25. https://news.bitcoin.com/eth-volumes-top-125-billion-in-q3-high-risk-dapps-dominate-tron-network/

Here is a small cross post for price movement: https://dailyhodl.com/2020/09/30/bitcoin-btc-tezos-xtz-cardano-ada-etoro-crypto-roundup/
Seems like everyone is bullish on bitcoin and leading crypto projects to make big gains over the next year, sooner rather than later. Bitcoin also holds above $10.5K with over 1Million wallets. Bitcoin interest is gaining throughout the world as many parts are hit by economic crisis.
Ethereum 2.0 roadmap updated, plans to exponentially increase scalability! VERY BULLISH. https://dailyhodl.com/2020/10/03/vitalik-buterin-updates-ethereum-2-0-roadmap-details-plans-to-exponentially-increase-scalability/

Hi guys, I'm Venezuelan living here.
I have been posting updates about the crypto situation here in Venezuela.
Usually the main trade amount is by Localbitcoin, the traded weekly there is around 500 BTC. From Bs. (Bolivares) to BTC and from BTC to Bs.
Considering the current situation of the country, where minimum monthly wage is around 5 USD (800,000 Bs.) and the goverment regulated some prices and one kilo of meat is around 700,000 Bs. (almost one month of wage) .
I think 500 BTC per week is a respectable amount. The usage of origin of these amount of money is not clear to me, I think miners, people get paid in BTC, people that send remitances to their families in Venezuela and so on.
Traki is a store like Sears maybe, the have been accepting cryptos for like a year they use a POS made by Cryptobuyer and I really don't understand how it works (I think you simple have to wait for the confirmation at least 1).
https://imgur.com/a/YCKNBY1
They accept BTC, ETH, DASH, LTC, BINANCE and TETHER.
DASH has a great marketing team, they managed to KFC, Churchs Chicken, Papa Jhons and Subway to accept DASH in some locations.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccacampbell1/2018/12/07/discussions-in-place-for-dash-to-be-accepted-at-kfc-venezuela/#5e6269bc5d38
https://dashnews.org/churchs-chicken-venezuela-offers-special-promotion-for-paying-with-dash/
https://www.businessinsider.com/dash-cryptocurrency-surges-in-venezuela-as-hyperinflation-explodes-2018-8 (A billboard in one of the main highways in Caracas) https://www.businessinsider.nl/dash-cryptocurrency-surges-in-venezuela-as-hyperinflation-explodes-2018-8/?international=true&r=UK
There are some stores that sell mining hardware (I think they have some relation with the goverment, because mining here is dangerous the police dont like you to mine and if they found out you are easily a ramson victim), this is a news of that store now accepting BTC cash (by the way the only accept crypto payments)
https://es.0xzx.com/201906039799.html
https://alnavio.com/noticia/16806/economa/en-venezuela-la-criptomoneda-dash-se-admite-en-movistar-subway-y-otros-2.500-comercios.html (in spanish)
About the PETRO:
https://www.reddit.com/CryptoCurrency/comments/gbpqvb/petro_the_venezuelan_goverment_backed_crypto_is/
About the WAGE and prices:
https://translate.google.com/translate?um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=es&client=tw-ob&sl=es&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fefectococuyo.com%2Feconomia%2Fgobierno-de-maduro-actualizo-precios-de-27-productos-regulados%2F
About LocalBITCOIN Volumes:
https://coin.dance/volume/localbitcoins/VES

Any question AMA.

Following is a list of P2P exchanges for trading Bitcoin. Common payment methods include bank transfer, cash deposited in the seller's bank account, in-person cash (face-to-face) trades as well as payment networks such as Zelle, Alipay, even Cash App and PayPal, for example.
Any that I am missing?

Bisq (💵) client [NO KYC] <-- Fully decentralized and non-custodial. Uses Tor, automatically. Guide
HodlHodl [NO KYC] <-- Non-custodial. Not available in the U.S.
LocalCoinSwap (💵) [NO KYC] <-- Non-custodial
LocalCryptos (💵) [NO KYC] <-- Non custodial
AgoraDesk (💵) [NO KYC] <-- "No Javascript" mode for use with Tor
Bitcoin.Global [NO KYC]
Wall Of Coins (💵) [NO KYC]
BuyCrypto.Today [NO KYC]
Bitzlato [NO KYC]
BitValve [NO KYC]
BitQuick [NO KYC (when trx amount is under $400)]
Remitano [NO KYC for Seller (only Buyer must KYC)]
Totalcoin mobile app [NO KYC (other than phone number verification)]
Mycelium Local Trader mobile app [Map] (💵) [NO KYC]
Paxful.com (💵) [KYC] <-- Reddit does not permit any link to Paxful
LocalBitcoins [KYC] <-- No more in-person, cash trading
Binance P2P (💵) [KYC]
Huobi OTC
OTCBTC
Vertex
CGem/CryptoGem
CoinCola
WazirX [KYC]
Shiftal [KYC]
Giottus [KYC]
BuyCoins [KYC]
BitBargain.co.uk <-- U.K.
VEX - Venezuela Exchange <-- Venezuela
P2P Trading <-- Brazil
SwapN>Go
Cash4Cash <-- Take seriously the risks and recommendations in the General Information PSA
GiftCardExchange <-- Take seriously the risks and recommendations in the GSX Safe Trading Guide
GCTrading <-- Take seriously the risks and recommendations in the GSX Safe Trading Guide
BitMarket <-- Take seriously the risks and recommendations in the GSX Safe Trading Guide
BitHalo software [NO KYC]
OpenBazaar (💵) [NO KYC] <-- Non-custodial

Altcoin-only P2P Trading exchanges

CryptoLocally (💵) [NO KYC] <-- BTC(BEP-2) is a coin traded here
LocalMonero (💵) [NO KYC] <-- "No Javascript" mode for use with Tor
DAIHard (💵) [NO KYC]
Dether (💵) [NO KYC]
Local BCash (💵) [NO KYC]
Ethfinex Trustless OTC
Hubi
KuCoin OTC
LocalKSM [Coming soon]

AggregatoSearch and Helper Sites

ExchangeRates.Pro Real-time price comparison

Note: If you use one of the above P2P OTC trade "matchmaking" services, please trade with caution and do your own due diligence.
This list does not include exchanges not in English (e.g., 58Coin), deserted or defunct marketplaces (e.g., Cancoin, and Rahakott), not-yet launched (e.g., OTCBoss), ones that operate only through dark markets, or online-only DEX/decentralized exchanges (another list of DEXes).
Also, there are a number of variants that I didn't list:

Physical Stores where you can Buy or Sell bitcoin
Online stores (e.g., Bitsell X [💳] [NO-KYC, requires browser extension], CoinCorner [💳] [NO-KYC when £900 or less, not available in U.S.], CEX.io, Coinify, Jubiter, Bittylicious, BitIreland, Kuna.io Money, LiteBit.eu, Switchere, Conio.com App, CryptoVoucher.io, GetSatoshi.org (⚡), BitQuick QuickBuy [NO KYC (when trx amount is under $400)], Cash App and CoinMama)
Instant exchanges (i.e., for converting from one digial currency to another)
Precious metals brokers which buy your gold and/or silver in exchange for bitcoin (e.g., Veldt Gold [NO KYC]).
Gift card exchanges (e.g., there is CardCoins for paying with a non-reloadable, prepaid GIFT card (VISA/Mastercard/AMEX/Discover), Redeem, CryptoVoucher.io for paying with gift cards for numerous brands, GiftCardExchange, and GCTrading).
Vouchers (retail) (e.g., Azte.co (💵), FastBitcoins (💵), LibertyX (💵), Rise Wallet (💵), FlexEPin (💵), Neosurf (💵), BlueShyft (💵), Yellow Card (💵), Tikebit (💵), BitIns (💵), and BitNovo (💵))
Vending (e.g., Bitcoin ATMs (💵), Coinstar (💵) (with 2,100+ locations in the U.S.) and SBB/Swiss Railway ticketing)
Bill/Invoice swap services (e.g., Lamium, and PiixPay)
OTC Trading Desks (e.g., Cumberland, SigOne Capital, and several dozen others)

Otherwise, there are a number of other exchanges — with varying attributes. We recommended trying to stick with No-KYC exchanges, including most of the ones listed on:

KYCNot.me

Additions, corrections, and other feedback welcome and can be submitted as an issue or pull request on GitHub, or via e-mail.
[Note: There is also a corresponding post on Medium with this information as well.]

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This document was originally written for my dad, an intelligent guy who was utterly baffled about the cryptocurrency world. The aim was to be extremely concise, giving a broad overview of the industry and some popular coins while staying non-technical. For many of you there will be nothing new here, but recognize that you are in the 0.001% of the population heavily into crypto technology.
I've reproduced it for Reddit below, or you can find the original post here on my website. Download the PDF there or hit the direct link: .PDF version.
Donations happily accepted:

ETH: 0x4e03Bf5CCE3eec4Ddae4d3d6aAD46ca4f198AeD6 BTC: 1GqWMZRRygRJJWYYTWHkAVoRcgyQHjgBMZ XMR: 42Y1S1KBoPk381kc7hA68zaiC78BxMoCADjLrFcTdWiE7ejhZc49s1t9i7P2EmTnHsLDiKoSUiogCbLVHXRJxjrCT4WG8ic XRB: xrb_1bpzh745s9kzk8ymfnks3jtdi65ayumdstokzd4yw4ohu3fopxmiocjcntcu

Background

This document is purely informational. At the time of writing there are over 1000 cryptocurrencies (“cryptos”) in a highly volatile, high risk market. Many of the smaller “altcoins” require significant technical knowledge to store and transact safely. I advise you to carefully scrutinize each crypto’s flavor of blockchain, potential utility, team of developers, and guiding philosophy, before making any investment [1] decisions. With that out of the way, what follows are brief, extremely high-level summaries of some cryptos which have my interest, listed in current market cap order. But first, some info:
Each crypto is a different implementation of a blockchain network. Originally developed as decentralized digital cash, these technologies have evolved into much broader platforms, powering the future of decentralized applications across every industry in the global economy. Without getting into the weeds, [2] most cryptos work on similar principles:
Distributed Ledgers Each node on a blockchain network has a copy of every transaction, which enables a network of trust that eliminates fraud. [3]
Decentralized “Miners” comprise the infrastructure of a blockchain network. [4] They are monetarily incentivized to add computing power to the network, simultaneously securing and processing each transaction. [5]
Peer-to-peer Cryptos act like digital cash-- they require no third party to transact and are relatively untraceable. Unlike cash, you can back them up.
Global Transactions are processed cheaply and instantly, anywhere on Earth. Using cryptos, an African peasant and a San Francisco engineer have the same access to capital, markets, and network services.
Secure Blockchains are predicated on the same cryptographic technology that secures your sensitive data and government secrets. They have passed seven years of real-world penetration testing with no failures. [6]

Bitcoin (BTC)

The first cryptocurrency. As with first movers in any technology, there are associated pros and cons. Bitcoin has by far the strongest brand recognition and deepest market penetration, and it is the only crypto which can be used directly as a currency at over 100,000 physical and web stores around the world. In Venezuela and Zimbabwe, where geopolitical events have created hyperinflation in the centralized fiat currency, citizens have moved to Bitcoin as a de facto transaction standard. [7]
However, Bitcoin unveiled a number of issues that have been solved by subsequent cryptos. It is experiencing significant scaling issues, resulting in high fees and long confirmation times. The argument over potential solutions created a rift in the Bitcoin developer community, who “forked” the network into two separate blockchains amidst drama and politicking in October 2017. Potential solutions to these issues abound, with some already in place, and others nearing deployment.
Bitcoin currently has the highest market cap, and since it is easy to buy with fiat currency, the price of many smaller cryptos (“altcoins”) are loosely pegged to its price. This will change in the coming year(s).

