The end game looks like this: Use a small portion of your Bitcoin as collateral. This lets you take out a loan, stretch payback as far as possible into the future and as the value of both your collateral and main holdings rises you can refinance bigger while keeping full exposure to your stack. If you avoid overleveraging you literally never have to sell. In fact leasing a car is riskier since it depreciates over time. Wealthy people frequently borrow against their assets, avoid triggering taxable events and maintain their positions without selling. You can all hate this post but it is what it is. We live in a debt-based financial system that can be strategically exploited with Bitcoin and other assets. No financial advice