The following Appendices are free updates to "Bitcoin The Digital Gold"
Appendix 12. 30+ Bitcoin Bull Factors about to hit the market
(In no particular order)
1 ETF approval will create massive demand for Bitcoin
2 Bitcoin Hodling: scarcity will positively affect the price
3 Pension and Sovereign adoption via ETFs
4 Fair accounting rules for Companies - massive corporate adoption
5 ETFs will compete and promote Bitcoin investments, FOMO
6 ESG (anti-Bitcoin green agenda) no longer valid
7 Whales (large Bitcoin owners) reinvigorated
8 Retail (personal owners, usually <1 Bitcoin) reinvigorated
9 New ATHs (All Time Highs) bring confidence back, the past forgotten
10 Adoption for big ticket payment eg cars
11 Positive encouraging regulations - confidence in Bitcoin & exchanges
12 US Republican win - end of existential threats and slurs of illegal uses
13 US SEC capitulates and/or new leadership
14 Musk’s X adopting BTC for largest Layer 2 payment rail
15 Countries adopting BTC as currency and inflation/sanction hedge
16 Hyperinflation- forces indigenous use and hedge
17 End of anti BTC rhetoric
18 Incoming traditional finance (the banks) participation eg as collateral
19 Flight from real estate and other commodity investment (Gold, into BTC)
20 Universal/cultural acceptance as a scarce commodity and hedge
21 Personal ISA/SIPP/401k investment
22 Cultural adoption of DCA or Lump investment
23 Part of IHT planning
24 Automatic percentage of salary in Bitcoin (DCA)
25 Secure Layer 2 systems eg Lightning
26 Secure L3 decentralised derivatives
27 Innovative TradFi BTC derivatives
28 PayPal response to X and LN
29 Use of hard wallets dwarfed by ETFs and DeFi
30 Products & services denominated (not just converted) in BTC
31 Cultural rise of Satoshis as primary unit (100,000,000 to 1)
32 Halving in 2024, reduces supply
33 Bank failures- high interest rates affecting their customers & own debt
34 Volatility will subside as ETFs auto-buy to keep their gains
35 Security - as the Bitcoin network of miners grows so does stability
36 As Global adoption also increases so does immutability
37 Metcalfe's Law - network growth stimulates more growth
38 ‘Low’ Inflation hedge
38 Bond yield less than real inflation
39 DXY weakens/BTC strengthens
Each factor above is bullish for Bitcoin. Together they will transform every facet of Bitcoin, forever.
Fantastic example of No.5:
https://finbold.com/4-5-trillion-fidelity-says-bitcoins-risk-reward-is-in-a-different-universe/