{"id":33083,"date":"2021-05-24T20:36:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T01:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=33083"},"modified":"2021-05-24T20:36:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T01:36:14","slug":"the-next-bubble-ctd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2021\/05\/24\/the-next-bubble-ctd-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next Bubble, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reader remarks on bitcoin<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I just wish I had bought some Bitcoins back in 2012 – 2016 when I was actually thinking about doing so.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hindsight and so on – but, to be honest, I’m glad I did not. I prefer my investing theses, as ill-formed as they sometimes can be, to at least have some sort of virtue working for them – a good or a service that makes sense.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin<\/strong><\/em> has yet to charm me, as readers of this thread know.<\/p>\n

So I don’t like the idea of the emotional anguish that might have beset me for being invested in something that still seems to provide a weakly needed service.<\/p>\n

Speaking of, it supposedly had a bit of a recovery today. Here’s a trailing nine month chart from<\/a> Buy Bitcoin Worldwide<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

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It has a ways to go to reach its previous high, and it’s not at all obvious that such a price is in reach, what with the Chinese affirmation of hating on cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n

WaPo<\/em><\/strong> has a new article<\/a> for masochists.<\/p>\n

And, no, I have no real idea where bitcoin is going next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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