Hey everyone,
Ever wondered how Bitcoin is throwing a global party in the world of remittances? this digital disruptor is having on the traditional money transfer scene,just a chat about how Bitcoin is playing the international money game differently. Whether you're sending crypto across borders or just curious about the buzz, let's share our thoughts on the real-world impact it's not just changing currencies; it's changing lives. Anyone else experiencing the joys of Bitcoin remittances?
Cheers to the crypto curious,
That is one area where Bitcoin can outshine many other competitors. I won't say just Bitcoin, but any other crypto currency that has a stable value can do great in international transactions. I believe cryptos are indeed used for global remittances. Just not being used by the corporates but by the individuals. Only in this field, Bitcoins transaction confirmation time looks faster than the traditional banking system. But it is difficult to see an impact because Bitcoin is not recognised as a currency in many countries in the world. So you will never get a solid and reliable data to prove the impact. But yes cryptocurrencies can surely disrupt the global remittance market with ease. You're right, Bitcoin is the origin of the cryptocurrency market but to talk about international payments, we need to acknowledge that almost all cryptocurrencies do that, not just bitcoin. Although bitcoin or cryptocurrency assets are not recognized currency, we can convert them into fiat currency immediately after receiving them without too much difficulty . People keep mentioning bitcoin every time they talk about payments or transferring money abroad, but my guess is that the majority don't use bitcoin and instead use altcoins to do it. Simply because no one wants to pay too high transaction fees for their transactions . |
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According to data from the Coinglass platform, the current open positions in Bitcoin futures contracts have reached $17.582 billion. CME holds the largest share at $4.769 billion, followed by Binance at $4.151 billion, and Bybit at $3.199 billion. The substantial open interest across these platforms suggests significant market activity. So will Bitcoin rebound this week?
Don't look at the share OP as it doesn't influence the price movement of Bitcoin but rather understand what the volatility means. You may be asking rebound this week. The answer is uncertain but surely we have that rebound only the fact that we don't know when it comes. The halving event is on its way, we can be optimistic about its results because that is what we experienced last halving. That is why we don't have anything to worry about the current dump, it won't dump badly like another bearish season. Hold and wait for the market recovery (or just grab some), we never incur losses as long as we never sell any. If we look at the long term, bitcoin has only one trend: always increasing, but what people want is quick profits in the short term, so people only always ask questions and pay attention to its fluctuations in the short term . But unfortunately, no one knows whether bitcoin will increase or decrease tomorrow, let alone next week or next month . Bitcoin has been on a steady rise for the last 2 or 3 months of 2023, and the bitcoin correction in January 2024 was not too surprising . Many people are very disappointed because they thought the ETFs was some big thing and that it would positively impact the price of bitcoin . But unfortunately things did not go as expected and they began to blame the ETFs for this decline. |
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The platform itself won't scam you but when you are doing p2p trades there is some risk that that you might get scammed if you are receiving a payment which can be charged back. If you don't use escrow you can be scammed also. This happened to me once when I was using a new p2p exchange where I wasn't familiar how it worked and mistakenly sent a payment before the other user's funds were in escrow. I got scammed but it wasn't a major loss. You should start out with smaller trades when you are just beginning.
And it's your fault when you don't clearly understand the regulations and how P2P trade works on that exchange. I am a regular P2P user on centralized exchanges and to date, I have never encountered any inconvenience or dispute let alone a scam. Furthermore, the exchange itself is an intermediary and they can guarantee your safety if you comply with their regulations. In case you are scammed and cannot complain, it is clearly your fault. P2P on centralized exchanges is not exactly pure P2P because of third party intervention, but it is safe and risk-free as you said . |
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Nepal is not a very strong team. Even so, a descent of 198 runs allowed them to deliver a target. If the bowlers did well, Nepal had a chance to win. But it seems that Pakistan team does not want to lose this match in any way. Pakistan collected 151 runs in 40 overs losing 4 wickets. They still need 47 runs in the last 10 overs. If the Nepalese bowlers can take the wickets of Azan and Hassan in quick succession, then they have a chance to win. Nepal cannot win if these two batsmen stay at the crease.
