So far, I'm happy with the companies that Bounty Detective is running. They write that they guarantee payments to participants in ICO bounty campaigns, since escrow applies. In these cases, there is a certain guarantee that the projects will not turn out to be fraudulent. Also, I like that they explicitly state that no KYC will apply. Unscrupulous ICO teams very often used KYC after a certain time after the end of the ICO in order not to pay the bounty hunters the tokens we earned.
The number of participants in ICO bounty campaigns and the amount of payments will always be different, as there will be different ICO projects. Here we ourselves need to be vigilant and make independent decisions.

Cryptocurrency continues to evolve rapidly and DeFi is one of the necessary milestones along the way. Not so long ago, we were discussing whether it would be possible to use cryptocurrency for loans, credits, and deposits. ICO projects and cryptobanks appeared that promised to carry out these operations. With the advent of DeFi, this is becoming a reality based on smart contracts. Moreover, as it turned out, banks are absolutely unnecessary here.
Also stablecoins appeared, which are pegged to regular currency, but backed by cryptocurrency. Such stablecoins can even provide their holders with a certain profit, as they deviate more from the set value of the unit than regular stablecoins.

It really looks like the truth. It seems to me that the emergence of the coronavirus, the possibility for it to spread, then too tough measures to combat its spread, which led to a sharp decline in economic development and the logical onset of the global economic crisis are links in one chain.
Moreover, they usually try to underestimate the number of infected and the consequences of the spread of the virus, and in this case, the opposite is true. Many doctors in my country claim that they are forced to write that people have died from coronavirus even in cases where they died from other diseases. This means that someone really needs it.

In my country (Ukraine), the face recognition method is already used in practice, which even allows you to withdraw funds from a bank card and pay for goods with a "face". To do this, the "Private24" application is updated in the smartphone, the appropriate "face" payment option is selected, three selfies are taken in different angles of their face for a sample, which are linked to the application. This allows, for example, to withdraw money from a bank card even without the presence of the card itself. To do this, we go to the ATM, enter the code of our card, the selected method of verification by the person, after which the person is scanned and the cash is withdrawn. Very convenient in my opinion.

This ban on the use of cryptocurrency as a means of payment can be easily circumvented. There are payment bank cards that allow pre-existing bitcoins or other cryptocurrencies to be converted at the exchange rate into rubles and paid in rubles. The law that has come into force will not be violated.

I think that such events will soon begin in Russia, similar to what is happening now in Khabarovsk, that the current government will no longer have time for further regulation of the cryptocurrency.
The signed law appears to be one of the best options possible under the current Russian leadership, although at the same time it is one of the worst among all states.
The law prohibits the direct use of cryptocurrency as a means of payment, however, there are many payment cards that allow you to pre-exchange cryptocurrency for a ruble and pay with a ruble. In this case, the current version of the law will not be violated.

Very few ICO projects are making great strides in promoting their project and token price. In addition, for altcoins from the first half of 2018, this period has not been entirely successful in terms of price growth. Therefore, those who almost immediately dumped the received tokens as a result of participating in ICO bounty campaigns and exchanged them for bitcoin or ethereum turned out to be in profit.
However, I think there is still a good time for potential altcoins.

In all the hard times of trials, gold has always been a refuge for preserving value and saving people's money accumulation. Therefore, we see a natural significant increase in its price recently against the background of deteriorating economic indicators around the world.
Bitcoin and other decentralized cryptocurrencies are being tested for the first time as a financial instrument that can successfully withstand inflation of common currencies of states. It is still too early for us to draw definite conclusions on this issue, since this event coincided with other positive events for the growth of the cryptocurrency market. After a certain time, it will be possible to draw more specific conclusions on this matter.

It is still very early to speak about a period of prosperity for the economies of states and for the world economy as a whole. In fact, we have just begun to plunge into stagnation and devastation, which is associated with unprecedented measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Although the process has started, the response of economies is a little late. In addition, we expect a second wave of the spread of this coronavirus. Some countries are already celebrating its coming. So it's too early to rejoice. The period of overcoming the economic crisis will surely come. However, we do not yet know with what results we will approach this period.

