An $814M Mystery Near the Heart of the Biggest Bitcoin Exchange

Re:An $814M Mystery Near the Heart of the Biggest Bitcoin Ex... by komali2 on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @02:56PM (#15855205)

If it's 1-1 to USD, why not just swap coin for USD?

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Re:An $814M Mystery Near the Heart of the Biggest Bitcoin Ex... by Geep on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @04:31PM (#15856210)

That's the point, you can't do that now and more than likely ever...

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Re:An $814M Mystery Near the Heart of the Biggest Bitcoin Ex... by umanwizard on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @06:30PM (#15857175)

What are you talking about? I can do so easily on gdax.com and I assume other places as well.

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Re:An $814M Mystery Near the Heart of the Biggest Bitcoin Ex... by komali2 on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @06:41PM (#15857250)

I saw a bitcoin ATM at the mall the other day.

I get that I guess it's not easy for someone in a major city or whatever.

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Re:An $814M Mystery Near the Heart of the Biggest Bitcoin Ex... by laken on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @04:10PM (#15856022)

Then you'd have to pay capital gains taxes.

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