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Re:The Bitcoin Whales: 1,000 People Who Own 40 Percent of th... by icebraining on Friday December 08, 2017 @09:38AM (#15878845)
Who said anything about a small amount?
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Re:The Bitcoin Whales: 1,000 People Who Own 40 Percent of th... by FLUX-YOU on Friday December 08, 2017 @09:39AM (#15878857)
The article that I quoted.
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Re:The Bitcoin Whales: 1,000 People Who Own 40 Percent of th... by icebraining on Friday December 08, 2017 @10:04AM (#15879065)
Nope, it said "portion". It didn't say the size of said portion.
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Re:The Bitcoin Whales: 1,000 People Who Own 40 Percent of th... by FLUX-YOU on Friday December 08, 2017 @10:13AM (#15879151)
I don't think replacing "small amount" to "portion" in my posts really changes the point -- that a small amount (relative to the population of Bitcoin investors) of large players (by USD value) can influence the market price.

If you want to argue a minimum amount that whales would need to sell to manipulate the markets, that's probably better for the thread than arguing about semantics.

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