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Yes. Absolutely. Paper losses/gains are real

• Quindecillion 4y ago
  What do you think "realised" and "unrealised" mean?
  • boopboopbadoop 4y ago
    I’m just a sideliner with popcorn, but don’t they use Bitcoin as a currency? So it seems like in that context, they swapped some of their currency (fiat) for their other currency (Bitcoin), which subsequently lost 60% of its value.
    • Quindecillion 4y ago
      In fiat terms, yes. The loss is only realised once you convert the Bitcoin back to fiat. The reason it is "unrealised" until that point, is that you could instead simply hold until/if the price of Bitcoin (priced in fiat) rises past the level you bought it at, and still sell at a profit (in real terms if you account for inflation, or in nominal terms if you don't). Then that would be a realised profit. Hence the distinction between unrealised and realised.
      • boopboopbadoop 4y ago
        What I’m saying though is that their endgame is not to convert it back to fiat. It’s a currency for them. They’re not hodl’ing their bread money.