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No, you should pick numbers on a daily average with an indication of the daily variation on the value if you want to be fair, not at a precise instant, because Bitcoin can have as much as 30% variation in a given day, so I too can make up numbers out of thin air by picking up a very biased time during the day.



It ended the day at $582 [1].

> because Bitcoin can have as much as 30% variation in a given day

Hence, "pretty fucked up".

[1] https://coinbase.com/charts


30% is either "f+++ed up" or a massive opportunity for daily trading, depending on your point of view. I see it rather as the second.




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