Hours ago, several bitcoin ETFs were officially rejected by SEC. It sounds this FUD doesn't have as much effect as Winklevoss twins' rejection.
But this is not the end. There's a more attractive upcoming event, it's Bitmain's IPO. For those who don't know about Bitmain. It's the Chinese technology company, which behind ASIC miners and Bitcoin Cash. At first, this IPO seemed to be very promising but recently, pessimistic information about it showed up here and there.

IMO, Bitmain's IPO is a test on people's belief in cryptocurrency. If it successes, we might see those green days back. But if it fails, I doubt that we'll see market bleeding badly.  

We had a very interesting discussion over the weekend and people debated if it was better to invest in property or to invest in Bitcoin. The argument was as follows :

1. Most people cannot afford to buy property, so they take a home loan at a Bank. The home loan is paid back with interest and some of these loans are spread out over 20 years to make it affordable to the person who takes out the loan. So, over that 20 years the house of $100 000 will cost you say $1 000 000. {$900 000 paid in interest}

The argument is also that the property has to increase in value, with more than $900 000 for you to say that it was a good investment AND you have to sell that property to get that profit.

2. The other side of the room said it was better to rent a smaller property and to invest the "savings" into something like Bitcoin, because your profit will pay for a bigger deposit or even a whole property in a few years time.

I think paying a high interest rate to a Bank is just as bad as paying rent to a Landlord, because you are getting screwed in both these circumstances.  

We all want to live in big houses that we cannot afford.  

Electricity production can increase while still maintaining a minimal impact on the environment. Rather than focusing on how much energy Bitcoin uses, the discussion should center around who indeed is producing it – and where their power comes from.

I have been following the crypto scene for the past year and sometimes even though some companies do well their token price drastically goes down and this is the same with btc too. People like john mcafee and roger ver are always talking about how we should get ready for the bullish market but yet the price keeps on decreasing and so i'm asking how and who controls the price. If there is anyone who might be running it?

It would make sense for the SEC to announce that they are not going to accept crypto ETFs, rather than reject them one at a time.

Nav ar nemaz tik lielas tās problēmas, pircēji netrūkst, gan Latvijā gan ārvalstīs, kad sāc meklēt kādu potenciālo pārdevēju tie sāk bīdīt tādus noeteikumus, ka pircējam paliek neinteresanti, jo % ar visiem starpniekiem sāk pārsniegt 10% un tad vēl atrodas tādi gudrinieki, kas savus BTC raustās nopludināt lielākās porcijās par 100k. Atrast pircējus un pārdevējus nav tas grūtākais, grūtākais ir panākt, ka noteikumi apmierina abas puses un tās sāk uzticēties viena otrai. Viss tikai dēļ tā, ka ir bijuši gadījumi ar izvilktiem ieročiem Milānas centrā vai "pēkšņas" policijas uzrašanās.