Livestream of Consensus 2019 :

https://www.pscp.tv/coindesk/1yoKMEmgVMRKQ

Jameson Lopp is on right now.

Bakkt announces bitcoin futures trading coming July, BTC surges to $7,500

https://medium.com/bakkt-blog/bitcoin-futures-custody-bakkts-differentiated-approach-59b88d6984b5

Kelly Loefler :

“In conjunction with our exchange and clearing partners at ICE, we’ll be working with our customers over the next several weeks to prepare for user acceptance testing (UAT) for futures and custody, which we expect to start in July. "

Juillet donc maintenant.

lol no, why even start a thread like this OP ? What are you trying to sell ?
IOTA and Bitcoin are two very different things.
Bitcoin is the King, IOTA is a pawn.

@Mic

Eden Hazard is going to Real Madrid for about 100 million Euros.

Even though it's not official yet and it will only be announced after the Europa League's final, Eden Hazard will join Real Madrid for about 100 million Euros.

With the Trail Blazer's win in game 7 over Denver, we can now say that no one has predicted the Final Four.
Damn we suck at this.

I knew the name.  

I just thought it was cool that it's called "Behind the Walls".

Those last two are Silver Bitcoins right ?

I also stopped by the Magical Crypto Conference on 18th st. between 6th and 7th avenue.
Same thing, you either had a badge or not.
Apparently, it was lunch time for most of them as they were waiting in line in front of a food truck vendor.
I'm not familiar with any of them so if you recognize any of these guys, please share.
I know some big names were present :
https://www.magicalcryptoconference.com/






If you wanna follow the event, you can go here :
https://www.magicalcryptoconference.com/livestream


I didn't see any Lambo but those Gemini taxis are still here :





Back to my room now, where two huge Captains are watching over me (the billboard is litterally just in front of my window) :

In front of the Hilton :





Consensus is supposed to start tomorrow. I went inside the hotel but didn't see any of the "big shots" of the industry, at least not live.



I asked at the Bell Desk if there was any event opened to the public...well nope, you either have a badge or you don't.
Too bad...

Any idea how this sculpture is called ? It's at the Rockefeller Center.



This one is Atlas carrying the Globe, again at Rockefeller Center.

So I'm in New York today and let me tell you this is not the best day to walk in Manhattan, it hasn't stopped raining since this morning !
Anyway, like I said, I didn't plan on going to any event of the Blockchain week. I don't have much spare time here and I wasn't willing to spend from 300 to $2000 for just one event... I'd rather buy Bitcoin with that money.  

But since it wasn't too far from my hotel I still wanted to check it out.
So I went to the Hilton on 53rd and 6th, the hotel that will host Consensus from Monday to Wednesday.
On my way I made a few stops, the first one being on 47th st, between 6th and 5th avenue, where there are many gold exchanges.
About half of them accept Bitcoin.

50 millions ?
I missed that.
Sell the guy lol !

As Bitcoin Price Keeps Surging, We Examine Potential Catalysts

https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/05/as-bitcoin-price-keeps-surging-we-examine-potential-catalysts/

"-Improving technicals, such as last month's double break out of Bitcoin price upon the "Golden Cross"

-Traders exiting their Tether (USDT) positions and getting into Bitcoin and the major altcoins, especially the office of the New York Attorney General (NYAG) announced that it was investigating Bitfinex and Tether (and the resulting revelation that Tether was only 74% backed by cash and cash equivalents).

-Tether (USDT) managing to maintain its peg to the dollar despite all the drama surrounding Bifinex and Tether (unlike what happened in October 2018, when USDT fell to as low as $0.86).

-The countdown to Bitcoin's next block reward halving event, which is estimated to take place on 23 May 2020.
Bloomberg reporting on May 6 that Fidelity Investments "will buy and sell the world’s most popular digital asset for institutional customers within a few weeks."

-Reports that came out towards the end of last month about two of the biggest brokerages in the U.S., E*Trade Financial and TD Ameritrade, preparing to launch Bitcoin trading on their platforms

-The Wall Street Journal's article (published on May 2) about Facebook's crypto-based payments system.

-Diar Research reporting on May 6 that the "number of transactions on-chain is also just shy of the all-time-high of December 2017."

-The realization by many that "we must be in a bull market" after the attack on Binance on May 7 since it seemingly had no negative impact on the price of Bitcoin.

-U.S. Congressman Bradley Sherman (D-CA) asking his colleagues to introduce "a bill to outlaw cryptocurrency purchases by Americans" being taken as a bullish sign by many fans of crypto, such as Anthony Pompliano (aka "Pomp), who said on May 10 that Congressman Sherman's remarks only served as an ad for crypto and helped to confirm its validity.

-New York City Blockchain Week.

-The Fear of Missing Out (FOMO). "

Oh boy, did I get that one wrong lol.

^
I like Rakitic. I know he's not getting younger but I think he could still be a starter at Barcelona even with deJong's arrival.
I understand he wants to be sure of that but I don't think Inter is a good enough team for him.

It's just that I don't understand the concept of a blockchain week if tickets for every event are gonna cost from $500 to $2000.
You know what, I'm in NYC right now (I didn't want to mention it until I had something interesting to post about it. Not sure that will happen lol). I'm not here for long and I've been looking for something I could attend to but there's no way I'm paying these kinds of prices.
https://www.magicalcryptoconference.com/
https://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2019/register

This should be open to regular folks, not just people from the industry.



I'll probably go to the Hilton Midtown (where Consensus is held from Monday to Wednesday) tomorrow to see if I can take a couple of pics but that's probably all I'll do... and that's a shame.


P.S : not sure everyone understood that the video you posted is from the Magical Crypto Conference in New York.

https://twitter.com/WhalePanda/status/1127242333735591936

Petit rappel, la decision sur l'ETF Bitwise, c'est le 16 mai.
Celle sur l'ETF Vaneck & Solidx, c'est le 21 mai.

Beaucoup pensent qu'il va se passer un truc dans les jours a venir... certains pensent meme que ca se fera pendant la blockchain week qui vient de commencer a New York.

Maybe this is the reason :