Ahmed Hussain is the player in today's match who finished the dreams of openers to make some runs that helped to their team. He took 2 wickets and the wickets that he picked were the wickets of A Kumal and A Tripathi. The first wicket that fell both of them was the wicket of A Kumal in the 4th over and the second was the wicket of A Tripathi in the last ball of the 6th over, and after these two wickets Nepal team started to play defense and due to defense play they got a partnership around 50 runs but on 17th over it also broken by Ali Asfand. Pakistan under19s should win this match because they only need around 17 runs in 5 overs. They have lost 5 wickets too in this chase. I expected them to chase this target a little more easily but they are creating a bit of drama here. Anyways, still Pakistan will be the winner in this match. Ahmed Hussai picked up 2 wickets and collected 29 runs. He has done a good enough performance. But Azan Awais' performance was the most important when the team needed it. And that's why Azan Awais is man of the match today. Azan was unbeaten on 63 runs. Pakistan's two openers Shamyl Hussain and Shahzaib Khan got off to a decent start. Both collected 37 runs. A good pair at the start made it easy for Pakistan to win the match. I would not say that the performance of the Nepali players was poor. Their players played well. A target of 198 runs cannot be called a small target. If the bowlers could have done some controlled bowling, maybe the Nepal U19 team would have been able to win today's match. |
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Sri Lanka 19 Vs Namibia 19
West Indies 19 Vs Scotland 19
Nepal 19 Vs Pakistan 19
We have currently two match ongoing because sirilankan team already brutally crushed Namabian team and the shocking things that they can't even chase one of lowest target at this world cup and lose it before make some damage from his side. Anyway paksitan is look like in driving seat to book his second consecutive victory at this world Cup because currently they required 80 runs and still have decent amount of wickets in hands which will give them extra boosta and will make sure thier victory. While shockingly Scotland done a significant job and unexpectedly score too much but thier opponent which were mostly favourite for short fort makeing things better for his team in ODI too and now they almost won thier match even Scotland done good bowling too. According to team performances I am sure we will get exciting matches in the very last stages of the world cup Although the Sri Lankan batsmen did not play well, they won by 77 runs thanks to the controlled bowling of the bowlers and the 77 run victory was a surprise despite being given a target of just 134 runs. Nepal is not a very strong team. Even so, a descent of 198 runs allowed them to deliver a target. If the bowlers did well, Nepal had a chance to win. But it seems that Pakistan team does not want to lose this match in any way. Pakistan collected 151 runs in 40 overs losing 4 wickets. They still need 47 runs in the last 10 overs. If the Nepalese bowlers can take the wickets of Azan and Hassan in quick succession, then they have a chance to win. Nepal cannot win if these two batsmen stay at the crease. |
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Land and Bitcoin are, for me, both good forms of investment, but they are not the same because with land, you can't buy it at a cheap price, in fact, because you have to save it or have the money to buy it.
Whereas with Bitcoin, even if you have at least $10 of money or more, you can buy it, and we can even grow it by trading on any crypto exchange, unlike on land, where it is not like that, and it will take time before you can sell it if you ever invest it.
Both have their pros and cons, although you will need a lot of money to invest in land and you cannot increase your land area by trading on exchanges like bitcoin. But in return, when you own land you can create passive income from it and it is a fairly stable source of income. Meanwhile, trading to increase the number of bitcoins is not as simple as you say, you will even lose all your bitcoins with trading. In general, both have their own potential, but most people here will choose bitcoin because not too many people have money to invest in land . Furthermore, most are also looking for huge profits quickly so they will choose bitcoin over land. |
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please any thing the cause of the dip as we know it's based on news.
