I've been in-between moving back to USDT and hodling my Bitcoin in the hopes it may reach the psychological price of $10,000. But this voice in my head that just won't go away says, a heavy dump to $6,500 is on the way. I just hate to get my hopes up high and then dashed again.


Any thoughts?

As with all the fads in the industry, sadly I think we put too much faith in the prospects of decentralized finance. Don't get me wrong, I think it's promising, but will it be the thing that takes blockchain, bitcoin, ethereum, or even stablecoins into the next economic era?

[LEVERAGE TRADING IS HIGH RISKY]

So, after losing some money on Bitforex, I realized it was my poor judgment skill that had the best of me, I mean, if I had only stuck to my initial trading pattern, I could have made about $2k using $10 - okay not being a gambler here, but riding the bull market appears to be profiting if you can only leverage with care.

This is just today:



If I'm lucky and we see ETH at $200, I could have made some cool profits.


Anyone else using Bitforex here, or do you know any leveraging platform other than Deribit and Bitmex that's safe to use?


Please do your own research LEVERAGE TRADING IS HIGH RISKY.

Sudden market movements these past few days have been somewhat bullish, I know we've got the whole halving thing in view, but are we really moving out of the bear market? If so can I buy or just short this b*tch. If the latter, what's your call price?

I waited for alt season for many months now and it seems that instead of a bull run, all I do is bleed. So, I'm thinking this hodling thing ain't working for me anymore, is there any decentralized platform that allows me to short all possible altcoins out there? It's time to bet against the market.

Unfortunately, for now, I'm only aware of the fulcrum.trade leveraging platform. It only allows me to short a few cryptos: Eth, WBTC, LINK, ZRX and KNC. Need another one with more options.

Any ideas guys?

Hey everyone just wondering if anyone of these cryptocurrencies made it to your list of bullish cryptos in 2020:

1. Perlin
2. Quant
3. Cosmos
4. MESG
5. Chainlink
6. Streamity
7. Bitcoin (obviously because of halving, but if you think halving won't affect price, do let us know)
8. Ethereum (if they eventually meet any of the major milestones this year)
9. Harmony ONE

Do tell if any of these are currently undervalued. Feel free to throw in one or two other altcoins you think are bullish. Don't forget to drop a hint of why you think it's going to be bullish.

Given the increase in the rabid blockchain adoption in the classic centralized industries - outside the scope of bitcoin and altcoins, it would be nice to have a section of this forum dedicated to the discussions of these developments. This way members of the decentralized world can keep a close and organized tab on how these developments unfold beyond just speculations and baseless criticism.

I suggest that the proposed section of the board should have the qualities of a critical outlook on the technologies being adopted by centralized entities such as banks, other financial institutions, and non-fintech applications, to focus on their infrastructural design, consensus model, and anything else that resembles distributed ledger technology or blockchain design.

This will give Bitcointalk forum a more quality overlook and could be a go-to-place for blockchain adoption metrics outside crypto.

Besides, what better way to conquer centralization than an infestation of their infrastructural ideologies, right?



PS: Not sure if anyone else has suggested this in the past though, but it would be nice to have it implemented.

I used to own a few $ADA coins back in 2018, thought it would be one of the top 3, who was I kidding right? But considering it's current trajectory, is it still worth it - buying for the long hodl?

If not, suggest viable alternative(s).

No 1 cryptocurrency exchange Binance debuts mainnet, is there a chance this coin can herald the next bull run? FYI it's probably the only coin trading close to 2017/2018 all time high...

However, I fear what the DEX will be like, it's quite promising given that it's centralized exchange has outperformed its peers.

I think Bitcoin's volatility is more suited for scalp traders to make timely quick bucks. On the other hand, not sure swing trading is any good especially because when the bull run starts, a swing trader can be confused on where to exit the market to maximize profit.

Any credible handbook on scalp or swing trading exclusive to cryptocurrencies, especially for the top 10 cryptos?

The most recent Craig Wright shenanigan has exchanges talking about delisting BItcoin SV - so far, there's binance and kraken... The list might go on. If Craig continues, it might mean more woes for the bitcoin fork.

Personally, not sure why Craig desperately wants to be acknowledged as Satoshi - pointless. If anything, it's just to pump his ego or maybe influence the price of BSV over the legacy Bitcoin chain.

Are you going to still hodl BSV or just sell? Report says it dropped 13% after Binance threatened to delist on 22 April if Craig doesn't back down.

Kraken's poll already has about 76% of people saying it's toxic. What do you think?

I hear it all the time. Bitcoin/crypto is alternative to fiat. And almost every token philosophy is based on this premise.

The question: can cryptocurrency beat legacy financial institutions to the point of replacing them?

... Thought as much... The much lauded JPMCoin was all noise and no substance. But can an accident happen to make legacy institutions catch up to the decentralized world?

It's truly hard to predict how the market moves. Everyone is saying we are up and I saw a recent news that Bitcoin is overbought, which could inadvertently turn to another market decline. Though some pundits have it that Bitcoin has bottomed out.

Can bitcoin reach $10k before June? I'm sure if it manages a rally to that new 2019 high, we could sustain it to the old ATH. If not people may despair again. What are your thoughts?

Don't think I can stand another pull back. 

