Spencer Bogart of Blockchain Capital says bitcoin is more
like gold in digital form than a currency.
It's generated at your base, much
like Gold in Clash of Clans, and can be used to buy buildings and defences.
Yet a portfolio that held hard assets
like gold in sufficient quantity profited.
Jeff Bezos guards their secret algorithms
like gold in Fort Knox.
Other colors
like the gold in Snoke's clothing and the glowing lightsabers looks excellent.
It's
like gold in the kitchen.
Big food manufacturers guard their recipes
like the gold in Fort Knox, but Wilbur's dogged pursuit of taste - alike versions of his — and our — all - time favorites has paid off in this unique cookbook of scrumptious treats.
Soul on deck shines
like gold in dark times.
Bitcoin is rapidly beginning to look
like gold in usage cases.
Part of the attraction of bitcoin is that it's not a fiat currency: It can't be inflated or «manipulated» by central banks; it's
like gold in its limited, exogenous supply and its deflationary effects.
Like gold in India, exchange - traded products (ETPs) also had a knockout first half.
Goals are
like gold in business.
Substances
like the gold in the iPhone's camera can be reused for new devices or tools.
Not exact matches
Apple wants to end the practice of using mined raw materials
like aluminum and
gold in its products.
/ (Oh no) / I swore I wouldn't tell / But most of you share bars
like you got the bottom bunk
in a two man cell / (A two man cell) / Something's
in the water / (Something's
in the water) / And if I got a brown nose for some
gold then I'd rather be a bum than a motherfuckin» baller.»
Gold as just another commodity should be a scary prospect for its holders,
in that it doesn't get consumed
like oil or soybeans.
Then there are of course those interested
in the
gold mine of health data for more nefarious reasons
like fraud.
It's also relatively stylish, coming
in three colours:
gold, platinum or gun - metal grey, so it's not hideous
like most smart watches.
Outsiders caught a glimpse of that world last month when a secret donor list from the Republican Governors» Association (RGA) was published
in the New York Times, which included some Canadian companies
like TransCanada, Barrick
Gold, and Encana.
B.) Mining bitcoins: Mining bitcoins is
like mining for
gold, except that instead of mining
in a physical geographic location, you mine bitcoins on the online bitcoin network.
Like a struggling actor heading west to Hollywood hoping to strike
gold with his first big role, I was excited to level up
in the industry.
Like the Netherlands, Germany is
in the process of repatriating its
gold from foreign storage locations, including New York and Paris.
Last year we learned that a shocking 64 percent of Paul's $ 2.4 to $ 5.5 million portfolio is tied up
in precious metals
like gold and silver.
In an investment letter on Friday, Healy wrote that he continues to
like the potential of some
gold stocks particularly because they have lagged behind the value of the price of bullion.
Cameron Winklevoss said he views their investment
in bitcoin as a
gold 2.0 - play but also a bet on the technology: «The idea that payments are increasingly going to use a network
like the bitcoin network to move money around the world.»
Another Wonka -
like plan discussed
in the investors meeting includes the Starbucks version of the «golden ticket:» the 10 karat
gold Starbucks for life cards.
You lose confidence
in the dollar and you want to get out of the dollar, at which point you're
like «okay you can pay me
in dollars, but I'm going to buy land, fine art,
gold, silver, that's when velocity accelerates almost of nowhere, and inflation takes off.
Key commodities traded globally such as crude oil,
gold, copper and softs
like wheat are typically priced
in dollars, with liquidity often favor the major exchanges
in New York, London and Chicago as centers of trade.
However, most,
like Ziad Jaber, head of
Gold's Gym
in Canada, acknowledge its net benefit to the fitness industry
in general.
But then you're going to eventually have people close mines, and eventually,
like I said it's going to work its way out
in 2014, 2015,
gold will make a nice bottom and off we'll go again with the assumption of a bull market.
«Back then, with inflation rising, investing
in gold or oil or sulfur commodities looked
like a smart idea.
Tao's design uses tiny
gold antennae embedded
in a purified silk substrate that can be dunked into liquids
like milk or pasted onto eggs or bananas or other foods using the silk's own sticky, glue -
like properties.
In this case, build an actual DIY footpath of dirt and pebbles for visitors to traverse their long journey from Princes» Blvd to your Pot «O Cloud - Based
Gold near parking lot F. Decorate your Lord of the Rings - inspired passage with signs
like «RivenDell Ahead» and «This Way to Swag Baggins.»
My family members
in the business are your traditional type of jewellers, focused on materials
like gold and diamonds.
Lee Shau Kee fled China for Hong Kong before the Communist takeover
in 1948, working
in commodities
like gold and currency exchange before founding Henderson Land Development
in 1973.
In 2009, he decided he wanted to do something more creative, and joined modelling agency Chic Management — which has worked with the
likes of Miranda Kerr — with the goal of being «
like [Hollywood agent] Ari
Gold from «Entourage.»»
«Our concern is that the new set of tariffs will turn to more consumer products not on the list and will now include things
like apparel, home goods, shoes, all of those basic retail goods coming
in from China,
Gold said.
Studies of investment - fraud victims
in particular have shown that more known victims had previously invested
in risky investment instruments
like oil - and - gas options, penny stocks, and
gold coins than the general public had.
It was
like I found a
gold mine a foot below the surface
in my backyard then.
As for the British example at the end of the 19th Century,
in those days currency was part of reserve accumulation, but much if not most reserves were
in the form of
gold or silver, and while Britain had the most important reserve currency, the difference between central bank holdings of sterling and central bank holdings of other
gold - based currencies,
like the franc, were pretty small relative to total trade.
There are five major ways you can gain exposure to the precious metals asset class if you want to own things
like gold or silver
in your investment portfolio.
Le Freeport can not gain access to the vaults once they have been leased to customers, which include art storage services
like Christie's and companies specializing
in handling gems and precious metals, wine, or banks storing
gold bullion.
I'd
like to invest
in gold and sell it when I reach my retirement age.
While
gold has been a great investment and store of value
in the long run, it's not exempt from cycles
like any other asset class.
There will be a top - end «iPhone 5S», looking
like last year's iPhone 5,
in black, white and «champagne» — a cross between
gold and beige — which may include a fingerprint sensor for unlocking, and double - speed video capture.
Some analysts think bitcoin will retain a premium as a security,
like gold,
in the digital world, while other cryptocurrencies are used for commerce.
Silver can do well
in a crisis,
like gold.
There's nothing
like holding a
gold coin
in the palm of your hand.
Some of them speculated
in cryptocurrencies and wanted to allocate part of their gains to a tangible asset
like gold.
Any weakness
in prices and it can feel
like markets are getting ready to plunge right back to $ 13 silver and $ 1,000
gold.