In today's edition, Andy Hoffman of CryptoGoldCentral.com and the World Crypto Network discusses the events of the past hours, that may or may not have catalyzed last evening's crypto price plunge.
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Bitcoin Sets Sights Above $10K After Bull Breakout - CoinDesk
https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-sets-sights-10k-bull-breakout/
Plug Pulled on Bitcoin.Com Lawsuit After Donation Shortfall - Bitcoinist.com
http://bitcoinist.com/plug-pulled-bitcoin-com-lawsuit-failing-raise-4000/
Arizona's Bid to Accept Crypto for Taxes Suffers Setback - CoinDesk
https://www.coindesk.com/arizonas-crypto-tax-bill-undergoes-major-changes/?utm_content=buffer95f1e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Bitcoin price: How to value bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies—in theory — Quartz
https://qz.com/1266985/bitcoin-price-how-to-value-bitcoin-and-other-cryptocurrencies-in-theory/
He Fled an Iceland Prison. Now He Wants to Go Back. - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/business/iceland-bitcoin-heist.html
Goldman Sachs Delays Bitcoin Trading Desk Plans in Favor of Derivatives – The Merkle
https://themerkle.com/goldman-sachs-delays-bitcoin-trading-desk-plans-in-favor-of-derivatives/
Twitter Bots Cryptocurrency Impersonation Scam Nets $1,500 | NewsBTC
https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/05/04/twitter-bots-cryptocurrency-impersonation-scam-nets-1500/
Mad Bitcoins on Twitter: "Now my imitator is called "MadBitcoins1" -- @TwitterSupport is there truly nothing you can do? Just going to let my audience get frauded? Sounds liable.… https://t.co/2fEPCP7aNT"
https://twitter.com/MadBitcoins/status/992407072233766912
Nick Szabo on Twitter: "Gold has severe flaws. Physical locality makes it less secure and far more transactionally local, and thus more vulnerable to politics and less sound, than we can now achieve with Bitcoin, with good key management and taking advantage of its trust-minimized global settlement.… https://t.co/C6YIV2Uq85"
https://twitter.com/NickSzabo4/status/992056245707128836
Nick Szabo on Twitter: "Aztecs took gold tribute from their subject tribes. Spanish conquistadors looted the Aztecs. Sir Francis Drake looted Spanish galleons. Seizing gold vaults was a universal war objective. Many politicians have controlled monetary systems by controlling gold. Now we can do better.… https://t.co/r97s5IYEF8"
https://twitter.com/NickSzabo4/status/992059719362662400
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=== BLOCKCHAIN AT BERKELEY PRESENTS ===
(Part 2) THREATS TO BITCOIN PANEL
=== INTRO: "Bitness As Usual" ===
Silicon Valley Bitcoin organizer and COO of Portal, George Burke. Transcript at https://medium.com/portal-finance/bitness-as-usual-9c353cddef53
=== PANEL: Game Theoretical Analysis ===
Are regulated centralized exchanges compatible with long term adoption of bitcoin? Are alternatives needed? What will regulatory framework look like for crypto trading and will that increase or decrease market adoption for assets intended to be private & censorship resistant?
- Bryan Miller: Served 2 US presidents. ex Sr. Counsel, US Dept of Energy. AQUARIAN GROUP political advocate against California BitLicense bill.
- Eric Voskuil: Crypto-anarchist, long-time Bitcoin developer, Navy fighter pilot, creator of LIBBITCOIN.
- Mason Borda: ex-BitGo developer, Founder/CEO of security token issuer TOKENSOFT.
- Chandra Duggirala: Founder/CEO of atomic swaps wallet/exchange PORTAL.
(Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-AUyyAgF2E)
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BRYAN MILLER
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https://aquariangroup.org
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MASON BORDA
https://tokensoft.io
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ERIC VOSKUIL
https://github.com/libbitcoin
https://twitter.com/evoskuil
CHANDRA DUGGIRALA
https://twitter.com/csentropy
https://getPORTAL.co
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8201.24 USD / BTC - Average United States Dollar Bitcoin Price
https://bitcoinaverage.com/en/bitcoin-price/btc-to-usd
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Bitcoin Could Emerge As A ‘Threat’ To US Dollar In Future, Suggests St. Louis Fed Chief
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-could-emerge-as-a-threat-to-us-dollar-in-future-suggests-st-louis-fed-chief
Consensus 2018: What You've Missed So Far From The Biggest Bitcoin Event
https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2018/05/15/consensus-2018-what-youve-missed-so-far-from-the-biggest-bitcoin-event/#6853dff2761a
Bitcoiners Take New York, but Wall Street Resists The Lure - MoneyBeat - WSJ
https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2018/05/16/bitcoiners-take-new-york-but-wall-street-resists-the-lure/?guid=BL-MBB-68287&dsk=y
Circle Becomes 'Bitcoin Unicorn' With Bitmain-Backed Mega-Round - CoinDesk
https://www.coindesk.com/110-million-circle-series-e-bitcoin-unicorn/
Bitmain's investment in Circle was done in three weeks — Quartz
https://qz.com/1278983/the-biggest-bitcoin-miner-is-turning-into-a-venture-capital-juggernaut/
HTC just announced the world’s first blockchain phone – BGR
http://bgr.com/2018/05/16/htc-exodus-bitcoin-phone-blockchain/
The Juice on Twitter: "… "
https://twitter.com/CryptOJSimpson/status/996572715334029312
Bear Revival? Bitcoin Risks Fall Below $8K After 3.5-Week Low - CoinDesk
https://www.coindesk.com/bear-revival-bitcoin-risks-fall-below-8k-after-3-5-week-low/?utm_content=bufferd73fc
CoinDesk Markets on Twitter: "#BTCUSD Daily Snapshot OUTLOOK: Bearish 4hour chart: Rejection at falling trendline followed by downside break of expanding channel indicates sell-off from $9,990 has resumed. BTC could drop below $8K and test supp at $ $7,800. Close abv 10-day MA would abort bearish view… https://t.co/UJWKT9nG2i"
https://twitter.com/CoinDeskMarkets/status/996650560043601920
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BITCOIN Bearish? Winklevoss: Bitcoin Faces Coronavirus ‘Inflection Point’ Amid Oil Woes
https://cointelegraph.com/news/winklevoss-bitcoin-faces-coronavirus-inflection-point-amid-oil-woes
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This week’s newsletter describes the availability of a libsecp256k1 fork implementing BIP-Schnorr compatible signatures, lists popular questions and answers for February from the Bitcoin StackExchange, and describes notable merges in popular Bitcoin infrastructure projects.
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https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/84594/bip44-whats-the-use-of-internal-addresses
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