What do you think about Tim Draper's comment that Bitcoin will be $250,000 by 2022? I do know that 2022 will be an interesting time for technology.

But what might be happening with Cryptocurrency by then?

https://cointelegraph.com/news/im-thinking-250000-by-2022-tim-draper-reveals-new-bitcoin-price-target

What are your thoughts?

Forbes just posted "The bulls are back" meanwhile barclay's bank make an official partnership with coinbase, The first ever partnership of its kind in the UK. Roths child venture firm worth $3 billion have started looking into crypto currency startups.

The bulls may be back in charge now.

Get ready for some serious hype from the billionaires.

Are you ready guys???

Криптовалюты имели чрезвычайно сложный старт в этом году, биткоин упал более чем на 50 процентов и до 90 процентов для других альткоинов. Нападения на биржи, приостановленные обменники, увеличение ограничений на торговлю в Китае, продажa биткоинов конфискованных у Mt. Gox и переговоры в администрации США, Комиссия по надзору за ценными бумагами и биржам (SEC) делает резкие заявления – лишь некоторые из факторов, которые вызвали неопределенность.

Биткойн 35k

Исторически сложилось так, что биткойн значительно увеличился во втором и третьем кварталах – в 2016 году он вырос на 80%, а в 2017 году – более чем на 170%. В настоящее время рынок страдает от недостатка спроса – негативные настроения на рынке побудили краткосрочных инвесторов продавать в больших объемах. Не удивительно, что стоимость снизится до 3500-4000 долларов, но если исторические тенденции сохранится, то к концу этого года срок погашения рынка составит от 20 000 до 2000 долларов и до 35 000 долларов США.

как вы думаете, возможно 35K???

📈 Price
BTCUSD surged about 11% today. The growth started around 11:00 UTC and brought the price to the 8000.0 high. After an attempt to break above the 8000.0 level Bitcoin price went lower and now is hanging above the 7700.0 level. To confirm the uptrend bias, the price has to break the 8000.0 level which coincides at this point in time, with the global Bearish Trend Line. The next target on the way up will be 100-days EMA. From the below, 7000.0 level should play a supportive role.

🔮 Today forecast: Trading in 7000.0 – 8000.0 zone; Break above the 8000.0 level will lead the price to the 9000.0 level coinciding with the 100-days EMA.

ℹ️ Latest news:

🔵 Bitcoin price surges to the 8000.0 point. Bitcoin surged to almost $8,000 at midday on Thursday, hours after senior market analyst, Matt Greenspan claimed that Wall Street is prepared to drive “new liquidity” into the cryptocurrency. Mr .Greenspan also insisted the plunge in bitcoin price from its December high is “nothing new for bitcoin”. Speaking to Bloomberg News, Mr. Greenspan said: “As far as percentage terms go, if we are looking at it historically we have seen these types of pullbacks before.” The cryptocurrency analyst said Wall Street investment could stabilise the price of bitcoin. He said: “Definitely Wall Street is getting involved and they are building the bridges as we speak, whether they are going to go full on ba ull or full on bear, we don’t know.

🔵 Is tax selling over? Fair to assume that as the April 17 tax deadline approaches, there could be selling pressure as cryptocurrency investors sell some of their digital currency holdings in order to cover their tax bills. However, it generally takes a few days to convert cryptocurrency profits into usable cash in a checking or savings account. Since there are only a couple of weekdays left until Tax Day, it's possible that the peak of this tax selling is now left behind.

What Do You Think the BULL RUN started?

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Although they think they are a bubble, George Soros's investment fund is willing to invest in cryptocurrency

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, George Soros said that cryptocurrency are a bubble, but one that has the potential to resist longer because dictators in various countries with economic problems will turn to bitcoin and other digital tokens to - and provide additional income.

With all the lack of optimism adopted by Soroş, Bloomberg agency said Adam Fisher, the manager of the investment fund Soroş, with a turnover of 26 billion dollars, received approval to start trading with crypto.

Last month, Alan Howard, founding partner of Brevan Howard, began to make personal investments in crypto, but the company itself is opting to get involved in this market because of price volatility.

Rothschild Investment Corporation, one of the largest investment companies, has begun to invest in Bitcoin
Rothschild Investment Corporation has recently filed documentation showing that it has 210,000-dollar shares in GBTC - the bitcoin-based investment fund.

Specifically, it is securities whose price is based on the bitcoin value, not the currency itself, and the investment was made as early as 2015.

