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Onvacation says

Are bitcoin transactions truly untraceable?

I'd say no.

Then wouldn't it be simple to find out who collected the payments and arrest them? Plenty of motivation to prosecute when the victims are large corporations, police departments, government offices, and hospitals, and the ransom payments are usually large.

HeadSet says

Onvacation says

Are bitcoin transactions truly untraceable?

I'd say no.

Then wouldn't it be simple to find out who collected the payments and arrest them? Plenty of motivation to prosecute when the victims are large corporations, police departments, government offices, and hospitals, and the ransom payments are usually large.

It's pretty well understood that the people blackmailing people is the government itself. The "equation group" is a bunch of assholes inside of the NSA. We KNOW who is doing that, but our government is the fucking criminals themselves.

Chart above is missing (at least) one important row:
Transaction Privacy: high, high, low
Transaction Anonymity: high, high*, high**

* serial numbers on bills can be tracked (e.g.: finding Lindbergh kidnappers using serial numbers of ransom)
** if a user is identified for a single bitcoin transaction, then all transactions with that address are deanonomized

Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Fails to Touch the Crucial Resistance
Looking at the daily chart, the bulls are struggling in keeping the Bitcoin price above the 9-day and 21-day moving averages, but the price is currently dropping below the 9-day MA. BTC/USD has been suffering since the European session as the technical indicator Relative Strength Index (14) moves to cross below 50-level. This could mean that the King coin is not yet ready for the upside.

Onvacation says

BTC Fails to Touch the Crucial Resistance

BUY NOW OR YOU WILL BE POOR FOREVER!

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nomad-hack-stolen-funds-125623615.html

Nearly $200 million drained from crypto bridge Nomad in latest crypto hack

Bitcoin Price Prediction 2030
After years of analysis of the Bitcoin price, crypto experts are ready to provide their BTC cost estimation for 2030. It will be traded for at least $776,060.47, with the possible maximum peaks at $937,274.64. Therefore, on average, you can expect the BTC price to be around $798,474.46 in 2030.

Potential ROI: 3977%
BUY
Bitcoin Price Prediction 2031
Cryptocurrency analysts are ready to announce their estimations of the Bitcoin’s price. The year 2031 will be determined by the maximum BTC price of $1,353,943.82. However, its rate might drop to around $1,117,007.86. So, the expected average trading price is $1,148,946.84.

Potential ROI: 5789%
BUY
You can get Bitcoin and over 200 other cryptocurrencies on Changelly at fair rates and with low fees.

https://changelly.com/blog/bitcoin-price-prediction/

100k today will be worth 4.5m in 2030.

Plans in the working and I haven't bought any crypto and don't have any plans to until the good ole USD plays out, probability says DXY 121 but will see.
1 marker taking place right now with BTC that wasn't in the past when BTC was dumping is stablecoins such as USDT USDC USDD etc. are loosing market cap instead of gaining, which means that money is going back to fiat and the banks this time as it will be with just about any asset you can name due to all the over leveraged players, including the paper trades on commodities, metals and oil imo Capitulation across the board is on the way and the EPIC deals on quality investments will be historical. GL

Cash says

market cap

Can the term "market cap" really be applied to crypto?

Should be “fantasy cap”.

Onvacation says

Cash says

market cap

Can the term "market cap" really be applied to crypto?

Nope. Not an asset. Unless a spreadsheet/database of numbers all a sudden holds value. It's not even usable data for marketing or anything. It's the literal definition of worthless.

It is only worth what the next biggest fool will pay for it.

Of course there are a lot of fools out there.

People also ask
How much is BTC worth in 2025?
It is assumed that in 2025, the minimum BTC price might drop to $85,596.05, while its maximum can reach $102,438.17. On average, the trading cost will be around $88,043.53.
https://changelly.com/blog/bitcoin-price-prediction/

WOW!
BTC 16,591.00USD
−1,956.50 (10.55%)today

Down 10% today. They must have stiffed the mules.

Onvacation says

WOW!
BTC 16,591.00USD
−1,956.50 (10.55%)today

Down 10% today. They must have stiffed the mules.

IT"S A BUYING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-09/ftx-investors-told-that-without-more-capital-bankruptcy-likely?srnd=premium

$0?

