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I thought this was an interesting video from Kevin..
The Economy *JUST* Flipped | NEW Rate HIKES Coming
15,106 views May 25, 2023
https://youtu.be/jz5EfzajG1Q
He has launched his own AI course and NVIDIA news and price surge seems to fit with his new thesis...
Started: DSFLAT, 23 May 2023 21:25
Last post: DSFLAT, 23 May 2023
If anyone is interested in Bitcoin/ Blockchain, meeting Satoshi Nakamoto then maybe take a look at LBC, free tickets to attend in person or online ;-)
Kurt just did a live AMA and discussed BTC Miami 2023, Ordinals and lots of stuff Big Blockers enjoy..
CoinGeek
134 views Streamed live 65 minutes ago
https://www.youtube.com/live/YZxwCV2q6Eg?feature=share
DSFLAT got a couple of questions in ;-)
Started: fleccy, 17 May 2023 08:04
Last post: DSFLAT, 18 May 2023
Regulators have been clear: operators need to proactively prevent players from developing gambling problems.
Bitcoin SV (nChain) have been active in this area
https://nchain.com/solutions/responsible-gaming/
"Crypto trading should be treated like a type of gambling, influential MPs say
The Treasury Committee made the recommendation while describing digital currencies as having "no intrinsic value and no useful social purpose"
https://news.sky.com/story/crypto-trading-should-be-treated-like-a-type-of-gambling-influential-mps-say-12882187#:~:text=The%20Treasury%20Committee%20made%20the,and%20no%20useful%20social%20purpose%22.
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/crypto/article-12090221/MPs-call-crypto-trading-regulated-way-gambling.html
It's a mystery to me what anyone see's in Bitcoin, especially people like Cathie Wood and Michael Saylor. I suspect we are seeing the beginning of the end of Bitcoin.
I saw your post about BTC being like a religion got several likes on the QBT page...
No shortage of preachers, sponsors and BTC social media shills at this event...
https://b.tc/conference/speakers
BTC can handle about 7 transactions per second and requires Lighting Network (apparently doesn't work) to handle volume... What happened to the Bitcoin White Papers Peer to Peer ?
https://b.tc/conference/speakers
BTC now reminds me of The Globe story and to be honest although I have a couple of BTC and invest in some miners I now see it as a type of religion or a false belief system.
Started: DSFLAT, 4 May 2023 20:12
Last post: fleccy, 9 May 2023
And it's back.
Deloitte integrates blockchain for digital credentials
https://cointelegraph.com/news/deloitte-integrates-blockchain-for-digital-credentials
Deep fakes are getting better, but still not perfect, imagine what they'll be like in a year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H1ld5BBDGk
Deloitte Issues Credentials on KILT ( on Polkadot)
https://www.kilt.io/
Some crypto getting real world use traction.... There are 1000's of pointless scam crypto's with no use cases other than gambling/ scamming
'I view crypto as a computer game where people bet against each other and can profit, but with no real world use behind the technology.'
I went sailing last week with a chap who used to work in animation but now creates and sells his art as NFT's....
nChain (BSV) appear to be attempting to bring Bitcoin SV into more real world use cases with recent investments and upcoming London Blockchain Conference;
https://www.standard.co.uk/business/blockchain-cryptocurrency-london-conference-b1075884.html
https://nchain.com/resources/insights/
IBM's blockchain roadmap to date are not dissimilar to that of nChain with large blockchain patent portfolio and similar real world use cases....
https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/use-cases/
Started: fleccy, 30 Apr 2023 12:16
Last post: DSFLAT, 5 May 2023
How The Fed Will Usher In Its “Miracle” Banking System Under Guise of Protecting You
Stansberry Research
109,103 views May 1, 2023
https://youtu.be/E-5gpSxGbqs
Good interview with Matthew Piepenburg
I'd go so far as to say 'they' need to pump and dump the banks into oblivion in order to effectively roll out their CBDC's, with version 33 (Masonic bollax) or version 3 in 2033 being the financial control device 'they' are headed towards.
When Banks have been resigned to history books....
I'd be more concerned holding Bank stocks over the next five years than I would holding BTC or BSV ;-)
US Banks getting obliterated, won't be long before all Banks go the way of the dinosaurs (if they were even real of course ;)
I don't invest in Gold either and industrial Diamonds can be manufactured. As far as discovering something different out there, it's unlikely; The periodic table of elements is well understood and documented, so any new elements would have to be at the bottom of the table and be heavy unstable elements. Any new materials will likely be a result of science on Earth and will be molecules/alloys using various elements in a unique way.