Extending bitcoin adoption as a method of payment in Canada and the US

Newegg's electronic distributor has expanded its payment system into bitcoin and on the Canadian platform, which means that the products can be purchased in crypto by the few millions of Canadian customers.

Newegg has integrated payment in bitcoin as of 2014 for US customers based on collaboration with the BitPay payment processor.

Several US retailers have integrated cryptomonets (especially bitcoins) on payment platforms over the last period: Overstock online, Expedia and Expedia rental agency, eGifter, voucher and gift shop, Dish satellite television and the company airline CheapAir.

Bitfinex integrates 12 new ERC-20 tokens

The Bitfinex Exchange announced on Friday that it will list 12 new tokens, including Dai, a "stable" (and Tether competitor), Aion, Iostoken (IOST), Request Network (REQ) and Raiden Network (RDN).

All introduced tokens are ERC-20 compatible (based on the Ethereum block) and include Loopring (LRC) Bnktothefuture Token (BFT), Cofound.it (CFI), Wax (WAX), Singularitynet (AGI) and Odem (ODEM).

Trading pairs between BTC, ETH and USD became available on April 7 and have a market value of over $ 1.1 billion.

Bitfinex development director Jean-Louis van der Velde said:

"We are excited about the introduction of new tokens. We are willing to make the necessary efforts to meet the needs and expectations of our customers. We will continue to expand our services to develop our platform and ensure the growth of the digital traders community. "

Bears are saying Bitcoin is headed to $1000.00 and then the Bitcoin craze will die and we will all be moving on to the next thing. The Bulls say Bitcoin isnt even close to its fullest potential and could be $30,000.00 per coin by years end.

With less than 1% of the population dabbling in Bitcoin, does the value seem too high, too low, or just right to you?

Google is about $1000.00 per share with about 30% of the population using it. What if 30% of the population starts using Bitcoin? How likely is that, and what will that do to the value of Bitcoin?

Which side of the coin are you on?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2018/04/08/wheres-bitcoin-price-heading-next-1k-or-30k/#32ce51232029

Lets have a discussion.

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*Getting married is RISKY
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*Getting a job is RISKY
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*Getting out of the job is RISKY
*Starting a business is RISKY
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Rejecting Opportunity because of doubt is RISKY
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If you think investing is too risky, then wait until you are handed the bill for not investing.

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So it all depends on how you think/look at it.

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Crypto will change the world !!!!!!!

 Analyst Tom Lee reckons cryptocurrency selloff motivated by $25 billion capital gain hit. Top industry analyst and the lead researcher at Fundstrat, Tom Lee reckons that the current tax filing deadline in mid-April has been a contributor to the falling prices of digital currencies and tokens. Similarly, the investors who have been doing well betting on digital tokens are currently selling off to file $25 billion required for capital-gains levies. Bitcoin price has fallen by over 40% in the last month while it recorded 1.2% loss on Thursday 4. Lee says, “This is a massive outflow from crypto to dollars,” He wrote. “Historical estimates are each $1 of USD outflow is $20-$25 impacts on crypto market value.”

 MT. Gox's former owner Mark Karpeles claims bitcoin cannot 'keep up'. Bitcoin has fallen overnight to $6,544 as confidence continues to drop and speculative investors gradually walk away. The controversial former CEO of Mt. Gox has written on Reddit that he is no longer a BTC believer. Mark Karpeles said: "The technology is definitely here to stay, but bitcoin may have trouble evolving and keeping up." The former CEO also called bitcoin’s one-tie rival, ethereum, “too untested” for any kind of serious use.

 Now good news

SEC Puts Bitcoin ETF Proposals Back on the Table. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has quietly begun considering two Bitcoin ETF proposals, public documents show. According to SEC documents dated March 23, the agency has instituted formal proceedings to determine whether to approve a rule change that would allow NYSE Arca to list two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) proposed by fund provider ProShares. ProShares Bitcoin ETF and ProShares Short Bitcoin ETF would each hold Bitcoin futures contracts, providing retail investors with the ability to indirectly invest in the flagship cryptocurrency — or bet against it — through a familiar investment product.

The Texas branch of the SEC filed an application for the termination of the company offering the investment, with a weekly income of 8%, in the crypto currency and medical marijuana. This is due to the fact that a certain Marc Moncher tried to sell unregistered securities using the online platform Millionaire Mentor University, which is also known as the Financial Freedom Club. However, a few hours after the order took effect, the online platform continued to operate.


