يبدو أنه سوف تكون هنالك طبعة جديدة لمؤتمر البيتكوين هذا العام لمنطقة الشرق الأوسط (لا أعتقد أني شاركتم اياه من قبل؟) و الذي سوف يكون في الامارات، أبو ظبي

 لا أتوقع أن يكون المؤتمر كبيرا كما هو الحال مع المؤتمر الرئيسي الذي يعقد في الولايات المتحدة بطبيعة الحال، لكن أعتقد أن الأمر يستحق التدقيق للمهتمين .

https://b.tc/conference/mena

هذا هو الرابط. حاليا لا يوجد أي معلومات حول المتكلمين لكن هذا أمر مفهوم بمأن المؤتمر لن يعقد حتى نهاية العام.

لم يتبق الكثير على انقسام البيتكوين حيث سوف نرى انخفاض في مكافأة البلوك من 6.25 بيتكوين الى 3.125 بيتكوين

https://watcher.guru/bitcoin-halving

ارتأيت أن أقوم بانشاء موضوع لمناقشة هذا الأمر و ما الذي يمكن أن نراه خلال الأشهر القادمة (من ناحية السعر).

أرائكم؟

They stopped processing withdrawals a couple of days ago. Today, the site is down[1] and if you visit the site, you will be welcomed by a Cloudflare page saying:

https://www.bitforex.com/

Code:

Sorry, you have been blocked
You are unable to access bitforex.com

There is no information from then on their social media, the last tweet was on the 21st of February.

[1] https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/02/26/bitforex-website-goes-dark-amid-reported-57m-outflow/

So I'm pretty sure lots of you here have already heard of this instant exchange. It got hacked a few hours ago[1][2].

The team did confirm the hack and denied that it was an inside job. They're currently in maintenance mode.

[1] https://decrypt.co/218077/fixedfloat-hack-26-million-bitcoin-ethereum
[2] https://twitter.com/PeckShieldAlert/status/1759399281201733917

تفصلنا الان ساعات قليلة عن اخر أجل لصدور قرار من هيئة البورصة و الأوراق المالية (SEC) حول ال Spot ETFs من عدة شركات.

لم كان يتابع الموضوع، لقد كان في الأسبوع أو الأيام الاخيرة الكثير من الأخبار التي يمكن تفسيرها على أن الهيئة سوف تقوم بقبول التسجيلات من هذه الشركات، مثلا:

- اصدار العديد من الشركات لاعلانات ترويجية[1][2][3]
- قيام نفس الشركات باخر التعديلات و اعلانها عن الرسوم[4]
- قيام مدير هيئة البورصة بالتحذير حول خطورة استخدام العملات المشفرة
الخ..

في رأيكم، هل مازال هنالك امكانية رفض الطلبات؟ و في حال تم قبولها، كيف سيكون تأثير ذلك على السعر؟

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjj3zAYZ0ZE
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_BYH9V3xJ4
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwrB2cro9l0
[4] https://www.reuters.com/technology/companies-disclose-expected-fees-spot-bitcoin-etfs-ahead-sec-decision-2024-01-08/

https://www.okx.com/help/okx-to-delist-several-spot-trading-pairs-12-29

So it looks like OKX has decided to delist all the trading pairs for privacy coins: Monero, ZCash, Dash.

They didn't mention anything about the "cause" but I think it's clear. The question now is... which exchanges are going to follow? Binance also announced a similar thing a few months back but then changed their minds. Thoughts?

I need someone who already used Coinbase in the UK.

A friend wants to buy some BTC/USDT using his bank account, but can't figure out how. He gave me his credentials, but from what I can see, he can only use his card (with a limit of 300 GBP per week) or PayPal account. There is no option to choose a bank account from the payment methods list. Any thoughts as to why is that?

Just saw a press release[1][2] of this service called bit store. I thought I'd share it, and also get some reviews in case anyone has used them before. The card have 2.5% top-up fee, and the company claims that KYC verification is not mandatory with a limit of 10K USD per month.

[1] https://news.bitcoin.com/bit-store-introduces-privacy-first-virtual-crypto-mastercard-and-unveils-websites-new-look/
[2] https://bit.store/faqs

So I have a friend who wants to convert a large amount (probably around 30-50K worth of crypto) to fiat currency (preferably EURO though). He's not a Turkish citizen though but I believe he has a residency there. Obviously, he doesn't mind going through the KYC process.

I want to know what's the best (fastest/cheapest) way to convert those funds and what are some of the difficulties he might face.

1. Are there any local exchanges in Turkey that one could use but still get EUR or USD instead of Turkish Lira?
2. How about cash? Is it legal and is it possible to find people to trade with for such amounts? I checked Binance P2P. There are multiple offers but for TRY only. If you receive that, could you just withdraw the Lira directly in EURO?
3. I would imagine? that as a last resort, one could always use any exchange that supports SWIFT but I'm not sure what would that look like in terms of fees.

First, I would like to start by saying that I'm not affiliated with this project in any way.

It's just a project that I have been keeping an eye on for some time because I found it to be interesting, and they just officially launched on the main net a few hours ago, so I thought I'd share[1][2].

The app is a non-custodial multi-coin wallet (currently only supports Ethereum, Polygon, and the Nervos network) but should support BTC, SOL, and other coins later.

Unlike other wallets, this wallet uses passkeys. You don't need an email, a phone number, seedphrase, or any of that. See here for more info[3].

