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$1 Trillion Gone in Weeks in Bitcoin Crash as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Takes Centrestage
International Business Times ^ | 19 Nov 25 | Niloy Chakrabarti

Posted on 11/19/2025 6:41:30 AM PST by delta7

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To: Red Badger; delta7
Good observation. I also realize that my two pension checks and our SS checks are also ones and zeros, and the closest they come to reality is the display of numbers on my computer monitor.

I remember that when I got my first check for berry picking that I insisted to see real money, so my parents cashed it for 93 silver dollars and let me enjoy that for a few days before it went off to the savings account.

41 posted on 11/19/2025 7:41:53 AM PST by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: All
It's only Money Bits and Bytes.
42 posted on 11/19/2025 7:43:20 AM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: bertmerc1

> I’ve never understood Bitcoin so will never invest in it. <

Same here. I suppose we might lose out on some good investment opportunities. On the other hand…

“Never invest in a business you cannot understand.”
- Warren Buffett

(Buffett himself refuses to invest in bitcoin.)


43 posted on 11/19/2025 7:44:23 AM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: delta7

Crypto in 401ks is going to cause Bitcoin to skyrocket.


44 posted on 11/19/2025 7:44:55 AM PST by Kleon
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To: delta7

Bitcoin is about buying an algorithm.


45 posted on 11/19/2025 7:46:04 AM PST by Wuli ( )
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To: Red Badger
It’s just 1’s and 0’s in somebody’s computer...............

Similar to your 401K balance or your stock portfolio or your bank balance?

Do you think your bank has a vault filled with all of the money you have deposited?

It's all 1's and 0's

The question is:

What is going to be worse...

The 1's and 0's in your bank's database being devalued by nonstop printing of fiat dollars.

OR

The 1's and 0's in your blockchain secured wallet being devalued due to market volatility.

46 posted on 11/19/2025 7:47:55 AM PST by nitzy (I don’t trust good looking country singers or fat doctors.)
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To: nitzy

One is just slower than the other................


47 posted on 11/19/2025 7:49:09 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: volare737
There is a name, but no one knows who the person really is.

Satoshi Nakamoto is the name you are thinking of. An acronym. I think of BTC as Baby Trafficking Coin, created by the CIA/some deep state companies.


48 posted on 11/19/2025 7:49:10 AM PST by C210N
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To: Kleon

Crypto in 401ks is going to cause Bitcoin to skyrocket.


You are funny....


49 posted on 11/19/2025 7:53:51 AM PST by delta7
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To: P-Marlowe

It is not a tangible asset. It has no intrinsic value.


The older and much wiser have been given the eyes to see that.


50 posted on 11/19/2025 7:55:50 AM PST by delta7
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To: rod5591

>>Bitcoin is a scam. Bitcoin is not backed by anything except greed and foolishness.

Same thing could be said of the USD or any other fiat currency.


51 posted on 11/19/2025 7:57:36 AM PST by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: KobraKai

“An untraceable money exchange for these purposes.

Change my mind.”

Every transaction made with Bitcoin is traceable. You can know which wallet it came from, where it has been, etc. It is very traceable. Cash, OTOH, is not.


52 posted on 11/19/2025 7:59:19 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: ConservativeMind

one thing that doesn’t sit right with me...Eric Trump and DJT Jr. are both huge bitcoin pumpers...


53 posted on 11/19/2025 8:01:05 AM PST by millenial4freedom (Government was supposed to preserve freedom, not serve as a jobs program for delinquents and misfits)
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To: delta7

54 posted on 11/19/2025 8:02:07 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: delta7
Not really surprised. Bitcoin is in reality nothing more than another form of fiat currency. It has the same issue as any fiat cuttency in that it is based upon belief as to what its value is.

As the belief becomes a concern, its value begins to devline.

I suspect that the rise in the price of gold has played a big role in bitcoin's decline.

With the gold rise & the contant drum beat promoting the aquisition of the metal finally swayed bitcoin holders to divest in their bitcoin goldings to hedge their & diverse their holding to include gold to hold in their financial potfolio along with their most likely large holding they still maintained in bitcoin.

We will see where it goes from here.

55 posted on 11/19/2025 8:02:20 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: delta7
"Bitcorn"
56 posted on 11/19/2025 8:05:59 AM PST by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Yeah, they did. But it is better than when Democrats use the word “invest”. They aren’t even betting; they are laundering money.


57 posted on 11/19/2025 8:14:09 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys many aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: JesusIsLord

“The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the LORD Almighty.”
Haggai 2:8

I prefer to stick with “ equal weights and measures” and to be a good steward with his form of Wealth.

Jesus was sold out by Silver, I find it amusing the eight big bullion banks are now being absolutely destroyed by Silver’s rise...the millions of paper ounces they are shorting is causing them huge losses...remember Bear Stearns?

JP Morgan assumed them and it took them $$$ billions and eight years to clear the assumed short positions...basically PM’s are now assuming their role in dictating what is financial Wealth....and what is not.


58 posted on 11/19/2025 8:17:33 AM PST by delta7
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To: delta7

Yep. Gold and silver are real money, and have been for thousands of years.


59 posted on 11/19/2025 8:20:31 AM PST by chud
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To: delta7
Normal cycle in Bitcoin. Just fud so far.

(((CRYPTO PING!)))

If you would like to be on a CRYPTO PING LIST, please pm me.

The Crypto Ping List covers the following:

Bitcoin
Ethereum
Other coins built on the Ethereum blockchain mining
etc.

Thanks! For it - or ag'in it, it'll be a wild ride.

60 posted on 11/19/2025 8:21:28 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIFE )
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