Bitcoin is just a blockchain organised in such a way as to control the rate of production using a difficulty algorithm and complex mathematical computations. Because of the complex calculations required to process each block, Bitcoin mining use vast amounts of electricity that could be used for more constructive uses. Imagine if the electricity wasted on Bitcoin was used to light and heat vertical farms for agricultural use, or producing Hydrogen from water through electrolysis and used to power vehicles or planes.
Blockchain is good, Bitcoin is a bad use of blockchain. The whole proof of work concept is a bad idea because of the amount of resource required to facilitate the processing of each 1MB block. The reason I don't like Bitcoin is because it's rubbish at what it does and has no uses that couldn't be done more efficiently using other technologies and processes.
The whole DeFi concept is flawed should commercial Quantum computing become possible, since the the current encryption protocols would be easily decrypted under those circumstances. With DeFi the whole database is accessible to anyone running a node and the whole idea of DeFi is that the information is stored on every node and the only protection is the encryption, which would be insecure for Quantum computers.
The financial and telecommunications world are already preparing for Quantum, with Quantum secure encryption and servers connected by links using technologies like Quantum Key Distribution, to detect intrusion on the interconnecting fibres. Criminals are already probably taking copies of the Bitcoin blockchain with a view to decrypting once the technology reaches a certain point, so I take all the hype about Crypto and DeFi with a huge pinch of salt. In the future, the most secure data will be data stored outside of the public domain, with Quantum secure encryption and firewalls, with data between servers carried over links which are resistant to sniffing off and capturing the data. DeFi and the current crypto protocols wont come close to being secure enough once Quantum kicks in. Quantum computers with the sufficient number of Qubits might be a decade or two away and may never happen, but the world is preparing for it either way.
https://www.global.toshiba/ww/news/corporate/2021/10/news-20211005-01.html
https://screenrant.com/quantum-computers-cryptocurrency-threat-are/
I agree with what you say regarding converting Bitcoin to Dollars. It would be the same if they accepted gold as payment. Not for one second do I beleive that Bitcoin will replace FIAT, however the technology that trails it is very useful in real world cryptology uses. Bitcoin, is to the crypto transaction world what The Telcan is to the home entertainment industry. New technologies have to start somewhere.
Gold is a great commodity, but with space exploration advancing the way it is, how long before something a whole lot better is discovered in a far away place. For instance it rains diamonds on Uranus and Neptune. There will be more gold out there too and when it is as abundant as iron ore....
Started: DSFLAT, 22 Apr 2023 16:42
Last post: DSFLAT, 29 Apr 2023
I enjoyed watching them on RT before the thought police stamped that out...
There are a lot of normies out there that see what is going on because of coldvid, WEF,WHO,Gates, Davos, money printing, countries endebtedness, inflation, AI, Gov corruption, big pharma persuasion/ corruption, Banks profiteering and corruption, industrial military complex ... the list goes on and on...
We'll see still early for Bitcoin and only 21 million BTC... ;-)
Why do you watch Punch & Judy? They're incredibly vested in the success of Bitcoin, so anything they say should be viewed with that in mind. Obviously if Billionaires continue to load up on Bitcoin, like Musk and Saylor did in 2020/21, then Bitcoin will go up, but it could just as easily go the other way if they start to dump. Time will tell what will happen, but if the we live in a sane World then Bitcoin should go the way of the Dodo.
Orange Pill [OP70] - Bitcoin is Winning
7,277 views Premiered Apr 27, 2023
https://youtu.be/0ARWA_py604
Orange Pill [OP69] - CNBC Guest Experts vs Taylor Swift
7,123 views Premiered Apr 21, 2023
https://youtu.be/fLqrJxs_wmk
That's the reason I only purchase my own shares in share dealing accounts, I would never use a service like Milton's.
Just another vested interest talking his own book.
Bitcoin Inflation: Cost To Mine Will Skyrocket Next Year | Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel
David Lin
17,894 views Apr 26, 2023
https://youtu.be/5fdFGv3Osyw
Started: hobione, 26 Apr 2023 22:18
Last post: fleccy, 27 Apr 2023
"Apparently Einstein's Theory was flawed.."
