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2021-02-16

Mastercard to let merchants accept some cryptocurrencies directly later this year

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jiraiya自来也
2021-02-16
jiraiya自来也
institution money coming, but make some risk management.
my portfolio only left with btc and eth...sell off 50% of my alts for this ath, have been holding them since 2017 ath... [捂脸]
- jiraiya自来也Reply虎虎是羊:
  把投资组合的一小部分分散到密码中，如果选择正确的话，可能会获得疯狂的收益，这是没有坏处的。最后一次时间我的朋友把他的500美元变成了20000美元的打气筒；分几天倒掉硬币。
- jiraiya自来也Reply虎虎是羊:
  是的，亚马逊已经使用eth区块链很多年了，但是现在有比eth更好的密码存在，总体来说密码市场竞争非常激烈。
- 虎虎是羊:
  不错啊。我不拥有密码，但似乎有一个不断增长的用例

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