According to information provided by the SEC, the platform gives users the opportunity to invest in a crypto currency, which will be used to provide credit for the purchase of medical marijuana in California. Investors were promised an 8% profit per week. The motto of the project was the phrase: "Never work hard again". The company offered investors to invest $ 2,000. They were told that they would not receive a check for the product, the value of which corresponds to their contribution - this would ensure the safety of investors. This product was the gold watch Seiko, which investors have not received.


The SEC's Texas office accused Monchere of hiding information that he was sentenced to 57 months in prison in 2010 for mortgage fraud. It seems that the Texas SEC is the most active in the US.

What do you think guys regarding this?

I would to talk real quick about a potentially massive issue, that many/most of you may not even realize could be a real issue.
Please don’t scream FUD and all that non-sense like a child, let’s have a real talk about what, I am about to talk about, Means for much of the crypto space (minus crypto’s that are solely used for monetary purposes like BTC, LTC, etc.).
Also, please do not include coins propped up by China like NEO, into the discussion. China is in the process over the next decade of developing major companies that will lead in particular area’s of technology. So the likeliness that this conversion applies to them is pretty negligible.

So, if many of you have not heard IBM currently has an Enterprise Blockchain currently in production (Fabric). IBM touts
That this blockchain is currently used by over 400+ clients, Walmart actually being one of them for use with food safety.
There are also multiple parts to IBM’s overall blockchain:

1. IoT support
Which they recently release a pretty sweet “blockchain ready CPU” which is also the worlds smaller computer
Link: https://www.extremetech.com/…/265917-ibm-creates-worlds-sma…
1.Cross-border Transactions (which is actually handled by Stellar’s (XLM) network)
2.Financial Services (were not talking cryptocurrency)
3.Public Sector use (Regular business and companies)

So many of you may scream about the lack of a cryptocurrency/token associated with this network.
Well according to IBM in a multi-day conference they had, their lead architects discussed this concern,
According to them, most companies in-fact do not what to deal with or need a digital coin. Which makes sense to me.

Also, the concern about centralization is a major concern. I am anti-centralization as well (mostly with $$$$$). I do
Have a huge soft-spot with open-source software though. I think open source software has help our world advance
As well as help educate those who derive from low income enviornments and other areas where money is a constraint.
Well what IBM is doing which I find pretty sweet is that they adopted an open source based model which is extremely similar To that of Red-Hat. As of now a large number of small-enterprise level business and individuals are involved with writing The underlying code which all Hyperledger Projects uses. I can only assume though, IBM and The Linux Foundation (who is partnered with IBM in this), And whomever else, do code reviews prior to commits.

Another major concern is centralization of the network’s nodes. I can node speak to the validity of this, because I am not 100% sure.
Since there are many different project’s in Hyperledger (once again IBM’s is Fabric), I can only assume some will be centralized, Because some organizations may want (for good reason) to keep their network closed.

Now that you have a pretty rough and elementary idea of what IBM is doing in the blockchain sector and what their business model is. You may want to know, how does this chain different from something like Ethereum or future projects like EOS, ADA, etc?

Well there are a ton of differences. Like:

1.No need for a utility token or currency
2.Fabric’s users can develop using 2 different types of consensus protocols. Compared to the others with use only 1.
3.Hyperledger is much more modular design. It allows users to pick and choose what they do and do not want to use.
4.Users can decide whether they want their TX’s to be visible or non-visible to others (outside of their organization),
which may be useful for companies, who are only dealing within their organization.
5.Fabric is an Enterprise service and they provide 24/7 support to customers.
Excellent training resources
6.Tools to help developers and non-developers at a company to develop their application appropriately utilizing blockchain.
7.And a lot more.
So, this leads me to my next point. Why do I think this is a threat to a number of crypto’s which I have already described or are similar in Nature?
There are a number of reasons, and all of these reasons are based out of logic and my experience working at different enterprises And companies as a DEVELOPER.

1.Companies big and small will 99% of the time use Enterprise level software, hardware, services, etc. which are utilized
in areas that affect a companies operations, finances, data, etc. This is because they need to have 24/7 support especially in areas with mission-critical operations (like banks, industry, transportation, etc.). If something goes wrong, developers need quick access to the experts in area’s that may not directly relate to that organizations applications (Operating Systems, hardware, etc.)
2. Normally enterprise subscriptions include discounted or free education directly from the supplying company (IBM in this case).
For example HP (I currently deal with NonStop Application & System Development), provides many courses at a discounted rate which actually translate into credit and certifications.
3.Potential on-site support where needed
4.With regards to IBM, The sheer number of entities which are involved with Hyperledger. This leads me to believe they will NEVER adopt the start-up technologies for their production environments.
5.IBM’s influence globally, especially in the financial sector.
6.IBM’s collaboration with central banks. (If you did not know, it has been suggested by IBM’s VP of blockchain that many central banks will be issuing fiat tokens utilizing their blockchain as early as Q2 this year.) - yeah non of us are fans of this.