Binance coin has been making tremendous progress in spite of the bear market. In fact, the whole Binance platform has somewhat been progressive in the past year and counting and is seemingly doing way better than most altcoins.

I just gotta ask, is there a future for Binance at the top 3 coins by market cap Or is this just a ruse? 


Edit: While the topic may confuse some, I'm not talking about on a product level, I'm more concerned about the price actions. Like it or not, most cryptocurrencies lack utility, to say the least; still, their price actions have been impressive, and for now, the easiest way to know the healthy states of cryptocurrencies in comparison with one another is through market capitalization (whether or not wash trades are involved), else we won't be talking about 'moons', 'bulls' and 'bears'.

Hiding in plain sight - obviously; various versions of the 'real Satoshi' still nothing concrete. I mean I could declare here and now to be the real Satoshi and get away with it right now, and no one will know if it's true or not, after all, it's April fools'.

This is the best identity mixing ever, so the real Satoshi be like, I'm the real Satoshi and we'd all laugh and say, yeah right! But the true litmus must be his bitcoin address and how much is in it, or if that fails, we'll trace his first transaction and if it aligns with the original eureka moment then we know he's the one. So ask Craig or any of the other copies if they've got that evidence.

Oh wait, or has the real Satoshi been found? I've been in delta sleep for no more than 10 years.

Came across this news about Bitcoin and Friends, and it got me thinking on the best ways to communicate the ideals of a decentralized system. I mean, media is flooded with the subject on Bitcoin and altcoins, yet the only thing that stands between crypto and mass adoption seemingly is the 'regulatory infrastructure,' and don't get me started on why the government needs to be involved in Bitcoin since it's decentralized. Meanwhile, a vast majority of the world's population have no idea what crypto is all about.

Quoting Brian Stoeckert: "People have heard about digital currency, but they really don't understand how it operates. They just see it on the headlines. This is one way they can follow a storyline and get a unique perspective on it." At least with more TV Shows mentioning Bitcoin, Crypto, digital currency or anything of the sort, which in itself is an innovative way of reaching the couch audience for starters.

Still, I'm confident the only way around mass adoption is if everyone - literally, knows about bitcoin and DYOR for themselves, then they won't need the government to tell them whether or not its right to hodl some bitcoins. Moreover, IMO fiat is outdated, come on, with all the latest technologies and the height of promises of the emerging ones, why do we still need to wager our economy on rudimentary paper money printed and controlled by the FEDS?

Crypto pundits believe it's a replacement for fiat and soon to conquer the world financial system. Well, there's a fairly stable economy as it is, and since "the epicenter of financial risks have shifted from the banks to asset management industry," it's important to ponder on some reality checks while the digital asset industry is plagued with the bear.

What will happen in the event of another global financial crisis (GFC), as it is speculated that a GFC is meant to cycle in about a decade. According to Bitmex, the next wave of a GFC should truly test Bitcoin as a store of value, and I agree.

https://blog.bitmex.com/anatomy-of-the-next-global-financial-crisis/

Will Bitcoin really survive the next financial holocaust?

Ethereum is number 2 based on CMC and also one of the most used utility token in cryptospace, yet it is unable to rise above $230 USD. It would seem that it is waiting for Bitcoin's bull run. Can't it make its own bull run?

Price now favorable low, but should I still buy?

What if the price doesn't go up?

Since Constantinople fork failed and should be expected in 2019, is that hope?

Hello crypto fans, I was just wondering if it was any good to invest in projects that have real-world existence and are only expanding their capacity to include blockchain tech.

I recently found this coin - Tapcoin, (don't worry there will not be a token sale, so technically I'm not promoting anything), but they happen to have a real-world hospitality business that I'm interested in, and for a while I've been asking myself if we can have other businesses do likewise (I even created a thread for it), sadly not too many people understand my point of view.

I recently saw this project that was backed by Hyundai and the project isn't making the whole 100x I dreamed about. So I'm getting really discouraged about such types of ventures. However, this Tapcoin project by the Hooch (maybe you've heard me talk about them before or someone else), really has substance. They want to handle target advertising for brands and also provide incentives for their clientbase.

Okay, let me blow your mind away. Two things got me hung up on this project:
1. 60% off from over 100k hospitality brands to include hotels, restaurants, and bars.
2. 1 Free drink every night.

I know I said 2 but here's one more and there's where the crypto treasure lies:
3. You get 10% off everything you spend when you use the Hoochapp to purchase them and that gets credited to you as Tapcoin, which you could spend on more drinks or anything else.

Personally, I think this project has a future. If you do know of projects like this kindly drop their names.

More than 90% of ICOs (still a wide margin) lack pure utility aside from trading values. Among freelancers, people may trade one crypto for another, but in a brick and mortar business scenario, crypto has little to no impact. For example if I walk into a store I could get the credit card and a few other payment options. Still, with the over abundance of crypto technologies and their native tokens, only a handful of stores have barcodes for bitcoin and a few other payment coin types.

I think we need more radical real world businesses tokenizing their products and using this 'tokenization' as a means to garner support for mainstream crypto adoption. Like rewarding people loyalties for using their products.

Does anyone else here share the same concerns, or do you know a coin that is owned by real businesses for such purposes?