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Another big win! The FDIC just dropped its 2022 rule requiring banks to get pre-approval before engaging with crypto-related activities. A huge step forward towards innovation and adoption! POST:
Bitcoin Time to Rippity Rip! Adoption About to Boom! ROSS IS FREE! Scam Coins - Ep.250
Episode 250
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 • Duration 14:47
Today’s Bitcoin news!
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If you're still waiting buy Bitcoin, don't be surprised if it runs away from you in the next 5-10 days. This time last year Bitcoin formed a similar trading pattern, then went up 52% in 28 days. That would push Bitcoin to about $160,000 by the end of February, if it repeated. POST: https://x.com/BTC_Archive/status/1881816143922667920
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 CEO of $50 TRILLION bank BNY Mellon says "digital assets represent a new interesting, innovative technology, which we think could be important to the financial system over the next 10, 20 years.” AMERICAS OLDEST & BIGGEST CUSTODY BANK. POST: https://x.com/RadarHits/status/1881836262769996111
Bitcoin's hot signals, HUGE markup coming, USA plans Bitcoin Reserve strategy? - Ep.160
Episode 160
Thursday, July 18, 2024 • Duration 12:11
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Today Bitcoin’s price has descended a smidge into the $63k range. This is the second cool-off day after a huge markup — totally normal.
It's been almost 8 years since $BTC last saw this bullish cross. After that, we saw the 2017 bull run. Do what you want with the information, I'm just saying it happened again.👀🔥. POST: https://x.com/el_crypto_prof/status/1813861045972435412
The NVT ratio is an important indicator for #Bitcoin. It hits the lowest, negative number in the past 2.5 years. Worse than the collapse during Luna, or the correction in the Summer of last year, or after the Bitcoin listing. The correction is over, buckle up. POST: https://x.com/CryptoMichNL/status/1813876374014423455
BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Rumours growing that Trump will announce a #Bitcoin Strategic Reserve policy for the United States next week. POST:
Bitcoin pausing? Major wirehouses to include BTC ETFs Q3/Q4, fiat fraud, Zaprite - Ep.159
Episode 159
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 • Duration 10:39
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Today Bitcoin’s price is hanging around the $64k level after reaching as high as $66k. After five green days maybe we need a day to cool off?
Bitcoin is not quite ready just yet for a successful retest of the ~$65,000 level as new support. Bitcoin will need a similar retest like in the not-so-distant past (blue circle) to confirm a break back into the $65,000-$71,500 region. POST: https://x.com/rektcapital/status/1813633249627050288
Zaprite was started because our founder & CEO, John Magill, wanted to receive #bitcoin payments as a freelancer issuing invoices & there was no great solution. Every business in the world is going to need bitcoin payments and we're building for that future. Hear our origin story. POST: https://x.com/ZapriteApp/status/1813578791698211169
FIAT/GOVERNMENT NONSENSE:
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Senator Bob Menendez found guilty in corruption trial for taking bribes in gold and cash. Back In 2017 he said #Bitcoin "is an ideal choice for criminals.” POST:
Bitcoin is the #1 Performing Asset, Mt. Gox distribution, Stripe, adoption soaring - EP.158
Episode 158
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 • Duration 14:40
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Today Bitcoin’s price is hanging around $64k after moving in a range between $62,410 and $65,240.
