Re:Professional Traders Show Interest in Bitcoin
by _k on Monday April 02, 2012 @09:25AM
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You can say that about the gold market as well, no ? It takes you back a hundred years and you can corner and squeeze it.
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Re:Professional Traders Show Interest in Bitcoin
by JumpCrisscross on Monday April 02, 2012 @06:11PM
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Or the silver markets [1]. Difference is the SEC doesn't protect Bitcoin exchanges [2]. Thus, while both roll back time in terms of the asset as a currency, only one rolls back the clock in terms of regulation. A loose analogy would be a cat-and-mouse game with primordial mice.
[1] http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/a-conspiracy...
[2] http://www.lextechnologiae.com/2011/06/26/why-bitcoin-isnt-a...