RE:When you wake up Thursday ...I don't think it is odd that Bitcoin and crypto are taking a beating. Notwithstanding all the "brave new world" talk of a new economic order, fact of the matter is crypto is opaque, suspicious, and likely deeply corrupt if not a great dirty Ponzi scheme with a secret back door or two to cheat the unwary.
There is much to be said for the physical certainty of gold. As thousands of years of history tell us.
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