Xapo is a blast from the past. I presume they've been busy hiding in their Swiss mountain vaults.

Don't really see why Coinbase would bother with this when they have their own custody thing going, but perhaps they want to scoop up those OG whales who bank with Xapo.

I'd be surprised if Fidelity let this go if they are serious about entering his area. They're not going to find an equivalent anywhere else. I wonder what Xapo's users make of all this.

I'm happy to spend a bit of it because it's become a valuable asset to me. I may as well make use of some of the value that has accumulated. I guess that means it's still primarily an asset to me and not a currency.

Most peoples' answer to this depends on how long they've been in crypto.

If I was a brand new arrival absolutely not. Why would you? There are options that are non volatile and less hassle. Obtaining your crypto would've been a grind.

If you're sitting on a pile of free gains then why not? Time to realise them by buying some junk.

The latter are in a minority so I don't think any such place would thrive. And most of the time the existing places like this charge you more money for the honour of paying with crypto with much worse choice. I'd never take a shittier deal because of some sentimental attachment to my payment method and anyone who does is a numpty.

If you're moving between exchanges then this is the glory of alts, though watch them trading fees. I'm buying some tat with a crypto debit card and they have shitcoin facilities too. It's far more relaxing paying a pittance and having a near instant arrival.

It does depend on the alt of course. Okex told me they won't release any trade funded by BSV until 200 confirmations which is the best part of two days.

If the whole world did turn up on Bitcoin's doorstep in the next year or two I don't think there's any option other than feemagdeeon. Batching and Segwit can only do so much, though they certainly help. LNs are still in obscurity.

They look ecstatic to be part of making the future and so they goddamn should be.

My guess is that an ETF will arrive many years from now long after it's been routed around by countless other methods. We'll think 'ooh, that's nice. Brings back a few memories' and then get back to our fluffers.

I remember a Bitpay employee saying every single satoshi they were receiving at one point was going straight into the wallets of OTC buyers. Where else will you find a constant and steady supply with a very willing seller? There aren't many other places.

Smells of typical straw grabbing to me. If I remember rightly the applications had different dates for the extension so not saying anything now about Vaneck is meaningless. Glad to be proven wrong all the same.

Interesting. Do they have form for this?

Where does selling a shit ton turn into something that gets legal types hot and bothered?

I'm yet to be convinced of anything regarding lightning networks. I can well believe they may remain an egghead dead end. As for BlockstreamBorgAxaLizard, the majority are choosing them. I have no particularly strong feelings.

BSV is a fork of a fork with near total mining centralisation and not one competent or non skeevy person visibly involved. I wouldn't entrust them with my snot.

If the 'purity' of the software is all that counts then people should run their own version of BTC at home on two computers and bat it between them.

You bet.

Wechat is not a social media platform. It's a government control platform using social media as the tool to do it. What the government wants and doesn't want Wechat obeys.

I haven't come across anything obvious. I'll take it all the same.

Flat out theft hiding behind weasel words.

The only other place I've heard of that keeps money like this is Changelly. Funnily enough Changelly and HitBTC are alleged to be operated by the same people.

No it's not possible.

Cryptopia is now in liquidation which means all assets will be frozen and then the liquidator decides who gets paid back what. OP may be a long way down the list. The private keys to that wallet be not be accessible anyway, or available to a hacker.

Unforgivable that Cryptopia encouraged anyone to deposit anything. They must have known they were on their way out.

It's on tons of exchanges. It has bitcoin in the name. It's 'cheaper'.

That's all the average dunderhead wants. It's deffo not dead.

Riiiight.

Despite her severe disability I don't see how she can possibly do a worse job than the previous 'leadership' which seemed to mainly consist of employing their Filipino mates, emptying minibars on their paid for travels and trying to block the launch of Catapult.

You're scared of a woman heading things up? There are billions of the things crawling around doing a fine job in their respective areas.

Nem's always been invisible. I don't know why. No idea how it'll be solved.

Though the actual project itself it is one of the very few solid and original ones out there, the market treats it like a shitcoin. It picks it up and forgets it just as rapidly. Plan accordingly.

Its best chance is the Catapult upgrade which is supposed to be arriving towards the end of this year. That might just push it up to a higher level and keep it there. If it doesn't then it's toast other than generalised pumps.

All alts are a bet. Don't take excessive risks and you might get a nice surprise.

Interesting.

For ages Exrates, which is pure fictional bullshit, made up 90% or more of the volume.

That's some real proper volume for once. Hope it sticks around.

It seemed like the right thing to do. You'll see some day.

As will I.

Wechat has the Chinese government completely inserted up its anus. It's one of the government's prime control and surveillance tools. I would amazed if it wasn't doing anything other than this.

It sounds like it's now basically indispensable for daily life there and no doubt they'll make its necessity even deeper. That's an ideal platform to deter crypto usage.

The more removed China is from crypto the better. Nothing good has come from its involvement.