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(Bloomberg) -- Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner of the hedge fund SkyBridge Capital, says that all the hand-wringing about the massive Bitcoin purchases and debt being taken on by ...

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Be careful of MRTC. Is it highly volatile and the movement often does not reflect fundamentals. Friday's dramatic gains is not even in proportion of the recovery of Bitcoin. How then is this justified if Bitcoin is the basis of the value of MSTR? Another thing to consider. If Bitcoin should rise even more spectacularly, how will MSTR realise the profit except to convert their holdings of Bitcoin into US$. What happens when MRTC offloads a portion of their Bitcoin holdings? Will there be enough new buyers to buy them to keep their prices from falling? But then again, the believe is there will always be new buyers coming to support. But isn't this dangerously playing a musical chair game?
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