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The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread

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  • AxtremusA Offline
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    Axtremus
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    #377

    https://www.reuters.com/technology/binance-stablecoin-backer-ordered-stop-issuing-token-binance-ceo-2023-02-13/

    New York Financial Services Department ordered that the issuance of new Binance USD (BUSD) stable coin be stopped.

    It also mentions that the SEC may sue the issuer after labeling the BUSD an "unregistered security."

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      Axtremus
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      #378

      https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/22/binance-stablecoin-cash-grab-customers-funds/

      Shenanigans at Binance -- converting customers's USDC to BUSD without telling the customers. Value-wise, both are pegged to the USD so the customers are not losing money. Still, it's bad form to convert customers' assets without telling the customers.

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        Axtremus
        wrote on last edited by
        #379

        Link to video

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        • AxtremusA Offline
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          Axtremus
          wrote on last edited by Axtremus
          #380

          https://www.axios.com/2023/06/10/cryptocurrency-ban-us-illegal

          The U.S. government seems to have decided to kill the crypto ecosystem.
          ...

          • "Rather than creating a new legal and regulatory framework that legitimizes crypto, we should simply let it burn."

          The bottom line: The crypto industry is burning down, and the SEC is pouring gasoline on the fire. Congress seems to be perfectly happy to stand alongside crypto skeptics and watch the fire burn.

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          • taiwan_girlT Offline
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            taiwan_girl
            wrote on last edited by
            #381

            Seems like the headline writer and the writer on the article are on two different planets.

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            • LuFins DadL Offline
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              #382

              So I opened my Crypto app for the first time in 4 months, and found the balance had grown 600% since I last saw it…

              Still negative, though.

              The Brad

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              • 89th8 Offline
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                89th
                wrote on last edited by
                #383

                Lol I honestly plan on checking mine in 10 years. Now if SHIBA goes to the moon, let me know, I’ll cash that out.

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                • 89th8 Offline
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                  89th
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #384

                  Crypto is having a nice few days.

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                  • 89th8 89th

                    Lol I honestly plan on checking mine in 10 years. Now if SHIBA goes to the moon, let me know, I’ll cash that out.

                    taiwan_girlT Offline
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                    taiwan_girl
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #385

                    @89th said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                    I honestly plan on checking mine in 10 years.

                    and then:

                    about a month later

                    @89th said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                    Crypto is having a nice few days

                    LOL (Just tease you 89)

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                    • 89th8 Offline
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                      89th
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #386

                      Hahaha totally fair! I haven't checked my balances, I just saw some charts in headlines that show a bit of an upward trend.

                      Anyway, @LuFins-Dad will let me know when SHIBA goes to the moon, then I'll sell. I think I have 26 million SHIBA coins.

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                      • 89th8 89th

                        Hahaha totally fair! I haven't checked my balances, I just saw some charts in headlines that show a bit of an upward trend.

                        Anyway, @LuFins-Dad will let me know when SHIBA goes to the moon, then I'll sell. I think I have 26 million SHIBA coins.

                        markM Offline
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                        mark
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #387

                        @89th said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                        Hahaha totally fair! I haven't checked my balances, I just saw some charts in headlines that show a bit of an upward trend.

                        Anyway, @LuFins-Dad will let me know when SHIBA goes to the moon, then I'll sell. I think I have 26 million SHIBA coins.

                        I have 39 million SHIBA coins.

                        Current price:
                        SHIBPricePer_12072023.png
                        SHIB_Price_12072023.png

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                        • jon-nycJ Offline
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                          jon-nyc
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                          #388

                          I’m listening to the new Michael Lewis book about SBF/FTX.

                          It’s fascinating.

                          Only non-witches get due process.

                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          • LuFins DadL Offline
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                            LuFins Dad
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                            #389

                            My Crypto balance is +1130% over Dec 22, 2022…

                            And it’s still down 20% overall…

                            The Brad

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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #390

                              Only non-witches get due process.

                              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                              • markM Offline
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                                mark
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #391

                                Crypto is going crazy.

                                Bitcoin is over $60k again. It's halving in 47 days. The block reward is getting cut in half. This will make mining more difficult which usually drives the price up.

                                BitCoinPrice03022024.png

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                                • markM Offline
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                                  mark
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #392

                                  Shiba Inu is worth more than 2x what I have in it now. Just waiting for it to hit 0.01. It has a long way to go.

                                  I have 39,000,000 of them.

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                                  • 89th8 Offline
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                                    89th
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #393

                                    Ha! I was watching SHIB last night. Had gone up 50% in a day. I’m still in the red on it though.

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                                    • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                                      taiwan_girl
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                                      I know this has been talked about through this thread, but I just don't get crypto. To me it is like the tulip craze in Nederlands.

                                      I have a friend who is a crypto fan and challenged him to live off of crypto for one month and I will do the same with USD. But, he would actually have to convert crypto into goods directly. He couldn't convert to "money" first.

                                      He declined.

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                                      • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                        I know this has been talked about through this thread, but I just don't get crypto. To me it is like the tulip craze in Nederlands.

                                        I have a friend who is a crypto fan and challenged him to live off of crypto for one month and I will do the same with USD. But, he would actually have to convert crypto into goods directly. He couldn't convert to "money" first.

                                        He declined.

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                                        Axtremus
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #395

                                        @taiwan_girl said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                                        To me it is like the tulip craze in Nederlands.

                                        And still she says she doesn't understand cryptocurrency. So modest!

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                                        • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                          I know this has been talked about through this thread, but I just don't get crypto. To me it is like the tulip craze in Nederlands.

                                          I have a friend who is a crypto fan and challenged him to live off of crypto for one month and I will do the same with USD. But, he would actually have to convert crypto into goods directly. He couldn't convert to "money" first.

                                          He declined.

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                                          xenon
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #396

                                          @taiwan_girl said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                                          I know this has been talked about through this thread, but I just don't get crypto. To me it is like the tulip craze in Nederlands.

                                          I have a friend who is a crypto fan and challenged him to live off of crypto for one month and I will do the same with USD. But, he would actually have to convert crypto into goods directly. He couldn't convert to "money" first.

                                          He declined.

                                          Optimistic take on BitCoin specifically is that it turns to gold. Gold has no value - just a shiny metal that we all believe in. Bitcoin is supposed to be digital gold that's less subject to political shifts.

                                          That's the theory anyways.....

                                          I personally don't see much value in it - but I don't see much value in gold either.

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