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2801  Economy / Economics / Re: The Downfall of TSLA on: May 27, 2021, 12:55:10 PM
The fact TSLA is valued more then all the auto manufactures combined is absurd. You're naive to think big auto is just going to sit on the sidelines. Big auto has the infrastructure and production lines to mass produce fully electric vehicles for a fraction of the cost of a TSLA, something TSLA will never be able do. Ford is already leading the charge with the F-150 Lightning and converting old factories into fully electric vehicle production plants. TSLA is just as overhyped as Elon Musk.

Tesla has immense future potential. With fossil fuel reserves are depleting fast and the price is becoming unreasonably high for the car owners, Electric cars are the answer to all these problems. Tesla has not yet started marketing or selling their cars to every country in the world. But a time will come when Tesla will try to penetrate the majority of the countries with their electric cars.

I believe that Tesla stock is still undervalued considering the future potential it has. This downfall is temporary just like bitcoin.
2802  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Jobs at Apple: Business Development Manager – Alternative Payments on: May 27, 2021, 11:27:19 AM
Apple is a visionary company and quite progressive as well. So I wouldn't be surprised if cryptocurrency payment options starts appearing in Apple pay. But even if Apple adopts cryptocurrency, that will be very limited to a certain number of countries like USA, UK, Germany, Japan etc. Where the governments have favorable legal structures for cryptocurrencies.

Good to see that corporates like Apple showing interest in cryptocurrencies as a payment method but not as an investment, considering a plie of cash Apple is currently sitting onto!
2803  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: Any SHIB (Shiba Inu) casinos out there? on: May 26, 2021, 05:10:43 PM
Hi!

Does anyone here know about any Shiba Inu casinos and/or sports betting sites?
Yeah, it's called binance.com

Ohh! Lovely answer! Indeed this coin is a joke and inly gamblers are making money here! No real world deal, just simple and smart marketing around it.

Anyway, coming back to main question. I see someone suggested bc.game but I don't see this coin is accepted there. I don't see any other casinos who accept Shiba Inu coin. Probably it's too early for the casino owners to decide. They wouldn't invest a lot to accept new coins unless they see serious value addition from this meme coin.
2804  Economy / Economics / Re: The Central Digital currencies will make monetary policy more difficult on: May 26, 2021, 11:58:41 AM
When a crisis arrives, central banks usually say that they will do whatever it takes to solve it, which usually means ridiculous amounts of money being printed a large amount of debt being bought. The traditional banking system "multiplies" the effect as a result of the fiduciary system (you can lend more than you have).

With the new digital central currencies such as yuan, euro, dollar,... anyone could potentially hold an account on a central bank skipping the intermediaries. I think that this will have a negative effect on the ability to cope with further crisis by monetary policies. The risk should not be ignored.

Let's not get confused about a digital currency. A digital currency is a digital representation of a physical currency which can be transacted through an intermediary like banks. Everything else will remain same as fiat currency. The way you operate your online banking today, the digital currencies will be operated in a Similar manner. So make no mistake thinking that banks will loose its control over it.

No central bank would risk such a proposition which would eliminate the need of a banking intermediary. So digital money will be printed digitally whenever the need arise. There will be literally no difference in fiat and government issued digital currency.
2805  Economy / Speculation / Re: Is the Bitcoin crash an opportunity to enter the market? on: May 26, 2021, 05:01:23 AM
Supporters believe that investors believe that Bitcoin is an effective tool for hedging inflation in the context of global central bank releases. Opponents believe that investors are chasing Bitcoin too fiercely, and a speculative bubble may have formed. Do you think Bitcoin crash is an opportunity to enter the market?

Indeed it is! But it all depends on an individuals risk taking appetite. There were people back in 2017, who though 20k was too expensive for them to get into bitcoin market as they though the price is going to drop soon and never come back. Now in 2021, the price is standing at 39k and we are considering it as a crash. Now think how much money they could earn if they got into bitcoin at 20k level. It's all about time. Now they can't get into bitcoin at 20k. The opportunity is gone!

From the past trend, bitcoin has a cycle of 5 years where it reaches its peak and then come down to a certain level and then go back up. This is what is happening if you look at the chart of bitcoin carefully. So for me, it is indeed a good opportunity to buy into bitcoin now.
2806  Local / India / Re: Guide on crypto ban/prohibition in India so far - Only facts and press releases on: May 25, 2021, 04:50:32 PM
Goid collection of press releases. I suggest you to keep the same thread updated with correct timelines in case any significant update is received from MoS or any other reliable sources. So that this thread works as a ready reference for all concerned about this matter.

