[HN Gopher] Bitcoin Reserve Bills Are Failing in Quick Successio...
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       Bitcoin Reserve Bills Are Failing in Quick Succession in States
        
       Author : ryan_j_naughton
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2025-02-27 21:38 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | sharemywin wrote:
       | because it's one of those schema to dump a giant pile of sh*t on
       | to the public.
       | 
       | government buys reserve price skyrockets.
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       | no one uses it so the price plunges American tax payers stuck
       | holding the bag.
        
       | Ancalagon wrote:
       | yes devalue your hard-earned dollars, thats a great idea
        
       | reverendsteveii wrote:
       | I'm not against the idea of holding strategic commodity reserves
       | but the idea of holding reserves in a strategic commodity that
       | can be up and down by 20% in a week is an issue
       | 
       | Being said, every time one of these passes I'm buying a bunch and
       | then dumping it a week later. Just like the inauguration bump,
       | because BTC has a _lot_ of hype behind it. One might say that
       | hype is actually the primary commodity in BTC.
        
         | slyall wrote:
         | The real smart money buys before the launch and dumps in the
         | first minute after. They make their money from you.
        
           | Synaesthesia wrote:
           | I can see that being a sound basis for an economy, yes.
        
           | reverendsteveii wrote:
           | And I still make money. I'm okay with being neither the
           | greatest nor the least fool.
        
       | potatototoo99 wrote:
       | Of all the countries to have a bitcoin strategic reserve, the US
       | is where it makes the least sense. Replacing a reserve currency
       | they control with another they can't.
        
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