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George Soros, Rockefeller Take Their Marks Before Diving Into the Cryptocurrency Pool (businessinsider.com)
john of sparta shares a report from Business Insider (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source): Reports of a crackdown on cryptocurrency advertisements by tech giants such as Google and Facebook as well as regulatory uncertainty in Asia and the U.S. have weighed on the coin for much of March and April. The coin is down 50% since the beginning of the year. But investors appeared to be more bullish during Sunday's trade following reports that two Wall Street icons were looking to get into the market for cryptos. More notably, the investment fund founded by billionaire George Soros is preparing to dive into cryptocurrency trading, even though Soros himself previously described them as a "bubble." Adam Fisher, who oversees global macroeconomic investing for Soros Fund Management, has gained internal approval to invest in and trade cryptocurrencies, according to a Bloomberg News report. Also, Venrock -- a venture capital firm founded by descendants of famed capitalist John D. Rockefeller -- announced it was partnering with a cryptocurrency investment firm based in Brooklyn. Fortune first reported on the partnership.
But introducing yet another kind of money, let alone one that is without substance insofar as its value isn't backed by a profitable industry which is the only thing that can induce real value into a currency, and even one that is devoid of every safety that conventional banks are bound to offer by law, would not really be the way to go.
And to get rid of money, we'd need to get rid of capitalism in the first place.
though Soros himself previously described them as a "bubble."
Getting involved with it does not necessarily prove it otherwise, he may just want to get his fair share of that bubble before it bursts for good.
"John Burbank, who shuttered his main fund last year, plans to raise $150 million for two funds investing in digital currencie"
Please be clear. Burbank is taking US Dollars for a 'Fund'. Funds take money (real actual $$$ money) and buy something with it, and take a fee for managing that something. He is not investing in crypto, you are, he is taking fees as $$ for your investment in it. He is not the idiot making the bad pseudo investment, you are.
"Soros has already been indirectly betting on crypto. The firm amassed a stake in Overstock.com in the fourth quarter, making it the third-biggest shareholder of the discount e-commerce company. In August 2017 it became the first major retailer to accept digital currencies. The company had also planned to start an exchange for cryptocurrencies as well as offer digital coins that could trade on the platform."
Again, he is not investing his money in crypto, he bought Overstock.com who in turn were planning to setup an exchange TAKING MONEY FROM IDIOTS BUYING CRYPTO. A different thing.
Don't be fooled.
All this announcement means is: They think they can game the system.
(Possibly by buying a load of cryptocoins then going around spreading rumors that they're "getting into crypto"...)
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Honestly this seems the way of the future, it is sweeping the globe. It works better than money, and it has none of the down sides of the bickerings of the international community.
"Works better than money?" LOL!
No bickerings? LOL!
You're blowing off the "international community" and putting your money in the hands of a bunch of Chinese who've already shown that they'll manipulate the price all day long:
https://hackernoon.com/the-gre...
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People like Soros and the descendants Rockefeller arent visionary, but products of their respective dynastic wealth. They benefit disproportionately from a wealth that came about to an extremely lucky subset of people once in a generation. The methods by which their fortunes were amassed arguably could only ever take place once in history.
Venrock, the venture capital company mentioned in tfa, has nothing to do with intrepid capitalists championing the helm of innovation and change and more to do with a branded venture capital firm seeking out new revenue streams, like an old dog seeking out the dinner bowl by smell.
Good people go to bed earlier.
What's hard to understand?
A handful of Chinese own most of the cryptocurrency and are busy manipulating the markets* so they can take all the round-eyes life savings and college funds.
(*) By buying and selling between themselves at artificial prices
Here they are, all sitting in a row:
http://cointimes.tech/2017/01/...
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Same way they do any other transaction that is subject to tax but might bypass channels they can readily track: require you to declare your profits (or losses) from the transaction (or "investment", if you prefer) coupled with some deterrance in the form of severe sanctions (fines, jail time, etc.) for anyone who thinks they can keep their profits hidden from "the man" but fails to do so. Typically, in nations that are implementing this, the approach seems to be to class it as a form of capital gains (e.g. just like stocks, shares, etc.) and tax accordingly at similar rates. YMMV but, speaking from experience, if you're converting a large chunk of crypto currency into traditional currency and want it all above board, you can expect "the man" to take quite a large bite.
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
This, the goal is to avoid taxation, that's why the crypto disciples are called crypto-anarchists.
Yeah, I read it as 'there are enough sheep with enough money for the wolves to be interested'.
Here's what I'm read from the article. The fund founded (not run by George Soros but his son) has approved trading in cryptocurrency.
The Soros Fund Management venture internally approved the trading of virtual coins in the past few months. So far, no actual “big trades” have has been made, but that situation will come to change very soon.
As for Rockefeller, this was the relevant passage:
Also, Venrock — a venture capital firm founded by descendants of famed capitalist John D. Rockefeller — announced it was partnering with a cryptocurrency investment firm based in Brooklyn.
The article makes clear that the fund not run by Soros himself has only approved trading not that it has traded in cryptocurrency. It doesn't necessarily say that the fund will invest in cryptocurrency as an asset; the fund could be shorting them. As for Venrock, there are no details on what and how much investment is being made. It could be a small amount.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
All this announcement means is: They think they can game the system.
I can promise you that is what it means. People like Soros don't see it as something that can benefit everyone. Right now all they see is a way to increase their own personal money and power. It is just another tool they can use to accomplish this.
Personally, I think bitcoin and its like is nothing more than a ponzi scheme and will collapse sooner or later. But with Soros and his like getting involved, that will lend it a air of legitimacy. Which will only make the collapse so much bigger when it does happen. Only now fuckers like Soros will walk away with a fat bank roll while so many other people will be left destitute.
To bad someone can't figure out how to game Soros through this and empty a few of his bank accounts.
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