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5641  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2020-03-13] Despite Bitcoin Price Dips, Crypto Is a Safe Haven in the Middle Ea on: March 27, 2020, 01:46:07 AM
@hv_. He might, however, his statement is not wrong. He was reasonable. It is also not similar to the old hype of hodl that maximalists like to use on everyone.
5642  Economy / Speculation / Re: Tone Vays Stands by $4K Bitcoin Price Pre-Halving Prediction on: March 26, 2020, 03:21:07 AM
The title of this thread should be changed to Tone Vays, is he only a Tone or a genius? hehehehe. I am reading the replies and I am laughing loudly. It might be the quarantine hehe.

In any case, I also had a similar comment on a different thread like everyone. It appears that we are the joke.
5643  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: [NEWS] U.S. Regulators Sue Crypto Startup Telegram Over Initial Coin Offering on: March 26, 2020, 02:55:49 AM
News update.

It appears Telegram will lose their case while EOS and some of the other ICOs were only given a slap on the wrist and were only required to pay a fee to the SEC. A gentle reminder, to invest in an ICO, first information to find is who the investors, the founders behind it are and know if they have the political connections to manipulate the SEC.

I reckon EOS might have those political connections. Dan Larimer's financial sponsors might have political connections that might stretch out as far as China.



New York Federal Judge has decided that the SEC will likely be successful in proving that the Grams ICO was an illegal and unregistered sale of securities.

This preliminary injunction is needed in order to prevent Telegram from giving tokens to initial purchasers. That would lead to Grams tokens being traded on crypto exchanges and would be a further violation of securities laws.

The court case is not technically over, but inevitably Telegram is likely to lose. The standard protocol in these ICO cases is that the ICO issuer has to return all investor’s funds and register as a security. That could open up a major can of worms for Telegram if they don’t have all of the $1.7 billion anymore.


Read in full https://cryptoiq.co/federal-court-brings-down-the-hammer-on-the-1-7-billion-telegram-ico/
5644  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2020-03-13] Despite Bitcoin Price Dips, Crypto Is a Safe Haven in the Middle Ea on: March 26, 2020, 02:05:23 AM
If bitcoin was viewed as an insurance policy or a bet that speculates that the present financial and political mechanisms might shutdown, I reckon this view can be used for bitcoin to be a safe haven.



Chart guru and financial analyst Peter Brandt has commented that assets such as gold and Bitcoin should be viewed as catastrophic insurance policies, not as investments.

IMO, precious metals (#GOLD and $BTC) should be viewed as catastrophic insurance policies — not as investments. A premium is paid, hoping the policy is never needed. But if it is needed, the owner is protected against a worst case scenario. https://t.co/JrMhQe0jIF

— Peter Brandt (@PeterLBrandt) March 23, 2020


Read in full https://beincrypto.com/bitcoin-should-be-viewed-as-insurance-not-an-investment-trader/
5645  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2020-03-20] Private Italian Bank Enables Bitcoin Trading To Its 1.2 Million... on: March 26, 2020, 01:13:12 AM
Looks like rushed product/service since most likely they're trying to take advantage of COVID-19, i hope their customer service/support will be helpful (especially to new Bitcoiner) since many company's customer service/support become worse due to COVID-19.

Agreed. The skeptical me is thinking that this might be one of many exit mechanisms created for the wealthy and the dirty money to escape capital controls from their country.

Giving people the power to escape capital controls is a good thing so that when the powerful and elite screw things up and then attempt to force everyone else to pay for it, there is an escape hatch. 

Politicians like to have mandates and controls without thinking of the consequences.  Things like requiring banks to issue loans to non qualified borrowers etc. Cyprus with its disastrous haircuts to accounts about 7 years ago etc.

Agreed, that is good. However, it is not really for the people. It is for the bank's wealthy friends, criminal syndicates and politicians. Everyone should always be skeptical of the banks. They are not there for you. They are part of the mechanism to control you.
5646  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: [NEWS] COVID-19 Hits Ethereum Community Conference, Six People Test Positive on: March 25, 2020, 01:50:32 AM
This is negligence by the organizers. They should've postponed the event prior to the pandemic awareness of the world. It's a global crisis and yet they'd pursued the conference? Who will be blamed if these victims will be added to the mortality rate of this virus?
They can even create an alternative like an online conference which can be attended by those participants. A very bad decision in crisis times like this.

