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Founder of Strategy, Michael Saylor, stated that Bitcoin integrates computers, digital networks, and cryptography to create the first digitally designed currency network in human history. It completely dematerializes monetary assets, with supply controlled by public protocols rather than decisions, transforming economic value into information that can be securely transmitted across global communication networks.Compared to gold, Bitcoin is harder to inflate, easier to integrate with software, faster in transmission, and every participant is motivated to maintain network security. The proof-of-work mechanism anchors it in the physical world, ensuring ledger security by consuming real energy, making the cost of altering history high, and attracting miners, energy providers, and investors to collaboratively build a defense system. Bitcoin is digital gold, but understanding it as digital currency is more fitting.The Bitcoin network is not static software but an adaptive system composed of miners, nodes, developers, capital, and users. Bitcoin intentionally maintains functional simplicity, focusing solely on maintaining a secure and reliable ledger of scarce digital assets, leaving complexity to higher-level applications.This layered design of underlying integrity and upper-level functionality allows it to serve as a foundation for transmitting monetary energy across time and space, while also supporting continuous innovation in payments, credit, and financial services.The more profound impact is that Bitcoin creates a new type of digital sovereignty: private keys empower individuals to control economic energy without permission, with ownership verified by mathematics rather than institutions. Companies, banks, trusts, and applications can build a complete economic system around it, and social networks can introduce real costs and responsibilities into the digital space.Gold monetized physical scarcity, while Bitcoin monetizes digital scarcity. It is not merely a payment tool but an engineering solution to humanity's problems of energy preservation and guidance—currency is energy, and Bitcoin is the currency energy of the digital age.

Founder of Strategy, Michael Saylor, stated that Bitcoin integrates computers, digital networks, and cryptography to create the first currency network in human history designed in a digital manner. It completely dematerializes monetary assets, with supply controlled by public protocols rather than decisions, transforming economic value into information that can be securely transmitted across global communication networks.Compared to gold, Bitcoin is harder to inflate, easier to integrate with software, faster in transmission, and every participant has the incentive to maintain network security. The proof-of-work mechanism anchors it in the physical world, making the cost of tampering with history high by consuming real energy for ledger security, attracting miners, energy providers, and investors to collaboratively build a defense system. Bitcoin is digital gold, but understanding it as digital currency is more fitting.The Bitcoin network is not static software; it is an adaptive system composed of miners, nodes, developers, capital, and users. Bitcoin deliberately maintains functional simplicity, focusing solely on maintaining a secure and reliable ledger of scarce digital assets, leaving complexity to higher-level applications.This layered design of underlying integrity and upper-level functionality allows it to serve as a foundation for transmitting monetary energy across time and space while supporting continuous innovation in payments, credit, and financial services.The more profound impact is that Bitcoin creates a new form of digital sovereignty: private keys empower individuals to control economic energy without permission, with ownership verified by mathematics rather than institutions. Companies, banks, trusts, and applications can build a complete economic system around it, and social networks can introduce real costs and responsibilities into the digital space.Gold monetized physical scarcity, while Bitcoin monetizes digital scarcity. It is not merely a payment tool but an engineering solution to humanity's problems of energy preservation and guidance—currency is energy, and Bitcoin is the currency energy of the digital age.

Grayscale Research Director Zach Pandl stated that the two major blockchain networks, Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL), are considering adjusting their token economic models to enhance asset scarcity by reducing future token supply growth through lowering annual inflation rates. As important native assets supporting stablecoins and tokenized asset ecosystems, the prices of ETH and SOL are primarily determined by supply and demand dynamics. If the relevant code upgrade proposals are approved, under unchanged conditions, lower supply growth may provide support for token prices.According to Grayscale's analysis, if the relevant adjustments are implemented, the supply inflation rates of BTC, ETH, and SOL will continue to decline over the next five years. By the end of 2031, the annual inflation rates for Bitcoin and Ethereum are expected to be around 0.4%, and Solana around 1.1%, which is lower than gold's annual supply growth rate of about 1.8% and the U.S. CPI inflation level of about 3.3%. Currently, these token economic adjustments are still in the community discussion phase. Among them, the Solana-related proposal has gained broader support and has a higher likelihood of implementation; the Ethereum proposal still requires further discussion.If the adjustments are implemented, staking users may face reduced token rewards, as part of the staking income comes from the issuance of new tokens. However, due to the decline in the growth rate of circulating supply, the scarcity value of the tokens may increase, potentially providing price support. For ETH and SOL holders who do not participate in staking, they may benefit directly; the final returns for stakers will depend on the balance between the decrease in rewards and the increase in prices. Zach Pandl concluded that ETH and SOL are becoming important digital commodities supporting stablecoins and the tokenization of real assets, and the economic model adjustments aimed at reducing inflation may further strengthen their scarcity attributes.

