patrick.net

‘America and Sound Money,’ the Most Important Bitcoin Essay of the Last Year
https://www.microstrategy.com/content/dam/website-assets/collateral/bitcoin-downloads/Stone-Ridge-2020-Shareholder-Letter.pdf

Trades Jan/2021
ETH 2.71%
DOT 72.88%
ADA 52.14%
LINK 42.09%
XLM 8.11%
SNX 21.52%
ALGO 12.36%

Held trades 2020
ADA 317.71%
ZRX 20.35%

Blockchain 50: Billion Dollar Babies
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2019/04/16/blockchain-50-billion-dollar-babies/?sh=5eb439ce57cc

Cash says

Trades Jan/2021
ETH 2.71%
DOT 72.88%
ADA 52.14%
LINK 42.09%
XLM 8.11%
SNX 21.52%
ALGO 12.36%

Held trades 2020
ADA 317.71%
ZRX 20.35%

nice dude,

I'm long ZRX, ADA, Tezos, Dot, Link, ETH and BTC.

https://hackernoon.com/with-the-death-of-cash-privacy-faces-a-deeply-uncertain-future-l8c344v

The Coming Death of Cash and the Battle for the Future of Money. In One Future We have a Private, Anonymous Alternative to Cash but in the Black Mirror Future the Money in Your Pocket Knows Everything About You.
Cash is dying.

And with the death of cash, privacy faces a deeply uncertain future. In my article on privacy coins I said governments would drive physical cash to extinction in twenty years. Now I feel it won’t even take that long.

China’s relentless push to build a state backed digital currency, the economic disaster the global pandemic wreaked upon the world, and the incredible rise of decentralized cryptos like Bitcoin and Ethereum has accelerated the timeline to kill off cash.

Patrick says

https://hackernoon.com/with-the-death-of-cash-privacy-faces-a-deeply-uncertain-future-l8c344v

Now I feel it won’t even take that long.

China’s relentless push to build a state backed digital currency, the economic disaster the global pandemic wreaked upon the world, and the incredible rise of decentralized cryptos like Bitcoin and Ethereum has accelerated the timeline to kill off cash.

100% agree. It will happen fast. In parts of the world it has already happenend. Digital cash is the future. No way around it.

G36 says

100% agree. It will happen fast. In parts of the world it has already happenend. Digital cash is the future. No way around it.

Greatest "spec play" in todays markets... Crypto atm is a great spec play and nothing more. Digital cash is the future however no 1 knows what that will look like
1 of the worst mistake a person can make is underestimating the powers at hand... 1 Problem he mentioned and has been my opinion as well crypto sucks in use case scenarios
and lots of families could lose their wealth if the holder of the keys doesn't educate and keep them totally informed, many will not sad to say. There are lots of development with paypal, visa international and etc. who are working on making things very user friendly and people in masses will take advantage thinking they are in the real crypto game but if you study the structure of it's architecture you will find that their digital cash is anything but decentralized... Until all the ducks are in a row and lined up for the shooting I'm just going to trade in and out and buy hard assets with the majority of my profits...

Patrick says

China’s relentless push to build a state backed digital currency, the economic disaster the global pandemic wreaked upon the world, and the incredible rise of decentralized cryptos like Bitcoin and Ethereum has accelerated the timeline to kill off cash.

China is in a very big hurry to absolutely put an end to any such thing as decentralization of crypto cash....

In the mean time ;)
Morgan Stanley Buys 10% Stake in MicroStrategy to Up Bitcoin Exposure
https://decrypt.co/53630/morgan-stanley-buys-10-stake-in-microstrategy-to-up-bitcoin-exposure
SkyBridge’s Bitcoin Fund Crashes the Internet as 6,000 Scramble for Zoom Call
https://decrypt.co/53640/skybridges-bitcoin-fund-crashes-the-internet-as-6000-scramble-for-zoom-call

Technically my plan is ride the BTC tide to 53800+/- https://invst.ly/ti6s2
Watch and be amazed and while you are listen to the mutts howl BTC zero lmao

@Cash
Ethereum and BTC is pumping right now, finally ETH's new all time highs?!!

The only reason anyone would want BTC is to get dollars to buy things with, right?

