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> And then next step is to buy a positive news articles and an exchange listing

I can also attest to this happening.



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>Unless you're talking about buying on margin

I can assure you, there was a lot of margin purchases happening.


> this pushes my odds above 50% for the first time.

Time for you to make some money then? :D

https://polymarket.com/event/is-the-room-temp-superconductor...


>Millions of investors do that with no problems.

Err, example please? I'm totally blanking here, not gonna lie.


Additional context here: https://twitter.com/ZuwuTV/status/1437921263394115584

tl;dr It appears the Opensea Head of Product was effectively front-running NFT drops before they hit the homepage, buying ahead of listing and then selling after the pop.


"Because it’s Ken, I buy the stock although will buy more after this article is out and readers read this." - Ok, yes he bought already before and said he would buy more after the article. Well, anyways it is amazing how the stock prize changed since January and since the article.

For context:

Many brokers will guarantee an execution at VWAP. It's a competitive business. The last time I put in such an order, I traded a double-digit percentage of the day's volume and paid 10bp commission (0.10%).


> so... we have Proof of Stake, in various forms.

And which one of those Proof-of-Stake forms are you already heavily invested in?


> I just looked at their investment portfolio via Wikipedia

Go back two spaces.


> You should be on your knees thanking investors

You seem to be doing a pretty good job of this already


More context:

At the time of Facebook's acquisition of Instagram Zynga was trading higher than today (it went downhill from there losing over 80% in a few months). The market cap was $9bn.


> A group of interested buyers

... so, investors.


> and took the remainder and invested it into a pretty strong (IMO) YC startup

Congratulations on becoming an accredited investor.


> I really want to see someone offer some kind of customizable index fund

You and me both! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25552346

(Also, to your point, as someone commented on that thread this does already exist if you have enough money)


> If that seems tautological, you're already bought in.

...bought in to what?


> But the rise is so big that i dont understand what buyers are thinking.

"Hey, internet money / commodities on the rise, buy now, sell for profit, I'm in!" times tens or hundreds of thousands.


>If someone knows where I could get a better deal on funding, equity and terms. I'd love to know!

Not sure what equity they typically take but two other options are http://www.forwardpartners.com/ and http://www.ec1capital.com/

Edit: there's also http://seedcamp.com/ (€75K for 7%)

Edit 2: if you have some UK based Angels in your network you're thinking of approaching for investment, SEIS might help get them involved (which you'd lose if you incorporated in the US).


>>"...and then decide to ignore, buy, invest."

...and then decide to ignore, buy, invest or copy.


> as soon as just a couple of billionaires start to sell their stocks

And buy what, Tulips?

I do have TulipCoin trademarked.


> then give them the promised returns anyhow by using other investor money (very illegal)

Actually, that is normal accepted business in many cases, and not illegal except in specific circumstances.

Classic example is commercial real estate bonds, where they roll over (the new bonds pay the old bond holders).

Or an IPO looks like a Ponzi, but usually isn't.

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