Deutsche Bank: 'The value of bitcoin is entirely based on wishful thinking'

Yahoo Finance2021-05-21

Bitcoin’s (BTC-USD) price plunged 28% this week, this most recent meltdown spurred by an announcement from China and an Elon Musk tweet. The controversial crypto is now losing even more love on Wall ...

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BeHappy
2021-05-21
BeHappy
Its the timing...
- McGreedy:
  comment pls
Jeffdad
2021-05-21
Jeffdad
I think the value is manipulated....
HMHu
2021-05-21
HMHu
Nah.. you are wrong man.
- HMHu:
  Stocks are like this too?
- Jeffdad:
  dont you think it is a bubble. just need an event to pop big time
ACCY
2021-05-21
ACCY
True
kevinlaisq
2021-05-21
kevinlaisq
Please like and comment
Lucky03
2021-05-21
Lucky03
Agree. It is also being highlighted as a potential platform for money laundering.

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Last year, Apple’s trading volume was 270% of its number of shares; for bitcoin the number was 150%.Besides Musk and China, this is another reason why the cryptocurrency may stay volatile.“Due to bitcoin’s limited tradability, it is expected to remain ultra-volatile; a few additional large purchases or market exits could significantly impact the supply-demand equilibrium,” Labouré wrote. “The root causes of bitcoin’s volatility include small tactical asset allocations and the entries and exits of large asset managers.”Pressure from central banksThe dream of a currency free from central banks dies hard.Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sees digital currency as complementing the dollar rather than supplementing it, and whatever the Fed does will affect the crypto markets. 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manipulated....","listText":"I think the value is manipulated....","text":"I think the value is manipulated....","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/130499112","repostId":2137976827,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":130402237,"gmtCreate":1621559539729,"gmtModify":1704359598420,"author":{"id":"3572311447359724","authorId":"3572311447359724","name":"HMHu","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/888bfb834561a78ede559705b3ce7ca8","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b073a07f77dbe6b3bec6b12311fde6bd","crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Nah.. you are wrong man.","listText":"Nah.. you are wrong man.","text":"Nah.. you are wrong 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and comment","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/130575139","repostId":2137976827,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":130572045,"gmtCreate":1621559133387,"gmtModify":1704359583545,"author":{"id":"3575593817551674","authorId":"3575593817551674","name":"Lucky03","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/759e5ab6a4a94b481569511ac2bfe116","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a3dee1aa3a3a3c1814833a4d3f8a5669","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Agree. It is also being highlighted as a&nbsp;potential&nbsp;platform for money laundering.","listText":"Agree. It is also being highlighted as a&nbsp;potential&nbsp;platform for money laundering.","text":"Agree. 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