^^^^. this

If this is true this is utterly fantastic.  I would love to see final confirmation that this was one of the, if not the main reason for this decision.  I don't know why I have such an utter hatred and disrespect for Wall Street.  Maybe because it's more of a house of cards that they try to portray onto Bitcoin.

Huzzah

If this is true this is utterly fantastic.  I would love to see final confirmation that this was one of the, if not the main reason for this decision.  I don't know why I have such an utter hatred and disrespect for Wall Street.  Maybe because it's more of a house of cards that they try to portray onto Bitcoin.

Huzzah

I don't post often, but have been part of this forum for 11 years.  I'm looking for someone to provide a counter argument to these statements, which is where I believe we are going in the next ten years:

The approval of the Bitcoin ETF should be an absolute game changer in the sense that:

1.  Most people buy ETF's for the long term; they are usually not looking for a quick profit buy/dump.  They are a crucial component to many 401k programs where as we all know -- funds get bought and held for the long term.  Obviously yes, at point of retirement, distributions are taken, but right now - there is much more buying going on than selling and this should continue slowly and steadily into the foreseeable future.

2. Couple this with the fact that around 88% of the total supply is already in circulation, how can we not continue to see a slow and steady growth in price as the scarcity issue gets larger and larger each day?

3.  Approval of the ETF albeit even while that arsehole Gensler poo-pooed it gives it even more legitimacy to the consumer that was previously wary.

4.  Exchange supply is extremely low right now, and the halving is right around the corner.  Our current price may already reflect all of the points I am making, but again, as time goes by and supply remains limited, where else can we go but up up up?

5.  I see $100,000 on the horizon but I see us reaching this slowly over the next 18 months.  

What a great time to be a proud believer in Bitcoin.

You want my name don't you? 

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

My understanding of cryogenics is that all fluids are drained out of the body and replaced with a cryogenic solution, think of it as a sort of "anti-freeze" solution for this very issue.

Now of course it is rather debatable that someone can be revived in the next 20, 40, 60 years, but if you have the money, what's the risk right?

So you're saying there's a chance?   

I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone mention the timing of Musk's tweet as compared to the extended U.S. Tax Deadline that is this coming up Monday May 17th.

I know I'm sitting on a large payment I have to make for which I'm waiting until Monday to send.

I wonder if that had anything to do with the coordination of the dump that we see a lot of times in early April.

I'm personally hoping that had a lot to do with it, and we see an uptick starting this weekend.

HODL on

Man that's funny because I just reviewed some old spreadsheets because I knew I bought some Doge a long time ago, and indeed it was.

Bought .2 BTC worth in 2014 which was only $157 worth, but got 118,000 Doge out of it.  On Cryptsy.  Have no idea if I sold it or just lost it in the fiasco.  I did document the DOGE address it was on and it shows 0 Doge $0 Dollars lol.  Crazy

I'll provide my "story" as well, as I pulled a Bawb as well and "took a little off the top" today.

Joined this forum 11/26/2013 after buying my first coin a month prior in October.  Bought the "top" at $1,000 back then, then continued to buy all the way down haha to $190.  Then I stopped, thinking oh man, what did I get myself into.  But never did stop believing.

What a wonderful opportunity this has afforded me, as I just took early retirement at age 50 and bought a second small home in Oregon and will be caddying part time starting around the end of this summer at Bandon Dunes.

What a majestic use of this invention, it propelled me to be able to step back and get out of the rat race at least ten years earlier than I would have been able to do without it.

So glad a friend emailed me an article about it at work one day.  I remember sending him .15 of a coin as a thank you, at the time, this would have been a $100 gift.  I do think he still has this $9k+ gift today.

Love reading all the success stories and am definitely trying to keep my stash as robust as I can, and will continue to sell the dips and buy at the top going forward haha

Why would they do that?  Their entire mission was predicated on putting firms who short companies out of business.  These hedge funds that make money by betting against corporate America add nothing to society.  Absolutely nothing.  I applaud what they are doing wholeheartedly. 

This should be more bullish than when PayPal jumped in no?

I would love to switch over my BOA rewards VISA to a BOA BTC rewards VISA, just no $200 annual fee please and thank you.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/visa-may-add-cryptocurrencies-payments-154357379.html

Whatever happened to MicGoosens?

Did anyone read this old quote from Warren Buffett?  It's kind of satisfying. 

I mean, I respect you Warren, you are an old fuddy duddy but you are very well respected as an investor.  But how in the WORLD could you have not been bright enough to throw a few thousand dollars at Bitcoin anytime between now and 8-9 years ago just as a hedge?

Why would you disrespect it so much?  I just don't understand it, and lost a lot of respect for him by this line of thinking.  Success breeds being open minded.  When I first learned about Bitcoin in late 2013 I was incredibly intrigued and I invested just on the possibilities it offered.  I never knew I was a closet Libertarian until that moment.

I also learned never to put all my eggs in one basket either.  So while I wish I bought/invested more in BTC back in 2013, I know that I invested more than the vast majority of the population and am very proud of that. 

My only regret now is that we may never know his true identity (Satoshi).

But whatever Warren, keep buying up railroad stocks, I'll sit back and enjoy the view from here.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/warren-buffett-called-bitcoin-rat-215429628.html

I don't post too much but today I couldn't help myself.

A memory came up on my FB wall today, something I posted 3 years ago.

The price of BTC, I must have been pretty excited.  Three years ago this day:  $7,971

My apologies if this is is not the correct forum for this question -- this is the only thread I follow.  Just trying to get my ducks in order and get a better grasp of what I have in place.

Say I have some BTC that I've owned since 2013 and they have been untouched since that time. 

Which coins/denominations do I have from each BTC I have as it relates to forks?

I know for sure I have 1 BCH, and maybe 1 BSV for each BTC I own, but is there anything else of value I should be looking at in case I'm thinking of doing anything in the next few months?

Thanks in advance!

Can I get my birthday for the $12,288 game please?

August 19, 2018

Ugh, I know what my gains were in 2017 from selling Bitcoin Cash. 

But obviously I never got a form 1099-B from the exchange I used.  So can I complete the 1099-B myself?  Do I also have to complete form 8949 myself as well?  Do I list the exchange as the one that is reporting this gain to me on form 1099-B even though they did not issue the form itself?

I swear, I really want to not report this income since no one is issuing me any type of documentation, and part of me thinks that claiming this gain is going to create more questions than if I did not report it.

I'm just trying to report around $7,500 in capital gains.  Anyone have any advice?

I'm using www.taxact.com software

Isn't it Ironic , that you wouldn't get it

Indeed.  Wondering when someone was going to say something.  I didn't want to jinx it