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bitxbit
9y ago
I think people are forgetting how much easier it is to scale and build a network these days. The moat is the network for facebook but it can be replaced in a relatively short period of time if the right competition enters the market. Facebo
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bitxbit
9y ago
Increase in passive/beta investing is not necessarily good for the economy. We are going through an extraordinary period for levered beta.
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bitxbit
9y ago
fx market is not regulated like that actually. frontrunning is not necessarily illegal.
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bitxbit
9y ago
Just think about crypto-backed real-world assets and compare that against "market capitalization" (which is ridiculous to even call it that in my view). This is why ICOs are nothing more than buying into pump-and-dump stocks or at
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bitxbit
9y ago
Has a lot to do with trader preference. Stable exchange platform, 1256 contract tax treatment, the list goes on and on. A large scale arbitrage may not be feasible. In addition, market makers on the futures market are likely working off of
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bitxbit
9y ago
Yep. It would be an interesting exercise. IMO bitcoin valuation is more or less btc-based assets minus discounted cost of btc network. Me thinks it’s negative right now.
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bitxbit
9y ago
What’s a good “paid-in capital” estimate of bitcoin?