DiabloWags said:

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oski003 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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Ah to be able to go back in time…

15 years ago, if you did the responsible thing & bought $10,000 of 'risk-free' long-term Treasuries, you'd have $11,072 today.

If instead you spent $9,995 on drugs & $5 on bitcoin, you'd have $42,778 today. pic.twitter.com/GGE7k78t4L

— Saifedean Ammous (@saifedean) September 15, 2026

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This isn't a hypothetical.
But it is going back in time . . .

9 years ago I invested $155,000 on a Medical Diagnostic Company that was trading at $9 a share.
I was fascinated by their unique ability to detect cancer reoccurrence from a simple blood draw with 99.6% specificity.

That $155,000 is now worth $5.9 Million.

Not bad for a kid that only scored 1,000 on his SAT and went to public schools in a middle class town.

GO BEARS!

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To try to steer this back in a way so that it is relevant to the topic of Bitcoin, how much money would you have if you had invested $155,000 in Bitcoin 15 years ago?

Interestingly enough, at the beginning of 2017, Bitcoin was under $1K. By the end of 2017, it was near $20K. In 2012, Bitcoin was between $5 and $10.

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Sorry, but I don't deal in "could have, should have, would have" hypotheticals.
It's a total waste of time.

Paper trading doesn't make me money.

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Please get back to somehow making money and not completely wasting time by repeatedly spending more time bragging about your possessions than it would take to do this simple math calculation.

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I had another great day today.
Back to back days like this.

Thanks for asking!

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DiabloWags said:

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I hope everyone's Bitcoin is ok.





World's largest crypto exchange hit by suspected North Korean hack in world's largest heist

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bearister said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I hope everyone's Bitcoin is ok.





World's largest crypto exchange hit by suspected North Korean hack in world's largest heist

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…..but, but, but I thought only the smartest guys in the room were in to crypto. I wonder what Trump's taste of the haul was?

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DiabloWags said:

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I hope everyone's Bitcoin is ok.





World's largest crypto exchange hit by suspected North Korean hack in world's largest heist

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Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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DiabloWags said:

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oski003 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I hope everyone's Bitcoin is ok.





World's largest crypto exchange hit by suspected North Korean hack in world's largest heist

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I still have never lost anything in a hack. Thank you for your concern. Have most of my crypto funds in XRP.

XRP (Ripple) to be the gold standard in ~3 years.

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The Gold Standard eh?

I have no concern.
And no interest in XRP.

XRP has fallen 16.1% in the past month and 32.1% since the start of 2026,
and now trades 65.8% below its all-time high of $3.65, set July 17, 2025.

A Hacker Is Sitting on 233 Million XRP From the Binance Theft. What Happens if It Gets Sold?



All gaps get filled.

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So, we now have some hard data about how oski003's crypto investments are doing.

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DiabloWags said:

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oski003 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I hope everyone's Bitcoin is ok.





World's largest crypto exchange hit by suspected North Korean hack in world's largest heist

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I still have never lost anything in a hack. Thank you for your concern. Have most of my crypto funds in XRP.

XRP (Ripple) to be the gold standard in ~3 years.

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The Gold Standard eh?

I have no concern.
And no interest in XRP.

XRP has fallen 16.1% in the past month and 32.1% since the start of 2026,
and now trades 65.8% below its all-time high of $3.65, set July 17, 2025.

A Hacker Is Sitting on 233 Million XRP From the Binance Theft. What Happens if It Gets Sold?



All gaps get filled.

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oski003 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I hope everyone's Bitcoin is ok.





World's largest crypto exchange hit by suspected North Korean hack in world's largest heist

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I still have never lost anything in a hack. Thank you for your concern. Have most of my crypto funds in XRP.



XRP (Ripple) to be the gold standard in ~3 years.

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dajo9 said:

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oski003 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I hope everyone's Bitcoin is ok.





World's largest crypto exchange hit by suspected North Korean hack in world's largest heist

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I still have never lost anything in a hack. Thank you for your concern. Have most of my crypto funds in XRP.



XRP (Ripple) to be the gold standard in ~3 years.

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book.

The gold standard has failed every time it has been tried

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dajo9 said:

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oski003 said:

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dajo9 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I hope everyone's Bitcoin is ok.





World's largest crypto exchange hit by suspected North Korean hack in world's largest heist

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I still have never lost anything in a hack. Thank you for your concern. Have most of my crypto funds in XRP.



XRP (Ripple) to be the gold standard in ~3 years.

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book.

The gold standard has failed every time it has been tried

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I hear ya. I still think it will at least triple in value.

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The supposed value of a gold standard is stability, not currency appreciation.

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oski003 said:

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dajo9 said:

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dajo9 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I hope everyone's Bitcoin is ok.





World's largest crypto exchange hit by suspected North Korean hack in world's largest heist

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I still have never lost anything in a hack. Thank you for your concern. Have most of my crypto funds in XRP.



XRP (Ripple) to be the gold standard in ~3 years.

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book.

The gold standard has failed every time it has been tried

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I hear ya. I still think it will at least triple in value.

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The supposed value of a gold standard is stability, not currency appreciation.

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It won't consistently triple in value. It will at least triple in value between now and three years from now, which is what I said. Please try to be at least somewhat open-minded.

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dajo9 said:

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oski003 said:

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dajo9 said:

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oski003 said:

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dajo9 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I hope everyone's Bitcoin is ok.





World's largest crypto exchange hit by suspected North Korean hack in world's largest heist

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I still have never lost anything in a hack. Thank you for your concern. Have most of my crypto funds in XRP.



XRP (Ripple) to be the gold standard in ~3 years.

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book.

The gold standard has failed every time it has been tried

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I hear ya. I still think it will at least triple in value.

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The supposed value of a gold standard is stability, not currency appreciation.

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It won't consistently triple in value. It will at least triple in value between now and three years from now, which is what I said. Please try to be at least somewhat open-minded.

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I'm not open minded to quack economics.

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DiabloWags said:

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dajo9 said:

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oski003 said:

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dajo9 said:

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oski003 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I hope everyone's Bitcoin is ok.





World's largest crypto exchange hit by suspected North Korean hack in world's largest heist

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I still have never lost anything in a hack. Thank you for your concern. Have most of my crypto funds in XRP.



XRP (Ripple) to be the gold standard in ~3 years.

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book.

The gold standard has failed every time it has been tried

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I hear ya. I still think it will at least triple in value.

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The supposed value of a gold standard is stability, not currency appreciation.

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It won't consistently triple in value. It will at least triple in value between now and three years from now, which is what I said. Please try to be at least somewhat open-minded.

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I'm not open minded to quack economics.

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It's gonna TRIPLE in value over the next 3 years not because of any fundamental basis, but because he said so.

You have to be open-minded to that.

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