It seems Indian government is not a banning spree. They are now even considering banning facebook and Twitter if the government directive of appointing a compliance officer. So I personally don't see any hope for cryptocurrency in India.
2807  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Goldxbtc.com fake gambling website.. on: May 25, 2021, 02:39:22 PM
Ever wonder if that fellow is capable enough to make someone a winner, wouldn't he ask his distant relatives to try this trick and make money out of it? So whenever you see such kind of offers in the internet, stay out of that!

There is one simple rule, if someone has found a way to make a lot of money and he wants to sell that method to others, it's a clear scam! No one will be interested in letting others know his secret of fortune, even if against a monetary benefit. Good catch!
2808  Economy / Economics / Re: Is Bitcoin Naturally Defined By 4 Year Boom And Bust Cycles on: May 25, 2021, 10:20:17 AM
Most probably yes! I mean that's what the trend is currently showing us! After 2017's dream run, bitcoin crashed to 3k level in 2018 and then after 3 years, we crossed 60k level. So if we do the trend analysis, that's the exact picture we will see!

But I doubt bitcoin will ever reach to 3k level again. As the ATH is increasing its limit, the bottom should also increase its position. So it's safe to assume that the next ATH will be even bigger than 60k and most likely to happen around 2025.
2809  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: I don't care what Saylor or Musk say anymore, I'm becoming a BTC individualist! on: May 25, 2021, 07:43:26 AM
Congratulations on the realization l. I would say you have taken right approach towards bitcoin. Corporates and governments will always try to manipulate the crypto market because it goes against their own ideology of finances. So holding onto your own beliefs is necessary and hopefully that will reward you in near future.

Personally I didn't sell any of my bitcoins during this turbulent time. Holding onto each one of them with the same hope as yours!
2810  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Domino's franchise offering salary to employees in bitcoin!! on: May 24, 2021, 03:50:54 PM
It's good to see the positively around bitcoin in this turbulent time. I doubt if anyone would actually go ahead and accept this offer though unless he/she has a super risk taking appetite. Salary is something, that takes care of your bills and regular expenses. Gambling with salary might land people in troubled waters.

But what impactful is that the willingness of the company here. No matter how many employees would like to gamble but the opportunity matters.
2811  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin: Humanity's last frontier of Privacy on: May 24, 2021, 11:53:47 AM
It won't last long because we are slowly losing our freedom online with the Internet being monitored by our ISPs, it's only a matter of time before the government takes a look at what we do online through the ISP.

That's kind if true! As the web technologies are getting evolved with new analytics tools are getting introduced, we wouldn't have much freedom left in few years from now. But it shouldn't affect the legal users of cryptocurrency. Rather such kind surveillance techniques should wreak havoc on the scammers and fraudsters who are using cryptocurrencies for illegal means.

While I personally don't want to loose the last bit of privacy we are left with. At the same time, I also want to end the use of cryptocurrency for illegal activities. Difficult but not impossible!
2812  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Bet365 just achieved a big milestone. on: May 24, 2021, 10:41:24 AM
Well, that's a great shift in the market of gambling related businesses. While the physical casinos are out of operations, the online casinos are hitting the bulls eye. The result is evident and clear as day light.

Bet365 is an old and reputable name in the online gambling market. But unfortunately they don't operate in cryptocurrencies. If they start operating in cryptos, many small crypto casinos will have to declare themselves bankrupt.
2813  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: More China Craziness - "Cracking done on mining" on: May 24, 2021, 06:33:57 AM
I am glad that these are happening. If we have high dependency on China for anything, that doesn't ends well. Either Chinese government will pass a law to ban that activity or will just confiscate the equipment. I am glad that Chinese government is at least giving a warning here and a safe passage to move out of the country.

I believe many large scale miners will move out of China to continue with their operations. Slowly the dependency on China will end. That should have happened earlier. So the impact we are seeing now, is temporary. Hopefully we will be back on track by the end of the year.
2814  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Sextortion - more than 4000 BTC cashed on: May 23, 2021, 03:09:10 PM
A sextortion victim received a mail to pay $1000 in bitcoin within 48h to address 1GYNGZLEUGkkQjHo19dHDnGE87WsAiGLLB otherwise, a captured intimate video of the victim is sent to all his email contacts. Can the extortionist be tracked down with only knowledge of the Bitcoin address? In this case the wanted person doesn't seem to be the brightest candle on the cake.

A free short analysis with our "Bitcoin privacy check" tool already shows the connection to a Binance client:. For less than $100 a report is available from forensicsone showing that the address sent funds to a binance deposit address.

