As Bitcoin Price Surpasses $37,000, Top Advocate Predicts More Thrills in Store

Bitcoin's recent ascent over $37,000 has industry advocates forecasting wider embrace by public

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Tattooing Bitcoin: Advocates wear cryptocurrency on their sleeve

Inked Bitcoin advocates explain privacy, risks and even the pains of getting a Bitcoin tattoo, a growing trend in the community.

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Jack Dorsey defends his ban of Donald Trump and advocates for Bitcoin’s model

The Twitter founder is a known Bitcoin advocate.

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Crypto Advocates Think Joe Biden’s $3 Trillion Stimulus Plan Will Bolster Bitcoin

According to various reports, U. S. President-elect Joe Biden is planning to create another $3 trillion for Covid-19 relief and infrastructure. The massive stimulus plan and the backers behind the Biden administration have made crypto proponents believe that bitcoin will prosper greatly.

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Hacking Humanity With Bitcoin, feat. Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert

Two of bitcoin's most vocal advocates discuss why this year broke open the floodgates on an aging economic system.

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Here's Michael Saylor's case for Tesla making a Bitcoin allocation

Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy and the man who put $800 million in Bitcoin this year, is possibly one of the strongest advocates for the bullish narrative around Bitcoin, despite his skepticism The post Here's Michael Saylor's case for Tesla making a Bitcoin allocation appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Bitcoin Could Evolve Into A Global Market, Says Head Of The World’s Largest Asset Firm

2020 will go down as the year that powerful bitcoin narratives changed especially among traditional financiers and institutional clients who have long had reservations about cryptocurrencies. The likes of Paul Tudor Jones and MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor are two of many who have become staunch bitcoin advocates.

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LVL Crypto Exchange Eliminates Trading Fees to Compete Against US Rivals Coinbase & Gemini

An upstart cryptocurrency exchange dubbed ‘LVL’ that seeks to eliminate trading fees announced yesterday that it will be a free-to-use service for the U. S market. This venture is backed by prominent figures, including Anthony Pompliano of Morgan Creek Digital and Bitcoin advocates Willy Woo and Jimmy Song.

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Roger Ver: Bitcoin Cash Hard Forks Could Have Thwarted PayPal Support

Roger Ver, one of the biggest bitcoin cash advocates, is not a fan of the scheduled fork event of the cryptocurrency's network.

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Jack Dorsey: Bitcoin is the “best manifestation” of a native digital currency

Jack Dorsey is undoubtedly one of the most prominent Bitcoin advocates. The post Jack Dorsey: Bitcoin is the “best manifestation” of a native digital currency appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Re-Mining Simulation Shows Satoshi Used a Single High-End PC to Mine 1.1M Bitcoin

Cryptocurrency advocates have been recently discussing the mysterious Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto as RSK’s chief scientist, Sergio Demian Lerner, published a paper called “The Patoshi Mining Machine.

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How Much Ether Is Out There? Ethereum Developers Create New Scripts for Self-Verification

Ethereum and Bitcoin advocates have engaged in spirited exchange since Friday to answer an ostensibly simple question: What’s the total supply of ether?

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Why This Finance Author Advocates Bitcoin Over Gold and Real Estate

The global financial market is experiencing the greatest shakeup in nearly a century. Amidst the shuffle, one well-known finance author is advocating Bitcoin over other hard assets like gold and real estate.

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Best-selling Author who Predicts $75,000 Bitcoin advises people to “Get Bitcoin”

Rich Dad, Poor Dad author, Robert Kiyosaki, once again advocates buying Bitcoin: saying it is how to “save yourself” from economic collapse. Robert Kiyosaki, the author of bestseller ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ has doubled down on his view that Bitcoin, alongside Gold and Silver, is what people need to buy to hedge against an impending […] The post Best-selling Author who Predicts $75,000 Bitcoin advises people to “Get Bitcoin” appeared first on Coinjournal.

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No, Donald Trump, Negative Rates Aren’t a ‘Gift,’ Bitcoin Advocates Warn

What seems to be a fresh attempt to sway the Fed to take rates negative saw immediate backlash from sound-money supporters.

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Purse.io Returns: Company Reveals Crypto Marketplace ‘Is Here to Stay’

On April 17, new. Bitcoin. com reported on the crypto marketplace Purse. io announcing the company would dissolve. Six days later, Purse revealed that the team is reconsidering the decision and explained that well known bitcoin advocates reached out with interest in acquisition.

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General Bytes ATM Developers Add Two-Way Support for Bitcoin Cash-Based SLP Tokens

The Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) has been extremely popular among Bitcoin Cash (BCH) advocates and the SLP token universe has grown quite large. SLP tokens have seen a myriad of applications built around them and a slew of unique tokens have gained real-world value after being listed on exchanges.

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50% Bitcoin (BTC) Price Drawdown Perspectives Discussed by Top Messari Manager

The ongoing crypto price recession may seem very attractive to advocates of the ?buy the dip? mantra. Messari?s Qiao Wang believes this strategy is very risky.

