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submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Coming soon: Meta announces they are buying bitcoin anyways, because fuck them plebs.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (4 children)

most of the shareholders aren't 'plebs'

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (13 children)

Why would they in the first place? It would be like a newspaper buying gold. If investors want to buy bitcoin they can just do that.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Businesses are following the lead of Microstrategy with keeping BTC on the treasury books to increase profits and hedge against inflation.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (4 children)

If i understood it correctly, meta wants to slap its own crypto-currency on everything.

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[–] toastmeister 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (13 children)

I due not want my corporation holding Bitcoin, if I want exposure I'll buy Bitcoin directly. They should be holding a bit of debt optimally.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

The Cult of the Torment Nexus knows a scam when it sees one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Who was the 1%?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Meta: Fuck it, we ball. (commits PR to add Bitcoin)