Ethereum (ETH)

Where Bitcoin is a currency, Ethereum is a platform, designed as a foundational protocol on which to develop decentralized applications (“Dapps”). Anyone can write code and deploy their program on the global network for extremely low fees. Just like Twitter wouldn’t exist without the open platform of the internet, the next world-changing Dapp can’t exist without Ethereum.
Current Dapps include a global market for idle computing power and storage, peer-to-peer real estate transactions (no trusted third party for escrow), identity networks for governments and corporations (think digital Social Security card), and monetization strategies for the internet which replace advertising. Think back 10 years to the advent of smartphones, and then to our culture today-- Ethereum could have a similar network effect on humanity.
Ethereum is currently the #2 market cap crypto below Bitcoin, and many believe it will surpass it in 2018. It has a large, active group of developers working to solve scaling issues, [8] maintain security, and create entirely new programming conventions. If successful, platforms like Ethereum may well be the foundation of the decentralized internet of the future.

Ripple (XRP)

Ripple is significantly more centralized than most crypto networks, designed as a backbone for the global banking and financial technology (“fintech”) industries. It is a network for exchanging between fiat currencies and other asset classes instantly and cheaply, especially when transacting cross-border and between separate institutions. It uses large banks and remittance companies as “anchors” to allow trading between any asset on the network, and big names like Bank of America, American Express, RBC, and UBS are partners. The utility of this network is global and massive in scale.
It is extremely important to note that not all cryptos have the same number of tokens. Ripple has 100 Billion tokens compared to Bitcoin’s 21 Million. Do not directly compare price between cryptos. XRP will likely never reach $1k, [9] but the price will rise commensurate with its utility as a financial tool.
In some sense, Ripple is anathema to the original philosophical vision of this technology space. And while I agree with the cyberpunk notion of decentralized currencies, separation of money and state, this is the natural progression of the crypto world. The internet was an incredible decentralized wild west of Usenet groups and listservs before Eternal September and the dot-com boom, but its maturation affected every part of global society.

Cardano (ADA)

Cardano’s main claim to fame: it is the only crypto developed using academic methodologies by a global collective of engineers and researchers, built on a foundation of industry-leading, peer-reviewed cryptographic research. The network was designed from first-principles to allow scalability, system upgrades, and to balance the privacy of its users with the security needs of regulators.
One part of this ecosystem is the Cardano Foundation, a Swiss non-profit founded to work proactively with governments and regulatory bodies to institute legal frameworks around the crypto industry. Detractors of Cardano claim that it doesn’t do anything innovative, but supporters see the academic backing and focus on regulation development as uniquely valuable.

Stellar Lumens (XLM)

Stellar Lumens and Ripple were founded by the same person. They initially shared the same code, but today the two are distinct in their technical back-end as well as their guiding philosophy and development goals. Ripple is closed-source, for-profit, deflationary, and intended for use by large financial institutions. Stellar is open-source, non-profit, inflationary, and intended to promote international wealth distribution. As such, they are not direct competitors.
IBM is a major partner to Stellar. Their network is already processing live transactions in 12 currency corridors across the South Pacific, with plans to process 60% of all cross-border payments in the South Pacific’s retail foreign exchange corridor by Q2 2018.
Beyond its utility as a financial tool, the Stellar network may become a competitor to Ethereum as a platform for application development and Initial Coin Offerings (“ICOs”). The theoretical maximum throughput for the network is higher, and it takes less computational power to run. The Stellar development team is highly active, has written extensive documentation for third-party developers, and has an impressive list of advisors, including Patrick Collison (Stripe), Sam Altman (Y Combinator), and other giants in the software development community.

Iota (IOT)

Iota was developed as the infrastructure backbone for the Internet of Things (IoT), sometimes called the machine economy. As the world of inanimate objects is networked together, their need to communicate grows exponentially. Fridges, thermostats, self-driving cars, printers, planes, and industrial sensors all need a secure protocol with which to transact information.
Iota uses a “Tangle” instead of a traditional blockchain, and this is the main innovation driving the crypto’s value. Each device that sends a transaction confirms two other transactions in the Tanlge. This removes the need for miners, and enables unique features like zero fees and infinite scalability. The supply of tokens is fixed forever at 2.8*10^15, a staggeringly large number (almost three thousand trillion), and the price you see reported is technically “MIOT”, or the price for a million tokens.

Monero (XMR)

The most successful privacy-focused cryptocurrency. In Bitcoin and most other cryptos, anyone can examine the public ledger and trace specific coins through the network. If your identity can be attached to a public address on that network, an accurate picture of your transaction history can be built-- who, what, and when. Monero builds anonymity into the system using strong cryptographic principles, which makes it functionally impossible to trace coins, [10] attach names to wallets, or extract metadata from transactions. The development team actively publishes in the cryptography research community.
Anonymous transactions are not new-- we call it cash. Only in the past two decades has anonymity grown scarce in the first-world with the rise of credit cards and ubiquitous digital records. Personal data is becoming the most valuable resource on Earth, and there are many legitimate reasons for law-abiding citizens to want digital privacy, but it is true that with anonymity comes bad actors-- Monero is the currency of choice for the majority of black market (“darknet”) transactions. Similarly, US Dollars are the main vehicle for the $320B annual drug trade. An investment here should be based on the underlying cryptographic research and technology behind this coin, as well as competitors like Zcash. [11]

RaiBlocks (XRB)

Zero fees and instantaneous transfer make RaiBlocks extremely attractive for exchange of value, in many senses outperforming Bitcoin at its original intended purpose. This crypto has seen an explosion in price and exposure over the past month, and it may become the network of choice for transferring value within and between crypto exchanges.
Just in the first week of 2018: the CEO of Ledger (makers of the most popular hardware wallet on the market) waived the $50k code review fee to get RaiBlocks on his product, and XRB got listed on Binance and Kucoin, two of the largest altcoin exchanges globally. This is one to watch for 2018. [12]

VeChain (VEN)

Developed as a single answer to the problem of supply-chain logistics, VeChain is knocking on the door of a fast-growing $8 trillion industry. Every shipping container and packaged product in the world requires constant tracking and verification. A smart economy for logistics built on the blockchain promises greater efficiency and lower cost through the entire process flow.
Don’t take my word for it-- VeChain has investment from PwC (5th largest US corporation), Groupe Renault, Kuehne & Nagel (world’s largest freight company), and DIG (China’s largest wine importer). The Chinese government has mandated VeChain to serve as blockchain technology partner to the city of Gui’an, a special economic zone and testbed for China’s smart city of the future. This crypto has some of the strongest commercial partnerships in the industry, and a large active development team.

“Investment” is a misnomer. Cryptos are traded like securities, but grant you no equity (like trading currency).
The weeds for Bitcoin: basic intro (1:36), non-technical explanation (5:24), Bitcoin 101 – Andreas Antonopoulos (23:51).
It is impossible to double-spend or create a fake transaction, as each ledger is confirmed against every other ledger.
Some utility token blockchains use DAG networks or similar non-linear networks which don’t require mining.
In practice, these are giant warehouses full of specialized computers constantly processing transactions. Miners locate to the cheapest electricity source, and the bulk of mining currently occurs in China.
Centralized second-layer exchange websites have been hacked, but the core technology is untouched.
This effect has been termed "bitcoinization".
The Ethereum roadmap shows moving from a Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus model.
At $2.62 per XRP token, Ripple already commands a $100B market cap.
After a January 2017 update.
Monero uses ring signatures while Zcash uses ZK-SNARKs to create anonymity. Both have pros and cons.
Note: all signs point to this crypto being renamed “Nano” in the coming weeks: nano.co.

Dash is breaking away with regards to integrations, partnerships and developments that advocates of other Crypto Currencies have become frightened of Dash's future dominance. Unfortunately for most of these other Crypto Currency projects Dash as a platform is well and truly in the driving seat on so many levels.
Lets take a look at some of the achievements in 2017 and upcoming events:

More big news still to come in the coming month
Edit: Fixed typos, added new items & links

