4 quotes from 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' for Bitcoin investors in 2025

In a post on April 20 on X, Kiyosaki wrote, "BITCOIN is currently priced at $84,000. I am confident that Bitcoin will reach $180,000 to $200,000 by 2025." Five days later, BTC was trading at over $93,600.

Previously, on April 18, the author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad" predicted that the price of Bitcoin would eventually skyrocket to 1 million dollars. His related price predictions signaled doom for the purchasing power of the dollar: "I am confident that by 2035, one Bitcoin will be worth over 1 million dollars. Gold will be priced at 30,000 dollars and silver will be priced at 3,000 dollars each." "Those who have listened to my warning are doing well. I worry for those who did not listen," Kiyosaki wrote in his long X update. He warned, "The coming Great Depression will make millions of people poor... and a few people who act may enjoy great wealth and freedom." Economic difficulties and ambitious Bitcoin investors Kiyosaki is not the dissenting voice warning of an impending difficult economic recession. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned in April that the United States could soon be mired in a stagflation phase with low growth and rising prices. Kiyosaki is not the only financial expert predicting that the price of Bitcoin will reach 1 million dollars. In fact, his timeframe is quite cautious compared to the prediction of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, who predicted that the price of BTC would reach 1 million dollars by 2030 in May of last year. But Kiyosaki certainly has a high belief in the price appreciation potential of Bitcoin in the next year and ten years. Here are some of his classic investment tips applied to BTC.

1. Kiyosaki talks about income and wealth "The rich focus on their asset column while others only focus on income reports." In the best-selling New York Times book on personal finance and wealth building, Kiyosaki makes an important distinction between wealth and income. He points out that income takes up most of your time and effort to maintain, but wealth automatically sustains your income. This means that even high-income individuals may struggle with such large spending habits and may need to borrow money at high interest rates to maintain a certain lifestyle. Recently, PYMNTS and Lending Club discovered in a survey that about 50% of Americans with six-figure incomes may be living paycheck to paycheck. In April, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reported that the rate of late credit card payments and minimum payments is at its highest level since 2012. Individuals and households with this spending habit are going against the macro financial flow of the past decade, as those hoarding Bitcoin greedily. Managing finances in this way is bargaining that tomorrow will be harder to make today easier. But the way savers/investors save and budget is bargaining that today will be harder to make tomorrow easier.
2. 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' on investing "You must know the difference between assets and liabilities and purchase assets. Assets will put money in your pocket. Liabilities will take money out of your pocket." Kiyosaki also distinguishes between assets and liabilities on an individual's or household's balance sheet. According to him, housing should not be considered an asset because it costs money to maintain and finance. During the housing market boom in the United States before the financial crisis of 2008 and the Great Recession, conventional financial wisdom suggested that one should buy a home because its value would continue to increase indefinitely. But starting in 2007, a wave of foreclosures and repossessions caused housing prices to plummet. Bitcoin was launched shortly thereafter to create a space in the financial ecosystem based on payments rather than lending. Instead of paying future obligations to consume more in the present, like home mortgage loans, Bitcoin is like collecting future rewards by consuming more efficiently in the present and buying BTC with savings. If its value continues to rise due to scarcity and widespread demand globally, it will remain an asset rather than a liability like mortgages, credit card balances, or student loans.
3. Bitcoin and financial knowledge "Illiteracy and illiteracy are the foundation of financial difficulties." Another important point in Kiyosaki's message in "Rich Dad Poor Dad" is that families, schools, and the government have largely failed to educate Americans about the basic knowledge of finance and investment. He said many people don't really understand the disadvantages of borrowing money and paying interest instead of saving money and profiting from investments. That terrible financial calculation not only prevents many Americans from investing in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies but also prevents them from saving money by any means. In December of last year, a retirement survey by Schroders in the United States found that half of Generation X, defined as Americans aged 44 to 59, had not made any retirement plans. In the cryptocurrency social media community, users like to post "Do your own research". Bitcoin enthusiasts especially enjoy posting "Do your own math". One benefit of learning about investing and financial calculations is that it can help counteract the common allure of instant gratification and foster healthier financial behaviors.
4. Household finance, consumer debt, and Bitcoin "A person can have a high level of education, be successful in their career but still be completely clueless about finance. Many financial issues arise from trying to keep up with the neighbors." In fact, the main content of Kiyosaki's book is that he notices a remarkable thing throughout his life experiences is that the mindset about finance and investment is blatantly overlooked even among highly intelligent people, successful in their careers and having social status. He believes that most people do not know or practice the basic knowledge of accounting, budgeting, investing, and tax law, even though these methods are very important for the beneficial outcomes that people desire. If most people cannot dedicate two to three hours each week to learn and eventually master these basic and beneficial skill areas, it is no mystery why Bitcoin remains unfamiliar to many as it lies beyond their healthy curiosity threshold.