You missed the opportunity to buy when bitcoin dip to as low as $1800 a few weeks ago and now is has recovered to $2500. But just like what I advise others, if you have to money to buy, then go get bitcoin because the chance of it increasing is very likely. And also you should invest what you can afford to lose. So at least you mitigate your risk when things went up downhill. You can also buy just a small portion and try to observe the market trend. So in case their is a dip, it will not be a big loss for you. Goodluck mate. It is still your decision to buy or wait.

The police haven't release any video's yet. Just clippings from the CCTV of Resorts World. It was said that he was yelling that he was ISIS before firing but the police haven't verified it yet. Looks like President Duterte has visited the wake of some of the victims specially 2 who is still unclaimed. The wake of the most of the victims is also near my place, and tonight when I was about to go home, roads were closed and re-routed and a lot of police around. Didn't bother to look though as security is very tight and a lot of media as well. Travel bans coming from USA and Australia if I'm not mistaken was already release in the Philippines. This will put the country in bad light again, damn frustrating and disappointed as Filipino.

First, we can't really predict the path of bitcoin price. But for me the price is strong and most likely to go up in the next couple of weeks.

You should have bought btc's when the price dip at around $1800-$1900 last week. But since the price is slowly moving upward now to $2300-$2400, so I doubt it will go down to sub $2000 again. If you can afford to buy it now then I suggest get some small portion of it and see how the trend moves. Just remember that invest on what you can afford to lose so that at least you can mitigate your risk. Goodluck to you.

I think as far back as 2014, Japan has been studying about embracing bitcoin and making it legal to their country. I think the Mt. Gox incident has took them a back in their decision. And just last April they finally make it a legal tender. I think more liberal country will follow what Japan did, but it will probably takes years though because they really need to analyze every aspect of it, specially the financial impact it can bring to their nation. We just have to see what Australia impact as well on the ecosystem come July 1. We may see a new price surge as what Japan bring to the market when they legalized it. Japan has already started a tsunami, we will just have to wait and see if other country will follow it up.

Hey thanks for reminding me. Yeah this is not the first for Kevin Durant thanks again.  

I think he did very solid in Game 1. I was quite surprise to see him guarding Lebron James and he really makes its hard for Lebron to score. He defended every possession and there is one particular instance were he challenged Lebron all the way to the basket making James missed a lay up. He is the main difference for Golden State now and their chances of going 2-0 is really looking good. Its kinda exciting to see Game 1 but got a little boring because of the blow out win. Good win for Golden State.

I see more and more news coming from market analyst specially from CNBC. Looks like they are interested now on bitcoin and having this news in the mainstream will put bitcoin market in the front for most investors. But nothing really new though for us to see, the reason he just pointed out has been with us for the last month or so. But still, bitcoin has not captured some mainstream media and this could be very positive for the bitcoin market ecosystem and I hope new investors will put additional cash flow to the already booming bitcoin ecosystem.

This. You know I have been in RW Manila many many times back in my height of my addiction to gambling. I told you I was a silver member of this club. And security in there was pretty tight. From the moment you enter, dog sniffing, bomb-squad, 2 camera's before you can enter the parking space. So I don't know how this madmen was able to enter the premises without security noticing something is not right. So for God's sake, I don't what the security was doing to prevent this tragedy. I blame it all on the security, for fucking this one. RW Manila was put into a bad light and the Philippines for the matter. And I'm so sorry for those who have lost their lives. RW Manila has already losing their customers because of COD (City of Dreams) and Solaire casino and now this incident might added another 25% lost of customers. Too bad for them.

You will not see a member sharing how many bitcoin investment he/she has that's why you don't see it much discuss in our community for security purpose.

For business/online services, I think there are few I saw that is putting business and accepting bitcoin payment. You go try explore marketplace thread. Personally, I have a offline business and I just used bitcoin as additional cashflow. If I needed a new capital I just withdraw my bitcoin and convert it to fiat then put the money in my offline business.

Exactly. They know that there will be a "panic withdrawing" and control such activity, they have to put a limit so that big whales can't moved their money as fast as they want. And they have probably anticipated this kind of scenario that why they have put it. The question is after withdrawing, where would the big whales put their money to? Are they going to put in back then try to manipulate the price of bitcoin again? Or are they going to put and pump alt-coin instead? We need to keep a close eye on them as we all know how Chinese before manipulated the price and the trading volumes of bitcoin market.

I just saw it in the news today. Friendly fire which killed 11 soldiers and wounding several. This is not the first time though that a friendlies kills its own soldier. Just a little frustrated and felt pity for those soldiers who have died. This is very unfortunate indeed and I think an inquiry is being made, investigations rolling out to find the root cause so that this kind of accident can be prevented in the future.

And regarding the shooting at Resort World Manila (damn I miss going to RW I used to play their everyday. I have a  silver card at RW ) reports are still sketchy. We still don't know who is behind the shooting.