I'd like to hear your thoughts on this? I just started using it and will make sure to post updates as they add more features and coins.

[1] https://joy.id/
[2] https://docs.joy.id/guide
[3] https://joy.id/faqs

لقد بدأت منذ ساعات الانتخابات الرئاسية في ارجنتينا، و الى حد الساعة، يبدو أن خافيير ميلي (مرشح داعم للبيتكوين ) يتصدر الجولة الأولى

وقالت صحيفة "كلارين" الأرجنتينية ، يحتاج المرشحون الرئاسيون إلى ما لا يقل عن 45% من الأصوات، أو 40% شرط التقدم على ثاني المنافسين بفارق أكثر من 10 % للفوز في الجولة الأولى، وإذا لم يصل أحد إلى هذه النسبة، فسيكون من الضروري إجراء جولة ثانية، والتي من المقرر إجراؤها في 19 نوفمبر المقبل.

ويتصدر خافيير ميلي، الذي يتزعم حزب "الحرية تتقدم"، استطلاعات الرأي الأخيرة، والتي ترجح فوزه بأعلى نسب تصويت في الجولة الأولى، إلا أنه من غير المتوقع أن يتجاوز نسبة 45% التي تعفيه من خوض الجولة الثانية للوصول إلى سدة الرئاسة.

الان بغض النظر عن توجهاته السياسية، أود التكلم حول دعم هذا المرشح للبيتكوين كما هو واضح في هذا الفيديو[2] و معرفة رأيكم حول ما يمكن أن يقع في حال فوزه للانتخابات؟ خاصة و مع الديون و الأزمة الاقتصادية التي تمر بها الأرجنتين حاليا.

هل ترون أنه من الممكن أن نرى ترسيم البيتكوين كعملة للبلد كما حدث الأمر مع السالفادور؟

[1] https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R2asE78rs38

For those who are familiar with the platform, and use it on a regular basis to complete tasks for different projects, you should stop using it. Don't connect your wallet, and don't sign any transactions either. It has been hacked as mentioned here[1].

I see some people reporting some losses of huge numbers, but not sure if they're just trolling or it's real. Either way, don't use it for now.

[1] https://twitter.com/Galxe/status/1710318639381881280

Does anyone here by any chance use Revolut for trading bitcoin? I sent BTC to someone's (I know) Revolut generated address but the funds have not been credited yet. Any thoughts on why? The transaction does show as "Pending" but has received multiple confirmations (17 so far), and the overall balance still shows as zero for some reason. This is all I managed to find[1] but it's pretty vague.

[1] https://help.revolut.com/help/wealth/cryptocurrencies/transferring-cryptocurrencies/depositing-cryptocurrencies/issues-with-crypto-deposits/why-is-my-crypto-deposit-pending/

So I have been seeing a few articles about "Spiderchains"[1][2] lately, which is meant to be a Proof-of-stake L2 solution for Bitcoin. I still haven't done much reading about it, but I thought it would be a good idea to share it here since I didn't see any discussion about it.

The network is still not open to the public yet,  but you can join the waitlist from the official site. And for those interested in reading about it (technical) you can start here[3].

[1] https://decrypt.co/197687/how-spiderchain-plans-to-build-ethereum-on-bitcoin
[2] https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/spiderchains-a-proof-of-stake-second-layer
[3] https://docs.botanixlabs.xyz/botanix-labs/

I have been trying to import a seedphrase to Coinbase wallet but to no avail. I keep getting the same error "Something went wrong" although I'm sure that the seedphrase is correct. The phrase belongs to Trustwallet, but that shouldn't be an issue since both use BIP39. Has anyone been facing the same problem lately?

So after Canada[1], it looks like Bybit is suspending its operation in the UK as well[2]. Starting next month, UK citizens will be able to neither make new accounts, nor deposit funds if they already have an account. For withdrawals, they have until the 8th of January 2024.

[1] https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/05/30/crypto-exchange-bybit-exit-canada-citing-recent-regulatory-development/
[2] https://announcements.bybit.com/en-US/article/announcement-bybit-to-suspend-services-in-the-uk-blt286daa9208c8f3aa/

I would imagine that the cheapest way would be to use a CEX. Could you recommend one to me? I know that OKX supports Linea but I have stopped using them since they implemented KYC. I need to transfer the funds from Polygon zkEVM but I'm flexible. I don't mind going through Bitcoin, or some other coin if needed as long as the process is as cheap as possible. I'm aware of bridges like Orbiter Finance, but that's a bit too expensive (for the small amount I'm trying to move).

With all of the talk about Bitcoin Spot ETFs lately, I thought it would be a good idea to make a topic so we can discuss them.

This right here is the SEC's deadlines to issue a decision about the different ETFs (Source: BeInCrypto[1]):



So now with them missing the first deadline, the next one will be next Month (the 17th of October). Your thoughts on this? The good, the bad, the odds of getting approved?

[1] https://beincrypto.com/full-list-spot-bitcoin-etf-applications-deadlines/

So maybe it was me who had the wrong assumptions here, but wasn't everyone excited about Hong Kong and HashKey launching as the first crypto platform there on the 28th of August? I was really expecting to see millions of dollars in terms of trading volume but now that I'm checking the platform:

https://www.hashkey.com/en-US/spot/BTC_USD (If you can't access the link, use a VPN with Hong Kong servers).

It's very disappointing, to say the least (less than 100K volume). So what am I missing here?