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Re:SEC Rejects Rule Change for Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund ... by kfrzcode on Friday March 10, 2017 @05:21PM (#13842673)
Which ceases to exist entirely after a mega-solar-flare.

Gold persists.

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Re:SEC Rejects Rule Change for Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund ... by Consultant32452 on Friday March 10, 2017 @05:54PM (#13842867)
If the mega solar flare is mega enough you might get a few extra gold atoms. Think of the inflation!
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Re:SEC Rejects Rule Change for Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund ... by astrange on Saturday March 11, 2017 @01:23AM (#13844513)
Unless it also disables the security systems on your gold storage or erases your GLD shares or we forget we'd all agreed gold is valuable.
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Re:SEC Rejects Rule Change for Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund ... by shitgoose on Saturday March 11, 2017 @10:53PM (#13848845)
physical, bitchez!

(sorry, spend too much time on zerohedge...)

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Re:SEC Rejects Rule Change for Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund ... by wyager on Saturday March 11, 2017 @04:22PM (#13847337)
If there's a solar flare big enough to destroy every computer on earth, you won't have a chance to care about gold in the aftermath.
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