At this point, a new investor would have better yields going with something like Siacoin or Cardano since BTC's price is so high.

Patrick says

The only reason anyone would want BTC is to get dollars to buy things with, right?

That's my reason. Its been a fantastic investment for me and I plan on paying off mortgages with it, buying stocks/RE and to keep some BTC forever.
For institutions its a diversification/inflation hedge to hold BTC on their balance sheet.
For the rich its a store of wealth that no entity can easily confiscate.

Patrick says

The only reason anyone would want BTC is to get dollars to buy things with, right?

Since the real use case is still in development imo I plan on buying and selling and as time goes on use some profit to own house shares of BTC which I am flat BTC atm. Just wondering you do realize BTC is the millennial's choice for their gold, most actually care less about the real metals they all heard of Peter Schiff and dont want no part of it lol ? Personally I am betting on bigger yields from ADA Cardano as mentioned as well as I see a good measurable amount of profit yet in ETH Etherum, LINK ChainLink, XLM Stellar, SNX Synthetix, ALGO Algorand, ZRX Ox for instance. There are others but being a US trader many are out of reach until if/when US trading exchanges list them.

@Cash
thought on POLS?
I think I would need a VPN to access an exchange that lists the asset.

G36 says

I think I would need a VPN to access an exchange that lists the asset.

I have a VPN but they still have kyc and AML requirements, you maybe able to get your hands on the coins your interested in but how will you move them, your US bank acct.? .... Other countries dont want to be in the gun sight of US regulators. There are the possibility of legal ramifications for lying in the financial world for the little guy. ;)

Patrick says

The only reason anyone would want BTC is to get dollars to buy things with, right?

Nah, it's shit for transactions but may serve as a peg for other things similar to gold.

Cash says

G36 says

I think I would need a VPN to access an exchange that lists the asset.

I have a VPN but they still have kyc and AML requirements, you maybe able to get your hands on the coins your interested in but how will you move them, your US bank acct.?

@Cash
>Access via VPN if they have a geo blocker.
>I sign up (as a user who can trade but not convert to FIAT).
>Buy the coin with USDC or any other stable coin.
>Take profits by trading back to a stable coin and move the stable coin back to Coinbase.

Patrick says

The only reason anyone would want BTC is to get dollars to buy things with, right?

Old dudes and there views Hahahaha

G36 says

I sign up (as a user who can trade but not convert to FIAT

What exchanges have you signed up to? So what address do you give them, proof of ID etc. they still want kyc/aml credentials?

It's go time for 1 ETH is about to do a new ATH https://invst.ly/tiioi

Cash says

It's go time for 1 ETH is about to do a new ATH https://invst.ly/tiioi

Yes baby!!!!!!!!

Cash says

G36 says

I sign up (as a user who can trade but not convert to FIAT

What exchanges have you signed up to? So what address do you give them, proof of ID etc. they still want kyc/aml credentials?

@Cash
For Coinbase & Binance I have a trading account that allows me to convert FIAT. KYC's are needed (ID, social etc).
For Kraken I only have the basic account that allows you to trade against stable coins. No KYC's, ID needed.

I see the bitter mutts are trolling again ... If they only had a spec of critical brain cell they could understand where they are so wrong...
Fk'm

G36 says

@Cash
For Coinbase & Binance I have a trading account that allows me to convert FIAT. KYC's are needed (ID, social etc).
For Kraken I only have the basic account that allows you to trade against stable coins. No KYC's, ID needed.

US traders can trade these US based exchanges Coinbase and Kraken. Binance.us allows most states to trade that platform my stae is not 1 of them. So really you don't have access to all the coins if those are your go to exchanges.

@Cash, I was interested in Polkastarter (POLS) but I agree with you there are so many opportunities within Binance/Coinbase that I wont really need another exchange.

You'll make plenty of $$$ just staying in the top coins. The problem with POLS there is no real market support so your odds are
not there. 3 active exchanges won't do...

WHO IS BUYING $590,000,000 OF BITCOIN!?

Institutional Buying, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) Buys Another 16,000 BTC Worth $590 Million
https://coingape.com/institutional-buying-grayscale-bitcoin-trust-gbtc-buys-another-16000-btc-worth-590-million/
18x more then the daily avg of 900 coins per 24 hrs...

