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[{"title": "Best and safest staking platform?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz3sp1/best_and_safest_staking_platform/", "selftext": "For an absolute beginner, how would you explain the concept of staking and why people should or should not stake a cryptocurrency?\n\nWhat are the safest options? What platforms are the most popular? I\u2019d love to learn more about it so suggestions are always welcome!"}, {"title": "Need help transferring Ankr to trust wallet", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz3soc/need_help_transferring_ankr_to_trust_wallet/", "selftext": "Coinbase Version of Ankr\n\nI was trying to move Ankr into my Trust wallet and came across 3 varieties of Ankr in the Trust wallet.\n\nAnkr(network)\nAnkr (BEP20)\nAnkr (BEP2)\n\nI'd rather not find out the hard way, if you know what I mean.\n\nDoes anyone know offhand which version Ankr is traded on coinbase? \n\nAll it says is Ankr in the listing."}, {"title": "What metrics do you guys look at to determine if a crypto is worth investing in?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz3s2m/what_metrics_do_you_guys_look_at_to_determine_if/", "selftext": "I started buying Bitcoin back in February to dip my toes for in the market. I\u2019m thinking of selling some at a certain price point and diversifying. \n\nWith stocks there\u2019s hundreds of bits of financial data, SEC filings to read up on, technicals to analyze, etc. \n\nI\u2019m new to crypto so I\u2019m not sure where to start... I know there\u2019s always a white paper but other than that? Idk lol"}, {"title": "Bitcoin Seizure Makes 300% Profit for NJ Prosecutors", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/bitcoin-seizure-makes-300-profit-for-nj-county-years-after-drug-bust/3019792/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Worst experience in bank so far - Crypto will be the end for them", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz3rn2/worst_experience_in_bank_so_far_crypto_will_be/", "selftext": "So, as title says, i was in bank today. I needed to make a new account.\n\nRoom was nearly empty. There were two workers and zero customers except me. After waiting for solid 20 minutes, and employee asked me what i wanted. I told him and he sent me to branch manager's office.\n\nBoth of these guys looked like they just came from TV program, where they try to sell overpriced kitchen equipment to seniors.\n\nManager met me, asked few questions and than told me he could not do anything. While he kept asking question and making me uncomfortable, he called some lady and she was the next person who needed to ask \"what did i want?\".\n\nAnother few minutes are gone and i am standing in the room being told that if i want that account, i should come in few days again. \n\nAfter we ended call, manager handed me few cards with current sales on their products and i left.\n\n**I lost and hour for nothing**. Maybe i can burn the sale porgrams.\n\n​\n\nMy whole walk to car was argument with myself - **How did these companies survived till this day?**\n\nIn crypto, i can make wallet in few minutes, everywhere in the world. I dont need any documents, and information, i dont need to wait or prove anything. All i need is internet connection. With WiFi only, i can pay everywhere in the world with just a few clicks.\n\nI left in disgust with a glare of hope from crypto.\n\nThank you for listening."}, {"title": "More doge!!!!!", "score": 0, "url": "https://tamebay.com/2021/04/newegg-welcomes-dogecoin-as-a-payment-method.html", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Theo Von admitting he is a paper hand holding noob. Since 2016 I've been checking the price every day. Every 10 min today. And I keep on stacking. Don't be controlled by money, control it.", "score": 1, "url": "https://youtu.be/JU8wnJC5NbY", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Not your keys not your crypto!!!", "score": 2, "url": "https://youtu.be/xhkeKrTsaHo", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "NFL Player Sean Culkin Will Convert Full 2021 Salary To Bitcoin", "score": 1, "url": "https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/nfl-player-to-turn-2021-salary-into-bitcoin", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Brave Browser finally displaying ads after a week", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz3l9e/brave_browser_finally_displaying_ads_after_a_week/", "selftext": "I started using the brave browser last week to try out its interesting affiliation to Basic Attention coin (BAT), and because it was created by the javascript creator and Mozilla Firefox cofounder Brendan Eich.\n\nSo far I've liked the speed and privacy it offers, with native TOR support, but I wasn't seeing any of the promised ads that I can view to earn BAT. I scoured many forum posts and this has been an issue for a long time, regardless of what region you live in. Needless to say, I have 0.02 BAT from the last hour!\n\nHave you Downloaded Brave and had trouble seeing ads?\n\n[View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/mz3l9e)"}, {"title": "Why You SHOULD Buy Crypto from Paypal and Robinhood", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz3kkd/why_you_should_buy_crypto_from_paypal_and/", "selftext": "Now let me begin by saying this is more playing devils advocate than anything else, but it's worth pointing out. So I know everyone hates on Paypal and Robinhood as places to buy crypto and in some ways with good reason. Here's a thought though, in some ways Paypal and Robinhood may actually be more secure. Hear me out...\n\nSo most of us these days feel pretty secure that an exchange isn't going to exit scam or even get hacked, and if they do and you're using a legit exchange they're most likely insured. Here's the real risk though, SIM Swaps and individual account hacks are incredibly common. Also the Robotic Takeover Attacks or whatever it's called where someone can basically control your phone from a computer. Not only is this fairly easy and common, but there's not a ton you can do to protect yourself, and yes accounts get hacked even with Authenticator 2FA on.\n\nWhile I don't like the fact Robinhood and Paypal don't let you move money off their platform and have that control over you, at the same time it's somewhat of a security measure. The anonymity of hacking your account and transferring your crypto out and mixing it can happen to anyone but if someone were to hack your Robinhood account all they can do is do a bank transfer which is easily traceable to them.\n\nI'm not suggesting people necessarily use Robinhood or Paypal but until the whole SIM Swap thing gets more secure some people may actually like buying through these platforms."}, {"title": "Tether's market cap tops $50 billion, supply on Tron surpasses Ethereum", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/102831/tethers-market-cap-crosses-50-billion-its-issuance-on-tron-flips-ethereum", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "10 Years Ago Today, Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Sent His Final Message", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterizzo/2021/04/26/10-years-ago-today-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-sent-his-final-message/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Binance To List Tokenised Shares of MicroStrategy, Apple, Microsoft", "score": 0, "url": "https://cryptocrunchapp.com/news/binance-to-list-tokenised-shares-of-microstrategy-apple-microsoft/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Collection of all coinbase earn answers!", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz3fsm/collection_of_all_coinbase_earn_answers/", "selftext": "Hi everyone, just thought I'd post a collection of all the current/recent coinbase earn answers to save a couple minutes for anyone just getting started with crypto. \n\nI believe it's a total of around $40 in rewards you can currently earn on coinbase, and it only takes a few minutes!\n\nAmpleforth Answers\n\n1) What are Ampleforth's automatic supply changes called? \nRebases \n\n2) What two tokens give the community control over the Ampleforth protocol? \nAMPL and FORTH \n\n3) Ampleforth is a censorship resistant _________ that rebases once a day. \nDeFi building block\n\nCELO Answers\n\nBy making crypto accessible on mobile phones\nStaking, governance\nUsing the Valora mobile app\n\nNuCypher Answers\nQ1: What does NuCypher provide to users and apps?A1: End-to-end encryption\n\nQ2: What does NuCypher use to protect your data\nA2: Independent nodes to perform tasks\n\u200b\nQ3: Which of these is NOT a use of the NU token?\nA3: Paying Ethereum transaction fees\n\u200b\n\nCompound Answers\n1: Earn interest on crypto\n2: Supply crypto asset as collateral\n3: COMP token holders\n\u200b\nGraph Answers\nThe bitcoin network \nGRT Tokens \nCurators\n\n\nMKR Answers\nQ: What are the native assets of the Maker protocol?\nA: MKR and DAI\n\u200b\nQ: Who runs MakerDAO?\nA: MKR holders\n\u200b\nQ: What do you need to generate DAI today?\nA: A crypto wallet and crypto collateral\n\u200b\n\nBand coin Answers\nQ:What does Band bring to blockchains?\nA:Real World Data\n\u200b\nQ:What are Band\u2019s decentralized data feeds called?\nA:Oracles\n\u200b\nQ:What\u2019s one benefit of staking your BAND tokens?\nA:Earn crypto rewards\n\u200b\n\nXLM Answers\n1: A decentralized protocol that unites the world\u2019s financial infrastructure.\n2: Facilitating low-cost, universal payments.\n3: Transactions are fast, inexpensive, and global.\n4: To issue and exchange tokens quickly.\n5: It relies on a cooperation of trusted nodes."}, {"title": "How much will the price of UNI move by Monday, May 3rd? ", "score": 53, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz3f46/how_much_will_the_price_of_uni_move_by_monday_may/", "selftext": "Reference price: $36.20\n\n[Data will be sourced from CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/uniswap)\n\n**FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart**\n\nWinning results will be based on the price **at 12 pm PDT on May 3rd.** Results of the prediction will be revealed **between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.**\n\n[View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/mz3f46)"}, {"title": "My friend made a good video about the false reports of crypto being used solely for criminal activity", "score": 0, "url": "https://youtu.be/mEVSyFyE_cc", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Nigerian hotel becomes country\u2019s first to accept Bitcoin payments", "score": 9, "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/nigerian-hotel-becomes-country-s-first-to-accept-bitcoin-payments", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "How much will the price of Polkadot move by Monday, May 3rd? ", "score": 62, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz3cxw/how_much_will_the_price_of_polkadot_move_by/", "selftext": "Reference price: $33.00\n\n[Data will be sourced from CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/polkadot)\n\n**FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart**\n\nWinning results will be based on the price **at 12 pm PDT on May 3rd.** Results of the prediction will be revealed **between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.**\n\n[View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/mz3cxw)"}, {"title": "How does crypto lending work?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz3cg5/how_does_crypto_lending_work/", "selftext": "I've read up on a few tokens that allow for lending crypto / allow you to lend your token out to people (this is staking right?), but how do they pay the crypto back? How are they held accountable if they don't pay it back?"}, {"title": "I've been buying Bitcoin $100 a month and I've only really started doing this recently and I'm planning to do this for the next 10 years or so. My friend said to not invest in Bitcoin since it's already too expensive, even if it reaches another ATH, I won't be seeing a significant amount of ROI.", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz3c5e/ive_been_buying_bitcoin_100_a_month_and_ive_only/", "selftext": "He said that it would be wiser if I just sell all my BTC and invest in smaller altcoins. I get what he means but I think BTC is only going to increase in price in the coming years. I feel like investing in BTC is like having a savings account but knowing that you will be gaining more in the future as opposed to depositing the money in the bank. I want to hear your thoughts on this."}, {"title": "Checking my portfolio - a poem", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz3bbh/checking_my_portfolio_a_poem/", "selftext": "I feel an itch, a desire to pick\n\nUp my phone - I must know\n\nHow is my crypto?\n\nHas it grown?\n\nIt's been 2 minutes - did it explode?\n\nOh no - down 2%\n\nI could let myself get upset\n\nInstead? No sweat\n\nFor a HODLer knows, the price it flows\n\nAnd even if it drops, it's not a loss\n\nUnless you sell"}, {"title": "How much will the price of Dogecoin move by Monday, May 3rd? ", "score": 106, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz3avs/how_much_will_the_price_of_dogecoin_move_by/", "selftext": "Reference price: $0.270820\n\n[Data will be sourced from CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/dogecoin)\n\n**FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart**\n\nWinning results will be based on the price **at 12 pm PDT on May 3rd.** Results of the prediction will be revealed **between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.**\n\n[View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/mz3avs)"}, {"title": "A Swedish dude rapping about Bitcoin", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSorCe5_ZmM", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Don't cry manipulation if you're also okay with a 50% + green candle day...", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz39sn/dont_cry_manipulation_if_youre_also_okay_with_a/", "selftext": "We all hate to see red with our beloved projects, however the market has, and always will move together....\n\nWhen everything dumps similar to last week, there's usually a pretty good reason for it - futures expiring/Capital gains tax FUD, etc. If you automatically assume that's manipulation, but look the other way when your project has a massive green candle day for no apparent reason, then you're being hypocritical.\n\nDon't jump to conclusions and assume that the market is being manipulated only because your projects are going down with the ship. You have to take the good with the bad in this game..."}, {"title": "What Drives Crypto Taxation and Regulation across Countries? Who are the early adopters? | Quantitative Analysis | De-Fi Deep Dive, Part VII | Wonkish", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz38ul/what_drives_crypto_taxation_and_regulation_across/", "selftext": "Hey all - time for part seven (!) of this ongoing series! Building on last week's initial exploration of cryptocurrency bans and authoritarianism, I wanted to do some analysis of what is driving early cryptocurrency regulations across countries - who is adopting which strategy (taxation, money laundering regs, bans?) and why. \n\nI found support for three things: \n\n1. Authoritarianism - Authoritarian countries, where they elect to regulate cryptocurrencies, are more likely to opt for an outright ban rather than nuanced money laundering regulations and taxation.\n2. Demand-led Opposition - Countries where there is likely to be a high demand for cryptocurrency services are less likely to *either* regulate or ban cryptocurrencies - including being less likely (for now) to tax the new sector of economic activity. This is particularly true where demand for the service translates to increased investment inflows.\n3. Pre-existing Regulatory Sophistication - Countries with a high degree of financial regulatory sophistication - here represented by CBI and (potentially) domestic credit % - are likely to be early adopters of cryptocurrency regulations, particularly more nuanced regulations related to taxation and money laundering, potentially intended to bring the new financial sector competitor in line with existing financial sector regulations.\n\n**Here's a link to the analysis:** [https://practicalprogressive.substack.com/p/de-fi-deep-dive-part-vii](https://practicalprogressive.substack.com/p/de-fi-deep-dive-part-vii) \n\nI've tried to note some of the limitations here - if anyone knows any good data sources on cross-national crypto adoption rates, I'd love to get a better measure for some of these theoretical ideas. Let me know in the comments here or on the article if you do!"}, {"title": "How much will the price of Cardano move by Monday, May 3rd? ", "score": 83, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz38m0/how_much_will_the_price_of_cardano_move_by_monday/", "selftext": "Reference price: $1.24\n\n[Data will be sourced from CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/cardano)\n\n**FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart**\n\nWinning results will be based on the price **at 12 pm PDT on May 3rd.** Results of the prediction will be revealed **between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.**\n\n[View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/mz38m0)"}, {"title": "How much will the price of XRP move by Monday, May 3rd? ", "score": 68, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz36nh/how_much_will_the_price_of_xrp_move_by_monday_may/", "selftext": "Reference price: $1.29\n\n[Data will be sourced from CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/xrp)\n\n**FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart**\n\nWinning results will be based on the price **at 12 pm PDT on May 3rd.** Results of the prediction will be revealed **between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.**\n\n[View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/mz36nh)"}, {"title": "JPMorgan to Let Clients Invest in Bitcoin Fund for First Time: Sources", "score": 2, "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorgan-let-clients-invest-bitcoin-110851292.html", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Just listening to local sports talk radio and they are", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz33sl/just_listening_to_local_sports_talk_radio_and/", "selftext": "Talking about crypto. Their advice, buy doge and buy safemoon lol. Thanks for the advice guys. No wonder everyone is buying these two. They didn\u2019t even pronounce Doge correctly. \n\nWhat do you guys think? Any news is good news? Or is this bad news because they are pumping coins that are very risky?"}, {"title": "NANO is More than Instant and Feeless", "score": 17, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz32y5/nano_is_more_than_instant_and_feeless/", "selftext": "Many people simply assume that NANO is just instant and feeless. Those are great features, but NANO is far more than that. It\u2019s decentralized, scalable, green, and has many other unique characteristics.\n\n\n**Decentralization**\n\nNANO is one of the only cryptocurrencies that actually becomes more decentralized over time. There is no inflation, the supply is capped at 133 million. This means that there is no financial competition from stakers and miners to get a larger share of coins or hash power. Instead, NANO uses ORV (open representative voting). This allows people to vote for nodes in order to give them the power to verify transactions. If nano ever became geographically centralized, everyone could simply vote for nodes in different regions. If a specific node was starting to gain way too much power over the network, people could easily change their vote to a smaller node. \n\n**Scalability**\n\nNANO is extremely scalable, because it is not limited by software. The transactions per second only depends on hardware. As more powerful nodes become integrated in the network, the TPS and confirmation times should drastically improve. Transaction times in 2017 were anywhere from 5 to 10 seconds. Now they take about 0.3 seconds.\n\n**Environmentally friendly**\n\nNANO is extremely energy efficient. \u201coperating at 7,000 transactions per second, the entire Nano network could be powered by a single wind turbine. Not only that, but it would take \u201cover 1 million transactions to use the equivalent energy of an LED light bulb.\u201d This is important as we move towards a green world.\n\nhttps://medium.com/@brunoerg/nano-is-green-d2f5cbf0e1d9\n\n\n**Deterministic Finality**\n\nMost cryptocurrencies require multiple confirmations before the transaction is fully completed. Instead, nano is confirmed instantly with just 1 confirmation. Once someone sends you nano, they cannot take it back. This makes it impossible for anyone to ever do a double spend, since the transaction is confirmed right away. \n\n**Spam Resistance**\n\nNANO has an update soon to be released, known as V22. This will likely be a permanent solution to the spam problems that have been experienced lately. It works by using an election scheduler. What this means, is that all transaction amounts will be put into 128 different categories. (0.1, 1, 10, 100, etc.) If a spammer were to send 0.1 nano back and forth, it would only effect the 0.1 category. Anyone sending transactions on the 127 different amounts would be unaffected. \n\nBut even than, spamming 1 of 128 categories will be difficult because of the new prioritization method. Blocks will be processed by the least recently used. An account that made a transaction a month ago will always have their transaction processed before the spammer that is spamming now."}, {"title": "JPMorgan Plans To Offer Bitcoin Fund To Wealthy", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2021/jpmorgan-chase-to-offer-bitcoin-fund-to-wealthy-customers/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Anyone pull profits while still DCAing in?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz31c1/anyone_pull_profits_while_still_dcaing_in/", "selftext": "Is this stupid? Arguing with myself about whether it makes sense to do or not. Basically I have milestones for certain projects where I want to pull out X% of my holdings if it reaches Y price just so I have some profits and minimize risk, but still want to continue to DCA into the same projects biweekly because I believe in them and don't want to miss out."}, {"title": "Crypto poses a threat to banks: Moody's", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/official-crypto-poses-a-threat-to-banks-moodys/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Alt hunting", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz2xd7/alt_hunting/", "selftext": "So I have my set of favorite alts, I'm into eth accumulation so having a volatile but consistant alt is my favorite thing. lbc was a great example but its been pulled. \n\nI'm not so much into the top 10 but like to dig deep into the little guys. \n\nIs there a resource out there that i can browse around and read about projects I may not have encountered before?"}, {"title": "Let's welcome our new shitcoin; Dogelon Mars. YEY!!", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/dogelon-mars", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "How much will the price of Bitcoin move by Monday, May 3rd? ", "score": 212, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz2wfx/how_much_will_the_price_of_bitcoin_move_by_monday/", "selftext": "Reference price: $53,693.29\n\n[Data will be sourced from CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin)\n\n**FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart**\n\nWinning results will be based on the price **at 12 pm PDT** on May 3rd. Results of the prediction will be revealed **between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.**\n\n[View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/mz2wfx)"}, {"title": "How much will the price of Ethereum move by Monday, May 3rd? ", "score": 151, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz2wfk/how_much_will_the_price_of_ethereum_move_by/", "selftext": "Reference price: $2,509.37\n\n[Data will be sourced from CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum)\n\n**FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart**\n\nWinning results will be based on the price **at 12 pm PDT on May 3rd.** Results of the prediction will be revealed **between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.**\n\n[View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/mz2wfk)"}, {"title": "How much will the price of BNB move by Monday, May 3rd? ", "score": 78, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz2wf1/how_much_will_the_price_of_bnb_move_by_monday_may/", "selftext": "Reference price: $538.07\n\n[Data will be sourced from CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/binance-coin)\n\n**FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart**\n\nWinning results will be based on the price **at 12 pm PDT on May 3rd.** Results of the prediction will be revealed **between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.**\n\n[View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/mz2wf1)"}, {"title": "Don\u2019t Envy Bitcoiners \u2014 Be One!", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.inbitcoinwetrust.net/dont-envy-bitcoiners-be-one-3251b211474c?sk=2a4ee5638366474fc1df13dbbc9a500c", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "What are some good asset tokenization projects?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz2v8x/what_are_some_good_asset_tokenization_projects/", "selftext": "I've been using Google to look for some good tokenized real estate projects, but haven't been able to find anything other than sites for institutional investors. Is there an asset tokenization project you know of and really like?"}, {"title": "China challenge dollar dominance?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz2uvg/china_challenge_dollar_dominance/", "selftext": "The digital currency will allow the China government to track how citizens are spending their money in real time. (Formatoriginal - [Stock.Adobe.Com](https://Stock.Adobe.Com))\n\n[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-24/china-new-cryptocurrency-digital-currency-electronic-payment/100086780](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-24/china-new-cryptocurrency-digital-currency-electronic-payment/100086780)\n\nThe below link shows the hashing rate of China and it explicitly shows that China has more than total sum of other countries power. \n\n[https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/mining/china/](https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/mining/china/)\n\nAnd in this case , should anyone put more money inside crypto market in stead of other market since China expects to control the cryto market for some purpose like grabbing some fiat money and as a investor maybe a good signal to get inside ."}, {"title": "Cryptocurrency Research Platform | Coin Market Capitalizations | Top 100 Cryptocurrencies | Coinpaprika", "score": 1, "url": "https://coinpaprika.com", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "NFL\u2019s \u2018No.1\u2019 draft pick Trevor Lawrence to receive an Ethereum and Solana bonus", "score": 9, "url": "https://cryptoslate.com/nfls-no-1-draft-pick-trevor-lawrence-to-receive-an-ethereum-and-solana-bonus/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "As a newbie, I'm thinking of taking an online course to get myself up to speed a little bit. C can anyone recommend any?", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz2sxz/as_a_newbie_im_thinking_of_taking_an_online/", "selftext": "I tried getting into crypto back in '16, but I got sidetracked by traveling and life. My interest was piqued recently after jumping on the GME wagon back in January, and since then work has quietened so I've decided to really their myself into crypto. But where to start? \n\nI see that places like Udemny have for online courses and quite cheap too but are they worth it? Has anyone done any penile courses and did they actually deliver what they promised?\nI don't want to concentrate on just one way of gaining information and if anyone has any great book recommendations too, that would be awesome too. Thank you in advance, and thank you for being a very welcoming sub!"}, {"title": "Shakepay's Crazy Pingpong Card Game", "score": 1, "url": "https://youtu.be/iZcCfctndLQ", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "HEX is a decentralized exchange (DEX) and a digital asset manager built on Hedera Hashgraph", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.myhex.io/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Greed is good for everyone in the open source blockchain ecosystem", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz2pvp/greed_is_good_for_everyone_in_the_open_source/", "selftext": "I hear a lot of talk about people being in crypto for vision vs. profit, and how you're wrong if you're in it for the vision, or you're wrong if you're in it for the profit, or everyone is wrong or whatever. But I think what a lot of people forget is that all of the open source code that any crypto project creates and makes public, benefits everyone in the crypto ecosystem.\n\nThe more people that get involved and invest, the more that open source crypto projects can fund development and contribute to the ecosystem. Crypto projects research and take code from each other all the time and that's a great thing. Even if some projects die like many do, their work will still live on and be usable for other open source projects.\n\nWe need the greedy traders. We need visionaries and lunatics. We need banks and Wall Street. We need the average Joe and Jane. Buy crypto, sell crypto, hold crypto or be a short term trader, I don't care. So long as you are in crypto, you're a contributor to the ecosystem."}, {"title": "Ethereum Slams Into Important Resistance, May Make Big Move", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/21/04/20792471/ethereum-slams-into-important-resistance-may-make-big-move", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Are There Too Many DEXs?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz2j6t/are_there_too_many_dexs/", "selftext": "The amount of decentralized exchanges seems a bit excessive and they each have their own coin. Is this an issue that so many of them are popping up?\n\nList of DEXs: [https://coinmarketcap.com/rankings/exchanges/dex/](https://coinmarketcap.com/rankings/exchanges/dex/)\n\nI'm having a hard time keeping up with all the new DEXs and then each of them have their own coin which holds value and the DEX tends to give better interest on their native coins. How am I supposed to choose one over the other? Isn't it a bit convoluted now?"}, {"title": "Celsius/Nexo wallets vs Staking", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz2j19/celsiusnexo_wallets_vs_staking/", "selftext": "What is your take on staking your coins vs keeping it in a wallet like Celsius or Nexo? I know with ETH2 coming out, it's something that made me wonder if it would be worth moving something like ETH, or another stake-able coin, to my own wallet and stake it vs just leaving it in it's current wallet."}, {"title": "How close is cryptocurrency to being \u2018the new cash\u2019?", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz2ip1/how_close_is_cryptocurrency_to_being_the_new_cash/", "selftext": "I\u2019m pretty sure the caption already raised some arguments in your mind. For every cryptocurrency and blockchain enthusiast, this is expected. Despite cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology gaining a whole lot of other use cases recently, the goal to replace the fiat system with decentralized payment solutions running on a distributed ledger still lives in the mind of every cryptocurrency enthusiast.\n\nYou probably got some cryptocurrencies on your wallet and you wish someday they are going to be the \u2018new cash\u2019, or at least they will be accepted by major stores. A good number of cryptocurrency projects have succeded in doing this. [Travala](https://www.travala.com/) provides cryptocurrency holders an avenue to book flights and travel to over three hundred location and pay via cryptocurrencies. Popular adult video website had also announced a \u2018crypto-only\u2019 subscription scheme after major e-payment firms withdrew their services from the platform.\n\nThe crypto space has endured a lifelong debate on the superiority of cryptographic tokens over the much older fiat system, an event likely to continue throughout its lifespan. But despite many blockchain projects making several breakthroughs in building a portable spend systems on the blockchain, cryptocurrencies are still very far from being the new cash.\n\nWell, from a basic view point, if cryptocurrencies are used in exchange for goods and services, then they are money\u2026at least in this particular instance. In real sense, this is a bit different from the proper definition of money. Other items such as rare metals, shopping vouchers, bank cheques (of course!) have been used in similar instance, but these are not cash\u2026in the real sense.\n\nBitcoin cash (SV and ABC) were forked from the original bitcoin core blockchain to create a portable means of everyday spend activities. Bitcoin was particularly created for a similar purpose. Contemporary crypto space makes it hard to see these tokens as cash, regardless of how much cryptocurrency enthusiasts dream of this. Cryptocurrencies as a medium of exchange are more like mere vouchers with an intrinsic value.\n\nMajor difference between cryptocurrencies and vouchers in this case is the pronounced fluctuation in value of cryptocurrencies. A stable cryptocurrency used in exchange is more like vouchers, cryptocurrencies prone to price fluctuations are more like company shares\u2026but not close to cash in any case. This is unarguable if looked at closely.\n\nThe \u2018gold\u2019 reputation suits bitcoin more than \u2018cash\u2019. The value of Cash in essence is determined and backed by more generalized entities. The value of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are determined mainly by market dynamics and the progress of blockchain technology, something very similar to company shares and rare metals.\n\n\u2018Cash\u2019 reputation is a far reach for a virtual commodity whose value is highly volatile. Legal recognition of existing cryptocurrencies as cash is even a much harder task. Cryptocurrencies will need to undergo extreme modification to be considered as real cash. Universality, a very much preached feature of cryptocurrencies is a concept also seen in gold and other rare metals \u2013 the closest and real alternatives to \u2018cash\u2019 cryptocurrencies.\n\nCryptocurrencies serving as utility tokens of blockchain projects which solves some real-world problems or presents a new and more efficient way of handling real-world issue are clearly closer to achieving their goals. It is the very best application of cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies serving as a store of value is more realistic.\n\nBringing in some aspects of blockchain technology into fintech and revolutionizing the financial system to incorporate some virtues of blockchain technology into the mainstream financial system will surely create a more efficient financial system. The fiat system may never die, but if blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies takes a healthier route and fixes some of its biggest issues, then they stand a chance of penetrating the mainstream financial system\u2026but not totally replacing fiat. Cryptocurrencies are very much different from fiat in mode of operation and replacing fiat with cryptocurrencies might just be a long-lasting illusion.\n\nMost Cryptocurrencies are more of utilities and securities than \u2018cash\u2019. Shifting the focus to building utilities on the blockchain and cryptocurrencies being the traditional tokens of these blockchains could benefit cryptocurrencies more than the \u2018cash\u2019 dreams. A number of regulatory moves and technological modifications of current blockchain technologies is required to develop cryptocurrencies closer to being used as cash. This surely changes the concept."}, {"title": "What are the \"If I bought $100 worth of ??? back then\" of today?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz2icp/what_are_the_if_i_bought_100_worth_of_back_then/", "selftext": "Everyone always talks about an opportunity they had years ago to buy BTC at 0.01, or 0.1, or $1, or $100 or whatever! No one cares.\n\nWhat tree can you plant $100 in today that can blow up? I ask to show people all the opportunities still out there!"}, {"title": "Gold Off To A Slow Start As Central Banks Pivot Toward Digital Currencies", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2021/04/26/gold-off-to-a-slow-start-as-central-banks-pivot-toward-digital-currencies/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Simetria Announces Partnership with Algorand", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/simetria-announces-partnership-with-algorand/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "What do you think about chia\u2019s decision to take the traditional route & company\u2019s equity public on an American stock exchange instead of having an ICO?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz2a95/what_do_you_think_about_chias_decision_to_take/", "selftext": "Here\u2019s their complete explanation: \u201cChia is not planning an ICO. Instead, our goal is to take the company\u2019s equity public on an American stock exchange. This way, shareholders can share risk and return with management with transparency and disclosure and we can use well understood corporate controls to make binding statements about how Chia Network intends to use the Strategic Reserve. The Chia digital money is meant to be a useful payment instrument and not an investment opportunity. Chia intends to complete a fully compliant SEC registered equity IPO and will come to market as market-timing is amenable after the launch of mainnet.\u201d"}, {"title": "Fitting a game into a QR code, why you should have a single device dedicated to crypto trading that does nothing else.", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExwqNreocpg", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "What is your return rate?", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz26cc/what_is_your_return_rate/", "selftext": "The question goes to those who trade cryptos regularly. What is your profit in % of your investment lets say per month or year? Higher then the average in stocks.\n\nAs you may have guessed mine is negative because I am a big noob.\n\nJust curious if it can be any higher then the average broker with normal shares."}, {"title": "JPMorgan Prepping to Offer Managed Bitcoin Fund: Report", "score": 11, "url": "https://blockworks.co/jpmorgan-prepping-to-offer-managed-bitcoin-fund-report/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Staking", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz24ta/staking/", "selftext": "Hey guys, I\u2019ve recently entered the world of crypto and currently hold some xrp and doge, and going to buy some ada. Wanted to ask if I should stake my coins on the same wallet/exchange, use different ones like Yoroi for ada, or not stake it all (since people say you should store in an offline hardware wallet). What do you guys do?"}, {"title": "Ethereum Targeting October for The Merge through Scaling Project \u2018Rayonism\u2019", "score": 8, "url": "https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/ethereum-targeting-october-for-the-merge-through-scaling-project-rayonism/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "The Graph (GRT) set to become active in the next week or two - currently big dip - BUY.", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz21ot/the_graph_grt_set_to_become_active_in_the_next/", "selftext": "The GRT is a pretty well known altcoin at this point and has been quite popular on Coinbase and in the community, but the past 2 months have seen a fair amount of resistance (same as ALGO) which has led to the crypto bleeding supporters due to the moonbois impatience...\n\nAnyways, I figured it was time to start drumming up community interest in this coin again. In the next few weeks the functionality/utility of this crypto is going to become live and active, as a query coin - there are a whole bunch of subgraphs set to go live at the end of this month. This is gonna put a lot of upwards pressure on the price, it\u2019s gonna bring in the factor of demand for utility not just speculator trading. This is an exciting time to be purchasing GRT (which loosely follows BTC atm). \n\nCurrently in the bounce back from of one of the biggest dips this crypto has seen in months - so now is an exceptional time to buy if you don\u2019t already hold. I\u2019ve been buying this dip hard because the team have been cooking up subgraphs stew for months now and papas ready to serve. \n\nDon\u2019t blame me when you miss out on a new GRT ATH in the next couple of weeks. Thank me later :) \n\nHold and stake."}, {"title": "Could someone ELI5 how I would go about earning interest on my bitcoin/eth?", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz21lo/could_someone_eli5_how_i_would_go_about_earning/", "selftext": "I've been in the crypto space for quite awhile now and I've been very happy just holding what I currently own, but I've been hearing there's some potentially really good interest rate returns when you stake your crypto.\n\nIs this something fairly safe and worth doing? And if so, how would I even go about it?"}, {"title": "What do you think about tokenized stocks?", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz21id/what_do_you_think_about_tokenized_stocks/", "selftext": "Binance already offers tokenized stocks of tesla(TSLA) and coinbase(COIN), they have also announced that there gonna be new tokenized stocks in the future as well, these include Microsoft, Apple and Microstrategy, more stocks will probably be offered in the future, so what impact do you think this will have on the stock market and crypto space?"}, {"title": "I haven't seen much about ExeedMe ($XED), a monetization platform for gamers. Does anyone hold it?", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz1x0d/i_havent_seen_much_about_exeedme_xed_a/", "selftext": " \n\nBlockchain-based Gamer Economy\n\nBlockchain, DeFi and NFT innovations built on Polkadot will allow for peer-to-peer gamer skill and item economies to emerge. These economies will be gamer-centric and focused on rewarding players in first place. Exeedme\u2019s technology will enable the majority of money flows in its economy to go directly to gamers of all skill levels. Gamers no longer have to be professionals to earn money playing video games. Exeedme\u2019s technology will democratise the video game monetisation industry and allow new entrants to jump in. We will keep things fair with our anti-cheat and robust matchmaking systems.\n\nOur vision is to build a fair and trusted Play2Earn Polkadot-powered gaming platform where gamers can play their favorite games, challenge an opponent and bet on their own victory\u2013enabling ALL players to make money off their skills.\n\nExeedme is about using blockchain to allow for skill monetization through digital currencies and assets with open market dynamics, giving gamers a superior sense of ownership and control.\n\nExeedme will create new revenue streams for gamers: they earn with their winnings; earn crypto rewards for their engagement; and earn NFTs with their progress such as trophies, collectibles and in-game assets they own and are able to trade or monetize."}, {"title": "When did you first hear of bitcoin/cryptocurrency?", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz1tpx/when_did_you_first_hear_of_bitcoincryptocurrency/", "selftext": "The first time I heard of bitcoin was in 2015/16, I think it was around 2-3000 dollars for a bitcoin. Back then I thought 'wow, that's a lot of money!' and here we are, with bitcoin at 53k dollars after a price drop. I wish i got into it earlier, but better later then never."}, {"title": "ETH to ETH2", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz1t70/eth_to_eth2/", "selftext": "I'm learning about staking at the moment and accidentally staked my ETH into ETH2 on my Coinbase account. It wouldn't allow me to undo the action so I guess I'm along for the ride. I didn't stake all of my holdings but I need an ELI5 for how this works. Ridicule me all you want but at least I'm a dumbass trying to learn!"}, {"title": "My first (baby)steps with cryptocurrencies. Advices appreciated", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz1rbd/my_first_babysteps_with_cryptocurrencies_advices/", "selftext": "This month, after a long time of cautious curiosity, I have started to invest in crypto. I created a coinbase account and bought some bitcoin, ether, and polygon. I try to learn about the different currencies and educate myself in the know-hows of investing. Do you think coinbase is a good place to start? Is there a better place, maybe with lower fees? Could you recommend some legit sites where I can get up to date news about crypto and maybe some educational stuff as well? \n\nIf you will, please share some of your advices about your experiences with your first period in investing. Your help is much appreciated!"}, {"title": "NFL Player for Kansas City Chiefs Sean Culkin to Convert 100% of Salary to Bitcoin", "score": 4, "url": "https://news.bitcoin.com/nfl-player-kansas-city-chiefs-sean-culkin-convert-100-salary-to-bitcoin/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Dusk Network to integrate with Chainlink, providing privacy-features to the DeFi ecosystem", "score": 5, "url": "https://dusk.network/news/chainlink-dusk-integration", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "In February 2019, I randomly found a struggling restaurant that accepted payments in BTC...", "score": 21, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz1l1o/in_february_2019_i_randomly_found_a_struggling/", "selftext": "I was one of the late-to-the-party amateur investors when Bitcoin got the huge leap to 20k and bought some. A very minor amount, mind you, but I still had some, hoping I was still going to get some profit out of it. \n\n... Turns out I missed the bullish run, and it dropped to about 6k euro in the blink of an eye. Oh well, I thought.\n\nIn February 2019, I was looking for a new Indian food spot and randomly found one that accepted BTC and delivered food to your home. How cool was that?\n\nI had never heard about the place before, but the fact that it accepted BTC peaked my interest - I had never actually used crypto to pay for anything so I went for it. \n\nThey used a 3rd-party system that took so long to process the order that it expired, even though my BTC had already been processed. A total mess. I phoned the restaurant, they were super friendly and just believed me - and later sent me a message confirming everything was fine. \n\nFast forward to today. I was browsing my transaction history and saw it ... **the 29\u20ac I spent are now worth 427\u20ac**! I can only imagine how much money they may have made if they held on to it.\n\nThe restaurant eventually closed, but I thought about them. Wherever you are, guys, I honestly hope you're riding your crypto lambos right now!"}, {"title": "Question about Wrapped tokens", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz1jt9/question_about_wrapped_tokens/", "selftext": "Ok so to my understanding, Wrapped tokens are tokens on the Ethereum blockchain that are pegged on a 1:1 basis to the underlying cost of the token on another blockchain. For example, I'm looking at Ecomi (omi) and it looks like it's native blockchain is on GoChain, but you can also swap tokens for WOmi on Uniswap and other dex's. Is that right? \n\n\nI'm also wondering if there are any benefits to picking up the wrapped version of a token opposed to picking it up on it's native blockchain. If I purchase wOmi on Ethereum blockchain, would that open up more options available for me to store the token? For example, I'm using Metamask and I'm aware you can interface Ledger with Metamask, could you in theory store your wOmi on a ledger? Thanks all."}, {"title": "Fiat farming", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz1jib/fiat_farming/", "selftext": "Fiat farming has been a staple factor in my life for many years now and I\u2019ve come to realise it\u2019s just not for me. I\u2019ve recently found my calling in life and it struck me whilst I was sipping my 5th pint sitting in the recently opened beer garden shitposting to all fellow crypto enthusiasts. \n\nI\u2019ve been on the 9-5 Monday-Friday grind for too long and you know what, it\u2019s shit. The Groundhog Day routine, coming in to do the same thing day in day out is soul destroying. Also, I\u2019m too lazy and prefer my own company chilling out. This is evidenced in my low quality copy pasta shit posting. Occasionally I have a unique streak although this is rare. For example, I once commented that it\u2019s ironic how CAKE is in fact making me bread \ud83d\udcb5 (I know, I\u2019m a special sort of shit poster). \n\nSo back to the purpose of this post. I can\u2019t become a full time XL shitposter if I\u2019m going to be out the game for 8 hours per day. That just won\u2019t do. So the only conclusion I can think of is we pump this shit the a moon in an outer solar system or I go all in on DOGECOIN and hope Elon Musk sorts a brother out. They are the only 2 logically conclusions. To all my fiat farmers out there, this is the way."}, {"title": "Sean Culkin of Kansas City Chiefs Is Taking Full 2021 Salary in Bitcoin", "score": 4, "url": "https://beincrypto.com/sean-culkin-of-kansas-city-chiefs-is-taking-full-2021-salary-in-bitcoin/?utm_source=coingecko&utm_content=coingecko&utm_campaign=coingecko&utm_medium=coingecko&utm_term=coingecko", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Dogecoin Investor Explains How He Became Millionaire In Two Months", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.unilad.co.uk/technology/dogecoin-investor-explains-how-he-became-millionaire-in-two-months/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Did you guys know something about BSC-Bank Finance ?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz1fjl/did_you_guys_know_something_about_bscbank_finance/", "selftext": "Hello, I've find some platform named [BSC-Bank.Finance](https://BSC-Bank.Finance) where you doing something between cloud mining and faucet with few options and you can get extra Cake or BNB. Im trying the Free one for now but wondering is it some scam, did any one of you know something about them because they offering deposits with Cake or BNB and some good profits. \n\nSo what are your thoughts about that ? Is it legit or not ?"}, {"title": "Is it safe to have a wallet (TrustWallet) on a refurbished phone?", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz1f3g/is_it_safe_to_have_a_wallet_trustwallet_on_a/", "selftext": "I'm getting a refurbished iPhone 8 today and I would really like to have my TrustWallet on it but I'm concerned something could be left behind on the phone that could be a security risk to my wallet. \n\n\nAm I just being paranoid or is there real reason to be concerned here?"}, {"title": "This news on Business Insider says Fantom (FTM) can confirm a transaction under One Second, is that true?", "score": 14, "url": "https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/go-opera-network-upgrade-catapults-fantom-ftm-performance-making-1-second-ttf-a-reality-1030346692", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Websites to create a cryptocurrency", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz1d94/websites_to_create_a_cryptocurrency/", "selftext": "I want to try my hand at creating a cryptocurrency. Not to get rich just to try and out for something to do. I was wondering if it is possible to create one of these for free. Also, I was wondering if there are any free sites that I can use to create the crypto currency and enter all the details I want. Thank you in advance"}, {"title": "Big news everyone, I am formally announcing that I will also be accepting Bitcoin as payment.", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz1c69/big_news_everyone_i_am_formally_announcing_that_i/", "selftext": "I don't own a business. In fact, I am a grad student (although I do have a bit if a side hustle working with drones). But I would like to throw my hat in the ring and say that if you want to pay me for anything, I will gladly accept Bitcoin as payment. This is definitely financial advice."}, {"title": "How Reddit moons can save lives. Not your normal moons saving life post.", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz1bz2/how_reddit_moons_can_save_lives_not_your_normal/", "selftext": "I know what you're thinking, this is just another one of those, how moons saved my life. I make a little bit of money but moons let me support my family. It's not. This is about how you could save lives.\n\nLet's get into it.\n\nThere are several charities that help to save children's life. In 3rd world countries, money is scarce and an amount as little as $10 USD can feed a child for a month. One such charity is feedONE ([https://feedone.com/](https://feedone.com/)).\n\nHow does this relate to moons? I'm going to, for simplicity's sake, assume that each moon is equal to 10 cents. You would need 100 moons to have $10. To get 100 moons a month, you would probably have to get around 250 karma a month. 125 if you are commenting (commenting is double). Each comment automatically gives you about 1 karma and since most people on this sub are already generous, let's assume you get on average, 2 karma per comment. That means you'd have to comment about 60 times per month to get $10 a month. That averages out to about 2 comments per day. By commenting 2 times A DAY, you can feed a child for a MONTH.\n\nLet's spread some love out in the world and help children. It is amazing how for commenting 2 times a day on Reddit for a month, for less than 5 min out of your day, you can keep a child from going hungry for a month.\n\nHope everybody reading this has a great day! May your portfolios be green and your balances high!"}, {"title": "PayPal CEO: Demand for Cryptocurrency Much Higher Than Expected", "score": 11, "url": "https://decrypt.co/69127/paypal-ceo-demand-for-cryptocurrency-much-higher-than-expected", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Trevor Lawrence signs deal with cryptocurrency app, gets bonus paid in crypto", "score": 9, "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-draft-trevor-lawrence-signs-deal-with-cryptocurrency-app-gets-bonus-paid-in-crypto-143936267.html", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Hardware or Secure Wallet for Altcoins?", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz19sd/hardware_or_secure_wallet_for_altcoins/", "selftext": "I have looked into both Trezors and Ledger devices but seems that they have minimal to no support for certain altcoins. I really want to invest in a hardware wallet but seems like they are more catered to the main coins (btc, eth, etc) than alts like Theta, BTT, TRX, etc.\n\nCame off Exodus as I don't want to have to keep a separate wallet and exchange and toss between the two, opposed to trading on an exchange that supports a hardware wallet... am I stuck with 'secure' software solutions?"}, {"title": "A Crazy Success Story: Trevor Jones and NFT", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/a-crazy-success-story-trevor-jones-nft-gamble-pays-off", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "What do you think of Sovryn / SOV (btc-based DEX)", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz17sw/what_do_you_think_of_sovryn_sov_btcbased_dex/", "selftext": "I\u2019ve been impressed with uniswap, sushiswap, etc but hold some btc and was looking for a place to stake or hold it. \n\nCurrently I\u2019m using Blockfi which pays ~6.5% apy for BTC. \n\nI like the idea of finding a place to stake or provide liquidity for my btc that would have a higher payout. \n\nSovryn is attempting to be a DEX for BTC with swapping, staking and liquidity pools and lending. \n\nI have been reading up on the project and thinking about trying it (I staked a small amount as a test) but can\u2019t tell if it\u2019s a well designed token / platform. \n\nThe coin has dipped a bit recently and it doesn\u2019t appear to be taking off. Curious to get folks here\u2019s thoughts on the platform. \n\nIf you\u2019re not familiar, the website is: https://www.sovryn.app/"}, {"title": "3$ worth of Ampleforth Governance token (FORTH) now available for free on Coinbase Earn", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz174t/3_worth_of_ampleforth_governance_token_forth_now/", "selftext": "As the title mention there is a new campaign available for free on Coinbase. 3$ aren\u2019t much for the average user here, but for many they may be useful and for the others they still mean a little more crypto in their wallets.\n\nIn general tho, if you\u2019re a newcomer, I\u2019d suggest you to get all the offers on the Coinbase Earn program as they are 20/30$ in crypto for free which are a nice boost if you\u2019re starting and don\u2019t have/want to put too much into crypto.\n\nEDIT: it\u2019s obviously required to have a Coinbase account"}, {"title": "Help re Pancakeswap with Coinbase?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz15fz/help_re_pancakeswap_with_coinbase/", "selftext": "I'm still waiting on my [Binance.US](https://Binance.US) verification, so I only have Coinbase. I also have used Metamask in order to use Uniswap. Can someone walk me through how to use Pancakeswap with only Coinbase buying options?"}, {"title": "Bitcoin extends gain on reports of JPMorgan fund", "score": 0, "url": "https://hardandsmart.net/2021/04/26/bitcoin-extends-gain-on-reports-of-jpmorgan-fund/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Trevor Lawrence (presumed #1 pick in NFL draft) signs 1st Endorsement Deal With A Crypto Company", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.outkick.com/1-of-trevor-lawrences-1st-endorsement-deals-is-with-a-crypto-company/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "JPMorgan Is Preparing to Offer a Bitcoin Fund to Wealthy Clients", "score": 7, "url": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorgan-preparing-offer-bitcoin-fund-143729278.html", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Question about buy/sell orders", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz0vtw/question_about_buysell_orders/", "selftext": "Sorry in advance if this is a dumb question, I\u2019m still relatively new to crypto.\n\nAnyway, I\u2019ve read that one strategy people use to make money in crypto is by setting automatic buy/sell orders when the price of a coin hits a certain point. My question is, do you have to keep all your crypto on the exchange for that to work? For example, I use BlockFi and a ledger nano to store my crypto, is there a way for me to set buy/sell orders while still keeping all my crypto in those 2 places? \n\nTIA for any and all responses"}, {"title": "What is a crypto VISA card? Why are we interested in using cryptocurrencies as a means of payment?", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz0vc3/what_is_a_crypto_visa_card_why_are_we_interested/", "selftext": ">Basically, the world economy is based on the constant buying and selling of goods and services. **Money is continually moving from hand to hand from one place to another, generating wealth and promoting productive and entrepreneurial activity.** In the capitalist system in which we live, it is essential that there is fluidity in transactions so that the wheel does not stop turning.\n\nWe are used to the fact that the money that we handle in our day to day is the fiat currency of the country in which we reside or are passing through. Currently euros in the case of Spain, pounds in the United Kingdom, dollars in the United States (and many other territories) ... All these are the currencies that we use normally, whether in cash, in the form of coins and banknotes, or for and for some time by electronic means through credit or debit card payments.\n\n**On the other hand, there are also cryptocurrencies, or virtual currencies. Unlike fiduciaries, they do not depend on the country in which they are located, since they are not centralized, that is, they do not depend on any institution or authority that issues and regulates them. T**here's many applications that they have to be used through the network. But what if I told you that you can also use them in the \"real world\"? Do you want to know how? Keep reading!\n\n## Why we are interested in using cryptocurrencies as payment\n\nLet's start from a fundamental concept that many people find it a bit difficult to assimilate: cryptocurrencies are real money. The fact of not having physical representation and not taking up space in your wallet does not make them \"false\" or \"less valuable\". In fact, on the contrary, they have a number of advantages that common fiat money lacks.\n\nFor example, the decentralization to which we alluded implies that its value does not depend on the political ups and downs of the government of the day, but is determined solely by the use that consumers make of it. On the other hand, they are especially suitable for international operations, since the transfer of funds happens instantly and there is no need to deal with tedious and potentially expensive procedures such as currency exchange.\n\nIn addition, they are based on blockchain technology, which guarantees a maximum level of security: each operation carried out with them is recorded in a block in the chain, linked to both the previous and the next, which implies that no it can be modified without affecting the rest. This means that any transaction that is made is traceable and traceable, so the risk of scams and scams is minimized. But at the same time, purchases and sales are anonymous, as with cash, and privacy is guaranteed at all times.\n\nAll these advantages allow us to think that, without a doubt, we are facing the means of payment that will revolutionize the world monetary landscape in the near future. But unfortunately, although cryptocurrencies are more and more widespread and are being accepted in more places as a means of payment, we are still talking about a system that is not very well established in society, which is slowly opening a gap but still has a long way to go until its use is widespread. The same thing has happened with most groundbreaking innovations throughout history; the public is often reluctant to the new and rarely allows it to become an instant hit, but takes some getting used to.\n\n## Crypto VISA cards: cryptocurrencies in your day to day\n\nTo try to speed up the process and promote the transition towards the use of a more reliable and efficient currency, some cryptocurrencies, are beginning to implement a method that allows them to be used in everyday life as normal. The solution that has been designed to achieve this is the crypto VISA cards.\n\nA crypto VISA card is simply a card linked to an account that works with cryptocurrencies. The money with which you pay when using it is the one you have in your wallet in the form of virtual currency. For practical purposes, its form of use is exactly the same as if it had been issued by a commercial bank and worked with fiat currency.\n\nThe nuance is that, having the support and infrastructure of VISA, it can be used without problem in all businesses in the world that accept these cards. In the XXI century, we speak of the vast majority, in practically every corner of the planet and in almost any sector of activity. So with a crypto VISA card you can now use your cryptocurrencies to pay in more than 50 million businesses, both physical and online stores, as well as to receive payments.\n\nThe system is particularly beneficial if you often travel to countries where a different currency is used than your hometown, or if you are used to making purchases on foreign websites. The first thing you will notice is that the need, imposed by certain businesses, to have a bank account in the local currency disappears. In addition, you may have noticed that normally on these occasions it is customary to charge some commission for currency exchange, which can sometimes be quite significant. In this way the problem disappears, because you will pay directly with your crypto and you will not be charged any additional fee, but the exchange will be governed by the current price at that time.\n\nLove from the Little Venetia. Feel free to add more."}, {"title": "Bitcoin potential price vs altcoin prices discussion", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz0szv/bitcoin_potential_price_vs_altcoin_prices/", "selftext": "I am very new to the crypto space and have a few questions that hopefully this community can help clear up. \n\nI got into crypto mainly because I wanted to find out what in the world NFTs are. While researching NFTs I found out what the blockchain was and how it is supposedly going to \"be the future\" all sounds great, so seeing as how NFTs and other blockchain usages are mostly based on Ethereum, I decided to buy Ethereum as well as some other altcoins that are using smart contracts and promise to make Ethereum better. \n\nWhere I struggle, is trying to understand why Bitcoin has such a high value per coin when all Bitcoin is is just coins. Cryptos like Ethereum have their own coins as well as a near endless list of other potential usages. ETH I believe is what has the potential to change the world. Yet Bitcoin is 50,000+ per coin and Analysts are saying it may go over 100,000 and way beyond in the future, but I just don't understand why? In my mind if anything BTC will at some point drop while ETH will go up. Completely open to any thoughts on this. I am legitimately looking for information, not to start an argument. \n\nMy second question is all the crypto-analysts I follow consistently use the state of Bitcoin to determine the state of altcoins. This I also do not understand. They say things like \"Bitcoin is expected to go up so Cardano will also go up/down\" etc and I have no idea why these two separate technologies are intrinsically related. To me that is like saying \"Apple is expected to go down, so that means Microsoft will also go down\" I feel like I am missing something in my lack of experience with Crypto, can anyone help with these questions?"}, {"title": "Ant Group shows off its work on China\u2019s digital currency for the first time", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3131071/china-digital-currency-fintech-giant-ant-group-reveals-partnership", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Bitcoin Price Jumps 9%, Most Since Early March", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-price-jumps-most-since-early-march", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "How we get rewarded to HODL", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz0qyy/how_we_get_rewarded_to_hodl/", "selftext": "I live in Austria and we pay ~50% taxes on speculation, which CryptoCurrencys fall under(like gambling) but.... And that's the big but. We pay zero % taxes for any position held longer than one calender year, making HODLing the most lucrative form of crypto investment. Even if you were a top day trader, you'd still have to produce 50% more profit by the end of the year to make more cash than HODLing. \n\nI think our neighbor Germany has something similar in place.\n\nHere is an article I found in English that goes a bit into [detail.](https://blockpit.io/en/kryptowaehrungen-steuern/oesterreich#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20tax%20rate,25%25%20corporate%20income%20tax%20applies.). \n\n\nI'm sure many other countries benefit the people who HODL more than daytraders and crypto gamblers. I'd say it's worth finding out what kind of benefits you get from which form of trading when it comes to taxes, before starting to invest. I know that taxes isn't a happy topic for most people, but it's still a large part of investing. \n\nThis is not financial advise, due to the fact that I'm a moron and the last person you should listen to when it comes to money... Just saying, there might be something similar where you're located."}, {"title": "What are your favorite Coins to stake and why?", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz0ore/what_are_your_favorite_coins_to_stake_and_why/", "selftext": "Long story short I haven't been in the crypto scene for long yet and recently got me a Ledger Nano X for my hodling. Personally I've been a fan of staking and I think it might be the future of cryptocurrency. I'm currently 80 XTZ in because I'm a big fan of the whole project around Tezos and I think it is very capable and has a bright future. However, there are so many more coins to stake and a lot of people also love Algorand, Cartano and Dash. So tell me about your favorite proof-by-stake coin I'd love to look for some more coins to stake in. \n\nHave a nice day!"}, {"title": "All of my altcoins are gaining interest through staking. How can I gain interest on BTC/ETH?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz0o5n/all_of_my_altcoins_are_gaining_interest_through/", "selftext": "Hi all!\n\nThere's too much baggage with staking eth 2.0 ( kraken ) for me to think it's a good idea right now. \n\nI've heard of wrapping BTC but apparently it gives you the ETH placeholder of equivalent value? Same issue as above then.\n\nThanks for any help or advice!"}, {"title": "Best crypto exchange for Canadians?", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz0o0f/best_crypto_exchange_for_canadians/", "selftext": "Fellow Canuck here,\n\nJust wondering what exchange you folks use the most? I was using coinsmart for on ramps into binance because I\u2019m not a credit card fan and they were using e transfers to load up wallets. However in the last few weeks I\u2019ve sensed some disturbing trends with this platform:\n\n -Prior to the Berlin hardfork, I attempted to send ETH to my hardware wallet, what should have been a fairly quick transaction turned into a 4 day wait, 3 support chats and then finally they transferred my funds. No bueno coinsmart. According to support they do batches of transactions once a day. Very unbecoming of a crypto exchange.\n\n-A few weeks prior I attempted to send my ADA to yoroi and once again they transaction was backlogged 5 hours. Obviously this doesn\u2019t reflect the TPS of Ada and is just bad management on their part.\n\n- out of nowhere they delisted NEO from their exchange and never made any mention of it. Luckily I had moved it very early on after purchasing however I feel bad for anyone who was holding on their platform.\n\n-they removed their phone support line due to \u201chigh volumes of requests\u201d which leaves you on a zen desk chat for upwards of two hours. Another strike on their part. No email support either\n\nSince all these developments I\u2019ve definitely been leaning more towards binance however I still am looking for a solid app that will allow me to DCA without any worry of someone on the other end mismanaging my funds. Shakepay seems popular but the spread is just heinous and they only offer BTC and ETH. Netcoins might be another option to look into but I\u2019m sceptical.\n\nDoes any fellow maple syrup drinker have any recommended exchanges that they\u2019ve used consistently without issues? \n\nThank you kindly and please remember the red green saying: \u201cif they don\u2019t find you handsome, atleast they can find you handy\u201d"}, {"title": "Reddit Community Points changed my life.", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz0n7b/reddit_community_points_changed_my_life/", "selftext": "now, i know that\u2019s a weird claim to make, but it\u2019s true.\n\ni used to invest in stocks, and always thought this bitcoin thing would crash and burn. yet, whenever i checked it, it seemed to be going up. i called it a fluke, and stuck with my 0.5% gains on stocks.\n\nwhen reddit introduced bricks on the r/FortniteBR sub (and moons on this sub), i decided to find out a little bit more about what an \u201cEthereum\u201d is. \n\nit led me down a rabbit hole, which led me to this sub. i quickly learned more and more about cryptocurrencies until i was comfortable enough to make my first investment (which was only 2 months ago)! i\u2019ve learned even more since then, and i\u2019m having much more fun (and more gains) than i\u2019ve ever had investing. \n\nif it weren\u2019t for bricks and moons, i would have never learned more about crypto, and i would be living a sad life as a stock investor, trying to catch the GME pumps and at most getting 2% gains. so thank you, whoever decided to make community points. you\u2019re the reason i\u2019m here."