Part 1 Beginner Why long-term crypto holders borrow against assets instead of selling A strategic guide to liquidity management, capital preservation, and the real tradeoff between selling and borrowing crypto Open guide 
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This week Bitcoin faces as a new fed chair colliding with inflation in its biggest macro test of the year Macro May 11, 2026 Explore why savvy investors borrow against crypto instead of selling, with insights on liquidity, capital preservation, and portfolio strategy.
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Nik Bhatia is a financial researcher and Adjunct Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, where he teaches Applied Finance in Fixed Income Securities. He is author of the #1 bestseller Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies. He currently writes The Bitcoin Layer, a research publication on Substack. Previously, Nik worked on the US Treasuries trading desk for a large institutional asset manager and has extensive trading experience in money markets and interest rate futures. He has a BA in Social Sciences from University of Southern California, a Master in Finance from IE Business School in Madrid, Spain, and is both a CFA and CMT charterholder. Nik lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.
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