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Bitcoin At $77,000 - Down 40% Since $126,00 All Time High In October 2025
CNBC (Business) ^ | 02 February 2026

Posted on 02/02/2026 1:37:24 AM PST by zeestephen

Live one year chart on CNBC (Business).

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: afoolandtheirmoney; bitcoin; crypto; cryptocurrency; foolsgold; poof; scam

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1 posted on 02/02/2026 1:37:24 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

I’ve made some money off this bull buying and selling - but not holding overnight. Wow …


2 posted on 02/02/2026 1:56:23 AM PST by 11th_VA
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To: zeestephen
I've never been interested in buying something that is literally nothing but a mathematical construction. Amazing just how big Bitcoin has become . Milton Friedman predicted a way to move money around on the Internet would eventually be invented.
3 posted on 02/02/2026 2:41:32 AM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: zeestephen

I like Worldcoin. You have to prove you’re a human to use their apps


4 posted on 02/02/2026 2:48:01 AM PST by MarlonRando
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To: Nateman

Warren Buffett once said he’s not investing in Bitcoin because he only invests in things he understands. And he doesn’t understand Bitcoin.

Buffett certainly understands Bitcoin, and was just making a point there. And he’s not always right. Nevertheless, he’s got one heck of a track record.


5 posted on 02/02/2026 2:57:07 AM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Leaning Right

Imagine if you had got into Bitcoin back then!

6 posted on 02/02/2026 3:06:04 AM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: zeestephen

Bitcoin...or is it “Bitgroin”?


7 posted on 02/02/2026 3:10:59 AM PST by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: Nateman

> Imagine if you had got into Bitcoin back then! <

Ah, yes. But I doubt very much if I would have kept it. Once I doubled my money, I’d be out.

Anyway, there were lots of such early opportunities. Amazon, Microsoft, etc. I missed them all. But I don’t feel bad about that. I’m happy enough just buy and hold the S&P 500.


8 posted on 02/02/2026 3:13:26 AM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Leaning Right

I did own a pound of Gold that I bought for 400$ an oz. Too bad I needed the money and had to sell it all soon after.


9 posted on 02/02/2026 3:33:06 AM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: zeestephen

Sine $126.00 ?


10 posted on 02/02/2026 3:39:09 AM PST by ReganFan4ever (Jesus saves, Moses invests.)
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To: zeestephen

Bitcoin is for people who notice patterns. Every crash is followed by new highs. Rinse, repeat.


11 posted on 02/02/2026 4:11:59 AM PST by Mr. Blond
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Bitcoin has nothing of value backing it up. It’s worth only what people think it’s worth. It appears that some people are thinking differently than they thought a while ago.


12 posted on 02/02/2026 4:24:22 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (Observation & experiment are the only means of new knowledge. All else is poetry-Max Planck)
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To: zeestephen

What are the EPS and dividend rate for bitcoin?


13 posted on 02/02/2026 4:27:26 AM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: zeestephen

I didn’t have the money to invest in Bitcoin until it had gone crazy, but the other reason is this:

Let’s say you invest in Real Estate or an index fund. A bad economy can take a HUGE portion of your investment, but, unless you’re retired and living off that investment, you can always ride it out until the investment returns to a reasonable valuation.

There is no reasonable value of Bitcoin.

There’s a good chance that Bitcoin’s value reverses itself and soars to ever-greater heights. But there’s also a reasonable chance that this when people see Bitcoin as nothing more than the world’s most expensive NFT. That’s a casino-style gamble for people younger than me.

For all the claims that the dollar no longer represents anything tangible either, it represents a certain portion of the U.S. economy and has a history dozens of times longer than Bitcoin.


14 posted on 02/02/2026 4:35:53 AM PST by dangus
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To: Nateman
I did own a pound of Gold that I bought for 400$ an oz. Too bad I needed the money and had to sell it all soon after.

Buying and holding the S&P 500 index would have been a better investment for growth and dividends, not to mention taxes whenever sold.
15 posted on 02/02/2026 4:39:30 AM PST by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: zeestephen

It was lower than that.

It’s probably got another 12k to go.


16 posted on 02/02/2026 4:48:43 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Mr. Blond
Re: "Bitcoin is for people who notice patterns. Every crash is followed by new highs. Rinse, repeat."

Awesome - if you have bought and held since 2010.

What is your current entry point and your next high?

With out new buyers in each new cycle, it will never hit a new high.

17 posted on 02/02/2026 4:49:21 AM PST by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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To: Paladin2

That’s the thing…it’s not a stock. Or bond.

Treating it like one is where people make the mistake.


18 posted on 02/02/2026 4:50:23 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: af_vet_1981
True. I've always thought of Gold not as an investment but merely a way to maintain wealth. The amount of Gold in the World is about the same as when the Earth was formed . All we do is dig and find some of that stuff . Paper money? A convenient fiction that works as long as everyone plays along or before Governments become greedy by over printing it. In 1900 an American 20$ gold piece had one oz of Gold in it.
19 posted on 02/02/2026 4:56:40 AM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: norwaypinesavage; zeestephen

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Bitcoin has nothing of value backing it up. It’s worth only what people think it’s worth.
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Wait ‘til you hear/read about this thing called ‘FRN (Federal Reserve Note(s))’

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It appears that some people are thinking differently than they thought a while ago.
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‘Shame’ it’ll be after the great crash, as all fiat is want to do. “Wait!? You’re telling me A1S10 has NEVER been Amended”


20 posted on 02/02/2026 5:30:38 AM PST by i_robot73 (One could not count the number of *solutions*, if only govt followed\enforced the Constitution.)
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