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Re:Introduction to Augur, an open-source, decentralized bett... by toine_toine on Monday August 20, 2018 @11:45AM (#17800874)
The only problem is you don't know what the value of ETH will be 2-3 days in the future.
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Re:Introduction to Augur, an open-source, decentralized bett... by somebodythere on Monday August 20, 2018 @12:16PM (#17801186)
You could hedge the value of ETH in fiat markets, or you could wait until Augur supports betting with Dai.
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Re:Introduction to Augur, an open-source, decentralized bett... by theptip on Monday August 20, 2018 @12:49PM (#17801499)
How would you hedge the value of ETH? I'm not aware of a way to short it.
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Re:Introduction to Augur, an open-source, decentralized bett... by somebodythere on Monday August 20, 2018 @01:19PM (#17801796)
You should be able to do it on BitMEX. Shorting CBOE Bitcoin futures could also get you part way there.
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Re:Introduction to Augur, an open-source, decentralized bett... by MusaTheRedGuard on Monday August 20, 2018 @03:07PM (#17802870)
Multiple ways to short ETH, as mentioned by another user. Including on augur itself!

See: https://augur-cfd.com

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Re:Introduction to Augur, an open-source, decentralized bett... by theptip on Friday August 24, 2018 @12:47PM (#17836064)
Sure... in theory. I'm skeptical that there is going to be anywhere near as much demand for 5x levered exposure to ETH as there is for shorting ETH.
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