If the opinion of Robert Schiller is seriously taken into account by investors from around the world, it is simply because he was the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2013. But when it comes to talking about Bitcoin, man does not chew his words. He is not seized by the craze that surrounds crypto-currencies for several months now.
Mr Schiller believes that Bitcoin is a speculative bubble that will end up exploding, even if in itself this virtual currency should not disappear.

Bitcoin ban: How cryptocurrency exchanges are circumventing RBI's circular
https://m.businesstoday.in/lite/story/bitcoin-ban-how-cryptocurrency-exchanges-are-circumventing-rbi-circular/1/280005.html

Bitcoin has it's lowest price of all time, this is the right time to buy bitcoin because bitcoin market is down and in the end of 2018 bitcoin will touch 20k$ above again....!!

Bitcoin future is unpredictable because many time ask this question but no one is exactly predict the bitcoin future so better stop this future analysis. If you want future result just turn of the Internet then turn on to future. This year many peoples are curiously waiting for next hype so if you also looking to Bitcoin hype keep calm automatically this move forward.

Unlike stock or commodity transactions, the value of Bitcoin is unpredictable. Values ​​can go up and down in one trading day only

However, there is an indication of the value manipulation of Bitcoin. This manipulation occurred in the year 2013 ago.

At that time, the price of Bitcoin could rise from US $ 150 / coin to US $ 1,000 / coin. This increase only occurs in a vulnerable time of only two months.

There are four researchers who found manipulation. According to them a surge in the value of Bitcoin is done by one person.

In his paper entitled "Price Manipulation in a Bitcoin Ecosystem" published in the journal Monetary Economics, Neil Gandal, JT Hamrick, Tyler Moore and Tali Oberman describe suspicious activity at the digital currency exchange center (cryptocurrency), Mt. Gox, which affects the value of Bitcoin Cs in 2013.

As quoted by TechCrunch and quoted CNBC, the researchers found price manipulation done two bots and listed as "??" in the user's country. They named this bot "Mark" and "Willy".

Markus buys and sells bitcoins at random prices and does not pay transaction fees. Upon further inspection, Mark actually did not pay to receive Bitcoin. Mark generates 335,889 bitcoins and is active from 14 February 2013 to 27 September 2013.

Seven hours after Mark becomes inactive, Willy appears with 49 accounts. Each of these Willy accounts sequentially purchases bitcoins worth US $ 2.5 million and then becomes inactive. During this period, bitcoin prices soared.

One of the most appealing aspects of block chain technology is the degree of privacy that it can provide. However, this leads to some confusion about how privacy and transparency can effectively coexist. On a block chain, the identity of a user is concealed behind serious cryptography, meaning that linking public addresses to individual users can sometime be difficult to achieve. This raises questions about how block chains can be regarded as truly transparent.

The transparency of a block chains stems from the fact that the balances and transactions of each address are open to viewing. Using an explorer, and equipped with a user’s public address, it is possible to view their transactions that they have carried out. This level of transparency has not existed within financial systems before, especially in regards to large businesses, and adds a degree of accountability that has not existed to date. In the past, large financial institutions were able to use their customers funds as they saw fit, without anyone's knowledge.

Do you think block chain technology can effectively address this transparency issue, given its pseudo-anonymous nature?

In BTC around 2016. For me, it has given me a big step toward financial freedom. Frankly, if I could make do with a lower quality of life, I would already have enough for a few lifetimes. This is the biggest wealth transfer of our generation.

Bought everything I ever wanted  and can support my family very well. Grateful for all of this. This is not a show off thread but rather to share the positivity in a real way as there is too much negativity. 🙏🏻

That's right, im making the prediction. In 10 years Bitcoin will have a marketcap of several trillions. Most fiat sitting in dumb places like bonds, derivatives, idiotic stocks, easy to counterfeit metals such as silver and gold... will be sitting on the capital B blockchain.

We'll go parabolic in ways never fathomed before. After we gross the first million barrier it will open Pandora's box. Minds will be blown, everything will become possible. Anyone not holding wealth in Bitcoin will have their goods at constant systemic risk.

Go all in and hold.

I'm not referring to the price of Bitcoin (we all know it's going to be $250,000/coin by 2022), but the goal that it would be a legitimate alternative to inflationary government fiat currencies.  When the altcoin market is examined, it is inextricably linked to the price of Bitcoin.  Where Bitcoin goes, so does the rest of the cryptocurrencies.  There's even somewhat of a dismissive attitude toward other crytpos in some investment circles; strangely this was a similar sentiment held by those "respectable" investors when Bitcoin was in its infancy.

What do you think?  I'd love to hear from some crytpo veterans.

I think this is a good news that Facebook has lifted it's ban against cryptocurrency ads. However, ads about ICOs and MLM related cryptos are still banned. But I think this is a good start. What do you think about this? Will this affect the price of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general? Is this a preview of an upcoming bullrun?

Here are some sources:

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/06/26/facebook-reverses-ban-on-cryptocurrency-ads.html

https://cointelegraph.com/news/facebook-s-crypto-ad-ban-reversal-power-play-gets-their-own-news-stuck

https://www.recode.net/2018/6/26/17505876/facebook-cryptocurrency-ads-bitcoin-ico-ban-reversed

Some people like to compare crypto with the tulip bubble phenomenon before. My thoughts:

First of all, the phenomenon of tulips really does not exist nor can one prove, there are very few documents that exist today.

