[dragontamer]

So short them.

You see how stupid this "short them" argument is? If you don't like them, then short them.

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If you don't like them, that's fine. I'll just collect my 9% this year while BTC is... what? Down 18% in a day? You should have sold your BTC at the January high and transferred to higher-quality instruments, like I-Bonds or TIPS

[sumy23]

Sorry, I don't understand. I-Bonds are almost guaranteed to hold their value so shorting doesn't make sense. Maybe you don't know what short-selling is, but it's when you take a position that the price of an asset will go down. The issue with I-Bonds is not they their value will decrease. The issue is that they are a government program designed to offer a small amount of relief in times of high inflation. The government limits I-Bond purchases to $10,000 a year, and their yield is only good in years with high inflation.

> You see how stupid this "short them" argument is? If you don't like them, then short them.

I mean this in the politest way possible, but you should consider that you don't fully understand types of investments and short selling if you think the statement "short I-bonds" is equivalent to "short crypto" and if you think that I-Bonds can form a major part of an investment strategy.

[dragontamer]

> "short I-bonds" is equivalent to "short crypto"

It is for the purposes of this discussion.

"Short Crypto" is a terrible meme counter-argument, that ignores the large possibility of a long-term, sideways cryptomarket.

While cryptocoins move sideways, low-risk investments like TIPS or I-Bonds will outperform them. Cryptocoins don't have to "go down" for them to be a terrible investment. Even a "sideways movement" is enough to make them a bad investment.

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As long as lower risk options (such as TIPS and I-bonds) exist that have higher gains than Cryptocoin (definitely the case this year), then I "win" relative to you with my bond-heavy portfolio. No shorting of cryptocoin needed.