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![stoolpresidente Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::43775786.png) Dave Portnoy [@stoolpresidente](/creator/twitter/stoolpresidente) on x 3.8M followers
Created: 2025-04-03 15:10:38 UTC

I have a dumb bitcoin/crypto question.  If the point of Bitcoin is to be independent of the US Dollar and non regulated why does it basically trade exactly like the Us stock market nowadays? Market up bitcoin up.   Market down bitcoin down.


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