In this time of shakedown, I want to share my 10 rules for Bitcoin. The principle is treating Bitcoin like land in cyberspace. Just like you don’t flip property or gold every now and then, the same principle should apply to a harder and more liquid asset like Bitcoin.
1. Bitcoin is strategic and not speculative
Treat it as long-term reserve capital, not a trading position. It sits in the “hard asset” bucket of my balance sheet, not in the “investment ideas” bucket.
2. Adopt a multi-decade time horizon
Like real estate property or even gold, value is realised in cycles. Checking thr price 10+ time a day doesn’t cut it. The minimum mindset is 10+ years, ideally multi generational.
3. Secure it just like I secure physical property.
I self custody. Have a succession plan in place and well documented recovery.
4. Avoid leverage
I have learned this the hard way with property. And we’ve seen over and over how leveral on bitcoin can wipe out your wealth in hours.
5. Measure in Bitcoin, not Fiat
No mattet the price, my bitcoin number will always go up. Everything else is measured against bitcoin.
6. Automate accumulation
I increase the automated buys in weak markwts and decrease during extreme greed.
7. Hold through volatility
I avoid checking the faily fluctuations and price (as hard as it can be some times). Imagine checking daily or even monthly the price of an apartment. We shouldn’t be treating Bitcoin any different.
8. Integrate it into a hard asset strategy
This makes all the difference. Unlike land, art, jewelry, gold, property, productive equity, Bitcoin is borderless, perfectly liquid, with zero storage cost. Bitcoin sits on top in terms of “investment” priority. I treat it as such whenever I have spare capital.
9. Don’t chase yield but use it as protection against a system risk
Most will dosagree but in my opinion yield chase is a corrupt DeFi gimmick. Bitcoin YoY 30% expected growth is my safe heaven.
10. Build infrastructure around it like I would for property
Property requires insurance, legal structuring, tax strategy, estate planning, etc. etc.
For Bitcoin I have defined the ownership structure, understood tax treatment, built reporting system and treat it as a personal treasury rather than a mere investment product.
Benner Cycle × Bitcoin
2025–26 → bull peak (HODL and DCA)
2027–32 → hard times (BUY)
2033–34 → bull peak (HODL and DCA)
2035 → panic (crash) - BUY BUY BUY
UK police make over 30 arrests daily for offensive online messages, totaling around 12,000 in 2023.
Concerning…
“In a world where machines predict everything, only proof-of-work proves anything.” Dorian Vey
Everyone’s chasing ‘passive income’ like it’s some secret hack. Rental properties, dropshipping, YouTube channels… none of it is truly passive. Bitcoin is. It compounds quietly, 24/7, without tenants, algorithms, or ad revenue. The sooner people realise this, the freer they’ll be.
When people tell me the can’t afford to buy a house they have all my sympathy. When the same people complain about the price of Bitcoin, I realise they just want to excuse themselves rather than build wealth.
Bitcoin adoption: the past 48 hours in focus
The last two days have been rich with developments that push Bitcoin further into the corporate and national mainstream.
On 21 August, Hong Kong-listed DDC Enterprise added another 100 BTC to its treasury at an average price of just over USD 104,000, bringing its total holdings to 688 BTC. The purchase may appear modest compared with the larger treasury players, but it underscores a steady corporate pattern: disciplined accumulation at strategic levels rather than headline-grabbing bets.
A day later, adoption momentum accelerated across Asia. AsiaStrategy, newly rebranded from Top Win International and listed on Nasdaq, announced it will begin accepting Bitcoin payments for luxury watch purchases. The move signals how retail and lifestyle brands are warming to Bitcoin not only as an asset but also as a payment rail that aligns with their global customer base.
In Hong Kong, Ming Shing Group Holdings made a bolder statement, entering into an agreement to purchase 4,250 BTC—roughly USD 483 million at recent prices. This represents one of the larger institutional-scale acquisitions seen in the region, a sign that corporate demand in Asia is stepping up.
National initiatives are also coming into sharper focus. Thailand launched its TouristDigiPay pilot, an 18-month programme that enables foreign visitors to convert digital assets into baht through regulated e-wallets and QR payments. The scheme is designed to channel an estimated USD 15 billion in tourism revenue back into the economy without requiring local merchants to handle crypto directly.