I still really don't know what will the future of bitcoin be after August 1. So it can go either way, price go high/low. So the only option left for me is to hold on my bitcoin and see how it goes. I need to see things crystal clear before making my own decision.

And regarding ETH, the price is strong right now, breaking $200 which for me, a sign that ETH has indeed challenging bitcoin ecosystem. Seeing ICO's now having ETH as option for investments, I think it has a chance to take the no. 1 spot from bitcoin in terms of the marketcap. IMHO, if things didn't clear up after Aug 1.

Just go to Altcoin Section (Speculation) as pointed out. But you have to filter out a lot of information because some of them are purely FUD and it is still up to you to make the final decision. You can also visit the Press Release thread. You will also find a lot of valuable information in there. You may also want yourself to get familiarize with this website: http://www.coinmarketcap.com. This website is very informative and it gives you a lot of information regarding trading. O course there is always our friend, the big "G" to help you out. Goodluck in your journey in the trading world.

LOL. I totally agree with you. What united society are we talking about here? The general public? Who gives a damn about them. You own your bitcoin. As stompix has pointed out, there is no we. The moment you sell your bitcoin with lower price, its already loss for you ~$103.25. It will not benefit anyone. It might even go back to the trading platform as profit for all we care. So next time just think "buy low and sell high" and don't think about a "united society" its just dumb mate.  

Are you talking about bank to bank wire transfer? Dude this is a bitcointalk forum. We send and received using bitcoin/blockchain technology that's it and most of us hated banks anyways  . But for the sake of helping you out, you just need to visit your local bank and ask for help about wire transfer. Just remember that you need the basic info like below to make a successful wire transfer.

1.Account holder name and full address.
2.Account number.
3.Branch number and full address.
4.Swift Code

Hope this helps and goodluck.

Here's my thoughts on the first half of the year for bitcoin. It has proven time and again that it can rise to the occasion. Start of the year was very rough, then the COIN ETF was reviewed pushing the price to a ATH, however, it was denied plunging in to sub $1000 and its so frustrated seeing the price go to 3 figure. However, Japan came into the scene like crazy, buying and trading of bitcoin then became active again, pushing the price of it to a new ATH. Well I became optimistic again, but last week the bubble has been burst and dumping start but it was short lived. Now the price is $2400 which is a good sign for all of us. Maybe the price can go $3000-$5000 at the end of the year.

I don't know if you are aware that there was a sudden dump last week that plunges the price to at low as $1800. But since then it was recovered with a price of $2300. So you see, the price of bitcoin is unpredictable. I think we should first target a realistic price here, which is $3000. It could be hit this year, or maybe in the next couple of months. I'm very optimistic that we can touch that price easily because the trend looks like going upward now. If we don't have any negative news that will impact the price, then $3000 can hit. So maybe before the end of the year we can see $4000.

I still have stocks, both in paper and paperless (deposited to a broker). But I haven't trade it all along since I started to be involved in bitcoin. Its just sitting there, although I always checked the price everyday just to be updated but the idea of it selling that does cross my mind yet. But for me, it looks like the latest trend is really on crypto trading. I also profited much this year because of its volatility and we are just in the first half of the year. Truly, crypto trading is very profitable for most of us.

I don't know where to start. But since you are from Mindanao, do you think that Maute group can be successful and the island be like Syria? Do you think that Duterte will allow that to happen? or any President of the Philippines for that matter?

Personally, this is far fetched, Mindanao has been a safe haven for terrorist, I agree with that. Its not only Maute that control Mindanao, there are MILF, MNLF and other group as well. But to overrun the whole Mindanao island, it will take the whole terrorist network to merge into one "super terrorist" group. Call them whatever you want. But I don't think this will happen simple because they have their own ideology, beliefs and principles. Even though they are all Muslims they are still conflicting with each other. And in worst case, even if they all merge, I don't think someone from the Palace will want this to happen. By all means, they will crush this, because who would like Mindanao to be the new Syria? Would you? I know your concerns because I'm a Filipino as well but the idea of Mindanao going to be the new Syria is baseless and will not happen. IMHO.

Exactly. Just what I thought is putting a tighter regulations around bitcoin and its Indian exchangers, let them comply with the Indian Central bank law regarding KYC and AML. As I have said, bitcoin is already a global phenomena and its hard to completely shut it down by any nation. Regulations could be the solution. And as far as illegal activities, bitcoin has nothing to do with it, criminals will always found a exploit and will used it to their advantage similar to what fiat is. Some terrorists used NGO's and other trust funds as front to get and transfer money from their organizations.

Correct, people thought that if you have a account in a China trading platform and let say in US, and try to do a arbitrage, you will just withdraw from one trading platform and sell it to the other. Its not just like that. You have to put into account the fee's and how fast you can withdraw it. And as far as having multiple accounts for trading, yes, I have 3 accounts that I managed right now and so far I don't encounter issues on my end. Although I just have to stay late my time to trade or buy coins that I like.