1. I used to store BTC in Coin98 Wallet but sold it to have money to buy a laptop for work. It's a pity but I still had to sell it. If I had kept it until now, I would have made more profit.
2. I think DeFi should only be for Altcoins, BTC should be the standard of stored value. DeFi is only deployed on Layer-2 of Bitcoin with many associated risks.
3. If I have BTC, I will only store in my personal wallet, not send it to any protocol. I will wait for the protocols to be implemented and tested over a long period of time before thinking about participating.
Congratulations on profiting from the BTC DCA strategy and being able to upgrade your work equipment to work more efficiently, create more value, earn higher income, and buy more BTC. As long as the crypto market exists, there will be opportunities for us, as long as we have capital and income, we will always be able to create opportunities to change our financial position.
Layer-2 is seen as a major step forward for blockchain, but users still only trust BTC, not any Layer-2 solution. If they want to invest in Layer-2, they have chosen to invest in the STX token of Stacks, which has created strong price growth without the need to risk BTC on DeFi protocols.
When you invest in STX I hope you can be careful because no one can provide a guarantee of making a profit. Trusting and putting all your assets in Bitcoin is a smart consideration because as you have said, Bitcoin is better and has been used. many people so it has the potential to provide a lot of profit.
Here is one possibility that I can consider: buying STX tokens and getting profit from its price increase instead of depositing my BTC into DeFi protocols that are not really reliable yet. I am currently only focusing on DCA BTC and have not invested in STX yet, even though STX was once on my watchlist and I regret missing the opportunity to buy it at a low price.