Developments in Financial Services

A cryptocurrency exchange-traded product (ETP) that trades on Switzerland’s Six Exchange saw record trading volumes on Thursday and Friday last week, suggesting that institutional investors may be buying the dip in cryptocurrencies. Four major cryptocurrencies underlie the HODL ETP, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ripple (XRP), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). While HODL ETP’s one-month average daily trading is 20,000 shares, on Thursday, December 6th, and Friday, December 7th, 53,233 shares and 62.986 shares were traded, respectively.
A report published last week by global anti-money laundering policymaker, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), indicates that cryptocurrency exchanges in the United Kingdom pose a, “low risk,” for money laundering and terrorist financing activities. The report, however, does highlight that such activities on UK cryptocurrency exchanges are an, “emerging risk,” although there is not yet enough evidence to suggest that these activities are occurring through cryptocurrency exchanges. In its report, the FATF urged UK regulators to, “Continue to develop an understanding of emerging risks (such as virtual currencies) and intelligence gaps, and take appropriate action.”
Andreas Utermann, CEO and CIO of Allianz Global Investors, called on global financial regulators to ban cryptocurrencies while speaking at a panel discussion in London. According to a report by Reuters, Utermann said, “You should outlaw it,” while participating in a panel alongside Andrew Bailey, the head of Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority. Bailey responded by saying that Utermann’s comments were, “quite strong,” before adding that cryptocurrencies have, “no intrinsic value.”
Basis, a major US-based stablecoin project, is shutting down its operations and returning most of its funds to investors, according to a report by crypto news outlet The Block. The report by The Block cited, “multiple people with direct knowledge of the situation,” in claiming that the algorithmic stablecoin project, which generated UDS$133mm of funding through private investments in April, will return funds to investors. According to the Co-Founder and CEO of competing stablecoin project Nevin Freeman, Basis’ shutdown is due to regulatory concerns around one of its token types. Freeman explained, highlighting that algorithmic stablecoins implement a “secondary token”, known as a “bond token”, to help maintain the primary token’s peg. In many cases, regulators like the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) consider these secondary tokens to be securities.
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, announced that it has added Circle’s US dollar-pegged stablecoin, USD Coin (USDC), to its combined Stablecoin Market. Circle, a company backed by Goldman Sachs, first released its stablecoin in September of this year. Binance’s combined Stablecoin Market features other notable stablecoins, like Tether (USDT), that trade against cryptocurrencies as interchangeable base pairs.
Coinone, a South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange, has officially launched Cross, a cross-border payments application that leverages Ripple’s xCurrent product to increase efficiencies. The application, released by Coinone’s payments subsidiary, Coinone Transfer, targets unbanked or underbanked South Koreans by enabling the transfer of funds to Thailand or the Philippines at a low cost.
Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange heralded by the Winklevoss twins, released an official company blog post this weekend announcing that the firm will support Bitcoin Cash (BCH) custody and trading. The exchange will support only the Bitcoin Cash ABC network at this time, adding that they, “are continuing to evaluate Bitcoin SV over the coming weeks or months, and we may or may not choose to support withdrawals and/or trading of Bitcoin SV in the future.” Additionally, the company detailed that its listing of BCH is pending regulatory approval by the New York State Department of Financial Services.
Gemini, the cryptocurrency trading platform founded by the Winklevoss twins, announced the launch of a mobile crypto trading application in an official blog post today. Accompanying the launch of the crypto trading app is a new investment vehicle, dubbed, “The Cryptoverse,” that is comprised of a basket of cryptocurrencies weighted by market capitalization. While speaking to Bloomberg today, Cameron Winklevoss said that, “A lot of our decisions have perhaps given off a perception that we’re more institutional-based. The reality of the situation is that we have a diverse customer base. And the retail story is just beginning.” The Winklevoss twins went on to detail of a goal to expand reach to Asian markets by 2019’s end.
Good Money, a US neo-banking platform, has closed its Series A investment round that generated USD$30mm led by cryptocurrency-focused merchant bank Galaxy Digital and the founder of EOS (EOS) Block.one. Good Money aims to provide a variety of banking service and certain financial instruments to US account holders while exploring innovative changes to traditional banking practices. “Modern banking is a primary driver of so many issues we as a society face – from economic inequality, institutional racism, environmental destruction to political corruption,” said Good Money founder Gunnar Lovelace. Specifically, Good Money eliminates ATM fees while offering each bank user equity in the company.
Kraken, a notable cryptocurrency exchange, is seeking to raise funding with a USD$4bn valuation for the company and a USD$100,000 investment minimum, according to CoinDesk. In an email to investors, Kraken CEO Jesse Powell wrote, “There is presently a limited time opportunity available to a very small select number of clients to purchase shares.” The email goes on to detail that the exchange will close its offer on December 16th.
OKEx, the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, will begin listing Bitcoin Cash ABC under the original Bitcoin Cash ticker (BCH), as per an official announcement Tuesday. Additionally, OKEx will change the Bitcoin Cash SV ticker from BCHSV to BSV. The announcement by OKEx comes after other notable cryptocurrency exchanges have made the same switch, including Coinbase and Gemini.
PayPal, an online payments portal, has launched its own internal private blockchain platform that will allow staff to trade and exchange tokens while generating ideas and participating in programs to foster innovation, as per a report by news outlet Cheddar. The private blockchain network, which was built by 25 PayPal employees in just 6 months, will allow employees to earn more for enrolling in learning and development programs. The PayPal tokens are not tradeable, or worth anything for that matter, outside PayPal’s blockchain.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a big four consulting firm, is partnering with Bitfury Group, a large blockchain software and mining firm, to develop a blockchain accelerator specific to Russian businesses. As per an official press release by PwC, the partnership will leverage Exonum, Bitfury’s open source framework to build blockchain applications, for educational courses and seminars. The partnership aims to meet the, “current needs,” of PwC’s enterprise clients in Russia.
Revolut, a digital banking alternative with an in-application cryptocurrency exchange, announced that it has been awarded a European banking license. Seeking to become the, “Amazon of banking,” the license will allow Revolut to offer traditional banking services alongside its current cryptocurrency offerings to European customers. Nikolay Storonsky, Founder and CEO of Revolut, said in regards to the newly acquired license that, “With the banking license now secured, commission-free stock trading progressing well, and five new international markets at final stages of launch, we are living up to our reputation as the ‘Amazon of Banking’. Our vision is simple: one ap with tens of millions of users, where you can manage every aspect of your financial life with the best value and technology.”
Shinhan Bank, the second-largest commercial bank in South Korea, is launching a new project to implement blockchain technology in its internal processes with a goal of eliminating human error. According to a report by news outlet The Korea Times, Shinhan also recently completed a training program for its staff to increase their knowledge of blockchain technology across various applications. After Shinhan implemented blockchain technology for interest rate swap transactions on November 30th, South Korea’s second-largest bank is now aiming to apply the technology in its record-keeping process to enhance overall efficiencies.
SolarisBank, Germany’s second-largest and Europe’s ninth-largest stock exchange, is partnering with Stuttgart Exchange Group, a German fintech company, to jointly develop a cryptocurrency exchange. As per a report by Cointelegraph Germany, the joint cryptocurrency exchange venture, “is scheduled to launch in the first half of 2019.” This news comes after SolarisBank announced plans to launch a zero-fee cryptocurrency trading application this past May.
The Canadian city of Calgary is becoming the first city in Canada to launch a digital version of its local currency, according to a report by the Global News. Dubbed as the Calgary Digital Dollar, the digital currency will be exclusive to Calgary and operate alongside the country’s Canadian Dollar. Calgary-based businesses will now be required by law to accept at least 10% of a payment in digital currency, although they are allowed to accept up to 100%.
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is launching a pilot of its Global Payment Initiative (GPI) to combat growing blockchain and fintech solutions, according to an official announcement last week. Currently, the SWIFT Network is used by global financial institutions to conduct global financial payments and cross-border transfers of fiat currency. Although the project is still in its early stages, the GPI pilot hopes to, “build the foundation of a new integrated and interactive service that will significantly improve efficiencies in the payments process and which will ultimately be made available to all 10,000 banks across the SWIFT network.”
The United Arab Emirates’(UAE) central bank is partnering with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) to develop a cryptocurrency to facilitate cross border transactions between the two countries, according to a report by news outlet GulfNews. In a meeting pertaining to global banking standards and regulation in the Arab region, Mubarak Rashed Al Mansouri, the governor of the UAE’s central bank, said, “This is probably the first time ever that witnesses the cooperation of monetary authorities from different countries on this topic and we hope that this achievement will foster similar collaboration in our region.” The prospective digital currency will be used by both central banks and financial institutions in the countries.
TokenSoft, a security token offering (STO) startup, has acquired a 20% stake in regulated broker-dealer Marpine Securities LLC in order to launch its own regulated broker-dealer. After acquiring the 20% stake, TokenSoft will launch its new regulated broker-dealer entity, called TokenSoft Global Markets, that will be registered through the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). The new regulated broker-dealer entity will allow TokenSoft to advise token issuers through every step of the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) process. Additionally, TokenSoft will now be able to legally operate in services related to insurance and management.
Tom Lee, co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors and a notable cryptocurrency pundit, believes that the current fair value of Bitcoin (BTC) is between USD$13,800 and USD$14,800, according to a note published on Thursday. Lee arrived at this valuation by taking into account the number of active wallet addresses, usage per account, and other supply and demand metrics. Additionally, Lee forecasted that the fair value of BTC will reach USD$150,000/coin once BTC wallets account for 7% of Visa’s 4.5bn account holders.
UAE Exchange, an exchange based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is partnering with Ripple to launch a blockchain-based cross-border remittances platform by 1Q2019, as per a Reuters report on Thursday. The report details further that Finablr, a payments and foreign exchange company that owns UAE Exchange, observes a high level of remittance inflows from expatriate workers in the Middle East region. “We expect to go live with Rippel by Q1, 2019 with two other Asian banks,” said Finablr CEO Promoth Manghat, adding, “This is for remittances to start with, from across the globe into Asia.”

