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Re:Bitcoin is a Cult by jonhendry18 on Sunday June 24, 2018 @02:22AM (#17385254)
"No crypto in it's current state is liquid enough for any serious moving of money"

It's more liquid than real estate, which is widely used for money laundering.

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Re:Bitcoin is a Cult by sgt101 on Sunday June 24, 2018 @03:25AM (#17385421)
I don't think so. If someone put 5K BTC up for sale on one day the price of the whole market would be disrupted, but similar sales happen in London and New York every day and the market seems unbothered.
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Re:Bitcoin is a Cult by mike10010100 on Monday June 25, 2018 @05:58PM (#17396180)
> If someone put 5K BTC up for sale on one day the price of the whole market would be disrupted

https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/15/researchers-finds-that-one...

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