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24th April 2019, 10:18 PM | #3801 |
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25th April 2019, 03:31 AM | #3802 |
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25th April 2019, 03:56 AM | #3803 |
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I thought money was invented to do what bitcoin does badly.
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25th April 2019, 09:08 AM | #3804 |
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25th April 2019, 09:48 AM | #3805 |
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25th April 2019, 10:45 AM | #3806 |
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I always thought that a security was a debt instrument or a claim on an asset (but I thought I would post a more official definition). I would say that bitcoin is no more a security than gold is. If words like "currency" or "commodity" are so horrifying then call bitcoin a "digital asset". |
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6th May 2019, 03:18 AM | #3807 |
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Short bitcoin right now.
5622 Take profit 5000. Don't mention it. |
6th May 2019, 04:20 AM | #3808 |
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It'll be down to 150 by the end of the month, I swear!
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6th May 2019, 07:53 AM | #3809 |
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It's 2017 all over again ! It will be 20k in December !
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6th May 2019, 10:13 AM | #3810 |
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6th May 2019, 11:51 AM | #3811 |
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Where would one borrow bitcoins in order to short them?
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6th May 2019, 11:57 AM | #3812 |
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Dupe
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6th May 2019, 12:48 PM | #3813 |
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I think I have said this before but you don't need to actually have any bitcoins to do a naked short. You only need somebody who is willing to bet against you. I give you the price of how ever many bitcoins you want to short today and at the agreed on future date, you will give me the price at that time of the same number of bitcoins.
Come to think of it, seeing as I am a jinx, we could make a sportsman's bet.* Just tell me how many bitcoins you want to bet and when you want your short to end. If you win then you get bragging rights and the satisfaction that we conspired to crash the bitcoin price. * We can't bet actual money. Without crypto-currencies, it would be too expensive to transfer money overseas. |
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Wow .. betting on bitcoin .. with bitcoin !
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Ok... that actually makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up.
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8th May 2019, 06:11 PM | #3822 |
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Six effing k.
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Agree, doesn't look like pump. Those are way shorter on BTC. This is almost a new trend.
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Just a few cents to 7k. It looks stronk.
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Accidentally looking at the price in another currency? (Rather than USD)
I'm too lazy to do the research, but bitcoin could currently be a good hedge against fluctuations in the Australian dollar. I'd have to compare it against other things, like gold to see if that's true. (That's where the I'm too lazy comes in.) However, it would have to be pretty rare circumstances where it was good for anyone who bought just before the mega-peak. |
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11th May 2019, 04:56 PM | #3833 |
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A few sites are showing a transient spike over $7000 USD now.
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Just an update from 23rd Nov 2018:
I did finally get my $2000.00 per coin profit about an hour ago, plus the original $1000.00 profit on the buyback of my day trading purse. That's $3000.00 per coin profit in just under 6 months of waiting. I wanted to wait longer but the wife found another house she wants. The price will likely continue to increase with my luck, but $3K profit per coin in hand is enough. I'm not greedy. Chris B. |
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