Jesse Powell should fight this in court. However, similar to the other cryptocoin exchanges under the annonyance of the American government, I predict an annoucnement from Kraken telling their users that they will begin leaving US jurisdiction and stop accepting American customers. On March 30, the Department of Justice, Tax Division, filed a petition for leave to serve a “John Doe” summons on Payward Ventures, also known as “Kraken,” requesting account information for all United States taxpayers who held accounts there with the equivalent value of $20,000 or more in cryptocurrency for any one year from 2016 through 2020. In the petition, which is styled In Re Tax Liability of John Does, Docket No. 3:21-cv-02201-JCS in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California , DOJ tax maintains that the “John Doe” summons is needed because it doesn’t know who the account holders are, Kraken does know, and there is reason to believe that Kraken account holders “may fail, or may have failed, to comply with one or more provisions of the internal revenue laws.” In other words, the IRS believes that Kraken account holders have not been accurate reporting and paying taxes on their cryptocurrency, and it is asking the court to order Kraken to turn over their names.Read in full https://www.forbes.com/sites/irswatch/2021/03/31/irs-lawsuit-to-get-crypto-account-holder-information-signals-it-is-time-for-kraken-crypto-account-holders-to-get-taxes-in-order/ |
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It appears Kevin Holland has become the official replacement. Does Marvin Vettori wrestle similar to Derek Brunson? I was with team Brunson, hwoever, Kevin Holland might win this fight if Vettori does not wrestle him hehe. Kevin Holland’s offer to step up and face Marvin Vettori on short notice has been accepted.
First reported by Nolan King after it was revealed on the Team Vettori podcast, Kevin Holland’s management has confirmed that Holland vs. Vettori will headline the April 10 card on ABC. This gives both fighters slightly over one week’s notice to make the proper adjustments, including Holland who just competed two weeks ago.Source https://www.mmanews.com/2021/04/kevin-holland-officially-replaces-darren-till-to-face-marvin-vettori-april-10/ |
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@Karartma1. It will also be good for Chipotle’s image. It appears being bitcoin friendly on 2021 is becoming a good marketing and promotion device to attract more people. This is very similar to 2017 when many businesses also wanted to use the blockchain to appear more modern hehehe.
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@acquafredda @ InvoKing. Agreed! This is why I speculate that the numbers for amount of transactions for Paypal purchases through bitcoin will be low. If Paypal did not know this, they will soon learn. If Paypal knew this already then I reckon they are only using bitcoin friendliness as a device for marketing.
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I was only telling everyone that there is more behind the Oscar awards than judging the winners for their film quality and quality of acting. There now is politics and the manipulation of what the world’s sentiment should be. I reckon if George Floyd was killed and the black lives matter movement begun today, all major awards will be won by a black director, actor, actress and producer for any movie about black oppression.
Of course there is more behind the Oscars than just judging by the quality. Studios spend a lot money on lobbying each year and then their is agenda that Hollywood pushes etc. But even if everything is legit there is no guarantee that film we think is the best would win, as this will always be subjective to some degree. Also, the Oscars for each category are won through votes by the members of the academy. This makes it always open to politics, lobbying and manipulation. Hollywood has also been one of the greatest influencers on which storyline and course the world should follow. I reckon for the next 10 years China will use Hollywood to influence everyone to love and agree with its own storyline. I predict a famous director will create a movie about Mao Tse Tung as a good protagonist hehehehe. |
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@Daltonik. I have always been a skeptic about the elite's acceptance of bitcoin and the cryptospace, however, helping an opensource project find bugs to make the bitcoin ecosystem a more secure place should be given merit. Thank you for this good news!
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I might be the only person who is more excited about winning the free food than winning the bitcoin hehehe. It also appears that bitcoin is becoming as a type of marketing device.
