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Are we about to see a reversal in regulatory attempts to shut down cryptos?
The current attack to cryptos.
The many that believe BlackRock is a strong political force say yes. Just how "influencial" BlackRock is will be reflected in two things:
- approval of the ETF
- followed by an end to regulatory attacks on crypto exchanges
This could very well lead to a reversal of major crypto product declines. As usual ETH will be my play.
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The climb begins?
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If BlackRock is involved..... it's got to be good, right?
A total of $570 billion dollars is now sitting in bitcoin. About the same number is in all the other "cryptos".
If a lot of that money had been invested into gold or other PM's, I would be a lot happier about it.
National Commemorative Medals of the U.S. Mint:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/medals-tokens/national-commemorative-medals-united-states-mint-1940-present/alltimeset/195526
rigged?
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So is this something we should seriously consider or is it just a trading vehicle to play on the whims iof the populace?
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@cohodk asked “So is this something we should seriously consider or is it just a trading vehicle to play on the whims of the populace?”
Do you mean consider as part of our own investment portfolios? Personally I have no interest, but if I did, I’d certainly appreciate a vehicle backed by BlackRock.
and there you have it!
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You are always SO late to the party. LOL!
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I wouldn't start a party without being the first one there. LOL LOL
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Bitcoin rallies 17% this week as institutional interest in the asset picks up
“Amid strengthening regulatory scrutiny from the SEC, bitcoin was hoisted above $30k as a number of TradFi [traditional finance] players have followed BlackRock’s move to file for spot bitcoin exchange traded funds this week,” said Yuya Hasegawa, crypto market analyst at Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank.
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Ya think?
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I’m assuming that Blackrock will dictate the rules on Bitcoin to the regulators.
But, will the banking cartel allow it (unless they also are running Blackrock?)
I knew it would happen.
Yo OP, did u bui more coinz yet? I know how you love to come tell us how much money you just maid after da fact.!? THKS!
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Nope, spent all the profits on some more of that golden silver. BTW money is never maid (sic) before the fact. LOL
PS. As predicted Bitcoin rallies to almost 18-month high on ETF optimism.
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Cripes, it appears PT Barnum was right. LL!
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Pyramid scheme
With a strong side of Circus
Gee whatever happened to coinbase? It was over 100 this summer and now it's 75. Why hasn't it shot up like a rocket? I don't understand cryptos yet. Probably never will.
bob
vegas, baby!
They are party to a lawsuit brought by the SEC. If they win the lawsuit, their stock will likely get some lift.
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Bitcoin is currently being recommended by market advisors such as Morgan Stanley and Jefferies. Larry Fink (BlackRock) is talking it up. It's got some institutional investment momentum at the moment. There is a lot of anticipation building for coming events:
January 10 - SEC ruling on ARK Invest's BTC ETF (the first BTC ETF ruling on their schedule) comes due.
March 15 - SEC ruling on Blackrock's BTC ETF comes due.
April ?? - BTC halving estimated to happen around this time
Next year is looking like it's going to be a wild ride for crypto.
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The BTC ETF will be a big plug for BitCoin. It's been super-strong last few weeks.
I don't know why it goes up but it does. It may go up to 500,000 a coin or down to 5,000 -- I have no idea.
I'll stick to gold coins.
Bitcoin goes up because confidence in the corrupt banking system is deteriorating.
Bitcoin goes down because there is nothing to back it up in terms of real assets.
I knew it would happen.
The people buying BitCoin in size and bulk are mostly bankers or in finance. They use banks to transact tens of billions of dollars DAILY.
The reasons for buying have NOTHING to do with lack of confidence in a "corrupt" banking system. If they thought banks were corrupt, they wouldn't buy BitCoin, they'd buy gold.
The people buying bitcoin in size (the Whales) are speculators way above the pay grade of bankers.
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If the corrupt banks weren’t complicit in the war on cash, Bitcoin wouldn’t have nearly as much traction.
