Bitcoin Wednesday Amsterdam #153 on March 4th is headed Leidseplein, Stadschouwburg Cafe Brasserie, International Theater Amsterdam.
Fear Index 20, Us: Here Anyway
Way back in 2010 Satoshi told WikiLeaks, “Stay away, the heat will destroy us.” They ignored him, but Bitcoin survived.
Sixteen years later, Iran — a nation-state running a $7.8 billion crypto infrastructure to bypass U.S. sanctions — just proved the network censorship-resistant at scale, while under active U.S.-Israeli military strikes.
The Strait of Hormuz almost closed, the NASDAQ lost 2.5% in a morning, Bitcoin lost 1% and bounced.
ETF custodians are accumulating while retailers panic. Long-term holder selling is down 87% since February. Miners have nearly stopped capitulating. Was $62,300 the bottom line?
Tonight at Bitcoin Wednesday #153 let’s talk about what Bitcoin atually does under real geopolitical pressure. ETF flows, hash rate disruption, the U.S. Strategic Reserve sitting on 328,000 BTC.
Walk in with a question, leave with a better one.
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FYI
* Iran controls an estimated 2-5% of global Bitcoin hash rate, powered by subsidized electricity sold to licensed miners.
* U.S. is the largest known state holder of Bitcoin in the world. As mentioned at a previous Bitcoin Wednesday, sovereign Bitcoin accumulation sets a structural price floor that previous cycles lacked entirely.
* On 3 March there was a $458 M single-day ETF inflow, snapping a four-week outflow streak, an early sign of institutional confidence returning.
* The company formerly known as MicroStrategy has now made 10 consecutive weekly purchases and holds 720,737 BTC, roughly 3.4% of total Bitcoin supply.
* BlackRock’s IBIT ETF alone sits at $54B AUM, even as flows are inconsistent. Patient capital is still accumulating.
See you tonight for more.
🗓 Wednesday, March 4, 2026
🕔 Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CET
📍 Café | Brasserie Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
Leidseplein 26 · Amsterdam, NH
✨ Bitcoin Wednesday Amsterdam is one of the largest and longest-running monthly meetup communities on digital currencies, blockchain and related technologies in the world. It is a regular monthly conference dedicated to the digital currency revolution always held in Amsterdam on the first Wednesday of every month.