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September 22, 2017, 12:33:59 PM |
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The Friday crypto sea of red.
I must admit above 4K was pleasing to the eye. I'd like to go back please.
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rjclarke2000
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September 22, 2017, 12:45:00 PM |
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No earlier than Oct 4th. What the hell does that mean? Won't be before but won't be on Oct 4th so could be anytime. Am I not understanding American wording here due to being British. Also won't this cause massive shorting? IDK.
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September 22, 2017, 12:57:08 PM |
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Also won't this cause massive shorting? IDK.
Ding ding ding. It's happening right now.
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rjclarke2000
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September 22, 2017, 01:01:05 PM |
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Also won't this cause massive shorting? IDK.
Ding ding ding. It's happening right now. I mean when it's open for business. Won't the price swings get far more violent?
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September 22, 2017, 01:04:43 PM |
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Also won't this cause massive shorting? IDK.
Ding ding ding. It's happening right now. I mean when it's open for business. Won't the price swings get far more violent? Oh, sorry, misunderstood. I don't believe LedgerX allows shorting through their platform according to the trading document I read on their site. Edit: So I did a little reading of the LedgerX trader's rulebook. Some encouraging things I noticed:
1) Only market/limit order buying and selling
2) No shorting, no margin trading
3) Trading only available Mon. - Fri., 9AM -5PM (so essentially only during U.S. stock market hours)
4) Credit swaps fully collateralized
5) Have to meet certain hedge fund or individual investor requirements to become a member
6) Only available to U.S. based entities
7) Trading to commence in September October
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rjclarke2000
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September 22, 2017, 01:14:57 PM |
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Also won't this cause massive shorting? IDK.
Ding ding ding. It's happening right now. I mean when it's open for business. Won't the price swings get far more violent? Oh, sorry, misunderstood. I don't believe LedgerX allows shorting through their platform according to the trading document I read on their site. Edit: So I did a little reading of the LedgerX trader's rulebook. Some encouraging things I noticed:
1) Only market/limit order buying and selling
2) No shorting, no margin trading
3) Trading only available Mon. - Fri., 9AM -5PM (so essentially only during U.S. stock market hours)
4) Credit swaps fully collateralized
5) Have to meet certain hedge fund or individual investor requirements to become a member
6) Only available to U.S. based entities
7) Trading to commence in September October
Thanks torque Ok so basically I don't know anything about ledgerX but I'm guessing this is a good way for certain people to invest in bitcoin without buying coins so to speak. How big is this news and why isn't anyone excited yet then?
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September 22, 2017, 01:18:28 PM |
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Also won't this cause massive shorting? IDK.
Ding ding ding. It's happening right now. I mean when it's open for business. Won't the price swings get far more violent? No clue here but i saw this in the comments section. - RTFM! "bitcoin..in account.. at least equal to the number of Exchange Contracts it wishes to sell" That means full reserve no naked shorts.
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September 22, 2017, 01:21:06 PM |
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Thanks torque
Ok so basically I don't know anything about ledgerX but I'm guessing this is a good way for certain people to invest in bitcoin without buying coins so to speak.
How big is this news and why isn't anyone excited yet then?
It allows high net worth hedge fund investors and individual investors gain exposure to bitcoin through fully collateralized credit default swaps. This is potentially huge because there are CFTC rules in place that prevent such fund entities from doing this on their own directly. LedgerX has been granted permission to be the clearing house. I guess no one is excited yet because they haven't seen the impact of what this could do for the market and price. Esp since onboarding isn't until Oct now. Funny side note, I read an interview with the CEO and founder Paul Chou. He said that he had to laugh when some investors called up and inquired about bitcoin, only to find out that there was a hard cap of 21M and "why can't they just issue more shares?" Lol At the time it made me think, does that type of shit happen in the stock market world? That they're just issuing more shares on the down low to certain institutional investors? Methinks yes.
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September 22, 2017, 01:27:09 PM |
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Thanks torque
Ok so basically I don't know anything about ledgerX but I'm guessing this is a good way for certain people to invest in bitcoin without buying coins so to speak.
How big is this news and why isn't anyone excited yet then?
