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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by soVeryTired on Thursday November 05, 2020 @06:19PM (#25003192)
>Because you can borrow against it instead of selling and without touching a financial institution, and this gives you liquidity without a tax event

But how do you repay the loan without liquidating the bitcoin?

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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by vmception on Friday November 06, 2020 @12:10AM (#25005091)
You can pay principle and interest with other dollars

No different than unsecured debt

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