<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><author_name>FTB (npub1h8…zta38)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.ae/npub1h8z77d0mqx8nreltfxzhw5vgv2d2yvfvn7p8nz6ugtafk9ly9tas4zta38</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.ae</provider_url><html>I&#39;m now completely convinced that this entire drawdown - which may have been started by API problems on Binance, but if it hadn&#39;t have been that it would have been something else - is all about liquidating bitcoin backed loans. &#xA;&#xA;It&#39;s a terrible incentive sitting out there in the market. A HUGE pot of bitcoin that is suddenly up for grabs at LOWER prices. And this world is full of rich people who want our coins. &#xA;&#xA;If you needed liquidity above $100k you had two options, sell or take a loan out. Of course there were lots of companies eager to sell you the dream of getting liquidity without selling your bitcoin, unfortunately that&#39;s all that is, a dream.&#xA;&#xA;We&#39;ve been sold a lie that bitcoin is the best possible collateral because it&#39;s liquid 24/7! Well sure that makes it amazing...FOR THE LENDER! For the borrower it just puts a target on your back. &#xA;&#xA;You thought you were a hardcore hodler, but you just posted your coins for sale at $58k! And guess what? There are buyers who want that deal!&#xA;&#xA;We&#39;re going to go down until every reasonably accessible bitcoin being held as collateral is freed up and sold to someone that ain&#39;t one of us! If you avoided taking out a loan, congrats! If somehow you have some dry powder now, amazing, you deserve these cheap sats.&#xA;&#xA;If you&#39;re looking at liquidation even anywhere in the 50&#39;s, I&#39;d consider cutting your losses and closing your loan with collateral. If you can get your margin call price into the 40&#39;s I would hope you would be safe, but who knows. There are no rules in a truly free market.</html></oembed>