• kn0wmad1c@programming.dev
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    20 hours ago

    Bitcoin lost 20% of its value in a month. It’s great for speculation, but it seems like a shitty thing to use as a currency.

    • arglebargle@lemm.ee
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      19 hours ago

      Its only great for speculation if you can find more suckers to buy in. Apparently the public are going to be forced to be the suckers.

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        9 hours ago

        It’s likely you already are bought in if you have a typical 401k investment setup as several large firms have btc on their books. Small as it may be, it’s likely there.

    • turnip@sh.itjust.works
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      13 hours ago

      Its counter cyclical like gold is. In a market crash where aggregate demand drops and interest rates fall it can be used as collateral to fund bailouts as it rises in value. At least I assume that’s why central banks historically buy gold for undergoing Keynesian economics.

      Bitcoin actually goes up far more than gold during QE as well in its short history, and the supply will soon rise dramatically slower than gold, as each 4 years the new supply halves.

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        18 hours ago

        I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Russia probably has a shitload of BTC to get around sanctions, and are going to rug this stupid Bitcoin reserve.

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        17 hours ago

        That’s not what makes a currency stable. The Fed wouldn’t need to work so hard if that’s all it took.

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        19 hours ago

        Why? Because a whole bunch of it is locked up somewhere? That’s already the case for bitcoin. Only a tiny fraction of the total supply actually moves. The vast majority is either in abandoned or lost wallets, or being held.