Regulatory Environment

De Nederlandsche Bank, the Netherlands’ central bank, will soon require domestic cryptocurrency providers to obtain a license from the regulator to operate, as per a report by Dutch news outlet DeTelegraaf. The Netherlands' central bank is taking these measures in the hope that it will, “prevent such cryptocurrencies from being used to launder money obtained through crime or to fund terrorism.” In order to receive a license, cryptocurrency firms must maintain Know-Your-Customer procedures and report any suspicious activity to the Dutch central bank.
Eddie Hughes, a conservative member of the United Kingdom’s Parliament, suggested that Bitcoin (BTC) should be accepted as legal tender for tax and utility payments, according to news outlet Express.co.uk. The article discusses that Hughes, who is a self-described, “crypto enthusiast with amateur knowledge,” recently met with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, which accepts cryptocurrency donations. This news comes after the US state of Ohio announced that it would begin accepting BTC as legal tender for tax payments.
Following a case in Canadian courts that resulted in a ruling ordering mistakenly sent crypto funds to be returned to their owner, a blog post from the University of Oxford Faculty of Law is noting that there could be repercussions with the case potentially setting a precedent for lost or stolen cryptocurrency claims. The Canadian court case’s ruling will require defendant Brian Wall to return USD$370,482 worth of Ethereum (ETH) tokens to the plaintiff, Copytrack. The blog post from the University of Oxford Faculty of Law reads, ‘This precedent may have major repercussions for the enforcement of claims regarding lost or stolen cryptocurrencies,” adding that the ruling allows the plaintiff to recover tokens, “in whatsoever hands those Ether Tokens may currently be held.”
Japan’s government is considering plans to ease cryptocurrency taxes in an effort to revitalize the domestic cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. This week, Japanese Congressman Takeshi Fujimaki proposed four significant changes to taxation requirements pertaining to digital assets, which include: a reduction on the cryptocurrency gains tax from 55% to 20%; elimination of taxes on crypto-to-crypto payments; elimination of taxes on miniscule cryptocurrency payments; and an adjustment that would allow cryptocurrency investors to carry forward losses across quarters and years, effectively until cryptocurrencies are ‘cashed’ out.
Jay Clayton, Chairman for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC), said during a speech that Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), “can be effective,” for fundraising, but that, “securities laws must be followed.” Clayton went on in his speech to comment on the US SEC’s work regarding distributed ledger technology (DLT), digital assets, and ICOs, saying that it is an, “area where the Commission and staff have spent a significant amount of time,” and, “that this trend will continue in 2019.”
Jay Clayton, the Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), expressed his optimism for distributed ledger technology’s potential impact on traditional financial markets in a testimony before the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs yesterday. According to a transcript published on the SEC’s website, Clayton said, “I am optimistic that developments in distributed ledger technology can help facilitate capital formation, providing promising investment opportunities for both institutional and Main Street Investors.” Additionally, Clayton highlighted that the SEC is, “Focusing a significant amount of attention and resources on digital assets and initial coin offerings (ICOs).”
Maxim Akimov, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, announced that no significant changes will be made to the draft of a bill concerning cryptocurrency regulation in the country, as per news outlet Finmarket. The bill was already approved by Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, in May 2018, although the bill has generated substantial discussion since. Since approval of the bill, all cryptocurrency and token-related terminology have been removed and replaced with the term “digital rights”. At the beginning of December, Pavel Krasheninnikov, Chairman of Russia’s State Duma, said that the bill needed to be, “significantly,” changed.
Pan Gongsheng, a deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, highlighted that Security Token Offerings (STOs) in China are illegal while speaking at a summit in Beijing. As per a report by news outlet the South China Morning Post, Gongsheng told the summit that, “illegal financing activities through STOs and ICOs were still rampant in the mainland despite a nationwide clean-up of the cryptocurrency market last year.” In citing reasoning for the continued ban on STOs, Gongsheng explained that, “Virtual money has become an accomplice to all kinds of illegal and criminal activities.”
Pantera Capital, a blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused investment firm and hedge fund, is warning investors that as much as a quarter of their ICO project could potentially be violating US securities laws, according to a Bloomberg report. In a newsletter to clients, Pantera Capital warned, “While we believe the vast majority of the projects in our portfolio should not be affected, approximately 25% of our fund’s capital is invested in other projects with liquid tokens that sold to US investors without using Regulation D or Regulation S”
Russia has no intention of implementing Venezuela’s state-backed digital currency, the Petro, into commercial operations, according to a report by news outlet RIA Novosti. While speaking to reporters this week, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak said, “Representatives from our tax service and central bank... got acquainted with the cryptocurrency Venezuela is introducing,” adding, “But no more than that. As for payments, they’re not happening yet.”
South Korea’s representative body, the National Assembly, held its first official meeting with seven of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges on Monday. The purpose of the meeting was to debate cryptocurrency regulation between stakeholders of South Korea’s cryptocurrency industry. Cryptocurrency exchanges Bithumb, CobitCoin, Coinone, Upbit, Gopax, Coinplug, and Hanbitco were among the attendees of the debate, which reportedly focused on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) customer protections and Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures.
The United Kingdom’s Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental financial security body, is calling on the country’s government to increase monitoring of cryptocurrency markets. According to an official report last week, the UK must overhaul its Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and combat terrorist financing (CFT) efforts in order to prevent illicit activities with cryptocurrencies. “Virtual currency exchange providers are not yet covered by AML/CFT requirements,” the report details, adding, “this is an emerging risk and there is not yet evidence to suggest that broad scale ML/TF is occurring in the UK through this relatively small sector.”
The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is interested in learning more about the Ethereum (ETH) network, its technology, and the markets build around it. On Tuesday, the CFTC published a Request for Input (RFI) that requests the public’s feedback on different questions concerning Ethereum. The RFI explains that its goal is to inform the CFTC about Ethereum and similar emerging technology, saying, “The input from this request will advance the CFTC’s mission of ensuring the integrity of the derivatives market as well as monitoring and reducing the systematic risk by enhancing legal certainty in the markets. The RFI seeks to understand the similarities and distinctions between certain virtual currencies, including here ether and bitcoin, as well as ether-specific opportunities, challenges, and risks.”
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) is ordering that cryptocurrency asset manager CoinAlpha Advisors LLC pay a USD$50,000 fine, alleging that the firm conducted an unregistered securities sale. After forming in October 2017, CoinAlpha raised more than USD$600,000 from investors to invest in digital assets. In an official release, the US SEC said that CoinAlpha did not file a Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities, meaning that the firm breached securities laws by soliciting securities investors. Additionally, the firm allegedly did not adhere to proper know-your-customer procedures to verify that investors were accredited.
Venezuela is reportedly beginning to convert its citizens’ monthly pension payments into Petros, Venezuela’s controversial state and oil-backed cryptocurrency, according to a report by local economics blog the Caracas Chronicles. The conversion of Venezuelan pensioners’ payments into Petros came after the country already sent pensioners their monthly payment in the form of a check for Venezuelan Bolivars -- normally, upon receiving their check, pensioners would deposit their funds into a bank account where they could then withdraw fiat from local branches. The Venezuelan government, however, converted pensioners’ fiat payments into the Petro upon their deposit into a bank. In the first few weeks of the Petro’s existence, its value has risen from 9,000 to more than 15,000.
Warren Davidson, an Ohio Congressman and notable advocate of blockchain and digital assets, is floating blockchain technology as a solution to fund US President Donald Trump’s prospective US-Mexico border wall. While interviewing with NPR, Congressman Davidson suggested, “the American people, or whomever should choose to donate,” could pay for the border wall, adding, “you could do it with sort of like a crowdfunding site or you could do a blockchain and you could have WallCoins.”

General News

“The long-term value of Bitcoin (BTC) is more likely to be USD$100 than USD$100,000,” says Kenneth Rogoff, a former Chief Economist for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the current Harvard University Professor of Economics and Public Policy. While writing an article for major UK news outlet The Guardian, Rogoff highlighted that, because BTC’s use is limited to transactions, it makes the digital asset more vulnerable to a bubble-like collapse. Rogoff also cited that BTC’s energy-intensive verification processes is, “vastly less efficient,” than systems that leverage, “a trusted central authority like a central bank.”
A new report by PeckShield, a blockchain security company that monitors various cryptocurrency ecosystems, details that decentralized applications (DApps) on the EOS (EOS) blockchain have lost as much as USD$1mm in hacks since July 2018. The report details further that DApps on the EOS network have sustained 27 breaches since July, which are responsible for the up to 400,000 EOS that have been compromised from hacks. Guo Yonggang, a blockchain security expert cited in a report on the matter by crypto media firm Blockchain Truth, believes that the hacks can be attributed to security problems with the DApps themselves, rather than with the EOS network.
A new study published by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance on Wednesday finds that the number of unique ID-verified cryptocurrency users nearly doubled in in the first 3 quarters of 2018. The study details that total ID-verified users increased to 35mm in the first three quarters of 2018 from 18mm at the end of 2017, representing an increase of 94%. As per an analysis of the study by Bloomberg, the growth of crypto’s userbase despite the market decline, “could signal that an eventual recovery could be coming.”
Amid the continued cryptocurrency sell-off, only two cryptocurrency mining machines remain profitable, according to real-time data from ASICMinerValue.com. ASICMInerValue.com, which calculates the profitability of Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) miners, indicates that only indicates that only the Ebank Ebit E11++ and ASICminer 8 Nano 44Th mining models are profitable for mining cryptocurrencies based on the SHA-256 hash function -- notable cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) use this has function.
Bitmain, a large Chinese cryptocurrency mining firm, announced that it is closing its development center in Israel, citing current cryptocurrency market conditions. In closing Bitmaintech Israel, the crypto mining giant was forced to fire all 23 employees. Among the employees let go is Gadi Glikberg, head of Bitmain’s Israeli branch and Vice President of International Sales, who said on the recent market turmoil, “The crypto market has undergone a shake-up in the past few months, which has forced Bitmain to examine its various activities around the globe and to refocus its business in accordance with the current situation.”
Busan, a major South Korean city, will be the beneficiary of the South Korean government’s plan to spend 4bn Korean won (USD$3.5mm) to establish a blockchain-enabled virtual power plant (VPP). As per a report by South Korean news outlet Yonhap News Agency, the project will be angled as a national competition in 2019, hosted by South Korea’s largest electric utility, Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). The VPP will integrate the idle capacities of multiple energy resources through a cloud-based distributed ledger in order to optimize power generation and decrease costs.
Church’s Chicken, a large international fast food franchise, is partnering with Dash Venezuela to accept cryptocurrencies in its Venezuelan locations. According to an official press release, 13 Church’s Chicken establishments will begin accepting Dash (DASH) as payment following, “extensive and rigorous days of training,” staff to understand cryptocurrencies. With the addition of Church’s Chicken, more than 2,200 establishments in Venezuela accept DASH as payment.
Crypto.com, a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency payments platform, announced the appointment of former PayPal executive Tyson Hackwood to serve as the firm’s Vice President and Head of Global Merchant Acquisition in an official press release today. Crypto.com aims to increase cryptocurrency adoption by both merchants and consumers through their point-of-sale (PoS) transaction terminals. Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek believes that Hackwood will be integral in furthering this goal, saying, “As we develop the Crypto.com Chain to fulfill the current industry need to pay and be paid in crypto, Tyson will play an important role in expanding the number and quality of merchants that are part of our network.”
Hyperledger, a notable blockchain consortium, is continuing its robust expansion after announcing the addition of 16 new members at the Hyperledger Global Forum in Basel, Switzerland. Among the notables to join the consortium are, Alibaba Cloud, Citigroup’s Citi Ventures arm, and Deutsche Telekom. The latest addition of 16 members brings the total membership of Hyperledger to more than 260 different companies. In a public statement, Hyperledger Executive Director Brian Behlendorf said that, “The growing Hyperledger community reflects the increasing importance of open source efforts to build enterprise blockchain technologies across industries and markets. The latest members showcase the widening interest in and impact of DLT and Hyperledger."
Jeremy Henrickson, the former Chief Product Officer at Coinbase, has departed the US-based cryptocurrency exchange after serving since July 2016. “Jeremy’s contributions to Coinbase over the past two years were invaluable,” said a Coinbase spokesperson, adding that, “he helped to build our scrappy startup team into a high-functioning product and engineering organization -- overseeing a 5x+ growth of the team.” Henrickson’s departure comes after long-term Coinbase executives Adam White and Hunter Merghart left the US-based cryptocurrency exchange in recent months.
LinkedIn’s, “2018 U.S. Emerging Jobs,” report released on Thursday ranks the role of blockchain developer as the fastest growing job in the United States. The report by LinkedIn indicates that blockchain developer jobs have increased 33-fold in the past 12 months alone. San Francisco, New York City, and Atlanta are among the cities with the highest demand for blockchain developer jobs.
Orbs, a unique hybrid blockchain platform, raised more than USD$15mm in cryptocurrencies to fund its development of a public blockchain, according to a company blog post. South Korean application provider Kakao lead the fundraising efforts with a representative telling CoinDesk that the company, “always seeks to invest and support innovative startups, and Orbs is a good example.” In total, Orbs raised 139,000 Ether (ETH) and 892 Bitcoin (BTC), amounting to roughly USD$15.4mm. Orbs aims to build a public blockchain with this funding that is, “universal,” and, “scalable,” for decentralized applications (DApps) with the, “liquidity of a base layer.”
Samsung has reportedly filed patent applications for three different blockchain-related trademark requests that all pertain directly to smartphones, according to news outlet Galaxy Club. Specifically, the patents named “Blockchain KeyStore”, “Blockchain Key Box”, and “Blockchain Core” all pertain to cryptocurrency custody capabilities on smartphones. This news comes amid the release of HTC’s Exodus 1 and Sirin Labs’ FINNEY, both of which are being marketed as blockchain smartphones with cryptocurrency custody capabilities.

