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Title: 2013-04-03 THE FINANCIAL TIMES Bitcoin bubble grows and grows Post by: nootropicsforbitcoins on April 03, 2013, 09:20:03 PM http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b4be7d8e-9c73-11e2-9a4b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2PRBRm6kd
Title: Re: 2013-04-03 THE FINANCIAL TIMES Bitcoin bubble grows and grows Post by: BitcoinTate on April 03, 2013, 10:38:44 PM Interesting.
Title: Re: 2013-04-03 THE FINANCIAL TIMES Bitcoin bubble grows and grows Post by: jwzguy on April 03, 2013, 10:39:38 PM Can you copy the text here so we don't have to register?
Title: Re: 2013-04-03 THE FINANCIAL TIMES Bitcoin bubble grows and grows Post by: fancy_pants on April 03, 2013, 11:00:15 PM First they Ignore you.
(read FT to present day) Then They Laugh at You. (some quotes from FT today) To the long list of asset bubbles – from tulips to the South Sea Company, from dotcom stocks to US housing – economic historians may soon be adding a virtual “currency” called Bitcoin. But while it is bankers who are most often blamed for blowing up bubbles, the rise and rise in the Bitcoin price has taken place without any such intervention. Untethered to any real asset, the Bitcoin’s price is determined only by speculation on exchanges around the world, the largest of which, Mt Gox, reported technical difficulties on Wednesday as interest rocketed. “Trading tulips in real time,” declared the veteran UBS stockbroker Art Cashin in a note to clients. “It is rare that we get to see a bubble-like phenomenon trade tick for tick, but all that may be changing before our very eyes.” ... “Trading tulips in real time,” declared the veteran UBS stockbroker Art Cashin in a note to clients. “It is rare that we get to see a bubble-like phenomenon trade tick for tick, but all that may be changing before our very eyes.” Then they fight you. (sack up gentlemen and, of course, the girl) Then you win. Title: Re: 2013-04-03 THE FINANCIAL TIMES Bitcoin bubble grows and grows Post by: ||bit on April 08, 2013, 09:54:33 AM One of the more interesting parts of the article reads (my italics):
"Some finance industry entrepreneurs have leapt at the opportunity. Exante, a Malta-based asset manager, set up a Bitcoin fund last year that was largely intended as a fun punt. Wealthy investors each put in $1,000 when Bitcoins were trading at $13 on the understanding they could lose the original investment. Exante predicted that public and media interest would take off when Bitcoins were trading at $100. Managing partner Gatis Eglitis claims they are now getting 20 calls a day from large asset managers looking to invest up to $100m." Also same quote is found here: http://bitcoinmagazine.com/trace-mayer-on-fox-business-why-bitcoin-is-just-getting-started/ |