They’ll tempt you.
They’ll offer you loans, staking rewards, yield, “opportunities.”
They’ll dangle higher prices in front of you.
They’ll frame it as smart. As efficient. As the next evolution of “working your assets.”
But the moment you give it up (even temporarily) you lose control.
You open the door to counterparty risk, to hacks, to platforms going bust.
You go from self-sovereign to trusting someone else’s system.
And for what?
A little extra yield?
A temporary cash injection?
A gamble that things will keep working?
Bitcoin is designed to be held.
Not rehypothecated.
Not pledged.
Not “put to work.”
You wouldn’t rent out your parachute for a few bucks.
Don’t do it with your Bitcoin.
Hold it. Protect it.
Let it sit cold and untouched.
Because in the long run, the safest yield is simply: still having your Bitcoin.