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  • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

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    has no worth other than what people will attribute to it

    This is true of everything. Price is set where supply and demand balance, and the amounts supplied and demanded at a given price are determined by what the various sellers are asking and what the various buyers are bidding. Valuation is subjective, not intrinsic, but I'm not surprised that Dimon is ignorant of this fact.

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    David ONeil
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    I doubt he is. See the 'tulip mania' link in my post below for his probable reasoning.

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      I doubt he is. See the 'tulip mania' link in my post below for his probable reasoning.

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      Sure, maybe BTC will turn out to be another example of tulip mania. If anything, that possibility proves my point that valuations are subjective, not intrinsic. Stocks are another example. When enough people decide that valuations are frothy, a correction or crash occurs. Until then, buyers believe that they'll be able to unload to someone else (a greater fool), but the last buyers become bagholders.

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      • D David ONeil

        Eddy Vluggen wrote:

        Google who Dimon is

        Or maybe read the title of the article?

        Eddy Vluggen wrote:

        The only thing that is required is "demand".

        Just like [Tulip mania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip\_mania)

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        David O'Neil wrote:

        Or maybe read the title of the article?

        The title is "BitCoin". If you don't know who Jamie Dimon is, you're out.

        David O'Neil wrote:

        Just like Tulip mania

        Sure. You might want to re-read that.

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          Google who Dimon is :) And it does not need backing. The only thing that is required is "demand". It seems to be there.

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          Shuqian Ying
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          there should be differences between demand and desire: one can demand things that has a useful value outside of money, but money can only be earned or desired for :) . imho, use demand and supply to determine price of money (what ??) is circular or self referential in logic

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            David O'Neil wrote:

            Or maybe read the title of the article?

            The title is "BitCoin". If you don't know who Jamie Dimon is, you're out.

            David O'Neil wrote:

            Just like Tulip mania

            Sure. You might want to re-read that.

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            I take it you are having a bad day. Here was the article title from the first post: Bitcoin is 'worthless': JPMorgan CEO Dimon | Fox Business. Hope it gets better.

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            • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

              Sure, maybe BTC will turn out to be another example of tulip mania. If anything, that possibility proves my point that valuations are subjective, not intrinsic. Stocks are another example. When enough people decide that valuations are frothy, a correction or crash occurs. Until then, buyers believe that they'll be able to unload to someone else (a greater fool), but the last buyers become bagholders.

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              In the case of bitcoin, there aren't even any bulbs. It is pure speculation. Even stocks are against a business that produces goods of some kind. Bitcoin doesn't even have that. It is your money. Spend it how you want.

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              • D David ONeil

                I take it you are having a bad day. Here was the article title from the first post: Bitcoin is 'worthless': JPMorgan CEO Dimon | Fox Business. Hope it gets better.

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                As a silver bug, I'm having some good weeks :) And Dimon has been saying that BC is worthless for years. It is as valuable as a dollar.

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                • S Shuqian Ying

                  there should be differences between demand and desire: one can demand things that has a useful value outside of money, but money can only be earned or desired for :) . imho, use demand and supply to determine price of money (what ??) is circular or self referential in logic

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                  demand and supply to determine price of money (what ??) is circular or self referential in logic

                  The forex market is entirely circular, with each currency priced in terms of all others. In fact, every price is circular in that regard. If a Big Mac is $4, then a dollar is worth 0.25 Big Macs. :) There is no anchor. And when someone buys something, they consider that thing to be more valuable to them than the currency. Currency can also be counterfeited, or conjured into existence by banks. But I repeat myself.

                  Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
                  The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

                  <p><a href="https://github.com/GregUtas/robust-services-core/blob/master/README.md">Robust Services Core</a>
                  <em>The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.</em></p>

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                  • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

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                    demand and supply to determine price of money (what ??) is circular or self referential in logic

                    The forex market is entirely circular, with each currency priced in terms of all others. In fact, every price is circular in that regard. If a Big Mac is $4, then a dollar is worth 0.25 Big Macs. :) There is no anchor. And when someone buys something, they consider that thing to be more valuable to them than the currency. Currency can also be counterfeited, or conjured into existence by banks. But I repeat myself.

                    Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
                    The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

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                    Shuqian Ying
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                    as I said in a previous post, I belief that each kind of currency in forex market is backed by at least one physical entity, most likely a government (or company in case of stock share, a limited currency in scope), that the parties involved trust to be capable of deliver the non-currency value when requested, it's essentially a promise (and therefor a non-currency liability). There is no real circularity here, the "buck" stop at trust :) however, digital money is created by computers that neither have any capability to deliver any value nor be based on value creation mechanism/statistics of the real world, that when used to points to real values, it dilutes other currency and cases transfer of wealth to, err, computers ? probably you know what I mean, the desire is there

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                    • J jeron1

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                      Dimon has been a vocal critic of Bitcoin, previously calling it a "fraud" and "fool's gold,"

                      In other words, they haven't yet found the means to consistently profit from it.

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                      Worth a read: [Cryptocurrency Is Bunk](https://jacobinmag.com/2021/10/cryptocurrency-bitcoin-politics-treasury-central-bank-loans-monetary-policy/)

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