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My model is: Bitcoin investing is gambling. There are no underlying factors that could rationalise a “long” position.

You used euro/usd comparison… why not Argentina peso to usd… is there a chance it could close higher than the usd tomorrow? - no. Because the underlying economies do effect currencies and they are not random despite the three paragraphs of prose you wrote.

My question, perhaps poorly put, is why would you (rationally) go long on Bitcoin? It looks like pure gambling/speculation. I’m 100% wanting to know the value judgement being made. I’m quite okay if that answer is: gambling.



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