It may not be perfect, but it explains the motion of planets and the warping of space around dense objects really well, as evidenced by the bending of light around stars and black holes.
"Still, physicists have plenty of reason for confidence in general relativity’s reliability. For one thing, it solved a knotty problem that had perplexed astronomers about the planet Mercury: a discrepancy in its orbit from that forecast by Newtonian gravity. Einstein announced his theory in 1915 as soon as he was able to show that it correctly predicted Mercury’s actual orbit.
Einstein’s key to solving the Mercury mystery was conceiving gravity as an effect of the geometry of space (or technically, spacetime, since his earlier work had shown space and time to be inseparable). Gravity is not a mutual tug of massive objects, Einstein said, but rather the result of a mass’s distortion of the spacetime surrounding it. Objects orbit or fall into a massive body depending on how strongly the spacetime around it is curved. Rather than responding to some attractive force, masses just follow the contours of spacetime’s geometry.
Gravity as geometry led to the famous prediction verified in the 1919 eclipse. Einstein pointed out that the curvature of spacetime near the sun would cause light from distant stars to bend when passing nearby, changing the stars’ apparent positions as seen from Earth. That prediction inspired an eclipse expedition to the West African island of Principe in May 1919, led by British astrophysicist Arthur Eddington. Eddington’s team found that the positions of several stars were shifted by just the amount that Einstein’s math indicated they should be, and twice as much as Newton’s law predicted. When the eclipse team announced the results in November 1919, one news account heralded them as signaling the need for “a new philosophy of the universe.”"
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/physicists-probe-validity-of-einsteins-gravity-on-cosmic-scales/#:~:text=While%20Einstein's%20gravity%20has%20passed,in%20case%20it%20doesn't.
Apparently Einstein's Theory was flawed..
Go figure ;-)
"I thought for a brief moment you were being serious "
Serious about what, Gravity? If you're asking about that I was very serious, if you don't believe me get a Ouija board and ask Einstein.
"Here is just one example of a real world use for Bitcoin, there are plenty of large companies around the world that accept crypto."
I'd hardly call that a real world use, especially since you could just as easily buy a car with Dollars. It's likely they'll do the conversion immediately, from Bitcoin to Dollars, as they wont be able to do much with the tokens once the transaction's completed. It isn't like Mercedes will accept crypto in payment from the dealer.
"There's no real world use for Bitcoin."
Here is just one example of a real world use for Bitcoin, there are plenty of large companies around the world that accept crypto. I note they don't accept gold or for that matter GBP. Crypto doesn't have a country or an exchange rate like FIAT does.
Bitcoin is the beginning of the revolution. It may survive, it may not. But right now the sun is shining and there is hay to be gathered.
https://www.mbwesleychapel.com/crypto-payments.htm
I thought for a brief moment you were being serious :-)
Started: fleccy, 9 Mar 2023 09:22
Last post: DSFLAT, 25 Apr 2023
First Republic Bank FRC
Not FRB
FRB taking a big hit after earnings...
Banks back in the spotlight but will we see more fail ?
"Short Seller That Nailed FTX, SVB, and Silvergate "
I agree with him about the fraud endemic in Crypto, the whole thing is a corrupt cabal. The US regional banks have been hammered because of lax regulation and he might be right about the FED continuing to raise Interest rates to defeat inflation.
I have a feeling 'they' won't want to dig too deep into these 'Banks' and FTX for fear of uncovering how involved the politicians and insiders actually are... just imo
This was a good interview:
Short Seller That Nailed FTX, SVB, and Silvergate Says ‘They’ May Be Next; It’s a Global Scheme
Stansberry Research
581K subscribers
266,150 views Mar 15, 2023
https://youtu.be/X538TJSsaHM
I like to watch the BTC chat on StockTwits and the gifs are always funny..
The Banks pages are also good to see what's going on..
https://stocktwits.com/symbol/BTC.X
If countries like Russia, North Korea and Iran use Crypto to circumvent sanctions, the US will just go after the sector even harder. I don't see any future where Bitcoin is successful, of course that's my personal opinion.
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The US has warned four European countries about the methods Russia is using to evade sanctions and provided them with a detailed list of the high-value dual-use goods it is trying to acquire, as Washington steps up efforts to stop Moscow procuring weapons for the war in Ukraine.
