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posted by takyon on Friday June 29 2018, @09:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the trubble dept.

Bitcoin Bloodbath Nears Dot-Com Levels as Many Tokens Go to Zero

Bitcoin's meteoric rise last year had many observers calling it one of the biggest speculative manias in history. The cryptocurrency's 2018 crash may help cement its place in the bubble record books.

Down 70 percent from its December high after sliding for a fourth straight day on Friday, Bitcoin is getting ever-closer to matching the Nasdaq Composite Index's 78 percent peak-to-trough plunge after the U.S. dot-com bubble burst. Hundreds of other virtual coins have all but gone to zero -- following the same path as Pets.com and other red-hot initial public offerings that flamed out in the early 2000s.

While Bitcoin has bounced back from bigger losses before, it's far from clear that it can repeat the feat now that much of the world knows about cryptocurrencies and has made up their mind on whether to invest. Bulls point to the Nasdaq's eventual recovery and say institutional investors represent a massive pool of potential cryptocurrency buyers, but regulatory and security concerns have so far kept most big money managers on the sidelines.

The story sounds alarming but I would like to know the take of Soylentils.

Also at Quartz, CNBC, Fortune, and Cointelegraph.

See also: El-Erian calls bitcoin a buy if its price falls below $5,000
Bitcoin Hasn't Lost Its Way – It's Just Getting Started
All the Ways You Can Lose Your Bitcoin
Op-Ed: Challenge of Mining Centralization Unveils Bitcoin's Elegant Design


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  • (Score: 2, Disagree) by PocketSizeSUn on Sunday July 01 2018, @02:30AM (1 child)

    by PocketSizeSUn (5340) on Sunday July 01 2018, @02:30AM (#700846)

    The home I'm living in? Is an asset, not an investment.

    The money you put into your home *is an investment* the house is an *asset*.

    NOTE: Assets can loose value. Investing in assets is not without risk.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday July 01 2018, @12:05PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday July 01 2018, @12:05PM (#700939) Journal

    The money you put into your home *is an investment* the house is an *asset*.

    Why? Putting money into things doesn't automatically make them investments. For example, putting money into a hamburger that you eat or blackjack table wouldn't be - the same idea of payment for ephemeral benefit can be behind home ownership.