https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/why-your-annoying-friend-wont-stop-ranting-about-bitcoin-9808a132480

The author of this article believes that putting a small amount of currency you have into BTC can help you protect your wealth.

He says, “If enough other people believe BTC is money and use it; it’s money even if it doesn’t follow the old rules our nobel prize winning economists have told you. The old rules are being taught a new lesson by the market.”

What do you think about it? If you or your friends don’t buy any bitcoin, what is the reason?

Hi, I have posted my questions here. Really look forward to hearing your thoughts.  Thanks.

Hi, I have posted my questions here. Really look forward to hearing your thoughts.  Thanks.

Hi, this is a Google form survey. Can you share your thoughts with me? Thanks.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1g-T3ee8rpdX1tWLQNJg2uo7XkDWflxKQoPQzwxVgQw4/edit

Hi, I have posted my questions here. Really look forward to hearing your thoughts.  Thanks.

Some people think there are limits of buying bitcoin in Coinbase. Do you think so? What are the limits? Can you share with me. Thanks a lot. 

Hi, all.  This is a questionnaire about BTC purchasing. I'd like to know something about the market. I would really appreciate your thougts on it.

If you find it is okay to fill in the questionnaire with Google form, please click the link below.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1g-T3ee8rpdX1tWLQNJg2uo7XkDWflxKQoPQzwxVgQw4/edit

If you want to reply here, check out the following questions and post your answer here.

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BTC PURCHASING QUESTIONNAIRE

1. Have you ever bought BTC?
A. Yes.
B. No.

2. Why don't you buy BTC?
A. Not optimistic about it. The price may go to zero.
B. No extra money to buy it.
C. Cryptocurrencies face strict regulations in my country.
D. Not optimistic about the liquidity and ease of use of it.
E. BTC is in a bear market. There is no possibility of gain or profit.
F. It is inconvenient for me to buy BTC.
G. I don't know what BTC is.
Others. _________________

3. Have you ever successfully recommended buying BTC to people around you?
A. Yes.
B. No.
C. Never done that before.

4. Why did your friend refuse to buy BTC?
A. Money problems.
B. He or she is not optimistic about BTC.
C. It is too inconvenient to buy BTC.
D. The potential return is not high enough.
Others _________________

5. Why don't you recommend buying BTC to your friends?
A. BTC is too risky. I don't want to recommend it. Just a game for myself.
B. Don't bother to recommend.
C. Buying BTC is so arduous that I don't want to teach my friends do it.
Others _________________

6. How did you buy BTC?
A. OTC. Bought it with fiat currencies.
B. Bought it with other cryptocurrencies.
Others _________________

7. Have you ever bought BTC in Coinbase?
A. Yes.
B. No.

8. What do you think are the limits of buying BTC in Coinbase? The limit of
A. daily transaction volume.
B. withdrawal amount.
C. withdrawal fee.
D. tax.
E. specific regions. No right to buy it.
F. nothing.

9. What is the most convenient OTC platform you ever used? _________________________________

Some of South Korea’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges have passed a government security audit, but the majority could be exposed to attacks, local tech news outlet ZDNet reported on Jan 10.

Bithumb, Coinone and Korbit, in addition to four other major exchanges, satisfied investigators during the audit, which took place between September and December 2018.

Of the tranche of 21 platforms involved, however, the remaining 14 failed to meet the criteria for suitable security procedures.


Source:https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korea-government-approves-seven-out-of-21-cryptocurrency-exchanges-security-policy

On January 7, CCN reported that the Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan is considering the approval of the country’s first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).

With the final deadline of the VanEck Bitcoin ETF on the horizon, could the approval of a Bitcoin ETF in Japan have an impact on the decision of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?

Read more:https://www.ccn.com/could-japans-approval-of-the-bitcoin-etf-affect-us-secs-decision/

Will the SEC approve a Bitcoin ETF? Any thoughts?

A member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has warned that “the [cryptocurrency] bubble has already started to collapse,” Bloomberg reported Jan. 7.

Speaking at a conference in Riga, Latvia, Ardo Hansson — also the governor of Estonia’s central bank — stated that digital currencies will end up as a “complete load of nonsense.” The official warned that “the bubble has already started to collapse and maybe we should just see how far this collapse goes, and what is left when we’ve reached a new kind of equilibrium.” Hansson added:

“I think we will come back a few years from now and say how could we ever have gotten into this situation where we believed this kind of a fairy-tale story.”

Read more:https://cointelegraph.com/news/european-central-bank-policy-maker-calls-crypto-a-fairy-tale-story

United States federal agencies reportedly raided the office of a Michigan-based science and tech center last month during a crypto-related investigation, local news outlet Wood-TV reported Jan. 5.

As Wood-TV reported, Chris Boden, the founder of The Geek Group, made a live public statement on YouTube Saturday night, which has evidently since been deleted. Boden reportedly claimed the office of his tech-oriented, non-profit organization had been raided by members of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Dec. 21, elaborating that computers and other equipment were taken from his the office.

Wood-TV reported that Boden had stated he was “commercially trading in crypto-currency [sic] without the proper authorization.”

The founder also reportedly believes he is facing federal prison time and up to $100,000 in legal expenses.

Read more: https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-feds-raid-tech-hub-for-unauthorized-crypto-trading-report

Seems that crypto winter has hit them the hardest.

Venture capital investor Fred Wilson suggested that cryptocurrency will not be a safe haven in 2019 amid a “weakening” economy, according to a blog post published Jan. 1.

Wilson is an American venture capitalist and businessman, who has reportedly backed such companies as Twitter, Tumblr, Zynga, and Etsy. He is also a cofounder of New York-based venture capital firm Union Square Ventures and an early digital currency investor.

Read more: https://cointelegraph.com/news/fred-wilson-crypto-no-safe-haven-in-2019-investors-more-wary-of-startup-sector

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Hi ，We're the team behind Fingo, a cryptocurrency wallet. You can find out more herewww.fingo.com

We’re looking for a highly active user to help us post and reply in the forum. The post will be mainly about promotion of our product. We will pay you in BTC or ETH. Earn extra income for yourself. If you are interested in it, please send me your email at lyczz@126.com. 

The email shall include the following:
1. Link of your most viewed post (Activity post preferred)
2. Your user ID （Full Member above）
3. Your quotation

Best Regards,

Churck Liu
Marketing Manager of Fingo Walletl
lyczz@126.com

I strongly believe in blockchain and Bitcoin. It is the time that good money drives out bad. We have to wait for the market to recover. Glad to see a small rally above $3.5K of BTC price today.