Brian Nelson, US Treasury under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, visited Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Germany this week on a tour designed to show how Russia is trying to repair its degraded military industrial supply chains by getting round western export controls.
“Russia is throwing a lot of resources at circumventing our sanctions,” a US official said, adding that it was learning from other heavily sanctioned countries such as Iran about how to obtain sensitive technologies through the back door.
https://www.ft.com/content/07da95be-909f-4fc5-89fb-7262b41a519e
America **** Yeah :-)
& they are expanding operations ...
https://www.inferse.com/490592/russias-massive-new-crypto-mining-facility-will-open-by-summer-but-kitco-news/
Obviously the West portray Russia as one of the baddies but that's just the high table game
Queue your America video
https://youtu.be/LasrD6SZkZk
This caught my eye recently
Russia Draws Up Plans To Allow Overseas Crypto Mining To Settle International Trade
https://www.ibtimes.com/russia-draws-plans-allow-overseas-crypto-mining-settle-international-trade-3687670?user_id=[[email]]
This is interesting
Russia is 2nd biggest Bitcoin miner after U.S.: report
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russia-2nd-biggest-bitcoin-miner-133859965.html?.tsrc=rss
Started: DSFLAT, 23 Apr 2023 15:50
Last post: DSFLAT, 24 Apr 2023
Bitcoin & The Greater Fool
9,019 views Mar 30, 2023
https://youtu.be/JNX1ZkYpb-o
The greater fool and the market and Richard Wyckoff wisdom.
I like how Ryan tries to work things out ...
uncomplication
165k subs
484 views Premiered 2 hours ago
https://youtu.be/J6CNMnHEzt4
Kurt from CoinGeek and a YTber have an interesting discussion
Started: DSFLAT, 20 Apr 2023 20:26
Last post: fleccy, 20 Apr 2023
Because the US uses fixed rate 30 year mortgages, it doesn't surprise me that the US housing market is suffering. I can't see someone in the US locking in a 6% interest rate, over 30 years, when everyone's telling them that interest rates will soon come down as inflation drops.
Crashing Again? Home Prices Drop The Most In A DECADE!!
4,329 views Streamed live 2 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/live/xpVG0DuM85s?feature=share
George has been putting out some great videos ( I think they align with my confirmation bias ;) Thought I'd start a new thread to add his videos and get me away from silly Rocket chat :
We've Never Seen This Without A RECESSION (We're Seeing It NOW)
2,913 views Streamed live 88 minutes ago
https://www.youtube.com/live/ZBf-rYh96pc?feature=share
Well at least they managed to give us all a fleeting look at the flat horizon at 32 KM (about 20 miles or 105,000 feet)
3:07 into video ;-)
https://youtu.be/yBI0gM8psSg
Musks face is priceless which coincidentally is the resale value of his Rocket or is that valueless i'm sure there's a difference lol
This channel wouldwin the award for the most faked space videos :-) and they have 1.66 Million idiots who follow them and think space travel is real lol
VideoFromSpace
4,646 views Apr 20, 2023
Boom! SpaceX Starship has explosive first space launch attempt, test still succesful :-0
https://youtu.be/0PPCP0ZDdUI
Played Golf on The Moon over 50 years ago (Apollo was all faked to allow them to introduce the fake Blue Marble Earth images)
Funny
Started: DSFLAT, 13 Apr 2023 17:06
Last post: fleccy, 14 Apr 2023
I hadn't seen that, but it's the same as some of the regulated Bitcoin related futures derivatives available in the US. It isn't the same as trading directly in Bitcoin.
LCH, the clearinghouse arm of the London Stock Exchange Group, will offer clearing services for cash-settled Bitcoin (BTC) index futures and options, the company said in a statement Thursday.
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/13/london-stock-exchange-unit-to-clear-bitcoin-index-futures-options/
US inflation is coming down
PPI Inflation Report, Stagflation & Economic Crisis | Meet Kevin Report 81 [4/13/23]
13,121 views Streamed live 98 minutes ago
https://www.youtube.com/live/jIO4aXwKtyo?feature=share
Raise in May and go away ? One and done ? or will the FED just pause ?
The R word was mentioned a few times by the FED yesterday so they will be happy to see that PPI report
The last post came out wrong lol. If I connect together from the last posts, this is what I meant to say:
He makes perfect sense, apart from mentioning Bitcoin and Gold. I'd only ever put money into defensive stocks with pricing power.