}, {"title": "Opinions on my portfolio", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz0ltn/opinions_on_my_portfolio/", "selftext": "Hey guys. I hope you don't judge me too quickly with this post. I understand some will think me stupid for going into crypto uninformed at first. \n\nBecause of the hype recently, I bought Dogecoins right after it dipped from its second 0.4 pump. I admit I was too *high* thinking I will be rich and I felt FOMO because of the marketing on social media. After that, I did some research and read a considerable lot about cryptocurrency in general and had more doubts about Doge (basically it being a pump and dump, it having no cap, too many whales hoarding coins etc) so I went and switched to other coins and diversified my portfolio. \n\nJust wondering what your opinions on my selection are. \n\nBTC / ETH /LiteCoin / VET / PancakeSwap / XRP"}, {"title": "Informational - Let's talk about a project that brings exciting things to the space - NEO", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz0l1e/informational_lets_talk_about_a_project_that/", "selftext": "TL;DR: I want to bring a discussion to the sub regarding a project that is often overlooked but brings incredible things to the space. Check out NEO.\n\nThere are so many shit (scam) coins trending right now and it's very enticing for newcomers to jump aboard. It can also be very intimidating to look at CMC and try to find a gem in the \\~9,000 coins currently listed. This post is to share a project with you guys that is not really talked about in this sub all that much - NEO (formerly Antshares).\n\nBefore I move further - This is not a shill post. Buy NEO or not, that is not the purpose. The purpose is to try to counteract the Safeshit posts urging people to stay away from them. I feel like there are not enough informational posts for decent projects. We should be discussing good projects that bring something meaningful to this space. I believe NEO does just that.\n\n**Little history:** NEO began as Antshares in Feb of 2014, the brainchild of Da Hongfei and Erik Zhang, which markets itself as a Smart Economy, or the next iteration of the internet (Internet 3.0). NEO is an all-in-one solution. More on this later, but NEO can be likened to Ethereum, Cosmos, Polkadot, Cardano, Solana, and a few other platforms. If you are not familiar with these types of platforms, read a little bit about Ethereum and what it seeks to do.\n\n**Disclaimer**: Many platforms like this (or the sub community) tend to market themselves as \"Ethereum Killers\". NEO does not. NEO just seeks to offer an alternative solution and garner a portion of the developing market. If you must know, I hold both ETH and NEO and are bullish on both of them, specifically in the longer term. I believe there will not be a winner take all situation in crypto, especially not within our lifetime. Yahoo and Google are both doing fine right now, even though one has significantly much more name recognition.\n\n**What makes NEO unique and worth taking a look at?**\n\nOne of the most interesting characteristics of NEO (imo) is it's unique dual-token system. I imagine anyone reading this will be familiar with Ethereum and the concept of gas required to use the network (transaction fees, fees to develop and use the network). Ethereum is a single-token platform, meaning it only uses *one* token - Ether. Let's say you have 1 ETH that you want to send to someone. The fee (the gas) to send that 1 ETH will be deducted from that 1 ETH balance, very similar to Bitcoin transactions. \n\nI'm not going to discuss the rising gas fees in Ethereum here, I just wanted to illustrate this before moving forward.\n\nNEO uses a dual-token system, NEO and NEO GAS (GAS). NEO is a governance token, meaning owning some will give you voting rights in proposals to update the system. Holding NEO also gives you the right to claim GAS passively. GAS is the fuel used to power transactions and incentivize nodes to act honestly and secure the system.\n\n**NEO Token**\n\nWhat makes this token seriously unique is that it is *indivisible,* meaning that it can only be transacted in whole numbers (1 NEO, 2 NEO, etc.). It can be purchased in literally any fractional amount in exchanges but can only be sent on the network as whole numbers. There are about 70,000,000 tokens in circulation currently with a max supply of 100,000,000 that will ever exist. One *could* speculate that NEO could very well be one of the scarcest tokens in the space thus far. Even Bitcoin can be transacted in satoshis. \n\nProbably one of the most sought after properties of this token is the right to claim GAS passively. When a new block is added to the chain, GAS is generated and distributed proportionally to ALL NEO held in private wallets (even some exchanges will give you GAS for holding there, even for fractional NEO held). \n\n**NEO GAS Token**\n\nThis is the token that will be used to power transactions on the NEO network. Everything from sending NEO, exchanging NEO, building and running dApps will consume GAS. GAS is highly divisible and transactions typically cost around 0.001 GAS.\n\n**How is NEO Secured?**\n\nNEO uses an updated form of Proof of Stake called Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance (dBFT). The technology of this protocol is expected to be able to handle thousands of transactions per second. I won't get too into detail here about the mechanics, but will link some supplemental resources should you wish to research further. As always, do not take the word of some random guy on the internet; do your own research! \n\n**Features of NEO**\n\n**One-Block Finality**\n\nThe dBFT consensus mechanism guarantees fast and efficient transaction finality in a single block.\n\n**Oracles**\n\nSome may be familiar with Chainlink, which markets itself as an oracle that gives access to off-chain data from the real-world. NEO blockchain does not require the use of external oracle solutions, as it has it's own built in to the platform.\n\n**NEOFS**\n\nBuilt within the network is a distributed data storage that focuses on scalability and privacy. This is similar to the goals of Filecoin or Siacoin.\n\n**Multi-language Smart Contracts**\n\nThis may be one of the most enticing features of NEO. NEO allows for smart contracts to be written in pretty much any open-source language, such as C#, Go, Python, Java, and Typescript. NEO also has it's own migration tool to bring already coded dApps into the NEO ecosystem. \n\nThis contrasts starkly to Ethereum, which only allows smart contracts to be written in it's native language, Solidity.\n\n**NEO Name Services**\n\nNEO has a decentralized .neo domain name service for the next generation of internet web apps.\n\n**Interoperability**\n\nThe Poly Network allows for smooth cross-chain interoperability with other sovereign chains like Ethereum and Binance Smart chain.\n\n**NEO ID**\n\nA self-soverign and decentralized identity solution standard. \n\n​\n\n**Market Talk**\n\nI'm only adding this portion for the sake of completion. I don't want it to become a \"OMG NEO IS SO UNDERVALUED BUY IT NOW AND RESERVE YOUR SPOT ON THE ROCKET\". No. NEO is currently trading in the \\~$80-90 range and in my opinion still has room for growth. The main reason I am touching on this is because some people may say \"If NEO can only be transacted in whole numbers, that means I can only buy 1 or 2 or 3 NEO at a time, and it's too expensive for me\". This is **not** true. You can purchase NEO in pretty much any amount you like (barring any exchange restriction) and hold until you have enough to send on the network to a private wallet.\n\n**Where Can I Purchase NEO? Or GAS?**\n\nIn the US, buying NEO is a little tricky, because Coinbase, Gemini, and Kraken do not list it. But Bittrex does and is a reasonably trustworthy exchange.\n\nI personally use [Kucoin.com](https://Kucoin.com). I just send crypto (BTC, LTC, XLM, or whatever is easily purchased on other exchanges with better fiat on-ramps and low fees to send). I just DCA into NEO and send it to my wallet (with no fee) once I reach integer amounts of NEO.\n\nYou can also buy it on [binance.com](https://binance.com) (Use a VPN). If this sounds too technical for you, just avoid it and use kucoin.\n\nPlease be careful if you purchase it on Voyager. I have nothing good to say about Voyager, but that has nothing to do with this warning. This warning is because Voyager does not allow you to send the NEO out to a private wallet, and this is a HUGE red flag for me. There is no proof you are actually owning the coin rather than an IOU. Plus, one of the main rewards for owning NEO is the right to claim GAS, which Voyager does not allow.\n\n**And Finally, NEO N3 Main Net Launch**\n\nCurrently N3 is in testnet and is scheduled to be released on it's own mainnet this summer. All of these features will be readily available for developers. This release could be it's own post, so I'll leave that for another time. Suffice it to say these are exciting times for a very ambitious project! \n\nIf you've made it this far, hopefully you are now interested in what NEO can bring to the crypto space and will continue to seek more information. Linked below are a few external resources to help you out.\n\n**Resources**\n\n[https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/neo/](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/neo/)\n\n[Neo.org](https://Neo.org)\n\nWhitepaper: [https://docs.neo.org/docs/en-us/index.html](https://docs.neo.org/docs/en-us/index.html)"}, {"title": "Is it really true that you might be able to live off of 10 ETH in the future?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz0jd0/is_it_really_true_that_you_might_be_able_to_live/", "selftext": "Heard this tossed around somewhere and being fairly new to the crypto scene I thought it was pretty fascinating. Assuming that this is in reference to income from staked ETH? Do you all believe something like this is possible?"}, {"title": "People say \"Don't trade, HODL\" but you can still earn while you HODL", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz0jb7/people_say_dont_trade_hodl_but_you_can_still_earn/", "selftext": "There are lots of passive income opportunities out there like\n\nFarming Swaps\n\nCentralized lending\n\nDefi lending\n\nSelling options\n\nStaking\n\nFarming futures funding\n\nSome are riskier than others and the best will likely only make you 100% a year, so no promises of 10x gains here. Passive income is not flashy, there is lots of studying numbers, researching mechanics of trades, reading terms and conditions for edge cases, basically hard work. \n\nI know crypto youtubers are hated here, and fair enough they are mostly snake oil salesmen, but ..... I have a youtube channel mostly focusing on Passive income plays like the ones above. When I claim certain returns I justify where they come from, I point out the risks as well as the benefits, my videos can get a bit on the boring side as I dive into the small details, but that's passive income hard work for small (to medium) regular gains.\n\nHere's a video I did with an overview of [passive income plays](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um5XH3e49Ys)"}, {"title": "VeChain (VET) highlighted on KuCoin 60s Crypto Gem show as it chases ATHs", "score": 22, "url": "https://coinjoy.io/news/198073529/vechain-vet-highlighted-on-kucoin-60s-crypto-gem-show-as-it-chases-aths?utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=News", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Here Is Why Nassim Nicholas Taleb Is Wrong To Get Rid of Bitcoin", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.inbitcoinwetrust.net/here-is-why-nassim-nicholas-taleb-is-wrong-to-get-rid-of-bitcoin-16e6ebef9998", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "A story about doing something to bring more people to crypto - and more crypto people elsewhere", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz0asb/a_story_about_doing_something_to_bring_more/", "selftext": "Dear global crypto community \ud83d\ude0a\n\nI have spend many years investing in various spaces and I recently decided to both **invest in** and **support** Cardano. I go into my reasons in depth elsewhere, so I will keep it short. The technology, the roadmap, the momentum, energy efficiency and decentralization add up to fundamentals that I think will go *far*.\n\nI have spent years [building](https://www.openchainproject.org) and [supporting](https://unhabitat.org/un-habitat-oict-and-lto-network-release-first-open-source-urban-land-registry-solution-for-the) [communities](https://jolts.world/index.php/jolts), so I wanted to do more than buy and hold ADA. I decided to contribute to decentralization by creating a specialized pool designed to attract like-minded investors, particularly those who may share my profile of being aware of crypto since 2009 but hesitating to add it to their portfolio. \n\nIt is a bridge and a stepping stone designed to go two ways, also operating as a space to provide \"traditional\" investment experience to those who may have started in crypto and are seeking to spread their wings (or just optimize their crypto portfolio). In the first two weeks we have attracted a number of delegates who fit into targeted demographic, and I am in discussion with more.\n\nI would love if you could provide feedback on how to improve this project, and perhaps take a moment to contribute your knowledge and experience to the community. Most importantly, I hope this can be another small cog in the maturing machine of crypto in general. \n\nI believe we are at the moment where this investment space moves from the edges into the center, and the implications are enormous.\n\nYou can check DAWN out at [https://www.opendawn.com/dawn/](https://www.opendawn.com/dawn/)"}, {"title": "ALGO NFT step-by-step guide", "score": 10, "url": "/r/AlgorandOfficial/comments/myxk27/algo_nft_stepbystep_guide/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "[Q] Where did I send my moons? :/", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz08fg/q_where_did_i_send_my_moons/", "selftext": "Hi guys,\n\nI once transferred my moons to metamask. It went through without fail. However i thought transferring them back to Reddit Vault ( Idk why) , i gave the destination address by checking \u201cFrom\u201d tab under my first sent transaction. I have no clue now where they have been sent. Any way to recover them?\n\nhttps://rinkeby.etherscan.io/tx/0x8ce23e1f13975a949a2571bde7d8192557515276dd333fa3bf98a530e6c18638"}, {"title": "Noob question about Wallets(Dogelon)", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz03nz/noob_question_about_walletsdogelon/", "selftext": "So i'm pretty new to cryptocurrencies and I try to invest a small amount every month into new Cryptos in the hope of big profit. I dont miss the money I spent so it's a all or nothing thing. \n\nBut that's not the point of this question.\n\nWhich wallets can you use for new cryptos? In this case I bought Dogelon which is based on the Etherum Blockchain. \n\nPs: yes i used google couldn't find anything\n\nThanks for your help :)"}, {"title": "Binance (Not U.S.) flexible savings", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz02is/binance_not_us_flexible_savings/", "selftext": "So I'm pretty new to all of this. I have a small selection of coins/tokens whatever you want to call them. I'm in BTC, ETH, ADA and VET. \n\nNow I've researched and researched and found very little information on the risk involved with putting VET into the flexible savings to generate VTHO. I've found a few reddits posts from not long after this became the only way to generate VTHO in binance and people seemed mixed on opinions. I'm wondering if anyone has more information since some time has passed now. \n\nAlso, good luck out there and keep hodling. I'm trying to strengthen my little glass hands into diamond fists."}, {"title": "Future Jaguar Trevor Lawrence is the next athlete to be paid in Bitcoin", "score": 11, "url": "https://deadspin.com/future-jaguar-trevor-lawrence-is-the-next-athlete-to-be-1846763152", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "ETH 2.0 Stakeability", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mz004h/eth_20_stakeability/", "selftext": "I've been thibking about staking my ETH for 2.0, the thing is im not sure how. I know I can only take my ETH once the 2.0 is finally released and done. My question is what would the best place for staking be, what would the risk be, and are the rewards worth it? \n\nIf anyone has more insight in this I'd really appreciate it."}, {"title": "Do You Have an Exit Plan, I Sure Don't", "score": 11, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myzzk5/do_you_have_an_exit_plan_i_sure_dont/", "selftext": "Many of you may go for the ultimate risky option that it's not so risky as it seems, you may buy every week or every month the same amount of the same coin, this in the long term has shown to be profitable, even if you may bought at a all time high the ones you got at a low price will make it profitable. This option is the best to one for helping a project grow.\n\nBut i have little axiety for selling coins, I come close to the projects and really believe them, it seems unfair to me to sell out."}, {"title": "Cardano Africa Special 29 April 2021 Teaser", "score": 9, "url": "https://youtu.be/OGBXxi-g80k", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Forbes: Cardano And Ethereum Founder Analyzes The Newest Evolutions In Crypto And Blockchain Technology", "score": 19, "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenehrlich/2021/04/26/cardano-and-ethereum-founder-analyzes-the-newest-evolutions-in-crypto-and--blockchain-technology/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "I refactored my cryptocurrency app and want to provide features that no other app has. Tell me what you need. (iOS & Android)", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myzw91/i_refactored_my_cryptocurrency_app_and_want_to/", "selftext": "I am proud to announce the relaunch of my app \"CoinViewer\". The app provides an overview of more than 3000 cryptocurrencies. The clean interface offers all essential functions to stay perfectly informed about the market. \nSoon you'll be able to connect the app to all major exchanges to track your profits for each trade. Synced in realtime. Give me some time. Feedback and suggestions are always welcome! \n\n\nFeatures: \n\u2611\ufe0f Filter coins by categories \n\u2611\ufe0f Search trough 3000+ Coins \n\u2611\ufe0f View global market data \n\u2611\ufe0f Open, High, Low \n\u2611\ufe0f Choose between 20 Fiat Currencies \n\u2611\ufe0f Sort by Market Cap, Volume, Price\u2026 \n\u2611\ufe0f Set up list with your favorites \n\u2611\ufe0f 15min, 30m,1h, 24h & 7d Change \n\u2611\ufe0f Works on Tablets\n\nComing soon: \n\u2b1c Price Alerts \n\u2b1c Notes \n\u2b1c Technical Analysis \n\u2b1c Portfolio \n\u2b1c Exchanges \n\u2b1c DeFi \n\u2b1c ICOs \nand much more\u2026\n\n**iOS:** [**https://apps.apple.com/app/id1261889758**](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1261889758) \n**Android:** [**https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.condacore.coinmktcap**](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.condacore.coinmktcap)\n\nhttps://preview.redd.it/jx66auop9jv61.jpg?width=5000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4c599d8ab01a07f90d29b3a3324b11fc4f7a6a1"}, {"title": "What is a good wallet with low fees and possibly staking?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myzvnm/what_is_a_good_wallet_with_low_fees_and_possibly/", "selftext": "Real beginner here trying to plan for the long term. Currently mining and getting Bitcoin back but going to switch to eth as soon as I can. I setup coin base and I though that was pretty alright. I also heard about exodus and they seem good but now sure if there fees. BRD fees were a lot so didn\u2019t like that experience."}, {"title": "ETH 2.0 stakers, last 1 Hour to deposit into StakeWise to get ETH Staking rewards + Early adopters SWISE DAO tokens", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myzsbk/eth_20_stakers_last_1_hour_to_deposit_into/", "selftext": "Stakewise is a staking pool for Eth 2.0 Proof of stake network, where users can deposit ETH and stake along. \n\nStakewise early adopter campaign is on and closes in around 1 hour. You can deposit ETH with them now and earn both ETH PoS dividends as well as 600 stakewise DAO tokens by staking ETH before the time closes. \n\n\nCurrently over 20,000 ETH is already staked by over 1000+ different users. \n\nhttps://stakewise.io"}, {"title": "Open Banking Meets the Blockchain: Fireside Chat with API3 and Open Bank Project", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba_sDbqlfP0&ab_channel=API3", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Mine -> Stake -> Hodle -> Repeat", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myzryj/mine_stake_hodle_repeat/", "selftext": "I have an overwhelming itch to diversify my crypto portfolio, particularly, with (dare I say it) Litecoin. Anybody else currently thinking about increasing their position in LTC? Or are the DOGE days not over yet? Go DOGE! Perhaps, if there was only a way to short SafeMoon to let\u2019s say a pricepoint of a decimal place that\u2019s followed by oh I don\u2019t know a quadrillion zeros?"}, {"title": "How exactly is Bitcoin (or cryptocurrency) anonymous?", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myzpfg/how_exactly_is_bitcoin_or_cryptocurrency_anonymous/", "selftext": "*I apologise if this is not the place to ask this. :/*\n\nI am completely new to cryptocurrency (and als Bitcoin), trying to learn how exactly this functions and what is the reality vs the reported buzzwords in the media. I understood \"address\", private keys, distributed ledgers, etc. One thing I cant understand is that how exactly is Bitcoin (or any crypto for that matter) anonymous? \n\nSuppose a person owns a Bitcoin wallet which has X BTC. They want to purchase something. If the seller accepts bitcoin - the seller now knows the buyer and their respective address. If the person decides to get fiat currency for the owned bitcoins, they need to go to Exchanges which usually have Government ID requirements. How can the person do that without authorities raising an eyebrow? \n\nI somewhere read that bitcoin is \"psuedo\" anonymous but where ever I understood, the point where you want to buy something from it OR exchange it for something which is widely accepted, you lose your wallet's and / or your anonymity.\n\nHow can the person buy something or exchange their Bitcoin for money, without lose anonymity or giving away as limited information as possible.\n\nPlease guide. \n\nDoes TOR / VPN / Anything help? If so - Till what limit? Does it help maintain anonymity on the respective Blockchain network AND / OR from Exchange.\n\nRegards."}, {"title": "Garlicoin - the next DOGE ?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myzodo/garlicoin_the_next_doge/", "selftext": "I know that meme coins are gaining traction lately. Garlicoin had a spike last night. What do you think about buying into coins like Garlicoin early? It\u2019s a decent coin with good stats on an upward trajectory. Or do you think the hype from meme coins ( like DOGE ) was a one time thing? Can\u2019t decide if it\u2019s better to go stable or try to get ahead of the garlic hype\n\n(EDIT: to be clear, I\u2019m new to crypto, only investing small, and I genuinely have no idea what I\u2019m doing outside of trying to learn by reading articles and watching videos)"}, {"title": "Ethereum and Tezos now linked via blockchain!", "score": 15, "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-and-tezos-connected-via-blockchain-bridge", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "To all Cardano lovers and newbies, you can track big news, updates and announcements and check how much time is left until each event, like the Africa deal or smart contracts!", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myzkqu/to_all_cardano_lovers_and_newbies_you_can_track/", "selftext": "Have you ever wondered when will smart contracts roll out? When is the africa deal? When moon? When lambo? No more questions!\n\nBe up to date with the Cardano roadmap and big news/updates/announcements on [wen.pm](https://wen.pm)\n\nIt is super easy to use and read, the site uses countdowns. It was developed by the creator of SPEC cardano staking pool to showcase the great things about Cardano and it\u2019s talented community!"}, {"title": "Mark Cuban is a business genius and supports BTC. Bullish. Mark Cuban is a financial genius and supports ETH. Bullish. Mark Cuban is a financial genius and supports DOGE. What a scam!", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myzihs/mark_cuban_is_a_business_genius_and_supports_btc/", "selftext": "I just find it funny how confirmation bias works.\n\nCuban has given his financial opinion on all all of these things specifically why he's holding Doge on his Dallas Mavericks Ledger long term because he believes dogecoin has a long-term valuation over a dollar. His words not mine.\n\nForget to walk around every claiming that these business guys know their shit for one coin to confirm our bias but don't know their shit for another I just find that odd. I sold most of my doge for a bunch of ETH just based on my own personal opinions and some math. ETH is my blue chip. I honestly think people are mostly just ignoring the human element of community within doge except real business leaders like Mark Cuban who understand the role of fanaticism as a sports team owner. Brand loyalty can overcome some financial analytics to a point. People crying about the price if doge maybe have just never attended a sporting event where no economics make any sense at all whether or hats ticket prices, food, etc etc.\n\nIt will be interesting to see what happens but when I look at doge's chart for the last month sure there is a huge spike but resistance since then for a prolonged time (well over a week now) just doesn't look like any dump I've witnessed before. Call that what you want. Not all company's finances always make sense. \n\nDownvote me to hell. I know this is an unacceptable opinion on here \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f"}, {"title": "How do I get into cryptocurrencies as a minor?", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myzheg/how_do_i_get_into_cryptocurrencies_as_a_minor/", "selftext": "I'm looking to invest in coins and later stocks at an early age to get more financial wiggle room when I get older. However, my parents are not really into crypto/stocks (Fear of losing money). I can't mine coins (Intel Core 2 Duo with no GPU, if anyone got any ideas please send them) and I can't really use moons as a stepping stone because I can't imagine getting that many to cover gas fees *and* buy a substantial amount to get a good profit. What can I do to get into this without much parental assistance?"}, {"title": "The new wave of crypto users: migrant workers \u2013 When traditional exchanges closed during the pandemic, many workers turned to crypto to send remittances home.", "score": 4, "url": "https://restofworld.org/2021/crypto-remittances/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Are you going to watch Elon Musk on Saturday Night Life just in case he says something about a coin?", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myzff7/are_you_going_to_watch_elon_musk_on_saturday/", "selftext": "As you may already know, Elon Musk will present Saturday Night Life on May 8:\n\n[https://ca.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-host-saturday-night-190825399.html](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-host-saturday-night-190825399.html)\n\nAre you watching and hoping for Elon to say something about a coin you want to jump right on for quick profits?"}, {"title": "How will Doge's market capitalization compare WHEN it hits $1, $10, or 100$ ?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myzbsf/how_will_doges_market_capitalization_compare_when/", "selftext": "Market capitalization is the market value off all the existing circulating supply of an asset. Market Capitalization is an equation:\n\n Price * Circulating Supply = Market Cap\n\nSo the Dogecoin market cap right now is :\n\n .27 USD * 129,348,760,640 = $35,631,212,394\n\n35,6 billion dollars. On coinmarketcap.com we can see that it is #7 when compared to other cryptos (just above Polka DOT, Uniswap, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash and Chainlink. Doge is just below Cardano, XRP, Binance Coin and ETH). As far as companies go, at 27 cent Doge is valued more than than some companies you might recognize, such as YUM! brands, Hilton Hotels, Orange (cellular network) and Hershey chocolate. Not bad for a crypto that doesn't have a marketing team, paid full time developers nor any paid professionals working on it's success. It doesn't have a CEO or any structure, it's development is decentralized and its current price rise is a testament to it's PEOPLE POWER. At this price it's currently bigger than the Serbian Dinar, Dominica Peso and the Bolivian Boliviano. But doge to a dollar is all but guaranteed, so lets look at that price:\n\n 1$ * 129,348,760,640 = 129,348,760,640 (that was easy math)\n\nSo at a 1$ doge would have roughly 130 billion dollar market cap. Unless other other cryptos do roughly a 3x gain, doge would be the #3 crypto, just below Ethereum. Eth's marketcap is 290 billion, so doge won't be able to unseat ETH until it goes to around 3$. But at one dollar doge's marketcap is more than some pretty big companies you may know: Dior, Charles Schwab, American Express, Blackrock and HBSC bank. You can see that a few of these companies are financial institutions and are prolly saying to yourself that doge is on par with being some type of financial institution because besides serving as a currency, it serves as a payment Network. Doge at a dollar also beats out Square, the payment network. Square has about 5000 employees who serve hundreds of millions of clients. At that price doge would be bigger than the Kuwaiti Dinar, Nigerian Niara and the the Argentine Peso. But Doge was about halfway to a dollar, so lets start to dream a bit and see what doge at 10$ or 100$ would look like:\n\n 10$ * 128,343,760,640 = 1,283,437,606,400\n\nSo at 10$ doge would have a 1,2 trillion dollar market cap which is about the size of Bitcoins. Since Doge is way better than BTC, this is totally possible. Even if BTC goes up more, doge would still, more than likely be able to secure the #2 spot with over a trillion dollar market cap. Only BTC has broken the trillion dollar market cap ceiling and if there is a crypto that can do it second, it's Doge. Eth would have to make it to 8,700 an ETH for it to break the trillion dollar barrier. Whats more likely, Doge to 10$ or ETH to 8,7k ? Not many companies have over a 1 Trillion dollar market cap, so at 10$ per doge it would surpass Facebook, Tesla and Berkshire Hathaway. At 1 Trillion doge surpasses all the payment networks: Visa's piddly 500 billion, get smoked. As far as FIAT goes, Doge at 10$ would surpass those currencies of Russia, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. At 11$ it would be worth more than all the silver in the world. But doge isn't stopping there. It will make it to 100$\n\n 100$ * 128,343,760,640 = 12,8838,376,064,000\n\nSo at 100$ per doge the market capitalization would be 12,8 trillion. It would be worth more than all the gold on the plant (11 trillion) and be worth more than any company in existence. Blowing Apple, Microsoft and google out of the water. As far as FIAT currencies go, doge at 100 would mean it's marketcap would be higher than that of the British pound, The Canadian Dollar, and the Swiss franc (Those are just a bunch of old stuffy bills with dead white one them) Not bad for the doggy coin, no?\n\n**The haters will say that doge to 1$,10 or 100$ isn't possible. But never underestimate the power of the Dogecoin meme and how far we have already taken this!**\n\n\nsources: https://coinmarketcap.com/\n\nhttps://8marketcap.com/?page=1\n\nhttps://www.fiatmarketcap.com/\n\nhttps://thecoinperspective.com/?c=DOGE\n\nEDIT: before you downvote, **ask yourself if this is or isn't satire**"}, {"title": "All of a sudden, I don\u2019t feel bad shilling Harmony ONE", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myzbfr/all_of_a_sudden_i_dont_feel_bad_shilling_harmony/", "selftext": "Since this last week, after doing my own DD on Harmony ONE, if I ever saw any post asking for coin recommendation, I suggested them ONE. \n\nBut somewhere I was also feeling a bit guilty of shilling it. What if it tanked, or what if it doesn\u2019t do as well as I think it is going to? Why did I even suggest something, etc etc. \n\nThankfully, when I woke up today and saw the charts, it felt like a weight was lifted off of me. \n\nMaybe I was overthinking, since I am very new to crypto, I might be taking things too seriously. \n\nBut the greenery ONE showed today just made me really happy, and I don\u2019t feel guilty of shilling it. \ud83d\ude80\ud83d\ude80 \n\nThank you for letting me vent."}, {"title": "Bitcoin Fees", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myz9hk/bitcoin_fees/", "selftext": "They are out of control. I just looked how much it would be to send some from my Exodus wallet. $14! From my Uphold account, it's even higher, which is making me keep my BTC there instead of transfer it to Exodus.\n\nIs the Bitcoin network doing anything to address this problem? A few years ago it seemed like they were trying to upgrade to reduce fees, but I haven't heard anything recently. Other cryptos are keeping fees low. ETH has the big 2.0 plans. What does Bitcoin plan? Just ignore the problem?\n\n(I'm not knocking BTC. I own a lot of it and keep dollar-cost averaging in every week. I am just curious what is being discussed to fix this issue, if anything)"}, {"title": "If you have a coin that can be staked, and you are not staking, you are really missing out (includes list of coins/tokens that can be staked!)", "score": 16, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myz8mt/if_you_have_a_coin_that_can_be_staked_and_you_are/", "selftext": "I get that a lot of people that get into crypto just want to treat it like a typical investment. Buy, HODL, and check it every now and then. But there are a lot of great opportunities to make passive income through staking, and it's actually extremely easy to do if you take 5 minutes to read how to do it for your particular coin.\n\nAdditionally, staking is part of what helps to create a healthy ecosystem for your coin/token. You're basically being paid to support and help your crypto appreciate in price.\n\nBottom line: If you have a coin that can be staked, and you're not, you're doing it wrong. If your coin is on the list below, find out how to stake it and get going!\n\nCoins that can be staked:\n\nETH\n\nQTUM\n\nEOS\n\nADA\n\nVET\n\nONE\n\nATOM\n\nXTZ\n\nALGO\n\nNEO\n\nBNB\n\nNOW\n\nDASH\n\nTRX\n\nPIVX\n\nNAV\n\nDOT\n\nKSM\n\nANKR\n\nNEXO\n\nCRO\n\n**Happy staking!**\n\nEDIT: Added more coins"}, {"title": "People are underestimating what happens when all these big banks like JP Morgan have an interest in Bitcoin going up in value.", "score": 28, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myz7b3/people_are_underestimating_what_happens_when_all/", "selftext": "Today it was revealed that JP Morgan will be launching a bitcoin fund in a few months. It follows in the footsteps of several other big banks doing the same. \n\nWhen they launch these funds they will do everything in their power to make sure they are successful. Banks don't launch these things and then just sit around and do nothing. They use their massive wealth and experience to make sure things work out. \n\nWhat happens when all these investments banks and hedge funds buy bitcoin and then do everything in their power to make it a success? For 12 year bitcoin has had to fight for every single bit of success and it has managed to thrive in the face of powerful opposition. But what happens when the same institutions that bitcoin has fought then turn around and join the team? \n\nWhen all these bitcoin funds from the banks launch all of a sudden they have a vested interest in making sure it's successful."}, {"title": "Top NFL Prospect Trevor Lawrence Signs Deal with Blockfolio, Will Receive Bonus in Crypto", "score": 21, "url": "https://decrypt.co/69064/nfl-trevor-lawrence-signs-endorsement-deal-with-blockfolio-ftx?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sm", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Stock market switching to blockchain - how and why?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myz3v5/stock_market_switching_to_blockchain_how_and_why/", "selftext": "With all the fuckery going on around Gamestop recently and the echo chambers of Reddit being filled with (sometimes more, sometimes less quality) information about all the strange things that happen not only around Gamestop itself but the US stock market in general I was wondering what would the possibility for the whole stock market switching to a blockchain based technology which makes it basically impossible to give market makers all these unfair advantages they use at the moment to rip off retail investors and makes it impossible to \"win\"?\n\nWho can decide/regulate this? Who would be in a position to sign laws to change the whole stock market to a blockchain system? What lobbies have to be convinced and would there be any chance at all to implement these kinds of changes regarding all the money that will be lost for all of the big whales with their day to day shady behaviour?\n\nI know, I know: stock market = bad, crypto = awesome. However the basic idea of an open and free stock market is awesome in my eyes. However like most traditional systems it lacks fairness and true freedom. So why not unfuck it with new technology?"}, {"title": "Looking for some info on Nexo", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myz2p7/looking_for_some_info_on_nexo/", "selftext": "Someone I know opened a Nexo wallet recently and deposited a sum of Bitcoin into it to accumulate interest through Nexo\u2019s system. I had a few questions I need answered before I invest.\n\nFirstly, I was wondering how secure and trustworthy Nexo is, what their reputation is like, and if anyone has had any personal experience with Nexo.\n\nSecond, I was wondering what sort of percentage of Bitcoin holdings would be a reasonable investment into Nexo. Based on risk vs. reward.\n\nAs a HODLer I\u2019m not looking to make a quick buck and would rather hold on to my balance than take a deep dive into something unpredictable. I\u2019m really just trying to get a little bit more momentum behind my investments and see if it can be a little more productive."}, {"title": "I did it guys, got through my first dip!", "score": 18, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myz201/i_did_it_guys_got_through_my_first_dip/", "selftext": "So I\u2019m a newbie in the crypto market, only started about three months ago and almost had a stroke seeing the charts last week or so, but thanks to many a kind souls in this sub I held on, the desire to sell it and just be done was big but I decided to give you guys a listen and wait it out , well to my surprise (or not) the market is recovering and I\u2019m in the green again. People talk shit about this sub and its members but in all honesty there\u2019s so much knowledge to be had here. Thanks guys."}, {"title": "Anyone looked into Strikecoin?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.strikecoin.co/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "(Noob) what should a trader consider when it comes to selling a position?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myyzne/noob_what_should_a_trader_consider_when_it_comes/", "selftext": "Edit: fuck the haters who decide to downvote just because i've asked a noobie question. So many arrogant bitchboys on here just fuck off. \n\nGotta fill the description cause of the stupid rule: \n\nMoon bois Moon bois Moon bois Moon bois\nMoon bois Moon bois Moon bois Moon bois\nMoon bois Moon bois Moon bois Moon bois\nMoon bois Moon bois Moon bois Moon bois\nMoon bois Moon bois Moon bois Moon bois\nMoon bois Moon bois Moon bois Moon bois\nMoon bois Moon bois Moon bois Moon bois\nMoon bois Moon bois Moon bois Moon bois"}, {"title": "In 1 week I will be giving $500 worth of Bitcoin to everyone who finances their home with my mortgage company.", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myyx46/in_1_week_i_will_be_giving_500_worth_of_bitcoin/", "selftext": "I am trying to get more of the population (older than millennials), to get some idea of what all this Bitcoin and crypto talk is all about. We will be offering educational links and signup links to the top exchanges to try to make it easy for your 60 year old dad/granddad to get their hands on some crypto. \n\nIf any of you guys/gals have any ideas of educational links that make it very easy for a newbie to get a basic idea, or which platform (other than coinbase), that makes things easy, I would love to hear about it. If you list an exchange, please include some details on why you think it\u2019s good. Thank you!\n\nEdit: The reason I say no coinbase is because I am already quite familiar with coinbase and coinbase pro so I can handle that one. Just looking for other options."}, {"title": "Moon Farming as Full Time Job?", "score": 17, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myywew/moon_farming_as_full_time_job/", "selftext": "Yesterday, I saw someone posting how many moons you'd need to basically turn it into a full-time job. (The poster used approximately $31k as baseline.) Then I saw another post that someone was able to farm enough Moons to buy a camel in Egypt that would change their life (for those wondering, it's about 2,500 - 5,000 Moons). Then I also saw someone mentioned that they are able buy an ice cream with a Moon in their country. I've also stumbled across a couple other posts in the past about how Crypto or Moon Farming had changed their lives, particularly in a developing country. So I got curious and wanted to see how many Moons one would need to hit that minimum wage requirement in a number of places. There were some shockingly low numbers and I wanted to share with you all.\n\nThe data came from Wikipedia, and I only used the hourly and annual wage column. The data uses the lowest minimum number and may be different from your experience/what you know. I highlighted the highest (Australia) and lowest (The Gambia) to provide a contrast. I also used a price of $0.08 USD per Moon. Link below in case the image won't show up...\n\n[https://imgur.com/a/waEOIRI](https://imgur.com/a/waEOIRI)\n\nLastly, I just want to say that be smart about your investment. Crypto can make you really rich or broke overnight. Invest/play within your own means. For those who are looking to just pump and dump and get rich in 3 days, what you can potentially lose could be someone's years of livelihood. So... Keep farming?\n\nhttps://preview.redd.it/hxtp4xbm2jv61.jpg?width=1700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7f6660977f4fae64ef96023d7c91fdf66581d33"}, {"title": "Camping World will now let you buy an RV with Bitcoin", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2021/04/26/camping-world-accepts-bitcoin.html", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Offering assistance to those new to cryptocurrencies", "score": 11, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myyvym/offering_assistance_to_those_new_to/", "selftext": "Every day I see people asking which coin to invest in next, and another person who got scammed.\n\nPlease remember to avoid these scams.\n\n1. Never send your private keys or recovery words to anyone. That includes me, or any mods or admins. (Especially since there are a lot of people posing as admins who aren't.)\n2. There are fake crypto apps on the apple store, always search on reddit before inputting any keys. There is no official Trezor app, for example, but there was a fake 'Trezor' wallet app.\n3. You did not win a free giveaway of BTC/ETH/whatever. I've been in this space for years, not once have any of these been legit. And almost all of them require you to send cryptocurrency to them first, or go to some never-heard-of website.\n4. Fake exchanges: There's a recent scam where people promise you gains and ask you to go to some fake exchange. ALWAYS look up the exchange on Reddit before inputting any personal information or sending any money. What are the chances someone's developed a major trading site and there aren't even 10 people on here who have used it?\n5. Fake wallets: There are fake wallets out there, again, look them up, if no one's heard of it, ask around before using it. Highly unlikely there is a legit wallet that no one's used before. (this is often tied to #3)\n\nI've made enough in cryptocurrency that I don't work anymore. I'm offering free assistance to anyone new to the space, to help them avoid scams and how to get started. Feel free to PM me, telegram me, discord message me or whatever.\n\nIn general the best way to invest in cryptocurrency is just to buy BTC and wait. But seems the majority of people aren't willing to do that."}, {"title": "Bitcoin Bull Run - So Many Price Corrections", "score": 0, "url": "https://youtu.be/ohOUWMDVjng", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "JPMorgan is preparing to offer an actively managed bitcoin fund", "score": 10, "url": "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/102843/jpmorgan-actively-managed-bitcoin-fund-report", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Harmony!", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/chart/ONEUSD/b7AILKXv-Harmony-ONE-Crypto-100-gain-potential-to-28-30-cents/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Is Coinberry really this bad/slow?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myyq7o/is_coinberry_really_this_badslow/", "selftext": "I sent a large e transfer to coinberry on Thursday. It shows up in my account as \u201creceiving\u201d so they obviously have the funds already but are not giving me access in my account. I Tried the \u201crecover funds\u201d feature but it said the funds are there. Sent them a support email every day. Is this normal? Or is this platform total garbage?"}, {"title": "Iota partnerd with crypto finance ag", "score": 17, "url": "https://blog.iota.org/crypto-finance-ag-and-iota/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "This video made me buy more Crypto", "score": 3, "url": "https://youtu.be/mmuysv17T9M", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Am I the only one that wants more and more stable Euro-Stablecoins?", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myyk9g/am_i_the_only_one_that_wants_more_and_more_stable/", "selftext": "I understand that stable coins are focused on US dollar. As a European citizen, I still have disadvantages using US stable coins.\n\nI know that there is a Euro coin, but the small market cap makes an investment difficult for me, also taking the high volatility in mind. \n\nAny European here to share insights and if there is interest out there to push this type of coin forward? Thanks!"}, {"title": "DeFi Lending/Borrowing Questions", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myyk1n/defi_lendingborrowing_questions/", "selftext": "Tried posting in the daily but didn't really get any responses. \n\nHave a couple questions to understand DeFI lending/borrowing:\n\n- My understanding is that you need to provide collateral, does the lender get this once the contract has been agreed?\n- Do lenders provide a max loan based on how much collateral you can provide?\n- I understand that interest is automatically adjusted, but how is it paid? Do you need to have X amount in a wallet which is then automatically sent to the lender, do you manually need to send interest, or is it simply added to the total loan cost? \n- If interest is automatically paid, what happens if you withdraw all of the crypto in the wallet that was used to pay the interest?\n- There must be cases where borrowers take the loan and stop paying it back, so the lender keeps the collateral but loses money as the loan > collateral? How do lenders offset these losses?\n\nJust trying to understand the process a bit better. In Canada you have to go though banks and such for loans, where you need to provide your SIN number. They know who you are and if you don't pay, they'll likely sell it to debt collectors and your credit score will take a hit which affects your ability to get future loans, mortgage, etc."}, {"title": "JPMorgan said to be preparing bitcoin fund for private wealth clients", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/jpmorgan-said-to-be-preparing-bitcoin-fund-for-private-wealth-clients-20210426", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "US Bank, State Street Back $30M Raise for Institutional Crypto Builder Securrency", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/us-bank-state-street-back-30m-raise-for-institutional-crypto-builder-securrency", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "ANT GROUP, the People's Bank of China and the Digital Yuan", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myyimq/ant_group_the_peoples_bank_of_china_and_the/", "selftext": "[Ant Group working with China's Central Bank on its CBDC since 2017](https://www.coindesk.com/ant-group-working-with-china-central-bank-cbdc-2017-report)\n\nI have my own serious misgivings about any centralized, government digital currency. This article still has merit on the how and in what mechanisms private companies interact with a central bank. While this precedent may be more unique due to China's more heavy-handed policy-making, it will likely serve as a rough template for future central bank forays in CBDCs.\n\nTencent also seems to be involved in digital currency tests since early 2018."}, {"title": "Trevor Lawrence Makes First Investment Move With First-Of-Its-Kind Partnership With Blockfolio", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chriscason/2021/04/26/trevor-lawrence-makes-first-investment-move-with-first-of-its-kind-partnership-with-blockfolio/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "MATIC vs Circulation Suply", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myyd3r/matic_vs_circulation_suply/", "selftext": "I hold MATIC and couldn\u2019t be more proud of the project and it\u2019s goals. \n\nAnd although it has so much potential on scalability and instant blockchain transactions isn\u2019t the current circulating supply a problem, to its own value ? \n\nLooking for some insight."}, {"title": "Wrap Protocol Brings Ethereum Tokens and NFTs to Tezos: ERC-20 and ERC-721 tokens can now be traded on Tezos.", "score": 7, "url": "https://decrypt.co/69088/wrap-protocol-brings-ethereum-tokens-and-nfts-to-tezos", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "What is Market Cap? Actually.", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myy6yk/what_is_market_cap_actually/", "selftext": "EDIT: I want to preface this by saying market cap can still be a good indicator of some things. This post mostly just points out how it is not a representation of the amount of money in an asset.\n\nMarket Capitalization in Cryptocurrency is still severely misunderstood. Even by those who lash out at newcomers when they want to buy a cheap coin, ranting about the market cap. \n\nThere's a reason the formula for Market Capitalization in Crypto is generally structured the same way every time:\n\n>Market Capitalization = Price \\* Circulating Supply\n\nIt's because Market Capitalization is a byproduct of those two factors and not the other way around. There seems to be some wide misunderstanding that Market Cap represents the total amount of money that has flowed into an asset (\"Wow! People have spent $1T in total on Bitcoin.), when in reality it's nothing more than a very rough estimate, *if that*. In reality, if I bought $50B in Bitcoin right now, we would most likely *not* see the market cap move by $50B.\n\nTo understand why it's not a good estimate, you have to understand how prices are set. They're set by us. More specifically, they're set by the Bid and Ask spread ([https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bid-and-ask.asp](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bid-and-ask.asp)), while exchanges simply provide us with the means of trading, and arbitrageurs keep each exchange at a similar rate. Imagine this scenario, while realistically it will never happen, it is theoretically possible.\n\n>Some sort of new technology has been developed allowing only Bitcoin holders of any amount to communicate. For some reason, every single holder uses this technology and every single one of them come to agreement that will not sell Bitcoin at the market price of $60k, and instead ask for $100k per Bitcoin. For some reason, buyers are still willing to set bids as high as $100k.\n\nHere are two questions to sum up this post:\n\nWhat happens to the price of Bitcoin?\n\nThe Market Cap at $60k was \\~$1.2T, the market cap now at $100k is \\~$1.85T. Does this mean $650B worth of Bitcoin was bought?"}, {"title": "Why we are still early: Polled investors and fund managers recommend bitcoin to make up \"less than a 10% weighting, if any at all\" of your portfolio", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.investors.com/etfs-and-funds/personal-finance/bitcoin-price-plays-how-much-should-you-invest-not-much-advisors-warn/?src=A00220", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Watch out from fake wallet supports !", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myy1xh/watch_out_from_fake_wallet_supports/", "selftext": "Hello everyone,\n\nI just wanted to mention about few guys who contacted me to offer some help about my wallets and etc. DONT FALL FOR THAT ! No one from the supports team will ask you about things like this on their own.\n\nOne of the usernames was \"kodociv\" . \n\nStay safe ladies and gentlemans."}, {"title": "a short Story from Turkey", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myy1kh/a_short_story_from_turkey/", "selftext": "Yesterday i spoke a long time with a friend from Turkey. \nAnd i want to recomment his story for all rekt guys who lost a bit last weeks:\n\n\\- The turkey LIRA halfed in last 3 Years. His life savings from 2018: 30.000 Eurare now 15.000 Eur \n\\- so he made the decission, like many of turkey ppl, to invest in BTC. He bought from his life savings BTC at around 60k in March \n\\- The Btc dropped to 50k \n\\- His goverment stopped the BTC exchange until end of april \n\\- He sold at BTC 53k (lost 10% of his life savings again) \n\\- Yesterday evening at the sunday btc dip a lot rumor goes around in the turkey community that the btc will drop to 43k and below. He got some financial advice to take his monay in a future short BTC (he never made it before, had no idea from s/l's) \n\\- he woke up today morning with a liquidation\n\nMaybe someone can learn from his story: \n\n\nNEVER put your hole life savings on 1 coin \nNEVER take some financial advice \nNEVER let your goverment half your money or forbid a new global currency \nNEVER sell a loss until you can wait"}, {"title": "Shitcoin Manual", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myxzna/shitcoin_manual/", "selftext": "Wassa wassa wassaaaap\n\nI've made a comprehensive guide for everyone to make their own fortune. Please let me know if you feel that I have missed any steps:\n\nCopy contract from shitcoin - adjust tx details if necessary: \n\nBasic: \n10% fees - 5% locked in liquidity, 5% redistributed, 11-12% slippage\n\nOR for some extra flavour (charity tokens): 2.5% locked in liquidity, 2.5% donated to charity & 5% redistributed, 7-10% slippage\n\nBuild hype on r/cryptomoonshots\n\nCreate telegram/discord and draw noobs in\n\nPre-sale on DxSale\n\nFor charity tokens: Make initial donation at this stage\n\nDoxxing yourself at this stage is now the popular choice - build trust in the ~~suckers~~ investors by showing your face earlier.\n\nRaise funds for the coveted WhiteBIT listing, if you feel like going that extra step BitMart listing as well\n\nContinue to espouse plans to open exchange/NFT exchange. All non-charity tokens may wish to talk about plans on donating money or starting charity project\n\nContinue creating hype about more listings, and then proceed to get listed on some obscure exchanges while maintaining Binance soon...\n\n\nBide your time and pull rug once you have made a satisfactory amount of profit."}, {"title": "Finding Hidden gems can we do it and get rich?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myxyzl/finding_hidden_gems_can_we_do_it_and_get_rich/", "selftext": "I saw some youtube couple of days that share new hidden gem that just launched with a good team and good marketing and vision and I am already 5x.\n\nShe said it can get up to 100x and easy 10x without any problem. \n\n​\n\nShe give a good call of good alts in the past and this why I was confident to listen to her.\n\nnot going to publish the gem here to avoid any rules breaking.\n\n​\n\nBut the real question is this - It seems to me really easy money just put your money and hidden gems when they are launch and get rich?\n\nDo there are plenty of hidden gems like this?\n\nDo you also do this?"}, {"title": "So, Etoro now has a Crypto Wallet...", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myxydr/so_etoro_now_has_a_crypto_wallet/", "selftext": "According to their update, \"the eToro Money Crypto Wallet will still have all the same Crypto Wallet functionality that you are used to, including the ability to transfer your cryptoassets into the Crypto Wallet from the eToro investment platform, as well as to safely store them there.\n\n \nThe name change is not random. The evolution of eToro Wallet into eToro Money Crypto Wallet promises a new and bigger experience, with a broader range of services.\"\n\nWhile I personally do not recommend Etoro as a Crypto platform, I am interested to see how they plan on improving their services in this regard. It just shows the continuous movement towards crypto being more accessible to the general public."}, {"title": "We already made it", "score": 15, "url": "/r/Bitcoin/comments/myup8e/for_someone_trading_bitcoin_on_a_24_inch_monitor/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "My top 5 Alt Projects, their White Papers, and some promising news for the future.", "score": 26, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myxwnm/my_top_5_alt_projects_their_white_papers_and_some/", "selftext": "Reading the White Paper for a project is an important part of Doing Your Own Research, so I feel its important that I link them here as well.\n\nThis is meant to be an informative answer to a very common question in this sub, \"What are some good altcoins/projects?\"\n\n**LINK** \\- ChainLink - [https://link.smartcontract.com/whitepaper](https://link.smartcontract.com/whitepaper) \n\nNews - [https://www.coindesk.com/tezos-blockchain-chainlink-oracle-services](https://www.coindesk.com/tezos-blockchain-chainlink-oracle-services) \n\n* More and more Blockchains are adopting ChainLink as their Oracle. If you don't know know what an Oracle is, its something that pulls data from outside of the Blockchain to feed into a Smart Contract. \n\n\"Suppose that Alice and Bob place a bet on who the winner of the US presidential election will be. Alice believes that the Republican candidate will win, while Bob believes that the Democrat will be the winner. They agree on the terms of the bet and lock their funds in a smart contract, which will release all the funds to the winner based on the results of the election.\n\nSince the smart contract cannot interact with external data, it has to depend on an oracle to feed it the necessary information \u2013 in this case, the results of the presidential election. After the election is over, the oracle queries a trusted API to find out which candidate has won and relays this information to the smart contract. The contract then sends the funds to Alice or Bob, depending on the outcome.\"\n\n​\n\n**VET** \\- VeChain - [https://www.vechain.org/whitepaper/](https://www.vechain.org/whitepaper/)\n\nNews - [https://www.vechain.org/salesforce-director-of-strategy-architecture-successfully-tested-enterprise-adoption-ideas-on-vechainthor/](https://www.vechain.org/salesforce-director-of-strategy-architecture-successfully-tested-enterprise-adoption-ideas-on-vechainthor/) \n\n* Partnership with Salesforce is going to be massive in the future. Along with already existing partnerships including: Walmart, Ford, IBM, Dell, Cisco.\n\n​\n\n**ALGO** \\- Algorand - [https://algorandcom.cdn.prismic.io/algorandcom%2Fece77f38-75b3-44de-bc7f-805f0e53a8d9\\_theoretical.pdf](https://algorandcom.cdn.prismic.io/algorandcom%2Fece77f38-75b3-44de-bc7f-805f0e53a8d9_theoretical.pdf) \n\nNews - [https://www.algorand.com/resources/news/carbon\\_negative\\_announcement](https://www.algorand.com/resources/news/carbon_negative_announcement) \n\n* Whether you care about it or not, crypto as a whole has a negative stigma in terms of Green Energy thanks to BTC farming. A project proving it can do the same thing as BTC at a fraction of the energy use is relevant. And this one is bringing together DeFi, traditional finance, and CBDC's.\n\n**XLM** \\- Stellar Lumens - [https://www.stellar.org/papers/stellar-consensus-protocol?locale=en](https://www.stellar.org/papers/stellar-consensus-protocol?locale=en) \\-\n\nNews - [https://dailyhodl.com/2021/04/13/music-mogul-akon-working-with-two-african-nations-to-build-crypto-powered-cities/](https://dailyhodl.com/2021/04/13/music-mogul-akon-working-with-two-african-nations-to-build-crypto-powered-cities/) \n\n* All hail our new Crypto Overlord, Akon!\n\n​\n\n**XMR** \\- Monero - [https://github.com/monero-project/research-lab/blob/master/whitepaper/whitepaper.pdf](https://github.com/monero-project/research-lab/blob/master/whitepaper/whitepaper.pdf) \\-\n\nNews - [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mkj20r/someone\\_is\\_spending\\_tens\\_of\\_millions\\_of\\_dollars/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mkj20r/someone_is_spending_tens_of_millions_of_dollars/)\n\n* There is also a fat government contract out to the first person who can decrypto the Monero Blockchain. They wouldn't give two shits about it if it wasn't a big deal."}, {"title": "Happy coin, a new coin that support charity.", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.thehappycoin.co/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Kansas City Chief's Sean Culkin to Convert Entire NFL Salary Into Bitcoin", "score": 10, "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/chiefs-tight-end-sean-culkin-124611612.html", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Are you emotionally attached to your portfolio?", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myxru6/are_you_emotionally_attached_to_your_portfolio/", "selftext": "I ask because I am. It would be difficult to sell some of my coins/tokens. We've been through a lot. Dumps, pumps, hype, hate... I just can't imagine selling my very first crypto, or my first x3 coin. Is it weird? Am i too emotional? Perhaps. \n\nOf course there are some coins I would sell without thinking twice about it.\n\nAnd what about you? Is it just a tool to make money? Are there any coins/tokens that are important for you? \n\nHave a nice day guys :)!"}, {"title": "Kansas City's Sean Culkin becomes first NFL player to get FULL SALARY in Bitcoin", "score": 22, "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/kansas-citys-sean-culkin-becomes-first-nfl-player-get-full-salary-bitcoin-1586341?piano_t=1", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Business Research Series [2]: Understanding Managers' Reactions to Blockchain Technologies in the Supply Chain", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myxksc/business_research_series_2_understanding_managers/", "selftext": "This is the second in a series of posts related to BlockChain adoption that I am doing based on requests. The idea behind this series is to share the latest research from information systems and supply chain management to discuss what actual research tells us as opposed to the hype-machine that is main stream media. I hope this series generates insightful discussion, and helps us all understand the value of blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies.\n\nToday's paper is \"Understanding Managers\u2019 Reactions to Blockchain Technologies in the Supply Chain: The Reliable and Unbiased Software Agent\" by Falcone et al. (citation: Falcone, Ellie C., Zachary R. Steelman, and John A. Aloysius. \"Understanding Managers\u2019 Reactions to Blockchain Technologies in the Supply Chain: The Reliable and Unbiased Software Agent.\" Journal of Business Logistics (2020).)\n\n- **Motivation**\n - Organizations regularly invest in multi\u2010million dollar, multi\u2010stakeholder supply chain information systems and have consistently struggled to ensure a successful adoption and implementation process.\n - While some of these multi\u2010million dollar implementation projects fail due to technical caveats or the system\u2019s lack of ability to fully meet the specified business needs, others fail because of inadequate implementation process planning and management (\n - Effective internal and external implementation process management is required to successfully implement these technological innovations, especially across multi\u2010firm supply chain networks\n - The introduction of technologies into the firm, especially those that are novel, requires strong organizational commitment to the technology and IT within the organization to see optimal success\n - This implementation process becomes more complicated when exploring technologies that are interorganizational in nature. This includes supply chain systems, which necessitate strong interorganizational collaborations that historically have been problematic to encourage across multiple supply chain partners (\n - Therefore, understanding how managers of supply chain partners perceive and support a new technology is a crucial first step toward understanding the implementation process management and its success\n - However, understanding why supply chain partners accept or reject a technology has proven to be challenging\n - While extant blockchain research primarily focuses on explaining what blockchain technology is, how it functions, and its proposed benefits (Gramoli [2017](#jbl12263-bib-0027); Aste et al. [2017](#jbl12263-bib-0007); Novo [2018](#jbl12263-bib-0060)), little is known about the specific aspects of blockchain that actually drive supply chain managers\u2019 willingness to adopt and use this technology due to its newness across industries. The proposed informational and transactional benefits of blockchain technologies are only fully realized when all participants in a network are utilizing the system to create a single record of the truth (Iansiti and Lakhani [2017](#jbl12263-bib-0037)).\n - This new, shared, collaborative technology implementation has the potential to disrupt many traditional supply chain systems, as every trading partner\u2019s records are automatically updated and verified in the blockchain system and are viewable instantly by the other supply chain partners.\n - Blockchain technologies introduce the ability for the system to potentially take on the role of traditional intermediaries (e.g., brokers, banks, import, and export agencies) as an unbiased, automated software agent (Nissen and Sengupta [2006](#jbl12263-bib-0059)) embedded within the supply chain network. \n - This research takes a novel approach by examining whether __managers__ who are agents of supply chain partners exhibit similar perceptions of risk, trustworthiness and justice toward blockchain technologies, which may replace traditional organizations that often serve as intermediaries.\n - There are two research questions that this paper aims to answer\n - __how blockchain technology features drive manager\u2019s willingness to adopt and use this emergent technology within the supply chain__\n - __whether these perceptions of risk, trust, and justice mediate the relationship between the blockchain technology and manager\u2019s willingness to adopt and use the technology__ as in traditional supply chain relationships.\n- **Hypotheses**\n - A distributed ledger lowers the probability, and magnitude of potential losses during information transmission by ensuring transaction records is immutable and accessible despite potential partner network outages. A supply chain partner falsifying or changing prior transactions is easily traced to a specific record due to embedded blockchain consensus mechanisms. Direct P2P communication between supply chain partners will grow visibility and transparency between those partners by increasing data access, ensuring transactional obligations, and providing ongoing monitoring of all network transactions.\n - **Blockchain design features have a direct negative effect on manager's risk perceptions**\n - Trustworthiness of a technology has two compnoents\n - __competence__ : reflects the confidence in a technology to perform its intended behavior without flaws and inconsistencies\n - __integrity__ : reflects whether the technology adheres to a set of accepted rules.\n - **Blockchain design features promote manager's trustworthiness in technology**\n - The perceived justice embedded within the supply chain network enables members to work together, share strategic goals, and succeed as a team without worrying about the opportunism, bias, and fraud that other partners in the network may exhibit. A successful supply chain is built on cooperation and collaboration, which is facilitated if partners have the same understanding and fairness of outcomes of the procedures involved in managing the relationship\n - It has three components\n - __procedural__: perceived fairness of policies and procedures associated with the distribution of outcomes and rewards\n - __distributive__: content of fairness that focuses on the fairness of outcome distributions and partner contributions\n - __interactional__: focuses on day-to-day communication and interaction processes that refer to the degree to which the partners perceive equality and fairness\n - **Blockchain design features have a direct positive effect on managers' perception of justice**\n- **Testing The Hypotheses**\n - The authors tested their hypotheses by using a scenario based survey experiment. \n - Participants were business managers - 35% were supply chain managers, and 44% were information technology managers. \n - Final sample was 141 respondents out of 258 original respondents (some failed manipulation checks, some did not complete the survey)\n- **Findings**\n - **The authors found that the __competence__ part of trustworthiness and __distributive justice __were significant factors that contributed to the managers willingness to use blockchains in supply chain management**\n- **Managerial Insights**\n - The next big hurdle in the diffusion of blockchain technologies is managers\u2019 willingness to use blockchain as organizations and supply chains being to integrate this technology into their processes.\n - Managers should be aware that blockchains may eventually function as the unbiased software agent once successfully integrated into the interactional processes, as it can autonomously standardize, monitor, and coordinate all the data and processes in the supply chains that traditional third parties and mediators may have served. Users of blockchain technologies will have to shift from trusting in a human behind the screen making decisions to trusting the algorithm and processes that are embedded into the blockchain technology.\n - the success of a large, inter-organizational technology implementation may depend on the complexities of the communications process in sharing the features, benefits, and outcomes of using a specific technology, focusing on effective communication and the education of key design features of blockchain technology while reducing the potential bias of media hype in the market will facilitate the first step of a successful implementation.\n - results indicate that to enhance such communications, managers need to understand the impacts that blockchain design features have on the trustworthiness and justice that an embedded software agent can provide over traditional technology designs. More specifically, an understanding of which mediating mechanisms that have been shown to be important in traditional B2B interactions (e.g., risk, trust, justice) is applicable in a blockchain context and which should be leveraged as talking points to encourage future use.\n - This research presented the concept of blockchain technologies to nontechnical professionals through the discussion of its core features instead of pushing the __term__ blockchain, which may present biased perceptions due to the media coverage and hype around specific instances of blockchain implementations such as cryptocurrencies.