There is some news that ETFs are selling bitcoin but I really don't care and I even hope they should sell all their bitcoin. And those who are panicking should also sell their bitcoins if they do not believe in bitcoin's recovery and price increase. For me, I see this as a good opportunity to accumulate more bitcoin for myself since I still have more than 30% USDT left in my wallet. I even hope that after the halving bitcoin will be able to drop to $25k again, although this is really unlikely, the more people expect bitcoin to rise sharply, the more I believe bitcoin will fall. Bitcoin always goes against the crowd's trend  . |
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They aren't using the combo of Clarkson and Lauri Markkanen, instead they make Sexton as their superstar which is easy to predict since he loves to attack the paint but not good in passing the ball. I think they should go back to their old style, make Clarkson to penerate and make him a good passer. Last time I remember they have a perfect offense was when Clarkson got a triple double, first in his career. When they are moving the ball well, they seemed to play better. However, a loss to the Pelicans is not surprising at all as the Utah Jazz are not a good road team while the Pelicans came from a blowout loss to the Phoenix, so it's imperative that they'll bounce back. Let's see on the next game of the Jazz, they will be playing with the Wizards who are also a struggling team. By the way, to prove they have a bad road record, here's their record "7 - 17".....  Well, the record is definitely bad. And they will have to utilize every chance to win. I think in the next game they have a pretty good chance. Because you know the opponent is not very strong at this moment. I think in the next game Utah Jazz will have to lay confidently. Because if they are unable to win the next match, it is definitely going to be a little surprising. And it will also be a chance missed for them. But at the same time, wizards also might think the same thing. Because Utah Jazz is not performing very well they might also think that this is a chance for them. I personally think it is going to be a pretty competitive game. |
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Utah Jazz's rhythm is out of whack now. We started to see this clearly in the last matches. They urgently need to recover as a team, but it seems to me that they can do this in their home games. They lost 153-124 to New Orleans in the last game. Actually, the score contribution distribution as a team is good, but when New Orleans was better, defeat was inevitable. The next game is against Washington and Washington is out of form. In such a situation, a win in Washington would be good.
In the other match of the night, the Clippers won the Los Angeles derby (127-116).
LeBron's not playing may have caused this loss. If that had happened, the magnificent trio would have been in effect.
Utah Jazz has been losing consistently after the match against the Warriors got postponed. And yes they have not been in a very good form recently. They have been very consistent. They wear winning matches before the postponed match. But I don't know what happened, they started losing consistently after that. I just thought that it was something to mention. Indoor match against Pelicans, they should have been able to perform better in my opinion. They had to perform better if they wanted to win the match. Look at the performance that the Pelicans had. They perform pretty consistently and almost all the players and important contributions. But on the other hand, Utah Jazz did not have any explosive performances from anyone. |
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Juventus and Inter have a big chance of winning the trophy this season. Even Inter just got the Super Cup trophy. This condition is of course very different from Milan, which has experienced 4 defeats this season. Even though the game is still long, and the opportunity is still there, I am more confident that this season is for Juventus.
It seems that many people are starting to believe that this season the Serie A trophy will belong to Juventus. But as long as Inter Milan is still consistent enough in winning matches by not making any mistakes in every remaining match by rotating players very well, of course Juventus will also find it difficult to get the Serie A trophy this season. Because if we look at the points, only the two of them have the potential to continue competing to win this season, while AC Milan is starting to fall behind even though they almost managed to secure the top three positions. It can be said that the current season will be a tight competition between Juventus and Inter Milan until now they are still consistent with continuing to win plus Inter have now won the Super Coppa italia their squad is so strong just like Juventus - until now if you take into account the points then only a difference of 2 if Inter Milan has played but that is not a far difference they can overtake it. In predicting the title this season, I think it will belong to Inter Milan, this is my own guess seeing how Inter Milan are performing now. Both Inter Milan and Juventus have equal chances of winning the title so far. From the beginning of the season we felt that the Inter Milan team was probably stronger than Juventus. Because Inter's players have the ability to score a lot of goals. On the other hand, Juventus' attack is a bit weaker than Inter Milan. However, Juventus have made a difference in their overall performance. Now their performances are more structured and powerful. In the last few matches, Juventus' attack has performed well. Juventus players have scored 10 goals in the last three matches and have not conceded a single goal. From this it can be understood that the Juventus team is now very strong. If this consistency can be maintained, maybe Juventus will be able to occupy the top spot in the table very soon. |
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Batting in the first innings, Fortune Barisal collected 161 runs with the loss of 9 wickets. Fortune Barisal though had a good batting performance, have a chance to win today if they can put up a good bowling performance. Mushfiqur Rahim batted very well today he scored half century with 62 runs from 44 balls, moreover Sumaiya Sarkar also batted well. Comilla Victorians need to score 162 runs to win today's match, though already Comilla Victorians have lost 2 wickets. If Fortune Barisal can perform well now then it is possible to put Comilla Victorians under pressure. I think Fortune Barisal has a chance to win today's match if they bowl well.
