Cory Klippsten

Klippsten states Bitcoin ETFs are the biggest catalyst since its creation, creating an "ETF multiplier effect" that legitimizes Bitcoin and drives massive new institutional and retail demand. He explicitly says hyperbitcoinization could lead to Bitcoin "zooming up like 20x in a year" if concurrent cracks appear in the fiat system. The ETF approval made Bitcoin exposure trivially easy for traditional finance, analogous to the internet's browser moment. This vastly expands the addressable market, and a portion of these new entrants will seek real, self-custodied Bitcoin. Concurrent stress in the traditional fiat system could accelerate a flood of capital into Bitcoin as the perceived superior store of value. LONG due to a structural, accelerating demand funnel against a fixed supply, compounded by the long-term risk of fiat debasement and systemic failure. A severe, prolonged global recession or deflationary shock could suppress all risk assets, including Bitcoin. Aggressive, coordinated global regulation could stifle adoption.

Delegated custody at regulated, audited, often public custodians like Coinbase, BitGo, and Backed is much safer than the Celsius, SBF, Quadriga, and Mt Gox era because they leave coins at rest and face public scrutiny; Coinbase is one of the big three public custodians.