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Old 12-12-2017, 04:01 PM   #120 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Why the obsession with bubbles?
Not obsession, simply pointing out that the recent extreme rise in bitcoin price bears all the classic signs of a bubble.

There might be some underlying worth to bitcoins, just as there is to tulip bulbs, but that worth is irrelevant in the current market. The price is being driven upwards by specualtion.
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