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Originally Posted by ToothSayer
You can't really short bitcoin reliably. The bitcoin exchanges that have shorting are likely to go belly up if the bubble crashes, so you have large counterparty risk with a maximum upside of 100%. Not a good trade. You're out of luck for now.
CME and BAKKT futures are perfectly reliable ways to short without counterparty risk, and they're in contango so you get paid a nice premium for shorting. The only issue is you need to put up a lot of margin, but that's not a problem if you're not shorting an irresponsibly large amount.