Apart from Bitcoin and Gold. I'd only ever put money into defensive stocks with pricing power.
He makes perfect sense.
On the back of that OPEC Oil cut this Mark Moss video has a clip where Putin and Xi Jinping apparently discuss the once in a century change.. (I'm not fluent but I suspect MM would have checked the translation)
The Fed and US are Under Attack | This Is Bad
37,427 views Apr 5, 2023
https://youtu.be/vXGk7bWNy6c
Makes perfect sense to under attack in this way, we'll see if they keep tightening the screw on The US and Europe....
Started: fleccy, 10 Apr 2023 16:48
Last post: fleccy, 12 Apr 2023
"Bitcoin and Crypto represents a growing percentage of voters in the US and other countries"
I don't see a clampdown on crypto affecting voter intentions, since it'll be the regulators chipping away at the sector. The sector will probably suffer death by a thousand cuts, with life getting gradually more difficult, over time, for Fiat/Crypto on and off ramping.
The US have taken aim at Crypto friendly Banks, Crypto Exchanges and to some extent the BTC miners in Q1 this year.
Bitcoin and Crypto represents a growing percentage of voters in the US and other countries and any clamp down on the ability to choose to hold and transact in crypto would presumably impact on voters which makes it unlikely to see any cavalry charge on voters imo...
I could be wrong about the US but there are plenty of other countries that are BTC friendly which will more than likely welcome miners, exchanges and crypto Banks ...
https://www.zippia.com/advice/cryptocurrency-statistics/#:~:text=There%20are%20about%2045%20million%20American%20crypto%20users,420%20million%20global%20crypto%20users%20as%20of%202023.
"I think we can safely say it has value even if not everyone agrees"
It wont stop them regulating it to death down the road. The US Regulatory Cavalry are lining up to charge the Crypto positions, and Crypto has little or no defence against such overwhelming forces.
BitcoinBull made the case on the QBT board today that by selling BTC recently the US Gov attributed value to it whilst legitimising it's use at the same time....
U.S. Government Sells Bitcoin Seized From Silk Road Case, Netting Over $215 Million
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonkochkodin/2023/03/31/us-government-sells-bitcoin-seized-from-silk-road-case-netting-over-215-million/?sh=42500f52888e
I think we can safely say it has value even if not everyone agrees ;-)
People invest in all manner of things...
Because I don't see value in them doesn't mean they do not hold value to someone else. Bitcoin or in this chat's case BTC is simple one of those things that some people, companies and even countries deem as having value.
Nobody has to see value in BTC, the choice is to either see value or not, I don't see $2k an oz value in Gold but that's the price it has attributed to it and who am I to say it's pretty much a worthless shiny thing....
I get that you don't see value in BTC and that's ok, but you don't make the rules ;-)
Started: fleccy, 10 Apr 2023 09:52
Last post: fleccy, 10 Apr 2023
This chap echo's many of my sentiments.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/economy-without-bitcoin-negative-waste-money-costs-social-financial-effect-2023-4
Started: fleccy, 1 Apr 2023 21:07
Last post: fleccy, 2 Apr 2023
Neil Oliver needs to take a chill pill, if he can't compartmentalise his mind in order to enjoy fictional events in Television series and films. I can only watch so much of his monologue rants before my brain switches over to more important things, like what's for lunch today?
I don't have his problem because I binge watch cartoons like Archer, Paradise PD and Inside Job, as they are far more real and thought provoking in deep and meaningful ways.
Lol, yeah that's was too deep for me..
Fair play to Robert for going that deep without using psychedelics... But that stuff can melt your brain.
Flat, stationary and geocentric Earth is more than enough 'truth' for me to grapple with.
However I do feel there is an awakening and there is a desire emerging for life not controlled by 'them' and Bitcoin does offer people something on that front... (imo)
Neil Oliver: All the neo-Liberal stooges are running scared now and for good reason.
GBNews
731K subscribers
221,387 views Apr 1, 2023
https://youtu.be/duhYPgdEMW8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Ix9a8yq7M
Bitcoin with respect to Descartes and Nihilism
If you would be a real seeker after Bitcoin, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things Fiat.
We do not describe the Bitcoin we see, we see the Bitcoin we can describe.