\n - The researchers introduced the notion of a software agent and two underlying features that, when combined, create blockchain technologies (DLT and P2P) and subsequently provide examples of how these features can lead to operational improvements (higher efficiency, consistency, and reachability) across supply chains. The discussion of these operational improvements at a feature level and the mechanisms through which they impact managers and supply chain agents\u2014instead of through the term blockchain, with its associated media bias\u2014may provide a more effective method for encouraging willingness to use.\n- **Limitations**\n - This research looks at the outcomes of blockchain technology, as opposed to how blockchains works\n - It is scenario based survey research. You cannot be absolutely sure that the participants can \"put themselves in the scenario\". There is imagination involved, and therefore this research may have issues with internal validity. \n - Sample size was okay, but only 35% were Supply Chain managers. This might color the findings.\n- **TLDR; So What?**\n - **To encourage blockchain adoption in supply chains, try to dissociate the technology from crypto currencies** : do this be reframing the technology in other terms.\n - **promote the competence of the technology**\n - **promote the distributive justice aspect of the technology, i.e. encourage people to see that the outcomes of adoption are proportional to the efforts that supply chain partners put in.**"}, {"title": "What is a good mining setup for a small scale miner? What returns should I expect with 40MH/s?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myxh59/what_is_a_good_mining_setup_for_a_small_scale/", "selftext": " Fellow GPU Melters,\n\nI am one of many who uses their AMD/RTX card in their PC to mine while they are at work/school. I have used a couple mining softwares like: Nicehash, 2miners, and easyminer. I have found that out of these Nicehash is the least customizable, but also provided the most stable return around $5(AUD)/24hrs. With the others, there were weeks where I would make $10(AUD)+/24hrs, but other days my rig would crash or disconnect and I'd miss out on a day or more. So they each had pros and cons.\n\nI have an RTX 2060 which when overclocked correctly (depending on the algorithm) can get from 35-45Mh/s. Yes I know it isn't much, but the profit with Nicehash as it stands is enough to pay my internet bill every month ($150).\n\nMy questions is this: I have messed around with lots of mining software that promises huge returns only to take a 3% cut in fine print, or takes no cut but just terrible pools that never find any blocks. Is there one software, or currency that a small time GPU melter can use that is doing really well atm? Or is that the million dollar question? Let me know, I'm all ears. I also do CS by trade, so if the answer is to code my own algorithm, thats not the worst outcome !!\n\nTLDR: What software should I use to mine with a 40MH/s rig."}, {"title": "Giant American Wine Seller Now Accepts Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and Ethereum", "score": 18, "url": "https://cryptopotato.com/giant-american-wine-seller-now-accepts-bitcoin-dogecoin-and-ethereum/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Big Banks Moving Toward Crypto, Crypto Firms Moving towards banking. If you continue to leave your crypto in exchanges it will get worse \ud83d\ude43", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/tv/first-mover/first-mover-april-26-2021", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "So other than Pornhub, what other big brands are currently accepting crypto as payment.", "score": 14, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myxbng/so_other_than_pornhub_what_other_big_brands_are/", "selftext": "It would be interesting to know what big companies that accepts crypto, as in actually contributing to the community and not just shilling it for their own agenda.\n\nTesla i suppose is another one but do they actually accept crypto payments. That is the big question.\n\nIf we coukd avoid obvious names like coinbase etc that would be lovely.\n\nMake my day."}, {"title": "Here is a pro-tip for all the newcomers out there when buying Crypto", "score": 30, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myxblp/here_is_a_protip_for_all_the_newcomers_out_there/", "selftext": "If you are thinking about getting into the game and buying some crypto you should always avoid the dangerous months to invest in the market. Please consider the following while you are deciding to purchase:\n\nOctober: This is one of the particularly dangerous months to invest in cryptocurrency.\n\nOther dangerous months are: July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.\n\n​\n\nJust be cautious when buying, only buy what you can afford to lose."}, {"title": "Largest Crypto Exchange Binance Adds Apple, Microsoft, MicroStrategy Stock Tokens", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/21/04/20785535/largest-crypto-exchange-binance-adds-apple-microsoft-microstrategy-stock-tokens", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Limits to Moon Farming from News Links", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myx9so/limits_to_moon_farming_from_news_links/", "selftext": "I feel like there's thousands of people here constantly waiting for crypto news, or finding old news (like that Georgia education one that was false), to earn \"easy moons\". Especially when there's literally no actual commentary to the post, just the literal link or just \"BULLISH\". It makes browsing by new really annoying, since the posts happen 24/7 regardless of when the news even came out.\n\nSurely there's **a bot that can just do this instead of thousands of people.** If a bot autoposts news links from non-biased sites, then we could still get the news, and **discussions in the comments still occur and generate moons**, surely that's a win for everyone? ~~, or a limitation on moons earned from linking news~~ (or even just limiting moons from news posts that contain less than a certain amount of characters). \n\n​\n\nAm I the only one who gets annoyed by this?"}, {"title": "Amazing TED talk about Blockchain 4 years ago!", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RplnSVTzvnU&t=782s", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Is crypto a lottery ticket for the middle class?", "score": 25, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myx77v/is_crypto_a_lottery_ticket_for_the_middle_class/", "selftext": "Hey guys and girls, I wanted to discuss what You are expecting from Your current holdings?\n\nIs it just a gamble? do You have fixed goals?\n\nHow do You select the coins in your bag - high risk moonshots or safer small-steady groth?\n\n​\n\nFor me it will not be easy to get a house or affordable loan for one with my yearly income of \\~48k before taxes.\n\nI know that this is not considered a tiny income here where I live and compared to my friends salaries I even get slightly more. But the point is that house prices grew to an insane burden if You don't have wealthy parents.\n\nSince I was a little boy I had to take care about all my stuff by myself as my mother was a single parent with two kids working as a cook so we didn't have much and had to work to get by.\n\nMy gf isn't able to work because of lockdown so her income was cut dramatically.\n\nI have to work my ass off daily to get my bills paid and try to get some money aside but if we are honest, this will not be enough for real estate. I don't buy stuff I don't need, don't travel and still have to overthink every purchase.\n\n​\n\nMy goal is to diversify my bag to some \"middle risk\" coins besides BTC and ETH so in a few years I will be able to get an affordable loan for a house for me and my little family.\n\nIt is my biggest goal as I want to give my family a better start to live as I had.\n\n​\n\nI am planning to hold BTC, ETH, DOT, ATOM and a few smal caps\n\n​\n\n**EDIT: with \"lottery ticket\" I wanted to say that I look at it as a chance to escpae poverty, so a ticket to a new/better live**"}, {"title": "Chiefs Tight End Sean Culkin to Convert Entire NFL Salary Into Bitcoin", "score": 10, "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/chiefs-sean-culkin-convert-nfl-salary-bitcoin", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Have we become desensitized by major growth to the point that DCA and HODL are boring?", "score": 12, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myx5ak/have_we_become_desensitized_by_major_growth_to/", "selftext": "To me, the sentiment of dollar-cost-averaging and HODLing for long periods of time, think 3-5+ years, are simple but effective. They may be \"boring\" to some, but let me say this, ***your portfolio should be boring.*** Boring old positive trend lines, growing at double digits sounds like a good life for me. \n\nIt really cannot be said enough. ***If you are new here, do your own research into projects you believe in, then dollar-cost-average into those coins/tokens with money you budgeted and can afford to lose, then hold those coins/tokens for a long period of time.*** \n\nEnd of story. \n\nCompanies like Coinbase, Swan Bitcoin, and others will allow you to buy coins and tokens routinely. Monthly, weekly, daily, etc. Heck, Swan Bitcoin even auto withdrawals to a wallet, paying fees in chunks instead of every time you make a purchase. \n\nYet, the only time I see anything related to DCA and HODL is in the comments. Why? \n\nEducational posts, downvoted. Reminder posts about portfolio management, market trends, etc., downvoted. \n\nAnd let me be clear, the downvotes themselves are not the issue here. It's the sentiment that people are either lurking for the next hot coin to get rich or only looking for posts they agree with. \n\nEither way, long-form conversation related to crypto is still the fruit of this sub and one that I crave more than anything. \n\nHave we become desensitized to the joy that comes from positive market moves? Addicted and looking for more?\n\nIs 2x not good enough anymore because you remember what that sweet dopamine rush felt like when your secret ALT 10x-ed over the past few months?\n\nDo we have our rose-colored glasses on, and forget all the posts of people leveraging their money, only to fly too close to the crypto-sun, burning their wings, crashing back down to earth?\n\nMy point with this post is this: \n\nRegardless of your time in crypto space, we all want three fundamental things: Gains, Stability, and Future-proof financial freedom. But remember, that path does not need to be difficult. Weed through all the fluff and noise to find that boring portfolio management will help you sleep better at night, and know that, in the long run, you'll end up at the same number in your portfolio as the day traders, but with far less grey hair."}, {"title": "Tezos to be used by Korean national police, the UN and Red Cross", "score": 47, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myx2xw/tezos_to_be_used_by_korean_national_police_the_un/", "selftext": "\"FutureSense is a Korean-based company incorporating Tezos in its efforts with the NIA National Police Agency in Korea, including a DID subsystem, data integrity subsystem, and a token-based data marketplace. With its efforts, the team is collaborating both technically and on a communication level with Tezos ecosystem members such as Nomadic Labs and TQ Tezos.\"\n\n\"Gravity is a France-based team developing a solution that allows individuals and small businesses to bring together verifiable data about themselves in a digital wallet and build trusted digital identities that are private, portable, and persistent. As a digital identity project, they are in collaboration with Spruce ID, during which they are building an open-source ID stack for humanitarian organizations. Part of their Foundation-supported work is the integration of Tezosbased DIDs and verifiable credentials into the RedRose system used by NGOs worldwide.\"\n\nSource: page 26 [https://tezos.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tezos-foundation-biannual-update-march-2021-en.pdf](https://tezos.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tezos-foundation-biannual-update-march-2021-en.pdf)\n\nTezos has previously been used by a branch of the French Millitary, french and swiss local governments. As well as french banks and retail stores."}, {"title": "Blockfolio the new Nike? No, but the best NFL prospect of the decade just signed a pre-draft crypto deal.", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myx2t4/blockfolio_the_new_nike_no_but_the_best_nfl/", "selftext": "\u201cTop NFL Prospect Trevor Lawrence Signs Deal with Blockfolio, Will Receive Bonus in Crypto\u201d\n\n\u201cThe COO of Blockfolio parent company FTX frames Lawrence's deal as a sign that \"the taboo is officially shattered\" for crypto.\u201d\n\nThis may seem small, but he\u2019s the best prospect in years, with a decent shot of hitting a level of fame like Tom Brady, or Lebron, or Messi and Ronaldo in Europe. \n\nFinancial Analysis: bullish."}, {"title": "Demand for PayPal\u2019s crypto offering exceeded all expectations, CEO says", "score": 2, "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/demand-for-paypal-s-crypto-offering-exceeded-all-expectations-ceo-says", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Bitmain Reveals New Antminer E9 Ethereum Miner, ASIC Device Commands 3 GH/s Hashrate", "score": 1, "url": "https://news.bitcoin.com/bitmain-reveals-new-antminer-e9-ethereum-miner-asic-device-commands-3-gh-s-hashrate/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Good idea to buy a bunch of ETH and LTC and let it sit until 2025-2030?", "score": 26, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mywybw/good_idea_to_buy_a_bunch_of_eth_and_ltc_and_let/", "selftext": "I\u2019m seriously considering setting aside 10K or so and solely investing it in LTC/ETH and letting it ride for 5-10 years. People tell me this is stupid because \u201cthere\u2019s nothing backing these coins\u201d, but what\u2019s stupid was not doing this 5 years ago alone.\n\nTo me, it seems extremely likely that crypto will continue its current trend upward (regardless of the volatility and occasional crashes) over a long term period. In 2025-2030 I see BTC at $200,000. ETH at $50,000. LTC at $10-20,000, assuming similar trends follow and large companies start accepting crypto. These are likely overestimates, but still seem plausible to me. I mean, who in their right mind saw BTC going to $20,000, let alone $50,000?\n\nNot looking for someone to say \u201cyes, buy in now,\u201d but rather maybe tell me if this idea has any obvious issues with it. Thanks!"}, {"title": "Saberbtc", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mywxod/saberbtc/", "selftext": "Got this discord message saying I received .5 BTC on saberbtc so I made an account and actually received around .45 BTC but to send it to a wallet I have to put in 0.01 BTC $536 USD or like .2 something ethereum. Anyone heard of this and is this a scam?"}, {"title": "To those of you here that don't sort by new...", "score": 71, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mywv7b/to_those_of_you_here_that_dont_sort_by_new/", "selftext": "You're missing out! New forces you to view content that hasn't yet been moderated by other users. \n\n\nPros: Since posts and comments have no score, users are forced to actually vote based on how *they* feel, instead of bandwagoning. Even the most balanced voter is swayed by vote count, even if they don't consciously know it. Occasionally you get a good question that is lost in 2.3million posters, and you may be the only person to reply to that thread, and make somebody's day, especially if you can actually answer or offer advice. \n\nAdditional, getting an early post in on an successful thread, say a witty comment, will get lots of exposure, upvotes and moons.\n\nCons: You're gonna see a lot of bad posts; new people asking the most basic of questions, moonfarmers, memes that are deleted before you can post a comment, shitposts, Coin X or Y, and at least 5 threads about Elon.\n\n​\n\n**Bonus fun tip:** Sort by Controversial for actual controversy, and not people writing \"Unpopular Opinion: Followed By A Popular Opinion\" as the subject line for upvotes."}, {"title": "Bitcoin Set for Biggest Bounce Since February on Musk Tweet", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.thestreet.com/investing/bitcoin-bounce-tesla-elon-musk-tweet-hodl-earnings-preview-cryptocurrencies", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "\"Stock Tokens\" on Binance?!", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mywusj/stock_tokens_on_binance/", "selftext": " \n\nWhat is the difference between a share of stock and a stock token? Why are we seeing them listed on a cryptocurrency exchange? And what effect, if any, might they have on the cryptocurrency market?\n\n[Binance to List New Stock Tokens: MSTR, AAPL, and MSFT (coinspeaker.com)](https://www.coinspeaker.com/binance-stock-tokens-mstr-aapl-msft/)"}, {"title": "Don't underestimate the potential of Cosmos Ecosystem", "score": 5, "url": "https://itsblockchain.com/a-beginners-guide-to-the-cosmos-ecosystem/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "To anyone browsing in new", "score": 12, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mywtl1/to_anyone_browsing_in_new/", "selftext": "When you comment in one because the OP posted something worthwhile, helpful, funny etc. then you should also use that little arrow button pointing upwards there, you know it? That helps the OP earn more moons and it can also help the thread get more attention\n\nThere are too many threads lately with plenty of positive reactive comments and hardly any upvotes, even though they deserve them. If it's good enough to comment in, it's good enough to upvote - stop being stingey with your upvotes"}, {"title": "Binance To List MicroStrategy, Apple and Microsoft For Stock Token Trading", "score": 3, "url": "https://insidebitcoins.com/news/stock-token-trading-binance-to-list-microstrategy-apple-and-microsoft", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Bitcoin climbs 8% as cryptocurrency market attempts a comeback from last week\u2019s plunge", "score": 13, "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/26/bitcoin-btc-price-climbs-as-cryptocurrency-market-attempts-comeback.html", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Tether (USDT) Market Cap Passes $50 Billion For The First Time!", "score": 4, "url": "https://btcmanager.com/tether-usdt-market-cap-50-billion-crypto-markets-recover/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Hats off to you newcomers who HODL'd during the dip!", "score": 220, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mywl12/hats_off_to_you_newcomers_who_hodld_during_the_dip/", "selftext": "Hats off to you guys, especially if you bought in last week and kept HODLing (Extra satoshi's for you if you bought more at the weekend!). Your first dip can be quite daunting and make you want to sell. This happened to me when i first started, I panic sold some when the market dropped 10% then ended up buying back at a loss.\n\n​\n\n imo the bull run is far from over and can't wait to be holding some super fat bags."}, {"title": "Noob Question: How does block verification actually take place in ALGO (or any other coin for example)?", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mywjsi/noob_question_how_does_block_verification/", "selftext": "So i'll keep it restricted to ALGO - but this applies to other coins as well. \nHow does a community actually verify the next block? I keep hearing this when i was looking at ALGO ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmG9esx3j4Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmG9esx3j4Q)). \nHow do the owners of the token actually verify the transaction/next block? Do they click a button ? Like what happens? \nHappy to be redirected to another discussion about the same."}, {"title": "Just figured out the beauty of Crypto", "score": 10, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mywjjf/just_figured_out_the_beauty_of_crypto/", "selftext": "With regular currency, you are placing your entire trust on government infallibility - This is the old system of the world, which is decaying.\n\nWith Crypto currency, you are placing your trust in technology, computation and mathematical probability. Maybe to an extent, placing our trust in A.I.\n\nMore than any reason, this is why I believe Crypto is the future, as the old world falls and transhumanism prospers (even though I fundamentally disagree with transhumanism). It is undeniable now.\n\nI understood this as I watched this video btw. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4&ab\\_channel=3Blue1Brown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4&ab_channel=3Blue1Brown)\n\nYes. I'm kinda late to the party, but not really.\n\n​"}, {"title": "Siam Commercial Bank, one of Thailand's public banks is now running a staking node for Luna (Terra)", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mywh2f/siam_commercial_bank_one_of_thailands_public/", "selftext": "Siam Commercial Bank is now running a staking node for Luna platform. The node is run by SCB 10X, the holding company of Siam Commercial Bank. SCB single largest shareholder is the King of Thailand.\n\n​\n\n[SCB10x Node on Terrascan](https://preview.redd.it/xvukkvfngiv61.jpg?width=1156&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c28f7e2f6df6cb2f8e45ad26b1161f00363561c)\n\nThis marks one of the first public banks to run a cryptocurrency node to which users can stake.\n\nLink to SCB10x's website: [https://www.scb10x.com](https://www.scb10x.com) "}, {"title": "Binance to list tokenised shares of microstrategy apple microsoft", "score": 1, "url": "https://cryptocrunchapp.com/news/binance-to-list-tokenised-shares-of-microstrategy-apple-microsoft", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Economics and Finance courses (for Free), with Certificates of Completion and College Accredit Exams... Provided by Michael Saylor's Saylor Academy", "score": 66, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mywel3/economics_and_finance_courses_for_free_with/", "selftext": "I keep hearing about how those who frequent Cryptocurrency Communities do not understand Finance or Economics, so I decided I would help change that by sharing some FREE educational material.\n\nI am sure most involved in Crypto-sphere have heard of Michael Saylor, CEO of Micro Strategy. What most people dont know about him is that he provides free college-level educational courses through his school \"Saylor Academy\" ([www.saylor.org](https://www.saylor.org)), all offering Free certificates of completion, with some offering very inexpensive college accredited exams ($25 each).\n\nIn addition to this, there is a program called \"Modern States\" ([www.modernstates.org](https://www.modernstates.org)) that also offers free college-level educational courses that come with a voucher for a Free college accredited exam offered by the College Board (CLEP).\n\n**So behold, a Economics & Finance crash course, with FREE Certificates of Completion AND some having FREE College Accredited Exams.**\n\n​\n\n* MicroEconomics\n\nSaylor Academy: [https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=8](https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=8)\n\nModern States: [https://modernstates.org/course/principles-of-microeconomics/](https://modernstates.org/course/principles-of-microeconomics/)\n\n​\n\n* MacroEconomics\n\nSaylor Academy: [https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=9](https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=9)\n\nModern States: [https://modernstates.org/course/principles-of-macroeconomics/](https://modernstates.org/course/principles-of-macroeconomics/)\n\n​\n\n* Financial Accounting\n\nSaylor Academy: [https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=52](https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=52)\n\nModern States: [https://modernstates.org/course/financial-accounting/](https://modernstates.org/course/financial-accounting/)\n\n​\n\n* Principles of Finance\n\nSaylor Academy: [https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=63](https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=63)\n\nModern States: None (Saylor course offers college credit)\n\n​\n\n* Intermediate Microeconomics\n\nSaylor Academy: [https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=35](https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=35)\n\nModern States: None (No college credit)\n\n​\n\n* Intermediate Macroeconomics\n\nSaylor Academy: [https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=36](https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=36)\n\nModern States: None (No college credit)\n\n​\n\n**BONUS COURSES:**\n\n​\n\n* Information Systems\n\nSaylor Academy: [https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=41](https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=41)\n\nModern States: [https://modernstates.org/course/information-systems/](https://modernstates.org/course/information-systems/)\n\n​\n\n* Bitcoin for Everybody\n\nSaylor Academy: [https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=468](https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=468)\n\n\\----------\n\n(note: This is a repost from the other week. I am posting again as the last thread was slid and very few noticed this helpful information)"}, {"title": "When a country tries to ban Bitcoin they are admitting defeat.", "score": 47, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myw9qe/when_a_country_tries_to_ban_bitcoin_they_are/", "selftext": "They are banning bitcoin because they can't compete with bitcoin. They know it's superior to what we've currently got so people are fleeing to it. When a government tries to ban bitcoin they are admitting that they need to rig the rules in their favor in order to stay competitive and in control."}, {"title": "Is the rest of the world paying attention to r/CryptoCurrency? \ud83c\udf0e", "score": 29, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myw9m9/is_the_rest_of_the_world_paying_attention_to/", "selftext": "What's going on in this sub is a living, breathing example of cutting-edge innovation. The content-creation model has been radically changed so that users are being rewarded for contributing their thoughts, expertise, and even mediocre humor \ud83d\ude0f. \n\nThese rewards enable individuals to purchase everything from reddit memberships to food and education for their loved ones. That being said, we've also seen the negatives of this rewarding system play out through examples such as moon-farming and repetitive posts, which add diminishing value over time.\n\n**So, my questions are these:** \n\n* Is the world paying attention to this?\n* Is anyone doing research on how this rewarding model is playing out - for good and for bad?\n* Are there any interesting news articles or publications about this new ecosystem we are a part of?\n\nI feel like we're testing a radically new business model, which can apply to so many industries - surely someone is paying attention. Or, perhaps we're still operating in our corner of the internet - ahead of our time.\n\nAnyway, happy Monday!"}, {"title": "Why Market Cap is a Meaningless & Dangerous Valuation Metric in Crypto Markets", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myw97w/why_market_cap_is_a_meaningless_dangerous/", "selftext": "​\n\n## Or: Why Comparing Market Caps Is Stupid.\n\nMuch like the stock market, the crypto asset market overflows with people who invest money in a state of mind-boggling ignorance.\n\nIn some cases driven by cynical greed and almost always by a sheep-like mentality and sublime inability to question established concepts, investors, both newbies and even those considered \u201castute\u201d with millions of followers and dollars under management, have been reduced to delusion on an industrial scale.\n\nMarket cap or market capitalization is a calculation that emerged from traditional finance but one that has also seeped into the crypto world. It\u2019s used everywhere as a justification for investment decisions and a metric to measure the size and value of a cryptocurrency or token.\n\nBut there\u2019s a big problem.\n\nMarket cap is meaningless, easily manipulated, and creates a false sense of value. It\u2019s actually even more than this. It\u2019s downright dangerous because it misleads investors and plays a role in the crypto panics and wild swings that so often impact the space.\n\nThe continued proliferation of the term speaks to a reality that investors laziness. They require a simple way of finding an answer to what is a very complex subject \u2014 the value of a network. It also speaks to the greed of some investors who use it cynically and the media\u2019s insatiable appetite for sensationalist headlines.\n\n## How is market cap calculated for cryptocurrencies and tokens?\n\nMarket cap or market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the circulating supply of a cryptocurrency or token by its last transaction price. It\u2019s a widely used metric for measuring the size and value of a cryptocurrency or token network.\n\nEDIT: Thank you for gold kind stranger. "}, {"title": "Staking Cardano for 5 DAYS makes me more money than my bank account does in ONE YEAR", "score": 545, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myw8is/staking_cardano_for_5_days_makes_me_more_money/", "selftext": "Hello everybody, Im somewhat new to the cryptocurrency world so this may not be breaking news for most of you but Im certainly happy now that I know this information.\n\nMost bank accounts pay you ridiculously low interest rates on your money, and I mean extremely low. Turns out my savings account at my local bank was paying me an annual rate of 0.05%, which is basically nothing, in fact due to inflation my money was most likely losing value.\n\nAbout two months ago I bought some ADA (Cardano), and read up a bit about staking. For those who dont know, staking is basically delegating your ADA to a stake pool, and you earn interest as a result. Your crypto never leaves your wallet, and you can stop staking and move your funds at any time if you want to so it is a safe process. I wont go too deep into details but by staking you can earn between 4-6% every year, and you are paid every epoch (5 days).\n\nIm happy to announce that Im currently earning more money every 5 days by staking that my regular bank account makes me in one year. Im not saying Im rich now btw, it is still a small amount but it is still mindblowing to me. \n\nHave a nice day people.\n\nEDIT: Many have been asking about what app I use for staking. I currently use Yoroi app which is available for mobile, but I also know of another one called Daedalus that I believe is available for desktop. I have only used Yoroi so I cant personally recommend another one but there are probably other options available."}, {"title": "JPMorgan may offer actively managed bitcoin fund: report", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/jpmorgan-may-offer-actively-managed-bitcoin-fund-report-2021-04-26?mod=bnbh", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Binance Stock Token trading to include MicroStrategy, Apple, Microsoft", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.fxleaders.com/news/2021/04/26/binance-stock-token-trading-to-include-microstrategy-apple-microsoft/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Pro Tip: when talking to no-coiners about your crypto investments, just tell them you're investing in 'emerging technologies\"...", "score": 58, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myw45w/pro_tip_when_talking_to_nocoiners_about_your/", "selftext": "Next time you're in a conversation with your no-coiner friends/family or whoever they may be, and feel like flexing your portfolio, just tell them you're diversified within a variety of \"emerging technologies\" still at their infancy.\n\nThis'll make you sound far more experienced and serious than what you probably are, even despite your portfolio being predominantly shitcoins, and you'll likely be perceived much less as a gambler and more as an entrepreneur.\n\nBonus points if you throw words like ATH, Smart Contracts, Protocols and so on. Feel free to even use the actual names of the lesser known* projects you've invested in such as VeChain, Chainlink, Theta etc... (Please avoid mentioning Doge).\n\n*Lesser known to the common no-coiner"}, {"title": "Why is Bitcoin valueable compared to other cryptocurrencies?", "score": 10, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myw3c4/why_is_bitcoin_valueable_compared_to_other/", "selftext": "- Ethereum is more programmable\n- Monero is more private, decentralized and cheaper to use\n- Dogecoin and Banano are more fun\n\nis it just for the first mover advantage?\n\n- scarsity doesn't make something automatically valueable\n- proof of work is useless if you extract something the people do not care\n- Bitcoin fees are higher and higher, so in future only rich people can actually use it.\n- LN needs an on-chain transaction and it isn't accepted in every place btc is accepted\n- compliant miners are coming, so only allowed transactions will be mined"}, {"title": "BEP20- How can I tell if a contract is renounced?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myw2fu/bep20_how_can_i_tell_if_a_contract_is_renounced/", "selftext": "Hello, I'm new the the crypto space and wanted to learn how to avoid potential scams. I know that no project is 100% safe, but they do show warning signs by the continuity of their business model. Right now, I typically avoid MC prices under 100k and check the volume, but I've been hearing about renounced ownership. How can I check if a contract is renounced?"}, {"title": "JP Morgan May Roll Out Its First Bitcoin Fund This Summer", "score": 3, "url": "https://u.today/jp-morgan-may-roll-out-its-first-bitcoin-fund-this-summer", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "VIPERSWAP on HarmonyOne - How to get more from bang for your buck", "score": 20, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mytbhx/viperswap_on_harmonyone_how_to_get_more_from_bang/", "selftext": " I am posting this here but the credit has to go to u/InevitableBeaver who did all the hard work on this but does not have enough Karma to post here. \n\nAs we see the rise of PancakeSwap recently, following on from the growth of Defi, I want to bring your attention to a DEX on the ONE chain that is growing and is worth looking at. \n\nThis can be found on Harmonys homepage under \"swap tokens\" - [https://www.harmony.one/](https://www.harmony.one/) and just wanted to give a shout out to them as it's been fun to see the project grow. \n\nViperswap is operating on a 95% locked and 5% unlocked basis, with the locked tokens opening on Christmas day this year and throughout the rest of next year. If you're like me and want passive income through staking and are in it for the long term then utilising viperswap is great. You'll get a higher return on your investment, but as with anything in crypto, only start out with what you're comfortable with. \n\nFor instance the current Apr in the VIPER/ONE pool is around 1500%(16x) and while next week it will go to 750-800% (8x) this is still more of a return than you'll get staking directly and this multipler is going on for the next 13 weeks before dropping to 400% (4x) - even when this gets down to 1x the rewards will still be around 100% \n\nThere are options to stake other tokens like LINK, CAKE, AAVE, YFI, 1INCH, SUSHI, UNI with great returns - still around 2000% and higher. More pools to be announced soon Next few changes and how long they'll stay 8x - 13 weeks 4x - 6 weeks 2x - 5 weeks 1x - 6 weeks Then it starts going back up... 2x - 5 weeks 4x - 3 weeks 8x - 5 weeks 16x - 10 weeks Check out the emissions schedule - [https://docs.venomdao.org/viper/emission-schedule](https://docs.venomdao.org/viper/emission-schedule) \n\nDev has a lot more things planned coming up and if you have any questions please feel free to jump in the Telegram chat or post on the gov forum - links below \n\nReddit: [https://np.www.reddit.com/r/ViperSwap](https://np.www.reddit.com/r/ViperSwap) \n\nGov forum: [https://gov.venomdao.org/](https://gov.venomdao.org/) \n\nWebsite: [https://viperswap.one/#/swap](https://viperswap.one/#/swap) \n\nYouTube Guide: [https://youtu.be/c20ax\\_SUrHw](https://youtu.be/c20ax_SUrHw) \n\nHarmony homepage: [https://www.harmony.one/](https://www.harmony.one/) \n\nStephen TSE tweet: [https://twitter.com/stse/status/1375968822381871111?s=19](https://twitter.com/stse/status/1375968822381871111?s=19) \n\nMeme vid: [https://youtu.be/nDGO23Ic8FM](https://youtu.be/nDGO23Ic8FM)\n\nMedium Guide: [https://venomdao.medium.com/how-to-yield-farm-viper-on-harmony-1f776e7f80cb](https://venomdao.medium.com/how-to-yield-farm-viper-on-harmony-1f776e7f80cb)"}, {"title": "A quick guide to LTO staking", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mytrv1/a_quick_guide_to_lto_staking/", "selftext": "I mentioned this in the DD and got some interest, so thought I'd make a quick post to reach more people and earn more moons (at least I'm honest)\n\n**Where can I stake LTO?**\n\nThe official wallet is a good place to start https://wallet.lto.network/ . Some exchanges offer LTO staking, but if you want to control your keys, then the wallet is your only option. There is no fancy app, just the website that seems to have been designed in the 90's. It does the job though and not having a app probably prevents selling..\n\nOnce you've created your wallet it's easy to start staking. Just click on the menu, and select 'Leasing'\n\nThen choose the pool you want to use and how much you want to stake. Note that you can have multiple leases to the same or different pools, so you if you transfer more funds to your wallet, just start a new lease for the new coins\n\n**What pool should I use?**\nPools , or lease nodes as they are called on the LTO Network, are where you can stake your coins if you don't want to run your own validator node. \n\nThe list of public lease nodes can be found on the LTO website, and here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R9OPQxW9dD9anq217ffm9sXINV_xKTNNaiHcY_eOWmw/edit#gid=0\n\nEach pool has its own rules and some advantages or disadvantages, but they all have the same APY. I've only used Stakely.io, which I've reviewed briefly below\n\n**How often are rewards payed out?**\n\nThis depends on the pool, it's generally around once a week, but some are done automatically so the rewards are always compounding \n\n**What are the fees?**\n\nThere's always a 1 LTO fee to start a lease and 1 LTO fee to withdraw. \n\n\n**What is the APY?**\n\nAround 6.3-7%, you can play with the rewards calculator here https://www.stakingrewards.com/calculator/lto-network\n\nWhen you stake your LTO you can choose what pool to join. I've only used one, the Stakely.io pool, which I'd definitely recommend. You can check out their website here https://stakely.io/lto-network-staking\n\nAdvantages of the pool:\n \n* Rewards automatically compound on the node, so there is no need to withdraw\n* Great Telegram bot that lets you check your rewards instantly and can be used to withdraw funds\n* Withdrawals are instant and users can trigger them whenever they want \n* If you have multiple leases, the bot will put them altogether and show you the overall rewards\n\nI'm sure there's loads of stuff I've missed, so if you have questions let me know and I will answer in the comments"}, {"title": "Only 1 day left until the etheros.io private sale starts! (27.04)", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myvpv8/only_1_day_left_until_the_etherosio_private_sale/", "selftext": "​\n\nhttps://preview.redd.it/q4y42y1u8iv61.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02cd1d2e7efcbea2a91b233a67012a481f74da3e\n\n whitelist.etheros.io\n\nThe first private sale of 27.04 is really important for real investors for a few reasons.\n\n1. The first investors will get tokens at $1 each and receive a 10% bonus after 3 months of staking\n2. Today I can reveal a valuable piece of information about our future strategy: these investors will receive actual stake in an Etheros company, which will be established in the future. The stake will equal the percentage share of their bought tokens in the total token supply (i.e. 148,940,000 ETS)\n3. They will be the first to get early access to the platform and an opportunity to buy the best, exclusive spaces\n\nAbout Etheros\n\nThe Etheros world offers a fascinating investment experience. Imagine the perfect world. A digitally reproduced image of the Earth based on full decentralization. A world founded on the basic principles of economics, where you can manage your property, invest, trade as well as create goods and services.\n\n[https://etheros.io](https://etheros.io/)\n\nMore about Etheros.\n\nEtheros is a decentralized world in the form of a platform providing a social application based on Blockchain Ethereum with elements of virtual reality (VR). In this world, you can play, have fun, become the owner and user of any place or thing according to your imagination, create value, and generate profits. Here you can invest in the land in New York City, opal mine in Australia, or oil rig in Norway or create completely new devices or solutions for this futuristic world. It is a great investment for your future!\n\nWelcome to Etheros!\n\nSubreddit Etheros - [https://np.reddit.com/r/Etheros](https://www.reddit.com/r/Etheros)"}, {"title": "And we have a lift off again!", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myvpki/and_we_have_a_lift_off_again/", "selftext": "I must admit, as a newbie from Feb 2021, this was the longest dip I've experienced. I'm sure crypto vets will just laugh at the above after surviving the previous crypto winter, but this did get a bit concerning. I mean only Banano in my portfolio was green (P/L). However, logic dictated that bull run is not over yet. Even if it is nearing the end, which I personally don't think it is yet, it's still got a bit of gas in it and since I'm in for a long game, it's worth buying the dip. So, I pushed my emotions aside and bought some more.\n\nI'm so glad I did, everything is going up again.\n\nNewbs, what did you do? Wait? Buy? Sell?"}, {"title": "Apple, MicroStrategy and Microsoft Stock Tokens Are Coming To Binance", "score": 2, "url": "https://decrypt.co/69070/microstrategy-apple-and-microsoft-stock-tokens-are-coming-to-binance", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Who else thinks a big company is going to announce during their earnings call that they\u2019ve invested in Crypto this week?", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myvjm0/who_else_thinks_a_big_company_is_going_to/", "selftext": "Lots of earnings calls are today and this week. I feel like we\u2019re going to hear positive update from Tesla on their recent BTC investment.\n\nFor new companies, I feel like we could land a whale in the crypto space for converting existing capital to Bitcoin. \n\nMy guess is Microsoft...who do you have?"}, {"title": "What is the safest way to transfer moons or other cryptocurrencies", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myviq9/what_is_the_safest_way_to_transfer_moons_or_other/", "selftext": "Every time I read another \u201cI lost my coins\u201d post I cringe a little bit. It is sad to see that something as simple as a typo can cost people thousands or even millions.\n\nSo what is the safest way to ensure that your coins will go to the right address, and make 101% sure that you cannot mess it up?\n\nOne day when the price rises or the amount I have increases, I might want to transfer moons or other currencies to other wallets, but I don\u2019t want to mess it up in any way.\n\nThank you"}, {"title": "Okay guys here comes the \"big one!\"", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myvi1s/okay_guys_here_comes_the_big_one/", "selftext": "[Just as I thought! Last week after noting that some in China were referring to Bitcoin as an alternate investment, I commented that it was the beginning of a gigantic bull run.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mty7j4/now_that_china_has_called_bitcoin_and_investment) \n\nSure enough, like clockwork, the whales dumped the market to shake out the paper hands. A lot of foolish people sold, but a lot of smart people just don't hodling on.\n\nNow that the whales plan has been shaken out, the shorts shaken out and a lot of people got liquidated, the market is ramping up again. Are you guys ready? This is great for Bitcoin and this is great for cryptocurrency and all the alts. Ride the wave!"}, {"title": "Worthwhile faucets or website", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myvhh9/worthwhile_faucets_or_website/", "selftext": "Hey all, \n\nAre there any worthwhile faucets or something? I tried NanoPlay but 90% of the time i don't get a pay out so that was a waste of time. I've seen a couple faucets that pay in low paying coins like 0.0001 coin and it's garbage. \n\n\nI understand free money is free money but Im just Looking for a way to earn extra crypto during dead time at work."}, {"title": "Friendly reminder to stay safe", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myvgtm/friendly_reminder_to_stay_safe/", "selftext": "This is a friendly reminder to stay safe during this bull run. Do not act too fast due to fomo, don\u2018t take too much financial advice you see on here without thinking about it. Do not buy at ATH because you fear of missing out (except if you really think it will continue to rise). Some of my friends have lost quite a bit of money because they saw big returns here on reddit and wanted to do the same. It doesn\u2018t work like that. Stay smart and stay safe\ud83e\udd1e\ud83c\udffb"}, {"title": "JPMorgan to Let Clients Invest in Bitcoin Fund for First Time", "score": 190, "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/jpmorgan-to-let-clients-invest-in-bitcoin-fund-for-first-time-sources", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Zenon Network a new Layer 1 tech running now in Public Testnet has updated with tokenization enabled. Build your own token on testnet! Decentralization thru Incentivization stage up next", "score": 12, "url": "https://youtu.be/zJhTB76nPmg", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Theoretically, shouldn't it be possible to make 10s of thousands of dollars or more in farms?", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myv9on/theoretically_shouldnt_it_be_possible_to_make_10s/", "selftext": "Specifically, PancakeSwap since I'm most familiar with it, but as long as you keep up with switching LPs between the highest APR pairs. I'm aware the APRs are quite variable, but if you're able to manage the farm at a good average APR then this seems possible.\n\nFor example, investing $1000 worth of an LP into an average of 300% APR or more would net you about 1887% annual ROI from compounding daily interest which currently is about 555 CAKE/$18,000 or more. Not to mention the interest gained on staking in pools from the CAKE earned in farms only adds to the gains and potentially doubles it.\n\nAm I missing something here about farms or is this really a possibility?"}, {"title": "A small Caribbean paradise is set to become the world's first fully Bitcoin-enabled community", "score": 70, "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/26/this-small-caribbean-paradise-is-set-to-become-the-world-s-first-fully-bitcoin-enabled-com", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "How Blockchain Can Streamline Healthcare and its Payments", "score": 9, "url": "https://youtu.be/FOGai2KQU8M", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "What are the most important token metrics to look for, that tell you if a token is overvalued/undervalued?", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myv6r4/what_are_the_most_important_token_metrics_to_look/", "selftext": "There are a lot of metrics that are wildly different, what are you personally looking for to decide on \"value\", based purely on token metrics, not considering anything else about a project.\n\nHow is the relation between total supply, circulating supply, maximum supply?"}, {"title": "Good to know! What to consider when parking crypto in DeFi exchange", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/pancakeswap-uniswap-sushiswap-crypto-defi-exchange", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "ELI5 why invest in stable coins?", "score": 11, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myv5a3/eli5_why_invest_in_stable_coins/", "selftext": "Can anyone explain like I'm 5 why would someone invest in stable coins like Tether? Let's say I put 100$ into Tether today and get 100 USDT. What's the difference between just keeping the 100$? Isn't it going to be worth the same in the next 10 years no matter what? I'm not trying to trash stable coins, I'm legitimately trying to understand their point."}, {"title": "Cryptocurrencies are the most frequently mentioned investments on Reddit", "score": 243, "url": "https://apewisdom.io/all/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Exit strategy clarification and taking profits", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myuyk5/exit_strategy_clarification_and_taking_profits/", "selftext": "Hello everyone!\n\nI finally can post, and I can ask a question I have had in the back of my head for a while.\n\nAs the tile imply, I am a bit unclear about exit strategies. Since everyone is different, each investor has a different way of taking profit, investing and making decisions, so I am not asking for a formula. I am asking for ideas and guidance. And before I hear \"just HODL, no profit\"... well, I can't. Short term speaking, I need to take some profit. Once my financial situation changes, my approach will be different.\n\nFrom my research I have read many times people saying \"when X coin pump 50%, I take out 15% of it\". And then adjust these values according to dips and pump. But how do you choose this percentage? Is it arbitrary, based on how one feels about it? Or mathematically speaking, there is a reason to choose one % over another? When do you decide a difference between reaching 15% or 20% increase, when both options are available? \n\nI have been into crypto since not long, but being a student in lockdown gave me so much time on my hand. I spent hours everyday researching all the other aspects of crypto, and I am loving it. But the exit strategy concept eludes me a bit, because I can't find how one would approach it.\n\nThanks everyone for any suggestions and/or example. And thanks for this subreddit, it has been very valuable."}, {"title": "40 gwei tx confirmed after 46 days", "score": 2, "url": "https://np.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/myhhqa/we_did_it_reddit_my_40_gwei_transaction_finally/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Best wallet to add custom crypto", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myuwvu/best_wallet_to_add_custom_crypto/", "selftext": "hello there, what are the best crypto currency wallets that I could use to add custom crypto. I have metamask which allows me to add crypto from coin market cap although I would like to know if there are other wallets that could do the same thing. I also use exodus wallet although they do not have the feature. thank you all in advance and thank you for being so helpful."}, {"title": "More Projects joining Polygon (MATIC) Amidst Rising Layer-2 Adoption- Is MATIC The Next Big Thing?", "score": 10, "url": "https://insidebitcoins.com/news/more-projects-joining-polygon-matic-amidst-rising-layer-2-adoption", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Any Crytpo podcast worth listening to?", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myuthh/any_crytpo_podcast_worth_listening_to/", "selftext": "Hi I'm finding some good crypto podcast because as a student I don't usually have time to read articles and browse the web for some videos about Crytpo so a good podcast is the most convenient way for me to keep learning about new stuff. Can you guys drop some suggestions?\n\nThanks and keep safe everyone"}, {"title": "Tether Passes $50B Market Capitalization", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/tether-passes-50b-market-cap", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Crypto Wallet", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myuryz/crypto_wallet/", "selftext": "Hi guys.\nI'm newbie in crypto market and I want to know what's currently the best external crypto Wallet application. I was about to DDL Trust wallet but there's a lot of negative comments about it on PlayStore. I've already VET, VTHO, ADA on Bitvavo and I want to Hold NFT art Finance and NCAT on my Wallet.\n\nThanks."}, {"title": "Much awaited game Star Atlas launched on Solana. First NFT Project in Solana", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myup6t/much_awaited_game_star_atlas_launched_on_solana/", "selftext": "Star Atlas has launched in Solana, for those of you who think you missed out getting in on NFTs on Ethereum like Hashmasks or Punks or even playing Axie Infinity, this could be a good opportunity to get in on the first NFT game project thats launching on Solana. \n\nStar Atlas calls itself \"A grand strategy game of space exploration, territorial conquest, political domination, and more.\" Based on their goals, the project is creating a rich metaverse theme based on space exploration. \n\nYou can check out Star Atlas here: https://staratlas.com/\n\nThe project just launched and went live today and currently the Discovery of Iris rewards phase is going on."}, {"title": "Chinese State Banks say DIgital Yuan is superior to Alipay and WeChat pay - The Daily Chain", "score": 2, "url": "http://thedailychain.com/chinese-state-banks-say-digital-yuan-is-superior-to-alipay-and-wechat-pay/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "So what dapps are you guys using?", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myunki/so_what_dapps_are_you_guys_using/", "selftext": "Hello, I figured it could be interesting to see if anyone here actually uses any dapps. You know the things that supposedly make ethereum worth a shitton of money.\n\nOn all the dapp marketplaces i have checked there is pretty much zero activity. Is eth built on air?\n\nI have yet to see somebody talk about them.\nIf you do use them, maybe you could write a short summary of their usecase. It could also potentially make people like me start using them. \n\nCheers"}, {"title": "Stable coin strategy for realizing gains?", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myun0r/stable_coin_strategy_for_realizing_gains/", "selftext": "I've been letting some fun money ride in day to day swings, sell when it's green. Buy back when it's red. \n\nAgain I'm doing this separately from my main holdings but it's been a fun exercise in tracking the markets and learning about all the new (mostly trash) coins surging for random reasons. \n\nCurrently. My strategy has been to convert gains into stable coins such as DAI. Instead of selling them for fiat on a platform like coinbase. \n\nDoes anyone have any feedback on dumping gains into a stable coin and converting back during dips? I figure the APY seems like an added bonus while it just sits there for the next dip. Better than sitting in a boring ass savings account ag least. \n\nAgain. I have my main holdings separate and this is all money I'm willing to lose. But so far I've made some okay beer money and I want to get a better understanding of the different approaches before I start throwing any more money at it."}, {"title": "Bitcoin's 60-day volatility has decreased from 32% at the height of 2017 to 14.25% in 2021. Its standard deviation over 30 days and 60 days remained constant despite the price nearly doubling in 2021.", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/bitcoin-volatility-2017-vs-2021-2484790", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Bitcoin bulls respond with a $150M short squeeze above $53K", "score": 6, "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-bulls-respond-with-a-150m-short-squeeze-above-53k-can-btc-go-higher", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Quantum Fund Cofounder Jim Rogers Insists Governments Could Ban Cryptocurrencies", "score": 0, "url": "https://news.bitcoin.com/quantum-fund-cofounder-jim-rogers-governments-ban-cryptocurrencies/?utm_source=thecryptoapp&utm_medium=pushnews", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Tether's market cap tops $50 billion, supply on Tron surpasses Ethereum", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/102831/tethers-market-cap-crosses-50-billion-its-issuance-on-tron-flips-ethereum?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Technical analysis : Bitcoin is heading towards a big bull run", "score": 8, "url": "/r/Daytrading/comments/mymu2y/my_bitcoin_technical_analysis_and_why_i_think/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Perfect day ever", "score": 10, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myucq1/perfect_day_ever/", "selftext": "Sun is shinning, I finally got an appointment to get vaccinated against covid and the cryptos are on fire, crazy fire, greener than ever.\n\nPerfect to start the week. I just wanted to share this moment of perfect happiness"}, {"title": "What Folding at Home File do I install?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myuc4h/what_folding_at_home_file_do_i_install/", "selftext": "so I downloaded the f@h web client for Linux do that I could earn banano from banano miner. I filled in a username and password and team but it'd stuck in the browser viewer saying \"connecting to your folding@home client\" are there any fixes for this issue? am I supposed to download all 3 of the files instead of 1?"}, {"title": "Bitcoin Volatility 2017 Vs. 2021 \u2014 Price numbers go up, volatility numbers go down. BTC is stabilizing like never before.", "score": 8, "url": "https://dailycoin.com/bitcoin-volatility-2017-vs-2021/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Question on smart contract commercial usage", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myu8rc/question_on_smart_contract_commercial_usage/", "selftext": "I'm very new to crypto in general and I have what might be a naive question about using Ethereum smart contracts. More specifically a contract enabling proof of existence for file hashes.\n\nIs there a reliable way to predict a cost per execution, in a way that can be bundled in to a cost forwarded to the end user? Otherwise the whole idea of using a public blockchain for proof of existence becomes a big risk when there is little control over how much usage it will get.\n\nAfter reading up on gas prices I've been left with more questions than when I started. Has anybody done something similar in a commercial environment? Maybe there is a more appropriate blockchain to use rather than Ethereum?"}, {"title": "We're recovering from the dip in less than a week!", "score": 161, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myu8ai/were_recovering_from_the_dip_in_less_than_a_week/", "selftext": "I hope for anyone that panicked during this dip can see that it's always best to hold and ride it out.\n\nThe beauty of crypto is in it's volatility as well as it's huge forward momentum.\n\nIf the stock market crashed the same way crypto did with a lot of coins dropping 25% or more, I bet it would take a lot longer to recover and there would be more widespread media surrounding it as well as mass FUD.\n\nHopefully some of you managed to buy the dip (I couldn't :'() and are sitting on nice profits now!\n\nTL:DR: Crypto is volatile but has a tendency to recover from any dips very quickly, people need to try focusing on long term gains.\n\nEDIT: Thanks everyone who has participated in the discussion and everyone who has upvoted and/or awarded. I know 100 upvotes isn't a lot to some, but it's the most I've ever had, I feel if I got to 1000 I'd have to craft a teary Oscar speech"}, {"title": "Hardware wallets versus online wallets", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myu4rr/hardware_wallets_versus_online_wallets/", "selftext": "So I have a beginners question.\n\nI've seen a lot of people arguing in favour of hardware wallets recently, which from a brief bit if googling seems to be a usb driven key to a crypto wallet.\n\nObviously this has some benefits such as being virtually unhackable as long as you have the physical key and the obvious downside is what happens if you lose it.\n\nConversely software wallets like Exodus or Yoroi are online and therefore vulnerable, but conversely if your house burns down you can probably still get into them.\n\nIs there a broad consensus of hardware v software? Is there a quick list of pros and cons anyone with actual experience can offer beyond whatever Google suggests?\n\nAnd if your vote is a hardware wallet, what sort of things should I be looking for in such a wallet? \n\nPlease and thank you"}, {"title": "Why it makes sense to hold Cardano (or similar tokens) outside of exchange wallets", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mytzgq/why_it_makes_sense_to_hold_cardano_or_similar/", "selftext": "\nSomeone asked a question the other day that I thought was interesting. The question was about how to talk with a friend about moving ADA from exchange wallets into community wallets like Yoroi, and taking control of their delegation decisions.\n\nI had some notes as a long term investor...\n\nOur engagement with Cardano and more broadly cryptocurrency is not dissimilar to engagement with securities or any other asset classes. However, our engagement with intermediates in terms of purchasing and selling is different to the relationship of a broker. \n\nExchanges in cryptocurrency act like exchanges. They guide customers towards holding assets with the exchange indefinitely with limited flexibility. You get, if anything, exposure to their products alone. \n\nThis is not an optimal position for an investor. It is a double dependence. One, the security itself of your money held in account. Two, the choice of what investment products that money can be applied to.\n\nThe first dependence is not a difficult one to swallow. The second, however, is what concerns me the most. By narrowing investment product choice our opportunities for fiscal reward are likewise narrowed. This may impact either the bottom line or the ability of an investor to spread risk. Neither is optimal.\n\nI am purposefully cautious regarding who I work with as an investor (and you can see how [DAWN](https://www.opendawn.com/dawn) filters for investors who take a moment to read and calculate rather than hitting \u201cDelegate\u201d based on surface dynamics). The caution has paid me well over the years.\n\nFor an asset class like Cardano the optimal strategy is probably to purchase cheap (exchanges like Binance) and to delegate to pools positioning for long holding. Because of the nature of the ecosystem, there remains great flexibility to re-delegate at minimal cost. But the choice of delegation and re-delegation is important.\n\nIt would be hard to argue that any exchange has the same motivation as any investor. Rather, they are incentivized for customer capture, retention, and revenue maximization. Which is fine. But it\u2019s not the same as \u201cI am investing in this space with a long term perspective to grow wealth.\u201d\n\nIt is far better to *place* your investment based on your determination, and in the context of your strategy, than to be at the mercy of the determination of a third party with a different motive to your own."}, {"title": "Don't invest in coins you have no confidence in, just for the sake of diversification.", "score": 48, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mytyd7/dont_invest_in_coins_you_have_no_confidence_in/", "selftext": "If you don't know much about a coin or have any confidence in it, you'll most likely freak out and sell at the first sight of a dip. When you know about and have confidence in a coin, dips dont even phase you.\n\nDiversification gets thrown around a lot in this and other investing subs. But not enough is stressed on keeping things simple and investing in things you believe in. If you are just dipping your toes into crypto, you don't need to buy 15-20 different coins, just for the sake of diversification or FOMO. Start with the established one's like BTC and ETH and slowly diversify as you learn more about more coins. Take it slow and save yourself the from the headache that comes from going in deep into alts with no idea of what you're investing into."}, {"title": "Snickers enters doge coin hype wave", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.cryptodefinance.com/snickers-entered-dogecoin-hype/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Why when ETH doesn't have Max Supply still rising so high?", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myttdy/why_when_eth_doesnt_have_max_supply_still_rising/", "selftext": "It is often said that Dogecoin cannot rise high because it does not have a max supply (which I understand), but Ethereum does not have a max supply as well and grows high. What's the difference?\n\nI'm a Noob and I'm just trying to understand how it works. I tried to google it, but I couldn't find anything to explain it to me. \n\nThank you for teaching me something new."}, {"title": "Decentralize your profits as well", "score": 20, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myttd9/decentralize_your_profits_as_well/", "selftext": "There is a lot of talk of how important decentralization is for crypto but dont forget to \"decentralize\" your profits as well. \n\nDon't spend your fiat back into the big companies that treat their employees bad, destroy the environment, avoid to pay taxes through loopsholes they created, etc."}, {"title": "ETH Bulls Resurface With a 10% Daily Surge", "score": 1, "url": "https://cryptopotato.com/ethereum-price-analysis-eth-bulls-resurface-with-a-10-daily-surge/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Dear newbies, are you looking for a promising coin under $1, or even under $0.1? I've got a secret for you!", "score": 12, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mytsxv/dear_newbies_are_you_looking_for_a_promising_coin/", "selftext": "I always see these posts a lot, but for some reason more in the past few days:\n\n*\"what are the best coins under $X?\"*\n\nAnd sure, it looks like that makes sense - Bitcoin (BTC) is super expensive already, while a coin like BitTorrent (BTT) is available for less than one cent! If you buy some now and they become as expensive as Bitcoin you will be rich! Bitcoin also used to be cheap! Right?\n\nLol, nah, wrong, obviously. The thing is: coin price doesn't matter. At all. Because it is strongly affected by how many coins are in circulation. There are currently about 18,700,000 BTC in circulation, there will never be more than 21,000,000. But there are 660,000,000,000 BTT at the moment and there will be 990,000,000,000 at some point. The important figure is the market cap, which is\n\n**Market Cap = Circulating Supply X Coin Price**\n\nSo, for example, for BTC it would be 52,500 X 18,700,000, close to a trillion USD. So if we imagine BitTorrent becoming just as big as Bitcoin, how much would a single coin be worth? $1.50. So can't a single BTT be worth thousands of dollars, like BTC is? No, absolutely not. If 1 BTT would be worth 52,500, as 1 BTC currently is, its market cap once all the coins are in circulation would be 51,975,000,000,000,000. 52 quadrillion, or 52,000 trillion. The total amount of wealth in the world is about 300 trillion.\n\n**tl;dr:** Coin price is NOT a good indicator how much a coin can still grow. Check the market cap and compare it to other coins to see how much a coin would need to grow to be as big as another coin. [The Coin Perspective](https://thecoinperspective.com) is a great website to make these comparisons. Also remember that you can buy fractions of a coin, like 0.001 BTC and don't have to buy a whole one."}, {"title": "Ripple Cofounder Reveals \u2018Critically Important\u2019 Bitcoin Proposal Amid $500 Billion Bitcoin And Crypto Price Rout", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2021/04/24/ripple-cofounder-reveals-critically-important-bitcoin-proposal-amid-500-billion-bitcoin-and-crypto-price-rout/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Bitcoin Rebounds Strongly After Hitting Lowest Since Early March", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.bloombergquint.com/crypto/bitcoin-hits-lowest-since-early-march-before-retaking-50-000", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Honest Beginners Question.", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myto6b/honest_beginners_question/", "selftext": "Beginner Trader here. I have done my research, studied the market where I could and also follow the forums.\n\nWhat are you're guy's opinion regarding scalping?\n\nI can only find information on Google, YT, etc. where they want to show me strategies, use this, use that but no where can I find an article of someone proving that they can make at least some decent returns. Nothing big like millions of dollars or anything. I'd like to build my portfolio now and get into the long term once I make good enough returns.\n\nHoping to get some good answers so that all other beginners can also visit the sub and find more info."}, {"title": "Nonprofit funding with crypto?", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mytmm2/nonprofit_funding_with_crypto/", "selftext": "I run a nonprofit 501 (c)3 and a donor recently inquired about making a donation to place into a cryptocurrency to fund activities into the future. If this isn\u2019t the right forum any suggestions because our focus is using distributed ledger to support future funding of our projects?\n\nNormally we don\u2019t carry balances on our ledger and donations go directly to our efforts. With crypto that would change because there are so many options.\n\nOptions like DeFi, staking, CeFi, just ling term hodling, and so many options...platform based, currency based, etc. \n\nWe want to do our due diligence in this effort but this is something entirely new to our board.\n\nAnyone with experience here with non profits and crypto? Did you set up a custodial account? Would it be better to go with a foundation under the 501? Did you set it up that the principal remained under the control of the 501 and the benefit spun off to the recipient? And how does all this work with crypto and tax agency reporting? This is such a new area finding info is challenging. \n\nThanks for any resources, thoughts, experience."}, {"title": "How do you deal with the feeling that Trezor is so pricey and u rather would see that money directly in crypto.", "score": 13, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mytmas/how_do_you_deal_with_the_feeling_that_trezor_is/", "selftext": "Im thinking about getting a hardware wallet. Trezor is my way to go. Ledger was too often in the news cause of security lacks in my opinion.\n\nI also want a Trezor T, i got some altcoins. Does the feeling of \"not worth the money\" disappears with the increase of money invested in crypto? Otherwise i feel like it cant be bought fast enough.\n\n200 Bucks is a lot of money for me..i would have to pause 1 month of crypto investments at least.."}, {"title": "On Saturday I set a reminder on my phone for 10 years time to remind a friend that the price of bitcoin was $50,000", "score": 50, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mytm43/on_saturday_i_set_a_reminder_on_my_phone_for_10/", "selftext": "A lot has changed in the past year of COVID, one for me has been learning more about and investing in crypto's. With lockdown easing in the UK it meant I was finally free to meet up with some pals from university. One of them has a first class degree in economics and has very traditional views on finances and investing, so naturally after a few beers I asked him what he thought of crypto currencies (100% knowing what his response would be).\n\nHis views were that he trusts the government more than an internet 'algorithm' and that there is no store of value behind what a bitcoin is worth, ignoring my response that were was no store of value behind the US federal reserve's trillion dollars printed in 2020 (brrrrrr). He hopes that I make a lot of money but wants me to be careful of this potential 'scam'.\n\nIt was a pretty fun debate, especially when both parties were 100% convinced they're in the right. I ended it by setting the reminder in my phone for April 2031 to remind him that the price was once $50,000. I also told him that within the next 10 years he too will most likely end up owning crypto anyway, when all this misguided FUD weakens and it becomes more and more mainstream.\n\nBuzzing to see what happens in these next 10 years! Lets go!"}, {"title": "How to ease yourself into any form of investment, especially the insanely volatile crypto markets, and ensure that you minimize losses and even potentially ensure gains.", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mytl1u/how_to_ease_yourself_into_any_form_of_investment/", "selftext": "Simple. \n\nDollar cost averaging. \n\nhttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dollarcostaveraging.asp\n\n\nThis article still explain it a million times better than I will. \n---------\n\n\nBut if you want me to explain it you this is now it works:\n\nWhat does that mean? Never immediately go 100% of the money you have or want to invest into any form of investment. Instead keep reserve cash to buy more just in case the price drops.