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Does Bitcoin Price Follow a ‘4-Year Cycle’?

Bitcoin and crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen has released a video that takes issue with the cyclical price theories held by many crypto advocates. By examining Bitcoin’s four-year price trends Cowen asserts that the flagship cryptocurrency does not follow such a discernable pattern.

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Ethereum Co-founder Proposes “Trustless” and “Serverless” BTC-ETH Swaps

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the absence of trustless and serverless swapping between Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) is a source of embarrassment for the crypto industry at large. Buterin Advocates Easy Swapping Between BTC and ETH Tweeting on Tuesday (March 24, 2020), Buterin argued for the creation of a system that allows seamless swapsRead MoreRead More.

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BTC Plummets Below $5,000; Users Turn to Staking 

Bitcoin currently hovers around the $5,000 mark. With financial markets crashing left and right, crypto advocates and detractors alike continue to debate the future trajectory of crypto prices. The volatility in crypto has made it harder for new users looking to make their first purchase or trade, a factor that affects the rate of mainstreamRead MoreRead More.

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GoldMoney CEO Calls for ‘Economic Society’ Between Bitcoiners and Gold Bugs

Despite what Peter Schiff might have you believe, not all precious metals advocates are opposed to Bitcoin. In fact, Roy Sebag of GoldMoney believes it would be in the interest of all proponents of “sound money” to come together as one.

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Bitcoin Price Will Not Drop Below the $2000 Mark: Tone Vays

Bitcoin and crypto trading guru Tone Vays has said that the flagship cryptocurrency may have reached its price floor. If so, he advocates for investors to buy now for long-term holding.   Vays’ Tweets Reflect Optimism The notion of buying on dips as a tried-and-true investment strategy dates back generations.

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Crypto community makes a stand against Google

Members of crypto-industry and freedom of information advocates publish a memorandum against Google’s attacks on bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

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This Chinese Whale Lost $45 Million in Bitcoin and BCH Overnight: How it Happened

One of the rallying cries Bitcoin’s most fervent advocates use to promote the cryptocurrency is “become your own bank.” Indeed, this nascent technology allows you to complete the basic functions of modern banks: receive transactions, store capital, and send transactions (and also verify/process transactions if you want to become a miner). While many libertarians see...

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How Often Are Top Privacy Coins and Mixers Actually Used? – A Look at XMR, DASH, and ZEC

As Bitcoin and crypto help everyday individuals to regain control over their money, and make trusting third parties unnecessary, it’s not surprising that privacy advocates have flocked to the space.

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Bitcoin, Tesla Stock, Tron: How Warren Buffett Got His First Bitcoin

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett received his first bitcoin and several other cryptocurrencies during a dinner with five cryptocurrency advocates, led by Justin Sun who spent $4. 57 million to secure a meal with the multi-billionaire.

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Bitcoin SV Daily Volume Nearly Topping Market Cap Shows Something Is Amiss

Bitcoin SV, the product of a second civil war between Bitcoin Cash advocates, has been in the news over the past few days as the coin first briefly flipped its rival Bitcoin Cash. This came shortly after the final keys missing from the billion-dollar Tulip Trust were delivered to Satoshi Nakamoto claimant, Craig Wright.

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From magic internet money to digital gold: has Bitcoin become a safe-haven asset?

Advocates of Bitcoin (BTC) have long claimed that its long-term growth prospects would not necessarily stem from its utility as a currency, but rather from its status as a digital alternative to safe-haven investments like gold.

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Early Cypherpunk Emails Reveal a Blueprint for Bitcoin

The cypherpunks, a ragtag group of tech tinkerers, cryptographers, and privacy advocates, were obscure in their 1990s heyday. And it would have remained that way in perpetuity were it not for a certain Satoshi Nakamoto launching a digital currency in 2009 encapsulating their core beliefs.

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Dash (DASH) Price Prediction 2020 | 2025 | 2030 – Future Forecast For DASH Price

Dash advocates itself as peer-to-peer decentralized electronic cash. It intends to be as liquid as real cash which we use in our respective countries like USD/GBP/EUR/INR or CNY. It is an instant and semi-private cryptocurrency based off the Bitcoin and Litecoin code base.

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Podcast: Chainalysis’ Chief Economist on the Data Behind Blockchain Forensics

The work of blockchain analysis companies like Chainalysis isn’t always welcomed by privacy advocates. But for Bitcoiners, this work is worth watching. The post Podcast: Chainalysis’ Chief Economist on the Data Behind Blockchain Forensics appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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As Halving Interest Grows, Spectators Discuss Miner Hoards and Capitulation

Recently, cryptocurrency advocates have been discussing the upcoming halvings set to happen on the BTC and BCH blockchains in six months or less. Since crypto prices have been heading southbound, the SHA256 consensus hashrate continues to remain relatively unfazed and data stemming from freshly minted coins shows miners have been stockpiling.