Secondly, tulips do not last long, are not scarce, can not be programmed, can not be used for transactions, can not be verified, can not be divided, are not the solution of the problem, and hard to move.

Can not compare crypto with tulips.

First of all this thread is open for discussions or insights are welcome as this topic is just a speculation or prediction by a man named Tim Draper.

So basically, Tim is a Billionaire venture capitalist and investor and has been one of cryptocurrency’s biggest bulls, technically he earned a lot of profit already from bitcoin. He said that bitcoin price will rise up to $250,000 each BTC! But we all know that the bitcoin price has sunk more than 67 percent from its all-time high. So, for you as an investor or a fan of bitcoin, would you believe in this statement?

We are talking about the future here, we all know that BTC started very cheap from the beginning, but look at it now. Can it really rise again on 2022?

Hello,

taxes, regulations, bans - where in the world is the best place for bitcoin users?
Such a place should also have easy access to the Internet, Bitcoin Exchanges, maybe Bitcoin ATMs (that would be nice ).

Any suggestions?
Comments are highly welcome.


Best wishes.

I read so many threads about warnings on bitcoin possibility that it will end. Well i do not believe on them instead i buy more bitcoins and other establish crypto since this the good time to get huge profit in the near future. Well if it will end then i have no worries because this is investment and part of it is the risk. All investments are having risk and if you take the risk it will end either earning good profit or a loss of money.

the good news about bitcoin can indeed affect bitcoin prices, but I see from bitcoin this is more bad news, i do not know why this happened, maybe this is a big player game to manipulate bitcoin price only. but I am not worried about it.

Not all mainland markets of China are closed at 15-21, the market will run as usual, only the impact will be felt in the market, especially the crypto market.


True $ 8000 or $ 9000 is the bitcoin stable price before the December 2017 pump.

RESERVED BANK OF INDIA  has recently stopped accepting crypto trading into bank accounts but keeping bitcoins and other altcoins is not banned by government . So what are the possible ways to trade our coins , wait for the regulation of cryptocurrency in country or move out with our coin wallets

One of the best features of Bitcoin is it's anonymity. This is also one of the reason why countries are banning or at least hesitant to embrace the technology. From money laundering to illegal drug transactions to human trafficking. We always blame the FUD from mainstream media, financial institutions like banks, the government etal. But do you think, the one that would "kill" Bitcoin is actually the nature of it.

Here's another news where Bitcoin was being used in an illegal activity. This will raise a lot of eyebrows because it concerns our children.

http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/investing/bitcoin-could-become-illegal-after-its-blockchain-was-discovered-containing-child-abuse/news-story/bf486e6e8de453fd7ad2abba019952dd 

Facebook has announced that it is revising its blanket ban on all cryptocurrency advertisements on the social media site.

The announcement highlights that this is a revision of Facebook’s cryptocurrency policy, rather than a removal of the policy altogether. For example, advertising for binary options and ICOs are still banned.

About the ban policy, Facebook Bussiness writes:

In the last few months, we’ve looked at the best way to refine this policy — to allow some ads while also working to ensure that they’re safe. So starting June 26, we’ll be updating our policy to allow ads that promote cryptocurrency and related content from pre-approved advertisers. But we’ll continue to prohibit ads that promote binary options and initial coin offerings.

However, cryptocurrency-related services and businesses, such as exchanges, will now be allowed to run ads.

The History of the Controversial Ban
As CCN reported, Facebook put a complete ban in place for cryptocurrency advertisements during the January 2018 run-up and ICO craze. This was also a time of rampant ICO scams, before regulators started their crackdown in earnest. Facebook’s decision came as part of its goal of protecting users from fraud and theft.

Still, the ban generated heated back-lash as crypto enthusiasts saw it as anti-contemplative and chilling of legitimate businesses. As CCN reported, leaders in the financial industry spoke out publicly against the new policy. Global cryptocurrency groups in Russia and Asia also filed suits against Facebook for the ban.

Facebook’s Motives Questioned
Not everyone was satisfied with Facebook’s reasons for the ban. In early 2018, CCN reported that Facebook was developing its own blockchain internally. This followed Mark Zuckerberg’s January announcement that the company was looking into cryptocurrencies and their decentralized technologies as a ‘fix’ for Facebook.

The company had also tapped a Coinbase board member to run their blockchain initiate, as CCN reported. Facebook has yet to launch any blockchain or cryptocurrency technologies publicly, however.

Many spoke out that the ban was part of a bigger plan to push out competitors if and when Facebook launched its own blockchain.

Google’s and Twitter’s Crypto Ad Bans
Google and Twitter followed suit with their own bans on crypto advertisements around the same time Facebook did.

It remains to be seen whether these giants, which generate much of their revenue from selling advertisements, will revise their policies as well. However, as regulators have become more pro-active and vocal on securities laws, the confusion surrounding crpyto businesses and ICOs is improving immensely from the craze of late 2017 and early 2018.

Source >>> https://www.ccn.com/facebook-backpedals-reverses-ban-on-cryptocurrency-ads/

How's the hearing goes by the ban?

This is what I've researched - Cryptocurrency exchanges in India brace themselves for RBI ban

So in case that the ban is real, I guess exchanges will give you directions on how you can cashout your crypto's into fiat.

But if there's a total shutdown and everyone's forbidden to withdraw, buy and sell crypto's, your option is to move to your nearby countries where crypto's aren't ban.