From a $32 billion valuation to a fire sale in 11 months: How FTX nosedived in spectacular fashion

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/ftx-crypto-implosion-sam-bankman-fried-loses-billions-sequoia-trillionaire-2022-11

Tom Brady and other super wealthy investors lost big money in FTX’s collapse

https://fortune.com/2022/11/09/tom-brady-ftx-crypto-collapse-lost-investment/

DD214 says

Tom Brady and other super wealthy investors lost big money in FTX’s collapse

https://fortune.com/2022/11/09/tom-brady-ftx-crypto-collapse-lost-investment/

And his wife divorced him...so there's that.

1337irr says

And his wife divorced him...so there's that.

Didn't she make more than him? She also didn't want him to play football anymore. I'd agree with her. They're wealthy enough. Why get brain damage. You're considered the GOAT. I don't see anyone getting remotely near what stats he's achieved. He's going to end on a low note and lose a super model wife that still is hot at her older(ish) age. Some dudes are morons.

Don't pander to the woman, but for christ sake, football is the dumbest sport on the planet. He should have retired by now. Or maybe he's bad with money? Who knows. There's no point in playing anymore. Plenty of endorsement and commentary opportunities to bring in 7 figures easy.

Eric Holder says

Onvacation says

WOW!
BTC 16,591.00USD
−1,956.50 (10.55%)today

Down 10% today. They must have stiffed the mules.

IT"S A BUYING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

It's because of the FTX disaster. whether btc can come back to previous levels and at least hold 20k again remains to be seen, we continue to be bearish, but it won't go away

Crypto Lender BlockFi Pauses Withdrawals in Wake of FTX Collapse

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/10/crypto-lender-blockfi-pauses-withdrawals-in-wake-of-ftx-collapse/

Bankman-Fried’s Cabal of Roommates in the Bahamas Ran His Crypto Empire – and Dated. Other Employees Have Lots of Questions.

“The whole operation was run by a gang of kids in the Bahamas,” a person familiar with the matter told CoinDesk on condition of anonymity.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/10/bankman-frieds-cabal-of-roommates-in-the-bahamas-ran-his-crypto-empire-and-dated-other-employees-have-lots-of-questions/

Eric Holder says

IT"S A BUYING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

I'll say... about time!

BACK UP THE TRUCK!!!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/blockfi-prepares-for-potential-bankruptcy-as-crypto-contagion-spreads-11668534824

BlockFi Prepares for Potential Bankruptcy as Crypto Contagion Spreads

Short AMD and NVIDIA?

Genesis’ Crypto-Lending Unit Is Halting Customer Withdrawals in Wake of FTX Collapse. The unit, known as Genesis Global Capital, serves an institutional client base and had $2.8 billion in total active loans as of the end of the third quarter of 2022.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/16/genesis-crypto-lending-unit-is-halting-customer-withdrawals-in-wake-of-ftx-collapse/

zzyzzx says

Short AMD and NVIDIA?

Nvidia is a better short than AMD because AMD has less reliance on mining hardware.

Nvidia: Brace For Obliteration

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4557952-nvidia-brace-for-obliteration

Nobody would never answer me when I used to ask. "What happens when the guy who's Hardware, your BitCoins are running through, runs off with the hard Currency backing the Bitcoins?"

They never liked hearing that, the notion that Cash backs Blockchain digital currency. It's supposed to be the other way around the blockchain is backing the dollar, they said.

What a brilliant Ponzi scheme. Even the Fed Chief was suckered into considering converting our whole economy over to it.

Tenpoundbass says

"What happens when the guy who's Hardware, your BitCoins are running through, runs off with the hard Currency backing the Bitcoins?"

The money going into crypto is consumed. There is no "store of value" to run off with.

BTC Under 15K! BUY!

Miners got kids that have to eat.

Days after its lending unit was forced to halt withdrawals in wake of the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, Genesis Global Trading has mentioned bankruptcy as a potential option as it seeks fresh capital, reports Bloomberg citing people with knowledge of the matter.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/21/genesis-bankruptcy-jitters-send-bitcoin-to-fresh-low/

As of the end of July 2022
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Look at Microstrategy and other bitcoin stocks like Coinbase

Bitcoin broke below $16000 recently :-/

When does Microstrategy stock goes to $0 ? I use to live near its headquarters.

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Let's now have a moment of silence for those who paid $62,000 for their Bitcoins.