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Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2019-01-19] Binance Sees Massive Uptake
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on: January 20, 2019, 12:42:24 PM
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"The first 5,000 users to register and complete Account Verification (KYC) on binance.je will be rewarded with 20 EUR. Further details on this promotion can be found here." - that does not look like massive uptake.
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Which tokens are securities?
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on: September 12, 2018, 04:26:01 PM
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SEC just charged an exchange operators for probably some pretty exotic tokens "With Operating As Unregistered Broker-Dealers": https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-185. If I was an exchange operator I would now diligently check all the traded coins and tokens and stop the trading of all that could be seen as securities. This probably applies not only to US based exchanges if only they let USA citizens to trade on them. The coins that are interpreted as securities by SEC will be gradually delisted from the exchanges and their price will drop - this might be a good idea for a short. |
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Best alt for a short?
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on: June 10, 2018, 09:55:53 AM
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Shorting is a dangerous game - but we have many threads about the best alts for investment - so for a change which is the best for shorting?
Personally I feel like we are in a long slow slide down phase, too much money has been sucked out of the system and no new inflows visible (maybe a next EURo crisis could be a crypto boost - but it is hard to tell) - so in general I predict a slow slide down as people get disinterested.
So here are some types:
LTC - its resurrection out of the purgatory was based on speculations on segwit introduction and lightning - but so far lightning is rather disappointing, there is really no reason for LTC to be in the top market caps.
ETH - the ICO hype is clearly going down and it was probably the number one reason for ETH pump, without it ETH should retrace
IOTA - many technical problems
For the short-term investments the tron is most suitable, and the last time is very much pumped out. I also noticed that the Zilliqa is used by many for the same purposes. Short does not mean short term - it means a www.investopedia.com/terms/s/short.asp . |
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Best alt for a short?
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on: June 10, 2018, 08:15:50 AM
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Shorting is a dangerous game - but we have many threads about the best alts for investment - so for a change which is the best for shorting?
Personally I feel like we are in a long slow slide down phase, too much money has been sucked out of the system and no new inflows visible (maybe a next EURo crisis could be a crypto boost - but it is hard to tell) - so in general I predict a slow slide down as people get disinterested.
So here are some types:
LTC - its resurrection out of the purgatory was based on speculations on segwit introduction and lightning - but so far lightning is rather disappointing, there is really no reason for LTC to be in the top market caps.
ETH - the ICO hype is clearly going down and it was probably the number one reason for ETH pump, without it ETH should retrace
IOTA - many technical problems
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Economy / Speculation / Re: Debunking the waste of energy argument against Bitcoin
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on: February 18, 2018, 10:06:17 AM
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I´m tired of hearing the argument "but Bitcoin wastes more energy than
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3. Fiat currencies are supposedly backed by the power of the state... meanwhile the US military consumes more energy than Bitcoin mining per year
(this is a comparison of the military of a single country compared to a truly global currency)
Yeah - I am waiting for the USA to replace their army by a bitcoin mining rig. |
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Economy / Speculation / Re: TREND IS YOUR FREIND
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on: February 06, 2018, 05:13:58 PM
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Trend is your friend - but which one? The one that in the span of a few years went from under $1 to the $7K now? Or the one that went down from neary $20K to current $7K? Or maybe the one that lead us from $6K to $7K in recent hours?
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Next coin for a quick x5 is....:
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on: January 28, 2018, 07:01:26 PM
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Personally I am betting on DPOS systems to be the next big thing. DPOS systems will not be as decentralized as current POW or POS systems - but solving the scaling problem will be a huge thing. I think people have not yet realized that DPOS solves that and when it becomes common knowledge they will go boom. Many people will shout about the centralization problems - but nobody will listen to them before the problem becomes evident and that will take some time.
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Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2018-01-08] Confusion Grows Surrounding Official Chinese Position Regarding BTC
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on: January 08, 2018, 08:47:15 PM
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China government wants to take a part in anything that could replace dollar as the international currency, it also likes to be high-tech etc. But it also wants capital controls. Now bitcoin is approaching the scale where it becomes relevant for capital controls and as it is it can be used for sidestepping them. This is the conflict - there are also people who want to profit from any policy choice - but they need to construct their arguments so that they adhere to those two main goals. Governments could have capital controls over bitcoin only if they controlled all mining operations and required that everything goes into wallets operated by regulated companies. This would be quite ridiculous - but they could still pretend that they are pro-bitcoin.
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