CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10

Re:CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10 by joeschmoecad on Monday December 04, 2017 @11:56AM (#15845314)

You can make something that looks identical with cheaper alternatives or even synthetic materials. Same with diamonds (see cubic zirconia).

Thus, it is not the actual properties that make them desirable as jewelry. It is solely the fact that they are valuable that people want them for jewelry.

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Re:CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10 by vasilipupkin on Monday December 04, 2017 @12:01PM (#15845358)

hmm, perhaps, but historically you couldn't and so this combination of historical data, etc. as well as physical properties is what gives it value. But, yes, because of the issues you are talking about, going forward we should expect gold to be a bad investment, not a good investment.

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