July 9, 2010: When someone tries to buy all the worlds supply of a scarce asset, the more they buy the higher the price goes. At some point, it gets too expensive for them to buy any more. Its great for the people who owned it beforehand because they get to sell it to the corner at crazy high prices. As the price keeps going up and up, some people keep holding out for yet higher prices and refuse to sell. The Hunt brothers famously bankrupted themselves trying to corner the silver market in 1979.
Always interesting to see mr.Nakamotos opinion-.....
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