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Don’t Blame China: Why BTC Still Can’t Compete With Fiat

In the wake of recent price movements, doubts are beginning to crop up more and more around BTC maximalist circles. As focus shifts from Satoshi’s founding vision of the coin as cash to a mere digital gold to be saved and “cashed out” later, valid questions are indeed raised.

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Cardano (ADA)’s Charles Hoskinson Believes Bitcoin Will See $100,000, Calls Crypto “Unstoppable”

Bitcoin has gone through quite a bit of turmoil in the last few years, but there are many advocates that believe that it will come back. Though many analysts have made bold predictions, Ethereum co-founder and creator of Cardano Charles Hoskinson has his own, believing that Bitcoin will be able to surpass the $10,000 price […]

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Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later

Special thanks to Justin Drake and Jinglan Wang for feedback In 2014, I made a post and a presentation with a list of hard problems in math, computer science and economics that I thought were important for the cryptocurrency space (as I then called it) to be able to reach maturity.

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Binance Research advocates #HODLing as it analyzes Bitcoin's annualized returns

The research team at Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, recently released a chart regarding the impact of the best performing days on the annualized daily average returns for Bitcoin. "MoThe post Binance Research advocates #HODLing as it analyzes Bitcoin's annualized returns appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Bitcoin Advocate Calls For Ban On Gold Amidst Danske Bank Scandal

Bitcoin advocates call for a ban on gold as on-going investigations into Danske Bank reveal the lender offered gold bars to clients as an off-the-table service. This bypassed money laundering checks and was sold based on helping to keep the fortunes of wealthy clients hidden.

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The Xi Effect – Chinese Government to Fund Blockchain Projects

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s announcement that the country would invest heavily in blockchain technology – coupled with a sweeping move to remove online posts suggesting such technology is a scam – has nourished optimism long-held by crypto advocates.

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Ethereum stronger because Bitcoin exists and vice versa: ShapeShift’s CEO

The cryptocurrency industry hosts numerous cryptocurrencies, with each one of them having their own advocates. Erik Voorhees, CEO of ShapeShift, was once a Bitcoin maximalist. However, over time, it would seem that Voorhees views, especially on altcoins, have evolved.

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Ron Paul Slams Traditional Banking, Advocates a Digital Currency Future at Litecoin Summit

At the Annual Litecoin Summit 2019, retired American politician Ron Paul put his weight behind cryptocurrencies saying that the traditional banking system is fake and that digital currency is the money of the future, October 28, 2019.

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Bitcoin ETF Frontrunners Still Face Uphill Battle in Gaining SEC Approval

It has been a long road to haul for  the Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) and it looks as if we’re still far from gaining approval. After years of delays and several proposals that seemed as if they would get traction, only to end up being rejected, the Bitcoin ETF advocates continue their struggle. A recent […]

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Devs Remove BIP70 Payment Protocol From Bitcoin Core’s Default Settings

Cryptocurrency advocates have recently discovered that Bitcoin Core (BTC) developers are planning to disable the payment protocol BIP70 supported by default in the Bitcoin Core version 0. 19. 0 client.

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Tiny Block Advocates Speak Up After Veriblock ‘Abuses’ Bitcoin’s Block Size

The BTC community recently celebrated the fact that Segregated Witness (Segwit) transactions accounted for 50% of transactions and bech32 transactions doubled as well. However, the celebration quickly came to an end when a few Bitcoin Core developers found out where the transactions derived from and got upset at the Veriblock project for using scarce block […] The post Tiny Block Advocates Speak Up After Veriblock ‘Abuses’ Bitcoin’s Block Size appeared first on Bitcoin News.

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Ethereum investors lose confidence in ETH as scaling issues persist

Venture capitalist Fred Wilson once believed that Ethereum would surpass the market capitalization of Bitcoin. Yet, persistent scaling problems are causing former advocates to revise their opinions.

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Russell Okung Advocates For Professional Sports Salaries To Be Paid In Bitcoin, Gives Messi Example

Russell Okung, an American football offensive tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers of the NFL might be one of the biggest crypto advocates in the pro-sports industry. Messari Crypto, a crypto analytics firm says: How much would top athletes make if they were paid in Bitcoin? Messi would bring home 12,700 $BTC each year at […]

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How to Shuffle BCH and Keep Your Transactions Private With Cashshuffle

As blockchain surveillance becomes more prevalent, cryptocurrency advocates have created ways to make digital currency transactions more private. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has an application called Cashshuffle, which allows users to shuffle their BCH with other fractions of BCH to obfuscate the transaction trail.

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Deflationary Coins: Can These Tokens Explode In Price, Or Just Burn Out?

Inflation is a favorite antagonist in the cryptocurrency community. Most investors are probably familiar with the graphs showing how much value the U. S. dollar has lost since 1933, when the Federal Reserve left the gold standard.

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Banks are trying to gang up and get rid of Bitcoin, but tech wins all the wars, says Tim Draper

When it comes to crypto advocates, they are almost always certain about the bull market being right around the corner. Although most of their predictions were ridiculed until the mysterious currency touched almost $20,000 in 2017, the world today pays close attention to the Bitcoin Billionaires.

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