Of course, and pretty effective isn't it?! If they would have said they were giving away $100 000 in fiat it would a normal promotion like a hundred others, they've switched to bitcoin and as you can see, free promotions on every crypto block or so call news site, thousands of tweets. Just as the blockchain naming a few years ago when companies were changing their names to attract buyers for stocks. But one thing, they plan to hold this on the 1st of April? There are like 364 better days to announce a giveaway than this one!  Let us only hope this is not an indicator that bitcoin has reached its all time high already and be will beginning another bear market similar to what occured on 2017 hehehe. The pumps have been weaker and old miners have been dumping according to some analysts. |
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@acquafredda. Those numbers will be low, I reckon. Not much of holders buy with bitcoin. Much of it is speculative holding to sell later at a higher price. Sorry but this is reality.
This might only be larping by Paypal to appear bitcoin friendly because it has become a good marketing device similar to what Tesla and Microstrategy did.
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Darren Till has injured his collar bone and he will not fight on the next event. The article has also mentioned that Kevin Holland wants to be the replacement hehehe. He does not deserve this after the 5 rounds of only talking with Derek Brunson in the octagon. Darren Till has released a statement after being forced to withdraw from his UFC on ABC 2 main event against Marvin Vettori.
Darren Till began the statement by confirming that, as reported, it was a collarbone injury that forced his withdrawal from the fight. He learned that he broke his collarbone while drilling and then began to share his thoughts in the aftermath of the painful turn of events.Source https://www.mmanews.com/2021/03/darren-till-releases-statement-after-withdrawing-from-april-10-card/It also appears that a new storyline has been created for uncle Dana hehe. Even before competing for the vacant title against Charles Oliveira, Michael Chandler believes that a fight with Conor McGregor may serve as his first title defense after he takes care of business at UFC 262.Source https://www.mmanews.com/2021/03/michael-chandler-envisions-first-title-defense-to-be-against-mcgregor/ |
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Chainalysis' main client are government departments as they offer tracking services that can potentially rule out the crime happening with the use of cryptocurrencies, I don't see any private companies availing their services as there is no need for them to do so. Regarding if Chainalysis have any close competitors with what they are doing I don't recall any name competing against them so they are literally the only ones who stand out in this Blockchain tracking industry, however I think for a main competitor to rival Chainalysis in this industry I see the biggest opportunity for them is to discover a way on how to track Monero related transactions which I think the US government particularly the IRS have provided a reward for people on cracking Monero's system. If they simply did this first then I think it will pave them the way to overtake Chainalysis.
I reckon there were claims that Monero’s anonymity and privacy were cracked, however, none has shown proof of this. I reckon the American government would be more effective to use the reward money to pay internet trolls to spread fear, uncertainty, doubt to discourage the people from using Monero hehehehe. |
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I might be the only person who is more excited about winning the free food than winning the bitcoin hehehe. It also appears that bitcoin is becoming as a type of marketing device. Might it be an indicator that we are nearing all time high?
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I would change my skepticsm of Paypal’s adoption of bitcoin if it begins allowing cryptocoin withdrawals from their site. What Paypal only did is create crypto gamblers of their users. This is my opinion only. Also, I hope Paypal releases the data on how many of their users really pay with bitcoin.
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@Bttzed03. Dana mentioned that the next challenger to fight Ngannou would be the Black Beast. The result might only be similar as Ngannou versus Rozenstruik, however hehehe. Dana should show Jon Jones the money hehe.
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@ene1980. It appears uncle Dana does not want to negotiate with Jon Jones on Francis Ngannou’s next fight. I speculate that Jones might be asking for a similar amount of payment as Conor McGregor hehehe. Jon will not get this for more money than what is being given after he destroyed his own reputation. It doesn’t appear that the negotiations between Jon Jones & the UFC are going very well.
Following Francis Ngannou‘s victory over Stipe Miocic to become the new UFC champion, Jon Jones immediately reiterated that he would be more than happy to step up and be Ngannou’s first challenger on the condition that he is paid more money. After clashing heads with UFC President Dana White about the reason for his request for more money, Jones ended his tweeting spree with some parting optimism. He stated that the UFC would present him with a proposal this week and that he was trying to give the UFC some benefit of the doubt as he awaited reception of the offer:
“I am going to try to remain faithful. There’s still time for the UFC to do the right thing. I am supposed to be seeing a fight proposal next week. Fingers are crossed. This is an opportunity of a lifetime for everyone involved,” the tweet reads.
