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Krzysztof Shpak 621 24.03.2020

Bitcoin Needs Catastrophe to Succeed

The current shifts in politics and economics will affect everybody regardless of their involvement with Bitcoin. Moreover, the current crisis presents an opportunity for Bitcoin to achieve what it was made to achieve—become money.

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Krzysztof Shpak 706 22.03.2020

Adam Back: The Question Was Whether Bitcoin Would Bootstrap

While waiting for the world to get back to normal, it may be useful to take a moment and turn away from all the turmoil and uncertainty. In this particular case, we offer you to look back at certain fundamental values and properties of Bitcoin.

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Krzysztof Shpak 688 21.03.2020

Alex Mashinsky on DeFi: Just Circulating Everything Inside the System Is not Going to Make Bitcoin Go to 100,000

How much more do banks earn from investments than their clients? Do they screw poor people over? Is DeFi a viable alternative system for banking? How can we entice more users to join DeFi systems? What business models allow private funds working with DeFi to become a bridge to the world of cryptocurrencies for the […]

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Krzysztof Shpak 688 20.03.2020

Global Recession: What Are Risks For Bitcoin And Miners

The last few weeks have been hard for the world economy and logistics. Logistics and supply chains are disrupted, some states close their borders and restrict public events. This doesn’t make investors happy, lowering business activity and total demand.

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Krzysztof Shpak 461 18.03.2020

Is Bitcoin Safe-Haven Asset? What Experts Think

Bitcoin has long carried the informal title of digital gold. This title implies that Bitcoin was believed to share certain qualities with gold, namely being a protective asset during periods of market turmoil.

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Krzysztof Shpak 436 17.03.2020

Professional Trader Talks About Bitcoin Price Bottom

As the Bitcoin markets settle down, it’s still not clear how the price of the first crypto will develop, given the tough time entire nations’ economies are going through.

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Krzysztof Shpak 603 16.03.2020

COT Report Analysis: Institutionals Ramped up Short Positions Before Crash

The Commitments of Traders report, issued weekly by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is an important tool in assessing the moods of large market players and getting a bigger picture of the financial markets in general. Given the turmoil in the markets, this gives the additional bits of information needed to better understand the nature […]

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Krzysztof Shpak 760 15.03.2020

Jameson Lopp: For Me Bitcoin Is a Hedge Against the Existing System

Amidst the unstable economic situation and uncertainty in the financial markets worldwide, financial safety should get lots of attention. Although, it’s much better to think about a rainy day in advance.

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Krzysztof Shpak 549 14.03.2020

Martijn Wismeijer: I Used My Implants as Bitcoin Saving Wallets

Recent BBC One show “Years and Years” has raised many interesting questions pertaining to nascent transhumanism culture. But many viewers were perhaps unaware that similar surgical procedures have been available for years now.

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Krzysztof Shpak 649 13.03.2020

Bitcoin Collapse and the Crisis in the Financial Markets With Live Updates: Opinions, Estimates, Forecasts

On Friday (UTC time zone), March 13, Bitcoin’s price at some point fell to $3,800, having lost more than 50% of its value overnight. Ethereum’s price dropped below $100 for the first time since December 2018.

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Krzysztof Shpak 725 12.03.2020

Bitcoin Price Dropped Below $6,000 and Keeps Sinking

Today, on March 12, the price of Bitcoin dropped below $6,000, at some point reaching $5,900 on the Bitstamp exchange.

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Krzysztof Shpak 505 12.03.2020

PlusToken Scam: How To Launder 11,999 BTC and Get Bitcoin Another Notch Lower

A Chinese pyramid scheme called PlusToken has managed to gain notoriety as a significant factor influencing Bitcoin’s price. Just recently, a hefty bunch of 11,999 BTC from its wallet started moving, putting the watchful members of the community on high alert: an en masse sell-off of this much Bitcoin wouldn’t be a good thing for […]

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