Perhaps the most striking report comes from the Philippines, where the central bank is said to be preparing to integrate up to 10,000 BTC—valued around USD 500 million—into its foreign reserves. If confirmed, this would mark a significant moment in sovereign adoption, moving Bitcoin from corporate balance sheets into the sphere of national monetary strategy.
Together, these moves reflect a diverse pattern: corporate treasuries continuing to stack, retail brands experimenting with acceptance, institutional players in Asia making large-scale commitments, and governments exploring Bitcoin’s role at a national level. The pace of adoption may not always make global headlines, but the trend is unmistakable.
After trying this coffee in South Italy for 1.2 eur I decided I will never pay for another coffee anywhere else. I can still sense the taste of coffee after two hours.
https://blossom.primal.net/72c761908e5c92afa6143243b094c2414b6af51479538c91c8cfec0ec571710f.mov
One day, someone may ask you, “Where do you live?” And your answer may not be a country. It may be a block height. A public key. A signed message.
You may simply say, “I live in the sovereign space. In the ghost layer. In the code that does not lie.” And that answer will make you free.
Tokenised gold ≠ Bitcoin.
A gold token is just an IOU for metal in someone else’s vault, with counterparty risk, seizure risk, and no self-custody.
Bitcoin is bearer, borderless, and final. You can’t “eat its lunch” when you still need permission to touch your food.
Tokenised gold ≠ Bitcoin.
A gold token is just an IOU for metal in someone else’s vault, with counterparty risk, seizure risk, and no self-custody.
Bitcoin is bearer, borderless, and final. You can’t “eat its lunch” when you still need permission to touch your food.
You can copy Bitcoin’s code, but not its launch, trustless decentralisation, or 15 years of unbroken security.
Money is a network, not just a protocol. The market has already chosen its Schelling point, and you can’t fork history.
The kind of press release brands are “forced” to do nowadays.
This is the UK.
The UK’s Online Safety Act isn’t about porn. It’s about power.
Under the guise of “protecting children,” the law pushes platforms to verify users’ ages wiyh a governement ID, and in doing so, kills anonymous political speech.
Can’t prove you’re over 18? You’ll be locked out of “sensitive” content, which increasingly means protest footage, war coverage, anti-state dissent, and anything inconvenient to power.
This isn’t censorship with jackboots. It’s algorithmic invisibility. You’re not silenced, you’re shadowed.
No Governement ID, no full access. No face scan, no political truth.
This isn’t about safety. It’s about building a compliant digital citizen.
One who sees what they’re told.
And nothing else.
#Nostr #FreeSpeech #OnlineSafetyAct #UKcensorship #DigitalID #PrivacyMatters
$STRC is doing something unprecedented in financial history.
Not everyone understands it yet.
I call it Bitqualisation (Sound Money-Backed Capital Formation).
Why?
Because for the first time ever, a public company is building a multi-layered capital structure backed directly by Bitcoin—not through traditional debt, not through fiat financing, but through a new class of instruments.
$STRD, $STRK, and now $STRC are all steps in that direction.
But $STRC goes further—allowing investors to subscribe using Bitcoin itself.
Let me make it clear:
→ No fiat loans
→ No credit liabilities
→ No equity sold up front
→ No monetary expansion
Just Bitcoin on the balance sheet, structured into capital.
Not by selling it. Not by rehypothecating it.
But by unlocking its value—natively.
Strategy was the first to pivot its reserves into Bitcoin.
$STRC is the first to use Bitcoin as a foundation to raise capital—without touching the credit system.
No precedent in gold.
No precedent in sovereign finance.
No precedent in fiat history.
This isn’t banking.
This isn’t debt.
This is bitqualisation—Bitcoin-backed capital structuring with no new money created.
Most won’t get it. But they will.
You don’t sell Bitcoin in the age of AI. You accumulate it.
As AI accelerates productivity and automates away inefficiencies, the only thing governments can inflate is the money supply. Fiat will lose purchasing power. Fast.
Bitcoin is the digital anchor in a world of exponential change. AI is speed. Bitcoin is stability.
If the UK is serious about competing in the AI century, it shouldn’t be selling Bitcoin. It should be securing it, alongside compute, energy, and talent, as part of a sovereign tech stack.
Don't sell the asset that makes sense when everything else stops making sense.
I am 99% confident the EU CBDC will fail brutally in October (expected launch date). Hopefully Britain will see the light.
