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Why is Bitcoin still so cheap in 2025?
In 2021, the total crypto market cap peaked at $3 trillion. Fast forward to 2025, and we’ve already hit a new all-time high of $3.73 trillion. Sounds impressive… until you realize the U.S. alone prints that much in one single year. Let that sink in: the entire crypto market, at its absolute peak, is roughly equal to one year of USD creation. Fiat is being inflated at a staggering rate — and yet people still think buying Bitcoin on credit is “too risky”? https://preview.redd.it/of7s0sff8c2f1.jpg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d1188442c20fea1d1c874c6dc348a7eaa2b66fa Since the First Industrial Revolution, global GDP exploded — from a few hundred billion in the 1800s to over $105 trillion in 2024. But this system assumes eternal 3% growth… which is running into hard physical and ecological limits. Earth is finite. Exponential growth is not. Assuming 3% annual GDP growth, we’d double global output every 24 years. That means by 2048, GDP could reach $218 trillion. Yet most people still value money that’s infinitely printable over something like Bitcoin, which is provably scarce. https://preview.redd.it/qgpm7a448c2f1.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e83fa1e68ac8028e6be0a5b4a623f83887dd085 Bitcoin scores A+ across every meaningful property of money: Scarcity: There will only ever be 21 million BTC. Compare that to fiat, where central banks can (and do) print trillions out of thin air. Scarcity is hard-coded into Bitcoin, not managed by committees. Divisibility: You can divide Bitcoin down to 1 satoshi (0.00000001 BTC), making it more usable in micro-transactions than even physical coins or fiat. Portability: You can send millions of dollars in BTC across the globe in minutes, without intermediaries. Try moving that in cash or even gold bars. Recognizability: With public ledgers, cryptographic proofs, and global awareness, BTC is easier to verify than a gold coin or even some fiat bills in certain parts of the world. Durability: Bitcoin doesn't corrode, degrade, or get lost in a fire. As long as you remember your seed phrase or protect your wallet, it's eternally safe on the blockchain. https://preview.redd.it/1dvquqtc8c2f1.jpg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b87e304065536c5798d5e35beb276b7e4877502 All of this makes it arguably the most advanced form of money ever created, yet it’s still trading like a speculative asset rather than what it was designed to be: a long-term, decentralized store of value. So again… why is it still so cheap? submitted by /u/Cold-Enthusiasm5082 [link] [comments]
| | In 2021, the total crypto market cap peaked at $3 trillion. Fast forward to 2025, and we’ve already hit a new all-time high of $3.73 trillion. Sounds impressive… until you realize the U.S. alone prints that much in one single year. Let that sink in: the entire crypto market, at its absolute peak, is roughly equal to one year of USD creation. Fiat is being inflated at a staggering rate — and yet people still think buying Bitcoin on credit is “too risky”? Since the First Industrial Revolution, global GDP exploded — from a few hundred billion in the 1800s to over $105 trillion in 2024. But this system assumes eternal 3% growth… which is running into hard physical and ecological limits. Earth is finite. Exponential growth is not. Assuming 3% annual GDP growth, we’d double global output every 24 years. That means by 2048, GDP could reach $218 trillion. Yet most people still value money that’s infinitely printable over something like Bitcoin, which is provably scarce. Bitcoin scores A+ across every meaningful property of money:
All of this makes it arguably the most advanced form of money ever created, yet it’s still trading like a speculative asset rather than what it was designed to be: a long-term, decentralized store of value. So again… why is it still so cheap? [link] [comments] |
