Not a Bitpay user. However, I was surprised to here that their ATM withdrawal feature has been disabled without official notification from them. No entries in their official blog: https://blog.bitpay.com/

I guess the best option for now is to read them thru their twitter account and ask for clarification, https://twitter.com/bitpay?lang=en. Twitter is a good 'weapon', used it.  

It's been fluctuating at the $49xx-$5xxx. It could be that there are still who day trade but obviously, they are being out numbered now by a lot of buyers that's why the price keeps going on a ride.

So don't be surprised by the movements. I guess we can call it normal at point. The good thing is that we are not slipping more than we expected.

I wouldn't call it a bear trap either. All signals point that this could be a bull run and that the price could eventually settled around $6k-$65xx sound.

Right, I'm under the impression that investors never really left and go to other form of investments. They are just waiting from the outside and wanted to come back if the market conditions improved.

And at the start of this month, the price shoots up, and then the FOMO started to come back because the price is still cheap at of the moment and everyone is scalping come back before the price goes into the $6k. So let's see how it pans out, I'm also expecting $6k at the end of the week, but $5.5 is not bad.

That is already a given fact.

And that is why you really need to understand and get to the official source of every news. Don't trust crypto media outlets they are full of garbage and everything was posted in a rush or at least it looks like a grade school did the whole story.

You can check the official blog of the exchanges, or their twitter accounts to see what's really going on from behind and not to trust anyone because most of them are just for click bait and worst to create FUD around.

I really can't remember though, but it was not bad since it was during the boom in 2017 and everyone is making big money out of the ICO bounties. And you don't need to wait for the tokens to be listed, when they say in two week it will be listed, then just wait.

Unlike today wherein I saw a lot of projects not paying or at least their tokens not listed on an exchange based on their road-map. That's why I don't do bounties as of now. But I'm not closing the doors, if there is bounties that really have a good and unique product then why not.

Isn't it amazing?

The market suddenly went berserk, huge huge gains and pumps not only bitcoin but there are altcoins that have been pumped in the levels that we haven't seen before.

Even BCH and BSV has a true pump.  

So I'd say that the current market state has change now, might not be the massive bullrun that we wanted, but at least it's good to wake up seeing your investment grows and all the patience and mental toughness have paid off.

Me having may cigar and drinking coffee as well, good combination. 

I see that the price jumps above $5k but then slowly fell to $49++ now. But it's all good though, as holders we are really excited to see some jumps along the way and check our portfolio specially we have have bought a lot during the $3k'ish price.

We wanted to get it as high as $6k, but it looks like we need more days and more FOMO to get inside. As of now it will settle in the $49'ish until another good news or whales will push the price to the next level so exciting times ahead of all of us.

You spoke too soon mate:

Bitcoin price: $4,954.81

It seems that $5k, is the next obvious barrier that we can go get over. It we still have some steam going then we could go on another push in the next couple of hours if not then it will settled around the $47++. Not bad though, as the start of the week is really good as we have seen the price just went off. It's gonna be interesting what the reason though with the sudden price increase.

No, smart people (investor) has accumulate in the $32++ range. Maybe a few people who try to make a profit in the $42++ range in February, but not today. The volume speaks for itself, and everyone knows that when the bull started it run, it can't be stop.

So for those who bought it cheap, then no need to rush and take profit. Just stay cool and wait for more FOMO to come in and push the price to $5k or even higher and be sustainable.

And it looks like we don't need to wait further and get stressed out. Because the market is looking very sharp and this could be the eventual start of a bull run that we all have been waiting for.

See, everyone should have patience in this market because we all know that we can recover after a long year bearish trend.

And I'm sure that everyone is very happy to see that finally, an increased that only can be seen in a bull run has happened today. Volumes are up, price is picking up. And so all that stressed is finally relieved.

I don't think that is the main reason why they put the campaign temporarily. If you look at the statistics in their website, they are making money and the payout for that referral winner contest is just peanuts for them.

All I can say is that it's purely business decisions on their part.

Lol, you trolling yourself?  . Or this is still part of the prank this April Fools?

You exactly get your negative feedback from farming and abusing bounties. 

I'm sure that you learn your lessons very well. The merit system really did what it's supposed to do, get rid of shitposters around and even catching merit farming and some of them have been tagged as usual.

Of course, we have weathered storm in the past, the last bearish trend so this is not a surprised. Although we have been picking up in the last couple of days and the price seems to recover and heading to another barrier point, $4200, we can't really say for certain that we are heading out of the bearish cycle.

Last Feb, we have reached $4200, but then again, it was just short live as the price goes down below. So let's not jump into conclusion that we are out, just wait and see if the price is sustainable in the next couple of days.

This is an unending debate. At the end, if still base on the project itself. They can do whatever they want, if they chooses to go full KYC/AML then so be it.

As bounty hunters, if you don't like submitting your details then do not submit, simply as that. They have their own opinion, we have our mind and there will be no compromise in the middle. It's either we give in to their demands and move on our separate ways.

Don't get me wrong, I myself is a bounty hunter but when they started enforcing KYC I move to bitcoin paying signature campaigns. Or perhaps in the future bounty that don't ask for our personal data.

So it looks like they are really trying their best, working from behind to really get the BAKKT offering underway in the next couple of months perhaps.

But still, the final decision should come from Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) themselves, so it's beyond their control. Just look at the recent Bitcoin ETF proposal, it was pushed again by SEC (Bitwise with NYSE Arca and the other filed by VanEck/CBOE).

They worked their ass off and fully comply, putting their best effort, but still it was denied. I'm not saying that CFTC will deny the BAKKT proposal, but I wouldn't be surprised if they will deny it.

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Solid list, I must say, it's a combination of good and steady and long term coins and probably just a couple of pump-and-dumps coins. but it's all good.

As far as overtaking ETH though, there are lots of competition but I don't see them taking the lead. It will still be ETH in my opinion and then competitions below.

And yes, good time to accumulate at majority of them is still at the <80%-90% of their ATH so everyone should take the opportunity to invest. Of course there is a risk involved, but it doesn't mean you just gonna throw $100k in some shitcoins. The OP's list is a good example and others can replicate it, if they want and with a small capital.

There could be forces from behind who wanted to spread fear amongst investors so that they can take advantage and fatten their wallets again.

It's good that Coinbene has released a official statements to qualm the crowd that there's nothing to worry about, although I'm sure that everyone has heard about another crypto exchange hacked (Bithumb).

Again, another incident that proves that we don't need to put huge amount of funds in an exchange, just saying.

Makes me wonder though, what if one of these April Fools prank turns out to be true in the future? 

But knowing, Warren B., nah, I doubt that he will just invest on bitcoin because he will be trolled continuously and joked around by his fellow billionaires. 

Nice try though OP, but we know what you did here.

You mean digital gold?

Of course, adoption is really going. Everyone wanted to get a hold of this so-called digital gold. And just like any assets, it has problems and LN is the much anticipated solution to it.

We are still the bearish trend, sad to day and it will take months to be able to recovery. It might be that LN could be considered by others as catalyst, but it needs more growth, more adoption in order to help the price to reach $6k. But I guess, if there is growth around the corner, there could be other factors as well that can contribute, not just LN.