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Semi OT: Anyone lose money in the crypto crash?

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Re: Semi OT: Anyone lose money in the crypto crash? 

Post#561 » by refshateRaps » Thu Dec 5, 2024 4:34 pm

Westside Gunn wrote:Does this jump have to do something with Musk and Trump being in government now?

I don't understand it as I mostly see it as a speculative tool. Ever since its first bump before 2020 and then after 2021 I still haven't seen a real use for it except speculation.

It's too bad I didn't do anything with crypto and I personally know a few people that retired in their 20s-30s with a couple of moves, while I have to wake up tomorrow to work. I was too broke to put some money into it anyway, now that I have some money it is way out of reach.


It's better to be the new hunter who showed up with an unloaded gun and chose to observe the season like a hawk from the top of the blind, rather then be the one all the others celebrated for getting the prize on their first shot.

Just takes a strong mind, stomach and time to prove this out.
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Re: Semi OT: Anyone lose money in the crypto crash? 

Post#562 » by canz55 » Thu Dec 5, 2024 4:49 pm

This thread repeatedly proves that people generally don't like to be proven wrong, in this forum and every forum in existence.

Humility is rare these days and even the most modest among us occasionally fall short. It reminds me of the Bargnani era when I was defending him until the bitter end on prosportsdaily (that forum has been taken down recently as it turns out) I finally raised my hands in surrender and admitted that the whole thing was a disaster and that I was too foolish to believe otherwise or even listen to others.

It just sucks when the topics are actually consequential to building real wealth and you have the reddit-shit-talkers (as I like to call them) who only want to tear stuff down to their level of understanding and bias.
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Re: Semi OT: Anyone lose money in the crypto crash? 

Post#563 » by load management » Thu Dec 5, 2024 5:34 pm

Johnny Bball wrote:
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Google how many gold bars costco is selling if you didn't understand the reference/news.


Sorry, but you haven't done enough research to make such claims and provide financial advice. To be clear, you have declared blockchain technology as useless and compared Bitcoin to a business.

FYI google the recent gold deposits found in China....
Unlike Bitcoin
they keep adding more in circulation.


:lol:

https://bitbo.io/how-many-bitcoin/

Yeah it's me who's unaware and they are never adding bitcoin to circulation. :roll:

I'm done with this foolishness.


Ok you're right, circulation wasn't the right term. My point was that there is a finite supply of bitcoin and is valued as such. Gold continues to be discovered in new places in massive quantities which devalues it.

I hope that helps. And I hope you were not liquidated last night. Shorting a highly volatile stock during a massive bullrun is a bad move. Pretty much degenerate gambling.
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Re: Semi OT: Anyone lose money in the crypto crash? 

Post#564 » by load management » Thu Dec 5, 2024 6:12 pm

canz55 wrote: reddit-shit-talkers (as I like to call them) who only want to tear stuff down to their level of understanding and bias.


I call them trolls.

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Re: Semi OT: Anyone lose money in the crypto crash? 

Post#565 » by ItsDanger » Thu Dec 5, 2024 6:17 pm

It's another asset class at this point. It's future value hinges on how much it's used in daily transactions. Hence, why it popped a little from election on hopes crypto is adopted more on federal level. Other economies are outpacing traditional markers in growth lately. Its more likely they will determine the outcome here.
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Re: Semi OT: Anyone lose money in the crypto crash? 

Post#566 » by load management » Thu Dec 5, 2024 6:22 pm

ItsDanger wrote:It's another asset class at this point. It's future value hinges on how much it's used in daily transactions. Hence, why it popped a little from election on hopes crypto is adopted more on federal level. Other economies are outpacing traditional markers in growth lately. Its more likely they will determine the outcome here.


We do not use gold for daily transactions. Like gold Bitcoin is not efficient for this purpose. It is a store of value and that is enough for Bitcoin to considerably increase in value and once it stabilizes will be a hedge against inflation. Look at gold's market cap, and consider that Bitcoin will eat away at it.

It is possible that Bitcoin takes this role but there are far far better blockchains available to run your OS, web, financial markets and day to day transactions.
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Re: Semi OT: Anyone lose money in the crypto crash? 

Post#567 » by JL2002 » Thu Dec 5, 2024 6:25 pm

I just used shakepay, I tried to shake everyday for the past 3-4 years, and the crypto portion of my portfolio are basically free....
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Re: Semi OT: Anyone lose money in the crypto crash? 

Post#568 » by brownbobcat » Thu Dec 5, 2024 6:47 pm

Johnny Bball wrote:
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crypto provides nothing and does nothing


You should consider trying just a little bit to try and understand revolutionary tech and trillion dollar markets. I mean, literally as I type this the Federal Reserve (Jerome Powell) is promoting Bitcoin as digital gold and Cynthia Lummis "benefit to support the American electrical infrastructure".


Sure, list its profits to earnings and how it makes money. At least gold is used in tech, and physical hoarding. But yes, gold just for the sake of it being gold is the closest comp. But good of you to delete the rest of what I wrote which was bang on.

I am far from a crypto truther, but I'm going to point out that stocks (especially traded in a secondary market like an exchange) have mostly zero utility aside from dividends. Bonds/GICs/TBills/etc. also have zero utility apart from their promissory nature.

