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> USDT is trading at 97 cents on several bourses, and briefly fell as low as 93 cents on the Kraken exchange. Is bourses crypto jargon I'm not aware of?
by dfc 4y ago
> USDT is trading at 97 cents on several bourses, and briefly fell as low as 93 cents on the Kraken exchange.
Is bourses crypto jargon I'm not aware of?
- logifail 4y ago> Is bourses crypto jargon Much older than that, it's more general finance jargon. The relevant definition[0] is: "A stock exchange. (figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled." [0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bourse https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bourse
- lotsofspots 4y agoIt's a common term for a stock market in non-English speaking countries.
- matthewaveryusa 4y agoBourse in French means a sac/purse, scrotum, a scholarship, a market, and the stock market. Not sure what the origin is but it's not Latin. Edit: It's from Greek inspired mediaeval Latin bursa meaning leather
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- akmarinov 4y agoIt translates to market or marketplace