\n\nExample:\n\nLet's say Bitcoin's price is $50000. You have $50000 to invest. You have no other money to buy any more Bitcoin beyond your $50000. \n\nYou buy it.\n\nNow you have 1 BTC worth $50000. Tomorrow Bitcoin goes to 100,000$. Yay! You have doubled your cash. \n\nBut the likelihood of that happening is pretty small, at least within the next few weeks or month. \n\nIf you plan on buying and forgetting about the price of BTC for a few years even if it goes to 0 or hoping that it goes to $100,000, I want you to stop reading because this doesn't pertain to you. \n\n-----\n\nHowever what happens if Bitcoin drops? Let's to 25000? You just lost 50% of the value of your initial buy. And you have no more money to buy more Bitcoin because you love Bitcoin and you wish you could buy more but you can't. Because you went all in when it was at 50000$. \n\nWhat do you do?\n\nInstead of going in 100%, go in 50%. Or even 25%.\n\nBuy 25000 of BTC. If it goes to 100000$, your total investment will double to 50000$ + your 25000$ cash reserve will be $75000. Now you might say, \"I wish I had not done DCA and instead gone all in\".\n\n\nHowever if you look at the charts BTC or whatever coin or stock you buy can go in any direction at any time of the day.\n\nIf you slowly buy as the price fluctuates, the following will happen:\n\nLet's say you buy 25000 at 50000 and then another 25000 at 25000. Now you have 1.5 BTC. Your total cash value for BTC will be 37500$. \n\nNow you have 1.5 BTC.\n\nHad you gone all in at 50000$, right now two things would have happened: your investment will be worth 25000 and you will have to wait for BTC to go up 100% for you to make your initial investment back. **What if it never goes back to 50000?** Well if you DCA, you can lower your average price buy and be able to either minimize your losses or quickly regain your investment. \n\nBut since you have 1.5 BTC by dollar cost averaging, BTC needs to only go up 50% for you to make your money back.\n\nNow ask yourself, what is easier to do, BTC going up 50% or 100%?\n\nIf you DCA and end up with 1.5 BTC and the price of BTC recovers from 25000 to 50000, you will regain your investment **and** make money. \n\n1.5x 50000 = 75000. \n\nThis is where it gets amazing. What if it goes up to 100,000$?\n\n1.5BTC x $100000 per BTC = 150000. You made 300% of your initial investment.\n\nEvery penny above your average buy price is going to be a profit.\n\nAnyway, I hope this helps someone. Anyone.\n\nThis isn't financial advice. Just what I been doing to not get burnt. \n\nGood luck to everyone here."}, {"title": "Crypto Trends 26 April 2021 \u2699\ufe0f Beacon Chain Client Diversity \ud83d\udcbe No instathreat to raising the gas limit to 15M \ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f What happens after the merge + Less-appreciated benefits of Proof of Stake", "score": 0, "url": "https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/crypto-trends-26-april-2021/7371", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Binance to Add the Stocks of Apple, Microsoft, and MicroStrategy as Tradable Tokens", "score": 8, "url": "https://cryptopotato.com/binance-to-add-the-stocks-of-apple-microsoft-and-microstrategy-as-tradable-tokens/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "BTC On-Chain aSOPR metric suggests the bulk of this correction has come to an end", "score": 0, "url": "https://chrisoncrypto.com/blog/f/btc-on-chain-analytics-suggests-bulls-are-not-spent", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Let Me Remind You", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mytgtl/let_me_remind_you/", "selftext": "Let me remind everyone that although this was back in 2017/2018 it still applies today. Gone are the days of Silk Road and just retail investors having a cake day but legit businesses are investing is I guess what\u2019s different today. However look at this video and tell me if you don\u2019t see some familiar scenarios taking place. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g6iDZspbRMg"}, {"title": "What Telegram groups are you in?", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mytg3h/what_telegram_groups_are_you_in/", "selftext": "I\u2019m of a few crypto sub Reddits and following plenty of people on crypto Twitter. I\u2019m wondering if I should join some Telegram groups as well.\n\nAre there any groups you find value in? I\u2019d love to hear about ways a specific group helped you get ahead."}, {"title": "Crowny- Evolving Advertising to benefit Consumer and Brands", "score": 9, "url": "https://medium.com/monsterplay/crowny-evolving-advertising-to-benefit-consumer-and-brands-f080081461dd", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Aave Sees Over $1 Billion Liquidity via Polygon in Less Than a Month as DeFi Ushers in Layer 2 Protocols on Ethereum", "score": 7, "url": "https://bitcoinke.io/2021/04/aave-integrates-polygon/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "How to buy goods with Crypto?", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mytbzk/how_to_buy_goods_with_crypto/", "selftext": "Let's say I'd wanna buy a car that costs 20.000 USD with cryptocurrencies: How would that contract look like, given that completion and negotiations might take some days during which 0.4 BTC could highly fluctuate in price? Would one state in the contract a fixed BTC value with the fluctuation risk on either side, or simply that it has to be payed with the equivalent of 20k USD at this and that point in time? Any best practices on how to make it attractive for a seller to accept crypto?"}, {"title": "Polygon (MATIC) Co-Founder Launches COVID Relief Fund", "score": 10, "url": "https://btcmanager.com/polygon-matic-co-founder-covid-relief-fund-india-buterin-srinivasan/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "PSA: Coinbase is NOT the same as coinbase pro", "score": 45, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myt9vd/psa_coinbase_is_not_the_same_as_coinbase_pro/", "selftext": "Coinbase pro has significantly lower trade fees than regular old coinbase.\n\nIf you thought that coinbase pro was named as such because it requires a membership or some monthly fees, you are wrong. Stop wasting money using an app you think is the free version and upgrade to the pro version *FOR FREE*\n\nI'm sorry if you've already spent hundreds of dollars on trades already.. But it's better late than never, right?"}, {"title": "How crypto has helped a coworker", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myt9pl/how_crypto_has_helped_a_coworker/", "selftext": "Hey everyone, I just thought I\u2019d share a crypto story. Over the last few months I\u2019ve recently gotten more into crypto, mostly losses with a few tiny shit coin hits. One night after clocking out and eating dinner before going home (lonely life) me and a close friend/coworker where talking about one of the small gains I made off Ankr, he was very interested in crypto from the idea of being able to send it around fast and still be able to profit off it. My coworker was born outside of Nairobi and grew up with only him and his mother, he got in a fight when younger and the bullies poured burning coals on him after robbing him, his mom saved after that to send him to America any way possible, he was sent here alone and was immediately put in foster care and does not have too many positive stories from those days. Many times over the past decade he was tried to convince his mom to move to America but since he is an adult now and she is happy in her community she does not wish to move, he always sends her money through western union and such after working as much overtime weekly as possible, fees/time delays/and physically getting the money has always been a weight on him, he much more better with research and numbers then most people and it\u2019s even the main part of his daily job, even through the dips he\u2019s been able to come ahead somehow and now is able to pay for her living/eating cost and able to instantly send her the money with her able to retrieve it at more locations then before, he is now able to take the time he deserves off and now has so much more peace of mind being able to pay off her bills in full. Sorry for the horrid use to commas and periods, writing is not my strong suit."}, {"title": "How to properly research cryptos? [Beginner Question]", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myt7fu/how_to_properly_research_cryptos_beginner_question/", "selftext": "Hello guys,\n\nI started with cryptos couple days ago after I did some research. I \"researched\" the coins mostly on youtube and decided to invest 1000$ afterwards into BTC, BNB and VET. However, I decided to invest based (mostly) on a single youtubers opinion, which I think is really trustworthy and experienced.\n\nAnyway, I know every investor should do his own proper research, so I would like to ask which sources do you use to research cryptos? Do you have some sort of ranking or pattern of how you analyze the coins?\n\n​\n\nCheers,\n\nJoe"}, {"title": "Patent by Microsoft: \"CRYPTOCURRENCY SYSTEM USING BODY ACTIVITY DATA\"", "score": 9, "url": "https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2020060606", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "4 Key Factors Why Ethereum Gas Fees Could Get Cheaper", "score": 3, "url": "https://cryptoinvest.tech/4-key-factors-why-ethereum-gas-fees-could-get-cheaper/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "I need hodling tips", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myt5ly/i_need_hodling_tips/", "selftext": "What are the other methods for investing other than buying in the dip. Since i feel like hodling but that means that every time it dips a lot I would buy, but when do I sell? Do I sell when it goes up like 2x and then buy when it drops but what if I sell and then it keeps going? What do you hodlers do since I'm new and when do you know that you have reached the capacity of the coin?"}, {"title": "What are your side effects of crypto currencies?", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myt4j0/what_are_your_side_effects_of_crypto_currencies/", "selftext": "Since I have started to buy ETH and BTC, following things have happened with me happened:\n\nBigger dick, bigger balls, sometimes having sleepless nights, confidence to be rich some days, more money, trust issues, flexing on people how much I made, so they also buy coins, disrespect for pump n dumpers, urge to drive lambo"}, {"title": "Crypto community donates over $1.7 million in Ethereum and ERC20 tokens towards India's coronavirus fight", "score": 4960, "url": "https://cryptoslate.com/ethereum-creator-vitalik-buterin-donates-640000-towards-indias-coronavirus-fight/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Your best crypto dad-jokes", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mysz7j/your_best_crypto_dadjokes/", "selftext": "Do you have any crypto dad-jokes? I\u2019m really curious what people will come up with as humor is a great way to promote something :)\n\nLet\u2019s share them below! I\u2019ll start with one \n\n\n\u201cWhy do bloods cannot buy crypto?\n\nBecause it\u2019s a crips-to-currency\u201d\n\n\nBa Dum Tss"}, {"title": "Who else is excited about the prospect of Merchant Coin - I'm picking it'll be the biggest ICO of 2021", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mysyo1/who_else_is_excited_about_the_prospect_of/", "selftext": "Wish I'd got in earlier ..got some tokens at $0.86 , 2 days later they'd sold a bunch more blocks and I paid $0.90c today . Biggest amount I've ever invested in crypto but with such an established business sitting in behind it and the comfort of Sweden's finance laws that I decided to sell some BAT Ether DOT and BNB to invest heavily in the ICO. I spent quite a while researching the people in behind it ..there's some good stuff on You Tube from various pundits if you aren't aware of this ICO. Good luck to all my fellow investors"}, {"title": "DeFi Explained: Stablecoins", "score": 243, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mysxvz/defi_explained_stablecoins/", "selftext": "Compared to the traditional stock market, the crypto market is extremely volatile. At the time of writing, we are in a bull run. During bull runs, profit can easily be made: You invest (in a coin you researched thoroughly) and wait for your profit to grow. But what if the bull run turns into a bear market? In what assets should you invest? This is where stablecoins come into play.\n\n# Why stablecoins exist\n\nStablecoins have different functions. We will discuss two of them below.\n\n## Hedging against the volatility of the price of crypto coins\n\nOne of the main arguments against cryptocurrencies is that the price is too volatile. investors who are against crypto believe that crypto coins can therefore not be used in daily life.\n\nFortunately, stablecoins are here to counter that argument. Stablecoins can ensure that cryptocurrencies are accepted more quickly. It makes financial aspects like borrowing, saving and salary easier in the short term, at least that's the promise.\n\n## Hedging against price falls\n\nStablecoins are mainly used on cryptocurrency exchanges. It can be a way to hedge against exchange rate fluctuations. It works like this:\n\nSuppose the price of bitcoin is currently six thousand dollar. You expect the price to fall. At that time you can choose to exchange bitcoin for a stablecoin such as Tether. Will the exchange rate drop to five thousand dollar? Then you still have six thousand dollar in digital currency. If you expect bitcoin to rise again, you can then exchange the stablecoin for bitcoin again.\n\n# Types of stablecoins\n\nThere are many different types of stablecoins available to investors. below we discuss the most well-known stablecoins.\n\n## Tether\n\nThe first Tether tokens were released on October 6, 2014 as a layer to the bitcoin blockchain. Back then under the name RealCoin.\n\nTether is a cryptocurrency that reflects the value of the US dollar. The idea was to create a stable cryptocurrency that could be used as a digital dollar. With Tether investors can benefit from the advantages of blockchain technology, without the high price fluctuations that often prevent people from using, for example, bitcoin as a means of payment.\n\nMany exchanges offer USDT as a trading pair, allowing investors to buy many different cryptocurrencies directly with a currency that reflects the United States dollar (USD). Tether is often used as a kind of refuge for when things are going a bit less with, for example, the bitcoin or when the price fluctuations are once again gigantic.\n\nHowever, it should be emphasized that Tether is a centralized crypto coin. Although it works on the blockchain, not everyone can access the ledger. This means that investors cannot easily verify whether everything is going as promised. Instead, everyone is asked to have faith in the company behind the coin. This is quite ironic, because the whole idea of \u200b\u200bcryptocurrency was born precisely to solve the problem of centralization and trust.\n\nMany skeptics doubt whether Tether LTD actually has the same amount of dollars in their account as the amount tether coins that are in circulation. This doubt may have arisen due to a lack of transparency in tether. While the tether blockchain is public, Tether LTD's bank account is not.\n\nTether has announced that indeed they do not only have dollars in the bank account. They say they also use bitcoin and ether as collateral.\n\nThat doubt led to a disturbance in the force on October 15, 2018. The once so stable tether faltered because the price fell rapidly. The tether price dropped to 85 cents in a few hours and then recovered to a somewhat common price of 97 cents.\n\n## USDC\n\nUSDC, or USD Coin, is a stable coin. As the name might suggest, the digital currency is pegged to the US Dollar. One USDC is worth one dollar and vice versa. The currency is still very new: it can only be traded since the beginning of October 2018.\n\nWhen news came out that this new coin, a collaboration between Center (a crypto platform backed by Goldman Sachs, one of the largest US investment banks) and Coinbase, was available, the price rose equally significantly. On October 15, 2018, 1 USDC price was $ 1.11. The exchange rate has now stabilized again and has fluctuated around the dollar limit.\n\nThe USDC is fully backed by Dollars. That means that for every USDC in circulation, there is a physical dollar in stock at Circle (the company behind USD Coin). This reserve is reported regularly and transparently.\n\n## TUSD\n\nA relatively new digital currency is TUSD (TrueUSD). Simply put, this is the transparent version of USDT, at least according to the developers.\n\n1 TrueUSD equals 1 US dollar in this case too. However, unlike Tether (USDT), TrueUSD (TUSD) is less centralized. The platform behind the coin (the TrustToken asset tokenization platform) spreads the dollars to cover the amount of TUSD in circulation across multiple trust companies that have signed escrow agreements. Moreover, TUSD is more transparent by showing what is happening and where by means of statements. Each bill shows what is on the table, leaving no doubt about how much dollar is present.\n\n## DAI\n\nMakerDAO (MKR), the platform behind USD stablecoind DAI, uses the Ethereum blockchain, allowing the Dai stablecoin to be fully inspected by anyone and eliminating the need for a central organization to verify transactions. Dai is therefore also seen as a decentralized alternative to the centralized Tether.\n\nMKR is a cryptocurrency that is built on the Ethereum blockchain. Its purpose is to stabilize the value of DAI through smart contracts called Collateralized Debt Positions (CDP). When the smart contract life ends, the MKR token is gone. MKR can be sent and received through any Ethereum account or smart contract programmed to use the MKR transfer function. It is more stable than most currencies in the market because of the way it is valued.\n\nDai is pegged to the US dollar, which means that 1 DAI = US $1. The currency is managed autonomously through smart contracts that adapt and respond to market dynamics, ensuring that the currency is tied to the USD. In this way, it provides traders with stability regardless of the market condition.\n\nThe Dai coins are therefore stable and linked to the USD. On the other hand, the MKR token is free to move in price and increases in value in accordance with an increase in usage. You can use MKR to pay for the costs incurred on CDPs that generate Dai in the Maker system, and as the demand for Dai and CDPs increases, so should the demand for MKR. In addition, when stability costs are paid with MKR, the issued MKR is permanently destroyed. This decreases the overall MKR supply, increasing its value.\n\n## PAXG\n\nPax Gold is the first digital asset to be backed by physical gold bars. PAX Gold is a Paxos Standard Token from the Paxos Trust Company in America.\n\nThe design is based on the ERC-20 token protocol of the Ethereum platform. This gold-backed token combines all the benefits of a crypto asset and gold on account without any storage fees. In fact, PAX Gold resolves a contradiction in the gold market: being able to own physical and share and trade gold with ease.\n\nPAX Gold tokens represent 1/400 part of a numbered gold bar. It is a 400 oz tokenized gold bar certified by the LBMA (certified London Good Delivery bars). Vault storage and security is provided by Brink's in London. PAX Gold can be traded instantly and cheaply 24 \u00d7 7 on the Ethereum blockchain. It is also divisible to 18 decimal places making it accessible to everyone.\n\n# Finals words\n\nStablecoins offer an excellent opportunity to hedge against volatile or bear markets. It is up to the investors to choose which stablecoin they want to invest in. One thing is sure: the crypto market offers plenty of choice.\n\n​\n\n* Do you now the difference between Proof of Work and Proof of Stake? [Read it here](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mw05p6/defi_explained_blockchain_consensus/).\n\nEDIT: Typos"}, {"title": "Commodore 64 Modded To Mine Bitcoin", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.techpowerup.com/281475/commodore-64-modded-to-mine-bitcoin", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Great idea by Vechain and Oceanex - Join VET CryptoFarm Season 4 \u2014 Earn 10% Annualized Expected Return", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mysq14/great_idea_by_vechain_and_oceanex_join_vet/", "selftext": "Anyone invested in VET should check this out. Its pretty cool\n\n​\n\n[https://oceanex.medium.com/join-vet-cryptofarm-season-4-earn-10-annualized-expected-return-7536358c3edf](https://oceanex.medium.com/join-vet-cryptofarm-season-4-earn-10-annualized-expected-return-7536358c3edf)"}, {"title": "Bitcoin Bounces Back, Reclaims Important $50,000 Level", "score": 7, "url": "https://beincrypto.com/bitcoin-btc-bounces-back-reclaims-important-50000-level/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Binance Coin and Ethereum Lead $200 Billion Crypto Market Recovery", "score": 22, "url": "https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/binance-coin-and-ethereum-lead-200-billion-crypto-market-recovery/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Bitcoin Market Witness the Growth of Retail Participation as Institutional Investors Continue to Lead", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.newsbtc.com/news/company/okex-insights-catallact-bitcoin-market-witness-the-growth-of-retail-participation-as-institutional-investors-continue-to-lead/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Diversification of a crypto-specific portfolio", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mysgnt/diversification_of_a_cryptospecific_portfolio/", "selftext": "I previously [discussed](https://np.reddit.com/r/opendawn/comments/my3cox/diversification_of_a_portfolio/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) diversified investment as a strategy. Now let\u2019s unpack that in the context of a crypto portfolio rather than a broadly diversified portfolio.\n\nA few things to get started:\n\n(1) know your risk\n\n(2) contextualize your exposure \n\n(3) hedge intelligently\n\nFirst, acknowledge that you are in a new asset class and the implications this brings. Things are going to go up and down a lot more than in securities, and that includes regarding a 30% adjustment with the same type of reaction as an 8% drop on NYSE. Painful but part of the path.\n\nSecond, given the above, understand what this means for your resources on the line. If crypto is 100% of your savings, you have serious exposure. If it is 10% you don\u2019t. You need to be super clear about this. It should inform everything you do next.\n\nThird, hedge your bets based on the above by understanding the specific assets within your reach. BTC has very different implications to ETH, and it is different again for ADA or ALGO. If you place more than 50% into one asset, and if that sum is an important percentage of your savings, you are moving dangerously close to the land of speculation.\n\nAs discussed regarding a [cross-asset diversified portfolio](https://np.reddit.com/r/opendawn/comments/my3cox/diversification_of_a_portfolio/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf), you want to cut across value and growth. It may be as simple as electing to hold 1/3 each BTC, ETH and ADA, or more nuanced because on certain priorities.\n\nExamples of priorities that may come into play are:\n\n(A) fundamentals analysis \n\n(B) sustainability analysis \n\nWe don\u2019t have time to go into depth here, but a few observations immediately come to mind. \n\nBTC is basically worth something because people agree it is worth something. Thus, it is very close to a speculative asset even with an optimistic analysis, and has limited foundational strength.\n\nETH has the same belief as BTC but also provides a platform for smart contracts that is actively used by a diverse range of parties. It appears to have a more solid foundation and therefore may have better price resilience.\n\nADA has a stronger technical foundation than BTC or ETH, and presents a significant forward-looking opportunity. However, it is late to the smart contract game, and it is only after the August deployment that the *implementation* of its solid foundation will shake out.\n\nYou may read the above and immediately think: \u201cI guess I\u2019m going 25% BTC, 37.5% ETH and 37.5% ADA.\u201d And it would be hard to argue that\u2019s a bad hedge.\n\nOf course, you may also decide *not* to hedge until your portfolio value reaches a certain level, either as a percentage of crypto alone, or as a total of your investments and savings. \n\nAs always, you need to make an individual assessment rather than follow a blanket statement.\n\nIf you want to dig into details and share notes with other long term investors, just ping me. \u263a\ufe0f"}, {"title": "Crashes are raindrops telling you sunshine doesn't exist. Dips are for chips.", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mysglb/crashes_are_raindrops_telling_you_sunshine_doesnt/", "selftext": "How many bitcoins do i need for a family who loves me? 10k BTC used to buy a pizza apparently...\n\nI'm enjoying the beginning of these ATHs. \n\nBack in '17 I was gifted a new phone. This year, a cool TV. So far. Still nowhere near December.\n\nFrom: Me. To: Me. I love you. Always. Always have.\n\nFor some reason we got into crypto late, but also really early. What's up 2050? You're welcome..\n\nHow would I ever have guessed that \"green dildos\" would be one of my favorite things to see? \n\nAnd then comes a point where you can realistically afford rent, a bottle of vodka, McD's and smokes for the rest of your life. What's the point?\n\nWas probably happier back when i worked at McDonald's..\n\nMaybe i believe that crypto will outlive USD. Maybe i have everything i need. Maybe some scars will never fade. Maybe I'm envious of those who have someone to live for. Maybe I'm an idiot.\n\nI'll probably feel as empty at 100k BTC/USD as i do now. I just need to stay alive until i die.. Easy, right?\n\nWhat am i supposed to do? I Don't want kids. Don't want much to do with \"current society\". \n\n\nThanks."}, {"title": "What are some of your personal rules for day trading?", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myse8g/what_are_some_of_your_personal_rules_for_day/", "selftext": "I am very new to crypto and I ve only put in a small amount of money to get some kind of feeling for it. So I just want to ask you guys: Do you have set yourself some rules for day trading? Either to minimize risk, find investment oppertunities or for any other reasons?\n\nThanks in advance for any answers!\n\n(I hope I chose the correct flair, its my first time posting here after some time lurkin...)\n\nEdit: OK, because the general consensus is very clear, I will stay away from actual day trading for the moment and look into swing trading. But if you have any personal advice I would still appreciate it!"}, {"title": "Coinbase and coinbase pro", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mysbtw/coinbase_and_coinbase_pro/", "selftext": "I made a post recently and people advised using coinbase pro to buy crypto as fees are lower. I've downloaded the app, signed in as you don't need to create a new account if you have coinbase acc. \n\nBut I'm UK based, so its OK if im buying BTC or ETH but some of the alt coins like BAT or XLM you can't buy them with GBP only USD or EUR or BTC transfer( I'm hodling and refuse to transfer haha)\n\nDoes anyone know the cheapest and best way to buy them ? It says you can bank transfer and it will give you EUR, does anyone knownif there's a transfer fee for foreign exchange? \n\n\nAlso if you use coinbase, I would highly recommend coinbase pro. Its simple to use and links with coinbase dead easy."}, {"title": "How do you guys deal with explaining crypto to your friends and family?", "score": 18, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mys8vj/how_do_you_guys_deal_with_explaining_crypto_to/", "selftext": "With all those time you spend doing research, looking at charts and participating in crypto forums; a lot of my friends and family do have a slight idea of what I'm doing.\n\nBut most of them know virtually nothing about crypto, and simply see it as a way to just gambling or luck. Others think it's nothing other than scams and ponzi schemes\n\nSo, when they do ask for specific details, how do you guys try to explain the whole thing and reduce their doubt?"}, {"title": "Binance Launches Stock Token Trading for Apple, MicroStrategy, & Microsoft", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/binance-launches-stock-token-trading-for-apple-microstrategy-microsoft/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Through crypto, the lending system is helping the people instead of exploiting them", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mys7wh/through_crypto_the_lending_system_is_helping_the/", "selftext": "Since the lending has existed, the banks have always tried (and succeeded) at leaching as much money as possible from their customers. Through different platforms like Blockfi the people that once had been taken advantage of can now make money through lending their crypto out to others. A solid 12% pa on stable coins nearly makes investing in the stock market pointless, why invest in something that on average will only make you 8% pa when you have a guaranteed 12%. \n\nI understand the risks associated with lending services, but there are multiple ones that keep your money in wallets like metamask (which makes it safer but not 100% safe). Things like this are putting some control back into your hands."}, {"title": "How To Setup And Use Your Ledger Nano S With Ledger Live", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.thecryptomerchant.com/blogs/resources/how-to-setup-and-use-your-ledger-nano-s-with-ledger-live", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "You can buy safely now guys.", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mys1jm/you_can_buy_safely_now_guys/", "selftext": "So few days ago, I bought what I thought would be a dip, around 53000$ per bitcoin, and guess what happened? It kept dipping! \n\nBeing made of 2017 bullrun, I was strong enough not to sell when it reached 47000$, but definitely not too confident either, I was already 18000$ down.\n\nBut guys, not selling paid off as I sold 100$ higher than what I bought! A solid 300$ gains.\n\nAs I sold, you can make sure that the price is going to skyrocket, I mean that\u2019s how it works right?\n\nYou can thank me later :)"}, {"title": "Crypto is still not remotely understood by the overwhelming majority", "score": 76, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myrzv8/crypto_is_still_not_remotely_understood_by_the/", "selftext": "The crypto ecosystem is still a place where the technically savvy are still the majority of adopters and advocate\n\nThe growth that has occurred over the last 15 years pales in comparison to what will be possible if the unknowing majority of the population can be more rapidly coaxed into participating.\n\nThis means more honest and entry level conversations with those unfamiliar with cryptos and all of us swallowing the annoyance that can come from the \"isn't bytecoins that thing you buy for drugs lol\" conversion.\n\nGood huddle, break"}, {"title": "Bitcoin momentum finally short term bullish (and some thoughts on what happens if we dump again)", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myry12/bitcoin_momentum_finally_short_term_bullish_and/", "selftext": "This is not financial advice, DYOR etc.\n\n​\n\nJust now on the hourly after putting in a double bottoming pattern at about 47k bitcoin reversed very strongly to the upside. This is the strongest bounce off a support we've had so far, and this time the price actually pushed past the initial resistance at 50k, meaning the momentum has turned. (Compared to April 18-24 where we never broke the upper resistance, which is about 58k at the time. It was just dump down, consolidate, down further)\n\n​\n\nIf we can keep above 50k after this, it will allow most of the coins to start oscillating (or moving up strongly if the coin you picked is one of the ultra bullish insane coins, like VET or SOL) instead of dumping all the time.\n\n​\n\nI know this is not as exciting as BITCOIN NEW ATH but personally I've been waiting on this for a while.\n\n​\n\nIt means that, if the momentum continues to the upside in a few weeks we will be congratulating those who bought the dip near 50k.\n\n​\n\nNote however, we can still lose 50k and resume down, in which case most people are looking at 43k or 42k which is the 20 week SMA that has held during the entirety of the 2017 bull market, and acted as the low for each pullback.\n\n​\n\nTL;DR: We can go up, down or sideways lol"}, {"title": "New Stock Tokens Microstrategy (MSTR), Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) on Binance", "score": 13, "url": "https://thecryptobasic.com/2021/04/26/new-stock-tokens-microstrategy-mstr-apple-aapl-and-microsoft-msft-on-binance/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "\"The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work. The central bank must be trusted...\" -This is why bitcoin and not your altcoin.", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myrt9c/the_root_problem_with_conventional_currency_is/", "selftext": "Research the lightning network. In my opinion bitcoin right now is like CS:GO in 2012. Wait 2 or 3 years and we'll see the entire world adopting lightning. **Taproot activation is only the beginning.** \n\nWe could sit around here and express our discontent with how bitcoin turned out, but in my sincere opinion it is good for having governance. We could sit around here and say, \"Oh well this coin is more complete.\" or \"This coin is more like a currency.\" but unfortunately, that coin is not good for **governance.** If banks end up using bitcoin as some sort of base-layer payment system and settle amongst each other at the end of each month with bitcoin, then we can see where there payments went and when they went out. If the banks try to screw with us again (as they did in 2008 and the years prior), we have a visible record of it taking place. \n\nJust my two cents."}, {"title": "Anti-bank, anti-big tech company Mobie is using blockchain to decentralize universal payments", "score": 61, "url": "https://btcmanager.com/mobie-ecosystem-rewarding-users/?utm=twitters", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Idea for nft's(minecraft)", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myrrvp/idea_for_nftsminecraft/", "selftext": "Ok so how about nft having a whole minecraft world in it...it would be pretty cool to have a iconic minecraft world of some popular youtubers like hermitcraft player or even pewdiepie?..they can aution it...i mean to have someone elses minecraft world they have to first save it then upload it for other to download but what if they make a nft out of it and sell it ..."}, {"title": "Should I sell my dogecoin to buy Helium (HNT) hotspot miner?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myrq36/should_i_sell_my_dogecoin_to_buy_helium_hnt/", "selftext": "Aloha people I come with a small dilemma that tries me for a few days. I have 20k dogecoin from few years ago and now they actually have some value and was thinking to convert some in usdt and buy a few Helium hot spots. Now my issue is that it takes up to 12 weeks to get it delivered to me and I need to sell some of my dogecoin and from my experience where I sold crypto in larger amounts and then the price exploded makes me go crazy,as I know it will happen the same with doge and after I sell I will see 50-1$ a coin.....\n\n Now, Helium Network (HNT) uses radio signals over the internet to mine data from devices in the area where hotspots are installed,with a price of 13 to 30$/Hnt you get around 50 to 175 hnt a month,at least in my area (second largest city in Uk),lots of data and potential from what I research.\n\nMain problem is that there are over 150k users waiting for their preorder to be delivered,that brings much value to the network once all the miners are active,also the value of hnt will go up,people reckong within 2 years might go up to 400$ for 1 HNT. And it makes sense,rewards getting sold will make the market hefty and rise the price. \n\nI like the Hnt project,has lots of potential and I am sire it will grow hefty within a few years and wouldn't be a bad thing to own a few thousands of coins,plus the opportunity you get to earn passive income over the network seems wow. \n\nWhat do you suggest doing? Should I risk it for the biscuit or what would be the best approach if it would be you. \n\nSorry if bothered with my stupid question,but what to do? In 2010 I had the chance to buy loads of BTC and as an idiot I didn't,now I would had been different if bought at the right time. Don't want to miss the train and maybe you have a hotspot or more and could advice me a bit maybe help shape my decision. \n\nThank you in advance and don't hate me to much for my stupid dilemma.\n\nEdit : I already have a stable coin portfolio that I hold for some time and will continue do so.This includes the big top 10 atm.\n\nEdit 2: why wo much downvote for asking opinions? I need suggestions not lessons.."}, {"title": "DeFi & dApps: What are They? How Do They Work?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myrmj1/defi_dapps_what_are_they_how_do_they_work/", "selftext": "Hey Cryptonauts - squeezing one more article in on a Sunday night. \n\nThank you for all of the kind comments on previous postings. \n\nReady? let's learn: [DeFi & dApps: What are They? How Do They Work?](https://cointutor.org/defi-dapps-what-are-they-how-do-they-work)\n\nKeep the suggestions for new articles coming! Super happy to help demystify Crypto.\n\nCheers!"}, {"title": "Eminem to launch own NFT in partnership with Nifty Gateway", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.cryptopolitan.com/eminem-to-launch-own-nft/amp/?__twitter_impression=true", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "As a 32 year old who has been posting in online forums since I was 9 or 10, the concept of Moons still blows my mind.", "score": 100, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myrj1h/as_a_32_year_old_who_has_been_posting_in_online/", "selftext": "From Nickelodeon and IGN forums in the late 90s and early 2000s all the way to various Subreddits in recent years, posting on forums is something I've always done. Never did I think it's something I could actually get paid for. The concept of Moons is really pretty fascinating and the whole idea - especially its implementation - is quite incredible. Yes, $0.08 isn't a lot, but for doing something we'd already be doing? Pretty cool!\n\nHere's to hoping other online communities learn from this."}, {"title": "The white paper and the evils of change", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myrhdw/the_white_paper_and_the_evils_of_change/", "selftext": "I\u2019m an old school crypto person. As weird as that is to say for such a new and blossoming space. That being said, most of my thoughts are about the bigger cryptos. I was introduced to Bitcoin and Litecoin first and later Ethereum. \n\nI\u2019ve been thinking about Bitcoin specifically and how it has strayed from some of the goals of the white paper. \n\nAfter giving it some thought, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s that big a deal. I think something in us as humans wants to build on what already exist, we want to believe in the power of old knowledge. But the fact is, that old knowledge can be flawed. \n\n\nI think the danger in clinging to the white paper is the same danger in clinging to things like the consitiution. Sure they got some things right, for their time. But as time time marches on, things need to be changed, updated for what is currently going on. That\u2019s isn\u2019t to say peer to peer trust less cash is a pipe dream, just that maybe Bitcoin isn\u2019t the project to bring that home anymore. \n\nI think it\u2019s the best chance for mainstream crypto utility, but it might not be exactly what it was when it was envisioned. And that\u2019s okay. \nThere are no shortage of projects that couldi fill that space. Maybe it\u2019s alright to let Bitcoin evolve into what it\u2019s becoming. \n\nIn 2065, I don\u2019t want a laser pistol with endless repeater to be shot through my house because the constitution says we have a right to bear arms. It\u2019s okay for things to morph and change with the times. \n\nI\u2019m not really making an argument that Bitcoin should change to a store of value, it\u2019s more of a questioning of why it can\u2019t. \n\n\nWhat deficits do we suffer if that is what it is now? Do we suffer at all? Or do we only suffer the pain of change?"}, {"title": "GRIN - the crypto based on MimbleWimble (Potterheads unite!!)", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myrgf8/grin_the_crypto_based_on_mimblewimble_potterheads/", "selftext": "I understand it is not really a new new coin, but I\u2019ve hardly seen it being discussed here. \n\nBasically I am a huge Potterhead myself, and when I saw the crypto like BAR (Barcelona FC), it got me thinking, do we have a coin based on my fav franchise AKA the Harry Potter world. \n\nAnd to my pleasant surprise, we do!!! Grin is based on a block chain technology called MimbleWimble. \n\nThe creator has mentioned in one of his interviews- \u201cI call my creation Mimblewimble because it is used to prevent the blockchain from talking about all user\u2019s [sic] information,\u201d wrote Jedusor.\n\nHere\u2019s a good read about it - https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/01/31/137637/a-new-harry-potterthemed-cryptocurrency-is-like-a-more-private-version-of-bitcoin/amp/\n\n\nSo I wanted to know if anyone has any idea about this? I don\u2019t understand the TA, etc, so can someone pls tell me if it\u2019s something of worth for a fan? Or is it basically a shitcoin?"}, {"title": "\u201cCorrections in Bull Markets are opportunities, not threats\u201d -Raoul Pal", "score": 21, "url": "https://www.exxennews.com/bitcoin-markets-record-deepest-retracement-since-black-thursday-raoul-pal/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Algorand Price Prediction 2021-2025 | is ALGO a good Investment?", "score": 1, "url": "https://ripplecoinnews.com/algorand-price-prediction-is-algo-a-good-investment/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Ethereum Price Prediction: Here\u2019s Why This is A Pivotal Week for ETH", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.investingcube.com/ethereum-price-prediction-heres-why-this-is-a-pivotal-week-for-eth-cryptocurrencies/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Ethereum Starts Fresh Surge, Here\u2019s How ETH Could Rally to New ATH", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.newsbtc.com/analysis/eth/ta-ethereum-starts-fresh-surge-heres-how-eth-could-rally-to-new-ath/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Binance to launch Microstrategy, Apple, and Microsoft stock tokens", "score": 12, "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-to-launch-microstrategy-apple-and-microsoft-stock-tokens", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "The trading volume for Moons is $4,500 - does this mean essentially no one is trading them in?", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myr3gi/the_trading_volume_for_moons_is_4500_does_this/", "selftext": "According to CoinGecko the 24 hour trading volume for /r/CryptoCurrency Moons is $4,509. Based on the average price over the past 24 hours this comes out to around 60,000 Moons. 60,000 out of over 60 million.\n\nDoes this actually mean that less than 0.1% of the current moons in distribution are traded each day, or is there something I'm missing? This seems rather low when you consider that some posters on here are earning thousands of dollars worth each month. Do they all have diamond hands (if so good for them)?"}, {"title": "The new 60/40 portfolio", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myr3cv/the_new_6040_portfolio/", "selftext": "Wouldn't it make sense for stable coin bearing interest to be a replacement for fixed income/bonds in the traditional 60/40? While the other 60 should be broken into coins/tokens like the traditional equity allocation?"}, {"title": "What Does Decentralization Mean to You?", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myr2ca/what_does_decentralization_mean_to_you/", "selftext": "Decentralization is, amongst many others, one of the main reasons why crypto peaks the interest of the people other than the money making part. The idea that truly owning your currency is something that shouldn't be passed up. Generally, big banks and governments around the world control the economy and the money flowing in and out of it. With this being said, you never truly \"own\" your money. This is where decentralization comes into action. Having a decentralized network allows you to have full control over your money and even allows you to earn more interest in certain cryptos via staking (Algorand, VeChain, Ethereum 2, etc) than you would if you held your money in a bank's savings account.\n\nDecentralization is made possible via blockchain and today we have multiple blockchains with certain blockchains like Ethereum aiming to be general purpose such that anyone can come and build any usecase on it. Here, developers can launch their own financial protocols and platforms that are programmed to run a specific way from the beginning and heavily coded and encrypted. Coins and Tokens are bought, sold, and traded amongst one another without having to rely on a bank or government to approve the transaction. This gives everyone with an internet connection (to perform these tasks) the freedom to exchange cryptocurrencies with anyone around the world.\n\nWhile you do have to pay a fee to exchange or transfer coins and tokens on the blockchain, the end-goal is to have these fees be small enough to make trading worth it. Fees differ in price from crypto to crypto and are generally based on the total amount of traffic occurring on the blockchain, so they may change in price with each transaction. With the transparency in decentralization and the way blockchain technology works, at least you will know how much the fee will be upfront without having to worry about extra surcharges or \"fine-print\" hidden fees. The blockchain will work exactly to code and will not waiver for any individual.\n\nYou ever hear of a financial institution being hacked? [Here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_breaches) is current list of just that happening. Your precious, hard-earned money is heavily encrypted in a decentralized blockchain system. Given that each transaction has a unique code and record that must be verified and stored by other nodes on the blockchain, this makes hacking into the blockchain extremely difficult. While nothing is ever impossible, the increased transparency of each transaction on the blockchain gives the individual full confidence that their money is secured within their crypto wallet. Yes, a crypto wallet, because that is the most secure way to hold onto your cryptos. It's the safest way because that is when you truly own your crypto keys and can do as you please with them. Yes, you should probably get your coins and tokens off your exchange wallet as soon as possible. Check out [this article](https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/4/23/turkey-crypto-exchange-probe-62-arrested-ceo-on-the-run#:~:text=Sixty-two%20people%20have%20been,Albanian%20capital%20Tirana%20on%20Tuesday.) about a crypto exchange CEO \"vanishing\" after stealing over $2 Billion worth of investor funds. You probably don't want that happening to you!\n\nLooking forward, what does decentralization mean for us, the everyday individual? I think it means the future. Decentralization has the power to completely overthrow our traditional methods of conducting transactions. It gives everyone who owns a decentralized currency (crypto) the power and freedom to own and control their own finances with complete finality with the use of blockchains... all over the world. \n\n### What does decentralization mean to you?"}, {"title": "Binance to launch Microstrategy, Apple, and Microsoft stock tokens", "score": 9, "url": "https://cryptonewsexperts.com/binance-to-launch-microstrategy-apple-and-microsoft-stock-tokens/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Reminder: Uniswap (UNI) v3 upgrade launches on May 5th w/ Optimism deployment mid-May!", "score": 13, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myqwxd/reminder_uniswap_uni_v3_upgrade_launches_on_may/", "selftext": "[https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/ethereum/decentralized-exchange-giant-uniswap-unveils-key-upgrade#:\\~:text=The%20update%2C%20known%20as%20Uniswap,in%20the%20middle%20of%20May](https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/ethereum/decentralized-exchange-giant-uniswap-unveils-key-upgrade#:~:text=The%20update%2C%20known%20as%20Uniswap,in%20the%20middle%20of%20May)\n\nThe update, known as **Uniswap v3, is set to launch May 5**. It promises improved capital efficiency orders of magnitude higher than the current iteration. The concentrated liquidity feature is expected to improve capital efficiency by 4,000-fold, according to the Uniswap v3 white paper.\u00a0\n\n**Uniswap has also set a mid-May date for integrating with Optimism**, one of the solutions to Ethereum's overloaded network. Transaction fees, or gas, on the Ethereum network has been at historic highs since last summer as usage of decentralized finance, or DeFi, protocols have surged."}, {"title": "Using Celsius as a savings account", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myqspx/using_celsius_as_a_savings_account/", "selftext": "Hey guys, I have a question. I currently have 6 months' expenses sitting in a \"high-yield\" savings account, earning me .5% interest. Seeing as that is way lower than the inflation rate, I'm slowly losing money. So I was considering putting half of that money (3 months' expenses) into USDC and lending it out on Celsius to earn their current in-kind rewards of 10.5% interest.\n\nI figure that doing that with a stablecoin would minimize my risk of market volatility, while letting me earn a ton more interest than I currently am. Does anyone have any thoughts/advice/experience to share? Pros and cons? How hard would it be for me to turn that USDC back into USD should I need it? (I'm in the US). Help a newbie out? Thank you so much in advance."}, {"title": "We just had a big pump!!!", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myqo7z/we_just_had_a_big_pump/", "selftext": "Brooos! The price of ETH and Bitcoin just went up and it looks like it's all coming up! \n\nIf you are planning on buying this is the time before it stalls! \n\nAlso for the miners out there that are worried because of the low gas price, in around 10 hours the price of gas will be at it's peak according to ethereumprice.org/gas \n\nIf you want to do transactions see if you can do them now as later the fee will be higher! \n\n\nSee you around fellas! Happy trading!"}, {"title": "Bitcoin Dominance Drops to 50% For The First Time in 33 Months", "score": 174, "url": "https://cryptopotato.com/bitcoin-dominance-drops-to-50-for-the-first-time-in-33-months/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "We applaud crypto being brought into the education system, when 58% of states don\u2019t require high school students to pass a basic financial education class.", "score": 16, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myqh3j/we_applaud_crypto_being_brought_into_the/", "selftext": "Edit: Reposted as earlier post was removed.\n\nPer the [Council for Economic Education](https://www.councilforeconed.org):\n\n-\tMore than 1 in 6 students do not reach the baseline level of proficiency in financial literacy\n-\tNearly 1/4 millennials spend more than they earn\n-\t67% of Gen Y have less than 3 months worth of emergency funds\n\n[As of February 2020, only 21 states required high school students to take a course in financial education.](https://www.councilforeconed.org/survey-of-the-states-2020/). Our students aren\u2019t given the building blocks to operate in present day society, let alone be prepared for the future of finance.\n\nAs great as it would be to have crypto taught in schools, we need to start by teaching them the necessary skills to live life as a modern adult like filing taxes, saving, and, investing."}, {"title": "watching algo and cardano rn is like playstation versus xbox in my head", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myqelt/watching_algo_and_cardano_rn_is_like_playstation/", "selftext": "fml, altcoin wars. the market rn shows these two following the same market pattern. so i can't be the only one 50/50 on 'em. idk if i can pick one strictly over the other. i like em both, but they each piss me off in different ways.\n\ni even went as far as pulling tarot cards, lol. algorand got the ace of pentacles/coins reversed. cardano got the hierophant. if anyone knows a lil about tarot, you'll prolly get why those are ironic. C.H. the hierophant; better marketing will prolly win. algorand has sort of a bland ring to it, and their tokenomics are meh compared to the technology behind it. they haven't been around as long, but algorand is inflationary (hence ace of pentacles reversed). pretty sure cardano is deflationary, even tho the MC is huge. \n\nit's tempting to think algo's similar price and lower MC means it can moon faster. however, i think it is safer to assume it is more volatile than cardano, despite cardano being more volatile lately. maybe gene simmons is manipulating the price. the estimated real value of cardano is $1.10, whereas algo's estimated real value is 0.95 cents. according to some site i'm too lazy to link here\n\npure proof of stake and the lotto thing VRF (verifiable random functions?) is a dope utility. ouroboros is forking dope too, just cuz. you know, ouroboros. that self-referential snake performing fellatio on itself for all eternity. nah, i mean tbh the daedalus official wallet... didn't want to be bothered with adding the signature to it to get it running (something about... downloading this extra thing to confirm the key matched something in the install directory). and yoroi was kinda okay. didn't want to spend a week looking for a stake pool that \"resonated\" with me. i'm a damn misanthrope; if it comes down to it i might get bored of this longterm asskissing and yolo into a shitcoin.\n\nsincerely,\n\nsatancoin\n\n*edit. let me add i'm not quite convinced on how decentralized algo is when you just blindly use the wallet to stake and not think much of the nodes running the network, etc. it has been criticized algo isn't as transparent\u2014insofar as a bunch of colleges are maintaining the nodes/network. on the contrary, cardano is like dating a chick who takes 5 years to put out. ada lovelace is no linda lovelace, or whatever her name is in deep throat*"}, {"title": "Only took 8 years for me to learn how to explain Bitcoin to my Dad's non-tech friends, he's where I landed.", "score": 69, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myqaql/only_took_8_years_for_me_to_learn_how_to_explain/", "selftext": "Bitcoin is an idea.\n\nSay I created something in my head and called it TigerCoin.\n\nThen I said, you have ten TigerCoin, and I have twenty TigerCoin.\n\nNext, Stacy comes up and asks to buy ten of your TigerCoin for $5. Stacy gives you $5, and you say, okay, Stacy, you now have all ten of my TigerCoin.\n\nTigerCoin is just an idea. There are no physical TigerCoins. Bitcoin is just an idea too.\n\nTigerCoin and Bitcoin\u2019s difference is that Bitcoin has a detailed digital memory of who has Bitcoin. With TigerCoin, we\u2019re trusting human memory and the honor system. Whereas Bitcoin\u2019s digital memory will never forget or lie about how much Bitcoin someone has.\n\nThere are no physical Bitcoins. Bitcoin is just the name of the idea.\n\nThe exciting and valuable part is the creation of this perfect digital memory for keeping track of the idea (Bitcoin). This digital memory can keep track of anything, Bitcoin is just the first thing it started keeping track of."}, {"title": "Can someone please explain what cryptocurrency is to me like I\u2019m a 5 year old?", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myq8t4/can_someone_please_explain_what_cryptocurrency_is/", "selftext": "I am so astronomically far from comprehending what cryptocurrency is and I have so many questions. Foremost: what is \u201cbitcoin mining\u201d and how is it bad for the environment? Isn\u2019t it all just on computers?? How do you make more bitcoins and why can\u2019t you just copy/paste them if it\u2019s just a bit of code stored on a computer somewhere? I thought astroturf was that fake grass they put on football fields? What is a block chain?? What is an NFT??\n\nIt kinda seems like cryptocurrency is the future of money and it scares me that I know nothing about it. I need someone to explain this to me like I\u2019m a child because currently I conceptualize bitcoins as a jpeg of a gold coin with a B dollar sign on it stored on a flash drive somewhere"}, {"title": "(Bullish Sentiment) Don't worry about capital gains tax hike! It likely won't hurt Crypto. With historical evidence from stocks!", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myq8kb/bullish_sentiment_dont_worry_about_capital_gains/", "selftext": "# History shows capital gains tax don\u2019t have much, if any, effect on stock-market returns (should apply to crypto as well)\n\n* In the most recent example, **capital-gains tax rates jumped by nearly 9 percentage points in 2013 but stocks rose 30% that year**\n* **No correlation** found between capital-gains tax rates and equity market valuations\n* Ultimately, **other factors** such as the outlook for economic growth, monetary policy, and interest rates are much more powerful drivers of equity market returns and valuations.\n\n# Chart showing S&P 500\u2019s performance following four past hikes in the capital-gains rate going back to 1969\n\nhttps://preview.redd.it/m90rzygubgv61.png?width=1260&format=png&auto=webp&s=2ad06f39fc93478de92c71d623ca89ac283e96b1\n\n* In fact, the past two times we had an increase in the capital-gains tax stocks did really well for the next six months in 1987 and 2013.\n* Stocks did poorly after the hikes of 1969 and 1976, which seems to make for a mixed bag. But Detrick noted that the economy was already performing poorly in 1969 and 1976, while it was healthy in 1987 and 2013.\n\n# For Crypto, capital gains tax may encouraging Hodling behavior and discourage Selling\n\nAlready in many subreddits, we see people trying to Hodl for one year or more in various attempts to reduce their tax payable (legally).\n\nMore Hodling and less selling is logically good for the price of Crypto!\n\nReference: [https://www.marketwatch.com/story/capital-gains-tax-hike-why-the-u-s-stock-market-bounced-back-so-fast-11619202181](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/capital-gains-tax-hike-why-the-u-s-stock-market-bounced-back-so-fast-11619202181)"}, {"title": "Australian DOGE Pride", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myq43a/australian_doge_pride/", "selftext": "As an Australian, \n\nI opt to speak for the many.\n\nI am proudly Australian, the land of DOGE. \n\nThe meme for the ages and is truly a legacy set in stone.\n\nI am proud of what our country has achieved, but this is by far the greatest achievement yet. Our countries progression looks incredibly promising due to Doge and nothing will out triumph it.\n\nThank you for your time.\n\n/s"}, {"title": "2FA question", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mypz46/2fa_question/", "selftext": "I was originally using Google Authenticator on my uphold account and I\u2019ve realized how behind it is versus other authentication apps, now I\u2019ve switched over to authy and set that up with uphold, does that mean I can now SAFELY delete google Authenticator off my devices?"}, {"title": "Need advice on where to hold crypto. Thank you community", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mypyuk/need_advice_on_where_to_hold_crypto_thank_you/", "selftext": "Hi everyone, \nSo I had a little amount of crypto via blockchain, that I had for 2-3years (around 1000$). When I recently started to try to buy more, it wasn't possible anymore, so I bought it via the revolut app. Revolut was the only possibility here in Luxembourg, at least the only one u found. \n\nI got now coinbase set all up and I'm asking you, if you think it's better to sell the the crypto I'm holding on revolut (since I don't own them via revolut) and buy them for my coinbase (or other app that you recommend) wallets.\n\nWhat about the fees from the apps? Are there apps that charge less? When I checked today, the fee would have been 10% to sell it from revolut or to send it from blockchain...\n\nThanks for your help in advance and I hope I don't bother you with my noob questions. As I said, I just got started and am thankful for any kind of help!"}, {"title": "NKN 4h S/R Levels 042521", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mypt38/nkn_4h_sr_levels_042521/", "selftext": "NKN is at a good point of support, with 0.57 being the base. The candles are tightening up under the moving averages and the CVI and EMA's in the oscillators are starting to creep to move above 0. This is a bullish sign for NKN. \nI like NKN and have this as part of my top 6 weekly purchases. \n\n\nhttps://preview.redd.it/0rf1p3w86gv61.png?width=1173&format=png&auto=webp&s=cff3fede037d775f27527e1306d5d8bd05cebd57\n\n[NKN 4h S/R Levels 042521](https://www.tradingview.com/chart/NKNUSD/zC7OyacT-NKN-4h-S-R-Levels-042521/)"}, {"title": "Bitcoin is a bubble is how people coup with the opportunity they lost...", "score": 14, "url": "https://news.bitcoin.com/bill-miller-bitcoin-not-a-bubble-btc-entering-mainstream-demand-grows-faster-than-supply/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "New Opportunities Coming for Committed Algorand Holders", "score": 17, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mypopl/new_opportunities_coming_for_committed_algorand/", "selftext": "Hey everyone, thought it was time to shed some light on my favourite token and some upgrades that will be taking place on the network. \n\nLet\u2019s start with this. If you hold Algorand on Binance you can only get max 1% apy for holding the token. You have to enable this option on the exchange before you get the rewards. In contrast the Algorand wallet gives you around 6% apy for its reward system.\n\nThis means that the exchanges can hold everyone\u2019s ALGOs and make quite the pretty penny for it. Of course if you don\u2019t want this to happen, you can transfer it off exchange or transfer it to a different exchange that is more inclined to give the users what they deserve.\n\nAnyways, gradually APY rewards for Algorand will diminish as the supply nears full distribution. In the coming months there will be a network upgrade that rewards users for participating in governance on the blockchain. This will eventually replace the current apy system where exchanges can reap the rewards of Algorand while doing nothing for the network in return. What this means is that users can be rewarded double digit apy for voting on network upgrades and decisions surrounding the Algorand ecosystem.\n\nThis is a great opportunity for those of you who believe in Algorand.\n\nTL;DR Governance rewards soon to replace current apy system on Algorand"}, {"title": "Adoption of new technologies isnt always a straight line up! Crypto is slowly making its was up the adoption curve similar to other technologies before it", "score": 3, "url": "https://blogs.lawrence.edu/economics/2014/03/s-curves-and-household-items.html", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Litecoin or Bitcoin cash which one looks a better buy?", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mypi6a/litecoin_or_bitcoin_cash_which_one_looks_a_better/", "selftext": "I am a newbie and have recently joined and started buying crypto from a portion of my savings. I am looking to invest for a longer period and wanted reddit\u2019s opinion on which coin looks better or could be better in the coming future based on its technology, market repute, price etc.\n\n\nSince I am new I have already lost a few hundred dollars in these stupid safemars scams, so I\u2019d appreciate if you guy can suggest any other option which could prove to be better than LTC or BCH.\n\nThanks for your help in advance."}, {"title": "What would you do if Crypto Coins were real coins?", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mypdh7/what_would_you_do_if_crypto_coins_were_real_coins/", "selftext": "Think about it. The language we use around crypto is very much based on our current use of money. We call the various types \"coins\", the ability to directly derive value and spend it \"fiat\", and in aggerate we call it \"currency\". With that in mind, pretend for a minute, crypto currency were real currency. One BitCoin/ADA/ETH/DOGE would be a literal coin made of some kind of precious metal.\n\nTo give an example, say one DOGE is about the size of an American Penny and lets say you have 50 of them. Easy enough, they can probably fit in your pocket or a small jar. But, knowing people have invested huge amounts of money in DOGE, lets say you have 50,000. What do you do them them? Put them in a safe? Put them under your mattress? Build a fort out of them? Throw them in a vault and swim around like Uncle Scrooge?\n\nSo, what would you do with yours?\n\n​\n\nEdit: Thank you for the Silver kind stranger!"}, {"title": "Of all the coins I hold or track on Blockfolio, DOGE (I don't hold any) is the only one in the red", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mypcy2/of_all_the_coins_i_hold_or_track_on_blockfolio/", "selftext": "As the title says, DOGE is the only coin that I am tracking that's down. I don't have any hate for people who buy, hold, or sell DOGE. I used to have some earlier as well but I sold it. For me, it just shows that the market and people in it are for real. There's nothing behind DOGE tech wise. It's a popular coin for the everyday person, and because of that the price will go up. However, real tech and purpose will always prevail, and I think this is a little bit of vindication, at least for me personally.\n\nI hope all of us get where we want to holding the crypto that we do! Keep stacking my friends"}, {"title": "At what point do you re-enter a coin after you\u2019ve sold?", "score": 14, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mypc13/at_what_point_do_you_reenter_a_coin_after_youve/", "selftext": "I know lots of people here are day trading crypto, but I don\u2019t know a lot about the strategy behind entering and exiting. \n\nI\u2019m not personally interested in making tons of trades a day, but more in applying that logic to entering and exiting on a broader scale. Obviously this is not an exact science because if it was, anyone who knew how to do it would be able to make essentially infinite money. \n\nI\u2019m just curious about what people in this community do, what your personal strategy is, whether that\u2019s for day trading or entering/exiting around perceived bear or bull markets."}, {"title": "DOT is cheap; underlying nft and smart contracts technology set to benefit the coin as collectables go mainstream", "score": 11, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mypa37/dot_is_cheap_underlying_nft_and_smart_contracts/", "selftext": "Dot has a great story, it's got proof of concept and is now heading for proof of scalability.\n\nAdded to this this is a surge in interest for collectables as part of a balanced investment portfolio. Not only big ticket art pieces but low drop price brand sculptures. \n\nWhen a toy or comic figure can add thousands, even tens of thousands of per cent in a few months it makes the whole space a focus of attention.\n\nI see Polkadot as a play on NFTs and smart contracts security, both of which are set to be HUGE."}, {"title": "Why are hardware wallets like Ledger considered safer than a paper wallet?", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myp8pi/why_are_hardware_wallets_like_ledger_considered/", "selftext": "The reason given for why a paper wallet is unsafe is because paper itself is not safe and you rely on keeping it unharmed and protected. How is this different for a Leger when you have to write down 24 secret words and keep that unharmed and protected?\n\nSeems like etching your secret words onto a piece of metal is safer than both of these options?"}, {"title": "What coin would you personally mine for long-term gain?", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myp7rp/what_coin_would_you_personally_mine_for_longterm/", "selftext": "Currently stuck deciding what coin to mine or to just sell my hashing power to maximize the minimal crypto I'll be producing.\n\nMain choices right now being ETH vs BTC and VTC as an option.\n\nThe main point is that I don't want to manage this mining balance and want to go for the coin with the safest hodl potential.\n\nReally appreciate the thoughts!"}, {"title": "What are moons here and how can you use them?", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myp275/what_are_moons_here_and_how_can_you_use_them/", "selftext": "Just curious as I've seen alot of people mentioning passive ways to gain crypto lately and one I see mentioned alot is moons. How do you set up a moon wallet? What can you use moons for? Is this a hold moon or fold moon? I ask the last part because I've seen people mention that the price varies and right now is exceptionally high value. Any help understanding is much appreciated."}, {"title": "I bought $30 USDC of every coin pair on Coinbase. Going to hold for two years.", "score": 531, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myp1oc/i_bought_30_usdc_of_every_coin_pair_on_coinbase/", "selftext": "I bought $30usd of every USDC paired coin on coinbase. I did add and extra $30 to ETH and $5 to ADA because I had extra USDC after fees. I purchased the coins on 04/24/21. Here is the status as of today. \n\nhttps://imgur.com/a/6g7Js7F\n\nEDIT: I will donate 50% of the bag to charity after the two years. 4/24/2023 I will make a post to decide the charity."}, {"title": "Vault", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myp14a/vault/", "selftext": "Hi, after setting up my vault with the official app, can I use any other app to post)? I personally use Joey for reddit and I am very used to it. Does it matter if I use Joey or go directly to [reddit.com](https://reddit.com) on my explorer?\n\nCheers \n\n\nEDIT: Thanks everyone. I think the moon reward system helps with everyone being nice and helpful :p"}, {"title": "Interested to get into staking but unsure where/ how to start", "score": 14, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myoywj/interested_to_get_into_staking_but_unsure_where/", "selftext": "I'm not new to crypto. More of a buy and hodl kinda guy but with interest rates for fiat being so low, I'm considering staking since APRs are very high. It just seems more worth it to park fiat cash in crypto since returns are much higher. \n\nGot BTC/ETH locked up on a hard wallet but want to get in on Alt coins since some projects seem worthwhile.\n\n1) Is it really just getting KuCoin/Coinbase Pro/Binance and converting BTC/ETH for stable coins (USDT/USDC) and staking whatever coin I'm interested?\n\n2) Which projects are less risky? \n\n3) Should I just stick to BlockFi for BTC?\n\n4) What's your time horizon for staking?\n\n5) Any advice or things to avoid for an Alt noob?"}, {"title": "Question regarding this last year in Crypto", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myosm3/question_regarding_this_last_year_in_crypto/", "selftext": "Hello. I am new here and this is my first post. Im wondering if anyone has done D.D. on cryptocurrency performance in the last year since covid. And whether low restrictions on bank spending has caused this spike, and also whether an impending crash is coming/happening/will continue to happen. \n\nLet me know if there is such research or any comments or links"}, {"title": "PSA: Back Up your Google 2FA Key!", "score": 16, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myosk6/psa_back_up_your_google_2fa_key/", "selftext": "If you lose physical access to your phone, and you don't remember your codes, you will have to reset them. This is not something you want to do, because it's really gonna be a piece of work. You may have to email support of some exchanges, and they could take some time to reply. I've been through this recently, unfortunately, and it took me almost 2 weeks to get my accounts back in order.