• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I have a friend in NY who lost a thumb drive with bitcoin on it in 2011. Every year or two he goes a little nuts and searches his entire apartment for it, but obviously has never found it. I think he threw it away and doesn’t remember, but the exercise of searching helps him exorcise the demons.

    I put about 10% of my investment portfolio in bitcoin, personally. It’s way too volatile, at least for me, to go in big, but I can trust that every 3-4 years people are going to go insane buying it and the price will spike. If you’re already invested you can benefit.

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        10 hours ago

        I s’pose.

        But compared to the silly geese who take an extra mortgage out to dump into crypto every time it hits an ATH, it’s nothing.

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        9 hours ago

        Is it? If you’re young with a big risk appetite seems fine. Don’t forget the upside value in the equation.

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          9 hours ago

          It is big as much as getting a 10% rise or cut on your paycheck is big.

          The people I know that consider Crypto too volatile are in the 1% ballpark.

          Anedoctal, not a finance, I personally have 0£ in crypto.