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Re:El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as legal tender after failed... by tonyhart7 on Monday February 03, 2025 @09:43PM (#42927036)
"I dare you to come up with a single example of someone that has a billion dollars in liquid assets."

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Re:El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as legal tender after failed... by ethbr1 on Monday February 03, 2025 @10:20PM (#42927400)
Yeah, but they accumulate dollars for a lot of very specific reasons.
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Re:El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as legal tender after failed... by ralusek on Monday February 03, 2025 @10:44PM (#42927606)
I think they were making a joke about "liquid" assets, i.e. oil is liquid.
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