\n\nDon't be stupid like me, back up your codes. \n\nGood luck!"}, {"title": "If you think investing crypto like playing chess, ...", "score": 20, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myos5c/if_you_think_investing_crypto_like_playing_chess/", "selftext": "Your portfolio will have one King, one Queen, 2 x Bishops, 2 x Knights, 2 x Rooks and 8 x Pawns \n\n​\n\nThe King is obviously BTC. Like BTC, the King has the most value. Losing King, you lose your game. \n\n​\n\nThe Queen is the most powerful piece on the chessboard. This has to be ETH. \n\n​\n\nTwo Bishops stands close to the King and the Queen. They are BNB and ADA. They are ready to step in if the Queen is out of the game.\n\n​\n\nThe Knights moves up and down around the board. They are DEX coins, UNI and CAKE.\n\n​\n\nThe Rooks represent the castle's walls that protect the King, Queen, Bishops and Knights. They are reliable . Hence stable coins USDT and USDC.\n\n​\n\nLast but not least, the Pawns. They have to work hard. They can be expendable. However they may become valuable later in the game. These are small and mid caps with potential, ALGO, CHZ, MATIC, BAT, ONE, REN, DENT, STORJ. \n\n\nTLDR: A good portfolio should be diversified with BTC, ETH, large caps like ADA / DOT / BNB (the ETH \"killers\"), DEX coins UNI / CAKE, stable coins (to buy the dip) and mid / small caps with potentials (to the moon)."}, {"title": "Hardware wallets", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myorxe/hardware_wallets/", "selftext": "Hey guys looking for some advice I really want to get a hardware wallet but which should I get?\nThe 2 big names is ledger and trezor but I know litterally nothing of either brand. \nJust looking for opinions and also how do they work? Like you have to charge them? But what happens if you don\u2019t charge it? Also where do your coins get stored at etc etc thanks in advance!!"}, {"title": "If less people are posting in this subreddit, does that mean each upvote is worth more Moons?", "score": 21, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myongl/if_less_people_are_posting_in_this_subreddit_does/", "selftext": "If Moons are distributed based on karma, if one month has considerably less activity than the next does that mean that those who are posting are receiving more Moons per karma, or are there just less Moons given out for that month?\n\nI apologize if this is common knowledge or easily researched - I checked a couple posts but couldn't find a clear answer. Thank you!"}, {"title": "I cant buy just yet, but I'm going over how I imagine my strategy will be when I get in the gam", "score": 4, "url": "/r/CryptoCurrencies/comments/my2ub9/i_want_to_get_into_cryptotrading_ive_done_some_of/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Caracas Air, Venezuela's leading aviation academy, has started accepting Bitcoin, according to a Twitter announcement made by CEO Oliver Laufer. Those who opt for the new payment method will also get discounts.", "score": 5, "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/venezuela-caracas-air-adds-bitcoin-120500894.html#:~:text=Venezuelan%20aviation%20academy%20Caracas%20Air,the%20CEO%20of%20the%20company.&text=The%20company%20currently%20has%20around%20900%20students.", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Bitcoin opening the week with new vigour - climbs to $52K", "score": 35, "url": "https://www.forexlive.com/Cryptocurrency/!/bitcoin-opening-the-week-with-new-vigour-climbs-to-52k-20210426", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Today I decided to Sell Some of the doors in my house to buy more Crypto", "score": 10, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myofrg/today_i_decided_to_sell_some_of_the_doors_in_my/", "selftext": "So as some of you know, I've been stripping parts of my home property of unnecessary bullshit. \n\nWife and I bought an antique home and all the doors are not only antique heavy wood, we have 12 of these fancy doors total \n\n3 are double room entry doors and they all have that stupid antique type glass doorknob. Apparently those door knobs all cost money too and THEY SUCK SO MUCH!!! I'm getting rid of all those knobs for $50 each. Yeah they are expensive and hugh saught after glass bulb knobs. Someone wants to spend money on this stupid shit let them. \n\nThe reason why they suck so much is they get loose a lot. You constantly have to tighten them with a screw drive. God knows why anyone wants to put up with that. Apparently people buy these antique homes and want to restore it to its original look. What the FK ever, people want to FOMO into door knobs let them. I'm replacing them all with cheap 5 dollar steel ones. \n\nAnd these stupid doors too. They make creaking sounds. They are worth about 500 each. I'm replace all do them. I also have two of these antique leaded glass doors that can just go. Apparently people want to pay up to $2K for that shit let them. \n\nSo I figure not only am I gonna be able to pay the next mortgage with this sale, I will have 3K for crypto and new doors on top of that.\n\nSeriously. I never gave TWO FUX about \"Stylish old doors\". I always have to hear...\n\n\n*But the doors are so nice and it fits the home..it creates the scenery*\n\nWhatever...just Die. The only people that this shit impresses is upper class old women who are bored out of their minds and have nothing better to do but watch Home, and Gardening Network and browse through crate and barrel flyers. Overpriced fancy rich people shit. \n\n\nLet me tell you something.. when was the last time you visited a friend or relative that lived in an average older home and stopped to admire doors? *Wow...these are nice old doors, and look at these loose doorknobs...wow*\n\nNEVER. and that's my point. NOBODY GIVES A FUK. \n\nSo I'm selling these stupid doors. If I'm gonna get rammed for the next 30 years HODLing this house paying a mortgage just so I can have a place to sleep then I want Dividends NOW. I want this shit to start giving me money. No more old shit. Someone wants to spend thousands on my old creaky heavy wooden doors then take em. I hope they fall on you too. That's what you get for finding doors more important than Crypto. Stay a no coiner and give me your money. \n\nWhen are people gonna learn? \n\nI'm not trying to be an Ahole or funny but...\nAm I right? If you had these doors worth cash, wouldn't you dump those bags for crypto too?"}, {"title": "I'm having a difficult time understanding what exactly VET does.", "score": 74, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myodmr/im_having_a_difficult_time_understanding_what/", "selftext": "Could someone ELI5? \n\nI have read about vet but I'm still trying to learn the basics of cryptocurrency and blockchain. So I'm hoping someone here can give me a simple ELI5 about VET so i can get why it's one of the most popular cryptos on this sub, thank you."}, {"title": "[Asking for a friend] Which bottom top 100 coins have good shot at getting into top 25?", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myo90n/asking_for_a_friend_which_bottom_top_100_coins/", "selftext": "It's easy to say \"just buy SOL or ADA\" when they are already top 20. Sure, no one know how much more they can climb but the upside, at least realistically, is not going to 10x anytime soon. S\n\no looking at the bottom tier of top 100, which \"legit\" coins have a good shot of climbing to top 20 sustainably. \n\nThanks."}, {"title": "Low cap DEX gem: Metamorph Pro (METM)", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myo8r0/low_cap_dex_gem_metamorph_pro_metm/", "selftext": "Has anyone heard of MetaMorph Pro? It\u2019s an all-in-one decentralized platform to help you secure, manage and trade your crypto holdings. Check out their website for the white paper, road map and additional information.\n\n- $1.3 million Market Cap\n- Liquidity locked on Unicrypt\n- 4 products including a DEX (Metaswap) and Wallet\n- 3 years running\n- Doxxed team\n- V3 DEX news coming\n\nKey links and resources:\n\nWebsite: https://metamorph.pro/\n\nTwitter: @MetaMorphPro\n\nCoinmarketcap: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/metamorph/\n\nUniswap: https://info.uniswap.org/token/0XFEF3884B603C33EF8ED4183346E093A173C94DA6\n\nDextools: https://dextools.io/app/uniswap/pair-explorer/0x77d50919243dc6a7d7a19360006aeea1caf461e2"}, {"title": "Louisiana Government Applauds Bitcoin and It\u2019s Anonymous Creator Satoshi Nakomoto", "score": 10, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myo80o/louisiana_government_applauds_bitcoin_and_its/", "selftext": " \n\nState of Louisiana government acknowledged some of Bitcoin\u2019s accomplishments in a recent resolution. The resolution document made reference to Satoshi Nakomoto the anonymous Bitcoin creator, acknowledging and commending his \u201ccontribution to economic security\u201d. Bitcoin have made massive progress in terms of adoption and capitalization. The document also encouraged the State and government bodies to take advantage of the new decentralised Technology.\u00a0\n\nRead Full on [https://cryptocrunchapp.com/news/louisiana-government-applauds-bitcoin-and-its-anonymous-creator-satoshi-nakomoto/](https://cryptocrunchapp.com/news/louisiana-government-applauds-bitcoin-and-its-anonymous-creator-satoshi-nakomoto/)"}, {"title": "Chadwick Boseman Gets NFT Tribute In Oscar Nominee Gift Bags", "score": 9, "url": "https://comicbook.com/movies/news/chadwick-boseman-nft-tribute-oscar-nominee/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "[X-POST r/programming] Considering this is people's understanding of crypto in a PROGRAMMING subreddit, we're definitely still early", "score": 3, "url": "https://np.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/myii34/crypto_miners_are_killing_free_ci/gvvduqx", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "The Pattern in Bitcoin Volatility", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-volatility-pattern", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Atlanta Crypto Currency Hub", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2021/01/07/atlanta-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-hub.html", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Bitcoin Snaps 5-Day Losing Streak, Climbs Above $52K", "score": 100, "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-above-50k-6-days", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "How to buy Waxp for dApps?", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mymx95/how_to_buy_waxp_for_dapps/", "selftext": "So I've been trying to find out how to buy Waxp in order to buy NFTs but according to this (https://all-access.wax.io/) the only services offered are:\n\nBittrex\nKuCoin\nHitBTC\nChangeNOW\nSimplex\nMoonPay\n\nAnd after doing google searches for a few of them, the reviews often sound awful such as this one (https://ca.trustpilot.com/review/bittrex.com) and (https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/k19r2k/just_a_reminder_to_everyone_that_hitbtc_is_a_scam/)..... as a beginner, what would you recommend to get started...? It's a bit overwhelming right now and cant tell which ones to trust."}, {"title": "The infamous Pi Cycle Top Indicator UNcrossed on April 23rd. Ready for round two?", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mymc5n/the_infamous_pi_cycle_top_indicator_uncrossed_on/", "selftext": "[https://www.lookintobitcoin.com/charts/pi-cycle-top-indicator/](https://www.lookintobitcoin.com/charts/pi-cycle-top-indicator/)\n\nAfter crossing on April 12, the controversial indicator uncrossed on April 23rd after just 11 days. This resetting of the indicator took months in previous cycles.\n\nContrary to popular belief, even by the indicator's own logic, it doesn't signal that the bull-run is over, just that the particular ATH will be a good time to sell, and will be followed by a significant dropoff. It most notably does not say when a good time to buy is, just when to sell. The year 2014 had two crosses for its two local tops within a single bull-run, so selling at the first top and not buying back in again would've left you in worse spot than if you just HODL'd. These two local tops in 2014 along with the third in 2017 were used to create this indicator. The indicator did not \"predict\" them, because it was invented in 2019.\n\nThe current ATH was the first time the indicator successfully predicted an ATH, so it's 1 for 1, which might just be dumb luck, but it's better than 0-for-1.\n\nThe indicator uncrossing means it can be tested again. Which raises some questions for people that care about it, or just want to see it invalidated so that the people who hold it as gospel can stop holding it up as the be all end all.\n\n* Will it successfully predict another top and drop?\n* Will it completely derp out and cross again, but below 65k?\n* Will it cross but miss the top by a wide margin?\n* Will it never cross again and be rendered completely useless as Bitcoin's sets new ATH's but at a growth rate slow enough to keep the 111d MA from crossing the 2x 350d MA?\n* Will it not cross again 'til 2025, because the current bull-run is over?\n* Will it never cross again, because your aunt was right and Bitcoin is all one big Ponzi scheme? /s\n\nAnyway, I just figured I'd point out that the PCTI is already back in play, ready to bestow upon us its great wisdom."}, {"title": "Im writing my thesis paper on cryptocurrency, any experts wanna share some knowledge?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myneab/im_writing_my_thesis_paper_on_cryptocurrency_any/", "selftext": "im writing my paper on how crypto could be used to protect people from inflation and market failures, as well as give them access to appreciating capital. any input from someone with a lot of knowledge would be helpful"}, {"title": "Few projects to research", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mynay9/few_projects_to_research/", "selftext": "Here is a few new coins / projects that people might be interested in. As always DYOR \n\n420x - stoner coin. Selling merch and just got shilled by a TikTok dude with 2m+ followers. Also on their page have the likes of Tony Hawk and a few other Celebs (loose term) talking about it\n\nNFTART - selling art based NFT (most people will know about it already)\n\nChord protocol- music NFT and streaming. Very solid project and roadmap. But isn\u2019t priced for mass coin buying as it is already around 0.17 usd\n\nFomo token - Tyson fury NFTs and signed with Miami crypto. Personal favourite and been on it since day one and long term hold. \n\nMOONPIRATE - making their own rum and in partnership with distillery and just a bunch of loose units. Bit of fun\n\nThere is probably another 500 people can list with safe. Moon. Or Elon mentioned but thought would give you guys some to check out that isn\u2019t the norm\n\nCheers"}, {"title": "An addendum to \"Ultimate Guide to Free crypto!\"", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myn6mv/an_addendum_to_ultimate_guide_to_free_crypto/", "selftext": "[This post](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mxi1ft/ultimate_guide_to_free_crypto/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) recently shared some ways to get free crypto. I wanted to add one more way to this list which is through doing [1729](https://1729.com/all/) tasks. 1729 is \"a newsletter that pays you\" according to their site but to add more color it is Balaji Srinivasan's latest experiment. [you can read more on his blog ](https://balajis.com/2021-and-1729/)\n\nThere is a constantly updating list of tasks that pay you. Some require you to spend money, like the latest ENS task, but many are free, like submitting a \"healthie\" (healthy selfie) after a workout as proof of workout.\n\nJust wanted to share an additional source for free crypto to people!"}, {"title": "Bull Market", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myn5qb/bull_market/", "selftext": "Bull market, you've only been \"gone\" a few days\n\nBut we've been in a haze, gazing to the stars for meaning\n\nWe've been dreaming, that you'd return with haste\n\nIs that you? Your presence we can almost taste\n\nPlease charge forward, please gallop with pride\n\nAnd send these bears running to hide"}, {"title": "So how does the economic aspect of blockhain like bitcoin works?", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myn5i7/so_how_does_the_economic_aspect_of_blockhain_like/", "selftext": "I know the technical details about blocks are mined link together, transactions are inside blocks, etc. but i am confuse on how the coins actualy work internally, \n\nbasically, there is no litteral coin but a ledger that is being updated every transaction, \nso if a blockchain server mine a new block, a reward is provided to the miner by updating the ledger and incrementing the balance, \n\ndoes this mean the coins in the chains are infinite? or since blocks are finite in numbers the coins themselves are finite, like is there specific max amount of bitcoin that can be assigned to all users once all blocks are mined? or are blockchain servers can just make coins whenever and as many as it can? \n\ni am just amazed as i can equate mining as the chain just giving away free 'money' during mining and no equivalent to fiat until traded or something, but still the price changes based on supply and demand.\n\npls enlighten"}, {"title": "What makes MOON sustain its price?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myn4z2/what_makes_moon_sustain_its_price/", "selftext": "Absolute newbie here, this may be a dumb question and I apoligize if it is but how do moons keep the price? \n\nI see lots of people talking how it can be life changing and everybody wants to sell it and I had no answer so I had to ask.\n\nHow do you expect its trajectory to go over the next few months and what are your thoughts about it?"}, {"title": "Can someone walk me through transitioning to a hardware wallet?", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myn2wc/can_someone_walk_me_through_transitioning_to_a/", "selftext": "So I\u2019ve been thinking of getting a ledger nano or a similar device and moving my funds there, but I\u2019m still not sure how to do it and how the ledger nano or a similar device actually work. From what I\u2019ve read, the device just stores the secret key. But not the crypto?\n\nSo what makes that better than a paper wallet? Anyone out there who\u2019s gone through the process and can ELI5?"}, {"title": "Why is ethereum on a tear of late, outperforming bitcoin?", "score": 10, "url": "https://www.livemint.com/market/cryptocurrency/why-is-ethereum-on-a-tear-of-late-outperforming-bitcoin-11619100249067.html", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Unpopular Opinion: tell your friends about your love of crypto.", "score": 15, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mymzmi/unpopular_opinion_tell_your_friends_about_your/", "selftext": "We just don\u2019t talk about it enough. I know probably 1,000 people (many from HS Facebook) and only know of 3 other people other than myself in the space, two of them I\u2019ve helped get into crypto because they are family. \n\nThere are millions of us on this sub, there is $2T in the space and there are millions of Hodlers. It\u2019s time to talk to others. \n\nI\u2019ve seen many times here (and possibly more so in years back than now) to not tell others about crypto due to it possibly crashing and your friends / loved ones being mad at you. \n\nI\u2019ve been in for four years, all the lows and highs and just Hodled (stressful AF). \nI haven\u2019t told anyone about this as I don\u2019t want them to have this anxiety. \nI\u2019m past that now and truly believe crypto is here to stay.\n\nNow is the time to tell friends and family with these caveats you need to make very clear. \n\n1. This is not financial advice. \n2. Only invest what you are willing to lose. \n3. Say all the reasons why you love crypto, and when they ask if they should invest, say idk tho, DYOR & DD. \n\nPeace & love \ud83d\udc4d"}, {"title": "Mark Cuban the Next Billionaire to Go All in on Bitcoin: \u2018The Number of People Who Own It Could More Than Double\u2019", "score": 903, "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-cuban-next-billionaire-bitcoin-160054637.html", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Ethereum DeFi Lending Platforms Print Record High of $25,000,000,000 in Total Value", "score": 18, "url": "https://dailyhodl.com/2021/04/25/ethereum-defi-lending-platforms-print-record-high-of-25000000000-in-total-value-locked/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Next Big Thing?", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mymrv3/next_big_thing/", "selftext": "DEFI is all the rage now. Looking at what will be the new frontier or the next rage. I think it could be supply chain tech / crypto.\n\nOne example, The [Drug Supply Chain Security Act](https://www.fda.gov/drug-supply-chain-security-act) (DSCSA), which outlines steps to build an electronic, interoperable system to identify and trace certain prescription drugs as they are distributed in the United States will be in full effect come 2023. Can crypto play a part in this? Supply chain effects every living human being daily.\n\nI am starting to load up now on some supply chain cryptos."}, {"title": "What is your favorite small cap coin/project?", "score": 14, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mympuj/what_is_your_favorite_small_cap_coinproject/", "selftext": "Hey everybody,\n\nI am looking to expand my portfolio into projects that are lesser known but offer something great. I think this is where the most opportunity (and risk!) exists. Post a small pitch about your favorite small project and what makes it great :) Please, I am only looking for LEGIT projects with FIVE STAR teams, not safemoons lol.\n\nExample: My favorite is Defichain, it solves all the problems with defi on ethereum due to building natively on bitcoin!"}, {"title": "Justin Sun joins Vitalik Buterin to donate 2 million TRX (roughly $210800) for India Covid relief campaign. Crypto community is amazing.", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myfhwv/justin_sun_joins_vitalik_buterin_to_donate_2/", "selftext": "Indian crypto entrepreneur, Sandeep Nailwal, started a Crypto Covid relief fund yesterday ([Link](https://twitter.com/sandeepnailwal/status/1385968552679727113?s=21)) and appealed to crypto communtiy to donate in his efforts to help out Covid efforts in my country. The community, being their usual amazing selves, started donating. It gained more traction when Vitalik Buterin himself donated 100 ether and 100 mkr to the cause, posted already on the sub. Soon enough, Justin Son also joined the cause and donated 200 million TRX to the cause. \n\nThe situation in India is very grave and tense right now, and it\u2019s pretty amazing to see the community doing their best to boost the efforts to help people. I saw no article or post appreciating Justin Son\u2019s donation, so here making a post.\n\n[Link to Justin\u2019s tweet, which also contains transaction link.](https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/1386363777226985473?s=21)\n\n[Image](https://imgur.com/gallery/TjjxoMa)\n\nI hope this is given enough attention and creates a positive outlook about crypto in the country."}, {"title": "Why Are Athletes Demanding To Be Paid In Bitcoin?", "score": 1, "url": "https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/why-are-athletes-demanding-bitcoin", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "SafeMoon Discussion", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mymlxd/safemoon_discussion/", "selftext": "Good evening CryptoCurrency!\n\nI'll start this by saying that I'm heading to sleep soon, but I'm hoping to see potential for discussion and comments when I've woken up (9:10pm Eastern Time).\n\nMy question is, what does the CryptoCurrency community currently have against SafeMoon?\n\nA frequent thing I see on the subreddit here is that it's a 'scam', 'ponzi scheme', etc. Now I can't argue that from the surface it definitely resembles something similar to a ponzi scheme, but then again every Crypto I've seen generally starts off looking like that.\n\nSome facts I wanted to share, as I do see a lot of incorrect facts being thrown around:\n\n* SafeMoons entire Dev Team (CEO, COO, etc) have not only shown their faces publicly, but have also shared things like their facebooks and such. At the moment, they couldn't be much more public with who they are.\n* The burn wallet (the one showing with like 49% of the total tokens), is for burned tokens. Burning means that the tokens are gone forever, and are inaccessible for use in any capacity (even by the dev team).\n* The currency is not infinite, but instead has a constantly diminishing supply. It started at 1 quadrillion tokens, and since release has burned a total of 410 trillion (and counting) tokens!\n* Each transaction has a 10% fee associated with it, 5% is burned permanently, and the other 5% is redistributed to the liquidity pool and the people holding SafeMoon.\n* The devs plan to stop burning coins at some point (as low as 25 trillion coins, for example), to ensure a constant supply of tokens remains available.\n* The liquidity pool *is* available to the dev team, and to show the community how serious they were, they decided to lock away $250 million of it away for four (4) years time. \n\nWith each passing day, I personally feel it is far less likely that SafeMoon could be a scam or a 'rug pull', as many would say they believe it is. With how well known the devs are, at this point, it would completely ruin their lives. That being said, I do believe that this token actually has quite a bit of potential.\n\nMany of you likely saw their Wednesday AMA, where the entire dev team had gone days without sleep, and Thomas (the dev at a crypto/hacker convention) was seen as being unprofessional. While many people agreed it seemed unprofessional, they immediately turned things around with a personal AMA from John that same night addressing community concerns. In fact, the crypto/hacker convention even had some key things in it, such as Mandala's CEO personally saying that Mandala would be listing SafeMoon in the near future. \n\nTheir most recent AMA today was absolutely fantastic. Some key points were brought to light, such as future plans and teases at big projects that they have in store.\n\n* CertiK Audit, almost completed, and confirmed by CertiK themselves on twitter that they are in the process of working on it: [https://www.certik.org/projects/safemoon](https://www.certik.org/projects/safemoon)\n* More new exchanges in the works (upwards of five in the coming week, from previous news as well).\n* Constant talks with other exchanges while developing relations and working on getting SafeMoon listed.\n* Operation Pheonix (intentionally mispelled, per the CEO), where he stated \"SafeMoon will be the fuel for the Freedom of the Unbanked.\"\n * This is the 'Endgame' for SafeMoon, as the CEO would say, and they are very secretive about what it could entail.\n* The SafeMoon exchange is almost fully funded, and will feature the same tokenomics as SafeMoon (fee and redistribution) for every Crypto Currency that is listed on their exchange.\n * Example, if you were holding bitcoin and people were trading/selling Bitcoin on the SafeMoon exchange, holders would be earning free bitcoin from the redistribution.\n * Timeline of around 6 months from when it is funded.\n\nNow, I want to be clear. *I'm not saying you should go and buy SafeMoon.* I believe each person should do their own research around a Crypto (especially around a Crypto), and come to their own decisions based on the available information. What I *am* looking for is a reasonable discussion, and arguments around why someone believes that it's a 'scam/ponzi/etc', even with all of the recent developments around the token.\n\nI know enough about this subreddit to know I'll probably be downvoted to the gates of Oblivion, but I hope to wake up to some interesting arguments or comments, and I can't wait to read any thoughts that you personally have! Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I doubly thank you for leaving your thoughts."}, {"title": "For the new people in this sub: market cap is a useless metric in Crypto", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mymjbc/for_the_new_people_in_this_sub_market_cap_is_a/", "selftext": "\"In order for Y coin to double its market cap has to reach X.\" I've seen this all the time on this Sub, I'm not sure how people here still do not realize that market cap is a useless metric in Crypto and serves no other purpose than to compare to other coins market cap.\n\nIn stocks, market cap is a useful metric to define how much the company is worth when it comes to profits, liabilities, assets, etc. In Crypto, there are no fundamentals. You don't have projects reporting 10ks, or 10Qs, you don't know how much money they make, or lose. There is 0 transparency. So, the only thing the market cap of a coin tells you is how much all the coins in circulation are worth (last spot trading price x circulating supply). That's it. The price determines the market cap, not the other way around. The only thing that determines the price of a coin is simple supply vs demand. As long as more people keep buying a certain coin it does not matter how much people pour into it. Which brings me to the next point:\n\nThe market cap of a coin =/= the amount of money poured into that coin. This is another thing that infuriates me, and I see it among other Crypto Youtubers which makes it even worse for new people who are starting (not surprising, since most Crypto Youtubers are grifters and the lowest life form).\n\nFor example, If you have a coin that is $100 market cap, and is worth $1 per coin, that means there are about 100 coins circulating. If there are way more buyers than sellers, there is more demand than supply, and if someone were to pay say $2 per coin ($1 above its market price), they would raise the market cap of that coin by another $100. So essentially, the market cap went up by $100, even though we only poured in $2 into the system. \n\nThe next time you see smug Reddit threads and Crypto Youtubers say dumb misleading statements like \"BtC PaSsEd CoCa CoLa iN mArKeT CaP\" just laugh at them and down vote their content.\n\nAlso P.S unrelated pet peeve: price going up =/= adoption."}, {"title": "This is not a bear market. It is a historic moment where institutions are trading in their Bitcoin for Ethereum.", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mymf3m/this_is_not_a_bear_market_it_is_a_historic_moment/", "selftext": "Ethereum is at a unique junction. There are several major updates pending over the next few months that will make it a deflationary asset, increase transaction rates, and decrease costs. Together, these updates will greatly improve the utility of Ethereum. \n\nProfessional traders are no idiots. They see that these upgrades will catalyze demand in the face of slowly diminishing supply. What happens to price? It will go up. \n\nThis is not the case for Bitcoin. Costs are high, supply is still going up, and network speed is limited. People prefer to use eth or alt coins for network transactions. \n\nThe so called eth killers won\u2019t really have a big use case once Eth2 goes live. Why? Just pure market cap alone. And existing dapps and integration into major systems like PayPal, various exchanges, etc. Everyone carries Ethereum. \n\nNow that the roadmap has been solidified, the major traders are seeing that Ethereum is at a discount. Compare Bitcoin and Ethereum side by side over the past two weeks. Bitcoin plummets. Either simultaneously or shortly after, Ethereum gets pumped. Ethereum following or exceeding drops in Bitcoin just isn\u2019t happening anymore. \n\nInterestingly, the alt coins are starting to follow trends in Ethereum too. They aren\u2019t reacting as much to changes in Bitcoin. \n\nFolks, we had a market correction of about 25% compared to bitcoins ATH. But what about compared to Ethereum? Bitcoin still hovers around 50k. Ethereum is approaching its ATH now. \n\nIn my opinion, this is not a bear market. It is an extraordinary sea change in the utility of a specific coin. Bitcoin may have the greatest market share right now, but imagine what will happen if this flippening continues toward Ethereum. What could happen to Ethereum\u2019s price point if it takes over bitcoins place?\n\nTo be clear, I am not an expert in any of these things. These are just my observations. I am not giving anyone financial advice nor making any recommendations. Do your own research and make up your own mind."}, {"title": "Using Coinbase (Non-Pro) is sometimes better for purchases", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mymbrv/using_coinbase_nonpro_is_sometimes_better_for/", "selftext": "I bought some BCH on Coinbase Pro to exchange for crypto on another exchange but lost 15% of the value waiting for it to be released for withdrawal. Sometimes it's worth just paying the extra few bucks in fees if you're aiming to buy the dip. Just a little crypto life lesson."}, {"title": "Never Thought the Cryptocurrency World Would Turn into This", "score": 12, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mym6ut/never_thought_the_cryptocurrency_world_would_turn/", "selftext": "Wow what a time to be alive where you can earn interest on coins called CAKE (PancakeSwap) and BUNNY (Pancake Bunny). I just staked for both recently just as a learning experience really. If you would've told me this is what the crypto world would turn into I would've never believed you. It feels like I'm just playing a virtual game and none of this is real.\n\nLet's not forget about sushiswap and uniswap, which has a unicorn for a logo. Then you go deeper into something like PancakeSwap and there are things called syrup pools and they have Pancake collectibles of little bunnies lol. Is this real life?\n\nWhat surprises you most about where the cryptocurrency world that you would've never expected?"}, {"title": "Some pro tips for beginners", "score": 24, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mylz4o/some_pro_tips_for_beginners/", "selftext": "1 - Secure your funds. Hardware wallets should be a must if you have $500+ that you do not actively trade. \n\n2 - No coin is a safe crypto. This is tech, it lives and it dies. Some of the most promising projects could have it's \"ways\" consumed by another coin. No one knows which coins will make, that's just part of the \"open\" nature of the code. Linux distros never know who will have the higher amounts of users. \n\n3 - keep some type of Excel like file to track how you are trading. Day trading is a business after all, track it like one. \n\n4 - watch the trading fees and taxes. I promise that it won't be your timing/trading that fucks you up, fees and taxes will ruin your day. Keep these in your Excel sheet."}, {"title": "Cost basis calculation for gains", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mylwbr/cost_basis_calculation_for_gains/", "selftext": "This might be an easy question, but I couldn\u2019t easily find the answer. Say I buy 1 BTC a couple years ago, and I\u2019ve been DCA ever since. Every month I move funds from an exchange to cold wallet. Now say I want to sell $10,000 worth, so I transfer some back to an exchange and sell.\n\nWhen I\u2019m calculating gains for taxes, what cost basis would you use? Do you have to reference those blocks to the original purchase and do the match manual? What I\u2019m trying to avoid is selling now and triggering a gain tax event from a couple years ago.\n\nEdit: I understand that\u2019s it\u2019s more beneficial to stake it with someone like Genesis and take a loan, but I\u2019m curious how this works."}, {"title": "Is it possible to determine where this bitcoin was sent to on the blockchain?", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mylus1/is_it_possible_to_determine_where_this_bitcoin/", "selftext": "Some BTC was sent to this address: 1LWLoCfSocy9AvutpBC4o2MGDys8R7hSo1\n\nThe transaction is here:\nhttps://blockchain.coinmarketcap.com/address/bitcoin/1LWLoCfSocy9AvutpBC4o2MGDys8R7hSo1\n\nFrom my understanding, this is a temporary address that I sent to, since it has only my 1 Incoming tx and then only 1 outgoing tx. \n\n\nI see in the \u201cFrom\u201d the following, which means the address sent out the full bitcoin amount:\n\n1LWLoCfSocy9AvutpBC4o2MGDys8R7hSo1\n0.46151794 BTC\n\nBut I don\u2019t see a corresponding \u201cto\u201d transaction with 0.46151794 amount anywhere. Can anyone explain where this was sent to?"}, {"title": "How do I exchange a small amount of link for eth", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myloiz/how_do_i_exchange_a_small_amount_of_link_for_eth/", "selftext": "I have about a hundred dollars worth of link in my exodus wallet and want to exchange it for eth which i have none of. I need eth to exchange into eth for some reason so that's not gonna work. What's the cheapest way to get like ten dollars worth of eth into my exodus wallet to do the exchange? Thank you."}, {"title": "Polygon (MATIC) jumps ahead as the race for Layer-2 adoption picks up", "score": 71, "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/polygon-matic-jumps-ahead-as-the-race-for-layer-2-adoption-picks-up", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "DeFi ecosystem now exceeds 2 million unique addresses", "score": 3, "url": "https://cryptoslate.com/defi-ecosystem-now-exceeds-2-million-unique-addresses", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Just relax we went from flash crash to green in hours", "score": 24, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myllg1/just_relax_we_went_from_flash_crash_to_green_in/", "selftext": "Crypto is a crazy world and 10% drops are normal \n\nBtc is already even and eth is 7% up \n\nJust chill \n\nTouch grass\n\nThink long term \n\nCrypto is the exit plan \n\nJust wanted to share some good thoughts especially with the new comers during this red times \n\nThere is a lot more time to go until mass adoption and we are seeing many companies embrace crypto \n\nWe are still early on the train and btc is one of the most sacarced asset out there so keep stacking"}, {"title": "Accounting - how meticulous do you get when keeping track of transactions?", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mylkt3/accounting_how_meticulous_do_you_get_when_keeping/", "selftext": "I've been trying to make an Excel doc to record of all my transactions since first investing in crypto, but I'm finding it to be very overwhelming. Maybe it's simpler to others, but when it comes to keeping record of all my different currencies on all my different wallets, exchanges, deposits and withdrawls, etc. it leaves my head spinning very quickly. It doesn't help that Coinbase and Coinbase Pro make their transactions as confusing as possible since they're essentially the same site but with different ledgers of your transactions.\n\nIs this worth doing? I have it so that I can see what percent of my total worth each crypto carries, but I'd like to keep track of how much USD was invested to begin with for each one. Right now all I have is USD total. Do people usually keep as close an eye on this or am I just being picky?"}, {"title": "I've calculated the actual price in USD of the top 20 coins if they had the same supply as bitcoin. This is helpful if you are new and don't understand market capitalization.", "score": 38, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myljw1/ive_calculated_the_actual_price_in_usd_of_the_top/", "selftext": "With a lot of newcomers to crypto looking at \"cheap\" coins like doge and others, I thought it would be neat to show what the price of these coins are if they had the same supply as bitcoin. Since coins have different amounts of coins that were released, the price of the coin doesn't explain its value but rather the supply and market capitalization does. So, if you take the market cap of your coin and divide it by the market cap of bitcoin you'll get the rate at which your coin compares to bitcoin's mcap. Then take that rate and just multiply it by bitcoin's price. I've excluded stablecoins from this list as well.\n\n(Coin market cap) / (Bitcoin market cap) \\* (Bitcoin's price) \n\nBitcoin - $49800\n\nEthereum - $14476\n\nBinance Coin - $4163\n\nXRP - $2519\n\nADA - $1867\n\nDOGE - $1744\n\nDOT - $1511\n\nUNI - $967\n\nLTC - $804\n\nBCH - $761\n\nLINK - $711\n\nSOL - $687\n\nVET - $581\n\nXLM - $515\n\nTHETA - $493\n\nFIL - $487\n\nTRON - $388"}, {"title": "Playable NFTs??", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mylj1r/playable_nfts/", "selftext": "So I am new to the whole NFT thing. I guess technically most people still are. Is/would it be possible to make a playable NFT? What I mean by that is, say could fortnite create characters you can purchase in the game as you do now, but that double as an NFT that you could still play the game with?"}, {"title": "How bad to keep Algo on Binance.US?", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myli3n/how_bad_to_keep_algo_on_binanceus/", "selftext": "Hey y'all,\n\nBig proponent of keeping any crypto off exchanges, but I can't justify ALGO off Binance.US staking unless I'm completely missing something. Binance states it's at 10% APY, which (correct me if I'm wrong) is higher than the native ALGO wallet?\n\nJust wanted a gut check, as I can pull it off in the next week (after my rewards are given). Does anybody else have this offer/percentage? Or am I just way off base?\n\nCheers!"}, {"title": "ETH is not an Alt-Coin", "score": 15, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mylbcc/eth_is_not_an_altcoin/", "selftext": " \n\nThis has been discussed in different ways before. The term came up again during the current pump and dumps. Here I just reiterate ETH's standing using the term alt-coin.\n\n1. For a while now ETH has been on par with BTC in its relative ups and downs\n2. Defi with ecosystem of ERC-20 tokens\n3. NFT Hype supported by ETH main net \n4. This past year technical growth has outpaced BTC in several small instances\n5. The recent pump and dumps have made it evident that ETH has a healthier survival during hard corrections than BTC \n\nSo clearly it has been at the top with btc for a while and the term alt coin should be reserved for other foundational block chains like EOS, Cardano, Algorand. This doesn't include erc-20 coins as they all are supplemental and based on eth main net procedures.\n\nFrom an investment point of view ETH is giving better growth and opportunities to earn passive income which means more gains even if the price is lower than btc.\n\nConclusion: ETH like BTC has nothing alternative about it. It is at the top and can arguably stay at the top as updates roll out to make defi easier for more people."}, {"title": "Uphold question!", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mylb8f/uphold_question/", "selftext": "On uphold, if I have a coin that I bought 100$ USD worth of. And it\u2019s now say valued at 200$, I\u2019m obvi is the positive, now I see on there in the transact section, that I can sell that 200$ of coin value into USD. And USD on there is 1.000$ even. Does that mean I could sell all my stock in that coin into USD to save until I\u2019m ready to throw it back into another coin? Or am I misunderstanding that?"}, {"title": "Smart or bad to trade a high coin for a dipped coin?", "score": 15, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myl989/smart_or_bad_to_trade_a_high_coin_for_a_dipped/", "selftext": "I wanted more stellar lumens because it was low (red) and my eth was in the green. I didn't have any extra cash at the time and I knew stellar would increase again so I traded some ETH for lumens. Is this tactic stupid because of fees? I'm not even sure there was a fee... I'm sure there was (coinbase) and I didn't notice it. Do people do this? Did I make a mistake? (It was only 100$)"}, {"title": "Why do most altcoins move with BTC?", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myl963/why_do_most_altcoins_move_with_btc/", "selftext": "Obviously BTC has ~50% market dominance, is pretty much the only household crypto name (tho ETH is getting there), and was the first to use this revolutionary blockchain technology. \n\nBeyond that though, BTC is just a brand. It\u2019s wildly slow, inefficient, and many places that accept BTC are starting to accept certain mainstream altcoins as well. \n\nWhile I am invested in BTC (long term bullish, short term bearish) I don\u2019t understand why certain coins like ADA for example track so closely to BTC. People moving away from BTC to altcoins should arguably be a catalyst for far more useful crypto tech/coins, and a dip in BTC shouldn\u2019t really affect the fate of these other brands. \n\nIs there a reason for this, beyond what I stated above? Thanks in advance, and hodl to the end :)"}, {"title": "A Cypherpunk's Manifesto", "score": 12, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myl3lh/a_cypherpunks_manifesto/", "selftext": "[A Cypherpunk's Manifesto](https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html)\n\n\\- 9 March 1993 \n\nI wanted to share this link with the community here as I just recently found it myself. If you don't know, this is a now infamous \"manifesto\" from the very beginnings of this movement well before Bitcoin came to the scene.\n\nMy favorite quote from it: \"*Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.*\""}, {"title": "Interested in investing in cryptocurrencies? I have things to share with you then", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myl2vb/interested_in_investing_in_cryptocurrencies_i/", "selftext": ">!This is not financial advice and the market is extremely volatile, no one knows what will happen every hour with crypto. !<\n\n**Colombia and Venezuela** are the two Latin American countries with the **highest adoption** of bitcoin, according to an analysis of 154 countries.\n\nThe price of bitcoin is skyrocketing and investor interest in the world's main cryptocurrency has raised its price above US $ 60,000 per unit.\n\nAmong the announcements that boosted its value was the latent risk that the trade relations of China and the United States would not improve or reach the same tension with Joe Biden in the presidency, even at the worst moments of the Trump era. That has led international funds such as Morgan Stanley, or the investment manager BlackRock to express their interest in buying bitcoin as a measure to mitigate possible risks of the trade war.\n\nIf you have been hearing about this market and you are in Venezuela or Colombia, perhaps you have learned that for little money you can have a fraction of this asset since each bitcoin is divided into 100 million fractions, known as satoshis, in tribute to Satoshi Nakamoto, who is credited with creating the digital currency. Although ***it remains a mystery to know if it was he or a group of people who gave life to bitcoin, the truth is that the cryptocurrency rises and arouses more interest in Colombia and Latin America***. According to Alejandro Beltr\u00e1n, Country Manager of [Buda.com](https://Buda.com), one of the global cryptocurrency trading platforms, it is not surprising that Colombia and Venezuela, due to their immigration status, appear in a ranking that measured the adoption of bitcoin in the world.\n\n\\--------------------------------------------------------*Rank of individual weighted metrics feeding into index*\n\n|Country|Score|Rank|On-Chain Value Received|On-chain retail value received|Number of on-chain deposits|P2P Exchange trade Volume|\n|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|\n|Ukraine|1|1|4|4|7|11|\n|Russia|0.931|2|7|8|5|9|\n|Venezuela|0.799|3|19|14|15|2|\n|China|0.672|4|1|1|85|53|\n|Kenya|0.645|5|37|11|57|1|\n|United States of America|0.627|6|5|6|39|16|\n|South Africa|0.526|7|12|9|41|10|\n|Nigeria|0.459|8|14|7|112|3|\n|Colombia|0.444|9|25|18|61|4|\n|Vietnam|0.443|10|2|2|44|81|\n\nIn that list, prepared by the firm Chainalysis, Venezuela is third and Colombia is ninth in the world among 154 countries with the most adoption of cryptocurrencies. Ukraine and Russia occupy the first two positions, while Afghanistan, Algeria or Cape Verde do not have any activity in this market.\n\nThis situation is due to the fact that developing countries have a high activity of base cryptocurrencies. Venezuela represents an excellent example of what drives the adoption of cryptocurrencies in developing countries and how citizens use it to mitigate economic instability.\n\n\u201cAs we discuss in depth later in the report, our data shows that Venezuelans use cryptocurrencies more when the country's native fiat currency is losing value due to inflation, suggesting that Venezuelans turn to cryptocurrencies to preserve savings. That they might otherwise lose\u201d the report says.\n\nThis pattern is also seen in other Latin American countries, as well as in Africa, East Asia, and elsewhere.\n\nSo... **What to do if you want to invest?**\n\n* Get informed very well\n\nLike any investor, the information is what counts. Before putting the money in a company, it is important to find reviews on Google (the one that knows everything) and if you have doubts, put the word 'scam' or 'fraud' next to the name of who is offering the investment. Example:\n\nOn Google: \u2018Pepito P\u00e9rez bitcoin scam\u2019\n\nIf negative results come out, it is best to ignore the offer.\n\n* Invest only if you understand very well\n\nOne of the great obstacles of bitcoin, which for connoisseurs is the great advantage, is that it is not subject to a tangible investment and the price rises or falls, depending only on market announcements, supply and demand. There is not a company behind or an authority in the world to endorse. So the investor must understand the risks very well and what he is buying when depositing his money.\n\n* Don't risk house money or education\n\nOnly allocate for this investment the available money that you have from a surplus or that you are sure that you may lose it, if it is the case of your first investment and you do not understand its price changes very well. In the market, everything that goes up goes down again and bitcoin has been constantly increasing for a year, but in 2018 and 2019 it had a crash that raised concerns about its continuity. The truth is that this investment has huge price fluctuations that test the nerves of the most experienced investors. So, if you want to participate in that market, don't gamble with money destined for a goal like a house or a pension. Do it with resources that if you lose, they will not cost you much in the budget.\n\nFeel free to add more things that will help people jump on this train. Greetings from Little Venetia. Love to crypto and the amazing community."}, {"title": "More people are becoming aware of cryptocurrencies, but still don't understand them!", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myl1ny/more_people_are_becoming_aware_of/", "selftext": "I was at a small retirement party yesterday (everything was within our government's social distancing guidelines) that had a mixture of age groups. I was speaking to a friend with a similar knowledge level about cryptocurrencies when an older female interjected asking if we were talking about different types of bitcoin and if we had heard of dogecoin, which she pronounced \"dodge\" coin.\n\n\n\n\nIt was a mixed feeling. Firstly I was happy that more people are becoming interested in cryptos. But then it sank in that it's still an alien topic even to those who have heard about it. After a couple of minutes, we found out that she thought you could only buy whole coins, that she was only interested after hearing of a \"friend of a friend turning \u00a340 into \u00a3800 in a day\" and she thought that all cryptos had no real purpose. \n\n\n\n\nI'm not telling you guys this to poke fun at her either. We tried to answer any question she had and explained her misconceptions. It made me realize how important it is to be open and sharing to anyone interested in crypto, and to also put yourself in their shoes so you can be aware of how it is coming across.\n\n\n\n\nThis link concludes that only 16.9% of investors who have bought crypto \u201cfully understand\u201d the value and potential of cryptocurrency, while 33.5% of buyers have either zero knowledge about the space or would call their level of understanding \u201cemerging.\"\n\n\n[Here!](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/04/survey-finds-one-third-of-crypto-buyers-dont-know-what-theyre-doing.html)\n\n\n\n\nSome reports find that an estimated 106 million people have invested in cryptocurrencies by January 2021. That is approximately 1.34% of the world population and will only increase. It's scary to think how many of these people aren't making an informed decision when purchasing crypto.\n\n\n[Here!](https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/crypto-users-pass-100-million-boomers-gen-x-bitcoin-btc-ethereum-2021-2-1030122720#:~:text=Around%20106%20million%20people%20are,drawn%20to%20tokens%20like%20bitcoin.)\n\n\n\nThis subreddit is a great community and resource tool. I still have plenty to learn and this is the place I come to learn. As time goes on, more will flock here but even more will go to their family and friends. If you are on the receiving end of these queries, please don't give anecdotal success stories instead of your most straightforward breakdown of *what* cryptocurrencies are and *how* they are being used. If they see the value in them, then guide them in how to safely purchase crypto and what scams to avoid.\n\n\nEveryone take care and good luck out there!"}, {"title": "Todays Winners and losers: April 26, 2021", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myl1dk/todays_winners_and_losers_april_26_2021/", "selftext": "\nDaily stats for large volume coins\n\n ADA changed by -0.6% in the last 24 hours \n BTC changed by -1.75% in the last 24 hours \n ETH changed by +5.13% in the last 24 hours \n FIL changed by +0.66% in the last 24 hours \n BCH changed by -1.51% in the last 24 hours \n TRX changed by -0.64% in the last 24 hours \n MANA changed by -0.56% in the last 24 hours \n DOT changed by +3.21% in the last 24 hours \n ALGO changed by +0.83% in the last 24 hours \n XTZ changed by +0.36% in the last 24 hours \n LTC changed by -0.4% in the last 24 hours \n XLM changed by -1.91% in the last 24 hours \n XRP changed by -0.88% in the last 24 hours \n VET changed by -5.25% in the last 24 hours \n BAT changed by -0.45% in the last 24 hours \n LTO changed by +14.22% in the last 24 hours \n ENJ changed by +0.91% in the last 24 hours \n RVN changed by +0.02% in the last 24 hours \n\nIf you want a coin put on the watchlist pm me"}, {"title": "Best places to learn about crypto", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myl10d/best_places_to_learn_about_crypto/", "selftext": "I'm relatively new to crypto (investing for a few months now) and I have been trying to absorb everything I can about crypto. I'm wondering what are some good resources to learn about alt coins and get news. I'm looking to invest in up and coming projects, long term. \n\nThanks for any help."}, {"title": "Daily Discussion - April 26, 2021 (GMT+0)", "score": 315, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myl08t/daily_discussion_april_26_2021_gmt0/", "selftext": "**Welcome to the Daily Discussion. Please read the disclaimer, guidelines, and rules before participating.**\n \n***\n-\n \n###Disclaimer:\n\nThough karma rules still apply, moderation is less stringent on this thread than on the rest of the sub. Therefore, consider all information posted here with several liberal heaps of salt, and always cross check any information you may read on this thread with known sources. Any trade information posted in this open thread may be highly misleading, and could be an attempt to manipulate new readers by known \"pump and dump (PnD) groups\" for their own profit. BEWARE of such practices and exercise utmost caution before acting on any trade tip mentioned here. \n\n\n**Please be careful about what information you share and the actions you take.** Do not share the amounts of your portfolios (why not just share percentage?). Do not share your private keys or wallet seed. Use strong, non-SMS 2FA if possible. Beware of scammers and be smart. Do not invest more than you can afford to lose, and do not fall for pyramid schemes, promises of unrealistic returns (get-rich-quick schemes), and other common scams.\n \n***\n-\n \n###Rules:\n\n - All [sub rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/about/rules/) apply in this thread. The prior exemption for karma and age requirements is no longer in effect. \n - Discussion topics must be related to cryptocurrency.\n - Behave with civility and politeness. Do not use offensive, racist or homophobic language.\n - Comments will be sorted by newest first.\n \n***\n-\n\n###Useful Links:\n\n - [**Beginner Resources**](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/beginner_resources)\n\n - [**Intro to r/Cryptocurrency MOONs \ud83c\udf14**](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gj96lb/introducing_rcryptocurrency_moons/)\n\n - [**List of MOON proposals that have been implemented**](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/wiki/moon_proposals)\n\n - [**rCryptoCurrency Discord**](https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/kth255/join_the_crypto_currency_discord/)\n\n - [**r/CryptoCurrencyMemes**](https://www.reddit.com/r/cryptocurrencymemes)\n\n - [**Prior Daily Discussions**](https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/search?q=title%3A\"Daily+Discussion+-+\"+&restrict_sr=on&sort=new&t=all)\n\n - [**Monthly Skeptics Discussion thread**](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mhj2sb/monthly_skeptics_discussion_april_2021/)"}, {"title": "Just starting - Questions about this whole thing", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mykzp2/just_starting_questions_about_this_whole_thing/", "selftext": "I started hearing about crypto a long time ago, although as most people did, I just knew that \"Bitcoin\" existed and that it was expensive af, I just knew that it made people rich.\n\nI just started to look into it, and now it's the time when I see that it isn't that unreachable thing, where only millionaires can invest. It really seems like a fascinating world, and I've always loved the trading kind of stuff.\n\nI'm not looking, in any way, to get richer, but just make some investments for the future and maybe making a little bit of money short-term too.\n\nThis post is being written only because I think that it could help a lot of people in my situation, who just don't know where to start. So, I need to ask some questions:\n\n1. What would be the best app/platform to trade and have my portfolio in? (If something like that exists).\n\n2. What paying method should I use for investing? I don't feel like using my card, because I don't know at which point it is safe or not.\n\n3. What's the best way to stay informed about the highs and lows? \n\n4. Should I invest in popular coins (like bitcoin, ethereum and that kind of stuff) even if it's just a little or should I go with minor ones?\n\n5. Do I need to pay any kind of fee when trying to \"cashout\" or well, selling?\n\n6. Is there an x amount of money recommended for begginers? Like, let's say, 100\u20ac.\n\n7. Are MOONS something you can keep in your wallet/portfolio, and that you can freely buy and sell or can you just earn them and then \"cash out\"?\n\n8. How do you get MOONS? Is it only in this subreddit, or is it by getting attention in general?\n\n8. What would be the case for a minor who wants to get in all of this?\n\n9. How do you know when a coin is going to boom in price? I mean, is there any way to try and predict the market, as little as it could be?\n\n10. Do I need to pay taxes for cryptos? \n\nNow, I would love to get into this community and I'm actually excited to start this kind of \"journey\", if I should call it that.\n\nAny help or advice is appreciated, and thank you in advance."}, {"title": "Ethereum Smart Contracts: What are they? How do they work? And what are they good for?", "score": 4, "url": "https://joshuajimenez.medium.com/ethereum-smart-contracts-what-are-they-how-do-they-work-and-what-are-they-good-for-4358819ce8ee", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Just read up about this project today after reading this article https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/business/lvmh-richemont-prada-blockchain.html. Those are some very serious luxury brands and a brilliant use case. Does anybody know if it's possible to invest in this?", "score": 0, "url": "https://auraluxuryblockchain.com/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "After Two Red Weeks, Bitcoin Is Nearly As Oversold As In March 2020", "score": 37, "url": "https://cryptopotato.com/rsi-bitcoin-oversold-lows-2020/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Help staking DOT", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myknwc/help_staking_dot/", "selftext": "I have been trying to get into staking every coin I like I do ADA and some Defi from my ledger I just got some polkadot thanks to the dip. But I\u2019m trying to stake from my ledger nano X. When I read online they say it\u2019s 100 DOT minimum but when I try on my ledger it says I can pick how much dot I put in. But I chose about 4 nomininaters and it keep saying \u201cno active nomination\u201d in orange above the names I chose, but I payed to nominate.. did I do something wrong? I only put in about 10 DOT to try it is that why?"}, {"title": "Euro stablecoins?", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myknn5/euro_stablecoins/", "selftext": "I was looking around for stablecoins mirroring the Euro.\n\nI only found stasis \"eurs\" and wanted to know if you have any experience or what you think of it in general? What might be the potential risks with this one?\n\nAre there any other stables or is \"eurs\" the only one out there?\n\n​\n\nThanks in advance and stay safe.\n\nEdit: Found out that tether offers an eurt stablecoin."}, {"title": "A Simple Explanation of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT)", "score": 11, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mykkn7/a_simple_explanation_of_nonfungible_tokens_nft/", "selftext": "Thanks to everyone who has left suggestions for new articles in my previous posts. As requested here is :\n\n[A Simple Explanation of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT)](https://cointutor.org/a-simple-explanation-of-non-fungible-tokens-nft)\n\nHope it helps someone out, more to come! Suggestions welcomed."}, {"title": "Good News for Turkey.", "score": 27, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mykk66/good_news_for_turkey/", "selftext": "Turkey\u2019s Central Bank announced that they will not be banning the use of Crypto but will be regulating. Governor \u015eahap Kavac\u0131o\u011flu said, \"You cannot fix anything by banning crypto and we do not intend to do this.\u201d I guess they realized that the falling Turkish Lira was not due to crypto currency use or trading. I suppose regulation is a lot better than an outright ban!"}, {"title": "Analysts believe Polygon (MATIC) price is undervalued after the total value locked for AAVE on Polygon surpassed $1 billion and transaction volumes on QuickswapDEX reached new highs.", "score": 7, "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/polygon-matic-jumps-ahead-as-the-race-for-layer-2-adoption-picks-up/amp?__twitter_impression=true", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "If you get hit by a bus, will your family have access to your potential $million(s) worth of crypto?", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mykhfq/if_you_get_hit_by_a_bus_will_your_family_have/", "selftext": " \n\n***TL;DR Version:*** Go directly to the question at the bottom.\n\nAs experienced crypto-warriors in general, we all know how complex the problem is of being able to access our assets. Assuming that you're like me and have multiple wallets, and each one requires its own song-and-dance to execute an exchange for fiat, how will your family be able to access that bounty, in the event of your death or incapacitation?\n\nI've just spent a day writing a full description of my crypto holdings, wallets, how to access wallets, mnemonic phrases, short description of each crypto and minimum time for each to get the expected return, warnings about scams, list of exchanges, short description of how to access exchanges, description of 2FA, keys to my 2FA's ... and on and on.\n\nI've put all that info on a secure usb and stored it in a secure location that my wife and kids know where to find, and provided them with the password. But having done that, I'm more fully aware of how difficult it is going to be for any family member to navigate the process and be able to benefit from my efforts of protecting and growing our wealth.\n\n**Question:** Does anyone know of a legitimate (licensed, bonded, trustworthy), advisor/lawyer/organization, or how to find one, that is setup to provide a crypto-navigation service, that can just take the basic information of your list of wallets, passwords, mnemonic phrases, 2FA keywords, etc, and extract the equivalent fiat, for your family in the event of your demise?"}, {"title": "\"Nobody expects to be able to ... slap down some Bitcoins in exchange for goods and services...\" This article from 2011 shows just how far we've come in the last 10 years.", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.cnet.com/news/are-physical-bitcoins-legal/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Cardano and Stellar Lumens Hit Milestone As Swiss Investment Fund Launches New Crypto ETPs", "score": 213, "url": "https://dailyhodl.com/2021/04/25/cardano-and-stellar-lumens-hit-milestone-as-swiss-investment-fund-launches-new-crypto-etps/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "resources on how to develop a token?", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mykb6g/resources_on_how_to_develop_a_token/", "selftext": "\n\nhi everyone,\n\nsorry if this has been asked a million times before but i'm wondering how someone goes about developing a token like elongate, lovelyonlyfans, bitgay etc? i'm particularly interested in ones that fund charities, have burn off and are non ruggable. \n\ni find it such a curious and positive movement and i'd love to know more and maybe join the fun. \n\nany resource or advice would be greatly appreciated."}, {"title": "Living off of A Crypto savings account", "score": 27, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myk9o0/living_off_of_a_crypto_savings_account/", "selftext": "Right now this is extremely far-fetched for me but Is it a good idea to Save up 2 Million dollars worth of USDT, deposit it into BlockFi or some Crypto savings account, and just be set for life and live off of it? You will get around 150K a year passively but, are they're any risks for doing this?"}, {"title": "Pancakeswap", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myk9ig/pancakeswap/", "selftext": "Sorry if this question has already been asked. I\u2019m new to pancakeswap, and I\u2019m trying to swap for a coin, and it is telling me that it is waiting for confirmation and to confirm this transaction in my wallet. When I go to my wallet there\u2019s no option to confirm anything, so is there something I\u2019m doing wrong or I need to do different? Thanks, sorry if it\u2019s a stupid question!"}, {"title": "What\u2019s The Most Interesting New Project You\u2019re Looking Into Right Now?", "score": 29, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myk6nj/whats_the_most_interesting_new_project_youre/", "selftext": "BTC, ETH, BCH, ETC are all treating me pretty good. On the Technical side I\u2019m leaning towards ETH as to where I put the brunt of my investment. However, I like a lot of people would like to know what new projects everyone finds interesting and worthy? Crypto getting so much new attention is bound to spur new innovation that is either going to be good for the existing coins or bad."}, {"title": "Question about bitconnect", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myk63k/question_about_bitconnect/", "selftext": "So, I can\u2019t find bitconnect on coin market cap. Does it like, no longer exist? Honestly I just would like to have at least one coin for shits and giggles. My portfolio feels so empty without it.\n\nHEY HEY HEY HEY."}, {"title": "Binance Smart Chain - A Journey to Decentralization: Validators & Delegators", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.binance.org/en/blog/a-journey-to-decentralization-validators-delegators/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "The real diamond hands.", "score": 11, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myk5kr/the_real_diamond_hands/", "selftext": "My dads got the real diamond hands. \n\nHe has only ever been invested in the stock market for decades. \n\nAfter chatting for a few months about crypto here and there, I just grabbed an eth for him on my exchange. \n\nTold him I set a stop loss for 10% down and he dismissively snorted; \"no, no point getting rid of it every 5 seconds it's one of those things that will go up eventually\" \n\nThe old brass knows the way. \n\nPerhaps there is something to this HODL business after all. \ud83e\udd14\n\n\n\nEdit: I do not have SL's myself, however was opting for a conservative approach with his funds being his first crypto investment. His condescending tone is a testament to the HODL understanding of seasoned investors.\n\nEdit 2, a side rant: This post doesn't quite fit in to this rant, as it isn't valuable or educational per se'.. alas, when you scroll through and downvote every single post or comment your behaviour is detrimental to this sub, and the quality therein that is of value to many. Your actions are actually harmful when valuable information is shared that can improve people's knowledge and investment strategies. This in itself is inimical to the very ethos of crypto, you're like the bad smell that accompanies an otherwise beautiful thing. Stop it."}, {"title": "Hong Kong Restaurant Starts Accepting Bitcoin, Ether & other Cryptos as Payment", "score": 50, "url": "https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/hong-kong-restaurant-starts-accepting-bitcoin-ether-other-cryptos-as-payment/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Is there a reason why most coins follow the same pattern?", "score": 15, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myjs2q/is_there_a_reason_why_most_coins_follow_the_same/", "selftext": "Just scrolling through the charts and looking at the different coins. They all seem to have very identical ups and downs of price at the same time. Is there an explanation of why that is? Is it because of just mass market manipulations of cryptos by multi billionaires or something completely else ?"}, {"title": "Adoption is coming!!", "score": 36, "url": "/r/Bitcoin/comments/myirka/south_korea_and_japan_to_add_crypto_studies_in/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "I Joined Reddit to Creep this Sub", "score": 21, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myjqp0/i_joined_reddit_to_creep_this_sub/", "selftext": "On my day of cake, I wanted to take a moment to thank the people of this sub that are way smarter than me and take the time to explain the things that I didn\u2019t understand. I Joined Reddit to creep this sub after a friend of mine told me about how he bought half a bitcoin by mistake ( This was over a year ago so it\u2019s turned into a really pleasant mistake!) I wanted to learn more about what Cryptocurrency was and how it held any value. I\u2019ve learned a lot over the last year and it\u2019s all thanks to the people in this community! So thank you for the advice, the information, support, and direction. I'm even thankful for the downvotes I get on my shitpost! Thanks to you guys I've closer than ever to my personal goals in life! Thanks again!!!"}, {"title": "This is the way.", "score": 51, "url": "/r/Bitcoin/comments/mxx8yt/no_one_in_the_history_of_bitcoin_has_ever_lost_by/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Best to live when you have crypto retirement scenario.", "score": 10, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myjk5t/best_to_live_when_you_have_crypto_retirement/", "selftext": "As of today what do you think is the best place to live if you have to cash out a certain amount of crypto each month to pay bills? Where are the tax burdens lowest in such a scenario?\n\nI'm not in such a situation but was curious after seeing all the bullrun retirement posts."}, {"title": "Although I'm not an Elon fan but Tesla will release its first set of results since adding $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin to its balance sheet on Monday\ud83e\udd41", "score": 495, "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2021/04/25/what-does-the-future-hodl-elon-musk-primes-bitcoin-and-crypto-for-a-tesla-bombshell-after-extreme-price-swings/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "If you are new to Crypto Currencies", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myjhfx/if_you_are_new_to_crypto_currencies/", "selftext": "Do not worry about all the negative energy surrounding the factual downward stream that the currencies are undertaking.