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There are so many benefits to using a cryptocurrency, that it would seem foolish to neglect such an invention. For example, it allows you to send money anywhere in the world in an instant, with basically no fees involved. Everyone can be included in the financial system, it will change the way we interact with money, it can prevent fraud, and much more.
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At the beginning of the year, the trading platform FTX Exchange launched a futures market so people can bet on the U.S. election and created a futures contract token called TRUMP. On Friday, FTX revealed that the exchange is lifting the initial margin requirements to $0.50 for its TRUMP token contracts.
Individuals who don’t live in the United States can participate in betting on the U.S. 2020 presidential election by leveraging the trading platform FTX. News.Bitcoin.com reported on FTX launching its TRUMP token futures contracts back in February, as our newsdesk disclosed a number of other betting portals that use digital currencies to bet on the upcoming election.
At the time, gambling sites and FTX’s TRUMP futures had shown Donald Trump was expected to win the 2020 election. However, on September 30, our newsdesk’s latest report had shown Joe Biden was leading across gambling portals by at least 60%.
On Friday, FTX announced some changes to the original TRUMP token futures market and the exchange is also offering a BIDEN futures market as well. FTX said:
[FTX Exchange will] increase [the] initial margin requirement to $0.50, so you need $0.50 to get short 1 TRUMP or $0.36 (the current price of TRUMP) to get long 1 TRUMP.
Looking at both futures markets on FTX shows that traders are expecting Joe Biden to win the U.S. election and percentages are over 60% today. BIDEN futures tokens are swapping at prices between $0.62 to $0.64 (64% chance of winning) at the time of publication. Meanwhile, TRUMP tokens are swapping at prices between $0.34 to $0.38 (38% chance of winning) a unit, which means current support for a Donald Trump win is lagging.
As stated during the original FTX TRUMP futures announcement, “[TRUMP] is a futures contract on FTX, [The token] expires to $1 if Donald Trump wins the 2020 U.S. presidential general election, and $0 otherwise.” The latest announcement also notes that FTX is increasing the “maintenance margin requirement to $0.40 – $0.10” until the election as well.
On Friday, October 30, a great number of polls say that Joe Biden is leading the race. However, reports also show that Trump may actually be in the lead in the United States election polls.
“A handful of contrarian pollsters believe Trump’s support is underrepresented and that election analysts could be headed for another embarrassing miss on election day,” Jonathan Easley from The Hill wrote on Friday.
What do you think about FTX Exchange lifting the initial margin requirements to $0.50 for TRUMP contracts? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.
The post FTX Increases Trump Futures Margins Before the Election, Biden Futures Lead by 64% appeared first on Bitcoin News.
Verizon's main website has more information about their integration of blockchain and Ethereum.
Today, Verizon beat the crypto news industry to the punch. It announced that it’s implemented a blockchain-based record for its press releases.
The new system, called Full Transparency, is a blockchain-based, press release-recording system “designed to raise the bar for corporate accountability.” It cryptographically bounds each press release to the blockchain, tracking and contextualizing subsequent edits.
From YahooNews::
A lack of transparency has the potential to undercut corporate credibility. According to the 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer, nearly 60% of consumers globally believe that the media they consume is contaminated with untrustworthy information. Transparency in news releases is an important step that a company—particularly a publicly traded one—can offer. Full Transparency's goal is to change the way corporate newsrooms provide visibility to their readers and hold themselves accountable for what they communicate to the public.
In order to stay competitive, incorporating blockchain/distributed ledgers is going to be necessary in the market and business world -- and this is just one example from one company. And they're using a public blockchain, not a centralized corporate fake.
This is the type of news executives and board-members throughout the world are going to see and make note of. It may be cliché, but doesn't make it untrue -- this is big news and will reverberate much like the Paypal announcement did in my opinion.
grayscale bitcoin ownership +added bitcoins that day
465,196.251699 BTC as of 10/16/2020 = +8,659.05
465,307.212256 BTC as of 10/19/2020 = + 110.96
465,420.277404 BTC as of 10/20/2020 = + 113.06
465,500.039475 BTC as of 10/21/2020 = + 79.76
466,591.246521 BTC as of 10/22/2020 = + 1,091.20
467,280.740948 BTC as of 10/23/2020 = + 689.49
467,511.015376 BTC as of 10/24/2020 = + 230.27
471,924.518340 BTC as of 10/27/2020 = + 4,413.50
473,139.841716 BTC as of 10/28/2020 = + 1,215.32
473,861.168652 BTC as of 10/29/2020 = + 721.32
479,052.150352 BTC as of 10/30/2020 = + 5,190.98
source: https://grayscale.co/bitcoin-trust/
Bitcoin no longer follows stocks. Bitcoin will go up regardless of what stocks, ect do. To da moon!