One could only assume that Jon Jones has already received the offer one day later or, at the very least, had some other unproductive dialogue with the promotion. Otherwise, the following, since-deleted tweets released Monday came unprovoked and out of nowhere:
The tweets collectively read as follows:
“Please just cut me already. You would rather have me around and treat me like shit. I swear the UFC industry has been nothing but depressing for me. I feel like my wings are being clipped. Just fucking let me go. What type of weird shit is this, obviously the boss hates me. Let me take my business elsewhere.”
It does not take a literary criticism panel to sense the peak degree of frustration found in the tone and bare content of Jones’s tweets. The question is whether or not the tweets signify both the beginning and end of his negotiations to fight Francis Ngannou or if this was just a new wave of venting without any new developments or dialogue.Source https://www.mmanews.com/2021/03/jon-jones-pleads-to-be-released-from-his-ufc-contract/ |
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https://decrypt.co/63170/visa-completes-first-cryptocurrency-transaction-on-ethereum"VISA Completes First Cryptocurrency Transaction on Ethereum Visa has announced that it will allow transactions to be settled using the cryptocurrency stablecoin USD Coin. In brief Visa has announced support for USD Coin to be used to settle transactions on its payments network. The announcement is part of a wider pivot to the crypto industry for the payments giant." This is very good news for Ethereum holders. However, I speculate that this might only be another news similar to Ripple’s partnerships with banks that were really not partnerships but only experiments on the platform by someone in the bank’s cyber department. Also, who uses USDC and where are they accepted? |
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It has been proven that 80% of BSC transactions are FAKE. They just present the network as popular to bring people to it.
BSC is centralized shit, and should be avoided for any serious stuff
Fake or not, those transactions have proven that Binance Smart Chain can process more transactions and can maintain lower fees than Ethereum. Agreed that it is centralized, however, that is not my argument. I am arguing that BSC might be the Ethereum killer. |
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The 49ers might not trade Jimmy Garoppolo because they might not get Deshaun Watson after his lawsuits.
@morvillz7z. 49ers might pick someone like Justin Fields and if Garoppolo gets injured again and put Fields, they might discover their own Deshaun Watson hehehe.
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@eaLiTy. I do not trust Dana on dowplaying Jon Jones to fight Francis Ngannou. The skeptical me thinks this is the only superfight in his mind and he is beginning to look where he can put organize this in a full stadium hehe. Also, Bones Jones is ready hehehehe.  |
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I speculate that if Ethereum, Tron, EOS and other older platforms for smart contracts begin to lose the developers’ trust, the developers might begin to use newer platforms with the marketing dollars and the backing of an exchange like Binance Smart Chain and maybe also Solana. Effect Network, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that connects companies to the global workforce, will be switching its development from the EOS blockchain to the Binance Smart Chain (BSC).
Effect Network CEO Chris Dawe explained the move to BSC is due to his confidence in the long-term vision of the Binance ecosystem.
“Look at what the Binance organization has accomplished in only the last three years. It is a testament of dedication, hard work but above all its laser-focused vision. The amount of products and services our clients and workforce can tap into with the Binance ecosystem are amazing and will help accelerate the growth of the Effect Network like never before,” said Dawe.Source https://www.coindesk.com/effect-network-abandons-eos-binance-smart-chain |
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This is a very interesting one: Bobby lee is not some stupid commentator but someone who predicted earlier than other the huge institutional boost before others did? What do you guys think about his take on a possible forthcoming crypto winter? Is that likely?
I like his optimistic predictions regrading $300k this summer, but I disagree with the following “It could go down by quite a bit and that’s when the bubble bursts. In the bitcoin crypto industry, we call it ‘bitcoin winter’ and it can last from two to three years.” I think all processes around the world are accelerating exponentially these days ( of course I mean social processes, not biological ones). So I predict not more than a year for that 'Bitcoin Winter', and then we are reaching a new ATH. That's what I think. I am very skeptical. It would take more institutional investors to pump bitcoin to $300k and it would also take those institutional investors to hold bitcoin after the bubble bursts. However, I predict that it will be those institutional investors who bursts the bubble and it will also be some of them that causes a 3 year bitcoin winter because of short selling. |
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