\n\nTime is going by faster than the price changes of these cryptos. \n\nWe are part of the first decade (Litecoin 2011) of financial transformation after the industrial revolution!\n\nDO NOT LET NEGATIVITY IN THIS SUB MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOU."}, {"title": "How to Create Crypto Economy For Community?", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myjdul/how_to_create_crypto_economy_for_community/", "selftext": "A friend of mine deeply involved in crypto suggested me to create a \"social token\" or crypto for a community, I believe similar to moons being used here? (Not too sure how moons work excuse that last part about moons!)\n\nMy question is there anyway to create a crypto, so we can use it on a Discord/subreddit and reward coins for different interactions? Maybe my interpretation is wrong but it would allow for us to create an ecosystem? \n\nSorry if this doesn't belong here! I'm just a dumbie trying to implement crypto economy into a small community. I think this a healthy sign for the crypto space though cause more non-investors like myself are seeing its viable real-world applications and wanting to implement it! Thank you! Sorry again for my ignorance on the topic!"}, {"title": "Previously new to crypto - reflection", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myjcmm/previously_new_to_crypto_reflection/", "selftext": "So I was new to crypto in early January. I\u2019m going through my trades (for taxes) and damn there is a lot to reflect on. I Initially went heavy on ETH and then I spread out some money on alt coins. I day traded like crazy with alt coins, taking loses in hopes of striking it rich. I was up about 33% and feeling invincible. Then I hit my first major dip (at least I thought at the time) in late January. I sold most of my crypto (at a profit) and it turned out to be a blip. Bought back in right away at a loss. Then a legit dip occurred in early February, sold most of my crypto which wasn\u2019t a terrible move as it really crashed compared to my entry price, but at this point I lost all of my gains and was back to zero. I bought back in after and limited my altcoin (primarily BTC, ETH, LINK, and a splash of ADA). Having now a real perspective on a real dip (I get it could get worse than I\u2019ve ever seen like in 2017) I\u2019ve HODL since then and just buy more on dips. With that said I\u2019m still below my initial gains in late January even though prices are way up. My reflection isn\u2019t that you should always HODL but when your new you don\u2019t have the real life experience to understand when it is the peak or bottom to make smart trades. In the end I would have made so much more money if I had just HODL. After 5 months and experiencing some reasonable dips and pumps I feel more comfortable and confident in making some trades to sell high and buy the dip, but i only gamble a small fraction of my crypto with that.\n\nEdit based on initial comments:\nAlways keep in mind HODLing is easier the earlier you get in and have a bigger profit margin. Yes I would be up more had I never initially sold in early February but at the time the dip was big enough that I may go negative on my investment and at the time I couldn\u2019t accept that after being up so much. After experiencing dips and pumps I\u2019m more comfortable HODLing which is a main point of this reflection"}, {"title": "Nodes on low specs.", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myjcej/nodes_on_low_specs/", "selftext": "I'm learning more about crypto and just found out about nodes. I have been thinking of mining but I really dont have the specs. so I think I will try noding (if that's what its referred to as). I run 4gb ram on Linux so this very much so could be out of the picture entirely. but what specs are required to do nodes and what software do I use?"}, {"title": "Am I the only one hoping the dip goes deeper?", "score": 10, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myjaa5/am_i_the_only_one_hoping_the_dip_goes_deeper/", "selftext": "I really think this dip is healthy and will set us up for a huge return of the bulls... I've done some discount shopping this past week but I'm actually hoping BTC drops to 40k or lower so I can load up even more. \n\nI know a lot of people are panicking. Especially newer investors. But apart from a handful of moonshot Alts, I'm way long on my BTC, ETH, ALGO and ADA. I'll be hodling 5-8 years or more. Hoping we get some deeper discounts before this dip is over. \n\nIf you are new to Crypto and this drop has scared you, get over it. Be patient. Crypto market changes like New England weather. I predict we will move sideways and down until May 15 (US Tax deadline). Then we'll be back to pumping and wishing we bought more when we had the chance.\n\nThese are the \"Good Old Daze.\" Buy low, sell high!"}, {"title": "Buy and HODL (but until when?)", "score": 11, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myj58a/buy_and_hodl_but_until_when/", "selftext": "By now a lot of us know that one of the most sound pieces of investment advice, whether it be in stonks or crypto, is to buy and HODL. But something that has not been universally agreed upon (and might never be), is how long do you hold until? \n\nI\u2019d love for this sub to sound off on what they think is a reasonable time to hold onto their coins. At what point, for you, does it make sense to sell? What kinds of gains do you feel you need to reach before you cash out? And when is it time to throw in the towel before you lose a substantial amount of fiat (considering the possibility of your coin of choice not recovering during a dip)? I realize most of this will come down to individual risk tolerances, but would be interesting to hear everyone\u2019s thoughts nonetheless. \n\nI think hearing different perspectives will help a bunch of noobs out on this sub (like myself)."}, {"title": "It can be tough to see the market red, but remember that this is the time to DCA down.", "score": 22, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myj3rl/it_can_be_tough_to_see_the_market_red_but/", "selftext": "Timing the market is virtually impossible, so instead of dropping all of your cash into your preferred coin at once, use DCA (dollar cost averaging) to take advantage of dips over time. \n\nA simple example; You have $1000 to put into the market. Instead of putting all $1000 in at once, you put $100 in each month for 10 months. As the price fluctuates up & down your able to take advantage of the dips to bring your average cost down. \n\nThe one major caveat here is transaction fees, depending on your trading platform/how much your paying per transaction you may be eating into potential profits, so be wary of that factor."}, {"title": "Did Anyone Else Find Crypto Out Of Contempt For Government?", "score": 26, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myj3hf/did_anyone_else_find_crypto_out_of_contempt_for/", "selftext": "Just curious. We are in our third lockdown, and desperation is sinking in for me. As someone who\u2019s worked out for a decade and used to be obese, the depression from having my primary mode of physical and emotional regulation having been stripped from me, has grown immeasurably. \n\nFor real, the only joy I get these days is hoping crypto completely upends the shitty governments of the world. I\u2019m hoping we don\u2019t continue into lockdowns through September. \n\nI suspect it won\u2019t be long before I am unable to bring myself to work, then I\u2019ll be here, whoring for moons."}, {"title": "Multiple Wallets for different coins - any app that can consolidate them all ?", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myiyf1/multiple_wallets_for_different_coins_any_app_that/", "selftext": "I currently have all my assets in Trust Wallet but only a few of the coins are able to be staked on it.\n\nI've seen other wallets that allow staking of those coins which would require me to transfer from Trust wallet into the other wallet.\n\nSo I could potentially have all my coins scattered in multiple wallets.\n\nIs there a way to consolidate them for monitoring into one app ? Not for sending/receiving/buying etc... just purely to have all my coins in view and see what they currently are worth and how many I have as I could then see how much more I've earned through staking etc..\n\nI've noticed in Trust wallet there is something called Walletconnect but im not sure if this is intended for what im looking for ? So i've I transferred one of my coins out of Trust and into New wallet I was hoping i could link the new wallet to Trust and I could still see the coin in my portfolio despite it not physically being in the wallet if that makes sense.\n\nThis way i'd only need to keep trust wallet on my phone to view all my assets and only ever go into the other wallets when i need to sell/move/exchange. \n\nThis would be nice for not having 6/7 different wallets installed on my phone.\n\nThanks for any help regarding this."}, {"title": "Opinion | Why bitcoin? Here\u2019s why.", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/why-bitcoin-heres-why/2021/04/25/a5c2de22-a207-11eb-b314-2e993bd83e31_story.html", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Cardano NFTs", "score": 14, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myivze/cardano_nfts/", "selftext": "What do you guys think about the Cardano NFTs market? It is thriving even before the release of smart contracts. People are trading with help of escrows (trusted community members) to avoid being scammed as smart contracts weren't released yet.\n\nI myself have made nice deals like buying something for 50 ADA and selling for 150 ADA. There are new projects everyday and really nice opportunities. The next project I am waiting to participate is Cardano Warriors, the community is highly hyped for it.\n\nI never participated in the Ethereum NFTs market, only read something about it, I would like to know the opinion of people that knows this market. :)"}, {"title": "Canadian exchange options?", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myiulp/canadian_exchange_options/", "selftext": "I have been searching the web in the hopes of finding an analysis on the different exchanges available for Canadians.\n\nIs there any such structured breakdown of best exchanges for specific uses?\n\nExample of what I am looking for:\n1. Safe and secure\n2. Carrying a wide variety of alt coins (not interested if they only have btc and eth)\n3. Reasonable spread - not covertly gouging\n4. Ease of purchase of coins\n5. Ease of sale back to canadian dollars\n\nI intend to purchase for investment reasons only.\n\nDoes such an exchange carry all of that under one roof?\n\nAny direct help or resources would be greatly appreciated."}, {"title": "Quantity > Valuation", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myitmc/quantity_valuation/", "selftext": "One of the things that has really shifted for me as I\u2019ve continued to invest is how I view day-to-day investing. \n\nPreviously I would constantly look at charts, chat groups, and message boards to find new picks that had the chance to 10x or more \u201csoon\u201d. It led to a lot of FOMO and constantly feeling like I was behind the market. \n\nAdditionally it caused me to constantly look at the current value of my holdings and debate on whether to reposition to take advantage of the \u201cnew opportunities\u201d I was finding. \n\nI\u2019ve come to realize that if crypto really is in its infancy, the best thing I can do for my own profits and we\u2019ll-being is invest in a handful of solid projects and focus on accumulating more of those currencies, instead of diluting with other new investments. \n\nNot only that, but this has a very simple execution strategy of DCA so I don\u2019t have to worry about \u201ctiming\u201d and investments. \n\nI know many of the seasoned investors here have already figured this out but thought I\u2019d share my experience in case it was helpful for some newbies. \n\nTL/DR - Focusing on getting more of the coins you believe in instead of constantly searching for the magic coin leads to better profits and sanity."}, {"title": "Unpopular opinion: I don't think holding on exchanges is that bad", "score": 228, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myirn8/unpopular_opinion_i_dont_think_holding_on/", "selftext": "We have all heard it before \"Not your keys, not your coins\". It's almost the number one rule in Crypto. However I don't believe it's that \"big\" of a deal. First off, for small bag holders, the fees in transfering to wallet eats a good chunk of the coin. It does not make financial sense to 50 or so bucks on 100$ of coin. The risk of losing key access also becomes mitigated. The biggest concern is security and rug pulls, but more and more exchanges are becoming established entities. At the early stages of adoption where Crypto is being treated as a investment rather than use, I don't think holding on exchanges is that bad and I think it makes more sense than a wallet (if fees are in play).\n\n\nEDIT: Forgot about the Tax Implications of \"liquidating\" (I.e moving coins from exchange to storage) coins from exchange. This could potentially cut into profits even more! *Depending on your country"}, {"title": "Need Your Expertise: What are the Key Success Factors for the \"Cryptocurrency Industry\"", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myirmg/need_your_expertise_what_are_the_key_success/", "selftext": "All, \n\nI'm putting together an industry value curve for the \"cryptocurrency industry\" which I'll define for this purpose as the top-10 currencies by market cap via Coinmarketcap (and may expand depending on how the analysis goes) - also interested in opinion on this...should it be more? Less? Some outliers excluded (doge?) or no?\n\nI need some help from those of you smarter and wiser than me with coming up with key success factors, I.e. the things that firms (or in this case, currencies) focus on to achieve success in the industry. For example, speed of transaction is one and network security another.\n\nIf you don't mind, can you list what you think are important factors of cryptocurrency that makes one attractive for you rather than another? \n\nTo start...I know:\n\n- speed of transaction\n- ease of transaction\n- network security\n- network efficiency (uptime vs downtime)\n- ecological impact\n- use variations (NFTs, $ transfer, smart contracts, etc.)\n- network effects (adoption and use)\n- network effects - complementors (development)\n- \"tokenomics\" e.g. inflation/deflation and mechanisms for monetary policy \n- governance\n- decentralization vs centralization\n- team/foundation (ty u/mcbeaster)\n- partnerships (ty u/mcbeaster)\n- strategic plan/roadmap and batting avg (ty u/mcbeaster)\n\nWhat can I add? What can I split into multiple factors? Etc. \n\nIf you don't know what an industry value curve is, please see here: [https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/value-curve-model.htm](https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/value-curve-model.htm)\n\nIn essence, an industry value curve \"provides a useful framework for comparing your strategy against that of your competitors, by using a simple chart. This helps you focus sharply on the things that differentiate you from your competitors, and develop a clear and easily explained value proposition.\" \n \nIf you're wondering \"Why is he doing this?\" The reason I'm doing this is I want to begin conducting some cryptocurrency analysis based more on business elements and use-cases, not on technical analysis or theoretical arguments. I'm an MBA with quite a bit of experience in the strategy, business development, and finance realm. I'm also a fundamentals-based value investor in other asset classes and believe some aspects of that can start making their way into the crypto market. I plan on doing a few analyses/frameworks (such as VRIO, brand mapping, five forces, etc.) in hopes that something may shine through - and if nothing does so be it. \n\nThank you in advance if you are so kind as to assist."}, {"title": "Wondering if I can get a solid answer on the Ellipal Titan", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myio7w/wondering_if_i_can_get_a_solid_answer_on_the/", "selftext": "Usually before buying something I look online lists first and then read reddit reviews. When looking for an offline crypto wallet the way the Ellipal Titan works makes it sounds like just about the perfect wallet so after a while of looking I just went ahead and bought it without looking at reddit.\n\nNow that I'm waiting for it to come in I happened to check and I see that hardly anyone on here has even heard of Ellipal and some people were having issues but others said that those people just weren't following directions.\n\nThe main issue I saw people had was just that the product was not open source. At least as of 2 months ago, but everything I see online now says that it is open source. Does that change things and make this now a recommendable product?\n\nAnyone have any personal experience with it they'd like to share? I see it brought up a few times in other posts but I haven't really seen a clear answer mainly cause it seems that not a lot of people on here use them."}, {"title": "Earning crypto-currency while reviewing Anki cards: AnkiCoin - I'm sure some of you here must have used Anki before. How does this idea from 3 years ago sound?", "score": 1, "url": "/r/Anki/comments/7p6tr6/earning_cryptocurrency_while_reviewing_anki_cards/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Crypto trading without crypto exchange", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myiler/crypto_trading_without_crypto_exchange/", "selftext": "Hello, my question is, if it is possible to drop some coins from one wallet to another without an exchange service. Like 2 hardware wallets on the same stick/computer and doing the \"exchange\" via copy and paste. \nThanks already for sharing your knowledge"}, {"title": "Staking ETH 2.0 on Binance", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myiiwh/staking_eth_20_on_binance/", "selftext": "I read about the opportunity to invest in ETH 2.0 on Binance. The big thing there is, that you can stake ETH 2.0 on Binance. I want to invest every few days with 100$ and do DCA. Now I have a few questions because this is my first attempt in staking.\n\nCan I buy ETH right now on Binance for the staking? \nWill the rewards be worth it with an investment of 1000$ every month? \nWhat else is important before I start with staking ETH 2.0? \nWould you recommend staking ETH 2.0? \nWhat do you think about the idea of DCA and ETH?\n\nThanks for your answers! \nIf you just want/can answer one question, I will still be happy! :-)"}, {"title": "How to exchange small amounts of currencies?", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myig5a/how_to_exchange_small_amounts_of_currencies/", "selftext": "So basically I have some small numbers of altcoins in my wallet, that I earned from faucets. I have like 1-3$ each in Bitcoin Cash, Nano, etc. Given their small number, they're pretty useless right now. I would like to convert them all into Bitcoin, but Exodus wallet's minimum amounts required for exchange are quite high compared to what I hold.\n\nWhat are the sites/platforms that have the least amount required for exchange and will allow me to quickly do so?"}, {"title": "Speculation on the future of this technology.", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myiffa/speculation_on_the_future_of_this_technology/", "selftext": " For a needed break here from the recent dip, fire sale, crash, or whatever we are calling it, I want to look at the future of cryptocurrency, and its technology, and where they might end up. I am going to look at the currencies themselves, the blockchain, and the recently popular NFTs.\n\nNow, I have to begin with the same disclosures you always hear about however, I also have some new ones.\n\nThere is no financial advice and I am not a professional in this sector. But I have to say that I am also relatively new to this world and this is all speculation. I know some history and have very much enjoyed researching the possibilities surrounding cryptocurrency.\n\n# Cryptocurrency\n\nLet us start with the currencies themselves. These can be world-changing in many regards. And I feel as if we know these. Every day there are stories about how someone is pulling themselves out of poverty, donating food, paying off a house, or shaking off the shackles of a corrupt government. But what currencies will we be using in the next few years, decades, and beyond? It is hard to say, for millennia the currency of the world was gold. Even until recent history many currencies were backed by gold, the US abandoned it in 1973. The only other \u2018recent\u2019 currency adoption has been the Euro. This took time, a quick timeline shows how hard it has been to adopt:\n\n1992: Maastricht Treaty outlines obligations for countries to adopt the Euro\n\n1999: the first 11 countries adopt the Euro\n\n2020: 19 countries adopt the Euro\n\nThis is a physical currency like nearly everyone is familiar with and it still took seven years for the agreed terms to be accepted [by 11 countries and 28 years for 19 countries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_euro) to adopt a physical currency. It is a slow and aggravating process to have nations agree on anything. I assume most of you do not want a political discourse, so I will leave it at that.\n\nBut if it took this long for a group of nations to adopt a currency, how long would it take for them to agree to a cryptocurrency? Would they all accept one currency over all others as supreme? Who knows and probably not. As much as it pains me to say this, I can see bitcoin becoming akin to gold.\n\nIt is the standard, it is what backs most currencies, and it is trusted. But, like gold, it will eventually be relegated to the sidelines and marginalized as progress moves ever forward. To truly have a global currency one will be created to satisfy most demands and so that all will adopt together, rather than many countries adopting one country\u2019s currency.\n\nI highly doubt that any of us will ever see this. And that saddens me much like knowing I will never be able to travel beyond this solar system or see wars forever ended. I console myself with knowing that I am living, witnessing, and participating in history. Most all of us saw the birth of cryptocurrencies, something that will be studied with great fervor in the future. Know that what you invest in, promote, and create could dramatically affect the future of the world.\n\n# Blockchain\n\nOh, the infinite uses of a system that can track data and is self-regulated by any number of independent users not beholden to one another.\n\nHonestly, we can theorize innumerable uses for a system like blockchain. But let us look at one that has been very popular in the news and dominating Reddit for a couple of months. Stocks. Now again, I am no expert but this has a good chance to dramatically reduce fraud if implemented and until institutions find a weakness. Within the stock market you, as a consumer, never own an actual stock certificate. You own an IOU while a master copy sits in a master vault owned by Cede & co. There was a [great write-up](https://np.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/mvk5dv/a_house_of_cards_part_1/) about this in another popular subreddit. An article was highlighted in that write-up that asked if blockchain could solve this system. The article was written in 2016. This is not a new idea. But institutions are warry to change from a system that is extremely profitable for them.\n\nImplementing a blockchain system or blockchain-like system to track stocks would eliminate many cases of fraud and manipulation. Essentially making sure that people are not lying and that people are only selling available shares.\n\nHowever, there have been next to [no updates on](https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericervin/2018/08/16/blockchain-technology-set-to-revolutionize-global-stock-trading/?sh=15b5681e4e56) this for [quite some time](https://www.investors.com/news/technology/blockchain-technology-blockchain-stock-market-revolution/). People have proposed integrating blockchain technology into the market to help regulate ledgers, but it has not amounted to much lately. And it is easy to see why: less money for those who benefit from the current system. Unfortunately, I can see blockchain only being implemented through one of two ways: massive public outcry or complete crash akin to 2008. Either one of these would cause a great deal of turmoil within the financial sector. People also might not trust a system they do not understand. I do not blame them. The odds are stacked against blockchain, but it could be a revolutionary technology if integrated.\n\n# NFT\n\nNon-fundible token, non-fudgible ticket, non-fungible token, NFT. This excited me more than the other two. And I am aware I am in the minority. I am aware that you cannot have NFTs without blockchain. This is just coming into the public\u2019s view lately with the art being sold. [But it was created in 2014](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token#History)and has been slowly building from there. In case you do not understand an NFT is something that signifies sole ownership of a digital asset whether it be a picture, song, or document. And while the uses so far have been quirky and somewhat misunderstood there is great potential for the blockchain-backed digital authority of ownership. Nike has already patented [CryptoKicks](https://thenextweb.com/news/nike-blockchain-sneakers-cryptokick-patent) which helps authenticate sneakers.\n\nFor those not in the sneaker world, knock-offs, replicas, and fakes are a huge issue. But there are several uses available to NFTs and once we can couple them with a physical object, the opportunities only abound exponentially. I am excited about things such as NFTs for deeds to houses, titles to cars, birth certificates, and other common documents. But I am going to take you into an area near to my interests.\n\nI think NFTs could revolutionize the medical world in a way I can only dream about. Every person has a unique genetic makeup, it is you and only you.\n\nThe only exception is identical siblings. Within this genetic makeup, we can learn unbelievable things about a person. We are learning how to \u2018interpret\u2019 genetics every day. Things like [the BRCA gene](https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/genetics/brca-fact-sheet) for breast cancer and [CYP2C19 not metabolizing medications as well as other variants](https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.119.007811). We may be able to see every health pitfall and probable issue by looking at a person\u2019s genes. It is also completely possible that we will be able to find the best possible treatments, medications, and options by looking at genetics. The first step for an individual would be getting their genome sequenced. But who owns that sequence? We already have issues with companies like 23 and me.\n\nThis is you. In a way that a social security number or driver's license number could never be. Here is where NFTs come into play. If we could make NFTs out of these sequences then we could protect people very essence unlike ever before. Who owns the genetic property is a budding realm of ethical debate that is ever-evolving the more we learn. People fear their genome being used for nefarious purposes or as a method of discrimination, let alone the devastation of losing control of this information.\n\nThis advancement is something that I think I will be alive for and that excites me. Knowing how history plays out means that it will evolve into something I cannot begin to fathom.\n\nI hope you have enjoyed reading this. I look forward to it dying in new, errors pointed out, and fallacies uncovered. I welcome corrections, honestly. I am acutely aware of how little I know and am actively working to remedy that. But whatever happens to this, it has been fun to layout and to share my thoughts.\n\nThank you all,\n\nMrZahn"}, {"title": "Largest satellite television operator in Venezuela accepts Bitcoin", "score": 17, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myiee5/largest_satellite_television_operator_in/", "selftext": "SimpleTV, the largest satellite television operator in Venezuela, now accepts payments with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Thus, the more than 4 million users of the company that replaced DirecTV, after leaving the country, may choose to cancel television plans through the Cryptobuyer payment gateway.\n\nhttps://preview.redd.it/k666co0g3ev61.png?width=510&format=png&auto=webp&s=089e6786945dc22c32b48a7942c6344db804df2a\n\nThe provider of the cryptocurrency payments service based in Panama and with a large presence in Venezuela confirmed the information, cited by various local media. As can be seen on the SimpleTV online platform, the new option is now available to all its users.\n\nNow, SimpleTV users can pay in their express recharge system using not only bitcoin, but the rest of the cryptocurrencies that the platform supports: ether (ETH), DASH, litecoin (LTC), Cryptobuyer's own XPT token, and the stablecoin tether (USDT), through the Tron network.\n\n**More businesses accept bitcoin in Venezuela**\n\nMore and more businesses and companies are adding bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to their means of payment in Venezuela. And the names that have joined the wave are getting bigger and bigger.\n\nBefore SimpleTV, it had already been done by supermarket chains such as Excelsior Gama, in the capital (Caracas); Sigo and Rattan, on Margarita Island, the country's main tourist destination. Also well-known franchises such as Pizza Hut or Venezuelan government services began to accept bitcoin in 2020, one of the most moved for the country with respect to the adoption of cryptocurrencies.\n\nPrecisely, in 2020 there was an exponential increase in the acceptance of bitcoin for day-to-day payments in the South American country. To a large extent, Cryptobuyer has had a lot to do with these advances, as most of the large businesses that have joined have done so using their payment gateway services.\n\n# Key facts:\n\n* *Payments with bitcoin and five other cryptocurrencies are now available on SimpleTV.*\n* *SimpleTV replaced DirecTV, a company that left the country last May.*"}, {"title": "Cardano Africa Special 2021 - Teaser", "score": 36, "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGBXxi-g80k", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Are there any tokens that track an index of the top 10/20/25 coins at all?", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myi9jk/are_there_any_tokens_that_track_an_index_of_the/", "selftext": "I\u2019m asking because I would have thought something like this would be relatively popular on an \u201ceasy to understand\u201d basis for a crypto newbie.\n\nI look at the top 20 with some enthusiasm but don\u2019t have enough to invest in them all, so having a token that\u2019s pegged to an index and creating an index fund of sort that is sold on the blockchain network rather than in fiat outside which might have high trade fees when attempting to rebalance the portfolio in a regular basis.\n\nIs there such a thing? I googled and couldnt find one, but wasn\u2019t sure if I\u2019m being an idiot with google today."}, {"title": "The power of DCA", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myi7jl/the_power_of_dca/", "selftext": "Anyone who\u2019s invested for any period of time and seen consistent gains knows that the markets are a game of patience. \n\nSure, there can be money to be made trading and there will be people who show you their market-beating returns in exceptional years (think: post March 2021 to now) as evidence that you can always go higher risk for higher returns. But consistent returns is key. Over years. If you gamble with higher and higher risk bets, eventually you\u2019ll lose.\n\nThis is why Dollar Cost Averaging can be a such a powerful force, particularly for those of us who aren\u2019t sat on large fiat lump sums and high net worth. By just adding to your holdings with some of your paycheque week after week, month after month, and year after year, you\u2019re building something up. You can even do it with money you won\u2019t even miss - a small percentage of your monthly take home. It all adds up.\n\nWith compounding, and particularly the ability to stake or lease your coins and compound the gains further, it\u2019s a bit like sending a snowball down a gentle incline. At first, it\u2019s very slow. There\u2019s not much weight to the snowball.\n\nAs it goes on, the snowball picks up a little more snow from the ground (compounding, growing over time), as you pack a little more snow onto it (DCAing). Gradually, the snowball begins to pick up pace. To become larger and larger. Until, eventually, when you take a step back and look at it you realise how big it\u2019s become.\n\nThe best bit? You can combine it with trying to time the market - doing your monthly DCA with some of your monthly allocated amount to crypto, and keeping some as powder to buy the dips. When a bear market hits, it can all go into DCAing for maximum accumulation."}, {"title": "What other new alt coins have you invested in?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myi6cr/what_other_new_alt_coins_have_you_invested_in/", "selftext": "We all know Safemoon has been out for about 2 months but is already on the rise and many have made multiple fold on it so far. What other alt coins have you guys started investing in that is relatively new? I am looking to diversify my crypto portfolio so curious as to what others have started looking into."}, {"title": "Do you guys have all of your investment money in Crypto?", "score": 13, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myi0mb/do_you_guys_have_all_of_your_investment_money_in/", "selftext": "I've been in the crypto game for about 2 years now and HODLing strong, but I was wondering if You guys own, for example, stocks as well?\n\nI've got some unexpected money coming in and wondering whether to diversify the investments or just keep adding the numbers to my crypto portfolio."}, {"title": "ELI5 Tether going to Coinbase Pro tomorrow", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myi04r/eli5_tether_going_to_coinbase_pro_tomorrow/", "selftext": "So what happens if we discover tomorrow tether is indeed a full on fraud when it\u2019s available on Coinbase Pro? I don\u2019t understand the situation well enough and want to know how it would affect the market. I know there\u2019s been a lot of tether FUD the last few years but it seems that tomorrow we\u2019ll get our answer and I\u2019d like to know what possible outcomes there are. Appreciate it. Trying to dmor but I know a lot of you know more than me."}, {"title": "Please take a second to read this if you're young and thinking of investing in crypto", "score": 35, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myhwws/please_take_a_second_to_read_this_if_youre_young/", "selftext": "I'm sure this will sound pedantic but with all the excitement lately, I'm seeing a lot of post from people in their 20's and even teens talking about investing large sums in crypto. Please keep in mind that this is high risk, like BTC going from 60k to 50k in the blink of an eye.\n\nThat's not to say you shouldn't take some of your hard earned money, do your research and get involved. This community is amazing, dynamic and there's a ton of potential to make great returns. However, high risk investment should never be your whole portfolio. It should be the smallest part.\n\nMake sure that you're setting aside money in a Roth IRA, contributing to your 401k, Vanguard funds, etc. The boring stuff. The stuff that grows slowly over a lifetime. Don't just diversify your coins, diversify your whole portfolio. It's something I certainly wish I'd tackled at a much younger age. Believe me, you'll thank me later.\n\nBonus tip: Don't use Binance.us!"}, {"title": "Banano Making Moves, Potassium Included", "score": 103, "url": "https://www.publish0x.com/banano/exchange-listing-banano-to-be-listed-on-coinex-xlyrvzn", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Newbie", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myhkt5/newbie/", "selftext": "Hey y\u2019all, fairly new to the crypto game. Made some gains her and there, doge just helped me out even more than I would\u2019ve hoped lol. Now I\u2019m looking to get a little more serious and smarter with my next moves, so I\u2019m looking for some recommendations in all aspects to help set me on the right track. Any sites you guys recommend for keeping up with the latest charts, what apps/sites you\u2019re investing on, hell even a recommended investment is appreciated lol be safe out there !"}, {"title": "Rainbow cryptocurrency campaign", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myhin7/rainbow_cryptocurrency_campaign/", "selftext": "Setting off on a trading campaign this summer mid June to July. My goal is to load about a half dozen Nano Ledger S with around 100 Digibyte each, taking them to the *Rainbow Gathering*. At Rainbow many people gather and share food and camp in woods. The people who attend Rainbow generally dislike cell phones being out in the open, especially at the Market, a bizarre style trading area. \r\nYou'll see all kinds of things there. \r\nIt's pretty wild. \r\n\r\nSay I see a person trading a really cool keychain at the market?\r\nI propose a trade with the person, one of my Nano Ledger S loaded with some DGB, for a Kingdom Hearts keychain or a 90's era Pokeball keychain. My Digibyte may not have a whole lot of sum value, but the point is to introduce cryptocurrency as much as possible. The people there don't really like using money to trade, but it'll be like setting up a game in a community of people who are perfect for feet on the ground expansion. \r\n\r\nThe idea is to introduce Digibyte and Ledgers to a community of people who could use a peer 2 peer drive asset that can expand outside of the Rainbow community as well. \r\nThe people who gather at Rainbow are mostly hippies, so I can't go around showing their faces, obviously. I'll have to keep it posted on Reddit. This post will be a part of several posts to come, including when I give the word on the start up, head out on the travels there and travels back. \r\n\r\nDoes anyone have any examples like this personally? Have you got a Ledger for your friends or family? Are you apart of a community driven by faith in humanity or are you just here for the gains bro?"}, {"title": "Any mobile apps that reward crypto?", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myhiea/any_mobile_apps_that_reward_crypto/", "selftext": "So i've heard several times about browser games that award crypto. I spend a lot of time watching stuff and i tend to be on my phone while watching. Is there anyway to gain some crypto or such while playing on my phone?\n\nSorry if it is a stupid question. I tried googling but, most of the things i found seemed scammy so i wanted you guys' advice.\n\nEdit: I have and Iphone 7 if that makes any difference"}, {"title": "Thoughts on VTHO?", "score": 11, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myhagc/thoughts_on_vtho/", "selftext": "I have been hearing a lot about VET and the technology behind it and how it's got a lot of potential as a long term pick, but I never hear much of anything about VTHO (good or bad). \n\nDoes anyone know if VTHO and the technology behind it make it a worthwhile pick?"}, {"title": "ETH not following BTC like other cryptos?", "score": 111, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myh9xp/eth_not_following_btc_like_other_cryptos/", "selftext": "I noticed this week that ETH is not following BTC dip trajectory like other cryptos, but rather doing it\u2019s own thing. \n\nWas there a significate ETH specific news last week? I may be imagining things, but this seems like a big deal to me."}, {"title": "Transferring ETH from trezor one to the exchange in the future. Some questions from a noob", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myh9kn/transferring_eth_from_trezor_one_to_the_exchange/", "selftext": "I am worried that in the future, maybe 5-10 years from now, some kind of protocol or software changes and my ethereum get stuck on the trezor. Is this possible? \n\nCan I do something wrong while transferring onto my trezor? Like I clicked on receive and send my ethereum from kraken to the trezor and it shows up on my portfolio. So then everything went right, correct?\n\nI noticed that my ethereum address is fixed. When I click on receive on BTC in my trezor suite I can use 'fresh' addresses. This option is missing for eth. Why is it like that?"}, {"title": "App for daily crypto use", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myh93d/app_for_daily_crypto_use/", "selftext": "Is there an app for the daily use of crypto currencies. Like for example paypal \u201esend money to friends\u201c where I can easily add friends and pay them in my favourite crypto?\nI guess if so, they have to have a wallet for that coin as well right? Or is there anything that let\u2018s me pay anyone in one coin and let\u2018s them receive it in another currency?\nOr maybe even automatically convert it to fiat ic they are not into crypto?"}, {"title": "Popular toy brands such as Barbie and Hot Wheels \u2013 is considering exploring NFTs as part of branding strategy", "score": 10, "url": "https://btcmanager.com/barbie-owner-mattel-inc-nft/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Vitalik's 100 ETH donation to India Covid relief ran out of Gas! You couldn't make it up.", "score": 75, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myh55r/vitaliks_100_eth_donation_to_india_covid_relief/", "selftext": "You couldn't make it up. Look here: [https://etherscan.io/address/0x1db3439a222c519ab44bb1144fc28167b4fa6ee6](https://etherscan.io/address/0x1db3439a222c519ab44bb1144fc28167b4fa6ee6)\n\nHis main account is here: [https://etherscan.io/address/0xab5801a7d398351b8be11c439e05c5b3259aec9b](https://etherscan.io/address/0xab5801a7d398351b8be11c439e05c5b3259aec9b)\n\nWe need lower gas fees.\n\nBefore anyone calls his big holdings a scam premine, please be aware that most devs/projects now have bigger holdings than Vitalik of their own coin. He owns less than 0.3% of the whole ETH supply. Much less than devs of other projects.\n\nEdit: Big respect to the man for being transparent with his holdings. How many project founders would reveal their own address?"}, {"title": "There\u2019s a Chadwick Boseman NFT card in the Oscar swag bag", "score": 8, "url": "https://qz.com/2001225/whats-in-the-2021-oscar-swag-bag/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "NFTs, Intellectual Property, and What It Really Means to Own a Digital Kitty", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2021/04/21/nfts-intellectual-property-really-means-digital-kitty", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "The Flare Network: The Next Generation of Smart Contracts", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.realvision.com/shows/the-interview-crypto/videos/the-flare-network-the-next-generation-of-smart-contracts", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Best podcast to learn crypto", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mygwtv/best_podcast_to_learn_crypto/", "selftext": "Hey all! \nI've been interesting in stocks this last year, and now want to start investing into crypto.\n\nI spend much time driving and am searching for a podcast that explains what is crypto and how to make a choice between coins.\n\nWhat are your best suggestions? If it's available on Spotify is a plus!"}, {"title": "Cardano VS Polkadot? Who's the real Ethereum killer?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mygryg/cardano_vs_polkadot_whos_the_real_ethereum_killer/", "selftext": "Hello r/CryptoCurrency\n\nFirst of all, i am a newbie, been researching the Crypto market and its ecosystem for about two weeks now.\n\nI found that for me, both Cardano and Polkadot are the most interesting projects out there, regarding the technologies, the founders, the communities, and the future.\n\nAs a potential investor, i couldn't choose one over the other because the similarities are really close, so i wanted to see what do you guys think about their potential and their ''Ethereum\" killer promises.\n\nOf course, DYOR and I'll take everything with a grain of salt!"}, {"title": "Issue importing robinhood tax docs to Koinly.", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mygqcb/issue_importing_robinhood_tax_docs_to_koinly/", "selftext": "I have been trying to import my robinhood crypto (USA) tax documents to Koinly but I keep getting file not supported. I have opened them in sheets and Excel and saved them and then uploaded .csv file to Koinly but I still get error message 'please upload a file containing your trades instead of this one'\n\nAny solution?"}, {"title": "Bitcoin Dominance Dropped Below 50% Meaning For The Market", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.newsbtc.com/news/bitcoin/bitcoin-dominance-dropped-below-50-what-this-could-mean-for-the-market/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Handling risk-management with your interest-bearing/lending accounts (Asking for a fellow r/CryptoCurrency member).", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mygn56/handling_riskmanagement_with_your/", "selftext": "u/norflark send me a dm after reading one of my posts. He asked me if I could post something on his behalf, as he usually only lurks subreddits, and doesn\\`t have the needed comment karma to post. As his account age is almost 10 years old! (a real Reddit veteran), I couldn\\`t say no to his request, because we are a community after all.\n\nHe is asking some pretty interesting questions. If anyone can help him, please reply to this post so he can engage in a discussion with you. Thanks in advance.\n\n**So here is his story and his corresponding questions:**\n\n''I'm considering putting some of my money to work in the world of defi and have been doing research, but I wanted to source some opinions here so I have some more ideas and jumping off points for further investigation. As the title implies, I'm curious how others manage risk specifically within the context of crypto interest-bearing/lending accounts.\n\nThe first thing that sticks out to me (and a lot of people new to this stuff) is how volatile the prices can be when you're comparing a specific coin to USD. It doesn't matter if I can get some high percentage of interest on some trash coin that's inevitably headed toward 0. Even for coins that are more mainstream, the interest/rewards are effectively nullified if the price drops. If you're bullish on a specific coin, I can obviously see how this would compound your gains, but I'm simply noting the high amount of risk associated with the current volatility. I imagine this will subside over time, but for now it remains a reality.\n\nWith this in mind, I started looking into Stablecoins. With these, I can trust that the price will remain around 1 USD barring any fundamental change, hack, or issue. I can use platforms like Celsius, BlockFI, or Nexo (and many others) to hold a stablecoin balance and generate interest with no additional effort required from my side. I lose the potential for the coin to moon, but with interest rates at 10%+ for many stablecoins at these places, that's not a huge concern of mine and I'd rather eliminate an entire risk factor if I'm already collecting gains that large.\n\nAt this point I have to acknowledge that these platforms can only offer interest rates like that because they are lending your coins out to others, and that this would essentially be a high-risk, high-reward savings account since none of it is FDIC insured. In some sort of crypto black swan event, it's likely that many of these loans default, the collateral tanks, and the platforms are unable to pay back those who were offering their assets as a supply. I believe we can do a few things to mitigate our risk against these events, but each comes with tradeoffs, mostly boiling down to yield limitations and security.\n\n* Likely the most important - We can research and decide which platform(s) (in our opinion) have the safest risk-policy for lending and security.\n * Scams are bad, but even legitimate platforms do sometimes take on increased levels of risk to offer higher yields. The risk of loans falling through is passed down to you\n* We can diversify which platforms we hold our money in.\n * As a quick example - If I have half my money at BlockFI and half at Celsius and BlockFI blows up, there's a chance that Celsius doesn't. Since we kept half of our money at each, we didn't lose it all.\n * An interesting question with this one is how much do you diversify? Each additional platform you hold funds in directly goes against our first point since the 3rd platform you add would theoretically be the one you feel the 3rd most confident in security/risk-wise.\n* We can also diversify which stablecoins we are using.\n * Regardless of the platform(s) I'm using, if I have half my money in DAI collecting interest and half in USDC collecting interest, if DAI has some major bug/exploit come out, only half of my money is exposed to the issue.\n * A similar question can be posed here about how much you would want to diversify in this respect since each additional coin you add means you're lowering your effective yield (assuming you'd start with the stablecoin that offered the highest yield within your platform(s) of choice, then second highest, and so on and so forth).''\n\n''Is there any major risk-mitigation that I can do that I'm missing?''\n\n''Does anybody here employ the above strategies and to what extent?''\n\n''What are your opinions on which platforms are the most secure? What about the best at managing default risk?''"}, {"title": "Visa, Mastercard are taking crypto. So what\u2019s next?", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.jpost.com/crypto-currency/visa-mastercard-are-taking-crypto-so-whats-next-opinion-666319", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Besides bitcoin, which crypto is most likely to be accepted as a currency?", "score": 10, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mygmai/besides_bitcoin_which_crypto_is_most_likely_to_be/", "selftext": "I like to think of myself as a true believer in crypto, I love the idea of a currency controlled by the people and not those who would like to control the people. With that said, I have a really hard time picking a horse in crypto. I\u2019m not a big fan of bitcoin because I can\u2019t use it like I want to (as money, the miner fees see to that) I like Eth a bunch, but the same problems are there as Bitcoin, they high miner fees murder smart contracts and sending Eth or and ERC20. BNB and CRO seem to be strong, both having a payment network behind them, but also being controlled by a centralized authority. Is there a crypto that perhaps in the short and long term be accept by everyday merchants, or should I just wait for the rest of time to sort out the winners. Thanks all."}, {"title": "Do you think Crypto Currency is necessary and important as we get closer to Space Tourism and possibly inhabiting other planets?", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mygkcb/do_you_think_crypto_currency_is_necessary_and/", "selftext": "I\u2019m not a a brain child or try to act like I\u2019m smart, but I do day dream and think to myself a lot. Yesterday I was thinking about the process that occurs when a person travels to another company and how the exchange in currency process can be a hassle sometimes. Then I thought a currency used globally like crypto could help alleviate this hassle.\n\nThen I thought what if we travelled to Mars, after colonization. How would currency work there? How would I be able to visit family that lives there, or go to the cool Mars theme park in 200 yrs lol, what would the currency look like?\n\nWould it be more efficient to have a currency system setup like crypto currency, maybe a different coin used on the planet you\u2019re visiting and then just \u201cexchange or Swap\u201d it when you get to Mars or the moon from your wallet? Or is this just silly brain diarrhea?"}, {"title": "How Wyoming became the promised land for bitcoin investors", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-wyoming-became-the-promised-land-for-bitcoin-investors-11619201182", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "How many of you waiting for integration coins into big games?", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mygjtq/how_many_of_you_waiting_for_integration_coins/", "selftext": "Big games: Have at least 50 Mn active players.\n\nThink about the games like League of Legends for example. If they integrate the game into blockchain technology, it would be huge revolution. \n\nExistence if those games is like free zone for crypto currencies and they will be used soon. \n\nInstead of playing for crypto currencies, games like played for fun have more chance to grow up in time in terms of crypto field. \n\nWhat do you think? What is the time for this big revolution?"}, {"title": "To anyone that have a business and want to start accepting cryptos", "score": 12, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mygh2j/to_anyone_that_have_a_business_and_want_to_start/", "selftext": "https://bleumi.com/\n\nIs a wonderful platform for this. \nIt helps you setting up a platform so you can receive your payments in cryptos!\n\nI think this is wonderful for small business that wants to accept cryptos and don\u2019t really know how to do it."}, {"title": "For any noob-astronaut out there.", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mygfxg/for_any_noobastronaut_out_there/", "selftext": "Don\u2019t freak out, it\u2019s ok, I\u2019m not gonna be another boomer saying that\u2019s healthy or whatever, well it is because it creates support for growing, but that\u2019s not what I\u2019m trying to say. What I am trying to say is that you will have to endure this on a monthly basis. This sh1t happens every month or so since bitcoin started spiking and created a new bull run. Don\u2019t expect to see just gains, we don\u2019t like it, it ain\u2019t easy, but money don\u2019t come easy. Prepare yourself for the journey you embarked yourself, market is a b and will play a lot with you emotions. Stay strong kings and bois and consider joining my sub r/cryptorulez all about crypto."}, {"title": "Laughed at for buying my Niece bitcoin for her first birthday...Last summer.", "score": 31, "url": "/r/Bitcoin/comments/mybzz1/laughed_at_for_buying_my_niece_bitcoin_for_her/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "crypto wallet for my younger brothers", "score": 18, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myg6cn/crypto_wallet_for_my_younger_brothers/", "selftext": "hey there!\n\ni'm 20 and i have 2 brothers that are 12 and 17.\n\nthey both have a bank account where my parents put money on that they recieve when they are 18.\n\ni recently talked to my parents about investing some of the money of my brothers in some cryptos and they are in.\n\nnow i want to know how to set up wallets for them. \n\nideally i would want them to have a binance account, as i think it is the best but i don't think that is possible, or is it? because i read that it works if i would be VIP1 (which i'm not) or if you have a corporate account (which i also do not have).\n\ndo you have any explanations for me on which wallet i should use to set up an account for them. or how to make a crop. acvount on binance. \n\nit should at least be able to hold BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA and DOGE.\n\ni hope you understand what i mean because english is not my mothers tongue.\n\ngreetings and love from switzerland!"}, {"title": "The future of Moons?", "score": 15, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myg4w0/the_future_of_moons/", "selftext": "Let's discuss the one and only real cryptocurrency out there, moons. So, what value do moons hold except for looking cool right next to our usernames? Are they a good investment? Is it possible for them to get to the moon? What do you think will this community become rich? Is it even possible to hold their value? And ofc why do you think so? Will it be possible to work as a professional shitposter? Will I be able to get enough moons to buy a Lambo?"}, {"title": "New crypto investor thank you shit coins for getting me into real investing", "score": 13, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myg4pf/new_crypto_investor_thank_you_shit_coins_for/", "selftext": "I like many got doped into alt/shit coins as a get rich plan. Some loses and some lessons later I am investing into the crypto market and making returns and have long term goals. Thank you to this community for getting me interested in doing it the right way. \n\nDo any experienced investors have any sources or material that helped you in your journey? \n\nThank you."}, {"title": "Elon Musk: The Future Of Dogecoin", "score": 0, "url": "https://youtu.be/Vasydjl-uBs", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "How/where do I sell or trGeekoid D\u00fco cards?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myg2uw/howwhere_do_i_sell_or_trgeekoid_d\u00fco_cards/", "selftext": "D\u00fco NFT cards are damn cool. Bought a few packs on the last drop. Theybare physical cards. Some link to NFTs, some to Airdrops and wallet addresses. Don't really see where to buy or sell for people to complete sets that gain them access to these wallets. Anyone know where? An award on here for first/best answer.\nThanks!"}, {"title": "Proposed Tax Hike Could Be Massively Bullish for DeFi and Crypto", "score": 8, "url": "https://dailyhodl.com/2021/04/25/proposed-tax-hike-could-be-massively-bullish-for-defi-and-crypto-according-to-messari-ceo-ryan-selkis/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Are all \u201ctokenomics\u201d a scam? Charity based?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myfzip/are_all_tokenomics_a_scam_charity_based/", "selftext": "With the whole Safemoon drama lately, I\u2019m very curious what everyone\u2019s opinions on \u201ctokenomics\u201d are. Is this just a hype word to make people think they are earning free money? What about the occasional ones that are working with charities/organizations for a purpose?"}, {"title": "People who search for the next 100x or have found their 100x how did you do it?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myfy64/people_who_search_for_the_next_100x_or_have_found/", "selftext": "How did you search for it, through which platform did you invest in it, how much did you invest(just pocket change or did you get filthy rich?) Or just the stories in general about you and your 100x investment, it could be you getting out of it too early or maybe you investing and hodling until it went form 100 to 0 every story you have!"}, {"title": "Returns over last year...", "score": 20, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myfy31/returns_over_last_year/", "selftext": "Cardano $**ADA:** \\+3,290%\n\nBinanceCoin $**BNB**: +3,058%\n\nPolkadot $**DOT**: 1,353%\n\nEthereum $**ETH**: 1,171%\n\nUniswap $**UNI**: +953%\n\nChainlink $**LINK**: +875%\n\nBitcoin $**BTC**: +728%\n\nXRP $**XRP**: +532%\n\nLitecoin $**LTC**: +406%\n\nBitcoin Cash $**BCH**: +161%\n\nGold: +3%\n\nUS Dollar Index $**USD**: -8%"}, {"title": "This looks like a really interesting project: A crypto-based payments gateway for leasing. This usecase has real mass adoption and mainstream potential. listing on uniswap in coming days", "score": 8, "url": "https://rentible.io/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "How to convert BNB/BSC to ETH or BTC?", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myfrmi/how_to_convert_bnbbsc_to_eth_or_btc/", "selftext": "I started using Trust Wallet to buy a few cryptos using BNB and the smart chain, but now I am confused how to convert BNB into a coin I can cash out. \n\nLike a lot of other people, my ID verification on Binance.us is taking a bizarre amount of time and I want to find other avenues of moving my Binance Smart Chain based tokens into exchanges like Coinbase where I can eventually cash out. \n\nI tried using USDC through metamask and just ended up losing 5 bucks. Has anyone found methods that work?"}, {"title": "Low Exchange Fee with Bitcoin Cash", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myfoun/low_exchange_fee_with_bitcoin_cash/", "selftext": "I have never used Bitcoin Cash until today when I went to exchange some DOGE for another currency I could send to Coinbase and cash out for USD. All the other trading pairs were hitting me with high transaction fees anywhere from $10-$30 worth of USD.\n\nExchanging DOGE for BCH had only a $1 transaction fee on Exodus Wallet so just thought I'd share!"}, {"title": "Former CIA Director Finds Bitcoin's Use in Illicit Finance to be Minimal", "score": 121, "url": "https://casebitcoin.com/story/former-cia-director-finds-bitcoins-use-in-illicit-finance-to-b", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Alaska would be first state to use blockchain-based voting system under proposed bill - Alaska Public Media", "score": 554, "url": "https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/04/15/alaska-would-be-first-state-to-use-blockchain-based-voting-system-under-proposed-bill/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Why XMR has a massive amount of growth potential.", "score": 106, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myfkwd/why_xmr_has_a_massive_amount_of_growth_potential/", "selftext": "XMR as you may know is the #1 privacy coin. It is untraceable and secure. No one can see your holdings. No one can track your holdings if you use some basic OPSec like a few wallets and not posting about it online. \n\nIt's all time high was $495.83. It's currently about 25% below that ATH price. Its ATH was in 2017/18 at the top of the previous bull market. Alot of cryptos like BTC and ETH have blown through their ATH prices in recent months. \n\nhttps://preview.redd.it/h9ybnfbtedv61.png?width=1866&format=png&auto=webp&s=e39f19f60038322d7d0df0feab94ef468c8e7438\n\nXMR is a sleeping giant. It's transaction fees are cheaper than ETH and BTC. It is much more private and anonymous. The amount of transactions it has on it's network is growing by ALOT. \n\nhttps://preview.redd.it/jvpel5nxedv61.png?width=2874&format=png&auto=webp&s=1c2d1be05bbb3378d8350996b9762d19dc7c4026\n\n​\n\nIt has the ***3rd*** largest number of contributors to its code. \n\n​\n\n[This is n old SS, but it's the only one that I could find that ranked them. It's up-to 285 now. ](https://preview.redd.it/mq38ai8gedv61.png?width=1370&format=png&auto=webp&s=8ca15379883b75c0480e624d8cebf3579fa52c58)\n\nI am extremely bullish on XMR. I do not think that it gets enough attention, but that can easily change. \n\n​\n\n***Decentralization***\n\nXMR fulfills Satoshi's vision of decentralization because it is *CPU Mineable* and ASIC *resistant.*\n\nAlso the IRS hates it so that's a added bonus."}, {"title": "How is it determined which currencies get picked up on which platforms? Must they meet certain requirements?", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myfkum/how_is_it_determined_which_currencies_get_picked/", "selftext": "I recently invested in a coin that runs on the polka dot network. I bought during a presale, and I understand the logistics of the market cap and tokens in circulation.\n\nMy question is: what happens from here? How does a coin get picked up on other platforms? How long do (credible) coins typically take to begin creating a buyers momentum on other platforms after initial coin introductions? I can see the price Fluctuate up and down, so I am assuming there is some type of trading. However, what determines whether other platforms decide to sell particular coins?\n\nI am new to this and am a small time investor, so I apologize if I did not use all the proper terminology. I tried to explain what I\u2019m saying the best way I know how. \n\nThanks!"}, {"title": "What\u2019s stopping you?", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myfjzg/whats_stopping_you/", "selftext": "Why watch charts move up and down relative to lesser currencies (e.g., the centralized USD) that we know wont be around much longer... (even USD will be digitized)\n\nIf you own crypto, then what\u2019s stopping YOU? \n\nWE can DECIDE to only transact P2P with each other and businesses that accept CRYPTO today.\n\nIf we cannot find such a business, one of us builds one. There\u2019s enough of us here, already, even on this subreddit. With paypal and global shipments, we could do it.\n\nAs soon as we do this, a singularity event has occurred. A tipping point for the world and for crypto. A global revolution. \n\nIf we were forced to do it (global hunger, hyperinflation, WW3...) we could do it then. Why not now? \n\nWhat\u2019s stopping us?"}, {"title": "A Glimpse Into The Future Of Bitcoin At $200,000 \u22c6 ZyCrypto", "score": 11, "url": "https://zycrypto.com/a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-bitcoin-at-200000/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "How to use polygon(matic)?", "score": 10, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myfffg/how_to_use_polygonmatic/", "selftext": "Hi all, \n\nI saw some posts talking about polygon, and how their fees are less than cents. However when o check their website I can't seem to find how to use it...\n\nI wanted to use their defi apps as today because of eth high fees I am forces to go with bsc instead.\n\nDoes anyone know about a guide for this?"}, {"title": "4 Key Factors Why Ethereum Gas Fees Could Get Cheaper", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.newsbtc.com/news/ethereum/4-key-factors-why-ethereum-gas-fees-could-get-cheaper/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "My Personal view on Crypto as a Bank Employee", "score": 13, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myfa59/my_personal_view_on_crypto_as_a_bank_employee/", "selftext": "I work for a private Bank , I believe Crypto & Blockchain is slowing taking over \n\nAs an employee i see huge advantage to Crypto versus the traditional banking system. I can give you few examples, reducing extra fees and moving large chunk of money within seconds .\nWell one of my reasons for accepting Crypto adoption isn\u2019t just for making a quick buck but to let people have power into their hands to remove the power of banks ( usually war and destruction for profit ) in the near future I believe banks will likely survive but I can assure you they will adopt Crypto or even keep their fee incredibly lower ."}, {"title": "A Beginner's Guide to Non-fungible Tokens (NFT)", "score": 17, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myf9y8/a_beginners_guide_to_nonfungible_tokens_nft/", "selftext": " With the rise in popularity of Non-fungible Tokens (NFT) recently, I decided to create this guide in order to introduce this new growing market to those who doesn't familiar with it, with that said let's start.\n\nWhat are Non-fungible Token (NFTs) ?\n\nNFTs are a unique digital assets that cannot be exchanged with one another for equal value or broken down into smaller values like most currencies, each NFT is different and contain identifying information recorded in its smart contract, they are characterized by their unique qualities, as well as authenticity.\n\nMost of the NFTs were built using one of two Ethereum token standards ([ERC-721](https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-collectables-ethereums-next-killer-app-is-on-its-way) and ERC-1155), Eos, Neo and Tron have also released their own NFT token standards to encourage developers to build and host NFTs on their blockchain networks, also, BSC and ADA will introduce the options for NFTs in the near future.\n\nWhat can NFTs be used for?\n\nNFTs represent a whole range of elements, anything from digital art, digital fashion items, collectible sports cards, virtual real estate, games skins and characters, music albums, ownership license and even physical assets and many more, basically any assets that need to be differentiated from each other in order to prove their value, or scarcity.\n\nA little bit of history\n\nNFTs are a thing since 2012, developers experimented with the technology over the years but the first projects that got exposure and found their way to the mainstream were CryptoKitties (you could adopt, raise, and trade virtual cats) and CryptoPunks (you could bought unique digital characters), since then there was a big progress in the NFTs space and lately you hear about it on every crypto related place and even on art and music magazines.\n\n[Dragon, the must expensive CryptoKittie today priced 600 ETH](https://preview.redd.it/yw9ua0a81hk61.png?width=225&format=png&auto=webp&s=0ac202afd8c67b5dbef964910de2a61e0c23a8ec)\n\n[The most expensive CryptoPunk, recently sold for 800 ETH](https://preview.redd.it/snobpuy32hk61.png?width=275&format=png&auto=webp&s=cadb9b8f432d9f27cf340207d11994b4fda480f4)\n\nNFT in the headlines\n\n[NBA Top Shot - Officially Licensed Digital Collectibles](https://www.nbatopshot.com/) ( $230 million spent on Lebron James highlights video)\n\n[In December 2019, Nike filed a patent for Cryptokick Tokens as NFTs](https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/12/10/nike-blockchain-sneakers-cryptokick-patent/)\n\n[3LAU sells $3.6M NFT in first-ever tokenized music album sale](https://edm.com/gear-tech/3lau-record-breaking-nft-sale)\n\n[Beeple NFT Artwork Sells for $6.6M](https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/beeple-nft-artwork-nifty-gateway-sale-1234584701/)\n\n[Beeple's Artwork sold for $6.6M](https://preview.redd.it/51y834h95hk61.png?width=231&format=png&auto=webp&s=ba09f6502381803b475e6f8a3c3ec25d7d97595e)\n\nWhat\u2019s special about NFTs and why they can change industries like music or art?\n\nFor the buyers, NFTs provide a secure certificate of ownership over the asset it represent, protecting its value.\n\nFor a sellers, NFTs make it not only possible to sell something today, but also to keep earning in the future. Artists in particular have struggled to earn rewards if their work appreciates in value. NFTs can be coded to allow the original creator to collect money each time the token move hands.\n\nNFTs can return the power and control back into the hands of the artists!\n\nWhy NFTs are so expensive?\n\nLike any asset or coin, supply and demand are driving the price. Due to the scarce nature of NFTs and the high demand for them people are often prepared to pay a lot of money for them.\n\nAlso, a lot of people see those NFTs as an investment opportunity, they can resell the NFT they bought for higher price.\n\nNFTs markets\n\nThose are the most knowns marketplaces for NFTs where you can buy and sell NFTs that represent all the things I mentioned above.\n\n[Nifty Gateway](https://niftygateway.com/)\n\n[OpenSea](https://opensea.io/)\n\n[Rarible](https://rarible.com/)\n\n[Decentraland](https://decentraland.org/)\n\n**P.S.**\n\nI believe that the NTF market is something that the crypto world would see grow rapidly in the next months, more and more projects starting to pop up and artists starting to sell their art/music using the technology.\n\nThis technology can really affect for good a lot of industries and can change things for the better.\n\nShould be flair as educational.\n\nIf you have anything to add feel free to write in the comments and I'll add it to the post.\n\nI'm not a native English speaker so sorry for any grammar/spelling mistakes.\n\nSources:\n\n[https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2021/02/26/what-is-an-nft-and-should-you-buy-one/](https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2021/02/26/what-is-an-nft-and-should-you-buy-one/)\n\n[https://www.coindesk.com/what-are-nfts](https://www.coindesk.com/what-are-nfts)\n\n[https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/what-does-nft-mean-crytpo-non-fungible-tokens-art-explained-2021-2-1030120067](https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/what-does-nft-mean-crytpo-non-fungible-tokens-art-explained-2021-2-1030120067)"}, {"title": "The illegal naked shorts of Gamestop might cause a second 2008 reaction towards crypto", "score": 23, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myf8g5/the_illegal_naked_shorts_of_gamestop_might_cause/", "selftext": "I follow r/superstonk closely and I believe wall street's activities in this stock will continue to uncover the illegal doing of the hedge funds. When I think back to 2008 with the Occupy Wall Street movement, how it was suppressed and was the breeding ground for Bitcoin, for the people to become their own bank -- it reminds me of what is happening with this Gamestop episode. The world is becoming more transparent thanks to collaborative due diligence. The sentiment from post 2008 is still alive and growing stronger.