Cryptocurrency

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    how is cryptocurrency trading not gambling? serious question.

    • how are stocks and fiat not gambling? how is falling in love or simply going outside not gambling?Milan
    • stocks depend on company performance; fiat currency is not being traded reallyKrassy
    • Stocks don't depend on company performance.zarkonite
    • sure they do: "Fundamental factors drive stock prices based on a company's earnings and profitability from producing and selling goods and services."Krassy
    • https://www.investop…Krassy
    • err, forex? gambling is a vague enough term it could mean "buying with expectation of an increase in value" so buying anything could be gamblingkingsteven
    • i'd say thats true of almost all cryptocurrency. i only have EWT now and i'd consider that an investment (just not a particularly smart one atm)kingsteven
    • will be a huge problem https://www.theguard…neverscared
    • oops https://www.theguard…neverscared
    • starting a business is a gamble, maybe 50% gamble, stock trading is 65%, crypto is 70%, sports betting 90%, roulette is 99%. more or lessBeeswax
    • @neverscared exactly. good oneKrassy
    • is there some empiric data on that numbers from beeswax or is this fantasyland number dropping.neverscared
    • stock performance is based on buying and selling activity, which MAY or MAY NOT be based on company performancemonospaced
    • buying and selling = supply and demand = company performance as it is closely tied to supplying to meet demand.Krassy
    • is keeping your money in fiat gambling? or just stupidity?inteliboy
    • Supply demand isn’t company performance though.monospaced
    • company performance is absolutely tied to supply & demand, c'mon now :)Krassy

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