Crypto Market Recap

Cryptocurrencies are broadly mixed this afternoon with the price of Bitcoin (BTC) slightly lower by 0.12% in the last 24 hours to USD$3,465.05. Binance Coin (BNB) is continuing to rally and leads major coins in gains today, up 6.35% in the last 24 hours to USD$7.15. TRON (TRX) and IOTA (MIOTA) are also posting notable gains this afternoon, up 5.59% and 3.29% in the last 24 hours to USD$0.027016 and USD$0.258900, respectively. Stellar (XLM) lags major coins in the day’s trading, down 1.80% in the last 24 hours to USD$0.080706.

Crypto Developments in Financial Services

Kraken, a large cryptocurrency exchange based in the United States, announced the acquisition of Crypto Facilities, a cryptocurrency exchange and futures provider based in the United Kingdom, for at least USD$100mm. Although neither party revealed the exact value of the acquisition, they did say it was a, “nine-figure deal.” “We are excited to introduce eligible clients to these industry leading futures and index products,” commented Kraken CEO Jesse Powell in a press release on Monday, adding, “Over the coming months, our teams will continue to enhance and expand these offerings.”

Crypto Regulatory Environment

Venezuela’s cryptocurrency industry members must follow the new regulatory framework outlined in a crypto bill that took effect on January 31st, 2019. Initially approved by the country’s Constituent National Assembly in November 2017, the document called, “Constituent Decree on the Integral System of Crypto Assets,” contains 63 unique articles that outline rules and definitions concerning crypto assets, blockchain mining, cryptography, and more. Most prominently, the new regulation requires domestic mining entities and cryptocurrency exchanges to obtain mandatory licenses from the country’s regulators.
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is requesting help from blockchain analytics companies to develop a compressive system that analyzes blockchain data and implements risk monitoring and compliance enforcement procedures. As per an official statement by the SEC on January 31st, 2019, the regulatory agency is seeking a blockchain data company with a, “capability to derive insights from the available data,” including the ability to identify the owners of cryptocurrency addresses.
Daniel Haudenschild, the newly elected President of the Swiss Crypto Valley Association (CVA), declared in an interview with major Swiss news outlet Swissinfo that the recent cryptocurrency bear market is damaging Switzerland’s position as a global blockchain hub. Haudenschild, who officially took office as President of the CVA on January 31st, 2019, said in the interview that his priority will be to, “heal divisions to prevent Switzerland losing any more ground to other countries,” in attracting global blockchain projects. Haudenschild went on in the interview to urge the country’s regulators to keep Switzerland an open and easily accessible option for blockchain investors.
A new report published by Quartz discusses that an Indian government committee tasked with assessing the impact of cryptocurrencies on the county is concerned of the impact digital assets could have on the stability of the rupee. The article cites an anonymous source active in the cryptocurrency industry who said, “If Bitcoin and other digital currencies are going to be allowed to be used for payments then whether it will end up destabilizing the fiat currency is a major concern for the committee.”

General Crypto News

“Amazon will have to issue a currency sooner or later,” said Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao on Twitter this weekend. Zhao is of the belief that the global online retail giant cannot avoid issuing its own altcoin in the future. Zhao also discussed crypto payment acceptance on Twitter this weekend, writing, “For any internet (non-physical) based business, I don’t understand why anyone would not accept crypto for payments. It is easier, faster, and cheaper to integration than traditional payment gateways. Less paperwork. And reaches more diverse demographic and geography.”
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter, discussed in an interview with popular podcast host Joe Rogan that he believes Bitcoin (BTC) will still be the Internet’s native currency. During the interview, Dorsey declared, “Bitcoin was something that was born on the Internet, that was developed on the Internet, that was tested on the Internet, it is of the Internet.” Dorsey also discussed his belief that the Internet is moving towards a system where data is created and is online permanently, which is, “what blockchain helps enable.”

Period: 1781.72 days

	Submissions	Comments
Total	1000	66504
Rate (per day)	0.56	37.31
Unique Redditors	546	7216
Combined Score	190256	613696

Top Submitters' Top Submissions

4165 points, 23 submissions: Tomatoshi
1. Cryptocurrency Euthanasia Coaster (489 points, 127 comments)
2. Mark Karpeles states Bitcoin has failed and is useless. (273 points, 95 comments)
3. Vergin comedy gold leaks ahead of announcement (241 points, 159 comments)
4. Incredibly "organic" pump minutes before Tether prints $300 million (237 points, 82 comments)
5. In today's Creepto News : McAfee's Underground King of ICO analysts apparently a pedo (230 points, 99 comments)
6. Dying Butter attempts to dox imaginary assassin. Gives him an imaginary name and non-existent address. (215 points, 70 comments)
7. Back under 8K. Shall I get rid of my fiat? (210 points, 86 comments)
8. President Maduro's computer hacked. Exit scam image discovered. (205 points, 12 comments)
9. Come all ye faithful and get rekt margin trading (185 points, 59 comments)
10. Lightning Network upgraded - super efficient diagram of super efficient payment channels running on top of super efficient blockchain (183 points, 73 comments)
2691 points, 10 submissions: Orbalisks
1. Debating Bitcoin (747 points, 114 comments)
2. 1 Bitcoin transaction uses over four times as much energy as 100,000 VISA transactions (492 points, 150 comments)
3. Remember that model that the Bitcoin crowd constantly mocked? Turns out it was pretty much spot on... (346 points, 90 comments)
4. MRW I see butters describing how they lost 40% on Verge so they went all in on Tron but lost another 30% so they went back to Bitcoin but are down 25% (216 points, 38 comments)
5. The Parable of the Bagholder (201 points, 14 comments)
6. Then they came for me (161 points, 18 comments)
7. First. Global. Currency. (148 points, 55 comments)
8. Verge creator desperately (and unsuccessfully) trying to cash out into USD on Coinbase; notes that "taxes are due"--an observation that conspicuously coincides with Verge's enigmatic crowdfunding campaign (143 points, 34 comments)
9. Butter shares comical chart suggesting that Bitcoin is destined for 100% adoption, despite the fact that the chart both misrepresents how long Bitcoin has been around for and already shows that it is not being adopted as quickly as other technologies (120 points, 76 comments)
10. First you pump, then you dump (117 points, 25 comments)
2556 points, 15 submissions: dgerard
1. The OKEx margin trading disaster — how crypto margin trading goes wrong, and how the eye-watering margin leverage on crypto exchanges works in practice (306 points, 212 comments)
2. "Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain" is OUT NOW! (284 points, 98 comments)
3. Reuters on OTC markets: "Less romantically, traders sometimes say 'butt' to mean bitcoin." we did it lads, be proud (268 points, 17 comments)
4. How does Brave's "Basic Attention Token" work? By blatant fraud, of course! Twitter thread from one creator whose name and photo Brave is misusing (192 points, 173 comments)
5. bullish on USD. it is clear USD is increasingly popular with past hodlers of the deprecated bit-Coin. USD has gone up hugely in just the past day against the b.t.C!! in the future it is posible with enough imagination that the US economy could run on USD ! in conclusion you should get into currency (186 points, 26 comments)
6. Twitter thread of Bitcoin price predictions (164 points, 30 comments)
7. "Kodak board members conveniently grant themselves shares the day before the announcement, a stock promoter with a checkered past is engaged for PR, and a group of German copyright trolls reinvent themselves as blockchain-enabled image platform managers." A scathing hedge-fund report on KodakCoin. (157 points, 44 comments)
8. MERL Tech: Blockchain for International Development. "We documented 43 blockchain use-cases ... no documentation or evidence of the results blockchain was purported to have achieved in these claims ... Not one was willing to share data on program results." (143 points, 44 comments)
9. Bitcoin’s stupendous power waste is green, apparently — bad excuses for Proof-of-Work [by me] (133 points, 112 comments)
10. Bitcoin continues to be awesome for renewable energy! - "Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ suck up electricity, stress power grids in Central Washington" (130 points, 39 comments)
2541 points, 10 submissions: borderpatrol
1. Buttcoin Foundation ROCKED as founder exposed to be PAID SHILL for Butterfly Labs (1269 points, 553 comments)
2. Stop with the political and racist garbage (177 points, 119 comments)
3. To the person who reports every single chart posted in this sub as "not a fucking log chart" (167 points, 40 comments)
4. WE DID IT REDDIT! (166 points, 55 comments)
5. Someone finally said "Buttcoin". And it's William Shatner (156 points, 39 comments)
6. My new Bitcoin commercial idea. (140 points, 21 comments)
7. Let's welcome /Buttcoin's newest honorary member of the mod/shill team, Peter Todd! (125 points, 54 comments)
8. Satoshi Nakamoto is an anagram of "So a man took a shit." (118 points, 16 comments)
9. Guess which convicted felon just fucked over another Bitcoin business? (112 points, 31 comments)
10. You guys are the best (111 points, 81 comments)
2509 points, 12 submissions: JihanButt
1. Hot (404 points, 19 comments)
2. Made me check (and kek) (398 points, 49 comments)
3. Mass adoption is here (257 points, 60 comments)
4. New record for the fastest exit scam in human history (245 points, 23 comments)
5. Meanwhile on 4chan bizbutt (210 points, 88 comments)
6. TIL: Binance can exit scam at any given time and no one would be able to locate CZ or the Binance offices. Not even MtGOX was this shady. (200 points, 65 comments)
7. Quality (172 points, 53 comments)
8. Normies are shorting (137 points, 44 comments)
9. CEO (lol) of shitcoin Titanium BUTT, high on cocaine during AMA (136 points, 16 comments)
10. It begins... The biggest transfer of comedy gold in human history (122 points, 17 comments)
2470 points, 12 submissions: unitedstatian
1. I can't tell why but this ICO doesn't look trustworthy to me (369 points, 47 comments)
2. Cryptocurrency (332 points, 26 comments)
3. Has crypto become a giant joke? (311 points, 60 comments)
4. A Buttcoiner going shopping (248 points, 37 comments)
5. There is only a 1% chance of successfully routing a $67 payment on the lightning network (229 points, 71 comments)
6. Comedy gold over at bitcoin (179 points, 54 comments)
7. The Four Commandments (148 points, 65 comments)
8. Behold LN in it's full glory as two users fail to send a meager 100 Sats through a high liquidity hub (Bitrefill) due to poor route computation. (146 points, 76 comments)
9. Jimmy Song giving advice on how to use Bitcoin as a method of payment lol! (143 points, 57 comments)
10. This is my new favorite ICO. (130 points, 94 comments)
2037 points, 11 submissions: dyzo-blue
1. Butter informs his tribe that he has decided to leave. Tribe kindly wishes him good luck and a happy new year. (510 points, 81 comments)
2. STORE OF VALUE. (184 points, 32 comments)
3. TIL: Apparently butters are mostly models who have meet-ups on boats. (167 points, 43 comments)
4. Bitcoiner asked me if I was in the "crypto game" (165 points, 140 comments)
5. Bitcoin’s energy consumption is growing at 20% per month and is effectively erasing decades of progress on renewable energy (160 points, 93 comments)
6. Steve Bannon is creating a cryptocurrency to fund global fascist movements (155 points, 175 comments)
7. Firesale! Firesale! All I see are CHEAP COINZ. (154 points, 130 comments)
8. The electricity required for a single Bitcoin trade could power a house for a whole month (147 points, 81 comments)
9. Who sees this pop-up and thinks, "Hmm, seems legit"? (146 points, 40 comments)
10. From California's Governor Primary Ballot (126 points, 28 comments)
2035 points, 13 submissions: 18_points
1. BitGrail insolvency due to people editing client-side javascript and withdrawing free NANO! (279 points, 115 comments)
2. Butter rushes to exchange his iMac for a MacBook hours before return policy expires, doesn't copy his wallet seed. $170K SFYL, mass adoption imminent. (205 points, 102 comments)
3. LA Times: The only currency worse than bitcoin is Venezuela’s (176 points, 78 comments)
4. Butter makes $1.2mm, quits his job, proceeds to lose 80% (175 points, 76 comments)
5. Bitcoin.com openly admits Tethers are backed by nothing (158 points, 99 comments)
6. Tether CFO: "Tether may no longer continue to use the US dollar anchor in the future." (152 points, 80 comments)
7. Aaaand it's gone.... Stablecoin basis closes shup after raising $133 million (151 points, 61 comments)
8. Guy travels abroad paying with bitcoin. Just kidding, he couldn't pay with bitcoin - best he could do after 2 days trying was trade bitcoin for cash 20% below spot. (138 points, 62 comments)
9. Because this chart never gets old ... (126 points, 46 comments)
10. Tether crashing on Kraken, down to $0.98 (125 points, 69 comments)
1985 points, 6 submissions: cool_playa
1916 points, 10 submissions: Cthulhooo
1. Ladies and Gentlemen I have an innovative idea that will change the landscape of cryptospace forever. I present you the infinite reverse Ponzi scheme. (355 points, 237 comments)
2. ETH is now officially a 2 digit shitcoin! (258 points, 110 comments)
3. So this is how blood in the streets looks like... (215 points, 91 comments)
4. Missed us? (211 points, 44 comments)
5. The new paradigm (of spam) has arrived. (171 points, 45 comments)
6. Attention all personnel. (168 points, 62 comments)
7. Not only bloomberg or CNBC. Even national media all over the world are screaming about tether manipulation. This is good for buttcoin. (168 points, 42 comments)
8. The biggest bagholders on the planet are actually institutions. Bought bitcoin for $40k (142 points, 44 comments)
9. Millions of dollars stuck forever in a buttchain thanks to an international community effort to establish the largest comedy gold black hole up to date. (116 points, 28 comments)
10. Smart ponzi FOMO3D round 1 ends way too early with a creative twist (112 points, 98 comments)

