I’m not sure what it is about me, but it really, really bothers me when people spew absolute crap just to get attention. I’m weird that way. Take Samson Mow (please!) who apparently is staking his entire future on crypto. When the ETFs were risibly introduced just days ago, he spouted off that BTC would be a million bucks in a matter of “days or weeks“. Well, BTC better flip around fast and go up by 25-fold in a big hurry, or else Samson Mow is going to look like a total asshole.
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Bitcoin ETF Flop Carnage
The Post ETF Wipeout
There’s an old saying about how you don’t regret the things you do, but the stuff you don’t do. That definitely applies to trading. For weeks I prattled on about the introduction of Bitcoin ETFs would end in tears. The rainbow told us everything we needed to know.
(more…)Easiest Sell-the-News Ever
I said it again and again and again and did nothing about it. The whole “Bitcoin ETF” thing was a complete joke, and it thrust prices up by tens of thousands of dollars. The last thrust higher has already been unwound.
(more…)More ChatGPT Amaze-Balls
Hoo boy.
OK, so in my never-ending quest to find out what in the holy hell all the excitement about AI is, I decided to dip the ladle into the waters again, so I went into the ChatGPT store. I tried to think of an interesting topic, so I typed “bitcoin” and, voila, there were a variety of ready-to-use products, the topmost of which had the intriguing product named Bitcoin Price Predictor. Since I’m in the business of predicting future prices of financial instruments, I figured this would be fascinating!
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