I think the case for income tax in the following years would be that it'd get some increased ease of use but definitely not be killed. It's an integral part of state structures and bitcoin isn't necessarily an enemy of states. Thing is, bitcoin can peacefully co-exist with FIAT money, with each system drawing from the benefits of each other.

Tradingview allows for nice drawing over charts. Community feeds are also useful in getting a sense of the market's sentiment but there are still are some looneys there. People use it to go crazy over rainbow charts sometimes and it's kinds funny.

To be honest, I don't think that this fork is as divisive as some present it to be. Support for 2x has been withdrawn form most of the major parties that initially supported it. It's not going to have an exclusivity over mining hashrate but we might see another token created. Perhaps a short lived one too.

Most certainly sesms fake. There are several videos where people are trying to trick newbies on yourube, but that's also the case with many other things like games and various online communities. People should be cautious when downloading stuff of youtube videos, always seek the original source.

This is in my opinion a good approach. People should discover bitcoin and cruptocurrency on their own if we want them to be immersed in the opportunity. It's hard to force all this info to someone that is unwilling to accept new technology and innovation.

Centralized organizations seek the profit of those financing them and don't really care for the benefit of nations they are financing. EU is a prime example of how this principle works in practice. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-speed_Europe

I don't think the cryptocurrency structure would work for IMF, most of its aspects go against the organization's interests.

This might never happen but it's not a problem. Cryptocurrency can happily co-exist with FIAT as its become evident in recent years. Bitcoin keeps growing thanks to interest from investors that are dealing with large amounts of FIAT. Legitimizing bitcoin withing a state-economy is actually a good way to expand its use cases.

Safe? Not really. There is no such thing as a risk free investment in the crypto world. I would recommend looking into BAT's existing infrastructure as well as upcoming events. BAT is supposed to be integrated into the Brave browser but still the long term usability of the project is not guaranteed. Brave has long legal battles to fight if it becomes successful so you shouldn't give in to mob mentality about BAT. The price movements of it are mostly based on speculation (like most cryptos) other than anything else.

Things are getting tough for people outside of the EU from what it seems. I believe Coinbase's Shift card also continues to offer the card service to US citizens. But aside of BitPay and Shift there aren't many options. Perhap's Uphold's prepaid mastercard could also be an option for those in the US after virtual cards.

First of all, as long as there are users for a decentralized cryptocurrency it can not die. That's even if its monetary value is zero in the market.

Secondly, with all the utility coming out of the now enlarged cryptocurrency economy I think that it is unlikely that it would die.

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Look, just because the price is rising it doens't mean that bitcoin is unstoppable. Bitcoin's price is based on speculation and speculation is no good indication that bitcoin's future is guaranteed. It's going to depend on different things.

This time bitcoin is the big star. No altcoin can match its success in rising in price while always being the champion. Bitcoin came out as a winner from the ICO bubble that's currently on its final days.

Early estimations were projecting that Satoshi had access to 1 million bitcoins. That, of course, doesn't mean that markets are priced taking such information into account. I think that traders completely disregard the notion that someone could be in possession of 1/20 of the asset they own and able to put up on sale however much of it whenever. Satoshi could crash the market down to zero if he indeed had the bitcoins and wanted to but that's not something of a possibility that seems to affect the market sentiment.

This isn't all that helpful. While bitcoin should be a safe heaven from tax, its mere usage shouldn't invoke taxation. If it was treated as assets, where taxation would only exist on profits, it'd be ideal. Taxation on trading and mining is merely going to make it harder for businesses to sprout in the country while still allowing for the cryptocurrency to be used illegally and expanding the black market.

Even back then, bitcoin was on a rising trail showcasing bullish tendencies. I don't see any significant selling pressure or resistance still. Bitcoin has the potential to reach very high in this rally as for two days now we're seeing a price rise of over 10% in every 24 hours.

Unfavorable rates are a whole other topic of discussion. Many providers claiming to have zero fees hide their tariffs in exchange rates that have a diversion from actual live market ones by as much as 5%. I've been warning people about this as a hidden fee trick. Big providers like Wirex do it too.

Honestly, I've stopped paying with my coins because the recent months have been very convincing as to how bitcoin's price has no roof. When a payment in bitcoin is demanded I'll just swipe my actual money out and buy some bitcoin.

Smart contracts are a bit closer to connecting to dynamically checking for functions related to events but they still have a very large gap to fill when it comes to real world events. I don't see how a simple crypto could reward good deeds in a fair way though. The concepts just keep getting more crazy.

Didn't XAPO have FIAT balances? I had never used their card service but I don't  see why they wouldn't allow the card to be used with the FIAT balances.

On a slightly related note, they've started locking accounts without document verification.