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    Re: Bitcoin $4000+

    Quote Originally Posted by madfranks View Post
    Do you know how hard it will be to hold on anywhere above $100k? At that point we're talking life changing money for anyone with a single BTC. It will take balls of steel to HODL ON after that.
    Agreed, wife and I have discussed it.... I think right now we'll hold until 1 mill per coin. But we may sell 1 or 2 to pay off some debts (car, house typical etc.) and hold the rest and ride the wave. When I look at the worlds richest wallets and the ones containing 10 to 100 has gone down since my post in this thread earlier, it's down into the 0.55% now.

    Look at me, becoming one of the "elite" /sarcasm
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    Re: Bitcoin $4000+

    Quote Originally Posted by Ares View Post
    Agreed, wife and I have discussed it.... I think right now we'll hold until 1 mill per coin. But we may sell 1 or 2 to pay off some debts (car, house typical etc.) and hold the rest and ride the wave. When I look at the worlds richest wallets and the ones containing 10 to 100 has gone down since my post in this thread earlier, it's down into the 0.55% now.

    Look at me, becoming one of the "elite" /sarcasm
    Sounds like the gold chatter around 2008.
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    Re: Bitcoin $4000+

    Quote Originally Posted by JohnQPublic View Post
    Sounds like the gold chatter around 2008.
    I think 2008/2009 is what spurred Bitcoin into existence. The flat out manipulation where they would dump trillions on the open market and Gold would only go up a few FRN's because of Naked Shorts on the CME. It was ridiculous.

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    Which references this news article:

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    I think its interesting that by their actions of suppressing gold/silver that they created a monster that they are going to have a difficult time dealing with.
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    Re: Bitcoin $4000+

    Quote Originally Posted by Ares View Post
    Agreed, wife and I have discussed it.... I think right now we'll hold until 1 mill per coin. But we may sell 1 or 2 to pay off some debts (car, house typical etc.) and hold the rest and ride the wave. When I look at the worlds richest wallets and the ones containing 10 to 100 has gone down since my post in this thread earlier, it's down into the 0.55% now.

    Look at me, becoming one of the "elite" /sarcasm
    I want to examine this $1million/BTC concept for a minute. Right now there are ~16.75 million BTC in existence. In order for the price of a single BTC to hit a million dollars, the total market cap of BTC will have to be $16,750,000,000,000. That's almost a $17 Trillion market cap. Is this even a feasible consideration?
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    Re: Bitcoin $4000+

    Quote Originally Posted by madfranks View Post
    I want to examine this $1million/BTC concept for a minute. Right now there are ~16.75 million BTC in existence. In order for the price of a single BTC to hit a million dollars, the total market cap of BTC will have to be $16,750,000,000,000. That's almost a $17 Trillion market cap. Is this even a feasible consideration?
    Ahh, but someone has already determined that roughly 2 -3 million coins are gone forever. 1 million alone are Satoshi's and haven't moved since the day they were mined. I think it was Charles Hughes "of two minds" who said either he's dead or he has the austerity of a saint.

    So subtract 2 million and there are only 14.75 million available. Then bring it down further that roughly only 1-2 million are actively being traded. The rest are being "hodled" So that's a lot of money chasing so few assets.
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    Re: Bitcoin $4000+

    Quote Originally Posted by Ares View Post
    Ahh, but someone has already determined that roughly 2 -3 million coins are gone forever. 1 million alone are Satoshi's and haven't moved since the day they were mined. I think it was Charles Hughes "of two minds" who said either he's dead or he has the austerity of a saint.

    So subtract 2 million and there are only 14.75 million available. Then bring it down further that roughly only 1-2 million are actively being traded. The rest are being "hodled" So that's a lot of money chasing so few assets.
    Good points, but think about this. 1-2 million BTC may be all that is actively traded right now, but as the BTC price hits $20k, $50k, $100k, etc. there will be plenty of folks who sell to take profit, increasing the supply being traded in the market. If 5 million BTC are available to trade in the market, that's still a market cap of 5 trillion. That's a market value higher than many governments of the world.
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    Re: Bitcoin $4000+

    Quote Originally Posted by madfranks View Post
    Good points, but think about this. 1-2 million BTC may be all that is actively traded right now, but as the BTC price hits $20k, $50k, $100k, etc. there will be plenty of folks who sell to take profit, increasing the supply being traded in the market. If 5 million BTC are available to trade in the market, that's still a market cap of 5 trillion. That's a market value higher than many governments of the world.
    Agreed, it's definitely interesting to watch. I think it was Isaac Newton who said "I can calculate the movement of stars, but not the madness of men."

    Lets see how far this madness gets us. I only spent what I could afford so if it goes to zero tomorrow I'm now out anything as I made my ROI when I cashed in my Litecoin.
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    Re: Bitcoin $4000+

    Quote Originally Posted by madfranks View Post
    I want to examine this $1million/BTC concept for a minute. Right now there are ~16.75 million BTC in existence. In order for the price of a single BTC to hit a million dollars, the total market cap of BTC will have to be $16,750,000,000,000. That's almost a $17 Trillion market cap. Is this even a feasible consideration?
    yes, theoretically it is possible:

    suppose all BTC owners just sit on their hands for a little while, while one guy sells his 0.000001 BTC for $1 - yes, then you will see the BTC cost at $1 million, and a mirage capitalization of 17 Trillions.

    Amazing how much just one dollar could do, isnt it?

    Food for thought.

    PS. I wonder whether the left hand selling BTCs to the right hand allows setting the price ( price manipulation), since the fees are none

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    Re: Bitcoin $4000+

    Quote Originally Posted by jcismylord View Post
    yes, theoretically it is possible:

    suppose all BTC owners just sit on their hands for a little while, while one guy sells his 0.000001 BTC for $1 - yes, then you will see the BTC cost at $1 million, and a mirage capitalization of 17 Trillions.

    Amazing how much just one dollar could do, isnt it?

    Food for thought.

    PS. I wonder whether the left hand selling BTCs to the right hand allows setting the price ( price manipulation), since the fees are none
    Every exchange has a fee, but its usually a percentage of the buy/sell order. That was a thought an article had I read was brought up earlier. Basically saying if the CME / CBOE think that they can manipulate the price of Bitcoin when they only operate between 9am and 4pm then they are going to get slaughtered with their short positions with an asset that trades every second of 24 by 7.
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    Re: Bitcoin $4000+

    Quote Originally Posted by Ares View Post
    Every exchange has a fee, but its usually a percentage of the buy/sell order. That was a thought an article had I read was brought up earlier. Basically saying if the CME / CBOE think that they can manipulate the price of Bitcoin when they only operate between 9am and 4pm then they are going to get slaughtered with their short positions with an asset that trades every second of 24 by 7.
    the fees are small

    so, if not fees and taxes, what otherwise prevents "selling" large sums of BTCs to a bunch of your own "sockpuppet" wallets with the goal of manipulating the price?

    I am not pretending to be an expert. Just asking.

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