The true awakening that has caught everyone by surprise this cycle is the insane late emergence of $BTC DeFi. We spent a decade telling people to "just HODL $BTC " and suddenly everyone's asking "but what if I could HODL... earn yields?” and they’re having that “Wait wat😲” moment.

🔷Considering the stats:

There is 2% of $BTC currently earning about 4-8% yields annually in DeFi protocols. That's more $BTC than most countries will ever see, just casually making money while traditional $BTC sits in cold storage doing... nothing.

Meanwhile, the other 54% $BTC that hasn’t moved in 4 years are achieving the impressive feat of 0% returns. The idea to think "store of value" means "literally store it and never touch it." is lowly starting to seem irresponsible now.

🔷The psychology shift in this cycle:

🔹Phase 1: Early adopters earn yield on $BTC ✅
🔹Phase 2: Word spreads, protocols scale WE ARE HERE 🔀
🔹Phase 3: Mainstream $BTC holders realize they're missing out
🔹Phase 4: "Just HODL" becomes "HODL and earn"
🔹Phase 5: NOT earning yield on $BTC seems irresponsible

The timeline that's about to accelerate

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After the emergence of institutional grade protocols for BTC-Fi in 2024 and a 2000% growth in the last 18months, the mental model for $BTC holder is shifting from a “precious collectible” to “Productive asset” and thats the biggest paradigm shift of this cycle. The price FOMO is about to be replaced with utilization and yield FOMO soon.

🔷The behavioral economics:

They’ve built an infra layer for everything and anything related to DeFi. Sometimes the most valuable companies are the ones building the roads, not the cars itself.

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🔷The bottom line:

Bitcoin DeFi isn't changing Bitcoin. It's changing what it means to own Bitcoin.

Long live DeFi!