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Re:Bitcoin Falls Below $20k for the First Time Since 2020 by sweetbitter on Saturday June 18, 2022 @04:58AM (#31788313)
I don't think anything could be better for cryptographic currencies than most of the speculators having their investments crushed.
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Re:Bitcoin Falls Below $20k for the First Time Since 2020 by lrvick on Saturday June 18, 2022 @05:04AM (#31788344)
As someone who continually buys with no intention of ever selling, I welcome clearance sales like these.
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Re:Bitcoin Falls Below $20k for the First Time Since 2020 by lottin on Saturday June 18, 2022 @05:21AM (#31788412)
Except that their only use case is speculation, so once speculators are gone... nothing is left.
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Re:Bitcoin Falls Below $20k for the First Time Since 2020 by sweetbitter on Saturday June 18, 2022 @05:35AM (#31788475)
I've bought them to rent VPS many times. They have their value, since they are effectively the ability to teleport cash (with similar ramifications as physical cash) from point A to point B.
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Re:Bitcoin Falls Below $20k for the First Time Since 2020 by redox99 on Saturday June 18, 2022 @05:51AM (#31788544)
There are goods you can only buy online with cryptocurrencies
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