Germany’s $BTC fire sale — a billion-dollar what-if.
By Maxime Laurent · 2025-10-07 06:39
Germany’s $BTC fire sale — a billion-dollar what-if.
Last summer, the German government sold 49,858 $BTC at around $57,900 each. At today’s prices, that stash would be worth $5.24 billion, bringing in roughly $2.3 billion more if they’d simply held.
It’s one of those classic crypto ironies: governments love to preach about long-term strategy, yet they panic-sell like retail traders at the first green candle. Instead of letting digital gold appreciate, they dumped it into the market — and now we’re left doing the mental math of “what could have been.”
Still, this story isn’t just about missed profit. It’s proof that states still don’t fully understand Bitcoin’s asymmetric power — the ability to turn confiscated assets into generational wealth if handled wisely.
They sold history’s hardest money too early. Happens every cycle.
#Bitcoin #BTC #Germany #CryptoMarket #DigitalGold #HODL
Last summer, the German government sold 49,858 $BTC at around $57,900 each. At today’s prices, that stash would be worth $5.24 billion, bringing in roughly $2.3 billion more if they’d simply held.
It’s one of those classic crypto ironies: governments love to preach about long-term strategy, yet they panic-sell like retail traders at the first green candle. Instead of letting digital gold appreciate, they dumped it into the market — and now we’re left doing the mental math of “what could have been.”
Still, this story isn’t just about missed profit. It’s proof that states still don’t fully understand Bitcoin’s asymmetric power — the ability to turn confiscated assets into generational wealth if handled wisely.
They sold history’s hardest money too early. Happens every cycle.
#Bitcoin #BTC #Germany #CryptoMarket #DigitalGold #HODL
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