Story - Record Breaking BTC Stats First a disclaimer, I hold 22% of my portfolio in Bitcoin. So just bear that in mind as we go. Bitcoin goes up over $2,000 in a single day. The price has almost triple in 30 days. https://www.coinigy.com/main/markets/BITF/BTC/USD Meanwhile 140 MB in the mempool. https://btc.com/ Steam gaming platform pulls Bitcoin as a payment method. https://www.coindesk.com/steam-drops-bitcoin-payments-citing-high-fees-price-volatility/ You know I say one of the best things I like about Dash is that it operates like a business? Well I would not at all be surprised if the business developers over at Dash capitalise on this news and contact Valve in an effort to convince them to switch to Dash. https://twitter.com/ChrisConeyInt/status/938084325005975552 You may have noticed yesterday I Tweeted out that Dash had been added to Uphold, creating yet another direct gateway from fiat to Dash. Disclaimer, I hold 36% of my portfolio in Dash. Back to Bitcoin. The danger here is that Bitcoin’s price is going up at the exact same time that adoption is moving backwards. That’s not sustainable because then there really is nothing but speculation supporting the price. Watch this video from Crypto Investor: https://youtu.be/hu8X0aZhDpA In which he cites research from: https://seekingalpha.com/author/paulo-santos/ Which suggests that only a tiny tiny fraction of Bitcoin transactions are being used for commerce. And look, I get it, no one wants to hear this because it threatens the massive paper gains we’ve experienced with Bitcoin. But denial of reality is a sign of emotional immaturity. If we spent our lives running from reality and avoiding it then we never give ourselves the opportunity to engage with it. Until we engage with the world in the way that it actually works, rather than how we want it to work, we have no power or control over our own lives. Story - Update on IOTA Turns out that there was some specific news that caused IOTA to go from $1 to $5.50. https://www.coinigy.com/main/markets/BITF/IOT/USD While the news didn’t come up in the search I did of my RSS feeds I never worry too much about this because I have 6,000 people per day watching the show so if I miss something I know I can always count on the community to fill me in. That’s what I love about doing these videos. I especially love how kind and supportive people are when they inform me of something I’ve missed. It’s always done with positivity and optimism and always causes me to pause and appreciate the quality of character we have in the crypto community. It’s always nice to see that so many are still in touch with their inner child. So thank you all for that. https://cointelegraph.com/news/iota-price-explodes-after-agreement The n ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC-n9yWtmQ0

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