>>24302402
Yes, I completely agree with you about the bad parts in the US. I've spend some time in the US (internships, holidays, business trips), and heard about the really bad parts. Wouldn't really want to be there... That doesn't exist in the wealthy parts of Europe. However, old European money will never accept new money. Same everywhere I guess.
Tax-free selling of crypto equity after a year is nice in Germany, but yeah, we're taxed as hell here as well. They take ~45% of my salary, there is a much higher VAT, and they take 25% of capital gains and want to increase that, etc.
Still, let's say there are two extreme scenarios in 10 years: crypto, and the coin you're holding is worth much less. Second scenario: moon happened and a single BTC is worth 200k.
So you have a $20m stack in BTC, long-term hold. As you said, there's 20% tax. So you only cash out $8m. Unfortunate. And say you pay ~50% taxes on your dividends or capital withdrawal (25%+ in Germany too). Sucks ass. But as you said, that's a secure cash flow of $15k every month! And your overall net worth is still 18m instead of 20m. Is that such a bad deal for so much more security?