Self custody hodling is incredibly important.
It makes BTC unruggable, gold got rugged into fiat by centralising the supply.
Rules have exceptions: Consider whales, they hodl large concentrations of the supply and are a risk to the system.
Whales divesting gradually (as they do in every bull market) is a good thing.

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Market updates are rapid. If this downtrend (moving average) Vegas Tunnel is broken, there's a high probability of a short squeeze targeting 98,000-10,000 to capitalize on liquidity.

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Daily market data review and trend analysis, produced by PANews.
1. Market Observation: At the start of the new week, the precious metals market was the first to be affected. After spot silver broke through $84/ounce to reach a record high, it encountered profit-taking pressure, quickly plunging and turning into an intraday decline, eventually fluctuating around $78. This rollercoaster ride directly impacted related financial products. Spot gold retreated from its historical high of nearly $4550, while platinum and palladium both fell by close to or more than 7%. Besides the traditional logic of Fed rate cut expectations and continued central bank gold purchases, the market began pricing in "commodity control"...

Trading Moments: Silver plunges after hitting a new high; institutions warn of potential correction in precious metals; Bitcoin exhibits a "Dead Cat Bounce"?

The silver (XAG) market is entering a crucial week after the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced it will raise margin requirements for the second time in just two weeks, effective Monday, 29/...

CME's latest move worries traders: Why Monday is so important for silver prices.

I'm not even a whale, but the concentration I have is better off rotated back to fund BTC's infrastructure. I'll do just fine riding the picks and shovels.
And the network will incrementally get stronger.

BTC is cutting a path to becoming a global monetary asset.
Here on in absorbing capital quickly (e.g. ETFs, BTCTCs) must be balanced against driving the Gini Coefficient lower.