So to sum it up, as a developer who has worked in the financial sector, transportation sector, etc. I find it extremely unlikely that any large companies Will be adopting any various crypto start-up’s tech for their production-level environments. I AM NOT saying a company will not accept Crypto as payment, I refer only to them putting their current and future applications on the blockchain of an entity such as ETH, ADA, etc.
I am also expecting pushback from individuals saying that companies such as Google, Microsoft, maybe even IBM have supported (financially) Some crypto’s (Yes IOTA fans we know about Microsoft). Please know that these companies do this for A LOT of startups, many of times It leads to nowhere or the supporting company will implement their own method of this technology in a different fashion (pretty easy to do When the code is open source). I say all of this stuff, first, because I love what IBM is doing. Second, because I don’t think many people Understand how a company operates with technology. Many of times a company will choose older or maybe even tech that isn’t as good from a reputable company, over technology from a startup that has no heavy usage.

All this is just my personal opinion and experience, and I may be wrong. But I would like to have a debate, and maybe speak with some Individuals who have been in tech for a very long time now or maybe some people who are exces and have experience in making these decisions. Hopefully this will help people invest more intelligently, and maybe find blockchain solutions which IBM and other large entities in the future don’t get involved in, to invest in. Also please review the members list, and see what types of companies they are And how they play into cryptos you may already own. This can help you decide if it really is a good coin to hodl.

Lastly, here are some references, because that’s how people don’t spread fake shit (cough, CNN)

https://www.hyperledger.org/members
https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/for-business.html
https://www.hyperledger.org/projects

People are talking about consensus in May and big institutional investments coming in.

What’s everyone’s opinion on this?

Last year there was also Consensus in May and while it raised awareness about crypto there wasn’t much of an immediate fluctuation on Bitcoin and crypto in general. (End of July and past then is when it really started to make huge gains).

Nobody knows for sure obviously but I’d be interested in hearing educated opinions.

Is anyone noticing that TRON(TRX) development speed jumped in last month?

I am surprised too after all that white paper controversy

source - coincodecap.com

During this dip I’ve learned so much about Blockchain technology that I’ve came out with a business concept.

There is more to this than making a buck, you can actually get a new career if your experienced enough.

What about you guys ?

Bună, băieți, deci văd că există o mulțime de discuții despre marketcap.  Unii spun că este important și unii spun că nu.
Personal, evaluarea marketcapului al criptei nu definește cât de mult pot crește monedele. Nu este o estimare fiabilă pe termen lung a prețului care ar putea fi, totuși, modelele din plafonul total al pieței, ar putea defini tendințe ascendente și tendințe descendente pentru piața globală.
market cap care contează mai degrabă este limita de piață a industriei pe care o monedă este utilizată. Să spunem că avem 2 monede Aircoin este o monedă care rezolvă o problemă în industria aerospațială, în timp ce Shitcoin este o monedă care rezolvă o problemă în industria compostului. Având în vedere că industria aerospațială este mult mai mare decât industria compostului, șansa companiei Aircoin de a-și aprecia mai mult decât Shitcoin, presupunând că prețurile și aprovizionarea este aceeași, este mult mai mare.
Pentru simplul fapt că mai mulți oameni vor investi doar în industria aerospațială decât în ​​compost. Prețurile avioanelor de construcție sau a călătoriilor către alte țări depășesc cu mult prețul de a face noi îngrășăminte sau de a le vinde agricultorilor.

Dar industria pe care moneda se va poziționa va avea un impact. În afară de speculatorii din afara industriei, pentru ca această monedă să crească. Compania trebuie să poată dezvolta tehnologia pentru industria respectivă și să rămână în funcțiune. Trebuie să se extindă pentru a da încredere investitorilor, dar dacă spațiul pe care se poate extinde este limitat. Creșterea sa va fi limitată, iar banii inteligenți ar ezita să aducă mai multă creștere într-o companie care este mai rapidă decât creșterea acestei industrii.
Pentru ca moneda să aprecieze factorii de decizie de piață, trebuie să vedem dacă pot rupe rezistența și se pot deplasa la nivelul următor și o pot menține constant. În cazul în care moneda nu se extinde și se sculptează mai mult din cota de piață, banii inteligenți nu ar fi dispuși să-l împingă la un nou nivel, deoarece ar putea să nu poată atrage noi bani pentru a menține prețul la acel nivel și să se blocheze .

