Quote from: coolcoinz on Today at 12:14:22 PM

Quote from: Bitcoins101 on Today at 11:40:54 AM

Vast majority of holders didn't buy during the very short period where bitcoin was 20K. The maximum stable price was 10K or so. Bitcoin spent virtually the entirety of 2021 above 30K.

In fact it was really easy to make a lot of money
2018/2019 BTC spent 7 months below 4k USD. That's enough time for someone to do a garage sale or whatever and buy BTC. In 2019 you had 3 months to sell above 10k, which would give would give you more than 200% profit compared to 2% inflation. If that's not a hedge then I don't know what is.

If you bought the pandemic dip in 2020, you'd make 100% in 2 months.

If you bought at the 2017 top and sold a few weeks ago you'd have +100%. The average return of a real estate investment is 5% a year so if you bought a house and rented it out you'd only have 20%, but with the worst trades you could get in the last 4 years (buying 2017 top and selling now in a downtrend) you'd still be up by 60%.

Quote from: somac. on Today at 12:06:54 PM

Stamp doesn't leverage though.

I don't use them, but are you sure about that?

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SEN Leverage allows institutional customers to trade with leverage collateralized by bitcoin. It is powered by the Silvergate Exchange Network (“SEN”), which is used to fund loans and process repayments in real-time, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Bitstamp’s role, as Silvergate Bank’s first exchange partner, will be to custody and manage the bitcoin used as collateral.
Bitstamp already uses the SEN network to provide 24/7/365 account funding to eligible customers. We are excited to be working with Silvergate Bank to offer a product that will enable our clients to manage their bitcoin positions with more flexibility.

No I am not sure about that