It's hard to blame the organizers, I think it should be the government that will give warning to the people, of implement a law to lock down a place and suspend any forum like this. We will blame the organizers but surely, the organizers will blame the government here.

The organizers do not have an excuse, however. I reckon, before March, other organizers have begun postponing or cancelling their own cryptocoin conferences. This one continued. It was irresponisble.
5647  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: March 25, 2020, 01:26:07 AM
News Alert! Khabib - Ferguson fight's venue is now 99% set Shocked. Wow! What a great news from Dana. With such statement, we can already confirm that their long awaited fight will happen finally. There's nothing, even the virus, could stop it. Though we can't yet clarify the exact setting and/or there's no audience present, I'm still glad because it will happen for sure Smiley.

Source: https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/28944741/khabib-nurmagomedov-tony-ferguson-location-999-set-dana-white-says

I speculate that Dana is doing anything to make this fight a certainty on April 18 not because of Ramadan. It might be to clear the road for Conor. I reckon if winner is Khabib, Conor will challenge. However, if winner is El Cucuy, Conor will fight the loser hehehehe.
5648  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2020-03-23] Bitcoin will continue to be volatile over the next few months on: March 25, 2020, 12:56:47 AM
When did bitcoin stop its volatility in its whole listed history in exchanges? It would be similar for him to say that he will eat breakfast now then go to the bathroom later hehehe.
5649  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2020-03-20] Private Italian Bank Enables Bitcoin Trading To Its 1.2 Million... on: March 25, 2020, 12:32:31 AM
Also, why is there a need to treat this similar to a religion? The bank did not join anything. The bank only enabled trading for their customers. We will never see the bank rally like religious fanatics hehehe.

Good news for bitcoin, however.
5650  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Ethereum in 5 years on: March 24, 2020, 03:41:18 AM
honestly it's hard to predict the next 5 years, friends, it will be easier if in the next 1 year, Ethereum 2.0 should be launched soon, because that's what the community and investors have been waiting for, somehow, whether the price will go up or down, what is certain is the development Ethereum 2.0 will be a beautiful start for the next few years

From the time the OP started this thread, was actually almost 3 years ago come this June. So we are talking about 2 years from now based from the OP's timeline. With the current pandemic that we are experiencing, I don't have idea what will happen to Eth 2.0, but I am sure that the eth development team is working hard on this project. They will not release something that is not useful to many crypto users. So I guess, for the next couple of years, eth is still here and finding ways on how to serve crypto users. Definitely not dead as they have good foundation. Hopefully, Vitalik will launch another groundbreaking concept by that time.

Where is the good foundation, however? Vitalik and his developers created an unscalable platform. That is not a good foundation for the platform that they hyped as the world computer.

I also predict that Vitalik might make the coronavirus as the excuse to delay Eth 2.0 hehehe.
5651  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2020-03-20] Private Italian Bank Enables Bitcoin Trading To Its 1.2 Million... on: March 24, 2020, 02:02:35 AM
Looks like rushed product/service since most likely they're trying to take advantage of COVID-19, i hope their customer service/support will be helpful (especially to new Bitcoiner) since many company's customer service/support become worse due to COVID-19.

Agreed. The skeptical me is thinking that this might be one of many exit mechanisms created for the wealthy and the dirty money to escape capital controls from their country.
5652  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: STEEM will rise again on: March 24, 2020, 01:15:04 AM
Would exchanges list the new Hive tokens that the Steem community supports? Is the Steem community large enough to bring the pressure on exchanges?

I predict that the Hive community will go back to Steem if without support from exchanges because Hive might decline in popularity.

Also, this news.


HIVE blockchain Technologies Ltd., a publicly listed mining firm based in Vancouver, Canada, published a notice Monday saying it has sent a cease-and-desist from its legal representatives to Hive.io, saying the new blockchain is tapping into its investment in building "goodwill" in the industry.

