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Why We Are Here => Economics & Investing => Topic started by: littleman on December 01, 2017, 01:00:01 AM

Title: Bitcoin loses over a fifth of its value in less than 24 hours
Post by: littleman on December 01, 2017, 01:00:01 AM
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets-bitcoin/bitcoin-loses-over-a-fifth-of-its-value-in-less-than-24-hours-idUSKBN1DU1Z3
Title: Re: Bitcoin loses over a fifth of its value in less than 24 hours
Post by: Mackin USA on December 01, 2017, 11:04:31 AM
Lots of PUMP & DUMP in the crypto world  >:(

WILD WEST
Title: Re: Bitcoin loses over a fifth of its value in less than 24 hours
Post by: littleman on December 22, 2017, 07:41:46 PM
>WILD WEST

QuoteBitcoin prices plunged sharply to below $11,000 on Friday, shedding a third of its value in just 24 hours, according to data from CoinDesk.com. It later rebounded slightly to around $12,000 -- but that's still a stunning 25% less valuable than bitcoin was Thursday morning.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/22/investing/bitcoin-plunges-below-14k/index.html


Coinbase, one of the biggest bitcoin marketplaces, says trading back up after being disabled for two hours (https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/22/coinbase-one-of-the-biggest-bitcoin-marketplaces-says-buying-and-selling-temporarily-disabled-amid-price-rout.html)
Title: Re: Bitcoin loses over a fifth of its value in less than 24 hours
Post by: rcjordan on December 22, 2017, 07:47:27 PM
I know a guy who made pretty good money by arbitraging bc mining machines.  AFAIK, he never actually did any mining ...just signed up on the waiting list for a machine then sold that spot as time came near.
Title: Re: Bitcoin loses over a fifth of its value in less than 24 hours
Post by: littleman on December 22, 2017, 07:50:31 PM
very clever
Title: Re: Bitcoin loses over a fifth of its value in less than 24 hours
Post by: rcjordan on December 22, 2017, 07:56:18 PM
Meanwhile, in the Once-Wild West

Goldman Is Setting Up a Cryptocurrency Trading Desk

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-21/goldman-is-said-to-be-building-a-cryptocurrency-trading-desk

And the latest frenzy has the IRS salivating.  The taxman cometh.
Title: Re: Bitcoin loses over a fifth of its value in less than 24 hours
Post by: rcjordan on December 22, 2017, 10:19:30 PM
Ouch!

QuoteBitcoin plunged by 30 percent to below $12,000 on Friday as investors dumped the cryptocurrency after its sharp rise to a peak close to $20,000 prompted warnings by experts of a bubble.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-global-bitcoin/bitcoin-falls-30-percent-posts-worst-week-since-2013-idUSKBN1EG0A8
Title: Re: Bitcoin loses over a fifth of its value in less than 24 hours
Post by: Drastic on December 23, 2017, 01:48:11 AM
It seems like nothing but a risky day trade lately.
Title: Re: Bitcoin loses over a fifth of its value in less than 24 hours
Post by: Mackin USA on December 23, 2017, 12:45:26 PM
I'm a BUY&HOLD dude and my holdings are up X6 since I started August 21st.
I buy only ALTcoin

Today I "speculated for the 1st time in  "BURST"
Wish me luck  ;)
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