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Topic: 2013-04-10 NaturalNews: The bitcoin bubble explained (Read 1371 times)

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So you like Bitcoin but hate people who are willing to sell them to you cheaply?

I was being sarcastic(hence the eyeroll) and partially throwing back to my statement. I sold in the middle of a panic sell even though I wasn't panicking, so.... No one to hate on, but myself and the bankers.   But the panic sellers do frustrate me.
I am still wondering if what I did was a good thing or a bad thing.  On one hand, I stuck to my original plan and sold before I had to sacrifice all my coin.  On the other hand, I didn't sell when it was high, but rather, when it was low and contributed to a panic sel.
I guess next time I will sell when it jumps, even if I want to stay in and buy when it drops even if I have no clue whats going on.
Like my sig says, I'm here to learn; earning and learning.
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I'd like to say a decentralized exchange will help.  However, as long as we compared Bitcoin to Dollars, this will always be an issue.

Once a real economy is centered around Bitcoin, this will begin to change.  As the dollar is the dominating currency right now, we're all at its mercy, until we, together, stop using it.
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Strength in numbers
I want to apologize for being part of the sell-off.  180 was my limit.  It wasn't a panic sell, but calculated to cover my initial investment without having to lose all my coin.  You know, I had a feeling that what was mentioned in this article was the case when it happened earlier.  Don't know why, but just thought that the market was small enough that the banks could manipulate it so easily by buying and selling.  My gut feelings have proven true in the past, I should listen to them more often. The past two days there has been this nagging and negative feeling about btc, but I didn't pay any attention to it, chalking it up to the bad press planting seeds(even though I had laughed at it when reading).  Oh, well.   Bet they wet themselves.  And it's climbing again.  Guess my negative feelings were just about my idiot self selling and not btc. But at least I stuck to my plan. (?)  Guess I'm not a spartan, after all.  Cry

Now that I have insured my initial investment has been safely covered and the other half of my btc are just profit to let ride till the end, I can say:

Panic sellers SUCK.  Stay the fuck out of bitcoin!!     Roll Eyes

So you like Bitcoin but hate people who are willing to sell them to you cheaply?
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I want to apologize for being part of the sell-off.  180 was my limit.  It wasn't a panic sell, but calculated to cover my initial investment without having to lose all my coin.  You know, I had a feeling that what was mentioned in this article was the case when it happened earlier.  Don't know why, but just thought that the market was small enough that the banks could manipulate it so easily by buying and selling.  My gut feelings have proven true in the past, I should listen to them more often. The past two days there has been this nagging and negative feeling about btc, but I didn't pay any attention to it, chalking it up to the bad press planting seeds(even though I had laughed at it when reading).  Oh, well.   Bet they wet themselves.  And it's climbing again.  Guess my negative feelings were just about my idiot self selling and not btc. But at least I stuck to my plan. (?)  Guess I'm not a spartan, after all.  Cry

Now that I have insured my initial investment has been safely covered and the other half of my btc are just profit to let ride till the end, I can say:

Panic sellers SUCK.  Stay the fuck out of bitcoin!!     Roll Eyes
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selling billions of btc to crash the market, nice trick since there are not that many.
I suppose he means billions of dollars worth of bitcoins.

Anyway, the crash analysis was spot-on, published just a few hours before the meltdown, not bad for a guy running a natural news site Smiley
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selling billions of btc to crash the market, nice trick since there are not that many.
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The bitcoin bubble explained: Understanding the mathematics of the inevitable bitcoin crash

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Bitcoins, like stocks, create the illusion of free wealth during a rise in valuation

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Now you see how easily the central banks could be manipulating bitcoins into a sky-high bubble followed by a crash.

How the central banks can easily crash bitcoin valuations back to historical values
If you're a central banker, you hate bitcoin. You want to see it destroyed, of course, but more importantly you want to see it discredited. You want to portray it as a "pyramid scheme" that ultimately hurts a lot of people. And you want to promote the "safety" of government-backed banks (i.e. central banks).

How to accomplish this? It's stupidly simple: Just start creating money out of nothing (i.e. crank of the U.S. dollar printing presses) and use that fake fiat currency to purchase billions of bitcoins at ANY price, driving bitcoin valuations sky-high.

Keep pumping money into bitcoins until the speculators ("fools") jump on board, thinking they're all going to get instantly rich by joining the latest new "free money fad."

Stand back as the bitcoin valuations reach the stratosphere, suckering even more people into parting with their hard-earned cash by buying into the system.

And then, when the timing is right, start SELLING billions of bitcoins into the marketplace at any price. FLOOD the marketplace with your entire inventory. The price support for bitcoins will shudder and collapse, and once the collapse begins, fear will kick in and sellers will pile on. As the prices collapse even further, fear will turn to panic, and people will attempt to "sell everything at any price!"

That's the point where bitcoin crashes hard, thereby accomplishing the exact goals of the central banks. History shows that markets crash FASTER than they rose, so you can expect the eventual bitcoin crash to be wildly accelerated in terms of velocity. Billions of dollars in valuation will be wiped out overnight, and more importantly, the reputation of bitcoin will be destroyed.

Mission accomplished for the criminal central banks who excel in market manipulations and psych warfare.

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Mark my words: Bitcoin is headed for a disastrous crash. All the signs are there. It's undeniable. When speculative investors, driven by greed, flood a particular investment vehicle creating a fast-expanding bubble, a crash is inevitable.

But nobody knows just how high bitcoin might go before greed turns to fear. It could reach $500, $5,000 or even $50,000 per bitcoin before this happens. If more craziness unfolds in the EU, that could also accelerate a rush of capital into bitcoins, causing their value to skyrocket even more.

But make no mistake: Bitcoin has now become a casino. If you are buying bitcoin right now, you are gambling with your money. There's a sucker born every minute... try not to be one of them.

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Personally, I'm saddened to see bitcoin become a speculative investment fad. It's going to harm the credibility of this currency that the world truly needs as a long-term decentralized crypto-currency. I want bitcoin to succeed in the long run which is why I lament the manipulated bitcoin crash that I know is coming.

Rest assured, however, that I will be buying up bitcoins in huge numbers once the crash fully unwinds. There's never a better time to buy than when all the world's sellers are in a panic, trying to unload their bitcoins at any price.
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