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Re:Bitcoin Investors Buy Puts Aggressively by throw0101d on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @07:04AM (#41180102)
> Can anybody perhaps share some insight of what kind of investment opportunity BitCoin represents, except for pure gambling?

Bitcoin is a commodity (like gold): the only play you have is on price.

If it goes up, you make money; if it goes down, you lose money (unless you short it).

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Re:Bitcoin Investors Buy Puts Aggressively by Gettingolderev on Thursday August 08, 2024 @06:00AM (#41189793)
It is not like gold...

I can hold gold. I can exchange it in a post war economy without internet. the industry actually consumes gold.

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