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Re:Bitcoin exchange rate reached $100 USD per BTC by dragontamer on Monday April 01, 2013 @02:33PM (#5474966)
USD is a worse investment, and it seems like Real Estate is not much better than Gold :-p

Stocks as investment:

http://www.macrotrends.org/1378/dow-to-gold-ratio-100-year-h...

And of course, ycombinator. You know... the angel fund / venture capitalist firm that runs this website? We're all here because of investors investing into technology. They do so because they believe they can ultimately make money with technology investments. At least, more so than Gold, Real Estate, or even Stocks.

Re:Bitcoin exchange rate reached $100 USD per BTC by aneth4 on Monday April 01, 2013 @03:05PM (#5475164)
Indeed. And a 4% deflation rate would not seem to deflate their appetite for 100x gains.
Re:Bitcoin exchange rate reached $100 USD per BTC by alttab on Monday April 01, 2013 @03:34PM (#5475335)
we dont know why they are investing, or maybe you do. i wpyldnt be aurprised if they did invest in gold real estate and stocks simply for diversification