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by dopamean 4574 days ago
While I generally agree with what you've said here I don't think it applies as much to bitcoin. The DJIA is huge and there are many, many, many factors that can affect it's movement. Bitcoin is tiny in comparison with a very illiquid (is that a word?) market. I think many people had attributed the huge runup in price to activity in China so it is no surprise that bad news in China would have this effect.

Basically I think it is reasonable to assume that this news is the reason for the decline.
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yen223 4574 days ago
"Bitcoin is tiny in comparison with a very illiquid (is that a word?) market. "

The idea of Bitcoin being illiquid strikes me as being quite ironic.

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avn2109 4573 days ago
Liquidity != Volatility. There are many cases when it's hard to turn BTC into $US/Danish Pastries/Gold Bars; this makes it illiquid. Try getting your money out of MT Gox.
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yen223 4573 days ago
The irony is that Bitcoin is supposed to be a replacement for cash. Technically, it should be the most liquid thing out there.
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dopamean 4573 days ago
I got what you're saying and I totally agree. I think the problems with liquidity contribute heavily to the volatility as well.
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