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In reply to the discussion: Bitcoin's long-term growth 'far exceeds' the US dollar: Sen. Lummis [View all]doc03
(37,554 posts)30. I thought there would be a melt down in Bitcoin like the 2008
financial crisis for years. I wish I would have bought one when they were a couple thousand dollars. I don't
understand how they have any value but someone does. A friend of mine tried to talk me into the dot com bubble.
I am glad I didn't buy that. He lost practically everything.
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Looks like 2025 will be an exciting year for those of us still using dollars to pay for rent, food, and medicine
0rganism
Dec 19
#7
IF you take the most wildly optimistic valuation for BTC (I have seen a $3m per BTC target by 2030) and assume that the
Celerity
Dec 19
#10
I get it, we don't like either of the women mentioned - But that justifies this misogynistic slur, how, exactly?
Lancero
Dec 19
#13
Long-term? Like from what date is she counting? Because dollars have been around the US since the 1770s...
Hekate
Dec 19
#12
Well, I hope Senator Lummis puts all his money in Bitcoin then. I also hope he drinks raw milk.
Vinca
Dec 23
#25
A crypto collapse has the potential to make the subprime mortgage crisis
Liberal In Texas
Dec 23
#31
I'm thinking she has a closet full of bit coin. (just trying to get some more IDIOTS on board)
bluestarone
Dec 23
#32
ZERO basis in anything of real value, just speculation. $$$ are backed by we taxpayers. BTC ZIPPO
dutch777
Dec 23
#35