# Anyone end up investing in Bitcoins?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [October 21, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431 "2013-10-21T20:34:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1181 "2018-12-11T17:01:10Z")
My pogs were a fun way to turn $1100 into $370. Just going to let them ride until they’re worth $0 or a profit now.
At the start of this I said, “It’s high risk, only invest money you can afford to flush”. Man, did that ever come true. I feel bad for these people that were buying pogs on their 28% interest credit cards and cashing out their 401ks because, “this has nowhere to go but up, it’s the new global currency”.
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### Author:  [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1182 "2018-12-11T20:06:07Z")
Dude people were taking out 2nd mortgages JESUS CHRIST WUTTTTTTT
I still believe in Ripple.
Even after this bear market YEAR I’m up about 10%. I started earrrrrly though, April of 2017.
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### Author:  [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1183 "2018-12-20T18:43:22Z")
The only thing I did was mining for crypto. Man am I happy I stopped a few months ago and I just let it go and run its course. I am no where near anything major either which is fine but holy shit did things take a massive fall. Bitcoin is what, $3k right now. A year ago it was about 17k? Sorry to those investing into this but DAMN!!! Does that suck to be those people putting their life savings into it.
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### Author:  [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1184 "2018-12-20T20:17:24Z")
Imagine the people who took out 2nd mortgages, jesus
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1185 "2018-12-20T20:30:15Z")
And the people who were maxing out credit cards with 20+% interest rates to buy bitcoin when it was at 8k or more.
I’m almost back to $500 on my $1100 investment. I peaked at about $6k but didn’t cash out because MOON, LAMBO!
Thankfully my traditional investments are doing just fine. Oh, you don’t have any of those? Then why the fuck were you putting money into something as risky as bitcoin? 😄
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1186 "2019-02-05T17:06:33Z")
$190 million and no one has the password. Oops.
> **[Death, dogs and a missing $190 million: The strange case of crypto exchange...](https://www.foxnews.com/tech/death-dogs-and-a-missing-190-million-the-strange-case-of-crypto-exchange-quadrigacx)**
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> A major Canadian cryptocurrency exchange is in the spotlight following the sudden death of its founder, which has left customers unable to access $190 million in funds.
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1187 "2019-02-05T18:09:11Z")
At this point I wish I had lost mine in that way, then I’d at least have a good story about it, lol.
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### Author:  [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1188 "2019-02-05T18:43:59Z")
lol i bought some more Ripple the other day!
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1189 "2019-02-12T20:43:36Z")
> [@ubengineering](#):
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> Also if anyone is interested I’ll make a ripple wager. If ripple is not 1.50$ by December 31st I will buy up to 2 challengers wegman’s subs.
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> But if I win the losers have the split the cost of a completely loaded container at the hot bar (8.99 a pound bro).
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> MMMMM I CAN TASTE MY 9 DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF MEATS ALREADY
Did anyone ever take this bet and get some free wegmans subs? Ripple was .35 on 12/31 and .30 today.
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### Author:  [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1190 "2019-02-12T22:09:43Z")
i’d be down for a wegmans sub and real life nyspeeding
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1191 "2019-02-13T14:21:55Z")
OT: that Wegmans sub combo is legit.
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### Author:  [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1192 "2019-02-13T18:01:48Z")
@JayS No one took me up on my bet lol, thank god, I would have been out $19.00
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1193 "2019-02-13T18:14:22Z")
> [@ubengineering](#):
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> I would have been out $19.00
That’s a steal compared to what everyone lost in crypto!
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### Author:  [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1194 "2019-02-13T23:09:27Z")
Man, $19 is double what I spent on crypto!
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### Author:  [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1195 "2019-02-14T16:02:52Z")
You coulda won big!!!
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1196 "2019-02-21T17:52:17Z")
Really good read on vulnerabilities:
> **[Once hailed as unhackable, blockchains are now getting hacked](https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612974/once-hailed-as-unhackable-blockchains-are-now-getting-hacked/)**
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> More and more security holes are appearing in cryptocurrency and smart contract platforms, and some are fundamental to the way they were built.
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### Author:  [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1197 "2019-02-22T13:00:03Z")
It was only a matter of time
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### Author:  [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1198 "2019-02-26T01:42:42Z")
am i reading this right?
XRP just got added to coinbase and still it wont surge?
i dont understand what drives demand then since this was one of the big catalysts that was supposed to make it run.
weed stocks are so much better
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### Author:  [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1199 "2019-02-26T15:56:33Z")
The price is directly correlated to volume (supposedly). My understanding to make XRP moon (again), a well known bank has to change over from whatever system their using, increasing the volume. They have hundreds of partnerships, but they’re small.
I’m being patient.
I have 30K XRP that I bought at .15-.25 a piece, sitting around .33 now, but man I should have sold when it was 3.25$!!!
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### Author:  [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-end-up-investing-in-bitcoins/233431/1200 "2019-02-26T16:18:45Z")
pretty sure a bunch of banks have already signed on to use XRP have they not?
mind you, i mostly base this on reddit headlines without reading the actual press releases.
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