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Blignault Gouws fancies himself blessed for knowing the difference between a dollar note and a cereal box baseball card (“A step forward?”, January 16). But does he also know that were it not for the “shock absorber” that is the rest of the world, a crutch otherwise not required by cryptocurrency, his precious dollar would be worth a cereal box baseball card?
Mpho Tjabane Johannesburg
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LETTER: Bucks and baseball cards
And the rest of the world is a shock absorber
Blignault Gouws fancies himself blessed for knowing the difference between a dollar note and a cereal box baseball card (“A step forward?”, January 16). But does he also know that were it not for the “shock absorber” that is the rest of the world, a crutch otherwise not required by cryptocurrency, his precious dollar would be worth a cereal box baseball card?
Mpho Tjabane
Johannesburg
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an email with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
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