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Re:Coinbase says buying and selling temporarily disabled ami... by sowbug on Friday December 22, 2017 @12:12PM (#15989038)
Good opportunity for the old-timers who were daytrading in the 1990s to tell their stories of Datek, E*Trade, Ameritrade, Schwab, etc., failing during peak NASDAQ/NYSE markets.

You know who you are -- drinking coffee and staring at multiple monitors while in your boxer shorts at home. 6:29am Pacific, watching Ron Insana and Maria Bartiromo on CNBC...

This has all happened before. It will all happen again.

Re:Coinbase says buying and selling temporarily disabled ami... by stygiansonic on Friday December 22, 2017 @12:37PM (#15989269)
As I’ve said before, watching cryptocurrency markets evolve is like watching the entire history of financial markets being replayed as painful lessons are relearned.
Re:Coinbase says buying and selling temporarily disabled ami... by CamelCaseName on Friday December 22, 2017 @01:30PM (#15989696)
Is there anywhere I can get a full rundown of the modern evolution of finance? I have a degree in it yet it all still send fragmented.
Re:Coinbase says buying and selling temporarily disabled ami... by sowbug on Friday December 22, 2017 @03:35PM (#15990683)
I don't have an answer for you, but Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is required reading for anyone interested in the history of securities markets. It's fictionalized autobiography of a legendary trader in the 1920s. It could have been written yesterday or a thousand years ago.

https://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Edwin-Le...

Re:Coinbase says buying and selling temporarily disabled ami... by flycaliguy on Friday December 22, 2017 @05:02PM (#15991267)
Maybe Bitcoin was created by an A.I. to teach us all a lesson...