[2014-07-23] YAHOO: Angry Bitcoin investors demand answers at Tokyo

[gbooz]

BTC is a high risk speculative asset. A BTC investor should know it.

[ajareselde]

BTC is a high risk speculative asset. A BTC investor should know it.

You cant just say it like that. Investors carry on certain risk, ofc, but there definetly needs to be some regulation to stop thing like this from happening.
It is not the first case of bitcoin missuse, and scamming through bitcoin, and that is one of reasons bitcoin doesnt have more investors.
Some say regulation will ruin bitcoin due to centralisation of some kind, but actualy heavy regulations are needed to give bitcoin a chance to move forward.

[Quickseller]

BTC is a high risk speculative asset. A BTC investor should know it.

Investors have risk that the price declines, however investors should not bear risk that their assets get stolen from the entity responsible holding them.

[Swordsoffreedom]

BTC is a high risk speculative asset. A BTC investor should know it.

Investors have risk that the price declines, however investors should not bear risk that their assets get stolen from the entity responsible holding them.

True enough a person who keeps their wallets in cold storage runs virtually zero risk of ever having their coins stolen will call it the Dooglus model since just-dice is the best example of it.
Mark also apparently did not code his site well so yah....

[gbooz]

BTC is a high risk speculative asset. A BTC investor should know it.

You cant just say it like that. Investors carry on certain risk, ofc, but there definetly needs to be some regulation to stop thing like this from happening.
It is not the first case of bitcoin missuse, and scamming through bitcoin, and that is one of reasons bitcoin doesnt have more investors.
Some say regulation will ruin bitcoin due to centralisation of some kind, but actualy heavy regulations are needed to give bitcoin a chance to move forward.

These "investors" were not informed about the lack of regulations? I guess they were well informed and were gambling with the unregulated, highly speculative and risky asset. If you are investor, not "amateur" - you should take all risks, including the possibility of criminal issues.

[gbooz]

BTC is a high risk speculative asset. A BTC investor should know it.

Investors have risk that the price declines, however investors should not bear risk that their assets get stolen from the entity responsible holding them.

Who said that investor should take one risk but not the another? Who is primarily responsible for the risk of your cash not stolen from your pocket? Investor takes all risks, but clever investor evaluate risks against the possible profit and is not blaming others afterwords.