\n\nI think, as soon as the mother of all short squeezes has been squozen, this will lead to another Occupy Wall Street movement. A reaction against the rigged game against retail and all heads will turn towards more transparent solutions. Especially with the new head of the SEC who is apparently on the retail side and is knowledgable about crypto. What do you think? Am I in a bubble and overestimating the Gamestop movement, or is this a realistic scenario?"}, {"title": "This sub's thoughts on r/CryptoMoonshots?", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myf4o2/this_subs_thoughts_on_rcryptomoonshots/", "selftext": "So i stumbled upon this sub r/CryptoMoonshots\n\nAll of the comments look dodgy af to me, like someone bought them to promote their shitcoin. Is this sub legit or are the ppl praising the shitcoins just some bought shills?\n\nI saw posts on there that some people are going 20x over night. Hard to believe but still interesting."}, {"title": "Bitcoin Mania Helps Fund\u2019s Returns, But Crypto Push Leads to Downgrade", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.wsj.com/articles/bitcoin-mania-helps-funds-returns-but-crypto-push-leads-to-downgrade-11619376341", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Physical wallets, are they worth it?", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myf38c/physical_wallets_are_they_worth_it/", "selftext": "As a new investor I'm currently quite happy to keep my crypto on the exchange where I can easily buy/sell as I please. \n\nWhat are the pros and cons of having a physical wallet? Are they better for security? Also does it make selling off coins more difficult?\n\nEdit: Thank you, everyone, for the quick responses. My minds made up, I'll be getting a physical wallet in the near future. Diamond hands here I come \ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\ude4c"}, {"title": "I'm starting to think Satoshi was somebody who previously worked for the government and decided to do something good for the humanity.", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myexcv/im_starting_to_think_satoshi_was_somebody_who/", "selftext": "Like Edward Snowden.\n\nThe more I read about how the government fucks us the more I believe this theory.\n\nAnd one of his/their best decisions is staying anonymous.\n\nHe/they created a great system. Completely decentralized. That's why most of the governments try to ban crypto. But they can't."}, {"title": "Can I stake any coins without having to hold a ridiculous number of them?", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myeugo/can_i_stake_any_coins_without_having_to_hold_a/", "selftext": "I've been reading about staking coins and am interested in doing so, but for example with Ethereum it apparently requires a minimum of 32 coins which at current prices would require buying $70kish worth which is a little out of my range at the moment.\n\nAre there any coins that I could stake if I have about $2k worth or do they all require exorbitant amounts?\n\nEDIT - based on replies it seems I should be able to stake my Cardano on coinbase, but I don't see an option to do so. Anyone use the app who could help me out with how they managed to do so?"}, {"title": "I am trying to get into crypto, what would be good to invest into?", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myeu0l/i_am_trying_to_get_into_crypto_what_would_be_good/", "selftext": "I am curious to know, what are some things I should look for when investing. I am seeing a lot of people talking about safemoon and luna, are those good to invest rn? Any tips about crypto in general are welcome"}, {"title": "Looking for the proper hardware wallet for storing Crypto", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myetui/looking_for_the_proper_hardware_wallet_for/", "selftext": "Ofc the ledger is the big name. But with the S I hear the memory is so limited it is not really worth buying. The SecuX line looked very attractive until you start reading some of the bottom comments. That basically your cryto is stored on their website, and if the company goes down, so does your cryto. I haven't done any much research on the Trezor model, but it might be the way to go. Anybody have suggestions."}, {"title": "What is the case for bitcoin dominance going forward?", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myetmi/what_is_the_case_for_bitcoin_dominance_going/", "selftext": "Bitcoin is one of my worst performers. I\u2019m fairly new to this, and my alts are almost all up more than BTC. \n\nAlmost all the major alts are up far more than bitcoin this run. Bananos are up 3500% in the last year while bitcoins are up 550%. I guess it\u2019s a higher chance that alts will turn to dust, but most alts at least have some use case other than \u201cstoring value\u201d. I mean, I understand deflation, but scarcity in itself doesn\u2019t imply value. I have an extremely rare antique truck transmission in my shop I\u2019ve been trying to sell, but without a use case It\u2019s not worth anything. \n\nI\u2019m trying to decide if I can continue to justify holding bitcoin when I could have it in something with more growth potential. I know the standard advice on here is that btc and eth should be the large majority of a portfolio, but I\u2019m not totally sold anymore. \n\nAm I the only one who loves crypto, but is hesitant about the OG bitcoin. I hold bitcoin btw, just not sure if i really should."}, {"title": "How do people get so many moons", "score": 26, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myet48/how_do_people_get_so_many_moons/", "selftext": "I see some people with tens or hundreds of thousands of moons and don\u2019t understand how you get there. Is it from posting lots of quality info that gets thousands of upvotes? Is it constant shitposting? Are people giving them to others in that quantity? Are people buying them?"}, {"title": "The price of an upvote", "score": 16, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myer6z/the_price_of_an_upvote/", "selftext": "How many upvotes do you need to buy some of the latest tech, or a luxury car?\n\n\nSupposing that by the next distribution of moons, you would be getting 0.22 moons per upvote, this is how many upvotes you would need to buy some popular items. With a single moon costing $0.08 and an upvote giving you $0.0176:\n\n\n* It would cost 6237.5 moons to buy a new PS5, or **28352 upvotes**, with an Xbox Series X requiring the same amount of upvotes. \n* A Nintendo Switch will need you to get **17046 upvotes.** \n* An iPhone 12 would cost you 10000 moons, **45455 upvotes.** \n* A Lamborghini Aventador S would require you to have **23938694 upvotes.** That's a lot of shitposts! Similarly, buying a 2020 Ferrari Portofino would need you to get **12215909 upvotes.** \n* An Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional will cost you 106250 moons, or **482955 upvotes.** \n* Buying a house in London is going to need a lot of shitposts, needing you to get around **53262670 upvotes.** \n* A McChicken would need you to get **57 upvotes.**\n\n\nGood luck to all the shitposters here, and keep on upvoting quality posts."}, {"title": "VeChain Is Gaining Popularity as a Dual Crypto and Logistics Blockchain Solution.", "score": 1007, "url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/vechain-is-gaining-popularity-as-a-dual-crypto-and-logistics-blockchain-solution-2021-04", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "When in doubt, zoom out.", "score": 14, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myekqq/when_in_doubt_zoom_out/", "selftext": "The prices one year ago (April 25, 2020) for the current top 20 crypto. Please don't let the last week of dips scare you off. Compare it to the previous times. Dips are normal and healthy. Aim for the long term. \n\nBTC - $ 7,550.48\n\nETH - $ 189.21\n\nBNB - $ 16.01\n\nUSDT - $ 1.01\n\nXRP - $ 0.1937\n\nADA - $ 0.04187\n\nDOGE - $ 0.002772\n\nDOT - $ 2.96\n\nUNI - $ 3.406\n\nLTC - $ 44.50\n\nBCH - $ 241\n\nLINK - $ 3.75\n\nSOL - $ 0.64\n\nVET - $ 0.0048\n\nUSDC - $ 1\n\nXLM - $ 0.062\n\nFIL - $ 30\n\nTHETA - $ 0.11\n\nWBTC - $ 7679\n\nTRX - $ 0.01\n\n---\n\nTake care folks!"}, {"title": "NFTs, could someone explain some of the more outlandish uses like the burned Banksy picture?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myek0w/nfts_could_someone_explain_some_of_the_more/", "selftext": "I can see how NFTs can have some practical uses beyond copyright etc. - this sub got me into Alienworlds which has NFTs like trading cards which you don't need to have the physical card for and can use to play the game etc, but beyond performance art which undoubtedly the burning of the banksy print was, why would anyone benefit from owning the NFT to a destroyed piece of art, or even pay as much as they did?"}, {"title": "ETH/BTC Gap - TA Question", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myeime/ethbtc_gap_ta_question/", "selftext": "I have a theory based on TA geometry that I wanted to run by more veteran readers of the market... \n\nIt looks like the gap between Ethereum and Bitcoin is increasing and I think it will only grow. ETH looks like it's got a double bottom and has the potential for rapid growth. Meanwhile, pressure is growing on BTC's 50k floor, if it hasn't already gone past (it's been hanging around 49k USD for a bit). The next support for BTC is around 40k. \n\nObviously we are not fortune tellers here and volatility affects the potentials wildly, but I'm wondering if what I'm seeing is an accurate depiction? Is ETH breaking free of BTC's hold and will it potentially amount to a significant spread?"}, {"title": "Today I bought something with crypto", "score": 15, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myegw5/today_i_bought_something_with_crypto/", "selftext": "I've been interested in cryptocurrencies for a while now. I first contemplated buying Bitcoin when it pumped to $800 in 2013, but decided against it because \"it's a bubble and will never get any higher.\" I ended up buying in during the 2017 bull run and I've been DCAing in ever since. Crypto now constitutes the largest percentage of my investment portfolio: not because I've put more money into it, but because of the phenomenal growth over the last few years. But I've been mostly resigned to the fact that using crypto to actually conduct transactions was an idle fantasy. \n \nUntil today.\n \nToday I was buying a straight razor from classicshaving.com. When I got to the payment step, I was intrigued by the \"Coinbase Commerce\" option. I decided to try it out. Unfortunately, it had a rather limited selection of coins--Bitcoin, Ethereum, BCH, DAI, LTC, maybe a couple of others. I didn't want to use anything with crazy fees, but luckily I had some LTC sitting on a wallet. The fee was less than 1 cent, it took about 60 seconds to send and 5 minutes to confirm. All together, it was a very straightforward process and worked about as well as I could hope e-commerce could. \n \nMy takeaway from this is that a) I am starting to see mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies for transactional purposes by merchants, and b) the network effect provides an edge to older altcoins like Litecoin. Something I've said in threads here before: there are coins that are faster and cheaper to use, like XLM and Nano, but the longevity and security of LTC and BCH, combined with far cheaper transactions compared with BTC and ETH, may make them attractive to mainstream merchants looking for simple, reliable ways to integrate crypto. \n \nTL;DR: I bought a razor online with Litecoin. The future is now"}, {"title": "How do you 'do your own research' on small-cal altcoins?", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myegnu/how_do_you_do_your_own_research_on_smallcal/", "selftext": "Say you want to make a high risk investment into a small-cap altcoin because of its significant growth potential. What do you look for? What are the red flags that make you run a mile? I don't want to copy those YouTubers who talk about a different coin that's \"ready to 100x\" every other week, but I'm not sure how to pick a coin by myself. Any advice?"}, {"title": "Crypto is awesome - Just harvested $7k USD from SushiSwap for farming", "score": 11, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myeeca/crypto_is_awesome_just_harvested_7k_usd_from/", "selftext": "Started farming SUSHI in March. Been doing the SUSHI-ETH and DPI-ETH pools and then staking the SUSHI I earn. Both pools are part of Omsake, so they get extra rewards.\n\nFor every $1k you put into the pools you get 0.09 Sushi per day in rewards. You get 1/3 of the reward instantly and the other 2/3 vest in 6 months. [Full list of rewards here](https://analytics.sushi.com/).\n\nAnyways after 1.5 months of farming, yesterday the gas fees were low, so I finally harvested my SUSHI. In total, I got almost $7,000 USD worth of SUSHI and still have another 2/3 locked up. I am planning on holding because SUSHI is currently like $11, but if SUSHI price goes back up to the ATH of $22, then my $6k will be worth $12k. Regardless it is awesome that you can get legit income from holding crypto assets.\n\nIf you aren't staking your assets, you are really missing out. I'm my opinion, Sushiswap is the best platform for this because they give additional rewards as compared to Uniswap. Also SUSHI now supports Matic and BSC chains (so transactions now cost pennies compared to normal ETH fees). Sushi also just launched [BentoBox lending via Kashi](https://app.sushi.com/bento/kashi/borrow) (which is basically AAVE), so you can now also use SUSHI or other cryptos as collateral to lend or borrow directly on the platform. In my opinion, this is a game-changer because now SUSHI is one-stop shop for exchanging, farming, borrowing, and lending. \n\nThanks to the SUSHI farming rewards, even with the impermanent loss, I am still way ahead and slowly earning a yield of about 5% a month while I wait for DPI, SUSHI, and ETH to mature.\n\nThe below image is from [croco.finance](https://croco.finance) which is what I use to track my DeFi farming.\n\nhttps://preview.redd.it/1bkmq0034dv61.png?width=1344&format=png&auto=webp&s=cb4edd2d8afbb1eb7dfbce437604eac00eaa4611\n\nOn top of the farming rewards, I have also gotten almost $5k USD of fees for being an LP.\n\nhttps://preview.redd.it/dj0cm3s84dv61.png?width=1320&format=png&auto=webp&s=cee8ba02235909b1e6b8fbd982e5b42cd2808302\n\nIf anyone has any questions about staking or LP, feel free to ask below."}, {"title": "How history repeats itself", "score": 1, "url": "https://link.medium.com/gn8CBopzKfb", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "What are faucets? How do they work? How can one use them? What are the ones you recommend to use if you do so?", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myec7y/what_are_faucets_how_do_they_work_how_can_one_use/", "selftext": "Don't get it wrong from the title, I am not explaining answers of those questions, I am the one asking those questions as a newbie. And for experienced people around here, how do they benefit to the system and what is the future of them? Should people be using them?\n\nThanks in advance, and if possible it would be cool if you could keep it simple (or not your it is to you to decide) because as a newbie I don't want to hear many unknown terms and be like \ud83d\udc41\ufe0f\ud83d\udc44\ud83d\udc41\ufe0f again."}, {"title": "Eminem partners with Gemini\u2019s Nifty Gateway to Launch his First NFT", "score": 6, "url": "https://decrypt.co/69027/eminem-partners-with-geminis-nifty-gateway-to-launch-his-first-nft", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "What does A Bitcoin Supercycle REALLY mean?", "score": 4, "url": "https://danheld.substack.com/p/a-bitcoin-supercycle", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Cardano (ADA)", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mye8v4/cardano_ada/", "selftext": "What\u2019s the communities thoughts on ADA? It was popular a month or two ago , then I started hearing some bad things about it, then just stopped hearing about it over all. I have a bag as of right now on Ada averaging at 1.15. I was moving my coins to my wallet and noticed this wallet doesn\u2019t support native ADA. So I was thinking about selling and diversify into other things like ,VET, ETH , and Link. But I wanted to see how the community viewed it first. I personally think it\u2019s nothing better than a lot of things we have. I do truly believe it can never be better than Ethereum especially after ETH2.0"}, {"title": "Software wallets vs exchanges", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mye8ty/software_wallets_vs_exchanges/", "selftext": "Right now I have everything spread out over several exchanges (the big ones) and I felt safe with that at the start. But as I am accumulating and investing more, I'm starting to do research into safer storage locations. I know hardware wallets are the best, but it doesn't seem worthwhile just yet to invest in those. Although the majority is ETH, I also hold a bunch of altcoins which I believe the cheaper ones don't support. So software wallets (exodus and atomic) seem like my next best choice. However, seeing as I would install these on a PC that I use daily and which could potentially be infected with malware, I'm starting to doubt the safety of a computer application. It somehow feels safer to just have my money spread out on centralised exchanges with strong passwords and good ol' 2FA. \n\nDo I maybe just not know enough about the security of these software wallets? Interested in hearing your opinions and experiences."}, {"title": "If you get hit by a bus, will your family have access to your potential $million(s) worth of crypto?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mye7mo/if_you_get_hit_by_a_bus_will_your_family_have/", "selftext": " \n\n***TL;DR Version:*** Go directly to the question at the bottom.\n\nAs experienced crypto-warriors in general, we all know how complex the problem is of being able to access our assets. Assuming that you're like me and have multiple wallets, and each one requires its own song-and-dance to execute an exchange for fiat, how will your family be able to access that bounty, in the event of your death or incapacitation?\n\nI've just spent a day writing a full description of my crypto holdings, wallets, how to access wallets, mnemonic phrases, short description of each crypto and minimum time for each to get the expected return, warnings about scams, list of exchanges, short description of how to access exchanges, description of 2FA, keys to my 2FA's ... and on and on.\n\nI've put all that info on a secure usb and stored it in a secure location that my wife and kids know where to find, and provided them with the password. But having done that, I'm more fully aware of how difficult it is going to be for any family member to navigate the process and be able to benefit from my efforts of protecting and growing our wealth.\n\n**Question:** Does anyone know of a legitimate (licensed, bonded, trustworthy), advisor/lawyer/organization, or how to find one, that is setup to provide a crypto-navigation service, that can just take the basic information of your list of wallets, passwords, mnemonic phrases, 2FA keywords, etc, and extract the equivalent fiat, for your family in the event of your demise?"}, {"title": "[DD] Harmony ONE has the potential to be a top 10 coin", "score": 26, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mye6f4/dd_harmony_one_has_the_potential_to_be_a_top_10/", "selftext": "Harmony ONE launched as part of the initial exchange offering on Binance Launchpad and has been steadily building it's reputation as a solid contender in the crypto space. \n\nHarmony ONE's founder Stephen Tse, who had his PhD focused on cryptography, worked at Google on the original Map team. Left Google to start an AI startup, then sold to Apple. Harmony ONE is headquartered in Silicon Valley with mostly ex-Google & Apple engineers.\n\nThey're still under $1b marketcap, but with the technology and roadmaps for the upcoming years I'm fully expecting this to at least 20x.\n\nThis year a number of DApps have been introduced on the Harmony Blockchain such as ViperSwap (Uniswap/SushiSwap equivalent), and DaVinci (NFT Marketplace). With more and more DApps launching their projects on Harmony it has real potential to become a top #10 crypto in the near future.\n\nYou can buy on most exchanges such as Binance, KuCoin, Crypto, etc and withdraw to a MetaMask wallet to use services on their blockchain such as farming on ViperSwap.\n\nWhat are the benefits? Super fast transactions - each block is 2 second and transactions are generally processed in 1 block.\n\nSuper low fees - gas prices are 0.000000005 ONE. ONE currently costs $0.10 - a single ONE will cover thousands of transactions.\n\nThere is also the Harmony Horizon Bridge, which will allow you to bridge ERC-20 and BEP-20 tokens and use these directly on the Harmony Blockchain. For anyone interested in DeFi/Yield Farming you can bridge tokens such as ETH, CAKE, BUSD, BNB, SUSHI, etc and use these on the Harmony DeFi platforms."}, {"title": "Unpopular Opinion: BInance is great as long as you don\u2019t reside in the US.", "score": 236, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mye4zo/unpopular_opinion_binance_is_great_as_long_as_you/", "selftext": "I\u2019m always hearing the same things in this sub:\n\u201cBinance locked me out\u201d\n\u201cBinance is a centralized exchange\u201d\n\u201cCZ bad\u201d\n\nObviously I\u2019m not knocking on the validity of these claims. However, in my personal experience I enjoy using Binance more than CB or CB pro. I\u2019ve been able to buy into low cap alts prior to their uplistings into other exchanges. The UI is pretty slick and for the most part I\u2019ve never had an issue with them. I feel like a lot of these issues encountered could be attributed to the User. \nThe reality is that Binance has been doing a pretty decent job of being a crypto exchange. \nI\u2019ve never had an issue moving funds in and out of the app since I set up all of my 2FA.\n\nI can\u2019t be the only person who uses this exchange on the regular with zero problems.\n\n*I\u2019m not a Binance US user so I can\u2019t attest to whatever\u2019s been going on in that neck of the woods*"}, {"title": "Update on recent Ethereum Beacon Chain incident", "score": 2, "url": "https://np.reddit.com/r/ethstaker/comments/mxpz57/regarding_the_recent_beacon_chain_incident/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Free crypto", "score": 14, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mye3la/free_crypto/", "selftext": "Hey guys, are there any other websites that give free crypto that you can earn by your own (like on coinbase for watching videos and answering questions) but not by referring someone who also needs to spend money? \n\nThanks\n\nEdit: Thank you so much for all the suggestions, you guys rule!"}, {"title": "I don't know how to contribute to the r/CryptoCurrency", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mye3cc/i_dont_know_how_to_contribute_to_the/", "selftext": "Hello, I recently joined the crypto world and I love it! I also found about moons and I think that's the coolest feature integrated into Reddit ever. I try to contribute to the subreddit as much as I can but my knowledge is limited and I feel guilty to shitpost comments like (cryptocoin) to the MOON!!! like many of the comments here. I want moons and I want to be part of this r/CryptoCurrency. I live in a poor country and the moons would make a day and night difference for me. But personally, I think non sense comments get too much upvotes while quality posts get stuck in the new feed. I promise to learn more and spread my knowledge and opinion to others in the future!"}, {"title": "Introduction to cryptocurrency and some questions i have", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mye2mc/introduction_to_cryptocurrency_and_some_questions/", "selftext": "Hi everyone, one of my friends has been speaking about cryptocurrency recently, and he has shown me and my friends how much money he has made in the past year and it\u2019s got me wanting to be part of this. I am currently under the age of 18 (17YO), so i don\u2019t have a ton of money to put into this (and i know i have to be 18, but i\u2019ve asked my dad to try and help me with that) So i have a few questions.\n\n1. What app / website should i use to invest in cryptocurrency?\n\n2. What cryptocurrency should i invest in?\n\n3. When should i sell or hold if it\u2019s going down? \n\n\nThanks all."}, {"title": "Friendly reminder to actually go and read the bitcoin white paper. I know at least half of you still haven\u2019t read it", "score": 12, "url": "http://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "To those of you not on the VET (VeChainThor) wave yet, what makes you skeptical?", "score": 24, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mydzik/to_those_of_you_not_on_the_vet_vechainthor_wave/", "selftext": "In my personal opinion there are so many positives in comparison to the downsides. I\u2019ll start with the negatives first.\n\n-Some people don\u2019t trust it because it\u2019s a Chinese based crypto\n-Crypto in general is always a gamble \n\nAnd now the positives \n\n-It\u2019s still around the 20\u00a2 mark\n-It\u2019s grown exponentially the last couple months (a lot of crypto have, but this one specifically has shown great growth)\n-Partnered with Mcdonald\u2019s, Walmart, Starbucks, BMW\n-Exclusive partners with DNV and PwC, meaning all of their clients (thousands of them) will be put on VeChain if they choose to integrate blockchain tech in their company.\n-The CEO, Sunny Lu, is a very smart man with immense knowledge and is very driven. An example showing this is when he worked as Louis Vuitton\u2019s CIO he tried to get them to accept BTC as a form of payment in 2013... 7 years before Elon had Tesla be the first company to do so. He has goals to overtake Etherium and with mass adoption easily believes it\u2019s possible.\n-The gas prices are much easier to calculate than Etherium.\n\nI\u2019m sure there are many more that I can\u2019t think of at this current moment, let me know in the comments. And if you still aren\u2019t convinced, let me know why.\n\nEDIT: A lot of people in the comments are already mentioning the .20\u00a2 mark isn\u2019t a good spot to buy. I agree, and don\u2019t advocate for buying right now because I think we\u2019re going to bear for the next couple months. But I could always be wrong, and it could skyrocket at any time. I also feel the need to mention I\u2019m in this project for the long haul, 5 years+, so the people talking about short term prices that\u2019s irrelevant to me. There\u2019s a reason I didn\u2019t post in r/daytrades."}, {"title": "Completing surveys for crypto??", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mydz0t/completing_surveys_for_crypto/", "selftext": "Hey guys,\n\nA while ago on this sub I saw a post of a person asking how they could make 2 dollar a day in crypto, but said they were unable to do surveys.\n\nI was just wondering what these surveys are and if they are worth sinking some time on them??\n\nIf anyone has any info It\u2019d greatly appreciated !!"}, {"title": "I Got Few Questions As A Noob of Crypto and NFTs", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mydym0/i_got_few_questions_as_a_noob_of_crypto_and_nfts/", "selftext": "So i was thinking about entering Crypto for a while now and i finally entered 2-3 months ago when i finally man up and start an account. Even with the dip i am green, the technology really interesting with NFTs and inflation protection, most importantly it looks a great investment opportunity. I think i atleast got some basics about crypto thanks to channels like Coin Bureau and JRNY Crypto but i got some questions about it i think needs a direct answer:\n\n-How hard it is to create NFTs for those who actually make it? If i start learning programming now(also advice of language and platform pls), how many months after can i create a worthless but atleast a complete NFT?(this is literally SAO or Ready Player One coming alive it looks so fun to make and have a long future) I know i look like a common underestimating punk trying to find a way to make easy money(i am) but i have like WAY too much free time during this times and i want a marketable hobby.\n\n-Can Fanarts become NFTs without companies permission? Even if it can, is it possible that a certain regulation would come 5-10 years max?\n\n-Let me get this straight, MOON is something like BAT of the Reddit and you earn it according to your performance in this sub right? Also is there a minimum withdrawal limit? I got a Metamask so i probably throw it there but gotta know when i am able to do so.\n\n-Which kind of posts hated in this sub?(except bitches like me crying help and stealing your time)\n\n-Which free Wallets are the best? I tried to use MetaMask but since it is an ETH wallet i think it is gonna take too much Gas fees.\n\n-Which Altcoins are the best for start-ups except GT coin? I try to get on 100 limit on GT but i would like to know other good alternatives that ain't expensive like BNB now.\n\n-Why there is WAY too much bots in all crypto channels and nothing is done about it? It is kinda annoying that you first get happy that your fav crypto persona(mine is Alex Becker so far the guy is just fun) commented to you, then finding out it is just another bot inviting to a Whatsapp or telegram channel leadin you to a scam...\n\n-Do you think there should be a HELP flair for these kind of posts?\n\nEdit: Thanks for your replies already!"}, {"title": "DeFi ecosystem now exceeds 2 million unique addresses. The number of addresses in the decentralized finance sector has doubled in less than five months.", "score": 6, "url": "https://cryptoslate.com/defi-ecosystem-now-exceeds-2-million-unique-addresses/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Besides Tesla: Other Great Companies That Adopted Bitcoin For Payments", "score": 2, "url": "https://cryptopotato.com/besides-tesla-other-great-companies-that-adopted-bitcoin-for-payments/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "It's s such a nice feeling to withdraw your crypto to a hardware wallet", "score": 76, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mydqyx/its_s_such_a_nice_feeling_to_withdraw_your_crypto/", "selftext": "I never feel safe when my funds are sitting on an exchange, that's why it's such an amazing feeling for me to withdraw them to a hardware wallet and to be in possession of the keys. I can't wait for DEFI to be cheaper so that small fishes like me never have to use centralized exchanges ever again."}, {"title": "What are the best and safest brokers/platforms?", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mydpym/what_are_the_best_and_safest_brokersplatforms/", "selftext": "I only just got into buying crypto directly maybe 4-5 months ago, and bought a bit of ETH using Coinbase, whileas earlier (2-3 years ago) I bought some \u00abcrypto stocks\u00bb using my stock broker.\n\nI\u2019ve read so many dreadful stories about Coinbase\u2019s horrible customer service if something suddenly goes wrong, so I am looking at other platforms to move my crypto to, and to buy more at. What are good solid suggestions? I\u2019ve had Revolut recommended to me by family, but I\u2019d like to ask here as well.\n\nThanks!"}, {"title": "I have found perhaps the best Cross Asset Trading platform and its DIFX", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mydl7t/i_have_found_perhaps_the_best_cross_asset_trading/", "selftext": "DIFX being the first insured cross asset trading platform where you can use your cryptocurrency to trade commodities, stocks and many more feature while being insured for minimized risk; you can even use the DIFX token to get 50% off transaction fees on the platform. With DIFX launching their IOS and Android applications making trading and generating profit on your deposits easily accessible to investors."}, {"title": "World\u2019s First Child-Friendly Crypto Piggy Bank", "score": 3, "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/strive-bank-launches-world-first-151847162.html", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Investing in crypto made me learn how to budget and made me healthier", "score": 23, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mydimi/investing_in_crypto_made_me_learn_how_to_budget/", "selftext": "Crypto may not be as impactful as for some in more unstable countries, but it has been life changing for me.\n\nI'm a poor grad student living off the bare minimum and loans (thanks COVID for pausing interest \ud83d\ude4f a great silver lining). Since getting into crypto back in December, I've budgeted out 100-200 a month to invest. \n\nBefore I used to go out all the time and spend money on shit I really didn't need. Now I drink less, cook from home more and eat healthier, and go to the gym more (since its already part of my tuition). Overall I'm feeling better than I have in years, I actually spend time developing a budget, and no longer drain through all my money each month. I've made quite a few positive lifestyle changes to afford my investments. \n\nLooking back now I've realized how much my move into crypto has changed my life, and I'm grateful for it. \n\nMy current investment plan:\n\n*-$50 twice a month*\n*-Additional $100 put into reserve to spend on dips exceeding 15%*\n\nOne more year of school and I'll have my first ever real paycheck. \n\n*-50% ETH 50% split between ALGO, ONE, VET, and MATIC*\n\nThanks for reading! Hold strong and stay classy my friends \ud83c\udf7b"}, {"title": "\"Quantitaive_Easing\" by LogicBeach - A crypto anthem", "score": 2, "url": "https://youtu.be/iM9WWEoYNf0?t=420", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Ethereum Rallies to $2,300 as Gas Fees Drop", "score": 76, "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ethereum-rallies-2-300-gas-172000328.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAB33DLlFhleFuMp35zbDR9uVokDi0nPYig76P-tO1yadKnBcqBCQkIrz01wXr6OfZQnqQ6Us18ey9gpzrp5fKpOVOHUlgfGMMQ3O6MfyyDDojh39Arqnn4d6rhhjE7rkM9L4vQBqYW2W5r1fP6zQ-uC7e0vuQ7gIaPEKypKFq7Cw", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "A sign of the times.", "score": 94, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mydaw8/a_sign_of_the_times/", "selftext": "My son is turning 5 next week, and his godfather (and my best friend) asked if he could give crypto to contribute to his college fund rather than writing a check.\n\nI thought you all would appreciate that gesture as a sign of things changing. I can't imagine that simple conversation happening even fairly recently."}, {"title": "Central Bank of Turkey Denies Rumors of a Total Ban on Cryptocurrencies", "score": 11, "url": "https://atozmarkets.com/news/central-bank-of-turkey-denies-rumors-of-a-total-ban-on-cryptocurrencies/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Caracas Air Accepts Bitcoin (BTC) Venezuela's Digital Coin Usage Surges | BTCMANAGER", "score": 5, "url": "https://btcmanager.com/caracas-air-accepts-btc-venezuela-digital-coin/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Invest in what you believe in", "score": 15, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myd3dd/invest_in_what_you_believe_in/", "selftext": "Last year I lost a lot on stocks and crypto and I thought very negatively about it. I also bought in the 2017 hype and was sitting on 80-90 percent losses for like 3-4 years. All of last year I was stressed about how the losses set me back over a year (like lost a year of my life) and how I just can't ever make a good investment. I got a good place and also realized I should not base my happiness and worth so much on money. Learned my lessons. \n\nWith crypto turned around this year its shown me that if you invest in things you believe in and hodl time will fix any bad timing decisions. Although I sold some shitcoins that are doing well now, I kept all the coins I believe in. Now I'm only buying the ones I think will last and not trying to get rich quick like last time. \n\nTime in is better than timing the market as well, as they say. Why? The dollar will always depreciate in value over time. A good investment will always go up in the long run due to the inflation as well as any normal growth.\n\nJust wanted to share."}, {"title": "Brexit and fintech: A spring stocktake", "score": 1, "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/brexit-and-fintech-a-spring-stocktake", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Crypto rap", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myczvh/crypto_rap/", "selftext": "Dear God almighty, our MKR,\n\nLook at us \n\nStarted from the ATOM now we're here\n\nIt only gets better from here\n\nLet's go\n\nI'm becoming a rich boy off crypto, more specifically Bitcoin\n\nI already got mine, now it's time to get yours\n\nnever chase a chick or pump goes the old ADAge\n\nbuy high, never sell and never trade with leverage\n\nif you mess with my crew tryna steal their NEM\n\nyou'll get DOTs on your forehead and end up dead\n\nMy homie wanted a Chevy so I put my DOGE in the VET (Big Sean ref)\n\nI can't pay attention to any animals except for the BAT\n\ntry to wrap your head around this, end up with a shrink\n\ncause this song was only built 4 Cuban LINKs\n\nwhile you eat PANCAKEs I eat FILet mignon\n\nwhile you eying ALGO barato I'm eying the TRON\n\nPlease describe yourself - I'm ETHnocentric\n\nNas is Illmatic, I'm also into MATIC\n\nQuit spreading your FUD, I don't want NANOf it\n\nyou're just copying others, while I was custom built\n\nIf you suck onto one nipple the other can't be neglected\n\neducated yourself it's called ripple effect eh?\n\nI accumulate lumens while eating my albumens\n\nSafemoons aren't safe and so isn't the Student\n\nI told my dude to buy the dip he brought me Greek FETa\n\nAin't THETA bitch, well time for Vendetta\n\nHe's texting this girl, asking me how to romance her?\n\nI told him talk 'bout your origin, TRAC is always the answer\n\nBut it wasn't in this case, cause she set a higH BAR\n\nso he REN away, such a disaster, screaming OMG\n\nShe says she's Youtube educated and don't need no UNI\n\npundits are commenting, this is the way like Rooney\n\nhe's now found his ZEN and is no more ign'ant\n\nwaiting for the next time, cause it'll surely be different\n\nFeel free to continue the cypher my dudes"}, {"title": "Should I invest some of the money I have invested in Ethereum to Bitcoin?", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myczn0/should_i_invest_some_of_the_money_i_have_invested/", "selftext": "I want to start by saying I\u2019m a crypto newbie so any help is appreciated.I currently have about 90% of my funds in Ethereum right now which sits at around an average purchase of 2,100. I have 10% in bitcoin. I\u2019m wondering if I should try to make it around 50/50 as bitcoin just recently hit an ATH and it\u2019s at a dip right now. I think it would be a good option for short term gain as when bitcoin goes back up to around 60,000 I\u2019ll sell. Is this a good plan?"}, {"title": "A guide to crypto for new investors!", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mycxtj/a_guide_to_crypto_for_new_investors/", "selftext": "**What is Crypto -** \n\nIf you're here, you already know :D\n\n**What's a Bull market?**\n\nA **bull run** is a longer period of rising prices and optimism in the market.\n\n**What is a Bear market?**\n\n**Bear** markets are defined as a period of time where supply is greater than demand. The price keeps going down, you could call this a crash.\n\n**What coins should I invest in?**\n\nDo your own research on the different projects and only invest as much as you can afford to lose. Personally I've invested currently in Bitcoin, Cardano & Vechain.\n\n**I seen loads of influencers promoting safemoon, should I put money in?**\n\nThe short answer is no. These coins are known as shitcoins, scamcoins etc and are most likely going to be rugpulled at some point and lose most, if not all value.\n\n**What's a rugpull?**\n\nSomeone with the majority percent of a cryptocurrency sells off their entire lot which crashes the price. This is most likely the developer and they do this to make lots of money at the expense of thosands of investors.\n\nHope this helps and if anyone has anything to add please do so in the comments!"}, {"title": "Best Crypto Stocks to Invest in?", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mycxai/best_crypto_stocks_to_invest_in/", "selftext": "So, I've owned cryptocurrencies since mid-2017. That being said, reading the horror stories about exchanges, as well as people losing their ability access their crypto on a hardware wallet has caused me to choose a different approach for now. I've read many articles on how to setup a hardware wallet, and it's more complicated than I'm up for (I'm happy for you that you were able to get it to work, and yes, not your keys, not your coins, no disagreement there). I'm looking for any good crypto stocks to invest in that are available in the U.S. So far, I like the following: OBTC, GBTC, GDLC, ETHE, ETCG, MARA, CAN, RIOT, COIN, and HVBTF. Any others that have more or less kept pace with Bitcoin? Thanks"}, {"title": "Republiqe, a Singapore startup, wants people to buy 'digital clothing'", "score": 2, "url": "https://kr-asia.com/singapore-startup-republiqe-enters-nft-market-with-digital-clothing", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Bitcoin dominance teeters at 50% as ETH, altcoins gain traction", "score": 5, "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-dominance-teeters-at-50-as-eth-altcoins-gain-traction", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "An advice from a paper hands guy", "score": 21, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mycqy0/an_advice_from_a_paper_hands_guy/", "selftext": "So, I've started with crypto on 2017. Everything was new to me and I was excited. I invested on XVG on the time that McAfee was chilling it and I saw my portfolio growing a lot in a day as XVG was around $0.01 at that time and it reached $0.30.\n\nI was pretty excited back then and then when it was found out it was a scam all the profit I had gone to ashes. I started becoming paper hands after that. When there was a dip I would sell low and I lost my profits that way.\n\nI started again this year and I started early at cake and bake and I was getting a lot of profit with both but when there was a dip in February I got afraid that the market would be collapsing and that I would lose my investment so I sold my portfolio (I was dumb I know, I didn't learn from my 2018 mistakes).\n\nI could have 5x more profit than I have because I was fearing to lose the profit. So if you're new to crypto, or an old enthusiast that's getting back on the rocket, don't look at the portfolio every hour because you'll be stressed because of it and you can commit the same mistakes as I did. \n\nSince February my portfolio is growing and I'm not even checking it everyday because it's very stressful. When there is a dip, I buy more (whenever I have spare money) and I'm stacking most of my cryptos in order to generate extra revenue and as a way of making sure I'm not making a mess selling part of my portfolio. \n\nYou've probably heard this many times but it's never enough to remind you."}, {"title": "I Admit it, I'm Addicted to Crypto.", "score": 22, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mycq1g/i_admit_it_im_addicted_to_crypto/", "selftext": "It all started in February when Elon Musk Tweeted about Doge. I was originally on the GME hype train but I guess I hopped off at Crypto Station because after I started to learn about Crypto and this subreddit, I quickly sold all my stocks and transferred that money into crypto.\n\nWhat started out as throwing a few bucks into funny sounding shit coins quickly snowballed into something much more. Since February, I have put in close to over 150 hours of research/watching youtubers shill shitcoins. While I am not a pro in the crypto space I've gained enough knowledge to help my friends get started. After reading a few post about people losing friendships due to Crypto, I only showed them how to sign up for exchanges (Coinbase/Gemini) and what hardware wallets are. I figured these are the basis to start building a crypto foundation off of and I really don't want to lose any of my friends, considering I only have three.\n\nOn average I spend approximately 2 hours on Coin market cap every week starting at graphs pretending I know what I'm looking at. I even have a third monitor for the soul purpose of having Coin Market Cap open 24/7. I'm sure there's a few other people out there who have a similar experience. But now my entire world revolves around crypto and I don't really know what to think of it yet. Am I an idiot for investing a lot of time and money on \"internet coins\". Or am I smart as I'm trying have that \"Ahead of the herd mentality\".\n\nI like to end this post with a general question: What brought YOU into the crypto space. And what's keeping you from leaving? (This will help verify my thought process)\n\n*Thanks for reading, I hope this evoked some new thoughts!*"}, {"title": "How would I go about finding past pump and dump tokens? I love analyzing metrics and trying to find patterns to reduce altcoin risk, and I would love to look at a handful. Any advice?", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mycnmj/how_would_i_go_about_finding_past_pump_and_dump/", "selftext": "Sometimes I put a bit of money in alts or even shitcoins just to see what happens, but I would love to be able to minimize the risk of those, if possible. I figured the best way would be to analyze trends of previous scams/rug pulls/pump and dumps, and go from there.\n\nif you know of any, or know of a way to find them, please send my way! thanks"}, {"title": "Birthdaygift story", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mycmji/birthdaygift_story/", "selftext": "Hello everyone,i would like to share the nicest memory of crypto for me and a friend of mine. You see he was a newlywed two years ago and when his first bornson come to world i wanted to give him a nice gift. As a crypto addict i offered him a wallet and small amount of coins for his son. He refused at first, but then accepted and forgot about it. I did the same. Because of work, life and all daily stress we went our seperate ways. Last month he contacted me and we talked about old life precovid life of ours. I asked his child ext. Then i asked about the gift i gave to his son and he told me he dont know and forgot about it. \n\n\nI pissed but didnt said anything. What his sons present must be secured and be his trully so i checked my archieves and i found it. Send him the transaction amounts screenshot at the date, and send him the todays amount its 25x from the start. He shocked and thanked me a lot. But i didnt gave the money so its his turn to be pissed now. I will give it to his son when he comes to 18 and will be rich thanks to me \ud83d\ude02"}, {"title": "Relative newbie interested in accepting crypto at a garage sale", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mycgc2/relative_newbie_interested_in_accepting_crypto_at/", "selftext": "Basic question first: what\u2019s the easiest way to accept a wide range of crypto currencies at a garage sale I\u2019m having this summer?\n\nDetails: crypto currency isn\u2019t going to take root until we start using it as, well, a currency. When I say currency I mean an avenue for exchange of goods & services without converting it to dollars (or whatever your local currency is). It\u2019s a poor short term investment because the price is volatile. Lots of cryptos are poor long term investments because who knows which one is going to \u201cwin\u201d and become accepted? In 10 years a lot of smaller CCs out there will probably be worthless. None of them are going to stabilize until we know we can trade them for what we want at a pretty much fixed rate. In the vein of \u201cbeing the change I want to see in the world\u201d I want to accept crypto at a garage sale I\u2019m having this summer. \n\nCurrently I only hold ALGO and BTC and even then it\u2019s through Coinbase. Like I said, I\u2019m a newbie. So here are my detailed questions:\n\nIs it as simple as just letting people scan the QR on my phone for whatever shitcoins they have to send over? I\u2019ll take whatever. The stuff I\u2019m selling is pretty much worthless to me so I\u2019ll take whatever they want to give in crypto in whatever coin they want to use. \n\nWhat about coins not supported by Coinbase like DOGE? Would I need to have a wallet already set up for that? \n\nMy wife is going to be running the show for part of the day. Should I just print out a list of QR code for her to keep by the cash? People just scan and send?\n\nWhat about transaction times and fees? Who typically pays and how long will we have them stand around waiting for the transaction?\n\nIs there any security risk in doing things this way? I can\u2019t think of one but I\u2019m a dumb newbie.\n\nHow do I price stuff? I hate the USD:CRYPTO conversion as stated but don\u2019t want to price stuff in every crypto imaginable. I also don\u2019t want to make an exchange rate sheet daily. Should I just take whatever is offered at a steep discount?\n\nAnyway, thanks for the help. Maybe it\u2019s more effort than it\u2019s worth but I\u2019m confident crypto is the future one way or another. If we don\u2019t actually use it then it\u2019s just speculation."}, {"title": "USDC hasn't published audits since Jan 2021", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mycfm9/usdc_hasnt_published_audits_since_jan_2021/", "selftext": "https://www.centre.io/usdc-transparency\n\nThe above has the attestation history of usdc backing, but nothing since Jan this year. Do they usually get published with a lag? Or is something fishy afoot?\n\nWhy are stablecoins so damn shady??"}, {"title": "Do you think ETH could eventually catch up with Bitcoin?", "score": 10, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mycf9c/do_you_think_eth_could_eventually_catch_up_with/", "selftext": "I have a fair bit of Doge, yes I know I don\u2019t need the lecture lol. I am going to sell it and invest in some real crypto. Do you think Ethereum would be a good option and how high do predict it getting in the next year or two."}, {"title": "The SEC Wants What it Can\u2019t Get: Ripple\u2019s Foreign Trading Data - Decrypt", "score": 5, "url": "https://decrypt.co/69016/the-sec-wants-what-it-cant-get-ripples-foreign-trading-data?amp=1", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "At this point I hardly even think about the fiat values", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mycdhp/at_this_point_i_hardly_even_think_about_the_fiat/", "selftext": "Maybe it's just about time in the game, but at this point I barely consider the fiat value of what I'm trading. It's no longer \"man I'm staking $2k of ETH\", it's just \"I'm gonna go stake 1 ETH, value of it be damned\".\n\nIs this what the future feels like?"}, {"title": "How does DeFi (specifically pancakeswap) work?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myc8pd/how_does_defi_specifically_pancakeswap_work/", "selftext": "Just beginning to dabble in yield farming or liquidity pools and I don't understand how it all works. I am looking at pancakeswap stuff through the trust wallet and see all these crazy APRs. What is actually happening here? I1s there greater risk depending on the pair? I have never heard of any of these (stuff like ODDZ, GUM, DFT) and am somewhat skeptical."}, {"title": "A message to Picoiners and other mobile miners", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myc5lv/a_message_to_picoiners_and_other_mobile_miners/", "selftext": "When you press the \"mine\" button, a message is sent to a central server that records that you pressed the button.\n\nYou are not mining a cryptocurrency, it's not proof of work, there isn't even any staking, this is **proof of attention** and you have once again become the product."}, {"title": "Hey ! I was planning to start mining crypto have a few questions. Thank you if you can help out ! :) -sorry this might not be the place for this though-", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myc4l0/hey_i_was_planning_to_start_mining_crypto_have_a/", "selftext": "Hey ! I was planning to start mining crypto have a few questions. Thank you if you can help out ! :)\n\n- Which crypto would be the most profitable to mine ? I was mostly thinking between Bitcoin and Ethereum but am open to other recommendations. \n\n- Which software \nwould you recommend for mining crypto ? \n\n- I currently have an RTX 3060 ti and a Ryzen 5 5600x. What kind of profits should I expect on top of my electricity bill ? My kWH is about 1.6$ . I\u2019m not expecting crazy profits either anything over $80 per month would make me happy. \n\n- Will mining have a significant impact on my pc components long term ? \n\n- Will mining have a significant impact on my internet connection ? I have fiber it\u2019s currently going at around 250 mbps download and upload. I was wondering if I could still game and do other stuff on my computer while it mined. \n\n-Is it worth mining on a single GPU ? \n\n-For mining do you usually just leave your computer on 24/7 ?\n\n- I use my computer often so will it be able to mine at the same time as I do other stuff like gaming or work ? \n\n\nI know this is a lot of questions and I would be incredibly grateful if you could help, thanks !! :)"}, {"title": "What's the best discord or your best source to catch the new alts early in their infancy?", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myc4a3/whats_the_best_discord_or_your_best_source_to/", "selftext": "What's the best discord or your best source to catch the new alts early in their infancy?\n\nWe all have heard the stories about who only invested $6 and made $400k+ by getting in it early, probably in the first batch itself.\n\n​\n\nI am wondering before it is even announced in exchanges or Coinmarketcap stats etc, where do you find those coins to purchase?\n\nProbably the first 1000 get the best returns even if it's shit coins.\n\nIs it pre ICO sites or something?"}, {"title": "Massive opportunity to get in early and save on taxes", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myc3ap/massive_opportunity_to_get_in_early_and_save_on/", "selftext": "Apologies for the clickbait, I don't have a shitcoin to sell you. But I could by simply creating an ERC20 coin and spamming this and every crypto sub over and over again.\n\nInstead of being a shitcoin scammer, I'm going to drop some useful knowledge and give back to the community rather than being a greedy turd peddler.\n\nOk so here is the trick. Donate your highly appreciated coins to charity directly before converting to fiat and you'll save on captial gains and get a tax deduction. Don't convert to fiat first or you'll have captial gains.\n\nIf you have a lot of highly appreciated assets then you can look at a [Charitable Remainder Unitrust](https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-is-a-charitable-remainder-unitrust.html) if you're in the US and you can save even more on taxes and give back to charity at the same time.\n\nSo much of the crypto space seems to revolve around making money, and the shitcoins that pretend to be about charity are a lie. Consider actually giving to charity instead of being scammed.\n\nEdit (clarifications):\n\n* Creating a CRUT is legal, it can actually help you save on taxes in a legal way. This is what most wealthy people are doing when they say they are giving to charity\n* If you have an asset that's highly appreciated (BTC) you'll make more money using a CRUT then just selling and paying taxes"}, {"title": "How do you do an effective research on the different Cryptocoins?", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myc12y/how_do_you_do_an_effective_research_on_the/", "selftext": "Hello everyone, I am having doubts as to what to look for when choosing which crypto to aquire. What kind of information is important to take into account when buying crypto? I frequently see people saying \"do your research\", which is fine advice, but how one does effective research on crypto?"}, {"title": "Stablecoin Liquidity Pools", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myc0fs/stablecoin_liquidity_pools/", "selftext": "Are there any risks to providing liquidity to pools like USDT/BUSD, or is it literally just free money? I'm assuming to make it worthwhile you need to have a lot of $, rather than like $50 or something.\n\nMainly looking on Binance, not sure if there's better APY's available elsewhere. \n\n\nAlso if you're playing to hodl, can you provide liquidity to pools like BNB/USDT, and not lose out if the price of BNB goes up?"}, {"title": "Siacoin", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mybz72/siacoin/", "selftext": "What is the general consensus around siacoin? It does look like a very promising tech, but will it be successful? How can you expect it to reach its full potential? And of course, is it worth investing any money in it?"}, {"title": "PSA - Harmony ONE is giving 42.79% APY returns on Binance", "score": 11, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mybyem/psa_harmony_one_is_giving_4279_apy_returns_on/", "selftext": "I\u2019d commented this a couple of times in other posts and a lot of people were shocked at the return. \n\nSo thought of making this post for anyone looking into investing in ONE on Binance. The returns are amazing. \n\nSOL also has a 34.49% APY. \n1INCH has 47.79% \n\nAnd many others. If youre already invested in the coin and planning to HODL, dont forget to stake it to earn some more coins. \nHere\u2019s a screenshot for ONE - \nhttps://ibb.co/r6TcN7y\n\nNote - This is Binance, not Binance US which has a comparatively smaller APY.\n\nNote2 - Lock period 15 days"}, {"title": "Eminem Dropping NFTs Through \u2018Shady Con\u2019 Event", "score": 8, "url": "https://beincrypto.com/eminem-dropping-nfts-through-shady-con-event/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "US State of Louisiana Releases Bill Commending Bitcoin and Satoshi Nakamoto", "score": 5, "url": "https://cryptopotato.com/us-state-of-louisiana-releases-bill-commending-bitcoin-and-satoshi-nakamoto/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Vitalik Buterin donated more than $600,000 in crypto for India Shaken by Second Covid Wave. Vitalik and Balaji are pitching in to a fund set up by Indian tech founder Sandeep Nailwal to help provide relief to COVID-19 ravaged India.", "score": 46, "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/buterin-srinivasan-donate-to-covid-relief-fund-for-india-shaken-by-second-wave", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Does it matter when I stake?", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mybupl/does_it_matter_when_i_stake/", "selftext": "For example o just staked some eth. I don't understand what it means except it's frozen and I'll get some money for doing it. Does that value of stale fluctuate with eth even tho in the binance app it's now called BETH???"}, {"title": "Baie-Comeau, a Quebec town of 21,000, is betting on the development of cryptocurrency", "score": 4, "url": "https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/mobile/baie-comeau-a-quebec-town-of-21-000-is-betting-on-the-development-of-cryptocurrency-1.5295240", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Can I buy coins on binance and store them in Exodus?", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mybr6l/can_i_buy_coins_on_binance_and_store_them_in/", "selftext": "Hello, I\u2019m obviously new to crypto. I have heard horror stories about binance.us but I\u2019ve also heard that it\u2019s a decent market as long as you don\u2019t store any of your crypto in their online wallet.\n\nHow would I go about buying coins on their market and storing them in Exodus? Or should I just forget about binance.us altogether?\n\nIs the site really as messed up and sketchy as people say? How can one of the biggest crypto markets ever be known to be so inept and sketchy?"}, {"title": "VET going popular as Dual Crypto & Logistics Blockchain Solution.", "score": 19, "url": "https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/vechain-is-gaining-popularity-as-a-dual-crypto-and-logistics-blockchain-solution/ar-BB1fWifi", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "This subreddit from a new person's perspective.", "score": 19, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myboz7/this_subreddit_from_a_new_persons_perspective/", "selftext": "Hello everyone I just thought it might be an interesting read for you all if i spoke on my recent experiences since joining this sub last week.\n\n1) most of the comments seem to be people naming a random coin or token that i don't know and saying why it's better / a solution to the subject post.\n\n2) some very helpful (for the experienced) analytical posts with deep dives into info that i know nothing about. Now don't get me wrong these seem like great content, they just shoot right over my head\n\n3) calling out \"shit coins\" and scams. I've seen a bunch of these posts which I am grateful for! They keep me away from potential hazards even though I've never heard of the products.\n\nThen the rest of this sub is mostly asking for advice or helping others navigate some of the sub meta.\n\nIt's an interesting sub and I appreciate all of you *ahem* fuck robinhood, GO VET \ud83d\udc4d"}, {"title": "PSA: Bitcoin transaction fees are back to being reasonable!", "score": 13, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mybo3t/psa_bitcoin_transaction_fees_are_back_to_being/", "selftext": "Transaction fees have been ugly over the last week - 100 to 200+ sat/vB to get in the next few blocks. But things have quieted down now, and it being Sunday, fees should be no more than 25 sat/vB for most of the rest of the day, if not even lower.\n\nIf you've been waiting for low fees to move small amounts of BTC, now appears to be the time! The mempool will likely get busy again somewhere around midnight UTC as the Asian market wakes up."}, {"title": "What are the best crypto currencies for staking?", "score": 18, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mybm1p/what_are_the_best_crypto_currencies_for_staking/", "selftext": "\n I know of ETH, Ada, NEO and ICX. What stackable crypto projects you find interesting or would recommend? \n\nWould like to hear about staking requirements, ease of use, what\u2019s interesting about the tech, staking percentages, pros and cons. Also how long the tech has been around and how developed the community is. Cheers!"}, {"title": "PayPal CEO: Demand for Crypto has been multiple-fold of what we expected", "score": 1011, "url": "https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/paypal-ceo-dan-schulman-cryptocurrency-is-the-real-deal-and-the-superapps-are-coming/ar-BB1g1SRO", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Can the Digital Yuan Endanger Dollar Supremacy in the World?", "score": 0, "url": "https://positivelyscottish.scot/tech/can-the-digital-yuan-endanger-dollar-supremacy-in-the-world/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Could someone help explain the premise of SafeMoon, SafeGalaxy etc?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mybg58/could_someone_help_explain_the_premise_of/", "selftext": "I don't understand how a coin can gain value when there is an unlimited supply, when more coins are being put into circulation after every transaction? From what I understand it is easier for a coin to gain value with a smaller market cap, as the value is split into more coins giving each fraction of a coin a higher value so how could SafeMoon for example gain a lot of value when it's just a almost infinite supply ? I may have just made myself sound very stupid but any help is appreciated"}, {"title": "Pro-tip for beginners - Whitepaper", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mybg31/protip_for_beginners_whitepaper/", "selftext": "If you\u2019re looking at a not-so-known coin to buy (a shitcoin that promise you a moonshot), please take a look first at the white paper.\n\nIf it looks like you could have done it, don\u2019t buy it. \n\nIf it\u2019s on google docs, don\u2019t buy it.\n\nIf it\u2019s full of \u201ccOmMuNiTy will bring us all together\u201d don\u2019t buy it. \n\nWhitepapers should be complicated, and if you\u2019re a beginner, you should not understand everything in it."}, {"title": "Need some assistance on where to purchase some VET", "score": 12, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mybe43/need_some_assistance_on_where_to_purchase_some_vet/", "selftext": "I've been waiting 3 plus days on binance.us for them to verify my identity and I'm getting very annoyed. I want to purchase some VET since it's at a decent price right now, but don't know what exchange to use. I don't want to wait any longer for binance, so if anyone knows an exchange that won't take days to verify my identity I'd greatly appreciate it."}, {"title": "Just moved my seed from paper to metal (nut, washers, bolts)", "score": 49, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mybdz5/just_moved_my_seed_from_paper_to_metal_nut/", "selftext": "Instead of paper I've just engraved a coded version of my seed onto washers and bolted them together like so\n\n https://imgur.com/a/UHuvDuu\n\nFeels like a fun lil storage method and a lot more resiliant than paper (realistically for me water damage more likely than any other form of damage)\n\nAlso, coding your seed acts as revision so I ( probably temporarily) can recite my seed from memory. Wonder how long that'll take to wear off lol...\n\nEither way, theres a cheap easy storage method for anyone interested :)\n\nAlso a note to new people, seed storage should never be digital because of the risk of keyloggers, hacks etc. Write things somewhere safe to protect yourself from online dangers :)\n\nEdit: just coz some people asked what tools I used, i actually made a code inspired by morse and braille so instead of having to do letters I was able to simplify my words down to dots. Using that method this can literally be done with a hammer and long nails. Keep it somewhere dry and it shouldnt deteriorate for years. Basically its very cheap and easy for an average person (like me)."}, {"title": "Why Hedge Funds Love Bitcoin", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mybdya/why_hedge_funds_love_bitcoin/", "selftext": "Dear friends, I believe the hedge funds are currently using the fact that Crypto is a banned subject on the WSBs forum in order to speculate on Bitcoin before they're margin called for Game Stop. Right now people all over the world are collectively holding Game Stop shares in order to bankrupt the short sellers who tried to drive the business into the dirt via naked short selling. As much as you all want to be accepted by institutions, what you need to understand is that hedge funds are not your friends and the reason the value of the coin is rising faster than anyone expected is because they have been funding news coverage promoting it as a new equity class while taking margin based calls out on it and then laundering the proffits through Dogecoin. You are inadverdently bailing out the hedge funds, and this is why Bitcoin is dumping right before the end of the month interest payments on GME.\nIf you would kindly please direct your attention to what is happenng on the stock market, and stop shoveling your money into Bitcoin without asking yourself why you are doing so well. Hold what you have, take the time to research other coins and only invest in projects that you have unshakeable faith in. But for the time being, please stop being so desperate to be accepted and quit feeding the beast.\n\nThink for yourselves, look into it and if you are seeing what I am seeing then please spread the word. After GME goes to the moon, we'll throw down the ladder - scout's honor."}, {"title": "How does decentralized exchanges work?", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mybdja/how_does_decentralized_exchanges_work/", "selftext": "I'm fairly new to these defi and dex concepts.\n\nCan somebody explain how the decentralized exchanges like Uniswap or Pancakeswap works?\n\nAlso how is the price of different coins is determined in them.\n\nThank you."}, {"title": "63 BTC were traded last week only using LocalBitcoin in Venezuela, a 12 BTC decrease from last week. These 63 BTC were 9,095,0,000,000 Bs. (Venezuelan currency, Bolivares ISO VES). One BTC is around 137,000,000,000 Bs. Monthly minimum wage is 0.68 USD.", "score": 17, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9m78/63_btc_were_traded_last_week_only_using/", "selftext": "Sorry about the flood of Venezuelan post (not for me, but I think it also backs up the crypto grown in here, but I feel like I should keep posting these updates)\n\nSome people have becomed these Venezuelan (and 3rd world countries post) post in comedy, quite good to be honest hehe, laughting is always good. Like I purchased a house with the moons I get here hehe.\n\nAnyway, I'm Venezuelan living here, crypto enthusiast for these that don't know me.\n\nThese numbers I post are only measured using LocalBitcoin, whichs allow you to go BTC > Bolivares and Bolivares > BTC\n\nWe are talking abour 3-4 millon USD weekly, which is a good number for a country like the actual Venezuela, it used to be higher (even 6million USD weekly) but there has been a drop, I think fees and the new option available in Binance P2P (that allow exchange Bs. from and to BUSD, USDT, BTC, BNB, ETH and DAI) and other apps like Reserve, AirTM and so on.\n\nSee some listings in Binance:\n\n[https://i.imgur.com/mHnRnFR.png](https://i.imgur.com/mHnRnFR.png[/img])\n\nYes, monthly minimum wage is less than 1 USD (0.68 USD to be exact), it's not a typo and I know it's hard to believe. It's currently 1,800,000 Bs. and 1 USD = 2,647,000 Bs. (offical price admited by the Venezuelan Central Bank). You cannot live with that, one NGO called CENDA states you need at least 300 USD monthly for a 5 members family to survive without any luxury.\n\nAnother NGO did a better research about the wages in Venezuela and found out the average wage of the private sector is around 70 USD monthly and the public sector is around 5 USD.\n\nAbout NGO, goverment has started a campaing to chase them, I know a lot of them receive internationals donations using crypto and of course goverment doesn't like that\n\n[https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2021/04/20/maduro-wants-to-turn-ngos-into-informants/](https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2021/04/20/maduro-wants-to-turn-ngos-into-informants/)\n\nThat is why here, you need to be really low profile and if you do or post something goverment doesn't like, you have to take your security measures!\n\nSources (PLEASE check them!!!):\n\nDrew Brinsky video (US traveler that came here a few months ago)\n\n[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ7A8J9O-3Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ7A8J9O-3Y)\n\n[https://www.descifrado.com/2021/04/13/ovf-el-460-de-las-remuneraciones-del-sector-privado-se-pagan-en-dolares/](https://www.descifrado.com/2021/04/13/ovf-el-460-de-las-remuneraciones-del-sector-privado-se-pagan-en-dolares/)\n\n[https://www.usefultulips.org/combined\\_VES\\_Page.html](https://www.usefultulips.org/combined_VES_Page.html)\n\n[https://www.caracaschronicles.com/](https://www.caracaschronicles.com/)\n\n[https://coin.dance/volume/localbitcoins/VES/BTC](https://coin.dance/volume/localbitcoins/VES/BTC)\n\n[https://localbitcoins.com/buy-bitcoins-online/ves/](https://localbitcoins.com/buy-bitcoins-online/ves/)\n\n[https://www.reuters.com/article/venezuela-economy/venezuela-to-introduce-1-million-bolivar-bill-as-inflation-persists-idUSL2N2L401H](https://www.reuters.com/article/venezuela-economy/venezuela-to-introduce-1-million-bolivar-bill-as-inflation-persists-idUSL2N2L401H)\n\n[https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2020/10/23/you-need-285-minimum-wages-in-venezuela-to-feed-your-family/](https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2020/10/23/you-need-285-minimum-wages-in-venezuela-to-feed-your-family/)\n\nAny other question AMA!"}, {"title": "What is the future of Moons?", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mybc2a/what_is_the_future_of_moons/", "selftext": "I'm interested in your opinion on future purpose of Moons. \n\nDo you think Moons will ever be enabled on other subreddits or even implemented globally on Reddit? \n\nAnd if so, would they be given out for previously earned karma? I believe this would cause massive inflation to the coin but also bring a lot of exposure to it. \n\nCould Moons eventually replace Coins? And could they be officially listed on crypto exchanges?"