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Re:What is an Initial Coin Offering and How Does it Work? by logfromblammo on Monday July 03, 2017 @01:11PM (#14689816)
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Who told you that a company had to make money to issue stock?
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Re:What is an Initial Coin Offering and How Does it Work? by gus_massa on Monday July 03, 2017 @05:46PM (#14691650)
Somewhat related: "Blue Apron May Need to Raise More Money Soon After Shrunken IPO" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-29/blue-apro... HN discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14667364 (144 points, 3 days ago, 152 comments)
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Re:What is an Initial Coin Offering and How Does it Work? by beefield on Monday July 03, 2017 @02:13PM (#14690264)
the original question was

> How is investing in the stock market not a gamble?

The companies that make stock market in aggregate make money.

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