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Re:SEC Rejects Rule Change for Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund ... by Blahah on Monday March 13, 2017 @09:34AM (#13857650)
He shorted the pound enough to move the market significantly, and his buyback strategy deliberately prevented any stabilisation. The crash wouldn't have happened or at least wouldn't have been as bad without his involvement.
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Re:SEC Rejects Rule Change for Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund ... by shitgoose on Monday March 13, 2017 @06:34PM (#13863155)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_oET45GzMI

a good overview of the origins of the crisis. how politicians for their own shortsighted gains made one poor decision after another and led the country into financial crisis.

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