It allows high net worth hedge fund investors and individual investors gain exposure to bitcoin through fully collateralized credit default swaps. This is potentially huge because there are CFTC rules in place that prevent such fund entities from doing this on their own directly. LedgerX has been granted permission to be the clearing house. I guess no one is excited yet because they haven't seen the impact of what this could do for the market and price. Esp since onboarding isn't until Oct now. CDS are a kind of shorts already. This brings the WS casino to BTC, I wonder if we must be happy with this... .
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September 22, 2017, 01:29:22 PM |
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Thanks torque
Ok so basically I don't know anything about ledgerX but I'm guessing this is a good way for certain people to invest in bitcoin without buying coins so to speak.
How big is this news and why isn't anyone excited yet then?
They'll be buying coins alright: "Prior to placing a bid to purchase one or more Exchange Contracts, a prospective buyer must post to LedgerX the USD bid amount of each Exchange Contract it wishes to purchase, the aggregate amount of which will be debited from such buyer’s account on the Initial Payment Date in satisfaction of such buyer’s delivery obligation under each such Exchange Contract. At settlement, the buyer will receive physical delivery of one bitcoin for each Exchange Contract purchased. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a buyer that has a net short Exchange Contract position at LedgerX prior to purchasing one or more additional Exchange Contracts will have short positions assigned to one or more sellers of Exchange Contracts with the same Trade Date. As a result, any such buyer will receive physical delivery of bitcoin only to the extent that the number of Exchange Contracts purchased on such Trade Date is net positive (e.g., a buyer with an open short interest of 5 bitcoin who then purchases 10 Exchange Contracts would receive 5 bitcoin at settlement)." Should be good IMHO.
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September 22, 2017, 01:31:18 PM |
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THis LedgerX thing is a joke. Tiny limits allowed :0-- F. Contract Size. Each Contract will be for a single Underlying (i.e., one bitcoin). G. Position Limits. As of any date of determination, no person will own or control positions in excess of 100,000 Contracts.So you are not allowed to own more than 100k btc per person. I wonder could you get 200k using the wifes account ?
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September 22, 2017, 01:49:06 PM |
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Wife, daughter, son, brother, sister ... If you've got enough money to buy half a million bitcoins.
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rjclarke2000
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September 22, 2017, 01:55:40 PM |
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So is this October the 4th? I didn't understand the no sooner than bit...
Is this what it means? 4th?
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September 22, 2017, 01:57:54 PM |
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So is this October the 4th? I didn't understand the no sooner than bit...
Is this what it means? 4th?
I think that's market speak for "Hey big investors, back the fk off. We're not onboarding you early and before everyone else on our list, no matter how much money you want to throw at us. We're gonna do this in an orderly fashion. Plus we can't until Oct. the 4th anyway." At least that is my interpretation.
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September 22, 2017, 02:42:41 PM Last edit: September 22, 2017, 02:54:17 PM by Wekkel |
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Whatever it is, Bitcoin bites off any hand that tries to 'close it down'. All the negative news lately serves one thing and one thing only: more awareness of this unstoppable thing. It's logical.
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September 22, 2017, 03:00:29 PM Last edit: September 22, 2017, 03:25:27 PM by Torque |
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Whatever it is, Bitcoin bites off any hand that tries to 'close it down'. All the negative news lately serves one thing and one thing only: more awareness of this unstoppable thing. It's logical.
FUD so big they're now putting it right on the front page! Gotta keep Average Joes far away! https://www.cnbc.com/"If you really wanted to turn off the global internet, you'd have to seek out people on every continent and every country," said Cowie from Renesys. "The internet is so decentralized that there is no kill switch." "No you can't do that," said Harvard's Faris. "The internet is designed to be robust. Feb 3, 2011 "Governments will close down bitcoin and cryptocurrencies if they get too big", warns Jamie Dimon Sept 20, 2017
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September 22, 2017, 03:27:14 PM |
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Whatever it is, Bitcoin bites off any hand that tries to 'close it down'. All the negative news lately serves one thing and one thing only: more awareness of this unstoppable thing. It's logical.
FUD so big they're now putting it right on the front page! Gotta keep Average Joes far away! https://www.cnbc.com/The Jp Morgan crook doesn't like bitcoin. Shock. It's fine for him making obscene money and being a crook but he doesn't like bitcoin because it's not government controlled. Government controlled makes it better right? the interview is a total joke and a bit embarrassing making him look like a total dinosaur.
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