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Re:SecondMarket CEO: Wall Street Will Put 'Hundreds of Milli... by adambard on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @06:07PM (#6891548)
Man with personal and professional interest in Bitcoin prices increasing tells reporter Bitcoin prices will increase. News at 11.
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Re:SecondMarket CEO: Wall Street Will Put 'Hundreds of Milli... by yapcguy on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @06:11PM (#6891577)
If there was a market for grandmothers, they would trade them.
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Re:SecondMarket CEO: Wall Street Will Put 'Hundreds of Milli... by jljljl on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @07:27PM (#6891952)
There is a secondary life insurance market, which is close :P
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Re:SecondMarket CEO: Wall Street Will Put 'Hundreds of Milli... by abirfrankel on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @06:39PM (#6891711)
It's a futures market.
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Re:SecondMarket CEO: Wall Street Will Put 'Hundreds of Milli... by jordanb on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @10:20PM (#6892605)
Look up "Dead Peasant Insurance".
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Re:SecondMarket CEO: Wall Street Will Put 'Hundreds of Milli... by mathattack on Thursday December 12, 2013 @10:29AM (#6894910)
It's frequently referred to as "Talking your book" :-)

I still don't know if this is tulips [1] or turtles all the way down [2]. Perhaps both?

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulipmania

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down

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