Michael Saylor on why he’s ALL IN on Bitcoin: "Once you understand money, you understand Bitcoin is engineered money and it’s engineered without defects.” POST: https://x.com/Swan/status/1813237571951935855
Only ~20% of distributed Gox #BTC will hit the market. ~80% will just move to cold storage or be borrowed against. However, 100% of distributed #Bcash will hit the market. POST: https://x.com/Excellion/status/1813174306886807657
If #BTC finds resistance at $64k, and this move remains constructive, then the big test will come potentially on a backtest of $60k. Similar move as what happened back in May. POST: https://x.com/intocryptoverse/status/1812906491919114749
JUST IN: 🇰🇷 South Korea’s ruling party proposes delaying the cryptocurrency tax from Jan 1, 2025, to Jan 1, 2028, stating that rapidly imposing taxes on virtual assets is “not advisable at this time.” They argue that crypto's higher risks compared to stocks may drive investors out if taxed. With over 6.45 million crypto investors, including 3 million in their 30s and 40s—the largest demographic block—the government aims to appease this voting bloc by postponing the tax. POST:
There's the rebound Bitcoin needed and price is now challenging that Lower High resistance again. Bitcoin needs to Daily Close above $58350 (black) to break the Lower High and more importantly - position itself for a rally to $60600 (blue). POST: https://x.com/rektcapital/status/1811763851752357995
Germany selling #Bitcoin is basically over. They don't have enough $BTC left to move the market. The news is over. The bottom is in. The bounce is imminent. POST: https://x.com/BTC_Archive/status/1811696878213279980
ANNOUNCING: PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP TO SPEAK AT #BITCOIN2024. …Tuur Demeester @TuurDemeester: An intolerant minority of 10-50 million American bitcoiners will only ever vote for the pro bitcoin candidate. Trump about to capture the swing vote via "Orange man + Orange coin". Democrats can only play catch-up. 2024 is turning into a bitcoin election. POST: https://x.com/TuurDemeester/status/1811386146863087924
Democrats continue to be anti-#bitcoin and trying to slow adoption… …JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US House fails to overturn President Biden's veto on bill that would allow highly regulated financial firms to custody #Bitcoin and crypto. They needed to 2/3's of the votes to overturn the veto. POST:
Today Bitcoin’s price jumped above $59.4k but is now hovering around $57.7k. If we can get above and stay above $58.5k we should continue higher.
In terms of the daily chart: bulls have work to do. Currently looks like a bearish retest of the 200-day EMA & the May lows. ~7 hours to until the daily close. #Bitcoin. POST: https://x.com/CryptoJelleNL/status/1811086183021109419
GERMANY WTF:
🇩🇪The german government is now left with only $750M of Bitcoin after dumping 8,853 coins today! After having $3.6B of Bitcoin last week, they've now sold over 80% of their Bitcoin.🤯. The fact that Bitcoin has just absorbed $3B of sell pressure this week is MASSIVE!🚀. POST: https://primal.net/e/note1qnvu8ze097h8e676sva4zezu037vfscfjn9m0sju8dglms9dll7qp0dm0p
𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 #𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐫. In an initiative led by Vice Mayor Lana Negrete, the Santa Monica City Council unanimously votes to pilot a Bitcoin Office, to be coordinated with Proof of Workforce. POST: https://x.com/workforcebtc/status/1811007351522218421
In his annual letter to investors, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink writes, “If the U.S. doesn't get its debt under control, if the deficits keep ballooning, America risks losing that position [world’s reserve currency] to digital assets like bitcoin”. POST: https://x.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1906712334157979972
ELON MUSK: SpaceX and X will now move headquarters to Texas because of new California laws banning schools from notifying parents if their kids start identifying as transgender. POST: https://x.com/RadarHits/status/1813297516118425919
RE: John Deere’s announcement… Sanity is coming back to markets. DEI, ESG and any other initiative that attempts to supplant merit and quality with feelz is doomed for failure. It is bad for business and any operator who cares about the health of their business should drop these initiatives like the plague. POST: https://x.com/MartyBent/status/1813336101442167094
Craig Wright ordered by court to publish the court rulings that he is NOT Satoshi on his website, on Twitter and on Slack. The posts will have to stay up for 6 months and faces criminal prosecution for his lies. 🤡🤡🤡. POST: https://x.com/BTC_Archive/status/1813168138902491403
BREAKING: New All Time High. Bitcoin mining now uses 56.2% sustainable energy. At the current rate of increase, it will cross 60% by July 2025, and be 80% sustainable by end of 2030. POST: https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1811772412456743182
Decentralised #Bitcoin powered social media is growing rapidly. Over the past two months, #Nostr users have ‘zapped’ (tipped) 1,624,227,365 (~ $1M) via the #Bitcoin Lightning Network. Decentralise everything...
Regarding inflation… “It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.” ~ Thomas Sowell. POST: https://x.com/TheRabbitHole84/status/1811428739873698098
Why do we have wars? Because we are ruled by an elite group of psychopaths who own the banks that control the governments and media. They fund both sides of war for profit and they manufacture the consent of the public through the propaganda of the media. POST:
Block to supply Core Scientific with ~15 EH/s worth of its 3nm ASICs. Block announced an agreement to supply Core Scientific with its 3-nanometer (3nm) mining ASICs representing approximately 15 EH/s (exahashes per second) of hashrate. ARTICLE: https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/block-to-supply-core-scientific-with-3nm-asics/
Guy Swann @TheGuySwann: GM, The government isn't a system for serving the people. It's a giant PR system to sell...
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