@G36 doubles his money in BTC while the puke eating mutts double down on their stupidity lmao
If they only actually educated themselves they would know how idiotic they sound in their post..

@Cash,

yep, I can just imagine how it must feel if you try to trash Bitcoin and crypto for years while the excitement and price keeps shooting up. Maybe they are masochists? :)

Them old mutt fucks are Peter Schiff fans same mentality and as big a loser as he has been lol
Michael Saylor destroys Peter Schiff with this North Pole reference.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/kzujkk/michael_saylor_destroys_peter_schiff_with_this/

New OCC rule is a win in the fight against financial censorship
https://ifex.org/new-occ-rule-is-a-win-in-the-fight-against-financial-censorship/

https://twitter.com/michael_saylor/status/1351168292766027779
#Bitcoin is the dominant digital monetary network. The next billion members
will pay trillions to join. You might want to join first.

My Crypto acct has an extra 55.60% gains since this yrs beginning. Stock will never come close considering
SP500 has perhaps another <3% to 3967 heavy R from current price and in the same time frame I am likely to have
doubled my acct 100% if not more. Not to late several still have 100% gains and more on a fairly short time frame.
BTC is sitting where that 590 million was bought just the other day however it was bought over the OTC so it's effect
is delayed.

https://reclaimthenet.org/yellen-pushes-narrative-of-bitcoin-being-tied-to-crime/

The incoming US administration looks determined to vilify Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general as tools whose main purpose is to help criminals and terrorists.

Those who advocate for greater adoption of digital, decentralized money say that it helps people become independent from the power and whims of central banks. Now Janet Yellen, who will serve as Secretary for Treasury in the Biden administration, says she has “a particular concern” regarding this type of digital money.

Addressing a Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, Yellen said she “thought” that when it comes to transactions, many cryptocurrencies are used “mainly for illicit financing.”

The point of all this seems to be to justify and move forward with efforts to regulate cryptocurrencies – as Yellen added that the authorities need to look at how to effectively suppress their use in order to ensure they are not available to money launderers and other criminals.

OK, if the Fed actually hates Bitcoin, then I like Bitcoin.

The problem for the regulators is similar to taxing the rich they just move and with BTC being decentralized
they will have similar problems if they come down to hard it just goes more under cover as it were and they will be
circumvented. Central banks are getting major involved "OCC" because they know they have "no choice" if they want to play
and profit gloriously in this market... Lots of people want in crypto but find it to crazy town to get signed up and get
involved but the banks will make it happen seamlessly and make coin just being fiduciaries for their clients....

I have a limit order to buy more bags of Stellar XLM and came across this survey.
2021: The Year of Crypto? BTW Gen-X'rs are the highest participants in the crypto world.
https://files.wirexapp.com/the-future-of-money-report.pdf

ATM I am 90%+ flat the crypro market all I hold is a stack of ADA +276.95% it appears to me BTC will
test 25000. I see some exchange FUD pump being tossed out to see what lands, they want to scoop up some
discounted coins.

Bitcoin falls 11% after report suggests a critical flaw in the cryptocurrency called 'double spend' may have occurred
https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/bitcoin-price-double-spend-flaw-critical-report-suggests-2021-1-1029990921
If you read Bitcoin's White paper you will understand and see why that can't happen.
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

If you are US this is a great time to get hooked up and fund your crypto exchange
and in truth the only 1s you really need are Kraken, Coinbase and Coinbase pro.

The digital freight train leaving the station ;)
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=COM:2021:32:FIN&rid=1
Key action 6: The Commission and the ECB will jointly review a broad range of policy,
legal and technical questions emerging from a possible introduction of a digital euro.
https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/jerome-powell-confirms-the-fed-is-studying-stablecoin-risks-as-ripple-dives-in-the-ring-for-cbdcs-support-202101150712
Jerome Powell confirms the Fed is studying stablecoin risks, as Ripple dives in the ring for CBDCs' support (XRP)
"BBVA's goal is to provide our customers with access to new digital asset markets"
https://www.bbva.com/en/bbvas-goal-is-to-provide-our-customers-with-access-to-new-digital-asset-markets/