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January 25, 2015, 05:01:38 PM Last edit: January 25, 2015, 07:03:40 PM by coinableS |
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I want to hear what you think might be tomorrow's announcement. https://www.coinbase.com/lunarSome random guesses: - A new regulated USD/BTC exchange hosted by Coinbase? Currently they aren't really an exchange but a broker. - Partnership with a mutual fund company like Fidelity or Vanguard allowing people to invest in BTC with their 401k. EDIT:Speculation from Chairforce1: BTC ETF launch with Nasdaq or NYSE. The Winklevoss twinz are giving a speech tomorrow.
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January 25, 2015, 05:06:27 PM |
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I've absolutely no idea.
But they don't have a history of hyping hot air, unlike blockchain.info's habit of insinuating wonders that end up being very exciting for them and no one else.
It seems a bit tongue in cheek to be something truly enormous.
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January 25, 2015, 05:15:52 PM |
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But they don't have a history of hyping hot air
Agreed. I'm wondering why would they would present it like this instead of an update on their blog or a tweet? Seems really strange... makes me want to buy a coin or two today, but I'm resisting the urge as most hypes I've seen previously end up being let downs.
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January 25, 2015, 06:04:09 PM |
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I want to hear what you think might be tomorrow's announcement.
Didn't the NYSE invest in Coinbase recently? There must be a connection.
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January 25, 2015, 06:09:20 PM |
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Would be awesome if they just used their money to buy large sums of BTC and driving the price up a lot. Well, they would effectively deliver luna by getting us to the moon!
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January 25, 2015, 06:09:37 PM |
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I kinda feel it ought to have something actually to do with the moon or space. Otherwise, it's unpleasant price pumping using the "to the moon" phrase. edit: LOL I just got rick roll'd by them: <!-- The big reveal. Show at launch time. --> <a href="/lunar/feature" style="display:none;">to the moon</a> Leads to --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROWqjuTM0g
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HODLing for the longest time. Skippin fast right around the moon. On a rocketship straight to mars. Up, up and away with my beautiful, my beautiful Bitcoin~
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January 25, 2015, 06:12:19 PM |
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Whatever it's definately bigger and more important than a simple blog update since they dedicated a page to it from the main site.
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January 25, 2015, 06:13:19 PM |
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I kinda feel it ought to have something actually to do with the moon or space. Otherwise, it's unpleasant price pumping using the "to the moon" phrase. edit: LOL I just got rick roll'd by them: <!-- The big reveal. Show at launch time. --> <a href="/lunar/feature" style="display:none;">to the moon</a> Leads to --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROWqjuTM0gThey surely got a nice sense of humor! And I also think they know that it's not healthy to over-promise and under-deliver. I don't think they'll go and pull a 'Blockchain.info' By hyping up a change of their background color or something similar...
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chairforce1
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January 25, 2015, 06:14:58 PM |
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The Winklevoss twinz are giving a speech tomorrow Monday the 26th at 12:25 PM according to this... http://www.etf.com/inside-etfs-conference/agenda.html. With the NYSE investing in Coinbase and Coinbase flying around in spaceships I have theories. George Kikvadze also mentioned on Twitter a BTC ETF launching on Nadaq... https://twitter.com/BitfuryGeorge/status/558097302678962176. I have to credit the user lyth0s on another forum for leading me to this information.
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January 25, 2015, 06:16:35 PM |
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So maybe a new ETF launched by Coinbase in cooperation with people active on Wall Street? Could be something like Second Market. They may be interested in offering an investment vehicle for professional traders and registered investors.
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January 25, 2015, 06:18:13 PM Last edit: January 25, 2015, 06:58:45 PM by chairforce1 |
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There is also this: https://blog.gemini.com/welcome-to-gemini/Maybe that is connected as well. EDIT: The announcement is happening at 9:00 AM EST , half an hour before exchanges open. Maybe that has something to do with it too.
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January 25, 2015, 06:57:44 PM |
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So maybe a new ETF launched by Coinbase in cooperation with people active on Wall Street? Could be something like Second Market. They may be interested in offering an investment vehicle for professional traders and registered investors. Interesting... Even Barry Silbert tweeted about this, so maybe there is a connection with Second Market??
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