It is not enough to have a good Bitcoin. The main thing is to use it well.
Bitcoin is the origin of wisdom
If we believe in Bitcoin, if Bitcoin has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance.
Fiat's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
The only thing that exists is Bitcoin. In the beginning, there was Fiat. And the Fiat was without form, and void. And in addition to the Fiat there was also me. And I moved upon the face of the Fiat. And I saw that I was alone. Let there be Bitcoin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73PsFKtIck&t=1s
Just watching the Video now, it's the typical BS narrative to scare US citizens and convince them that Bitcoin is some sort of safe haven, which it clearly isn't. If the US authorities get really fed up with this type of rhetoric, it's only a matter of time before they kill off Bitcoin once and for all. El Salvador has a GDP of $28.74 billion, which is less than the market cap of Lloyds, so holding them up as a comparison to the US is laughable. Stacy Herbert seems to hate the US, I wonder what her home country did to upset her. No doubt she makes money from her stance and has a vested interest in promoting Bitcoin.
There's a lot wrong in the World, but Crypto wont fix it. Currencies go up and down and countries go bankrupt, but they always come out on the other side. The US Dollar in itself is also meaningless, what has driven the rise of the US is their natural resources and scale, which has enabled them to become the most powerful country on the planet ever. The US Dollar is backed by US military muscle and they don't mind flexing that muscle when it suits them, look what they did to Iraq. Anyone who believes that Crypto will destroy the US Dollar is delusional and need a reality check.
Long overdue on here (imo)
ORANGE PILL
115K subscribers
1,320 views Premiered 114 minutes ago
https://youtu.be/87f8qbFcjGU
Started: fleccy, 27 Mar 2023 19:02
Last post: DSFLAT, 28 Mar 2023
CZ/ Binance has 80% of the entire crypto exchange market and was reportedly the wealthiest person in the World at one point.
I imagine he will brush this off by paying a fine which he will probably pay in BNB :-)
If half of this is true they're Royally F00ked.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/27/23659109/binance-cftc-vpn-signal-notes
The CFTC had a profitable 2022
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8613-22
Interesting to see other charges for frauds, ponzi's and even Mango Market manipulation :-)
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases
Did you hear about The LME having bags of stones instead of Nickel ? lol
Nathaniel Whittemore did a pretty good short video on this:
BREAKING: Binance and CZ Sued by the CFTC!
Nathaniel Whittemore
17.9K subscribers
300 views Premiered 96 minutes ago
https://youtu.be/IY-cfr7U6us
Bye, bye Binance, Binance goodbye (bye Binance, Binance, bye, bye)
Bye, bye Binance, don't make me cry (bye Binance, Binance, bye, bye)
Started: DSFLAT, 26 Mar 2023 19:55
Last post: fleccy, 26 Mar 2023
"In this crazy, upside down world it actually wouldn't surprise me"
If enough whales swooped in and mopped up every Bitcoin that became available for sale, then it could go up to a million. It would cost the Whales more than they could probably afford, as they'd have to chase the price all the way up and they'd be left sitting on Tokens that nobody else could afford; The chance of that happening is infinitesimally small, because many would look to cash out as the price climbed so lots of tokens would continually hit the market meaning liquidity would likely hold up until the last available Bitcoin is sold and bought. If that scenario unfolded, it would value the Bitcoin market at just under $20 Trillion, which would put it just over $2 Trillion higher than China GDP and around $3.4 Trillion below US GDP.
I don't believe it'll happen, and view this sort of rhetoric as part of the hype to suck the naïve in.
Well this is the BTC chat board so it should recognise the prediction/ bet by Balaji
Maybe BTC will over shoot the $1M per BTC bet if the US defaults due to its debt ceiling (not sure if the dates align)
In this crazy, upside down world it actually wouldn't surprise me
Started: fleccy, 23 Mar 2023 08:23
Last post: fleccy, 24 Mar 2023
"Nasdaq Aiming to Debut Crypto Custody Service by Q2 End"
If there's a way to make money then they'll do it. I assume they won't own the shares, maybe they'll offer personal wallets and trading facilities, at a cost of course. This will possibly feed into the regulatory arguments over what's a digital security and what's a digital commodity.
There's some big money invested by the Whales in Crypto, Nasdaq are looking at tapping into that.
