Not when they're committed to memory. I can remember a 16 digit debit card, with the exp date and CCV in 5 minutes.
And retain it.
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And retain it.
I don't consider you as unlikeable, more unbearable. lol
But, I can't resist a free-for-all.
Why don't you bring something to the table and let's see how smart you are Lincoln?
You're just a little one line sniper. Not much depth in that approach.
It is possible, but the point was to dispel your notion that getting to 70 was proof of smarts.
I was nominated for the US Air Force Academy at 17. I was in the top 1% of 744,000 military personnel at 17.
I haven't gotten stupider.
Why don't you offer something of substance instead of one liners?
I disagree with the bolded - I find it interesting and enjoy learning different perspectives. At the very least it’s good for that 😁
kong trying to convince me is like the Irrestible Force meets the Immovable Object.
You can't even come up with your own one liner. You ever have an original thought?
I think that guys that feel the need to flex on a rando message board are extremely lame, and obviously insecure, but I don’t know if that is an original thought
I, conversely, can be convinced of anything when presented with enough evidence
Lotta stupid people under 70 too. According to mortality rates, a helluva lot more stupid people under 70.
You're getting there, that's a line and a half. It's not an orginal thought either.
Your preferred method is to jump in with some preconceived superior intellect, yet won't get in the fray for fear of being exposed. You're like the Mouth of the South in that way.
We were on this thread today for 3 hours, probably 100 posts.
You could have jumped in anytime and dazzled us with your financial brilliance, you could have educated us.
kong takes on all comers and sticks to his guns, I take on all comers and I stick to my guns.
He and I get after each other, piss each other off, but ten minutes later you find us in another thread agreeing.
Join the fray.
If they did paperhand it and dump it out of fear, they will double their money in 2025
Is there a more Jewish last name than bankman?
I'm getting close to selling and then also shorting it. Decision time between now and next Sunday's close.
It could dip down to 17 again, or possibly retest the bottom at 15.
For most people, they should not own or self custody it. There are firms evolving who will do the custody part for a fee. (See Swan Bitcoin for custody services)
There is a lot going on with the altcoin space with layer 2's as well as bitcoin ordinals.
Also some new futures exchanges out there that have tokenized stocks so you can trade them anytime and remain outside 'the legacy system'. I am 100% convinced the new financial markets are moving in this direction and fast. You can trade Apple, Google, Taiwan Semiconductor, etc.
The US Government is effectively losing control over the USD via stable coin equivalents and soon they could lose control of the financial markets altogether.
In my opinion, one needs the flexibility of crypto to be able to shift out of the dollar quickly when needed.
It could dip down to 17 again, or possibly retest the bottom at 15.
For most people, they should not own or self custody it. There are firms evolving who will do the custody part for a fee. (See Swan Bitcoin for custody services)
There is a lot going on with the altcoin space with layer 2's as well as bitcoin ordinals.
Also some new futures exchanges out there that have tokenized stocks so you can trade them anytime and remain outside 'the legacy system'. I am 100% convinced the new financial markets are moving in this direction and fast. You can trade Apple, Google, Taiwan Semiconductor, etc.
The US Government is effectively losing control over the USD via stable coin equivalents and soon they could lose control of the financial markets altogether.
In my opinion, one needs the flexibility of crypto to be able to shift out of the dollar quickly when needed.
If you buy bitcoin at the right time and sell it at the right time you can obviously make a pretty penny. The kind of nightmare scenario that some of you seem to envision being a reason to own bitcoin really only has 3 outcomes that I can see 1. someone bigger and stronger takes your bitcoin and most likely kills you in the process, 2. no one wants it or you can't access it for some reason or another 3. the government shuts it down or seizes it with an ability that you are unaware of exists, like they did with the silk road. It doesn't appear that it will save or protect anyone in any event. Hope everyone makes money and does well, but that particular justification is mind numbingly stupid to me.
You can short crypto??
The ****?!?!
That is amazing. Go for it, I hope you make a fortune!
on some exchanges you can.. the SEC doesn't like it, and on many exchanges, they won't let you if they see you have a US ip address.. so a vpn is a good option, but there are still lots of exchanges where you can trade on margin, spot, futures, and perpetual. BTCC has about a dozen tokenized tech stocks, that you can also short.
wait.. I thought the blockchain was supposed to prevent stuff like this?
Bitcoin is secure as a blockchain.. what happened there is a problem with a 'smart contract' platform.. Smart contracts were started by the Eth platform, and have never been as secure.
I have a Russian banking stock, of course it is frozen because of the way and sanctions.
The good news is if I COULD sell it, it would be worth about 5 times what I bought it for...the bad news is...I may never be able to sell it.
Yes, 6 new members were invited to join
Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates
Those were just invitations.. Saudi Arabia, has sort of said, we'll think about it.. etc.. cause it's a political issue for them to turn their back on the US Petro Dollar program.
If this news about Argentina switching to the USD is what they do in the interim, then I think it's smart.
All fiat currencies are being debased, and the 'cleanest shirt in the hamper' is still the USD. Meaning currently, all other fiat is losing value against the USD at a faster pace. It gives Argentina some time to see how this is all going to play out.
In the crypto world, you have an explosion of USD stable coins that has been going on for a few years now.
Pretty soon, that is going to become mainstream for payment in my opinion. Timeframe is less than 2 years. Paypal has launched their USD equivalent and others surely will be launching their own stable coins. Visa is launching a network to allow payment via USDC (Coinbase's USD stable coin) so all the payment processors are currently scrambling to get this setup as we speak.
This will actually further entrench the USD as the global reserve asset.
There are still issues to overcome, like how are stable coins going to be regulated, and how will they show proof of reserves, because otherwise anyone can just print stable coins at will. That last bit, is of some interest to the US government naturally.
Sorry long answer to your question, but I wanted to cover some of the highlights going on in the industry which is really interesting.
Another day...another crypto exchage guru pleading guilty to fraud. This guy said he was above board and nothing like FTX and assured everyone they had nothing to worry about with his exchange...long live Binance.
It's possible I'm misunderstanding the guilty plea from him for laundering money and violating other banking laws and the tens of millions he has agreed to pay in fines in addition to stepping down from his role. Anything's possible.
Believe what you want, but crypto will eventually be the future if finance. Probably after my lifetime, but the technology is something Banks can never offer
