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There's going to be a major demand in Cyprus over the next few days and weeks for a non-bank store of wealth.
by jl6 14y ago
There's going to be a major demand in Cyprus over the next few days and weeks for a non-bank store of wealth.
- dgregd 14y agoYou mean new rookie players at banksters poker tables.
- solarexplorer 14y agobad luck: banks are closed over the weekend and monday is a holiday. By tuesday the new tax will already be in place and the respective amount in all accounts frozen.
- iwwr 14y agoThere is still the danger of a continuing bank run come Tuesday. There is not enough cash to satisfy it all (and probably no willingness to let it be transferred electronically), so expect more emergency measures.
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- tomjen3 14y agoWell hopefully people will demand the money the only way they can. At the point of a gun, a sad way to go for decent people but only fair.
- jl6 14y agoMore likely they'll take the hit now, then if the crisis passes, launch lawsuits against the government to claim it back. Or a political party will adopt a manifesto pledge to return the stolen money upon election victory.
- LefterisJP 14y agoIt's by no means a matter of luck. This was calculated to happen on a Saturday
- Liongadev 14y agoBitcoin?
- gasull 14y agoBitcoin-Central is offering 0% trading fee for Cypriots: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=153677.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=153677.0