@stadus. Yes the win from the Bucks is already on the Clippers full game -7.5 versus OKC hehehe. Kahwi will again not play, but Pat Beverly is back and Paul George destroyed the Falcons with 37 points. I reckon good chance the Clippers will beat -7.5.

@rdbase. I do not know how loved Philip Rivers is, however, the Chargers are sentimental on his retirement and they might be inspired by this.

Those articles on the Chargers and Rivers might also be clickbait hehehehe.

@cryptoaddictchie. However, the Celtics will have a harder game to play 2 days after versus the Clippers and they already lost versus Sacramento. Will they rest some players under load management for this game hehehe? Celtics is +3.5.

I bet on the Bucks -3.5 1st half. Another mistake. I hope my Rockets bet will beat the -6 spread.

I also have the Chiefs. But -3 on the 1st half, however. This is beginning to appear like a mistake hehehe. I should have taken the full game -4 for almost the same odds.

Those quotes' arguments are similar.

It might take longer after all the bitcoins have been mined, however, yes I speculate that Grin will be seen as a replacement for bitcoin for cryptocoin storage and transactions. Grin's monetary policy assures that its security is sustainable.

Also, if Bitmain's success depended only on bitcoin, we should go to the source of success. Bitmain's stock would appear like another speculative investment that is betting on the company, that is betting on the success of bitcoin hehehehehe.

There might be more behind this story. Why would Russian intelligence claim and collect Wex funds randomly?

I have said before that some exchanges might be created for money laundering with the help of criminal organizations. I did not think of intelligence agencies however hehehe.



In late 2018, Russian-based crypto exchange WEX collapsed amidst accusations of money-laundering the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin and other cryptoassets. According to a BBC report published Nov. 15, the Russian FSB intelligence agency may have played a role in misappropriating the lost funds.

WEX was previously known as BTC-e before being shut down in 2017 by international authorities for its alleged involvement in money-laundering activities. Alexander Vinnik, the exchange’s alleged operator, was arrested at the time and accused of laundering more than $4 billion in cryptocurrency since the exchange’s launch in 2011.

According to the BBC report, WEX/BTC-e co-founder Alexey Bilyuchenko says he was forced to hand over information about customer’s digital wallets to members of the FSB in 2018, which the intelligence agency allegedly used to obtain more than $450 million in user funds.

Bilyuchenko reportedly received multiple calls threatening to close the WEX exchange if he did not comply. According to the report, the WEX co-founder was taken to FSB offices in Moscow over the course of three days in April 2018, where he handed over flash drives containing details on accessing exchange user funds.

Bilyuchenko says he was told that WEX client money would be transferred to the “FSB Russia Fund.” Several months after handing over the data, WEX froze customer funds and withdrawals, before completely shutting down in late 2018.

Read in full https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2019/11/russian-intelligence-agency-fsb-linked-to-450-million-in-missing-wex-crypto/

Is $150,000 Tom Lee's longterm price speculation for bitcoin hehehe? I reckon that a 1,670% increase might not be possible anymore. This would require substantial risk and pumping. How much fiat did it take for bitcoin to be on $20,000 and how much more would it take to be on $150,000?



Bitcoin would need to surge past $150,000 per coin to make an exchange-traded fund for the cryptocurrency work, Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder Tom Lee said, according to Bloomberg. Such an advance would mark a roughly 1,670% increase from current levels.

Several firms look to ride the hype behind crypto-coins through related ETFs, but the Securities and Exchange Commission has mostly stifled attempts to form such alternative assets. The $200 billion crypto sector enjoyed a moderate recovery from an early-fall trough, but it still has a way to go to meet demand necessary for an ETF, Lee said.

"The SEC needs to punt the ETF until crypto becomes bigger," Lee reportedly said at conference in Singapore on Friday, adding that "demand for an ETF is monstrous."

Large fund releases can bring in around $13 billion in first-year demand, and the buzz around cryptocurrencies remains healthy, according to Lee. His $150,000 estimate requires a 1,670% gain from bitcoin's current price.

Read in full https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/bitcoin-needs-to-hit-150000-for-etf-possible-tom-lee-2019-11-1028694339

You stop hyping, nothing is brewing. It was only a donation. However, something will begin brewing when bitcoin's rewards for miners will be very small and when they also begin relying on the fees for financial support.

Agreed. However, they also say that Satoshi's wallets hold millions of bitcoins. There will certainly be more 50 bitcoin donations going to Grin's development team hehehehe.

@ePesoInitiative. However, it is a bitcoin replacement. It is a replacement for all cryptocoins that will become insecure when their coin issuances have reached their limit.

Transaction security depends on how much is received by miners in a block. When issuance has reached the limit, I reckon paying high fees for secure transactions will only encourage users to use an altcoin. This will also cause miners to leave because the people that pay them have gone and the issuance in the block as payment for them are gone.

I do not care where you invest your money. I was talking about the articles that make it appear that retirees' investing in bitcoin is always advisable. Those articles are hyping to encourage pumping which will always certainly go on to the dumping.

@Natalim. Your bet might be good. The Rockets might not have Russel Westbrook and House, however, they might beat the -3 1st half spread only with Harden hehe.

He only did because Myles Garrett unnecessarily took down a quarterback, who was having a very bad performance, with a team who has already lost 21 - 7 with no chance on the last seconds of the game.

There was bad intent from Garrett and using Rudolph's helmet to beat him as a reaction is assault.

@sammy007. The risk of investing in Aeon is very high because it is very illiquid. It should be listed to more big exchanges. This is not fud, this is honesty.

@estenity. Bitcoin was pumped similar to an altcoin. It was only dumped similar to an altcoin also. Anyone can speculate on the many different reasons for it, however, the dump after the pump will always occur.

He was not referring to Coinbase the exchange hehehe. He was saying that the donation came from a coinbase transaction. The 50 donation came directly from one of the early generated coins by an early bitcoin miner.

Charlie Lee is hyping this as a Satoshi donation hehe.

I predict that either Ethereum 2.0 will become similar to the bitcoin ETF applications, always delayed or Vitalik and his team will do what Dan Larimer and EOS did, pay the settlement fee to the SEC hehehe.



Heath Tarbert, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, sounded out a warning yesterday over the potential for staked tokens (i.e. the coins that support proof-of-stake blockchain networks) to be classified as securities.

And while the CFTC head has previously said that Ethereum, in its current state, is likely not a security and should be classified as a commodity, things are less clear for the next iteration of Ethereum.

Read in full https://decrypt.co/11432/ethereum-2-0-tokens-could-be-securities-warns-cftc-chairman

@Lucius. Agreed. However, the way articles are written on the topic of bitcoin used to hold retirement funds makes it appear that holding bitcoin is good and advisable. Those retirees might only be gambling with their savings for that one last try.

@gabmen. It would be something to be excited on if Doc Rivers will have Kahwi load management Leonard together with Paul George on the court. Let us wait for injury updates hehehe.

The Steelers are better in defense than the Bills. Why are the sportsbooks giving -3.00 favoring the Browns again versus the Steelers?

This game should be on the poll hehe.