Considering the condition of the pitch, the target of 162 runs can be said to be a big enough target. Barisal's two batsmen Soumya and Mushfique batted well. Soumyo scored 42 and Mushfiqur scored 62 runs. Barisal's chances of winning are high if the bowlers bowl well. Comilla team is not batting very well. At the end of 9 overs, Comilla mustered only 56 runs and lost three wickets. Towhid Hridoy failed to collect any runs today. Comilla must collect 106 runs in 66 balls. Comilla players have to collect more than 10 runs in every over. It's no easy task on this pitch. |
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Vlahovic is becoming consistently effective in scoring. He netted 2 goals again, and Bremer secured the third goal, leading Juventus to victory against Lecce. Juventus displayed a powerful performance, with Yildiz and Cambiaso altering the dynamics. Now, Juventus has a creative midfielder (no. 10) linking up the midfield and strikers. The team has found its rhythm, not just winning games but also playing attractive, attacking football. The Old Ladies are relentless this season despite a tight schedule, always staying prepared.
Juventus belt up this season, competitive rival for Inter Milan for the scudetto. Massimiliano Allegri have the necessary knowledge to push the team forward, he's here for the good moments and outstanding performance. His presence have motivated the players and having them becoming the best version of themselves. I admire the style of Juventus frontline, Dušan Vlahovic is a top attacker, he's in his developing phase and he have to become more serious in matches, increasing his stats to net more goals because that's how to step up in the sights of elite clubs. Juventus are lucky enough to have Vlahovic in their frontline who's doing the nice job in goal scoring. Slowly, Juventus is starting to find its rhythm again with a number of positive results being achieved. The victory over Lecce means they are currently in first place in the standings. Allegri, who has handled the Old Lady for quite a long time with the various storms he has faced, of course always wants to give the best for his team. Of course it wasn't easy for Allenatore, but he quite understood what Juventini wanted. This season is a big opportunity for the Bianconeri to win the Scudetto again and I think this is quite realistic even though they are facing a very serious challenge from Inter Milan. The combination of players in every match, including Vhlahovic, certainly makes this Turin city team very dangerous and of course I am very optimistic about what they have done so far. Inter still has played one match less compared to Juventus. So I think Juventus should not be very happy already. Now I don't want to take anything away from Juventus because they definitely have done well without doubt. But if they will be able to stay at the top of the table is still something that can be debated. Inter is behind by only one point and they can get 3 in the next match. I say that because Inter will play against Napoli, which team is not doing very well in this season. So I think being top of the table for Juventus is probably going to be short lived. |
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Mourinho has officially rejected al shabab's interest in recruiting him. It seems like he cannot be consistent with his statement last season said that if mourinho was willing to accept any offer that came from saudi pro laegue. He had been showing his interest through his interview once he was still coaching roma but he is changing his mind regarding this. It seems like that the exodus for some players back to the european competition may become the real reason he was changing his mind.
Im sure that mou has been analyzing the performance from saudi pro league too. The growth is just getting even slower than before and mourinho is aware of that. I meant that mourinho was still feeling so badly after roma was sacking him.
He has been working with all of his heart in roma but the club could not even give him second chance to stay on as roma. That's really painful for him and i think mou is looking for another european club this time.
He won't shine if he manages an unknown club, Al Shabab isn't a rich club and they haven't sign many popular European players like the other clubs e.g. Al Hilal, Al Ahli, Al Nassr etc. He knows if he can't change anything in Al Shabab, rather than destroying his own reputation, it's better for him to reject the offer. Mourinho is just an old school coach, he didn't make adaption with the current modern football, what he can show is his past achievements. Right now I think he needs to go to a club that has a good amount of money and also will be able to give him time. otherwise, he will not be able to something in the success that the club is going to want from him. I think he is going to wait for a club to fire their coach. I am talking about a club that is pretty big. At least almost the same level of Roma or higher. I think he is going to wait for that and try to get an opportunity to manage that club. I have a feeling that it could be Manchester United. But it could be any club. Which will fire the coach and Jose Mourinho will come acting like he will save the club. And he is not going to take a job from any very low level club. |
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and this will probably mean storing your seed words in a place different than your house, this way you can reduce to zero the chances of any of your friends or family members finding out about your bitcoin holdings which could put your life at risk.