Nasdaq Aiming to Debut Crypto Custody Service by Q2 End: Bloomberg
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/03/24/nasdaq-aiming-to-debut-crypto-custody-service-by-q2-end-bloomberg/
Interesting
Deutsch Bank is down 26% over the last month, Lloyds are down 12%. It adds up to a lot more Lloyds shares after the 6th April and more dividends after ex dividend day on the 13th April. I don't mind the price dropping when we're looking at topping up.
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/LLOY:LON?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiF-cej__P9AhVIXMAKHX0KDOkQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&comparison=ETR%3ADBK&window=1M
"Banks on the ropes again today"
Indeed, I'm looking forward to topping up Lloyds in the ISA's next month.
Banks on the ropes again today..
Started: DSFLAT, 20 Mar 2023 19:12
Last post: fleccy, 23 Mar 2023
I haven't given FRB much attention, but I suspect it'll survive this, or be taken over. Bailey, and others, issue warnings about Bitcoin because they understand economics and can see no intrinsic value in the token. As I said, or implied previously, Bitcoin price is driven purely by the enthusiasm of the Crypto community, and is more like a religion rather than a valid investment. There are some prominent Evangelist preachers, with many apostles spreading the Crypto message on YouTube, underlining the religion comparison.
'The share price isn't important in determining the viability of the Bank, it's depositors withdrawing funds that'll decide their fate'
Agreed
I've been looking through FRB's recent 10k filing which shows massive inflows from 2020 (as expected) largest sticky deposits coming from San Fran which the All-In Podcast has been calling a war zone in podcasts going back many months and the size of wealth management side of the Bank were a few of the things that made me raise an eyebrow but the main one being around single family loans..
https://ir.firstrepublic.com/static-files/89a1df66-7e28-4491-86aa-a331900db222
Single Family
Our single family loans include loans that have an initial interest-only period. Subsequent to the
initial interest-only period, these loans fully and evenly amortize until maturity.
Page 105 & 106
I may be over thinking (as usual) but initial interest only loans with good credit scores when Kevin has been promoting how to use a service that auto pays credit cards to boost credit scores reminds me of The Big Short when Mark Baum says 'trust me it's a bubble' :-)
Mark Baum buys the swaps while Vennett is at the Gym - The Big Short
https://youtu.be/ECmh0M-aHPg
BOE today ( I'm not a fan of Bailey)
Bailey, who was formerly the chief executive of the FCA, has long been a skeptic of crypto. In 2017, he warned: “If you want to invest in bitcoin, be prepared to lose all your money.”
"It's got to be First Republic Bank next"
The share price isn't important in determining the viability of the Bank, it's depositors withdrawing funds that'll decide their fate. In reality it'll probably be taken over by one of the bigger banks. I expect the FED and authorities are going to be out for blood once all this blows over. If I was one of the VC's telling people to get their money out of SVB, I'd probably be a little bit worried.
I can't explain the reason for the recent enthusiasm for Growth stocks and Crypto, as the financial environment is going to get decidedly worse for both of them.
It's got to be First Republic Bank next, it wasn't even mentioned in the FED questions, it's gone from $214 to $13, It's had $30B thrown at it (i think that's right) Jamie Dimon has stood behind it but they can't off load it ??
https://stocktwits.com/symbol/FRC
JP 'Banks are strong, safe and deposits are confident, I mean safe but investors we can say with confidence are screwed' :-)
Powel was using classic NLP confidence techniques :-)
I thought I was listening to this Paul McKenna Instant Confidence Guided Hypnosis video from 4 years ago lol
Paul McKenna Official | Instant Confidence Guided Hypnosis
https://youtu.be/9nTcDbRnyCo
You are all going into a deep safe confident place..
123 and you're back in the room
Bitcoin needs more dead Bank bounces (we shouldn't have to wait too long ;)
MIGI results after close today... Their bloody website is down (AGAIN)
Not expecting any surprises due to low EH and consolidation of mining operations but the stock has been lagging when compared to other BTC miners recently. News today of profits from sale of some ops to Cleanspark and solid financials/ growth could see some gains..
Cleanspark have first refusal on any future ops sales and I think someone may partner up with MIGI because they have expansion opportunities with their facilities.....
Time will tell ..
Go MIGI (that's their slogan)
Go Fix Your Fing Website would be my suggestion ;-)
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