Strategy CEO Phong Le stated in a post that after recently returning to Vietnam, he once again felt the global influence of the United States in terms of freedom, opportunity, and institutional appeal. He likened Bitcoin to the "United States of Currency," believing that Bitcoin attempts to constrain the monetary system with transparent rules rather than human discretion, much like the U.S. Constitution regulates government.He pointed out that Bitcoin, based on its white paper, digital scarcity, and proof of work, provides individuals with property rights protection and value storage options that do not depend on geography, politics, or permission, defining it as a form of "monetary freedom" for individuals worldwide.

NanoVita officially announced on platform X that to significantly enhance scarcity and create long-term value for every holder, the team has injected 99% of the total supply of $NANA into a black hole address as per the agreement and permanently destroyed it. Market data shows that $NANA has peaked at over $0.15, with a 24-hour increase of 80%.It is reported that NanoVita is a decentralized science (DeSci) protocol that integrates nanotechnology, AI biological intelligence, and real-world health data, aiming to build an open and transparent health research infrastructure.

According to The Block, macro investor and hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones stated in an interview on the podcast "Invest Like the Best" that Bitcoin is "the undisputed best inflation hedge." He pointed out that the total supply of Bitcoin is capped at 21 million, with less than 1 million left to mine, and combined with its decentralized nature, its scarcity far exceeds that of gold (which sees an annual supply increase of about 2%).Jones began investing in Bitcoin as early as 2020 to hedge against the risks of central banks overprinting money, and the following year expressed a desire to increase his allocation to 5%. However, he also highlighted potential risks, including "kinetic conflicts" involving cyber warfare that could lead to electronic system failures, as well as security threats posed by breakthroughs in quantum computing technology.

As Bitcoin's sell-off intensifies and falls below $70,000, its core selling point of "limited to 21 million" is being questioned by the market. Analysts point out that derivatives such as ETFs, cash-settled futures, options, and margin lending have diluted Bitcoin's scarcity, creating a "synthetic supply" that makes prices more influenced by derivatives trading rather than supply and demand.Senior analyst Bob Kendall stated, "Once synthetic supply can be created, the asset is no longer scarce, and the price becomes a derivatives game. This is the current state of Bitcoin. Similar structural changes have also occurred in the gold, silver, oil, and stock markets."

According to market news, ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood stated in the released 2026 outlook that Bitcoin, due to its low correlation with major asset classes such as gold, stocks, and bonds, is expected to provide asset allocators with higher unit risk-adjusted returns, becoming an effective portfolio diversification tool in the coming years.ARK's analysis of weekly returns from January 2020 to early January 2026 shows that the correlation coefficient between Bitcoin and gold is only 0.14, significantly lower than the correlation coefficient of 0.27 between the S&P 500 index and bonds. The correlation coefficient between Bitcoin and bonds is the lowest (0.06), while the correlation with the S&P 500 is the highest (0.28), but still far below the correlations between traditional asset classes.Wood believes that Bitcoin's protocol strictly limits its supply growth, with an annual growth rate of new issuance of about 0.8% over the next two years, which will then slow to about 0.4% per year. This mathematically fixed supply creates inherent scarcity. She pointed out that the predictable supply pattern, combined with increasing demand, has driven Bitcoin's price up by 360% since the end of 2022.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated that the recent lack of data should not hinder the Federal Reserve's easing policy.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Bowman stated that she prefers to keep the balance sheet as small as possible, making reserves closer to scarce rather than abundant.

ChainCatcher news, according to a post by Nick Tomaino, founder of 1confirmation, on the X platform, Ethereum is the dominant platform for applications such as stablecoins, DeFi, NFTs, prediction markets, decentralized identity, and decentralized social. Many developers and companies, including Coinbase, Blackrock, Fidelity, Stripe, Kraken, Deutsche Bank, Sony, Visa, Polymarket, Uniswap, Aave, and Opensea, are thriving in the Ethereum ecosystem. ETH is a trusted neutral store of value, and as the applications in the ecosystem become increasingly diverse, its scarcity also increases. It is also a capital-generating asset, and its protocol is continuously evolving.

ChainCatcher news, Corn co-founder Zak Cole posted on the X platform that Bitcoin was created out of thin air due to a bug on August 15, 2010, resulting in approximately 184 billion BTC. This "value overflow event" caused two wallets to receive about 92.2 billion BTC. Satoshi Nakamoto and several other developers (including Jeff Garzik and Gavin Andresen) released a new client version with a soft fork five hours later to prevent similar incidents in the future, and all nodes upgraded at block 74691, with the new chain replacing the old one.Zak Cole stated that this event illustrates that Bitcoin's scarcity is actually protected by people, not code. The only reason Bitcoin did not perish that day was that someone noticed the issue and published a fix, and the invalid blocks were removed from consensus within five hours. Bitcoin was saved not because of the protocol, but because of the people running the protocol; this is the truth behind the "decentralization of trust" narrative. The code did not save Bitcoin; the community did.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Chris Giancarlo stated: "The design of Bitcoin has already determined its scarcity. You can never own more than a certain amount of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is rapidly appreciating."

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Chris Giancarlo stated: "The design of Bitcoin has already determined its scarcity. You can never own more than a certain amount of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is rapidly appreciating."