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Top Submissions

I'm having an orgasm watching the prices dropping - upvote if you're a sick a degenerate like me by deleted (1456 points, 340 comments)
Buttcoin Foundation ROCKED as founder exposed to be PAID SHILL for Butterfly Labs by borderpatrol (1269 points, 553 comments)
a shitcoin startup called Prodeum just exitscammed with millions of investor dollars and left them the following message on their site by cool_playa (1111 points, 170 comments)
And the returns have already begun. One person and a known reseller we get regularly. by cloud3514 (907 points, 278 comments)
c o m p u t e r s c i e n c e by brokenAmmonite (856 points, 125 comments)
U.S. Launches Criminal Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation by BitcoinTrolling101 (761 points, 218 comments)
Debating Bitcoin by Orbalisks (747 points, 114 comments)
TIL bitcoin is called the currency of the future because all currency transactions are confirmed in the distant future. by Thief_1 (720 points, 37 comments)
M A T H E M A T I C A L L Y I M P O S S I B LE by NORATHEDESTROYER (693 points, 86 comments)
This is the best take of crypto-currency that I've ever seen. by deleted (689 points, 137 comments)

Top Comments

1874 points: AlbertRammstein's comment in The OKEx margin trading disaster — how crypto margin trading goes wrong, and how the eye-watering margin leverage on crypto exchanges works in practice
1263 points: Mike_Prowe's comment in Buttcoin Foundation ROCKED as founder exposed to be PAID SHILL for Butterfly Labs
820 points: Slayer706's comment in Buttcoin Foundation ROCKED as founder exposed to be PAID SHILL for Butterfly Labs
577 points: deleted's comment in The OKEx margin trading disaster — how crypto margin trading goes wrong, and how the eye-watering margin leverage on crypto exchanges works in practice
571 points: cloud3514's comment in And the returns have already begun. One person and a known reseller we get regularly.
496 points: SnapshillBot's comment in a shitcoin startup called Prodeum just exitscammed with millions of investor dollars and left them the following message on their site
382 points: vytah's comment in Holy Satoshi! Butter pays 85Btc transaction fees for a 16Btc transaction. Is this the largest fee ever paid?
380 points: Tomatoshi's comment in It's already happening. GPU market is about to get really hot.
361 points: ShiteFlaps's comment in Why are you guys such salty fks?
331 points: -charlie-kelly-'s comment in a shitcoin startup called Prodeum just exitscammed with millions of investor dollars and left them the following message on their site

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Total	765	10226
Rate (per day)	107.80	1494.28
Unique Redditors	596	3440
Combined Score	31658	33963

