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> So many HODLers in this thread. For the normal person on the street, Bitcoin or Crypto never mattered. Total copium from alt nerds is never ending, but the truth is neither of you know what you are talking about: Blackrock just added BTC to their $15B fund [0], which isn't much in total market-cap (despite the down market) but is a position to say the largest (and most predatory) hedge-fund sees value in utilizing…
>financial history Challenging to find reliable sources on this that actually include financial statements.
Look at anywhere the IMF or World Bank has been involved in where predatory loans have been issued and have led to massive re-valuations and ultimately had the Bank of intl. settlements come in. Everything from productive assets, to national parks, to lotteries, to pension/retirements get stripped under the guise of austerity to re-settle things; it's pretty wash and repeat.
The fat that you cannot find 'financial statements' underscores the very premise of my argument.