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0 pointsgehwartzen8y ago0 comments

I would be extremely surprised if this was the case. If I found a hoard of gold coins in the basement I would still appreciate their very real monetary value despite not having invested any real time, effort or money into obtaining them.

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guiambros8y ago· 1 in thread

Here's your proof [1] - 250 ETH, or almost $100K. I must say that the kitty in question is pretty cool [2].

You're free to believe in what you want to believe, but to me it's pretty obvious: the $3M that circulated in the CryptoKitties over the last 5 days is real, and certainly not from people laundering money.

You can also hang out with the devs and other hard core users (investors?) on CryptoKitties' Discord channel [3]. Some surreal but fascinating conversations.

ps: to offer a different perspective: I bought a Gen0 cat on Sat for fun; today the cheapest price is 3x. Not sure the future liquidity of the kitty marketplace (particularly if it crashes and burn, like Pokemon Go, which is very likely), but some folks are rushing to it like an ICO boom.

[1] https://twitter.com/nicksdjohnson/status/937596285917548544

[2] https://www.cryptokitties.co/kitty/101

[3] https://discordapp.com/channels/387021283503636500/387024670...

gehwartzenOP8y ago

Thanks for the links. Its not that I necessarily believe its money laundering I just have such a hard time wrapping my head around someone essentially throwing money out the window since ETH can be so easily turned into USD.

I would have the same reaction if I learned someone was trading Apple Stock or other non-cash asset for these kitties.

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