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Bitcoin: 'This guy was never qualified to manage a gumball machine', now faces potential multi-billion dollar margin call
twitter ^ | May 11 | ClarityToast

Posted on 05/11/2022 8:44:04 PM PDT by RandFan

@ClarityToast

This guy was never qualified to manage a gumball machine.

Now he's teetering on a multi-billion dollar margin call.

(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: alabama; bitcoin; cryptocurrency; gold; kentucky; michaelsaylor; randpaulsucks; reservecurrency; twitter
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Yikes. Looks like Mr. Saylor and his firm could be in trouble...
1 posted on 05/11/2022 8:44:04 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

I think it all stands to collapse as it has nothing you can hold in your hand.


2 posted on 05/11/2022 8:55:14 PM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: RandFan

Oh, no!

Wait, who?


3 posted on 05/11/2022 9:09:04 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Reno89519

You’re not wrong guys like him tried to equate Bitcoin with gold


4 posted on 05/11/2022 9:10:41 PM PDT by RandFan (For some reason I'm interested in politics, particularly the U.S. Senate)
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To: Larry Lucido

That’s what I thought. A little more info would be nice.


5 posted on 05/11/2022 9:12:17 PM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: RandFan

The market going down is a bit like the water level in Lake Mead dropping. It’s exposing the previously hidden dead bodies.


6 posted on 05/11/2022 9:14:27 PM PDT by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer)
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To: GOP_Party_Animal; RandFan

Oh, look. He’s a nobody who wrote his own Wikipedia entry. This would have been helpful, OP.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Saylor


7 posted on 05/11/2022 9:15:27 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: RandFan
Oh, and, everybody relax.


8 posted on 05/11/2022 9:17:03 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: RandFan
And yet, essentially all the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and FAANG stocks are down between 15-70%, must be bitcoin and Michael Saylor’s fault.

What a joke.

These bitcoin epitaphs are even funnier the 10th time you read them.

9 posted on 05/11/2022 9:18:54 PM PDT by GunRunner
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To: GunRunner

How is the much derided gold doing in comparison?


10 posted on 05/11/2022 9:21:10 PM PDT by RandFan (For some reason I'm interested in politics, particularly the U.S. Senate)
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To: RandFan
Who’s deriding gold except for monetarists and the like? Certainly not me.

Over what time period?

Bitcoin is up 5x over the past 3 years.

Saylor’s average spot price was around $30k, so it’s more likely his tech stock going down because all tech stocks are going down almost without exception, not because of of a 10% decrease in bitcoin over a week, which is often par for the course.

11 posted on 05/11/2022 9:28:45 PM PDT by GunRunner
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Many investors had turned to cryptocurrencies as an inflation hedge and protections from a depreciating dollar in these uncertain economic times. Gold has stagnated when it should have increased. IMHO cryptocurrencies were always an electronic Ponzi scheme. Now they have been discredited and are dropping in value. Would not be surprised if gold exceeded $2200/ounce by mid summer. Food shortages and inflation will spook many people around the world.


12 posted on 05/11/2022 9:29:40 PM PDT by allendale
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To: GunRunner

This guy (among others) has said repeatedly that Bitcoin is “digital gold” and has derided physical gold.

I think a comparison is therefore interesting

As for Saylor his firm’s stock has fallen a lot more than the average tech stock I believe......


13 posted on 05/11/2022 9:33:57 PM PDT by RandFan (For some reason I'm interested in politics, particularly the U.S. Senate)
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“MicroStrategy announced that it had sold $650 million in convertible senior notes, taking on debt to increase its Bitcoin holdings to over $1 billion worth”

I think I see the problem....


14 posted on 05/11/2022 9:39:04 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: RandFan

When BTC hits the 200 week SMA jump on it hard!


15 posted on 05/11/2022 9:44:45 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Ruling class noticed our total lack of pushback for how the election & Covid was handled.)
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To: Paladin2

Yes indeed.


16 posted on 05/11/2022 9:44:53 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: RandFan
He’s been a bitcoin cheerleaders for years over precious metals as a speculative asset, mainly for portability and speed as a way of moving money and as a store of value. Track bitcoin’s value versus gold over the past 10 years.

Or, try sending $100k worth of gold to someone in another country on a Saturday.

As for Microstrategy, he gave every single shareholder full disclosure of their bitcoin buys before they executed them, and offered a market price to exit if they weren’t comfortable with it.

At some point, either in the next few weeks or next few months (or unlikely but still possible, the next year or two), bitcoin will be back to $50k or higher, so you can treat this as an opportunity to double your money, or you can post Twitter trolls who seem to have a huge lack of knowledge of the subject of their ire.

If it’s not your thing then it’s not your thing, and you can go back to listening to the Charlie Mungers of the word. But the celebrating here over bitcoin’s supposed death is teetering between amusing and hilarious to people who’ve been watching this for a while and have seen it all before.

17 posted on 05/11/2022 9:48:04 PM PDT by GunRunner
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Saylor, an MIT graduate.

Yeah he’s an idiot. Lol


18 posted on 05/11/2022 9:49:40 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Ruling class noticed our total lack of pushback for how the election & Covid was handled.)
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To: GunRunner

What they completely miss is the ability to make money because of the fact that it’s volatile.


19 posted on 05/11/2022 9:54:44 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Ruling class noticed our total lack of pushback for how the election & Covid was handled.)
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To: RandFan

Why not post an informed article instead of worthless twitter clickbait ...


20 posted on 05/11/2022 10:00:10 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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