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Re:Cryptocurrencies are the tulip mania of the 21st century by dnautics on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @12:49PM (#15286312)
Sounds an awful more like the ways leverage (for wealthy speculators) is protected in our society. That has implications bforbthe stock market more than it does Bitcoin.

Do we know about how much Bitcoin trading is done on leverage? I suspect it's relatively low (as securities go).

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Re:Cryptocurrencies are the tulip mania of the 21st century by runeks on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @01:58PM (#15287060)
I don’t see any parallel in our currency financial system. If you know an investment where losses are limited to, at most, 3.5% and potential profit is unlimited, please let me know.
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