why you can't convert Bitcoin ETF shares into Coins tax-free but you can do the inverse

The one-way valve (coins → ETF shares = easy/tax-efficient; ETF shares → coins = hard/taxable) is not an accident.

https://controlplanecapital.com/p/why-you-cant-convert-bitcoin-etf

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ede3d957... 2mo ago

It's astonishing how little interest there is in your research.

Control-Plane Capital 2mo ago

Thank you mate. Not doing it for the interest. I recently moved from 95%+ BTC/NW allocation to 15% BTC allocation.

I have spent much of my time and energy acquiring the assets I have, so I leave no stone unturned.

Most of my research is on localhost, so I'm just open-sourcing it as a donation to the community from which I've also profited.

REUZ 2mo ago

Bitcoin had a enough time to become a medium of exchange, but people in general just don't care enough. You see them same with people still clinging to Whatsapp, whilst Meta is clearly not a company you can trust in.

Now governments are 'embracing' bitcoin by controlling it instead of publically fighting it. But the seeds were sown in the end of 2022 already when most miners were 'saved' by blackcock etc when they went under due to low btc prices and high electricity prices.