Read in full https://www.coindesk.com/steem-fork-faces-legal-threat-from-mining-firm-over-hive-name
5653  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: [NEWS] COVID-19 Hits Ethereum Community Conference, Six People Test Positive on: March 24, 2020, 12:27:23 AM
You might not have understood the situation that has been occuring for a long time, I reckon hehehe.
Authorities looking for preventive action rushing any possible help to fight with this virus. Yeah its not a cure and its a prevention, I am well aware of the protocol prior to testing vaccines. Perhaps you should read if they werent tested it out or not yet.

He said the drug was found to be effective in clinical trials by two medical organizations in the country. He said the medicine worked for coronavirus-related symptoms including pneumonia and had no obvious side effects.

The director said the tests were conducted in the cities of Wuhan and Shenzhen and involved 240 patients and 80 patients respectively.

He said those who were given the medicine in Shenzhen turned negative for the virus after a median of four days after becoming positive, while it took a median of 11 days for those without the drug.

The trial also found that X-ray photos confirmed improvements in lung conditions in about 91 percent of the patients who were given the medicine. The number stood at 62 percent for those without the drug.

The director said the drug is highly safe and its effect is obvious, and formally recommend the use of the medicine as a way to tackle the virus.

A Chinese firm that has licensed the drug from its Japanese developers got government approval last month to mass-produce the medication.



Also, vaccination is not treatment. Vaccination is prevention by injecting a dormant virus into a healthy body.


A vaccination is a treatment which makes the body stronger against an infection.

The body fights infections using the immune system, which is made up of millions upon millions of cells including T cells and B cells. An important part of the adaptive immune system is that it is much stronger when fighting a disease that it has already fought against before. Vaccination involves showing the immune system something which looks very similar to a particular virus or bacteria, which helps the immune system be stronger when it is fighting against the real infection.


will need testing on the people of 3rd world countries before the companies that created them sell their new vaccine on 1st world countries hehehe.
Its you who said that but from my knowledge I dont think China included on the 3rd world countries. But indeed they  tested already it as the article quoted above explained. The only thing were waiting here is the approval of WHO for that drug, but worse comes to worse would you wait that long if its you who are on those patient situation until WHO approves it? Anyway we have different choice and opinion.


I would argue that we have not yet seen the side effects. They might begin appearing within months or longer. In any case, I will post a news update when people begin complaining.

Also, yes, the vaccine is a treatment to make the body immune from certain diseases, however, it is not a treatment if someone already is suffering from the disease.

I might be wrong because the authorities decided to do a field testing on Chinese patients, however, I am not wrong that pharmaceutical companies have in the past tested experimental drugs and vaccines on 3rd world countries before released as safe on 1st world countries.
5654  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: March 23, 2020, 04:35:05 AM
@7788bitcoin. The reason for this is Ramadan is on April 23. Khabib is muslim. After that date he will not eat tiramisu and no water for 1 month.

The condition of his body after the fast might require 2 months for recovery and more months to train for fighting.
5655  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: [NEWS] COVID-19 Hits Ethereum Community Conference, Six People Test Positive on: March 23, 2020, 04:11:03 AM
However, do you want the untested vaccine experimented first on your family or community as the test guinea pigs? I reckon Japan should test their new vaccine on their own citizens before declaring them safe from damaging side effects.
Imagine if your family is on a stage where the sickness due to covid is dangerous already and he/she are running out of time? As a family member that have a mind to only save your love ones, wouldnt you agree? If some authority and sector says its already proven effective. Not that its only dangerous but in a matter of life and death, the best move is to do anything to make them safe by trying the best thing we can do. I get your point but it will depend on the situation. If its you. I know you cant tell also if the one on the blink of death is your family.

You might not have understood the situation that has been occuring for a long time, I reckon hehehe.

