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Re:Bitcoin, Ether Sink as ‘Sense of Panic’ Grips Crypto Inve... by 0x4f3759df on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @10:04AM (#17757983)
I expect the money will come from Wall Street once adequate custodial / regulatory framework is in place.
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Re:Bitcoin, Ether Sink as ‘Sense of Panic’ Grips Crypto Inve... by anotheramala on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @10:26AM (#17758205)
Wall Street wants to trust it's money to miners in China? The whole mining concept is ridiculous, but they have probably done stupider things so it could happen.
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Re:Bitcoin, Ether Sink as ‘Sense of Panic’ Grips Crypto Inve... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @11:26AM (#17758774)
> Wall Street wants to trust it's money to miners in China?

No, but it will happily take a commission selling you a Bitcoin or Bitcoin derivative.

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Re:Bitcoin, Ether Sink as ‘Sense of Panic’ Grips Crypto Inve... by 0x4f3759df on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @10:41AM (#17758344)
The latest Trace Mayer podcast is worth a listen: "Wall Street veteran Caitlin Long discusses the sixth network effect of financialization with Wall Street and institutional investors." https://www.bitcoin.kn/

Also Bitmain is basically insolvent.

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