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Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by ummonk on Saturday April 17, 2021 @03:40AM (#26842374)
"And, didn't he also sell most of his BTC in February?" - that sounds like he put skin in the game by selling off most of his BTC when he concluded that it hadn't become a functional cryptocurrency?

Though I would note that these tweets make no statement about whether speculating on crypto is a good idea - they merely state that it failed as a currency.

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Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by jude- on Saturday April 17, 2021 @10:17AM (#26844438)
If he really believes BTC has failed, he'd be shorting it.
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Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by ummonk on Saturday April 17, 2021 @02:51PM (#26846493)
That's not true. The risks from shorting BTC are far higher precisely because it has failed as a currency and is instead a vehicle for speculative investment.
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Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by jude- on Sunday April 18, 2021 @10:16PM (#26858559)
Then I guess his opinions on BTC are pretty loosely held.
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