Top Submitters' Top Submissions

4526 points, 1 submission: Alexsayzz
1. Anti-crypto propaganda... promoted by American Express (4526 points, 513 comments)
2391 points, 2 submissions: MoonMan_666
1. Someone just paid $0.10 to move $194M (29,999 BTC). Think about how powerful that is for a second. (2369 points, 380 comments)
2. Dev sends Bitcoin without using the web or the power grid (22 points, 4 comments)
2077 points, 1 submission: _Logicrypto
1. When your boss thanks you for staying late at work but you were just watching the Bitcoin price and lost track of time (2077 points, 69 comments)
1496 points, 1 submission: bitbug42
1. ⚡Lightning Network at the Senate - Counterargument to Roubini's speech that Bitcoin can never scale to serve the planet (1496 points, 186 comments)
1417 points, 1 submission: opencoins
1. Why sell and pay capital gains, why not wait for mass adoption? That's my motto. (1417 points, 244 comments)
1174 points, 1 submission: awertheim
1. Took a while but finally part of the picture club (had to wait on the web browser update!) (1174 points, 127 comments)
853 points, 1 submission: Hodl_it
1. Feeling good? (853 points, 215 comments)
833 points, 1 submission: cointastical
1. Bitcoin ATM operator gets the $62,500 that police confiscated back (833 points, 110 comments)
802 points, 2 submissions: JandyJammer
1. Congratulations US senators for understanding crypto better than this guy (748 points, 125 comments)
2. How is Bitmex the biggest exchange... total joke. I hope their competitors crush them. (54 points, 49 comments)
704 points, 1 submission: lesbiansareoverrated
1. ...in case you missed the laura shill burn today (704 points, 100 comments)
512 points, 5 submissions: castorfromtheva
1. Mycelium wallet will FINALLY get segwit! "This month" as stated by Mycelium developers on 9 October 2018. Glad to hear! I am excited. (312 points, 136 comments)
2. Just saw it on their website: Ledger Nano S 20% off, directly from manufacturer! For six days, starting today. Just in case you consider getting a hardware wallet. (146 points, 84 comments)
3. Newsflash: Bitfinex Unveils ‘Distributed Banking Solution,’ Resumes Fiat Deposits (44 points, 8 comments)
4. Binance Uganda Launch 80% Ready As Users Can Now Sign Up: Deposits & Trading Coming Soon (8 points, 1 comment)
5. Article: "Cryptos at a turning point", trustnodes.com (2 points, 0 comments)
510 points, 4 submissions: eddieweng
1. Someone moved 12,220 BTC ($82M) in block 545,877 (393 points, 180 comments)
2. Someone moved 22,200 BTC ($139M) in block 545,243 (90 points, 38 comments)
3. CoinMarketBull – CoinMarketCap, but with a different metric (26 points, 4 comments)
4. holdernews - trending stories on bitcointalk (1 point, 0 comments)
387 points, 1 submission: StoneHammers
1. We are three months away from Bitcoins 10 year anniversary. (387 points, 39 comments)
366 points, 3 submissions: TrackCoinMarket-com
1. Citizens of Venezuela have turned to Bitcoin and gold farming in online games to survive the country’s economic collapse. (365 points, 60 comments)
2. Zambian Central Bank Declares Bitcoin Is Not Legal Tender (1 point, 7 comments)
3. Bitcoin is Maturing, Crypto Growth Surprisingly Positive Reveals Study (0 points, 3 comments)
358 points, 1 submission: musicfan39
1. Bitcoin all-time price graph (Aug 2010 – Oct 2018) (358 points, 84 comments)
311 points, 5 submissions: TheGreatMuffin
1. Bitfinex' statement on fiat deposits/withdrawals (tldr: fiat and crypto withdrawals working, fiat deposits temporarily paused) (103 points, 52 comments)
2. Bitfinex suspends all fiat deposits, “expects the situation to normalize within a week” (78 points, 62 comments)
3. Fidelity gives a nod to OG cypherpunks (mentioning Adam Back, Nick Szabo, David Chaum) and bitcoin's precursors in their newest blog post (78 points, 0 comments)
4. full video of the US Senate hearing on cryptocurrency: with P. Van Valkenburgh and N. Roubini as witnesses (starts at minute 16) (31 points, 5 comments)
5. Interview with one of the creators of the Samourai wallet (21 points, 1 comment)
305 points, 1 submission: 6maud
1. Jamie Dimon: Bitcoin is a scam. Also Jamie Dimon: Let's file 20 blockchain patents so we don't miss out on this blockchain thing. facepalm (305 points, 93 comments)
274 points, 2 submissions: undertheradar48
1. $6.9 trillion of assets just got access to the world of crypto! (169 points, 24 comments)
2. 1.65 Million people are attending over 5,000 Bitcoin meetups around the world. Organic interest/curiosity is real! (105 points, 41 comments)
265 points, 1 submission: NoGooderr
1. Shorters, are you okay? (265 points, 123 comments)
253 points, 5 submissions: _smudger_
1. Bakkt CEO: We're About To See A Cryptocurrency Revolution (130 points, 29 comments)
2. Our team, launch and advocacy – Bakkt Blog – Medium (104 points, 33 comments)
3. Coinbase's Adam White is joining Bakkt as its COO - The Block (16 points, 1 comment)
4. The Bright Side of the 2018 Bitcoin Bear Market – Wes Carlson – Medium (2 points, 0 comments)
5. Analysis: ErisX & Bakkt Are All in on the Battle for Institutional Cash (1 point, 0 comments)
247 points, 1 submission: Fly115
1. It would be impossible for every Fidelity brokerage customer to own even one Bitcoin. This is why Bitcoins are worth thousands of dollars, while a dollar is only worth one dollar (and only until next year when when it's worth 97 cents). - Erik Voorhees (247 points, 129 comments)
237 points, 1 submission: manfromnantucket1984
1. Bear markets are for building! 🐻⚡ While the price is doing what it does, we continue to build the #LightningNetwork at the #LightningHackdayNYC in New York on October 27th/28th 2018. Speakers like Christian Decker, Matt Corallo and Peter Todd will take you down the rabbit hole. (237 points, 15 comments)
232 points, 1 submission: TheMidnightMatinee
1. Guys lets rally and show your support for an BTC ETF! Here's why! (232 points, 63 comments)
231 points, 2 submissions: installeris
1. Fidelity just made it easier for hedge funds and other pros to invest in cryptocurrencies (169 points, 36 comments)
2. Nouriel Roubini has always been talking sh*t about Bitcoin. And he's always wrong. (62 points, 29 comments)
226 points, 1 submission: lewtr
1. An easter egg in the Bitcoin genesis block code (226 points, 40 comments)
218 points, 1 submission: Unusual_Mountain
1. Bitcoin as a safe haven from monetary policy can help keep governments and banks honest. It doesn't have to replace them. (218 points, 85 comments)
214 points, 1 submission: Mobilenewsflash
1. Roubini (214 points, 50 comments)
212 points, 1 submission: CardCollector1
1. Getting Started with BTCPay Server - Free and Open Source Bitcoin and Lightning Network payment processor (212 points, 75 comments)
201 points, 1 submission: yonstonston
1. Sorry guys, i bought BTC yesterday... (201 points, 72 comments)
161 points, 2 submissions: linzex
1. A Bitcoin Lesson From A Yogi Master (93 points, 6 comments)
2. ChangeNow Exchange Accused of $70,000 Theft (68 points, 8 comments)
159 points, 3 submissions: zappadoing
1. greetings from holidays - I thought I won't have to read anything about bitcoin this time... (130 points, 12 comments)
2. Telegram down! Lots of Bitcoin-Groups not accessible. We need something decentralized. (19 points, 26 comments)
3. Colleges Are Baffled by Bitcoin Donations (10 points, 0 comments)
159 points, 1 submission: Crevative
1. Zimbabwe spirals into economic chaos as fears of another round of hyperinflation begin to spark - another fiat currency fails! (159 points, 20 comments)
147 points, 1 submission: lexihayes99
1. Just wanted to remind people of a simpler time :) (147 points, 196 comments)
146 points, 1 submission: Rare_Ad
1. Bitcoin was a tool that was born of the economic crisis some 10 years ago, does that mean another big recession or banking collapse could catapult it forward? (146 points, 87 comments)
146 points, 1 submission: vmrey
1. Buda, the largest crypto exchange by volume in Chile, is one of the first to incorporate Lightning network. (146 points, 14 comments)
145 points, 1 submission: wwwdata
1. I own crypto but not Bitcoin. (145 points, 243 comments)
141 points, 9 submissions: expertbit
1. This E-Bike Accepts Payments With Bitcoin's Lightning Network (51 points, 3 comments)
2. Bitcoin [BTC] transfers will become a lot faster with Liquid Network, says Jimmy Song (37 points, 58 comments)
3. Top Universities Are Now Investing in Cryptocurrency Funds (18 points, 0 comments)
4. Indian Exchange Unocoin Could Launch Crypto ATMs (17 points, 0 comments)
5. Bitcoin Price Stability -- A Bullish Or Bearish Sign? (15 points, 1 comment)
6. Don’t Underestimate China’s Power In Bitcoin (2 points, 3 comments)
7. Bitcoin Price Analysis: Bulls Defend Yearly Support Amidst Wall Street Slump (1 point, 0 comments)
8. Bitcoin Network Comes To A Standstill In China (0 points, 2 comments)
9. Bitcoin Price Jumps by $600 to Reach One-Month High Above $6.9k (0 points, 0 comments)
137 points, 1 submission: diditmakesound
1. Everyone still buying right now (137 points, 30 comments)
135 points, 1 submission: gattacibus
1. POLONIEX suspends Bitcoin withdrawals (135 points, 86 comments)
129 points, 3 submissions: nopara73
1. Wasabi Wallet added OSX support. Please consider testing it. (55 points, 25 comments)
2. Scoring Bitcoin Wallets (38 points, 25 comments)
3. A Technical Overview of Wasabi Wallet, Future Ideas, Plans and Strategy (36 points, 1 comment)
123 points, 1 submission: Big_Bluefin
1. Live from Fremont Street in Las Vegas (123 points, 20 comments)
121 points, 1 submission: agustinf
1. Latin American Exchange Buda.com adds Lightning Network payments for all. (121 points, 17 comments)
118 points, 2 submissions: TheCrunk1
1. Fidelity launches new company for trading, storing cryptocurrencies (98 points, 26 comments)
2. Binance launches fiat-to-crypto exchange in Uganda (20 points, 7 comments)
112 points, 1 submission: Thinkmoreaboutit
1. "Over the weekend I sent a bitcoin transaction to a relay 12.6km away with no cell network or internet connection. Here's a tweetstorm about how I used @gotenna and @SamouraiWallet to do it" [email protected] (112 points, 20 comments)
111 points, 1 submission: Jackieknows
1. When it comes to your coins, keep it quiet. – Trezor Blog (111 points, 10 comments)
110 points, 1 submission: 100ravp
1. Someone solved the 310.00 BTC challenge (110 points, 87 comments)
110 points, 1 submission: loulan
1. There was an attempt (110 points, 78 comments)
106 points, 1 submission: king-only
1. Breez, a Lightning Network mobile client, is now fully open sourced (106 points, 19 comments)
101 points, 2 submissions: HodlingToTheMoon
1. Websites using Joomla (second most popular platform after Wordpress), can now be enabled with Bitcoin payments - In less than 5 min! (98 points, 5 comments)
2. Got business on your mind? Here are 7 easy and genuine ideas to start a Bitcoin-centric e-commerce store! (3 points, 0 comments)
98 points, 1 submission: ubunt2
1. Fidelity Starts Crypto Unit to Serve Wall Street Customers (98 points, 4 comments)
97 points, 1 submission: CosmicHemorroid
1. Lightning Powered E-bike #Reckless (97 points, 22 comments)
96 points, 3 submissions: DesignerAccount
1. Bitcoin is all grown up! (83 points, 6 comments)
2. [Bitcoin OpSec - Keep your coins safe] Detailed breakdown of sophisticated scam (12 points, 6 comments)
3. Infographic - How do UTXOs work? (1 point, 0 comments)
96 points, 1 submission: bowlingfries
1. Bitcoin kiosk in Portland OR weed dispensary (96 points, 21 comments)
94 points, 1 submission: nassimmontreal
1. #roubinilovescrypto (94 points, 37 comments)
92 points, 2 submissions: ella11price
1. Selling goods and items for Bitcoin should be easy. I built a marketplace similar to eBay so people can sell anything for crypto. This video explains it. (91 points, 63 comments)
2. The best ways to earn bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Includes how to spot a scam (1 point, 0 comments)
91 points, 1 submission: ytcoinartist
1. The Golden Pineapple, a 3D combination puzzle for all ages and free to play. Be the first to solve the final level and win 1 BTC, courtesy of The Pineapple Fund. http://pineapplearcade.net/arcade-game/pineapple (91 points, 25 comments)
89 points, 1 submission: Rachsuchtig
1. An BTC ATM at Austria/Salzburg Shopping Arena, totally surprised to see (89 points, 11 comments)
87 points, 2 submissions: Ishan1121
1. Bitcoin proves once again its the best way to transfer money! $194 million transferred for 10 cents. (87 points, 18 comments)
2. Discussion: So Bitcoin rises as fake news on Binance delisting Tether (USDT) goes viral...removing Tether completley will affect the market positively? THoughts? (0 points, 6 comments)
87 points, 1 submission: Blixx87
1. I finally figured it out! We have been forming a Dorito Pattern and it’s on it’s way to the cheese dip. (87 points, 49 comments)
86 points, 8 submissions: EffigyBoy
1. Venezuelans Play RuneScape To Make Small Profit In Bitcoin (31 points, 4 comments)
2. CFTC Chair On Bitcoin Expansion: "We Are Seeing More Institutional Movement Into This Area" (26 points, 0 comments)
3. The Indian Government is Considering to Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency to Avoid Citizens Using Bitcoin (13 points, 14 comments)
4. The Congress Is Groping In The Dark To Handle Cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin has come into the mainstream. (6 points, 0 comments)
5. After Stock Markets Plunge Cryptocurrency Whale Dumps over 22 100 BTC (5 points, 11 comments)
6. Scientific Journal 'Chaos' Favors Bitcoin – As stable as Oil and Dollar Markets (2 points, 1 comment)
7. The First Physical Cryptocurrency Store in The U.S. Launches on October 20 (2 points, 1 comment)
8. Omniex and Gemini Struck A Partnership to Support Institutional Investors (1 point, 0 comments)
85 points, 2 submissions: jakesonwu
1. Release - Eclair v0.2-beta7 - Compatible with Bitcoin Core 0.17.0 (75 points, 8 comments)
2. Lord Keynes Would Be Proud (10 points, 1 comment)
84 points, 2 submissions: renepickhardt
1. ECDSA is not that bad: two-party signing without Schnorr or BLS (by Stepan Snigirev) (53 points, 7 comments)
2. Last week in Lightning Network: A weekly collection of lightning network (and related) news on Twitter (31 points, 6 comments)
83 points, 3 submissions: OldCarpet54
1. [GIVEAWAY] Crypto Invest Summit – Wozniak, Gupta, Morehead (82 points, 1 comment)
2. blockchain news: from SF Blockchain Week and XBlockchain (1 point, 0 comments)
3. Buterin | SpankChain | Kambria: San Francisco Blockchain Week (0 points, 0 comments)
83 points, 1 submission: -elektro-pionir-
1. AMA with Bitcoin engineer Jameson Lopp (83 points, 21 comments)
80 points, 3 submissions: ysangkok
1. Bitcoin script discussion at Scaling Bitcoin: "Sporks are probabilistic soft-forks [...] where instead of [...] version bits if the blockhash has some [...] PoW below some threshold, it activates. [...] [E.g.] you have an expectation of 6 months to get your shit together. Doing it live." (28 points, 3 comments)
2. Multi-Hop Locks for Secure, Privacy-Preserving and Interoperable Payment-Channel Networks (27 points, 8 comments)
3. Scaling Bitcoin Kaizen - Scriptless scripts, adaptor signatures and their applications (25 points, 2 comments)
78 points, 3 submissions: mkuraja
1. What's the difference between Lightning Network and Liquid Network? (57 points, 41 comments)
2. Need some fresh, new FOMO in your life? Reenter, Trace Mayer. (15 points, 1 comment)
3. This American tourist thought I'd see "Bitcoin Accepted Here" all over Tokyo, Japan but not one place found yet. (6 points, 17 comments)
77 points, 1 submission: Miladran
1. Fidelity Says It Will Trade Bitcoin for Hedge Funds (77 points, 1 comment)
77 points, 1 submission: pandaman200
1. Swiss Crypto Fund Obtains Country’s First Crypto Asset Management License (77 points, 4 comments)
75 points, 3 submissions: mickhick95
1. I purchased a goTenna to broadcast my BTC transactions with TxTenna and Samourai Wallet. (44 points, 15 comments)
2. I saw a Bitcoin ATM and I had to make a purchase. (28 points, 41 comments)
3. 303-ish Days in the BTC Bear Market, This Sideways Motion Looks Like A Turn Around!!! (3 points, 16 comments)
75 points, 1 submission: hcarpach
1. Venezuelan cryptocurrency miner: “we are police’s most wanted” (75 points, 21 comments)
73 points, 6 submissions: WorkCoin_Team
1. “Bitcoin enables certain uses that are very unique. I think it offers possibilities that no other currency allows. For example the ability to spend a coin that only occurs when two separate parties agree to spend the coin; with a third party that couldn’t run away with the coin itself.” – Pieter Wui (66 points, 14 comments)
2. Revolution of Bitcoin (5 points, 3 comments)
3. A Funny Bitcoin Thought (2 points, 20 comments)
4. Getting started with Bitcoin (0 points, 1 comment)
5. Make your foundation strong (0 points, 0 comments)
6. What are you not willing to compromise? (0 points, 6 comments)
73 points, 1 submission: ozdixon
1. Bitcoin accepted at a absenth bar in Prague. (73 points, 11 comments)
72 points, 1 submission: Itasia
1. What Are Atomic Swaps? Ultimate Guide (72 points, 16 comments)
71 points, 1 submission: MannyAndDrChurchShow
1. I wonder if they would still honor this card.... (71 points, 9 comments)
68 points, 4 submissions: grittygatorr
1. Liquid Network - the world’s first production Bitcoin sidechain has officially gone live (65 points, 100 comments)
2. XDEX Advertises Commission-Free Bitcoin Trading in Brazil (2 points, 0 comments)
3. Coinfloor to Cut on Staff and Reorganize Amid Volume Fluctuations in the Crypto Markets (1 point, 0 comments)
4. Barclays Temporarily Suspends Work on Cryptocurrency Trading Project (0 points, 1 comment)
68 points, 1 submission: WouterGlorieux
1. Introducing 'The Bitcoin Spellbook': an open-source REST API server for the back-end of (almost) any Bitcoin application. (Think of it as your own IfThisThenThat server but for Bitcoin) (68 points, 3 comments)
67 points, 1 submission: Vaultoro_official
1. Leading up to the LightingNetwork Hackathon in NY, I thought I would post the talks we filmed at the Berlin lightningHackDay. Some amazing talks! (67 points, 1 comment)
65 points, 1 submission: Komodor123
1. Do you speak more than one language? Then help spread Bitcoin around the world by translating Bitcoin.org! (65 points, 28 comments)
63 points, 1 submission: Sandiegosurf1
1. Fidelity Launches Institutional Crypto Trading and Clearing. Let the institutional money flow! (63 points, 1 comment)
63 points, 1 submission: TearAnus-SoreAssRekt
1. Buying PC Games With Bitcoin: Site Reviews (with some accepting Lightning!) (63 points, 7 comments)
62 points, 1 submission: CryptoCloaks
1. We finally got our RaspiBlitz case to a level we love! Time for load testing to check thermals, final mods are almost done! (62 points, 10 comments)
61 points, 1 submission: sagiher
1. #Liberte#CaribbeanBitcoin#ShoutOutToAllBitcoinDeveloperOutThere (61 points, 9 comments)