But the amazing thing is that despite the naive approach, the extortionist was able to collect many millions of $ (more than 4,000 BTC) from thousands of people, even though Binance already demands KYC at 2 BTC and there were hundreds of criminal complaints at the police.

I conclude that our police simply do not have enough experts to follow up on something like this.

It's extremely difficult to track the owner of a particular wallet. Even though it's not impossible. This difficulty in tracing can be amplified through the use of bitcoin mixers. That's the reason why cyber criminals around the world uses cryptocurrency only. Take example from the recent attack on an American pipeline.

There are many ways to cash out such illegally obtained bitcoins. They can use bitcoin mixers to hide the trail of bitcoins and the sell off in any p2p marketplaces. Bot all p2p marketplaces require kyc until you reach a certain volume. There are darknet markets are well. It's unfortunate that bitcoin is actually empowering these miscreants.
2815  Economy / Speculation / Re: 90 Whales with 10,000 btc - Bullish on: May 23, 2021, 02:24:41 PM
That's definitely bullish! Also if we have seen the previous trend starting from 2017 bullish cycle, this dip is probably a great opportunity to make big money out of the crypto market. The next ATH can be safely assumed as 100k.

After ATH, every market goes through a correction and that's what is happening in crypto market right now. Once the correction will find a solid ground, the market will be back to bullish mode. Possibly is a cycle of around 3 - 4 years. Selling out is not an option.
2816  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What Happens After Widespread Crackdowns and Bans? on: May 21, 2021, 05:57:33 PM
Governments around the world is finding it difficult to control cryptocurrencies. Especially in third world countries where the population is high and the tendency of tax evasion is also high. So they are trying to discourage their citizens from cryptocurrencies. Even in my country, the banks have announced that they wouldn't be providing any services to the crypto exchanges. Their withdrawals suspended and payment gateways are not processing their payments.

I believe p2p market will start flourishing in this situation. But there's no going back for sure! When there is a will, there is a way!
2817  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Which coin I start mining on: May 21, 2021, 03:39:03 PM
Which coin i start mining, is it profitable, my budget is only 1000$.
I just want to take a start.   

With your budget, I would suggest you to start mining with ETH. Because you won't be a able to afford an ASIC  but you can definitely buy two graphics cards (I am calculation in my local currency). Once the cards are ready, connect them with Nicehash miner and the miner itself will tell you the most profitable coin based on your configuration.

If you don't want to spend money on graphics cards, then start with Monero using your computer's CPU power. The demand of privacy coins will skyrocket in future.
2818  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Would you transfer 700BTC back in their hands? on: May 21, 2021, 01:38:36 PM
I would definitely return them but will deduct the transaction fees from the balance amount to ensure I am not financially affected. Money is a very strange thing. If you don't earn it, it will never stay with you. So I prefer an honest earning instead of getting rich overnight. So return is the only option I will choose.

BlockFi needs to seriously investigate this matter why it has happened. It's a big mistake which might affect the company as well as its depositors very badly.
2819  Economy / Economics / Re: Bitcoin - Medium of Exchange Vs Store of Value? on: May 21, 2021, 09:31:09 AM
A little Google search will land you to hundreds of articles in this topic so I wouldn't point out to a single one. Now if you are asking from Bitcoin's perspective, it can be both.

Like fiat money, it serves as a medium of exchange as well as store of value and also as an unit for accounting. Bitcoin can also serve the same purpose. It depends on a individual how they want to use it.

Since the value of bitcoin is fluctuative in nature, a majority of its users prefer to hold it as a store of value from an speculation perspective. But when it comes to serve purposes, it can be anything. Defining a single purpose is not possible!
2820  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Wells Fargo: US Bank changes its mind about Bitcoin on: May 20, 2021, 06:02:31 PM
Lol! Its' good that global banks like Wells Fargo has understood the impact of cryptocurrencies and also understood that if they don't go with the flow, it wouldn't take long before they become extinct. So they are just testing the water before finally jumping into. That's why they have chosen WHNI clients who has bigger risk appetite to survive frequent fluctuations in the market. Once they are satisfied, then Wells Fargo can start offering their investment postpositions to the retail client.

Is anyone really interested in what banks think about crypto?

I believe yes! Because Banking lobby is the strongest contender of bitcoin in the financial market. Banking lobby is the major reason why bitcoin is not legalized in many countries. So it's a great sight to see when a competitor tries to make adjustments in their portfolio seeing your success. So yes, people are interest!
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