The banks have already shown their hand. There’s zero privacy already. Next is control, ala’ the Canadian truckers.
I knew it would happen.
It's the super-wealthy who do not believe in banking = bad.
It trades $40 billion a day, that's NOT small retail orders.
Which banks are pushing that ? Which politicians ?
The IMF plan is for a global CBD. Look it up. Trudeau was a test case. China already has social credit scoring. There’s no mystery here.
I knew it would happen.
They and them always conspiring against the bunker dwellers. Too much tin foil IMO. RGDS!
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Says the guy who bunkers down with his chickens & gold bars. Just be sure to keep them blinders on.
I knew it would happen.
Never owned a gold bar in my life. RGDS!
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It's like everything investment. A scheme, a ploy, a play , a gamble, a chance, a bet, a win, a lose....
How many piggy banks does one ( anyone) need ?
All I know is the older I get the more the piggy banks seem to multiply. Diversification is a wonderful thing....Then again you certainly can't take any of them with you. Enjoy your life, it's short and precious. RGDS!
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Been waiting for the moment to get back in, it's time. Again ETH not BTC. ETH been berry berry good to me.
Time for the main event!
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Good job. Impeccable timing as usual. :roll Maybe you meant to say its time to sell? RGDS!
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not> @blitzdude said:
some of us know how to avoid the gutter. LOL
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MTRX!
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The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
your math on my trades is worse than it is on your silver trades. LOL
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BlackRock files S-1 form for spot Ethereum ETF with SEC
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While everybody's focus was on BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), actually there were 11 BTC ETFs approved.
And big surprise ... one of them - Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) - was more traded than IBIT!
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Keep in mind that GBTC has been around for 10 years. Grayscale just converted it to a spot ETF. It already had 600K or so Bitcoin, so it's no surprise it had the highest trading volume on day one.
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Thanks Rob, I didn't know
As you seem to be a connoisseur in this field, I ask: the 11 Spot Bitcoin ETFs had over $4.6 billion in trading volume on the opening day, to me il looks like huge institutional interest. Is it so? or were such numbers more or less expected? Were you surprised from the volume numbers?
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@Peter89,
I'm no expert on cryptocurrency or spot ETFs. But there is definitely institutional interest. If I were to guess, a lot of the GBTC volume was from selling. No one is going to want to pay 1.5% expense ratio for holding GBTC when other spot ETFs are 0.25%. As a trust GTBC had a 2% expense ratio and for a long time sold at significant discount to the underlying Bitcoin asset. So if GTBC had 600K Bitcoin (3% of all Bitcoin) to start with, to they will either be forced to sell some of it as shares or redeemed, or buy more if investors use them for their Bitcoin investments. 600K bitcoin is a huge number when you consider how few btc there are (19M) and how many wallets there are. Consider PayPal for example. They've sold Bitcoin and few other cryptocurrencies for a little more than 4 years. They keep the btc in their wallet more or less as a custodian for their investors. They charge modest fees for but and sell transitions, but no other fees. As of fairly recently, PayPal had a balance of just over 10K btc.
Paypal is an excellent platform for simple buying and selling. Word of advice - buy only with the cash in your account. If you want more, first fund your paypal from your cash source and wait for it to be available for spending in your paypal account.
My last paypal purchase of ETH cost me 1.4% in transaction fees. This immediately puts you in the hole and requires you to realize a 1.4% gain in price to break even.
My strategy: trade often, try to profit from the ups and downs. If successful and you always buy back in you will see your number of coins grow. A growth in coins (think shares) and a rising price offers opportunity.
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My brokerage account still does not allow trading of the Bitcoin ETFs. I would expect it is not the only one.
Yes, try and outsmart hedge funds and HFT operations. Sure-fire way to make money.
works for me. sorry you don't know how to trade.
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AFAIK, it's just Vanguard and Merrill Lynch that are denying their customers access.
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That is not true. My brokerage account is with Raymond James and my 401K is with Empower. Neither allow it.
AFAIK = As far as I know
YMMV
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