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At the beginning of the year, the trading platform FTX Exchange launched a futures market so people can bet on the U.S. election and created a futures contract token called TRUMP. On Friday, FTX revealed that the exchange is lifting the initial margin requirements to $0.50 for its TRUMP token contracts.
Individuals who don’t live in the United States can participate in betting on the U.S. 2020 presidential election by leveraging the trading platform FTX. News.Bitcoin.com reported on FTX launching its TRUMP token futures contracts back in February, as our newsdesk disclosed a number of other betting portals that use digital currencies to bet on the upcoming election.
At the time, gambling sites and FTX’s TRUMP futures had shown Donald Trump was expected to win the 2020 election. However, on September 30, our newsdesk’s latest report had shown Joe Biden was leading across gambling portals by at least 60%.
On Friday, FTX announced some changes to the original TRUMP token futures market and the exchange is also offering a BIDEN futures market as well. FTX said:
[FTX Exchange will] increase [the] initial margin requirement to $0.50, so you need $0.50 to get short 1 TRUMP or $0.36 (the current price of TRUMP) to get long 1 TRUMP.
Looking at both futures markets on FTX shows that traders are expecting Joe Biden to win the U.S. election and percentages are over 60% today. BIDEN futures tokens are swapping at prices between $0.62 to $0.64 (64% chance of winning) at the time of publication. Meanwhile, TRUMP tokens are swapping at prices between $0.34 to $0.38 (38% chance of winning) a unit, which means current support for a Donald Trump win is lagging.
As stated during the original FTX TRUMP futures announcement, “[TRUMP] is a futures contract on FTX, [The token] expires to $1 if Donald Trump wins the 2020 U.S. presidential general election, and $0 otherwise.” The latest announcement also notes that FTX is increasing the “maintenance margin requirement to $0.40 – $0.10” until the election as well.
On Friday, October 30, a great number of polls say that Joe Biden is leading the race. However, reports also show that Trump may actually be in the lead in the United States election polls.
“A handful of contrarian pollsters believe Trump’s support is underrepresented and that election analysts could be headed for another embarrassing miss on election day,” Jonathan Easley from The Hill wrote on Friday.
What do you think about FTX Exchange lifting the initial margin requirements to $0.50 for TRUMP contracts? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.
The post FTX Increases Trump Futures Margins Before the Election, Biden Futures Lead by 64% appeared first on Bitcoin News.
Verizon's main website has more information about their integration of blockchain and Ethereum.
Today, Verizon beat the crypto news industry to the punch. It announced that it’s implemented a blockchain-based record for its press releases.
The new system, called Full Transparency, is a blockchain-based, press release-recording system “designed to raise the bar for corporate accountability.” It cryptographically bounds each press release to the blockchain, tracking and contextualizing subsequent edits.
From YahooNews::
A lack of transparency has the potential to undercut corporate credibility. According to the 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer, nearly 60% of consumers globally believe that the media they consume is contaminated with untrustworthy information. Transparency in news releases is an important step that a company—particularly a publicly traded one—can offer. Full Transparency's goal is to change the way corporate newsrooms provide visibility to their readers and hold themselves accountable for what they communicate to the public.
In order to stay competitive, incorporating blockchain/distributed ledgers is going to be necessary in the market and business world -- and this is just one example from one company. And they're using a public blockchain, not a centralized corporate fake.
This is the type of news executives and board-members throughout the world are going to see and make note of. It may be cliché, but doesn't make it untrue -- this is big news and will reverberate much like the Paypal announcement did in my opinion.
grayscale bitcoin ownership +added bitcoins that day
465,196.251699 BTC as of 10/16/2020 = +8,659.05
465,307.212256 BTC as of 10/19/2020 = + 110.96
465,420.277404 BTC as of 10/20/2020 = + 113.06
465,500.039475 BTC as of 10/21/2020 = + 79.76
466,591.246521 BTC as of 10/22/2020 = + 1,091.20
467,280.740948 BTC as of 10/23/2020 = + 689.49
467,511.015376 BTC as of 10/24/2020 = + 230.27
471,924.518340 BTC as of 10/27/2020 = + 4,413.50
473,139.841716 BTC as of 10/28/2020 = + 1,215.32
473,861.168652 BTC as of 10/29/2020 = + 721.32
479,052.150352 BTC as of 10/30/2020 = + 5,190.98
source: https://grayscale.co/bitcoin-trust/
Bitcoin no longer follows stocks. Bitcoin will go up regardless of what stocks, ect do. To da moon!