TL: DR  Crypto market cap nu definește prețul potențial al unei monede, poate determina tendințele pieței care ar putea afecta prețul monedei. Capul de piață al industriei pe care o monedă se ocupă joacă un rol mai important, deoarece determină cât de mulți bani există și cât de mult spațiu există pentru ca moneda să se extindă. Creșterea industriei sale de alegere ar afecta, de asemenea, aprecierea globală pe termen lung.

Sper ca va este de folos postul dat . Daca aveti ceva adaugari nu ezitati:)

​This is one and only opportunity to get acquainted with the advanced technologies of blockchain, personally communicate with experts and understand the prospects for the development of these technologies.

The speakers are not only recognized strategists in the high technology field. Also they're founders of successful international companies. So their speeches will cover both the theory of the modern economy and its applied aspects.

You can learn a lot from them.

The main topics of discussion: blockchain platforms and integration it into business; the interaction of high-tech and financial systems; the search for new venture opportunities in blockchain startups; the development of strategies for positioning companies in the crypto-economy.

Waiting for your opinion regarding this meet-up it will change the current market situation ?
More detail you can find here: http://www.blockchainevent.space/singapore04042018?utm_source=cryptoguys&utm_medium=chan&utm_campaign=singapore04

The other day, Twitter confirmed the ban on advertising сrypto-currency. This rumor went for a week or so, but now it's officially out. They put a ban on advertising about the crypto currency and we on the reaction of the market see a recession. But why no one pays attention to the application - the SEC allows Bitcoin exchange funds, on the recommendation of the CBOE.

This news is far more important than some kind of twitter ban. CBOE wrote a letter to the commission, President Chris Concannon indicates in the letter that the market is already ready for ETF, that it is large enough and quite liquid for ETF. This is great news. If we get ETF this year, we will see the price of bitcoin and the rest of the crypto-currency absolutely vertical ($ 100,000 for BTC - it will become a regular reality).

The fact that the CBOE has enough strength and supporters of bitcoin makes us believe that this year we will still get permission for ETF.

Institutions begin to create the conditions under which they can enter their capital on the market and we see evidence: take, for example, the US bank

Goldman Sachs, as well as the South Korean multi-million dollar conglomerate, which enters the crypto-currency market. All of them enter into partnerships with stock exchanges. Okcoin, which is the 3rd largest exchange, concludes a partnership with the UK conglomerate, which is deeply involved in the work of the state. Yahoo Japan is going to launch the stock exchange in 2019 - it's a huge company in Japan.
South Korean investors are buying Bitstamp for 400 million dollars. Subsidiary of Canadian operators of exchanges are going to open a brokerage service for the сrypto-currency.
Everything described above is going to create a second "boom", an infrastructure that will allow the money of institutions to enter the market.

Any opinion guys ?

Cryptocurrency associations in China, Russia, and South Korea are all set to file a joint lawsuit this upcoming spring in the wake of the implementation of a wide-scale ban on cryptocurrency advertisements.

The lawsuit is to be filed against Facebook, Google, Yandex (popular Russian search engine much like Google), and the most recent in the fight to ban crypto advertising: Twitter.

https://cryptocoinmastery.com/international-crypto-associations-to-sue-big-tech-over-crypto-ad-bans/

Wow...Ether is basically at November's prices...do you think we will dip under 400 usd? At the same time, a lot of Ether based alts are actually holding their ground. Now THIS, I don't think I have seen before.

Usually, these alts follow the general market trend and/or BTC but even during the times BTC was relatively stagnant, if Ether went down, they followed the trend.

So what can be the explanation for what's happening now? Thoughts?

There are reshuffles in the main bank of China. Now the post of director was taken by E Gang, a man who always openly supported crypto-currencies.
For 15 years the Central Bank of China was headed by Zhou Xiaochuan. Under his leadership since mid-2017 a ban on operations with the crypto currency and the conduct of the ICO has begun. More than 90% of ICO projects were forced to return investors their investments. This has become almost a disaster for programmers and entrepreneurs. In February 2018 the regulator prohibited companies the trading on foreign crypto-exchanges.
E Ganges, on the contrary, promises to carry out a number of reforms in the industry that will influence the development of the crypto currency in China. He refused to disclose the details.
In this connection investors are waiting for the improvement of the situation in the country and around the world.