Writing off a 25% loss of value as a "fluctuation," with no explanation of how to make that up besides praying the price goes up is insanity. Especially since Leroy is denying/refusing to disprove the actual value.

I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about here, but I did recently watch the bitcoin market go from $220 to $500 which is a 54% increase, while most of the altcoin markets dropped 40% or so.. the bitcoin market has since swung back and the altcoin markets have recovered accordingly, with about a net 5% gain or so fiat value wise according to my estimations and my spreadsheets that I run every night for my own personal trading/investments, which I'm going to contribute to all the hype and attention that cryptocurrency got from media etc.. but that's just speculation on my part, and I'm not really in the mood to discuss speculation at the moment.. ..

Again, sorry for your loss. It's already happened, you just don't know it yet.

again, this is just baseless, unsubstantiated fud on your part, and really makes for a toxic atmosphere in general around here, why so sour?
btw, nothing has "already happened" that I "don't know yet"..  but thanks for your concern about what I choose to invest in, what do you feel is a good investment? I'm always looking for new stuff to get into, reasonably safe, that people are comfortable with, and you seem like you do your homework on investing, so I would definately check out anything you might want to recommend.