Also, vaccination is not treatment. Vaccination is prevention by injecting a dormant virus into a healthy body. However, the coronavirus is a new strain. The release of this dormant new virus strain to inject on healthy human bodies will need testing on the people of 3rd world countries before the companies that created them sell their new vaccine on 1st world countries hehehe.
5656  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: [XRP] Ripple Speculation on: March 23, 2020, 03:11:24 AM
Ripple Partner MoneyGram Turns to Amazon and Google to Power Faster Payments

“MoneyGram is integrating with the leader in cloud-based applications, AWS, to bring scale to the company’s transaction processing engine. Additionally, MoneyGram is using Google Cloud as its data and analytics engine to better understand customer behavior and deliver a more personalized experience.”

https://dailyhodl.com/2020/03/06/ripple-partner-moneygram-turns-to-amazon-and-google-to-power-faster-payments/

Is Ripple hiding what has occured? They pay financial institutions in XRP to use Ripplenet, however, I reckon all of them might never develop beyond the testing phase after dumping their XRP payments.



MONEYGRAM HAS MADE ‘MILLIONS’ SELLING RIPPLE’S XRP

This activity is proof positive that Ripple Labs seeks to use whatever means necessary to get financial institutions to use its service. It reportedly pays other partner institutions as well. In the case of MoneyGram, such payments are curious, as Ripple Labs already owns a sizable percentage of the company. The arrangement to use RippeNet expires in 2023.

Ripple’s strategy of bringing banking partners into its ecosystem is clearly working, yet the extent to which these institutions actually use RippleNet remains less clear. Few appear to have moved beyond the research phase. The fact that Ripple has had to pay them to actually use it underscores this fact.


Read in full https://bitcoinist.com/moneygram-made-millions-selling-ripple-xrp/
5657  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2020-03-13] Despite Bitcoin Price Dips, Crypto Is a Safe Haven in the Middle Ea on: March 23, 2020, 02:19:12 AM
@stompix. However, most of other cryptocoins have similar qualities as dogecoin to also have similar sets of usages. Are most of these other cryptocoins not shitcoins? What is a shitcoin? I reckon it might be that there is no shitcoin or everything is a shitcoin hehehe.

In any case, the safe haven killed @MustStopMurad's Adaptive Capital.



Crypto hedge fund Adaptive Capital is shutting down, The Block has learned.

In an investor letter reviewed by The Block, Adaptive said that it plans to return remaining capital to its Limited Partners following a steep drop in bitcoin's price during the March 12-13 trading session.


Read in full https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/59343/crypto-hedge-fund-adaptive-capital-is-shutting-down-after-it-took-a-big-hit-during-last-weeks-bitcoin-price-plunge
5658  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: [NEWS] COVID-19 Hits Ethereum Community Conference, Six People Test Positive on: March 22, 2020, 02:51:03 AM

It might be years for a commercially good vaccine that has very minimum side effects. I reckon that the companies that create them would sell the first batches of commercial coronavirus vaccines on 3rd world countries and use their people as the test guinea pigs.
Side effect is the least thing scientist would be prioritized here but fastracking a vaccine should be the goal. There is a vaccine that tested already made by Japan and China recognized its effectivity. Japanese Made vaccines it also state that they got approval from the Government  to have mass production. I just hope the vaccine will be shared and spread around those big fatality countries soon.

However, do you want the untested vaccine experimented first on your family or community as the test guinea pigs? I reckon Japan should test their new vaccine on their own citizens before declaring them safe from damaging side effects.

5659  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2020-03-19] Bitcoin Rallies as Fiat Currencies Drop Against the U.S. Dollar on: March 22, 2020, 01:15:07 AM
To be honest, I'm very surprized by this big drop of British Pound and Australian dollar against USD:



What can be the reason for that? Do people think that the United Kingdom and Australia are going to "print" more money to fight the coronavirus impact on their economies than the America's central bank?

I reckon there is speculation that the American private sector and its supply chains are more equipped and ready to fight the negative economic effects of the coronavirus.

Also, their economy might be more productive in this fight. There will be no toilet paper shortage hehehe.
5660  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: March 21, 2020, 04:05:09 AM
I reckon uncle Dana should cancel everything and organize all of the main events in 1 UFC event after the war versus the coronavirus is finished hehehe.
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