As to its recent jump, a lot of it has to do with Trump. Harris + Warren spoke about more regulation for Crypto. She lost, so all of that has gone away.
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Re: Semi OT: Anyone lose money in the crypto crash? 

Post#569 » by M3tro » Thu Dec 5, 2024 7:08 pm

canz55 wrote:This thread repeatedly proves that people generally don't like to be proven wrong, in this forum and every forum in existence.

Humility is rare these days and even the most modest among us occasionally fall short. It reminds me of the Bargnani era when I was defending him until the bitter end on prosportsdaily (that forum has been taken down recently as it turns out) I finally raised my hands in surrender and admitted that the whole thing was a disaster and that I was too foolish to believe otherwise or even listen to others.

It just sucks when the topics are actually consequential to building real wealth and you have the reddit-shit-talkers (as I like to call them) who only want to tear stuff down to their level of understanding and bias.


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Re: Semi OT: Anyone lose money in the crypto crash? 

Post#570 » by refshateRaps » Thu Dec 5, 2024 7:57 pm

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Westside Gunn wrote:Does this jump have to do something with Musk and Trump being in government now?

I don't understand it as I mostly see it as a speculative tool. Ever since its first bump before 2020 and then after 2021 I still haven't seen a real use for it except speculation.

It's too bad I didn't do anything with crypto and I personally know a few people that retired in their 20s-30s with a couple of moves, while I have to wake up tomorrow to work. I was too broke to put some money into it anyway, now that I have some money it is way out of reach.


Once FOMO sets it you are best to become more of a trader instead of an investor and buy pull backs and sell strength to raise capital over the coming years before the next 'crash'.

Easier said then done depending upon your experience. But inevitably be nibble till you get better, follow the strongest trends to save yourself from pain during drawback periods, and have a big picture mindset that you are saving and raising funds to be prepared for the smaller crashes in the mark-up phase and moreso the next big bottom in 3-7 years to change your life in the game They gave us. The greater market operators will always exhaust those who buy late and create FOMO for those on the sidelines.

Also important to be careful of those online, a great number have alternative motives and are seeded to mislead. Follow your gut, even if its wrong as you'll learn your mistakes quicker then blindly following others. If what I say doesn't make sense to you, throw it out, as everyone's learning curve is individual and your gut will lead you to glory one day, thereafter.

As far as Trump and Elon. Yes, this should be a lucrative period, in my very honest opinion they are the pied pipers, born into the club puppets meant to promote and better legislate crypto on the masses. As well as many other surveillance and control solutions disguised as good, to fix the problems being manufactured. None the less, or even if ones believes it to be all organic, this will be a fruitful time for crypto with them two on the stage.

Many other sectors in the markets will flourish and quite a few equities they have been clearly set-up to boom since 2021 still haven't kicked-off from the long term bottoms on heavy volume, yet. So if you know what to look for you can still change your life. I wont say more then this. But they are out there if you hunt.

Uncanny patience, the ability to continually observe all market phases, the ability to save cash and raise a bit of capital until the short and moreso the long term market pain comes will always unlock the ultimate game changing key to success in the marathon.

My gut and read has always expected this cycle to be 2020-21 with a larger upside coming after a period of consolidation once the initial break-out gets faded Could be more up into the holidays? But chasing to invest is asking for pain to come sooner or later. Again trader vs. investor mindset first, or at least a less ambitious, cautious investor mindset looking for dips and consolidation periods since the initial life changing, break-outs off a long period of low risk entries are well underway in this sector.

What do I know? Trust you own reads.

Good luck


They also have insider plants in place to seed the controlled bullish narratives when the powers that be flip the algos. Like 'Roaring Kitty' who has been has been put place as a "grass roots" redditor lol, to prepare the masses for the narrative of the market being naked shorting. Which it was. But the same ones actually in control of it, are the same one turning it now. Just like SBF at the start of this thread, used as a prop on the bear side

So while it's never good to follow blind. These algo pumped planted puppets are there for a reason. If you understand the game that they gives us both the heros and the villains in basically most mainstream story lines, it can be a helpful tool.

Again what do I know?

Follow you own reads in this clown show.
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Re: Semi OT: Anyone lose money in the crypto crash? 

Post#571 » by ropjhk » Thu Dec 5, 2024 9:12 pm

I regret not buying more into the dip when I had the chance.
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Re: Semi OT: Anyone lose money in the crypto crash? 

Post#572 » by Johnny Tomala » Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:11 am

I can relate to some of the regrets shared here about not jumping into crypto at the right time. I didn’t lose money in the last crash, but I missed out on some good opportunities because I kept overthinking or second-guessing myself. It’s tricky because, on one hand, it feels like you need to be cautious given how fast things can change, but on the other hand, waiting too long can mean missing out entirely. Timing and research really make a difference in this space.
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Re: Semi OT: Anyone lose money in the crypto crash? 

Post#573 » by refshateRaps » Wed Mar 5, 2025 3:41 am

ropjhk wrote:I regret not buying more into the dip when I had the chance.


I bet 100K BTC now about to get slaughtered shortly

But ya, this was a very nice dip here before crypto about to get extra silly from here with the deceivers in place to implement and peddle to the masses. Check back in 6 months and hope most made bundles.

What do I know, follow you own reads.

Good luck to all playing along.

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