What does cryptocurrency lending have to do with its ability to bypass the price dominance of bitcoin, including how ethereum can become the number one cryptocurrency?
In my opinion, the dominance of bitcoin will disappear only if the level of its capitalization drops significantly and approaches the level of capitalization of other cryptocurrencies. Perhaps this will happen someday.

Sberbank, one of the largest state-owned banks in this country, wants to issue a stable coin in Russia. Therefore, here we are talking, most likely, about the creation of a national stable coin, that is, a digitized ruble. Most states are now working to create national stablecoins, which are much more profitable for states to use compared to paper money. Therefore, in Russia, in any case, they will create their own digitized ruble.

There is nothing surprising. Government agencies will always try to take control of the cryptocurrency and impose their own rules for its circulation in society. They will also try to track the movements of the cryptocurrency and at the same time establish its belonging to specific individuals. It seems that there will always be a confrontation between government agencies and anonymity in cryptocurrency.

Since bitcoin has a lot of price volatility, it would be nice to buy bitcoin on a decline in prices and sell on a rise, however, in this case, you need to be well aware of the upward and downward trends in prices in the cryptocurrency market. So, bitcoin has recently risen in price and whales began to withdraw large batches of bitcoins for sale in order to fix their profits, but recently they changed their minds and took bitcoins from the exchanges. This means that for some time bitcoins and the entire cryptocurrency market will still grow in value. Further, you need to make the right decisions on time. There can be no general advice here.
Yes, over 90 percent of the entire lifetime of bitcoin, it has grown in value. However, this does not mean that it will always be. In the coming year, the price of bitcoin should indeed rise significantly in value. Therefore, in general, it is still profitable to keep it. Nobody knows what will happen next.

Even when using cash, paper money, we actually use the services of banks, because banknotes are issued by central banks. Therefore, everyone uses the services of banks. Banks are an integral part of the state, so they will exist as long as the state exists.
If you set a goal, you can do without banks. But why do we need additional complexity.

It is the current unprecedented measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus that seem to me the strangest now, because they clearly and openly cause colossal harm to the economies of all states, and the danger of this coronavirus is too exaggerated and the fear of this virus is deliberately raised. Something strange and grand is happening that has never happened before. Now it is difficult to say who is behind this, but the world is being pushed towards mass poverty and poverty. The winner is somewhere too high, it is not even a separate industry. The real reason for the current events will become visible much later.

Putin is aging, he is gradually losing popularity in his country and it will be more and more difficult for him to stay in power. Due to the need to solve many more important problems, the issue of strict regulation of cryptocurrency will gradually recede into the background.
If the attitude of other states to cryptocurrency is positive, then over time it will inevitably change for the better on the part of the Russian authorities. However, this is a matter of time and time.

The population of the Asian region has always shown great interest in cryptocurrency. After the official launch of the Chinese digitalized yuan, and even more so the Asian regional stablecoin, interest in the decentralized cryptocurrency should grow significantly.
Now, four major banks in China have gradually begun introducing their digitized yuan and we will eagerly await the first feedback on the usability of this stablecoin. This experience can prove invaluable to other states.

Of course, under no circumstances will ethereum be able to reach the $ 10,000-12,000 price point yet. This is so far unattainable even for this coin. With the successful improvements in ethereum, I think that another thousand dollar price is possible. Ethereum will rise in value in both the short and medium term. This is the most important thing now.

It is unlikely that this flood in China can significantly affect mining or the price of bitcoin in general. All the same, one bitcoin will be mined every ten minutes in the world, even regardless of the fact that the number of miners becomes smaller.
Bitcoin's price has long ceased to respond to such natural disasters. This would have been possible a few years ago. Bitcoin holders are no longer as fearful as they used to be.

According to the information, the explosion in Beirut was due to a violation of fire safety during welding in a place where 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate had been stored for years, and firecrackers were still laid on top, which caught fire during this work until all this detonated. Of course, such cases of negligence can still occur.
Yes, unfortunately, this once again confirms how fragile the world of high technology is. Now, perhaps, many will think that the protective measures they have taken to safeguard data on wallets with cryptocurrency are clearly not enough.