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Re:Why you can’t cash out part 1: Bitcoin’s “price” is large... by g09980 on Monday December 18, 2017 @05:30AM (#15950696)
Many of these wallets are actually exchange cold storage wallets, so they hold the BTC but not per se "own" it
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Re:Why you can’t cash out part 1: Bitcoin’s “price” is large... by Retric on Monday December 18, 2017 @10:06AM (#15952088)
In practical terms exchanges do own these bitcoins in that they a physically capable of trading them.
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