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I hope this post will be a big lesson for those who are in the same situation as i was, as well as I am seeking for any advice that could help me through this tough times.
So back in 2014 I first learned about Bitcoin and I loved the idea of cryptocurrency so much, that in 3-4 years from learning about it when I became 18, I started investing and trading.
As time went by I was investing small amounts, trading, and apparently slowly losing my money, but at that time it was ok because that were small amounts which I could afford to lose. In 2019 i moved from a poor country in Europe, for a better life to London. I was working in London and by the end of 2019 I got almost 3k£ in Btc, that were my savings.
But then the worse started to happen, I loved trading, have read many books, got through tutorials, and was slowly trading my way up, and then I discovered the futures with up too 100x.
At first I used low leverages, up to 10, then being greedy and not taking profits I always ended with losses, it started by losing small amounts, I was thinking let me put some more money in so I could trade what I lost back, I was getting emotional losing more and more, increasing leverages up to 75 rarely even 100. I was very upset with myself, at one moment when I already lost 500 I said no stop, but one-two weeks passed and I again was depositing to trade, and this snowball was getting bigger as I was losing even more hoping I will get everything back and hodl.
And right know I got a big life lesson, don’t trade unless you can afford to lose that money, and never let your emotions in trading, I lost all my savings totalling about 5000£, I go almost a 1000£ debt. Because I even used a credit card to load it up. I hate myself, because I could just hodl. And know not having a proper job due to COVID, I have to survive somehow. This is how you learn a lesson the hard way, don’t repeat my mistakes, just hodl and you will be fine.
Knowing that this community is huge, I would like to ask for some advice or tips, how should I deal with this in the future, how to forget this loss and move on(these 5000 were huge money for me). I m right now totally devastated, depressed and in kind of a dead end.
I am teaching myself programming, and already pretty good at some languages, my little dream is to become a developer, or to open a successful business, but being In thus situation, it’s hard to find a job in it sphere, without having a degree or experience, so I would appreciate any help and advice to go the right path. There are definitely people here that make good money and have been through tough situations, I want to know what’s your mindset and what was your journey.
And the fact that Bitcoin is in the start of a potentional huge bull run just kills me missing the opportunity. I encouraged everybody from my surrounding to crypto.
And to cope with the loses even didn’t help any tournaments, puzzles, airdrops and etc. The worst feeling to miss a one in a life opportunity by being such dumb and emotional.
Thank you for reading to the end! HODL and be smart.
Ahead of the 12th anniversary of the Bitcoin white paper, a large group of celebrities published cameo videos saying “happy birthday” to the world’s first cryptocurrency. A number of popular stars appear in the videos including Charlie Sheen, David Hasselhoff, Carole Baskin, Gilbert Gottfried, and more.
What do you think about the nine celebrities that wish Bitcoin a “happy birthday” ahead of the 12th anniversary? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments below.
The post ‘David Hasselhoff Invented Bitcoin’ – 9 Celebrities Wish Bitcoin a Happy Birthday appeared first on Bitcoin News.
I’m not sure what to make of it. I’m sure most people on this sub will immediately want to go to the narrative that they just know they’re late to the party and are now trying to hop on, but I can’t shake the feeling there’s more to the story.
When I see JP Morgan claiming massive upside to bitcoin, after shutting on it for years, it makes me concerned. They have a remarkable history of telling the public one thing, and then screwing them the next day. Could they be getting ready for a rug pull of some sort?
If there were a a massive crash with fleeing to bitcoin, could outrageous fees for first time users like boomers trying to save their retirements turn people off of bitcoin? Could WEF and ECBs major focus on “green” digital tech be a signal that bitcoin isn’t the solution they want moving foward?
I’m not sure how this all plays out, and at the end of the day the network is there and there’s nothing anyone can do about it, but I do find it strange how some of the most untrustworthy people are now promoting bitcoin. I also have concerns about how the network would respond if millions of people were trying to flee to safety, leaving a sour taste in people’s mouths when the user experience is significantly more expensive and slower than even traditional banking.
Thoughts?
There is blue wallet for iOS and android plus the super good phoenix wallet for android only so far.
Many services are already accepting lightning payments and most are catching up.
Especially helpful with fee spikes like right now.
Use it if you haven't already and you will be amazed.
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