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Re:Eight dormant Satoshi-era Bitcoin wallets reactivated aft... by yieldcrv on Friday July 04, 2025 @03:30PM (#44467214)
yes, that’s why the exchanges are nearly $100bn companies

between multiple corporations buying $1bn per week, retail, and nation states, there is a large appetite for this amount with a few phone calls

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Re:Eight dormant Satoshi-era Bitcoin wallets reactivated aft... by paulpauper on Friday July 04, 2025 @05:14PM (#44467936)
nah, they are worth that much because of inflated valuations
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Re:Eight dormant Satoshi-era Bitcoin wallets reactivated aft... by FabHK on Saturday July 05, 2025 @02:36AM (#44470557)
Yes. And note that Coinbase for example charges retail around 1.5% or so on average, but only a few basis points to institutional clients last time I ran the numbers. Surprise.
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Re:Eight dormant Satoshi-era Bitcoin wallets reactivated aft... by yieldcrv on Sunday July 06, 2025 @03:29PM (#44483311)
a standard that applies to everything you respect as well

Bringing us full circle back to the utility of the signal

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