If you do not trust your friends and family, i wonder what location outside your home that will be safe for you to store your seed phrase, except you have a private home elsewhere that nobody lives in, and very few people have such privileges. If you do not have any safe and secure location outside of your home, then you just have to store your seed phrase in your house, but with great opsec to go with it. It is worth mentioning that adding extra layers of security provides better security of your funds, layers like extending your seed phrase with a passphrase or creating a multisig wallet. But I think there is no safer place than our own home, because if we no longer trust our loved ones, who will be worthy of our trust? Life is confusing, many people even consider money more important than family. Bitcoin is just money and how can they consider it more important than their family? In my opinion, people who are always suspicious even of their own loved ones will never trust anyone, including themselves, and they are also unreliable in everyone's eyes . |
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I agree with you, ETFs are a good thing because even without them, we cannot stop whales and institutions from buying bitcoin in large quantities. Once bitcoin becomes more popular it will certainly become more centralized, that is inevitable and it is not ETFs that make bitcoin more centralized.
But it doesn't mean we should make a bad thing becomes worse, no one can stop whales and institutions to buy Bitcoin in large amounts, but having more regulation or any other centralized forms make the situation gone worse. Many people want to attack Bitcoin e.g. censoring dirty Bitcoin, ordinals inscriptions, tightening KYC laws and whales want to own large share of Bitcoins. But fortunately, no one can ever stop Bitcoin by using these threats. You need to remember one thing that we live in a centralized world and the government is the one who controls this world. ETFs or regulations are inevitable, what we need is to adapt to them. Do you have any way to combat or prevent these things from happening ? No, we can't do anything but complain and grudgingly accept it . So I think instead of complaining and not being able to change the problem, we should adapt to things. Bitcoin is decentralized but people have forgotten that our world is centralized and bitcoin is just a small part of the world , don't expect it to completely change the world to our liking. |
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After Arsenal's success with a big score, let's discuss the match that will start today, Bournemouth will be the host and Liverpool will play away.
Liverpool's condition is currently in a bit of a bad state because they lost their mainstay player, Andi, who determines Liverpool's future because this player really made a very good contribution to helping this club reach first place in the Premier League points table and even though Bournemouth is not a strong club, according to I think Liverpool can still win even if only by a narrow score.
It looks like Klopp has many options to replace Andi's position and the rumors I just read are that Jota might replace Andi's position.
What do you think ? Can Liverpool win this match?
The current odds are @1.72 for Liverpool and if Liverpool can win beating Bournemouth this will be a profitable match for bettors and it is profitable for Liverpool to maintain their position in first place in the points table.
Liverpool didn't face any problem trying to win this match and they were able to win the match comfortably. Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota scored a brace each and they got Liverpool the easy win that everybody expected Liverpool to get. Bournemouth was actually playing well in recent times and that's why some people might have thought that Liverpool will probably not be able to win the match and they might have to share points. But in the end, Liverpool was able to win and this is going to be a very big confidence booster for Liverpool in my opinion. and yes Liverpool won this match 4-0. Which also contributed to the goal difference of Liverpool. Which I believe might be very important going forward because I think they are going to have a very big competition for the title with Man City. |
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It's not like Bitcoin has been doing great as a currency, and now, suddenly, the ETFs are killing the vibe. It's quite clear from this forum that people largely view Bitcoin as an investment, as something to hodl, not actively spend. The ETFs just provide a more traditional and more centralized way of doing that. Those who care about Bitcoin's decentralization will keep their coins and will keep using non-custodial wallets. But traditional investors can be drawn to Bitcoin ETFs, and this can basically create some new demand.
Ultimately, I think it's a good thing because it helps Bitcoin's reputation, making it look more legitimate. I don't think institutional investors will be able to take Bitcoin under their control this way.
