Mt. Gox Halts Bitcoin Withdrawals, Price Drop Follows

Re:Mt. Gox Halts Bitcoin Withdrawals, Price Drop Follows by if_by_whisky on Friday February 07, 2014 @09:28AM (#7196341)

Buying into a real company is not speculating on a price change?

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Re:Mt. Gox Halts Bitcoin Withdrawals, Price Drop Follows by unclebucknasty on Friday February 07, 2014 @10:22AM (#7196595)

Of course, all investments involve some degree of speculation.

But, to be fair I think your question is a bit pedantic. I think your parent is saying that with those companies, there is some way to impute value vis-a-vis products, management, history, etc. That calculus would then inform opinions on resulting price movements.

OTOH, when Bitcoin was at $1, forming an opinion on its price movement was almost pure speculation.

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Re:Mt. Gox Halts Bitcoin Withdrawals, Price Drop Follows by James_Duval on Friday February 07, 2014 @09:38AM (#7196394)

Well, even if the price doesn't go up you may be able to increase your original investment with a DRIP. BTC don't give dividends.

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Re:Mt. Gox Halts Bitcoin Withdrawals, Price Drop Follows by lgieron on Friday February 07, 2014 @09:39AM (#7196399)

What else would you buy it for (assuming no dividends are being paid out)?

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