}, {"title": "Good locally hosted web based client?", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mybblo/good_locally_hosted_web_based_client/", "selftext": "Looking for some kind of client that can manage all my crypto. I've been reluctant to get too much into crypto as I find it's just a pain doing everything manually with commands etc, and I don't really want to rely on a 3rd party service or even a hardware wallet (what if the hardware dies in 10-20 years from now?). I just want a web based interface that I can use from my web browser that is hosted on a server I control and where I can easily backup the wallet info. \n\nAt this point I'm interested in mostly bitcoin and ethereum but if there is something that covers lot of other cryptos then that's even better. \n\nDoes such a system exist? I'm thinking something that is simple and uses php/mysql kinda deal. Something future proof that I don't need to worry about it breaking at some point and losing my crypto and something that does not rely on a 3rd party service as I want everything stored locally. (private key etc)"}, {"title": "Outfitting my upcoming CryptoCurrency Expedition", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mybagf/outfitting_my_upcoming_cryptocurrency_expedition/", "selftext": "Hello all, \n\nI am setting out into a new world of digital currency. I have a Trezor cold wallet on order and have downloaded the CoinBase wallet to use for marketplace / short term storage. I also have some dog treats in case Dogecoin shows up in this vast new wilderness. Any advice or other apps / hardware people have used with positive results? Anything helps and happy Sunday everyone!"}, {"title": "Debate of the century: Michael Saylor vs Frank Giustra (Bitcoin vs Gold)", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myb3w3/debate_of_the_century_michael_saylor_vs_frank/", "selftext": "Here is link to the debate: https://youtu.be/coHC_9ApBdg\n\nSome call it the debate of the century. You can be your own judge. I watched it all and it's quite interesting to say the least. \n\nBrief bios: \n\nI don't think Michael Saylor needs introduction in this sub. But just in case, Michael is pretty much the public pioneer of institutional money flowing into Bitcoin. \n\nFrank Giustra is a billionaire who made his billions from gold mining. \n\nI'm glad I watched the video because both had good arguments as to why the other is not a good investment. It's good to hear opinions from both sides of the isle. Enjoy"}, {"title": "Hunting for low market cap gems: Your thoughts on Utrust (UTK)", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myb3vx/hunting_for_low_market_cap_gems_your_thoughts_on/", "selftext": "So, let's be honest, we are all into crypto because we love the tech or invest our money for some great potential profits. That's why I hold most top 10 cryptocurrency's and invest a small portion of my portfolio in low market cap gems (+- 25% with max 5% per coin). \n\n\nA while ago I stumbled upon Utrust, UTK. In my opinion a cryptocurrency with great potential. It wants to solve the \"problem\" with paying in cryptocurrency at a webshop (e-commerce wide). The webshop can get paid in fiat, while the customer can pay with cryptocurrency that is partnered with UTK. \n\n\nLet me quote the use case. (copied from coinmarketcap.com \n\n>One of the most severe problems of cryptocurrency is price volatility. Utrust aims to protect both buyers and sellers from its effects by shielding the sellers against market volatility and providing the buyers with a refund option. \n> \n>Until a purchased product is received by the buyer, Utrust secures the transaction, acting as a mediator and ensuring the success of the transaction.\n\nSo it looks like a Paypal competitor, with more integration for Crypto.\n\nCryptocurrency users tend to make use of more than one wallet and exchange for managing their crypto assets. Utrust aims to reduce this complexity by introducing its own native wallet that allows users to make fast and secure transactions. This mobile wallet supports both on- and off-chain payments. Furthermore, it allows users to convert cryptocurrencies to [fiat](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/fiat) to help offset price volatility.\n\nAnd let's be honest, all employees wish to get paid in FIAT, pay rent in FIAT, and do most of your grocery shopping in FIAT. I don't think FIAT will go away anytime soon, and I think UTK can be a key player in the 2 currency's living side by side. \n\n\nLet's look at the pros: \n\n* UTK has a good team, with all \"real\" employees who have had careers at other cryptocurrency's. One of the co-founders has worked at, Uphold, AT&T and Airtel. \n* They are active on social media and are announcing new partnerships regularly. \n* They have a real use case, which may solve problems with paying in crypto. \n* And now the biggest one. It has a market cap of just 200 million with a 90% of the coins already circulating. \n* Its ATH is from 2018 and was 1,20$, the coin is now selling for 0,41$\n* The coin is yet to be announced on coinbase, but is already on coinbase for institutes, which suggests that it can be added in a short term. \n\nThe negatives: \n\n\n* It's based on the ethereum protocol. So, at least for now it has high gasfee's which may prevent it from mass adaption in the short term. \n* With Paypal and Venmo already show some progression in their adoption for crypto, they may become unneeded. \n\n\nPlease, if I have missed anything, or am completely wrong on some points let me know! And let me know what your thoughts are on this potential gem!"}, {"title": "Why does everyone seem SO convinced there is going to be another crazy bear market with ridiculous drops similar to the past?", "score": 11, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myb1qq/why_does_everyone_seem_so_convinced_there_is/", "selftext": "I\u2019m thinking specifically mostly about Bitcoin and Ethereum. It seems to be a general consensus that at some point they will both lose most of their value for a chunk of time before rising up further again, following the historical pattern. I get that the crazy bull market can\u2019t continue forever, and there will always be slower periods and corrections like we are currently experiencing (and I would expect some corrections a bit more significant than we are currently experiencing) but why would Ether or Bitcoin drop in value more than 50%? It seems both of them are really starting to hit their stride, Bitcoin is starting to get more institutional investment and utility, and Ether will start burning some during transactions as well as Eth 2.0 being released which should both drive the price up, no?"}, {"title": "Viral Sea Shanty Remix Turned into NFTs - the best way to use NFT", "score": 1, "url": "https://decrypt.co/69032/viral-sea-shanty-remix-turned-into-nfts", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "I'm new to crypto. What should I know?", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myazqj/im_new_to_crypto_what_should_i_know/", "selftext": "Hi there people! \nI'm investing in the stock market for a while now and I want to devote 2-5% of my portfolio in to crypto. My goal is just to buy and hodl. I'm not here to get rich quick. I just want some exposure and DCA. \nSo what do I need to read and most importantly what do I need to avoid? (I have some basic knowledge about crypto.) \nThanks in advance!"}, {"title": "Crypto in Movies. Will you miss Fiat based hijinks?", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myaxla/crypto_in_movies_will_you_miss_fiat_based_hijinks/", "selftext": "The Joker burning a giant pile of money.\n\nScrooge McDuck swimming in cash and coins.\n\nOceans 11 executing an elaborate plan to steal a casinos fat stacks of bills. \n\nThere are countless movies, shows, books, and plays that use cash for a main plot point. Seeing physical currency stacked into giant piles, or raining down on crowds of people, makes for good entertainment. \n\nBut what about crypto? It is much harder to make stealing some digital currency interesting. Off the top of my head the only really memorable example I can think of is from Office Space (and by extension super man 3 i suppose). Where a bit of code is created to syphon off tiny bits of money off a large number of transactions. \n\nI am sure there are a number of movies where people steal through hacking, extortion, or some other means of getting some digital codes or bank numbers, but I am having a hard time thinking of them. Which means they were likely either a small plot point, or just... lackluster. \n\nThis will likely not matter for many years, but at some point, digital currencies will be the only thing people use (crypto or otherwise). So, will you miss Hollywood having intricate bank heists, and giant wads of cash being thrown around? Or do you think writers will be able to start making actually interesting digital theft movies? Or, will they just ignore it all and make any movie that needs a big theft a period piece when Fiat was still common?\n\nFor that matter, how would you like to see crypto used in movies? What would be a great plot involving crypto?"}, {"title": "MOONS for BANANO. TY u/knurlinger", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myaw3y/moons_for_banano_ty_uknurlinger/", "selftext": "Title says it all! I have never had anything positive to say about social media until now. Pretty ecstatic about being able to swap this easy and fast!\n\nCredit to u/knurlinger found his comment when searching for how to cash out moons.\n\nLink for MOON to BANANO\n\nhttps://moon.banano.trade/\n\nLink for MOON to NANO\n\nhttps://moon.nano.trade/"}, {"title": "Bitcoin and the New Non-Governmental Monetary Reality", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/coindesk-podcast-network/bitcoin-non-governmental-monetary-reality-asset-managers", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Women and Crypto-currency", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myaqhm/women_and_cryptocurrency/", "selftext": "# We need women to be part of the crypto revolution. How will they help facilitate a crypto economy that serves all?\n\n**First of all let\u2019s look at some statistics. Using one of my favourite crypto subreddits I did a poll to gauge the probable gender split of crypto currency investors.**\n\nWith a sample size of 244, within this subreddit I found only 16% of investors were female. Adjusting this statistic to better represent the general population (59% of redittors are male) I found that based on my sample size around 21.5% of all cryptocurrency investors are fem ale (a possible margin of +-5% error)\n\n# Women and risk aversion.\n\nThere are many studies that examine women and risk aversion. It is widely accepted that women are more risk adverse than men. This was found in studies observing male/female professional investors and also male/female professional tennis players. Experts however disagree over the reason behind this - whether this is primarily a biological trait or sculpted through societal forces. \n\nFor the purpose of this post the reason is actually not important. We know that women are more risk adverse, and this (along with a host of other factors) has kept a large cohort of women from investing in general, and in cryptocurrencies.\n\nOne particular study (Niederle & Versterlund 2007) concludes that when investing, women spend more time focussing on the possible costs, while men spend more time pondering the potential benefits. In addition they argue that men relate their past success to their innate abilities whilst women are more likely to relate past success to luck.\n\n**Whilst not fundamentally different, there is a distinct difference to the two difference perspectives.** \n\nFocusing on the possible downsides of an investment is far more likely to lead to a balanced view of an asset, but also avoids the possible pitfalls of confirmation bias. As the crypto market matures, there is a bigger need than ever before for investors who are proactively examining the possible downfall of an asset.\n\n# Men and the financial crisis\n\nThe traditional financial markets were built by men, mostly for men, and in 2008 collapsed by men in the financial crisis. This was by no means the first financial crisis but the largest of the 20/21st century. I won\u2019t go into the intricacies of the financial crisis but as we all know, people got way too greedy. Not nearly enough of wall street examined the possible downfalls of what they were doing. \n\nThe one thing that was certainly missing from Hedge Fund board rooms at the time was more women. Had there been women making the big decisions at hedge funds, it\u2019s possible there would never have been a financial crisis, due to the higher risk aversion of women. \n\nThose who refute this do so without any basis of fact. The reality is consistent: women have never had big enough influence on modern financial systems to change them for the better, so we will only know how differently they do things when they are sufficiently represented.\n\nRealising these implications puts into perspective why higher risk aversion isn\u2019t inherently a bad thing, but it does present a paradox. A high risk system benefits from risk adverse people, but risk adverse individuals are unlikely to participate in a high risk system.\n\n# The crypto revolution and women\n\nSo, from the ruins of 2008, a new currency, Bitcoin, along with a new set of ideals was born. A crypto economy without the need for regulation or fines. Since then a wild ride of innovation, market crashes and more has taken us all on a rollercoaster. But women are still on the fringes of the crypto-sphere. Volatility is cryptos worst enemy of widespread adoption. To avoid mistakes in the future we must look to past to make sure we don\u2019t make the same mistakes twice.\n\n**We\u2019ve already discussed that women are more risk adverse. What does this mean for crypto?**\n\nIf we take a mean average, female investors are more likely to only invest what they can lose. They also are more likely to do research and invest in projects with fundamental value - not meme tokens or joke currencies. They are more likely favour long term holding over day trading. But with only 21.5% of crypto investors being women, there are not enough women to have a big influence on stability and therefore adoption.\n\nI believe If 50% of cryptos investors were women, the price of Bitcoin, Ether, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin and maybe a few more cryptocurrencies would stabilise more, as a more risk averse approach would lead to less volatility and in the long term, more gains for everyone.\n\n**What can we do to introduce women to crypto?**\n\nThis is the hardest thing to do and I hope one which people will share their own ideas about. Its clear more women in the crypto-sphere will benefit everyone, not least women themselves. Convincing anyone to invest in something is very risky, personally I have never done this, dare I be held responsible for any losses endured. \n\nMy approach is to introduce the core principles to the right female friends. Sending people this subreddit is also a very good start.\n\nI think that members of the crypto community have a duty to make cryptocurrency as truly gender equal as we can. Through this it will benefit us all, and make the world a better place."}, {"title": "Everyone is talking about how crypto made them rich...", "score": 298, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myapwu/everyone_is_talking_about_how_crypto_made_them/", "selftext": "I recently joined this sub and everyday I see numerous posts saying how crypto made them rich etc. \n\nAnd then there's me, the noob who bought BTC 20 days ago when it was around 60k. Please tell me I'm not the only one making losses. Is there something I should do now? Any advice or insults are welcomed."}, {"title": "Cryptos or girlfriend", "score": 3, "url": "/r/relationship_advice/comments/my55dl/my_girlfriend_made_me_choose_between_cryptos_and/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Any recommendations of new or worth while coins?", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myanug/any_recommendations_of_new_or_worth_while_coins/", "selftext": "Appart from buying Eth and VET later this month I was hoping to put \u00a3200 on a different coin (expand my wallet). Does anyone have any recommendations of new coins, or coins that might see some good growth in a few years. I've got some free time next week to do research, but the names of some potential winners would be good starting point! Thank you :)"}, {"title": "Eclipse Token.", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myamok/eclipse_token/", "selftext": "Just came across another shill about Eclipse. Read into it and sounds like another scamcoin. Still early though so I was thinking about going in with play money. What do you think? Scam like SafeMoon or atleast a little bit better"}, {"title": "Good resources to learn from about cryptocurrency and it continuously growing world?", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myam09/good_resources_to_learn_from_about_cryptocurrency/", "selftext": "I\u2019m looking for good resources to learn from about cryptocurrency and everything that surrounds it. Websites, blogs, etc... anything \u201cserious\u201d to gain more knowledge, learn about new technologies and projects. What\u2019s your resource of choice?"}, {"title": "Anyone else got majorly addicted to checking your phone every 10 minutes when they just started with crypto?", "score": 2719, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myal4c/anyone_else_got_majorly_addicted_to_checking_your/", "selftext": "I just started with crypto a month back and I just realized that my screen time for the past week was 13 hours on an average. Crypto market is just soo freaking addictive. I cant just put my phone down for more than 15 mins straight. And the fact that this market is open 24x7 365 certainly doesn't help either. I am simply loving it. Anyone else went through this stage when they started or should I be concerned about this?"}, {"title": "The rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies (full report)", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myak2v/the_rise_of_central_bank_digital_currencies_full/", "selftext": "What are Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)? \n\nWhat is the impetus behind CBDCs when the ethos of crypto goes against the very role of central banks?\n\nHow will CBDCs affect the widespread use of cryptocurrencies or the need for crypto altogether?\n\nDoes the decline of physical cash in societies, and in turn anonymous payments, call for the \r\nneed for CBDCs? And if so, will CBDCs protect the privacy of users? \n\nThese are some of the questions that have followed the rise of CBDCs, with central banks announcing new digital currencies as their next innovative and efficient payment system that will coexist with fiat. \n\nAccording to a survey conducted by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), roughly 56 of 65 central banks indicated that they are actively engaging in and exploring CBDCs. \n\nSome are already running tests to see if a CBDC could support existing monetary \r\npolicies and also achieve their financial objectives while promoting flexibility in payment systems.\n\nTo understand the full extent of the developments and intentions behind CBDCs, we consider the structure, possible use cases, benefits and limitations, current landscape, and implications of a central bank digital currency. \n\nBy looking at these various elements, one can come to understand the continuing need for cryptocurrencies.\n\nRead the full [Kraken Report Here ](https://kraken.docsend.com/view/pfucb9rvzrxt6heb)"}, {"title": "Coinbase IPO propels the app into consecutive days of record-breaking usage", "score": 9, "url": "https://blog.apptopia.com/coinbase-ipo-benefits-its-mobile-app", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Excellent in-depth analysis: \"The Bitcoin Green Revolution - Is Cathy Wood Right About Bitcoin?\"", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIk81gsF9wE", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "How does BlockFi afford to pay out such high interest rates?", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myaeaa/how_does_blockfi_afford_to_pay_out_such_high/", "selftext": "For stablecoins they pay 8.6-10% interest annually. That's a better return than most actual investments, especially if it's something they guarantee. How can a growing company afford this kind of payout, is it a scam?"}, {"title": "PoS vs PoW security question", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/myabpd/pos_vs_pow_security_question/", "selftext": "I get that a 51% attack is more possible with a POW system but say ETH goes to POS like with ETH2.0.\n\nA validator is one who has more coins at stake so therefore gets to validate the block. \n\nMy question is this... let's say a validator goes rogue and tries to mess with the block chain, I know they lose money with the penalty. Does the block chain void this block or does it record the attempt to fraud it and rewrite the complete chain with another validator?\n\nDoes this block get deleted and a validator gets the last correct block to keep the chain going?\n\n\nWith coinbase etc having staking pools, isn't this also getting centralized like mining pools? It's alot of money but isn't a 51% attack possible on POS with staking pools?"}, {"title": "Introducing the \u201cfull-dummy portfolio\u201d: a strategy for peace of mind and happy HODLing.", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mya9gj/introducing_the_fulldummy_portfolio_a_strategy/", "selftext": "Hello everyone! I\u2019m F3nix, lawyer, businessman, nerd, and crypto lover since 2017 when I met Ethereum during a job experience in Malta and got enthusiast by the concept of smart contracts.\n\nHow can we control the FOMO and biases that make us take bad decisions? Here comes handy the full-dummy portfolio (apparently, I can't name it full-ret\\*\\*d).\n\nThe strategy is simple and \u2013 jokes apart \u2013 it lays its foundations on behavioral finance and psychology (analogies may be found in the social function of sport as a way to transcend war and conflict, see \u201cThe moral equivalent of War\u201d by William James).\n\nInstead of fighting FOMO, acknowledge and embrace it in an environment whose borders are well defined by you. This will help you to channel the irrational feelings and the stress in one small box, excluding it from that part of your investments that matter.\n\n​\n\n* create a small fund with some money that you can afford to lose; actually, consider them already lost. For obvious reasons, this fund should be not refillable.\n* This is your full-dummy bag with which you can YOLO assuming a higher risk tolerance. The rules that should apply to your real portfolio (due research on tokenomics/protocol/devs/GitHub repos and so on), here are eased although not denied.\n* This is a separate high-risk/high-reward portfolio, apart from losing everything, you might even make some profit: in that case, I suggest putting aside the initial capital and go on with just the profit.\n\nThat\u2019s it. In general, your whole portfolio should be built with a mix of different clusters of risk tolerance and reward opportunity, based on your profile and the goals you set before investing. Personally, my full-dummy portfolio is helping me in HODLing my legit portfolio and it\u2019s a great way to uncharge without risking taking impulsive decisions on my main coins or tokens. It\u2019s like using a punching bag in your office with the face of your boss on it.\n\nI\u2019m just sharing my two cents based on personal experience and knowledge. There\u2019s never a magic formula but several ways to deal with the irrational part of your brain, you have to find the right one for you. Happy journey, crypto apes!\n\nP.s.: a good tool for trying to avoid total shitcoins and rug pulls is [https://tokensniffer.com/](https://tokensniffer.com/), where you can check the token\u2019s contract and get an automated contract audit aka \u201csmell test\u201d."}, {"title": "The drop shipping network (dsn) great company", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mya8pa/the_drop_shipping_network_dsn_great_company/", "selftext": "Ok yesterday with the pancakeswap fiasco DSN token plummeted and now the owner is remibursing everyone effected with an airdrop...my brothers initial investment was $200 and it went down to $3..the admin jack is sorting this all out in their telegram right now...sent my brothers wallet address and it's topped up with dsn tokens to the value of the initial stake..I wasn't gonna invest myself but I will now...OUTSTANDING!!"}, {"title": "Psychology reactance in crypto.", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mya828/psychology_reactance_in_crypto/", "selftext": "There has been a lot of post of people warning investors about meme coins like doge and potential scam coins like safemoon and yes I do agree with those posts and yes it does suck that those coins are sometimes gaining more than our well researched ones which brings me to the main topic about pyschological reactance in crypto, you can search about its explanation in wikipedia but I\u2019ll do mine from what I understand....\n\nTo put it simply it\u2019s part of human psychology that sometimes his/her beliefs and decisions are superior compared to other people thus when people say don\u2019t buy this or don\u2019t do that some people will do the opposite because \u2018why should I listen to this guy\u2019 or \u2018I\u2019m gonna buy this and prove his/her ass wrong\u2019, basically us humans want to have our own freeedom in deciding and when that freedom gets threatened we tend to do stupid stuff to \u2018preserve\u2019 that freedom.\n\nI\u2019m saying this based on my observation in the crypto space the past few months I could be wrong so feel free to correct me."}, {"title": "Cryptomayor.io - There is exactly ONE Crypto Mayor token (Cardano NFT) for every city on Earth. The owner of that token is the CryptoMayor of the city.", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mya5d1/cryptomayorio_there_is_exactly_one_crypto_mayor/", "selftext": "http://www.Cryptomayor.io\n\nHere is a map of available cities: https://map.cryptomayor.io\n\nYou're looking at the Cryptomayor of Lansing, Saginaw and Flint MI, Toledo OH, Tallahassee FL, Madrid Spain and Waco TX.\n\nI expect most of the capitals and historically significant cities will appreciate in price to a significant degree."}, {"title": "Ethereum ETF's Given Green Light In Canada", "score": 8, "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-etfs-are-here-building-case-for-us-approval-of-btc-and-eth-funds/amp?__twitter_impression=true", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Vitalik Buterin donated 100 ETH for use in COVID-19 relief in India", "score": 68, "url": "https://www.alshorts.com/news/business/cryptocurrency/ethereum-cofounder-donates-inr45-million-for-covid-19-relief-in-india-608538fb5ac9bb29f57143e4", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "The Crypto fear/greed index has dropped to 30. This level was last seen in April of 2020 and after the Coronavirus crash of March 2020.", "score": 28, "url": "https://en.ethereumworldnews.com/crypto-fear-greed-index-drops-to-levels-last-seen-in-april-2020/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Stable Coins (USDC USDT etc)", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mya1yw/stable_coins_usdc_usdt_etc/", "selftext": "How do these clings maintain their value so close to the actual currency over time? \nAlso what is the point of having these against a certain currency? Does it add to the actual fiat currency itself or just a measure of value?"}, {"title": "To the people who actually realized enough profit to change their life", "score": 14, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mya1gt/to_the_people_who_actually_realized_enough_profit/", "selftext": "My hypothesis is that most in here are like me, having far less spendable money because of crypto but hope that some day the gains will be life changing once they are realized.\n\nI'm very curious of the people who have already realized sizable profits, what's your story? What was your initial investment? What's your strategy concerning holding vs withdrawals?\n\n*Edit I'm not looking for investment advice like so many other threads, I'm looking for stories from people who have actually transformed their crypto to real life change."}, {"title": "Portfolio Allocation in Layman\u2019s Terms", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9zkd/portfolio_allocation_in_laymans_terms/", "selftext": "I believe there is some misunderstanding when it comes to simple portfolio allocations.\n\nMany investors who arrive at the crypto space are young and new to investing in general. \n\nThey may understand that long-term plays revolving around dollar-cost averaging and holding for 3-5+ years are the key to less stressed overall gains but may not understand how to allocate those funds. \n\nThat said, it can be easy to assume that everyone here invests 100% into cryptocurrency, so you should too. But this is not the case. \n\nA sample of over 150 people was taken on this sub several times, and the average investor here has about 50% of their portfolio in crypto. \n\nThe breakdown was usually as follows:\n\n1. 50% Cryptocurrencies \n2. 50% Stocks \n\nFor some of the older investors here, their portfolio looked something like this:\n\n1. 50% Real Estate \n2. 25% Crypto \n3. 25% Stocks\n\nNow, within those categories, is more diversification based on the market capitalization of the asset. \n\nEssentially, the market cap is framed by this example; a company with 10 million shares selling for $100 each would have a market cap of $1 billion. The investment community uses this figure to determine a company's size, as opposed to using sales or total asset figures. \n\nThere are:\n\nLarge Cap \n\nMedium Cap\n\nSmall-Cap\n\nMicro Cap\n\n\nThese cap sizes apply to both stocks and cryptocurrencies.\n\nSo within each category, an aggressive investor with a long time horizon may have a portfolio that looks like this:\n\n1. 35% Large Cap Crypto\n2. 35% Large-Cap Stocks \n3. 10% Medium Cap Crypto \n4. 10% Medium Cap Stocks \n5. 5% Small/Micro Cap Crypto\n6. 5% Small/Micro Cap Stocks \n\nHere\u2019s an example of how to identify each category when looking at Coin Market Cap .com for example:\n\t\nMicro-cap companies: \nLess than $300 million\n\n\nSmall-cap companies: \n$300 million to $2 billion\n\n\nMid-cap companies: \n$2 billion to $10 billion\n\n\nLarge-cap companies:\n$10 billion to $200 billion+\n\n\nSo when you look at your investments, make sure you consider your entire portfolio and rebalance that portfolio based on your time horizon, your financial goals, and your risk tolerance. \n\nGood luck, and remember, when in doubt, DCA and HODL."}, {"title": "Best way to buy VeChain in the US?", "score": 8, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9xe0/best_way_to_buy_vechain_in_the_us/", "selftext": "I currently use coinbase and Kraken and I'm looking to get in on vechain while it is dipped. HitBTC and Binance US both look like complete garbage. Any recommendations for another way to get my hands on some of these Voldemort tokens?"}, {"title": "Crypto Pro for Real Time tracking of position", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9wjq/crypto_pro_for_real_time_tracking_of_position/", "selftext": "Hey all, \n\nLuddite question here. \n\nNew to Crypto Pro. Looks very fancy and high end and promises \u201creal time\u201d quotes. \n\nHowever, per the instructions for \u201creal time\u201d quotes, I added my chosen currency to my Favorites, picked my exchange (USDT/Bitmart), and the currency has not updated ONCE since I added it and paid for a premium membership. \n\nFar as I can tell I\u2019ve paid for a fancy thing that doesn\u2019t perform. \n\nAny help? I would love to use this tool, but far as I can tell, there is no real time."}, {"title": "CME Ethereum Futures Volume and Open Interest hit All-time Highs", "score": 4, "url": "https://en.ethereumworldnews.com/cme-ethereum-futures-volume-and-open-interest-hit-all-time-highs/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Where do you buy a whole defi project or have one designed.", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9vbx/where_do_you_buy_a_whole_defi_project_or_have_one/", "selftext": "It seems to me a lot of these defi coins on BSC are copies of each other with different use cases. Inam not going to name names, but I think it is SAFE to say you know what I'm saying.\n\n I have an idea for one specific use case not yet on the market so where can I get a project built? Is there a marketplace for this kind of thing?\n\nAny information is appreciated."}, {"title": "Former Employees From Major South Korean Firms Quit Their Jobs After Pocketing Millions in Crypto Profits", "score": 104, "url": "https://news.bitcoin.com/former-employees-from-major-south-korean-firms-quit-their-jobs-after-pocketing-millions-in-crypto-profits/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Before asking your question, please use the Reddit search function to see if your question has been asked before asking", "score": 68, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9qef/before_asking_your_question_please_use_the_reddit/", "selftext": "I sort by new a lot and help answer questions from a lot of newcomers. There\u2019s a *lot* of questions that are asked that have been asked hundreds of times before\n\nReddit has a search function that I highly recommend using before asking your question. If it\u2019s about moons, it has almost certainly been asked before. \n\nIt\u2019s not the end of the world, but it would greatly help reduce the clutter on the sub. Granted, I\u2019d rather answer the same questions than read the same 50 moon farming template posts over and over."}, {"title": "Is there a fully functional blockchain that can mine cryptocurrency using a mobile phone?", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9qaf/is_there_a_fully_functional_blockchain_that_can/", "selftext": "I know Pi Network uses the phone to mine their cryptocurrency but right now it is not yet completely functional. I believe they are now on Testnet.\n\nThe reason why I asked is because currently I mine a coin using my Vivo Y15. The coin has no value but is used to pay transaction fees inside the blockchain. In the coming months, this can also be used to stake and yield another coin which has monetary value."}, {"title": "2 Vaults associated with Reddit account", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9pm1/2_vaults_associated_with_reddit_account/", "selftext": "Hi, I have just reinstalled Reddit and while restoring my Vault, it stated that I have 2 Vaults associated with my account. I have forgotten about the old Vault since I did not have any restore phrase and Im currently using the new one. Should I do something about the old Vault? Will the moons I earned be split towards both Vaults? Can I delete the old one? Thanks in advance!"}, {"title": "Thank you crypto for allowing me to buy more crypto", "score": 48, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9phr/thank_you_crypto_for_allowing_me_to_buy_more/", "selftext": "Had it not been for cryptocurrency I would have not been able to buy more cryptocurrency. Ever since I was a kid, my dream was to own crypto and now crypto has finally enabled me to own crypto.\n\nMy farther and my grandfather always said \u201cyou have to hodl, don\u2019t ever buy anything, CyberPunkMetalhead\u201d so I went ahead and did that.\n\nMy long term goal is to own more crypto, and I think crypto will help me achieve that."}, {"title": "Best and worst performers: historical data analysis", "score": 14, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9o4o/best_and_worst_performers_historical_data_analysis/", "selftext": "I thought it would be interesting to go back and look at the best and worst performer coins over the last few years.\n\nMy data goes back to early 2019 and I am including the following coins: \n\n[Coins included in the analysis](https://preview.redd.it/yikdx7lmtbv61.png?width=131&format=png&auto=webp&s=c4001297428cfedb8c86155ecb04e809ee481097)\n\nThose were among the top coins at the start of the analysis, in early 2019, even though some of them have dropped in ranking since then.\n\nThere will be 3 parts to this analysis: \n\n1. Best and worst performer each month since early 2019,\n2. Best and worst performer each week since the beginning of 2021,\n3. Best and worst performer if hodling a single coin until today.\n\n## Best and worst performer each month since early 2019\n\nThis first category looks at the best and worst performer each month since February 2019. This is the return you would have had for hodling a coin through a given month.\n\n[Monthly best and worst performers](https://preview.redd.it/62y4oh8iwbv61.png?width=326&format=png&auto=webp&s=05218696d44d3014e9504db564b344b30267b0aa)\n\n## Best and worst performer each week since the beginning of 2021\n\nNow, we zoom in on the year 2021 and breakdown the best and worst performers per week since January.\n\n[Weekly best and worst performers](https://preview.redd.it/dp9fyislwbv61.png?width=326&format=png&auto=webp&s=b945dfd6f3f58040cda54f22da2ac85bd43ea270)\n\n## Best and worst performer if hodling a single coin until now \n\nThe final category is a bit different, this is the best return you would have had if you had invested all your portfolio in a single coin since a given date and kept it until now. For example, if you had started investing on the 1st of Jan 2020 and decided to go all in on a single coin, then your best choice would have been BNB for a 3738% return today.\n\n[Best and worst performers until now since various dates](https://preview.redd.it/52ipfmlqwbv61.png?width=356&format=png&auto=webp&s=cd3b7fc07aee345f9358a9a36fea7e944e3f3558)\n\nThe current bull run is quite apparent in this table as even the worst performer yields a significant return. For example, investing all your money on the 1st of Jan 2020 in the worst coin (EOS here) still gives you 116% return.\n\n​\n\nFeedback, comments and further analysis suggestions welcome!"}, {"title": "Jehovah Witness for Crypto", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9n9z/jehovah_witness_for_crypto/", "selftext": "Hello my Fellow Crypto Lovers,\n\nDo you have a minute to read about out lord and savor, Satoshi Nakamoto? You see as of now Satoshi remans anonymous however his work has made an ever lasting impact for all of his followers. By reading the words on your screen right now you are contributing to the financial revolution to bring economic equality to all walks of life across Earth. Without Satoshi our world would have still been governed by the people with the deepest pocket, and the tinniest of hearts. People like us are becoming millenaries by the day, soon your time will come when you will see 2 whole commas in your bank account. Let Satoshi be remembered as the only true god of the 21st century and let all his followers gain massive amounts of wealth. \n\nThanks for coming to my TedTalk."}, {"title": "Just become a paid member", "score": 12, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9jvp/just_become_a_paid_member/", "selftext": "Just decided to show some support for this community by subscribing as a paid member\n\nLearnt a lot from reading like 20+ posts per day started from beginning of the year and lots of quality posts. ( but deteriorating quality with shitcoin spams)\n\nToday I would not say I have made my retirement savings already but definitely better off in terms of both living style and crypto knowledge. \n\nIf you are better off already, please do subscribe as a paid member to continue to support the community !"}, {"title": "What does my flair mean?", "score": 2, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9izg/what_does_my_flair_mean/", "selftext": "I just recently realized that I have some labeling next to my name. I was wondering if anyone knows what the hell it means. I said \"I like the coins\" in a comment the other day and noticed this stuff afterwards. I'm hoping that this sub isn't like r/wallstreetbets and realizes that you don't have to be all in on any one thing. I feel that cryptocurrency is definitely the future but as with religion, there are kernels of truth to be found in many areas."}, {"title": "If you arent staking, you're essentially losing money.", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9ian/if_you_arent_staking_youre_essentially_losing/", "selftext": "Now, I'm gonna start with the whole \"this is not financial advice\" warning, because I'm a moron.\n\nLast year i was able to put a few thousand of my unemployment into crypto and camp on it during covid.\n\nI was able to setup my holdings in a few different ways. I have some ZIL staked at around 13% + gZil, eth staking a bit over 7%, btc, link and MATIC earning interest with celsius (yes, i know theyre not my keys or coins anymore), VET bringing in VTHOs. Only thing i don't have staked is my ADA.\n\nWhat are y'all doing for additional crypto income? Anyone own any crypto atms?\n\nI'm not making much, but if prices continue to trend up for the coming months... I will just be over here in the corner with all my digibucks and blow. It feels like honest work though. Just like my grandfather used to do."}, {"title": "How can you find out how much liquidity a coin has?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9gpq/how_can_you_find_out_how_much_liquidity_a_coin_has/", "selftext": "I am trying to find the liquidity of a coin on Pancakeswap. I have the contract ID but I don't know where to find out how much liquidity that coin has. It's very early and it's not listed anywhere yet.\n\nAnyone know? Thanks :)"}, {"title": "Turkey Central Bank Says No Intention of Banning Cryptocurrencies", "score": 10, "url": "https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/turkey-cryptocurrency-ban-payments-bitcoin-price-fall-2420802", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Best way to buy from HitBTC", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my9cez/best_way_to_buy_from_hitbtc/", "selftext": "I'd really like to get some vechain while it's back down. I couldn't figure out a way to link a bank account to HitBTC. What I've done with other exchanges that don't do ACH is buy lumens on coinbase and transfer them over sell and then buy. It seemed like you have to buy everything through Bitcoin on HitBTC and frankly I would like to avoid using Bitcoin for small transactions because of its carbon footprint. Is there anything I'm missing on that exchange? Thanks for your help"}, {"title": "Generating my own ERC20 token, what's the best way to manage the token after creation?", "score": 9, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my959c/generating_my_own_erc20_token_whats_the_best_way/", "selftext": "I'm interested in creating my own ERC20 token as an experiment. Basically just for the fun of it and to see what it's all about. I've spent the past hour or so watching tutorials and reading about it. I get the gist of generating the token, there are plenty of DApps that can do it for you. However, I haven't found a legit looking one that lets you manage the token after its inception. \n\nFor example, Guarda Wallet, TokenMint, vittominacori, and a few others allow you to generate tokens super easily. But I don't want to go through the process of creating a token, paying the ETH txn fee but not have the ability to then control the supply. I want to be able to burn/mint so whatever new token I generate has actually good tokenomics behind it.\n\nThe one that I saw that offered that in their service was https://cointool.app/dashboard but they literally spell gas price as 'gas prcie' on their ERC20 generator drop down menu. Their tutorial videos on YouTube are some Asian sounding robot voice giving instructions and I don't feel comfortable connecting my Metamask wallet to what I can't confirm is a scam or not.\n\nHas anyone generated their own ERC20 token and can give me some advice or general help about the best way to generate the token then manage afterwards?\n\nAgain, this is just for my own experimentation and isn't really meant to be taken seriously. I am just interested in giving it a shot and seeing what can happen with it."}, {"title": "Boomer Crypto Dad", "score": 607, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my8ysz/boomer_crypto_dad/", "selftext": "Me in 2017 after the crash - \u201cHey dad you should look into this crypto thing I think it\u2019s the future.\u201d\n\nMe 2020 March crash - \u201cHey dad you should put some of your stimulus check into Bitcoin.\u201d\n\nDad April 2021 (with no crypto at this point) - \u201cHey son I just put $1000 into dogecoin at $0.30.\u201d"}, {"title": "Possible reason why CXC jumped last week", "score": 1, "url": "/r/Superstonk/comments/mwpbrs/link_between_cxc_and_citibank/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Bitstop ATM owners", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my8vhh/bitstop_atm_owners/", "selftext": "Are there any Bitstop ATM operators here that can give some words on how it works to operate one of them. \n\nMe and some friends want to bring some to our native city and would like to hear forst-hand experience with this ATMs designes to convert cryptocurrency to cash."}, {"title": "The meaning of Moons", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my8suw/the_meaning_of_moons/", "selftext": "I have been subbed to r/CryptoCurrency for a little bit now but just today I learned about moons, read up on them from previous posts, and I\u2019m still having a hard time wrapping my brain around it! \n\nSo sorry for sounding like a newbie and I may ask some questions that are obvious to you, but I really want to learn so please bare with me \ud83e\udd7a \n\nWhen you get moons, do you send them to a crypto wallet outside of Reddit? And if you do exchange your moons to be able to buy something (and I\u2019m not sure how you do that) does the flair with the # of moons you own go down to accurately reflect how many you actually currently own, or just the amount you\u2019ve ever received? \n\nAnd by keeping moons as moons is that a investment opportunity? I am basically wondering if moons have the potential for growth I guess and if so, how? How do they compare to investing in other crypto? \n\nThank you for taking the time to read this and I probably have more questions but these are the ones I could think to begin to ask!!"}, {"title": "two prominent hotels in Spain now accepts crypto payments", "score": 70, "url": "https://cryptocrunchapp.com/news/two-prominent-hotels-in-spain-now-accepts-crypto-payments", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Are there apps that you think could benefit from having a coin like MOON?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my8qu2/are_there_apps_that_you_think_could_benefit_from/", "selftext": "I'm considering dedicating time/ money to creating a DApp and looking for ideas.\n\nThinking that building an app where coins/ ownership can be distributed among active users makes a lot of sense, and would like to see what you think the world is missing.\n\nSub-reddits are now offering crypto to drive better content, wonder what else this could be applied to."}, {"title": "Vitalik doing god\u2019s work", "score": 626, "url": "https://technewschronicle.com/ethereum-co-founder-donates-rs-4-5-crores-for-covid-19-relief-in-india/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Would you complete surveys for coins?", "score": 15, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my8nmf/would_you_complete_surveys_for_coins/", "selftext": "Instead of covertly making money from your data, this would be a way to compensate with some type of ownership in the platform/ network that's worth money.\n\nSo you basically benefit from the success of the platform, and companies create opportunities for you to contribute."}, {"title": "Investing is a percentage game.", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my8nc2/investing_is_a_percentage_game/", "selftext": "Recently I have seen a few posts from people new to crypto. A few asking about coins and trying to learn but others, investing a small amount, wanting to know what coins to buy because they don\u2019t have enough for 1ETH or 1BTC etc. \n\nIt doesn\u2019t matter how much of a coin you buy or the value of that coin. What you need to be concerned with is the percentage increase and not the monetary value. \n\nEg. If you invest in a coin that costs $1, then a 2% increase will take that coin to $1.02. \nI know that doesn\u2019t sound like much but for BTC to increase by 2% the value has to increase by about $1000. \nThese massive monetary gains for high priced coins is what a lot of new investors are concentrating on and not the percentage increase. Single figure percentage gains in low cost coins can actually be more valuable in the short term than BTC but in my experience crypto is a long term investment, especially in coins like BTC and ETH, so don\u2019t worry how little you buy starting out in the end there is a high probability of these coins being worth more in the years to come. Don\u2019t expect returns in hours, days or weeks. Look long term like it is a pension you pay into monthly."}, {"title": "Best exchange for withdrawing bitcoin and etherium", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my8myn/best_exchange_for_withdrawing_bitcoin_and_etherium/", "selftext": "So basically I use binance of right now and I like it however I feel like the withdrawal feels are quite high so I am wondering if anyone cna recommend me a better exchanger that is both good to use but also offers lower withdraw fees\n\nIgnore this part just adding this so it reacher the minimum character count in order for this post to go through ect blah blah blah blah"}, {"title": "Dogecoin as a means of payment on Amazon", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my8m4f/dogecoin_as_a_means_of_payment_on_amazon/", "selftext": "The Dogecoin community at Chanfe.org has made a request to Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon to consider the possibility that the DOGE cryptocurrency can used as a means of payment within the platform. This would have a great impact on the purchase and sale of products on this platform, causing two possible scenarios to occur.\n\nThe price of the cryptocurrency would have another considerable rise in its price . \n\nThe capital that this could attract to the platform to trade on it would be even greater since we would not be talking only about money from DOGE, but here capital from Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies that customers can exchange for Dogecoin can also enter. To make your purchases.\n\nAlthough this is only a request that the DOGE community is making to Jeff Bezos. Almost 150,000 people have already signed the complaint about DOGE on Amazon."}, {"title": "I just used a Bitcoin ATM in my hometown for the first time", "score": 14, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my8luq/i_just_used_a_bitcoin_atm_in_my_hometown_for_the/", "selftext": "I was vaguely aware of the existence of these ATMs, but I only recently found out there is one quite near my workplace. I stopped by on my lunch break to try it out and was surprised at how simple it was to use.\n\nI bought a nominal amount of BTC for the sake of testing it out and I was really surprised at how straight forward it was. You simply select the currency, put in the cash and hold your wallet's QR code up to the screen. There was a flat fee of \u20ac1.50 and the coin appeared instantly in my wallet.\n\nIt was pretty neat. Are these commonplace in other countries? A little research led to me to discover that we have had these since 2014! I was really surprised as I had never heard of it here before."}, {"title": "Implications of a decentralised system over a centralised one...", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my8lpw/implications_of_a_decentralised_system_over_a/", "selftext": "First my intention isnt to fud but merely to open a discussion I see no one is talking about...at least I havent came across it.\n\nI know crypto can be fun and ppl are making money and all but have you ever asked yourself what a decentralised system really means? For you, for others, corporations and even governments?\nNow Im no expert on crypto, far from it. I understand it in my own way but in my mind a birth of a decentralised system means the death of a centralised one...(in the long run) maybe I\u2019m mistaken please correct me if my thinking seems wrong...\nYou know there are ppl in this world with power and monopoly that arent just going to stand by and watch being overtaken by this market, I think...Im all for crypto, dont get me wrong, Im just addressing possible risks.\n\nNow on the other hand it seems some are really opened to this idea...we have regulators approving etf\u2019s, big companies are marching in which is great but is this just cuz they smell profit or do they want to see a change in the world? What is your take on this?"}, {"title": "Defi/Cefi for US users", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my8iul/deficefi_for_us_users/", "selftext": "Curious as to what US users prefer for the best returns on held crypto. Really like celcius (probably my favorite) and Nexo but the fact that we can't earn their proprietary coins reduces the value. Not a huge fan of blockfi but happy to hear arguments for their service. \n\nDefi is a little scarier but interesting. Really looking at Aave. \n\nSo what are my US crypto hodlers using and why?"}, {"title": "Michael Casey: Dogecoin and the New Meaning of Money", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/dogecoin-and-the-new-meaning-of-money", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Can Cardano realistically hit Ethereum prices? Or am I just an idiot?", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my8he1/can_cardano_realistically_hit_ethereum_prices_or/", "selftext": "I've been doing a ton of research into Cardano and looking through price predictions. They seem to be all over the place.\n\nBased on what Cardano is and what it's trying to do, I'm trying to understand whether or not it can hit Ethereum prices or anywhere near the ball park. **If so, why? If not, why not?**\n\nThis is a legitimate question because this makes absolutely no sense to me lol\n\nAt the time of writing this, ETH is $2,313 with a market cap of $267B and no max supply. ETH also has all the issues that we're all aware of, which Cardano aims to not only fix but also improve upon.\n\nBut then, let's compare ADA to some other coins out there that have been performing well.\n\nUNI $33.85 at $17B market cap\n\nDOT $30.50 at $28B market cap\n\nLINK $32.33 at $13B market cap\n\nCAKE $30.96 at $5B market cap\n\n​\n\nSo, even if ADA couldn't eventually hit ETH prices, why couldn't it hit similar prices to UNI, DOT, LINK, or CAKE?\n\nEach of these aren't what Cardano is doing, so I'm failing to understand how ADA wouldn't eventually hit the same price or higher.\n\n​\n\nThen, on the crazier side of things, you have coins like Binance at $508 with a market cap of $78B or LTC at $229 with a market cap of $15B\n\nWhat's holding Cardano back from reaching those prices or beyond?\n\nI'm not sure if I'm dumb and just comparing apples to oranges here, but from what I understand Cardano is going to be the network that these other projects run on, so wouldn't it make sense that Cardano is valued more than the projects it's hosting?\n\nI get that there are some other factors to take into consideration such as max supply and all that, but even that doesn't make sense to me.\n\nFrom my understanding, aside from BTC being the original, part of it's value is that there's a limited supply of it. ETH doesn't have a limited supply, but ADA does. So, why wouldn't ADA have more value?\n\n​\n\nI like to rebalance my portfolios every few months, so I'm trying to figure all this stuff out. Again, if I'm just an idiot and am completely off, any and all feedback is welcome because the logic of all this makes 0 sense to me.\n\n**EDIT:** Now that I'm understanding circulating supply a bit more, why the hell are there so many Cardano floating around? What's the logic behind that? "}, {"title": "Thinking of investing in liquidity pools on Binance, but it says there's risk of impermanent loss. Has anyone lost principal doing this before?", "score": 3, "url": "https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/impermanent-loss-explained", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Earning Interest from coin?", "score": 12, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my8dkv/earning_interest_from_coin/", "selftext": "I am new and have seen a few people comment about earning interest from your btc holdings. As an *cough cough* older guy, this appeals to me because it is what I am used to. Is it only specific platforms that do this? I have used Coinbase and Robinhood so far, but I don't see that option. Ty!"}, {"title": "What's the rationale for people selling pre-built crypto mining rigs when they could just mine with them instead?", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my8bf2/whats_the_rationale_for_people_selling_prebuilt/", "selftext": "So I see pre built crypto mining rigs come up pretty regularly on my local buy and sell. They usually run about 12K, and boast that they can mine at a rate fast enough to make back that 12K in about 250 days. If these rigs are so effective, why don't people just use them to mine vs. Selling them? It would seem that you stand to make a much larger amount of money long term. Am I missing something?"}, {"title": "A Bullish Signal !!", "score": 6, "url": "https://time.com/5957001/paypal-cryptocurrencty-bitcoin-dan-schulman/", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "What is the difference between a Coin and a Token?", "score": 28, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my8arz/what_is_the_difference_between_a_coin_and_a_token/", "selftext": "I do not have a clear distinction between the two before. I was just reviewing a video in Youtube and came across this topic. Here is what I found :\n\nThere is a clear distinction between coins and tokens regarding the algorithm :\n\n1. A coin is based on its own blockchain.\n\n2. A token is based on a smart contract on top of an existing blockchain.\n\nEthereum is a coin because it lives in the Ethereum blockchain.\n\nThe M.2 is a token because it is based on a smart contract on top of the OPES blockchain."}, {"title": "Calculating the moons needed to make a liveable wage around the world", "score": 16, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my89fu/calculating_the_moons_needed_to_make_a_liveable/", "selftext": "After seeing many people from developing countries talk about how they are able to buy food or even technology like tablets with moons I want to see how much moons you would need to survive off only Reddit karma around the world.\n\nFirst of all I will start with my own country, Ireland. The liveable wage according to some sites is 12.30 an hour or 154 moons. 154 x 40 hour work week x 52 weeks = 320,320 moons yearly wage to live in Ireland at current price. Under 1000 moons a day, not bad and this is a developed country!\n\nSo next a cheaper country, I\u2019ll go with the Philippines . From looking online it seems like 500 usd a month can sustain the average Filipino family ( Filipinos can tell me if I\u2019m wrong), and I\u2019ll be even generous and use this number even though I\u2019m mainly concerned with one persons wage not a whole family. This means only 6000 usd a year or 75,000 moons can mean you can shitpost on Reddit full time.\n\nFinally the world cheapest country to live in, Pakistan. A quick search only tells me 10 usd a day is 4 times the minimum wage. Of course you can live on less but we want a comfortable life. 3650 usd is around 46,000 moons or a bit over 50k karma. So 136 karma on r/cryptocurrency a day can sustain you in Pakistan \ud83d\ude26. \nFrom all this it\u2019s clear that moons can actually have a massive impact on someone living in a developing country and greatly better their life. What a cool feature and hopefully more people can benefit from it.\nEdit: actually it seems you get .44 moons per karma not .88 so you need about double that 136 number. Still crazy but not as much."}, {"title": "What is the maximum length a cryptocurrency name can be?", "score": 7, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my82rr/what_is_the_maximum_length_a_cryptocurrency_name/", "selftext": "I was just thinking about the different names of cryptocurrency coins today and was wondering what actually would first of all have the longest name as we speak, and also what the maximum length of a coin name could be. Furthermore, what is the maximum length of its abbreviation that is possible? There surely has to be a maximum size for both of them, and it would be interesting if anybody has ever tried to test the limits with their coinname.\n\nSomething like safedogemoonelonmarsrocketbestsecure coin or something in that fashion."}, {"title": "So I bought two 3060s a month ago for 700 \u20ac each", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my82mx/so_i_bought_two_3060s_a_month_ago_for_700_each/", "selftext": "Set both up to mine along with my 3080 and was getting just under 200 mH/s. I just sold one of them for 750 \u20ac. Woo hoo!!! Just in time for the slow down. hahaha. The remaining 3060 is in my wife's system....still mining away."}, {"title": "Capitol gains at sell", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my82hi/capitol_gains_at_sell/", "selftext": "I\u2019ve seen a lot of posts about capitol gains tax for us residents and more if they sell their cryptocurrency too early. This is true, but here\u2019s my question, \n\nif I spend $100 on a new cryptocurrency, three months later, it turns into $60,000 from growth, and I use it (actually use it to send a retailer the 60k in crypto, not sell it for USD) am I going to pay taxes on that? How could they know? To me, it sounds like I just got a brand new tesla for $100\n\nThoughts?\n\nEdit: my second question to those saying you\u2019d have to pay tax: why don\u2019t we have to pay tax as the USD goes up in value?"}, {"title": "FAQs and Getting Started?", "score": 5, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my81u3/faqs_and_getting_started/", "selftext": "I have recently started looking into crypto (like many others) and I'm used to learning about my hobbies through their respective subreddits, no matter how much shitposting goes on there. I was surprised to see a lack of an FAQ page or a pinned megathread of resources to get beginners like me started on cryptocurrencies. \nIs this in the works or is there something I'm missing that prevents this from being practical? \nRegardless this community is still incredibly helpful even for newbies like me."}, {"title": "COMMON MISCONCEPTION: the LAST BTC will be mined in 2078, NOT in 2140.", "score": 21, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my80o2/common_misconception_the_last_btc_will_be_mined/", "selftext": "If you google on the internet asking when the last bitcoin will be mined, most will say it's around 2140. This is unfortunately incorrect and misleading. \n\nThe reason we assume it's gonna end in 2140 is because of the consistent 4 year-halving timeframe. However, this is not the case anymore when you look at the last 3 halvings btc had. \n\nThe time gaps between the last 3 halvings are about 3 years & 9months EACH. And if we assume this will continue in the future, all btc will be mined in the year 2078. And that is not including the fact that ASICs mining rigs keeps getting better every year, so they will be able to find blocks faster. \n\nI was very surprised when finding out about this and thought i should share to those unaware. Also really appreciate all the knowledge this community has given me the past couple of months.\n\nEdit: it's weird that i'm sensing lots of hostilities for stating the assuming calculation. Here is the detailed video explaination why from a programmer. Please do check it out for an objective view: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0ZGCjNUhA&t=0s"}, {"title": "Here are some crpyto projects\u2019 names & what they mean.", "score": 11, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my7zj2/here_are_some_crpyto_projects_names_what_they_mean/", "selftext": "**Ethereum**\n\ncomes from the word ether witch refers to the hypothetical invisible medium which permeates the universe and permits the light to travel.\n\n**Monero**\n\nIt means coin in Esperanto.\n\n**Polkadot**\n\nMeans a pattern consisting of an array of large filled circles of the same size.\n\n**Cardano**\n\nIs named after the Italian polymath Gerolamo Cardano.\n\n**Tron**\n\nA combination form extracted from electron, used with nouns or combining forms, principally in the name of electron tubes(magnetron) and devices for accelerating subatomic particles(cosmotron); also more generally, in the names of any kind of chamber or apparatus used in experiments(biotron).\n\n**Theta**\n\nThe eighth letter of the Greek alphabet which is used in mathematics as a variable to represent a measured angle.\n\n**Solana**\n\nIs the Spanish for the sunny side of a mount or valley.\n\n**Luna** \n\nIs Italian and Spanish given name of Latin origin. It means Moon. \n\n**Tether**\n\nA rope or chain used to tie, especially an animal, to a post or other fixed place, usually so that it can move freely within a small area.\n\n**Tezos**\n\nIs ancient Greek for \u201csmart contract\u201d."}, {"title": "Can someone steal coins from metamask if connected to ledger?", "score": 4, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my7ynf/can_someone_steal_coins_from_metamask_if/", "selftext": "Hi I had a question. If I had a chrome extension wallet that was connected to ledger, could someone steal my coins with the seed phrase from the chrome extension wallet? Or would this be prevented because it is actually stored in ledger? not sure how that actually works. Thanks!"}, {"title": "Crypto as a device to abolish Identity theft.", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my7wjk/crypto_as_a_device_to_abolish_identity_theft/", "selftext": "Recently, a associate of mine had their Identity stolen.\nHe was a client of Lifelock so fortunately not that much damage was done. However, it got me thinking. \nWhy can't Identitys be like crypto wallets.\nWhere sending your ID is linked to a specific wallet that requires a private key to sign a transaction, in this case, sending an ID.\nThe receiving address would also be critical as it shows a record of whose ID's were received. So that wallet would likely need to be private.\nIve been digging for a little while and I think Digibyte has some interesting features that could allow this to be done.\nWhat I want to know, is what do YOU know about this, and what are your thoughts.\n\nTLDR: Can crypto or blockchain be implemented statewide to secure and prevent Identity theft? If so, how."}, {"title": "How do you liquidate your moons?", "score": 6, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my7uq3/how_do_you_liquidate_your_moons/", "selftext": "Well, I opened a vault just in case I get some moons but still don't know how do you liquidate them I also could not find them while opening the vault.\n\nAnd since I need more characters: What do you thing about ATOM after the last coinbureau video I thought it really looks like a good idea but I am still to knew to really understand what kind of values we are searching for in fundamental analysis..."}, {"title": "Brave for content creator", "score": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my7pcg/brave_for_content_creator/", "selftext": "I joined in this subreddit and in the crypto world almost one month ago and I am trying to get very knowledgeable about this topic. After reading a lots of posts here I decided to use brave as my main browser, I spend all my time on Internet anyway and so I can as well be paid for it.\n\nI have an youtube channel that is my main source of income and I saw that brave offer rewards for creators. I am quite reticent when it come to connect my youtube account with brave and I want to ask you if there any creators out here that has connected their account and if they had any trouble. My most important question is if it's safe, I have my two factor authentication on but I am still unsure. \n\nAnd also how do you earn more BAT with content creator you just wait for people to tip you ( something similar with twitch) or do you get a percentage each month based on how many views you have? I saw that when I set up my wallet that I have an option to donate each month bath to creators?\n\nCould someone explain how this process of rewards go and if you have any more ways how to earn BAT with brave?\n\nThank you"}, {"title": "3 underestimated bull cases for ETH", "score": 49, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my723b/3_underestimated_bull_cases_for_eth/", "selftext": "*10k ETH was never a meme*\n\n# EIP-1559\n\nWithout delving into technicals EIP-1559 will most likely make ETH a deflationary asset, which means the total supply will reduce with network use.\n\n[Estimates](https://twitter.com/drakefjustin/status/1382249926156021764) based on current utilization levels of the Ethereum network lead to a **\\~2% annual supply decrease (20k ETH burned everyday)**\n\nLearn more about EIP-1559 [here](https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-eip-1559-hasu)\n\n# ETH 2\n\nNot even going to talk about the increasing amount of ETH locked in the deposit contract, or the incredible scaling which sharding provides. Let\u2019s talk sell pressure.\n\nHere are the assumptions leading to the [calculation](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TsrdbdusUop4NJbvjGBbOWTUwYH-Jgg1QBkQ5CtY_-k/edit#gid=0):\n\n* Miners sell 95% of their ETH revenue to cover their electricity/hardware/tax expenses\n* Stakers only sell 50% because of low operation costs\n* 20M ETH staked means the daily issuance of ETH will be 2.1k (versus 13.5k today)\n\n**Result = selling pressure decreased by \\~90% buying pressure**\n\nThat\u2019s the equivalent of [3 halving events](https://twitter.com/squishchaos/status/1383435336978558985?s=21) for ETH in the next 12 months.\n\n# DeFi\n\nWith crazy innovation and communities forming left and right, DeFi can rebuild the entire financial architecture.\n\nWe only need it to be more accessible.\n\n* L2 solutions like Polygon already exist\n* Optimistic roll ups are expected for may-june\n* ETH2 sharding will scale the network dramatically"}, {"title": "Pancake Bunny Explained", "score": 3, "url": "https://leofinance.io/@dalz/pancakebunny-or-the-bsc-yield-auto-compounding-platform-that-keeps-on-growing", "selftext": ""}, {"title": "Best Crypto Podcasts?", "score": 12, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my7kal/best_crypto_podcasts/", "selftext": "There are a metric ton of crypto based podcasts out there and sorting through them all is a huge hassle, so I wanted to check with the community to get some recommendations for some good ones.\n\nSpecifically I\u2019m looking for informational podcasts and want to stay away from those focused on day trading coins and shilling their own special interests. I don\u2019t want to listen to a couple of dudes telling me how to get rich quick.\n\nWhat do you all got?"}, {"title": "What\u2019s going on at the Ethereum network", "score": 3, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my7hno/whats_going_on_at_the_ethereum_network/", "selftext": "Hey, miner here.\nI noticed mining income decreasing drastically even though Hashrate is constant, did EIP-1559 release or did. traffic go down by like 80%\n\nIs that normal at the end of the month/paycheck or is there something more going on?\n\nEdit: Love this Community <3"}, {"title": "What if we collectively used our up votes to donate to charitable causes?", "score": 15, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my7h7l/what_if_we_collectively_used_our_up_votes_to/", "selftext": "I think it's awesome that upvotes allow us to receive moons that can be exchanged.\n\nThis got me thinking, if we collectively upvoted a chosen post for charity this could be a great way to get money to causes that really need it.\n\nI currently live in a country where even $1 or $2 can do something and there are hundreds of thousands of users of this subreddit.\n\nFor me the cause I would nominate would be a shelter for HIV positive orphans and mothers I've donated to before. \n\nI hope this post is allowed and we can have a discussion about the possibility of using upvotes for good causes."}, {"title": "Crypto 100 years ago", "score": 1, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/my7h3x/crypto_100_years_ago/", "selftext": "Imagine explaining the idea of crypto to the average person 100, or even 50 years ago. They would think you were fucking insane. The idea of money that doesn\u2019t actually exist outside of the internet would absolutely blow their minds. The progress humanity has made in the last 100 years is unbelievable"}]