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And the Bitstamp wave is forming...

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And the two walls are facing off...
Your pick?  Wink



Below 100 is cheap coins  Wink
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And the two walls are facing off...
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Knock, knock, knocking on 90s door...  Grin
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Ok, we're back in the 90's. What's the consensus here? Up up and away or down below 80?
I think this bounce up was expected, but I don't think it will pass the 94-95 area. Then back down we go.... we'll see if 78-80 support holds.

Yeah, I think we are heading to 78-80 too (and fast).  Then I would guess a prolonged rebound back to these levels and some stabilization, before eventually dropping further.  (Obviously just a wild guess)
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I'm going to go into a holding pattern then. I would rather have slightly less profit than kick myself watching 70 or 80 happen.

Also holding. I have my buy order in at 87. Every little helps bit helps with a down market Smiley
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I'm going to go into a holding pattern then. I would rather have slightly less profit than kick myself watching 70 or 80 happen.
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Am I the only one who thinks it's way too early for an ETF?
Regulators might need enough time to approve it for it to not be "too early" anymore once that actually happens  Wink
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Am I the only one who thinks it's way too early for an ETF?

Nope
But ssshhh ... the bulls don't want to hear that
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Ok, we're back in the 90's. What's the consensus here? Up up and away or down below 80?

We might rally a bit here but I have the feeling it is going to be met with heavy sales.
This market is tough to call.

I am curious about what the volume ends up being today. I bet the volume is lower tomorrow on a move up (Another negative divergence) and then another big drop down to follow.
That has happened on the last 2 bigger down moves recently.

Basically, I don't trust what I am seeing (if that makes sense...)

Good call (sort of). Very predictable.
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Disclaimer: I know nothing about EFTs and TLDR the Winklevii document.

I wonder what the tax implications of the Winklevii moving their BTC into this EFT trust are. They would not need to pay any capital gains tax, since they've not realised their profits. But what about the shares they are selling?

There is no tax implication for them or their corp.  the corp does not pay taxes when issuing shares.  That money goes to the corp (not to you directly).  If they then pay themselves a salary from that money, then they'd pay taxes on it.

I guess the difference is that if they just sold the BTC, they would pay taxes on any realized gains.  So, actually, I guess this is the perfect way of selling BTC at a profit without paying taxes.   The money is technically in the corp, but they can still buy themselves pretty things with it.

What it does is make the Bitcoins into an ETF.  There are well established rules for ETFs for taxes and accounting, so it hides the fact that your investment is in Bitcoins making the accounting easy, its just another ETF in your list of ETF investments.

Whether it is wise to do so is an entirely separate question.  

Also, the ETFs are the #1 mechanism that the leviathans use to manipulate currencies (such as gold).  So the existence of an increasing number of ETFs that can move the market however a central bank desires it to move creates additional issues.

The reason there are Gold, Oil, Industry, and Country ETFs is that actually buying a brick of gold, or a barrel of Oil is a huge pain.   This is not the case for Bitcoins.  Any idiot can overnight a check to CampBx and buy Bitcoins.  ...and you don't need to declare anything.  If Bitcoins go up in value and you sell them, it is up to you if you want to declare that income (the IRS has not said it's taxable yet) - with an ETF, you WILL have to pay taxes, definitely.

The IRS says every profitable transaction is taxable: http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc420.html
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Am I the only one who thinks it's way too early for an ETF?
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The reason there are Gold, Oil, Industry, and Country ETFs is that actually buying a brick of gold, or a barrel of Oil is a huge pain.   This is not the case for Bitcoins.  Any idiot can overnight a check to CampBx and buy Bitcoins.  ...and you don't need to declare anything.  If Bitcoins go up in value and you sell them, it is up to you if you want to declare that income (the IRS has not said it's taxable yet) - with an ETF, you WILL have to pay taxes, definitely.

Please try to recall that regions do exist oitside of US soil...

The ETF will only exist on an American exchange anyway.
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The reason there are Gold, Oil, Industry, and Country ETFs is that actually buying a brick of gold, or a barrel of Oil is a huge pain.   This is not the case for Bitcoins.  Any idiot can overnight a check to CampBx and buy Bitcoins.  ...and you don't need to declare anything.  If Bitcoins go up in value and you sell them, it is up to you if you want to declare that income (the IRS has not said it's taxable yet) - with an ETF, you WILL have to pay taxes, definitely.

Please try to recall that regions do exist oitside of US soil...
In numerous countries it is much MUCH easier to buy gold than it is to buy bitcoin. In the U.S it isn't anymore difficult either..probably easier in most cases
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The reason there are Gold, Oil, Industry, and Country ETFs is that actually buying a brick of gold, or a barrel of Oil is a huge pain.   This is not the case for Bitcoins.  Any idiot can overnight a check to CampBx and buy Bitcoins.  ...and you don't need to declare anything.  If Bitcoins go up in value and you sell them, it is up to you if you want to declare that income (the IRS has not said it's taxable yet) - with an ETF, you WILL have to pay taxes, definitely.

Please try to recall that regions do exist oitside of US soil...
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Ok, we're back in the 90's. What's the consensus here? Up up and away or down below 80?
I think this bounce up was expected, but I don't think it will pass the 94-95 area. Then back down we go.... we'll see if 78-80 support holds.
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Disclaimer: I know nothing about EFTs and TLDR the Winklevii document.

I wonder what the tax implications of the Winklevii moving their BTC into this EFT trust are. They would not need to pay any capital gains tax, since they've not realised their profits. But what about the shares they are selling?

There is no tax implication for them or their corp.  the corp does not pay taxes when issuing shares.  That money goes to the corp (not to you directly).  If they then pay themselves a salary from that money, then they'd pay taxes on it.

I guess the difference is that if they just sold the BTC, they would pay taxes on any realized gains.  So, actually, I guess this is the perfect way of selling BTC at a profit without paying taxes.   The money is technically in the corp, but they can still buy themselves pretty things with it.

What it does is make the Bitcoins into an ETF.  There are well established rules for ETFs for taxes and accounting, so it hides the fact that your investment is in Bitcoins making the accounting easy, its just another ETF in your list of ETF investments.

Whether it is wise to do so is an entirely separate question.  

Also, the ETFs are the #1 mechanism that the leviathans use to manipulate currencies (such as gold).  So the existence of an increasing number of ETFs that can move the market however a central bank desires it to move creates additional issues.

The reason there are Gold, Oil, Industry, and Country ETFs is that actually buying a brick of gold, or a barrel of Oil is a huge pain.   This is not the case for Bitcoins.  Any idiot can overnight a check to CampBx and buy Bitcoins.  ...and you don't need to declare anything.  If Bitcoins go up in value and you sell them, it is up to you if you want to declare that income (the IRS has not said it's taxable yet) - with an ETF, you WILL have to pay taxes, definitely.
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