Not only people on this forum consider bitcoin an investment rather than a currency, but even all of the bitcoin community now considers bitcoin an investment. I also regularly participate in discussions on social network X or reddit, I have never seen any discussion about bitcoin being a currency. Most of them only talk about investment, profits, price of bitcoin... I agree with you, ETFs are a good thing because even without them, we cannot stop whales and institutions from buying bitcoin in large quantities. Once bitcoin becomes more popular it will certainly become more centralized, that is inevitable and it is not ETFs that make bitcoin more centralized. |
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Dude I didn't even finished reading the first sentences after seeing the link you have given and that's already sensing me that it was a scam.
Too many newbies fall for such scams. Before you commit into anything or do some deposits, what you have to do is to check the legitimacy of the website first.
This is one of the reason why people think is a scam because of these scams that crumples the rep of it.
Same here. I am always surprised that this kind of scam still has success! I mean anybody with a working brain could figure this out, you don't need research or even make an account here to get the verification. And if you need it, a quick 10 second google search would tell you all there is to know because these scams always work the same. Normally you would think that scammers try to find new ways but seems like even this old stuff with thousands of warning about it on the internet still works for some reason. This type of scam will be a farce for those who have been in the market for a long time and have experience . But for those who have never participated in any financial market or other forms of making money online, plus their greed . It is understandable that they fall into these traps, and that this will never stop. Newbies will never look for scam information first but instead they will look for ways to make quick money first . That is why they often become victims of the simplest scams . |
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Today was the match of Central Districts Women vs Otago Women at Dunedin, this was the 27th match of Super Smash's women's matches league.
Otago women won this match easily, Central Districts Women batted first and they gave the target of not too good runs that's why Otago Women's chased it easily.
They were able to cross just 105 and from this, they gave a target of 107 but in the second innings, Otago Women made 111 runs and they lost just 4 wickets while Central Districts Women lost 7 wickets. Central Districts Women played too poor, but it didn't gives damage it too because they had very good play in the previous matches.
Poor effort of Central District-W team in today game with opponent team Otago-W team. Firstly, Otago-W team won toss and they elected field first. Central District-W team set very small target and scored only 107 runs in 20 overs by losing 7 wickets. Central District-W team played very slow batting lineup and they wasted more balls and made low runs. Otago-W team chase down this target easily and win this game by 6 wickets and 16 balls left. Total Otago-W team scored 111 runs by losing 4 wickets. E.Black from Otago-W team got a player of game award because she bowled out 4 batsman in 4 overs with 17 runs. L.Smith also dismissed 2 wickets of Central District-W team in 4 overs with 14 runs. In batting lineup of Otago-W team, S.Bates (C) one opener batsman scored 42 runs in 29 balls with eight 4s. Let's be honest, that it was never going to be enough. Not even for women's cricket. That target is very much below par compared to what it should be in a t20 match. And in the end, it was an easy win for OTG-W, as it should have been. In the next match they will be able to play against ND-W. I think the next match is going to be really hard for them. At least compared to the last match that they have played. Because ND women are in good form right now. And I think it will be hard for them to actually beat ND women. |
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Accepting Bitcoin is in their business is one of the core mandates of Bitcoin creation I think someone has Said this before. When Businesses accept Bitcoin they also follow the trend and the news around it. And the price of their goods and services are also follow the volatility. If Bitcoin price is high they also adjust the price to suit the product and when the price comes down they do the same to suit the product and services so they are always on the track. And I think they make money profit than the normal business owners that accept only fiat because when they sell something when Bitcoin is low, the person would pay it with higher units to balance the price and if that Bitcoin is there until the bull market then they will make more profit both from the product and from the Bitcoin. Therefore accepting Bitcoin is a very good business.
Agreed that if the price of bitcoin increases, stores that accept bitcoin will have more profit from that price increase, but what if the price of bitcoin decreases? Bitcoin is very volatile, it can increase 10%-20% or it can also decrease 20%-30% in value. So, don't always talk about price increases without talking about bitcoin price decreases. Just like when bitcoin ETFs were approved, bitcoin dropped from $48k to $42k in just a few days, if you were a business owner, how would you handle it to ensure profits for your business? I'm also curious about this problem and hope someone who is a business owner and accepts bitcoin can tell us what the solution is. don't guess when we don't have experience with it. |
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