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The Treasury Bubble Is Real — And It’s About to Pop

By NickG | NickG Crypto Preacher | 2 Jun 2025


Your Stock Is Now a Bitcoin Wallet

Bitcoin isn’t the only thing people are stacking.
Now it’s whole companies.

The new meta?
Turn your public stock into a leveraged BTC piggy bank.
Call it “strategy.”
Call it “exposure.”
But call it what it is: risk wrapped in a ticker.


Wall Street Just Became a Degen

SoftBank + Tether just birthed a SPAC baby with $685M to buy Bitcoin.
Trump Media raised $2.44B to do the same.
Solana firms are forming.
XRP holding companies exist now.

Yes, really.

Ethereum? $1B planned by SharpLink.
This isn’t innovation — it’s a copy-paste bubble on rails.

They saw Saylor win…
And now they want in — but with 10x more leverage and 90% less discipline.


They’re All Just GBTC in a New Jacket

You remember GBTC, right?
Premium turned to discount.
Discount turned to death.

Then:
➤ Voyager
➤ Celsius
➤ 3AC
➤ BlockFi
➤ FTX

One by one, gone.

And now?
They’re replaying the script — but faster.


If It Trades Above NAV, It Can Bleed

These companies are pricing like it’s 2021.
Some are trading at 80x premiums over their actual BTC value.
Others are borrowing cheap, chasing hype, and praying you don’t blink.

But here’s the truth:

When those premiums flip — they don’t go quietly.
They crash.
They liquidate.
And they bring the rest of the market with them.


It’s Only Contagion If You’re Late

Right now, nobody’s calling this a bubble.
Everyone’s high on “macro tailwinds” and Trump’s orange pill vision.
But premiums don’t last forever.
And when lenders start using this stuff as collateral?

Boom.
That’s the trigger.
One bad margin call, and the whole stack tips.


Saylor’s a Boss — But Most of These Guys Aren’t

Saylor has guardrails.
He’s running 20-30% leverage and selling convertibles that pros actually want.

But these newcomers?
They’re running hot on hype and fumes.
They’re betting the “retail will always buy $1 for $1.50” game never ends.

Spoiler: it does.


The Ghost of GBTC Walks Again

When GBTC flipped to a discount, it didn’t just lose value —
It wrecked everyone using it as collateral.

3AC? Took out uncollateralized loans on it.
BlockFi? Let it back loans.
Voyager? Gave 3AC $654M unsecured.

They all paid the price.

Now, with tokenized stocks, on-chain equity, and wild premium valuations…
We’re one bad margin product away from GBTC 2.0.


If It Feels Too Early to Panic — That’s Exactly When You Should

Markets forget fast.
But this isn’t forgetting — it’s denial.

Premiums don’t stay forever.
Leverage doesn't care about narrative.
And nobody wants to be the first forced seller.

But someone always is.


NickG Crypto Preacher
Watching premiums.
Front-running fear.
Still stacking while they repackage risk.

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NickG

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