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Re:$130B wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours by johnebgd on Monday January 24, 2022 @09:42AM (#30058125)
USA has natural resources, advanced technologies, and a standing armed forces that are stationed all over the world. These extract value and serve as utility.

Bitcoin is better at laundering money than many fiat currencies but otherwise it’s only wide scale utility is a speculative investment asset that only increases in value if more people create demand for its limited supply.

Re:$130B wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours by cm2012 on Monday January 24, 2022 @10:16AM (#30058622)
Yeah, the floor value of bitcoin is probably its value in crime.
Re:$130B wiped off crypto markets in 24 hours by xtracto on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:05AM (#30059342)
Which I think is $0 . Monero has supplanted Bitcoin in the "crime" liquidity department.