Top Commenters

PragmaticParadox (465 points, 7 comments)
ikarienator (462 points, 1 comment)
Hanspanzer (434 points, 106 comments)
Toyake (434 points, 71 comments)
uglymelt (394 points, 3 comments)
UsherTechs (377 points, 1 comment)
isdudu (345 points, 4 comments)
TyroneTheDriver (307 points, 1 comment)
Rattlesnake_Mullet (296 points, 11 comments)
andycam7 (282 points, 3 comments)
dmdeemer (275 points, 1 comment)
BTCkoning (266 points, 114 comments)
CP70 (257 points, 7 comments)
ascension8438 (239 points, 7 comments)
Fly115 (226 points, 9 comments)
haribo_2016 (220 points, 4 comments)
dsmid (214 points, 1 comment)
i_gotta_say (208 points, 87 comments)
TheGreatMuffin (206 points, 56 comments)
ebaley (198 points, 34 comments)
bitsteiner (185 points, 86 comments)
Redditridder (181 points, 5 comments)
KupKhunKrap (173 points, 36 comments)
45sbvad (169 points, 3 comments)
c3corvette (165 points, 2 comments)
killerstorm (163 points, 8 comments)
evilgrinz (158 points, 48 comments)
chronic_nervosa (140 points, 1 comment)
bigdaddysdick (136 points, 7 comments)
castorfromtheva (129 points, 27 comments)
Touchmyhandle (125 points, 12 comments)
Euphoricsoul (122 points, 1 comment)
WaterMac27 (122 points, 1 comment)
DSXIII (118 points, 1 comment)
RIMS_REAL_BIG (117 points, 24 comments)
cryptogrip (112 points, 39 comments)
WalterRyan (108 points, 10 comments)
sudophant (107 points, 5 comments)
NotSeeTroll (104 points, 37 comments)
deadleg22 (104 points, 10 comments)
shared_makes_it_real (103 points, 26 comments)
alexiglesias007 (103 points, 7 comments)
Buttoshi (102 points, 68 comments)
flunderbossanova (102 points, 59 comments)
lexihayes99 (101 points, 28 comments)
mabezard (101 points, 2 comments)
peniswithahoodie (98 points, 1 comment)
beloboi (96 points, 65 comments)
vovr (89 points, 3 comments)
segells4soulsmogoblo (89 points, 1 comment)
damchi (87 points, 21 comments)
smadgerano (81 points, 14 comments)
time_wasted504 (80 points, 34 comments)
joeknowswhoiam (80 points, 16 comments)
diydude2 (79 points, 26 comments)
sQtWLgK (79 points, 17 comments)
989x4000 (78 points, 22 comments)
sreaka (78 points, 16 comments)
YoungScholar89 (78 points, 6 comments)
Ellipso (76 points, 2 comments)
HitsABlunt (76 points, 1 comment)
almkglor (75 points, 39 comments)
MrRGnome (75 points, 37 comments)
Daddeus65 (75 points, 28 comments)
whalecheetah (75 points, 25 comments)
BCash_BeTrash (75 points, 23 comments)
cipher-space (75 points, 19 comments)
bnuttall (72 points, 2 comments)
chrisrico (71 points, 26 comments)
esdraelon (71 points, 8 comments)
ale1ormont (71 points, 2 comments)
igadjeed (70 points, 42 comments)
Holographiks (70 points, 19 comments)
frankieboy07 (70 points, 2 comments)
snazzycoins (69 points, 12 comments)
dmar198 (69 points, 11 comments)
protoman86 (69 points, 7 comments)
bitbug42 (68 points, 5 comments)
CardCollector1 (66 points, 16 comments)
hawks5999 (66 points, 7 comments)
DefiantVerse (65 points, 12 comments)
psionides (65 points, 8 comments)
btc-forextrader (64 points, 37 comments)
UniqueNewQuark (63 points, 5 comments)
imaducksfan (63 points, 1 comment)
bitusher (62 points, 23 comments)
homad (62 points, 13 comments)
torbitonsa (62 points, 7 comments)
violencequalsbad (62 points, 7 comments)
wwwdata (61 points, 20 comments)
LadyRosedancer (61 points, 1 comment)
Nunoyabiznes (60 points, 22 comments)
pg3crypto (60 points, 13 comments)
XxArmadaxX (60 points, 4 comments)
awertheim (59 points, 27 comments)
Ploxxx69 (59 points, 1 comment)
TheGlassStone (59 points, 1 comment)
moodytomatoes (58 points, 39 comments)
Sneakybobo (58 points, 13 comments)
UniqueCandy (58 points, 8 comments)

Top Submissions

Anti-crypto propaganda... promoted by American Express by Alexsayzz (4526 points, 513 comments)
Someone just paid $0.10 to move $194M (29,999 BTC). Think about how powerful that is for a second. by MoonMan_666 (2369 points, 380 comments)
When your boss thanks you for staying late at work but you were just watching the Bitcoin price and lost track of time by _Logicrypto (2077 points, 69 comments)
⚡Lightning Network at the Senate - Counterargument to Roubini's speech that Bitcoin can never scale to serve the planet by bitbug42 (1496 points, 186 comments)
Why sell and pay capital gains, why not wait for mass adoption? That's my motto. by opencoins (1417 points, 244 comments)
Took a while but finally part of the picture club (had to wait on the web browser update!) by awertheim (1174 points, 127 comments)
Feeling good? by Hodl_it (853 points, 215 comments)
Bitcoin ATM operator gets the $62,500 that police confiscated back by cointastical (833 points, 110 comments)
Congratulations US senators for understanding crypto better than this guy by JandyJammer (748 points, 125 comments)
...in case you missed the laura shill burn today by lesbiansareoverrated (704 points, 100 comments)

Top Comments

462 points: ikarienator's comment in Feeling good?
456 points: PragmaticParadox's comment in Anti-crypto propaganda... promoted by American Express
387 points: uglymelt's comment in ⚡Lightning Network at the Senate - Counterargument to Roubini's speech that Bitcoin can never scale to serve the planet
377 points: UsherTechs's comment in When your boss thanks you for staying late at work but you were just watching the Bitcoin price and lost track of time
342 points: isdudu's comment in Anti-crypto propaganda... promoted by American Express
307 points: TyroneTheDriver's comment in Anti-crypto propaganda... promoted by American Express
276 points: andycam7's comment in Why sell and pay capital gains, why not wait for mass adoption? That's my motto.
275 points: dmdeemer's comment in Someone just paid $0.10 to move $194M (29,999 BTC). Think about how powerful that is for a second.
268 points: Rattlesnake_Mullet's comment in Someone moved 12,220 BTC ($82M) in block 545,877
244 points: CP70's comment in Anti-crypto propaganda... promoted by American Express

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Background

Bitcoin (BTC)

Ethereum (ETH)

Ripple (XRP)

Cardano (ADA)

Stellar Lumens (XLM)

Iota (IOT)

Monero (XMR)

RaiBlocks (XRB)

VeChain (VEN)

Daily analysis of cryptocurrencies 20190902(Market index 28 — Fear state)

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Bitcoin in Venezuela