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Recent Examples of speculator
Active traders and speculators typically store their Bitcoin on exchanges to capitalize on rapid price movements and execute trades quickly.
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Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
The approval of a dozen spot bitcoin ETFs triggered a flood of institutional capital, transforming what had been a market dominated by retail speculators into one gaining broader acceptance on Wall Street.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
They’re only distinguished by the name on the label and how much money their issuers manage to fleece from individual speculators before the coin’s value inevitably plummets toward zero.
—Jacob Silverman, airmail.news, 1 Feb. 2025
Sure, ordinary speculators can still profit off it, so long as its value remains propped up.
—Maximilian Brichta, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
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Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
The approval of a dozen spot bitcoin ETFs triggered a flood of institutional capital, transforming what had been a market dominated by retail speculators into one gaining broader acceptance on Wall Street.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
They’re only distinguished by the name on the label and how much money their issuers manage to fleece from individual speculators before the coin’s value inevitably plummets toward zero.
—Jacob Silverman, airmail.news, 1 Feb. 2025
Sure, ordinary speculators can still profit off it, so long as its value remains propped up.
—Maximilian Brichta, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speculator
Noun
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Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.—
David E. Sanger,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2022
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Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.—
Eric Stafford,
Car and Driver,
19 Feb. 2021
Noun
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Riley's story began to unravel after an anonymous tipster — revealed in the docuseries to be her old friend, Lisa Berry — reached out to investigative podcast producer Nancy Moscatiello about the alleged scam.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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Mangione was detained in Altoona, Pa. on Dec. 9 after a tipster called the police at a local McDonald's.—
Ben Brachfeld,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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He was injured last year which kept him off the Kentucky Derby Trail, and handicappers and race analysts love this horses talent, but not the far outside draw with the short run to the first turn.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Pro handicapper and bettor Brad Powers points out in his college football newsletter that Notre Dame and Penn State have the best against the spread (ATS) records at 27-11-2 for Notre Dame including 10-straight covers and cashes entering the Orange Bowl, and Penn State 26-14-1 ATS.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Speculator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speculator. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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