if my PayPal account has 10,000 usd worth of BTC I am sure that would be counted on the list of 50 million Americans

I really consider it a smart move without too much risk...

I guess it depends on the definition: I'd say owning Bitcoin means owning owning your keys. Considering there are only 53,218,057 funded Bitcoin addresses (based on yesterday's data), and considering many Bitcoin owners have more than one funded address, there are far less than 50 million Bitcoin owners worldwide.
On the other hand, if I use a broker to buy shares of a certain company, I can say I own shares of that company. So I guess (by now) it's okay to say you own Bitcoin when you "have" some on an exchange or ETF. By that definition, 1 in 6 or 7 sounds plausible.

I was under the impression that the US had more Bitcoin than China. Way more. Especially after China went all anti-Bitcoin almost a decade ago.

‎About the White House plans, any small move toward clearer rules or tax breaks will always cause some reaction in the market. But removing capital gains taxes on Bitcoin completely?...... That is probably just wishful thinking. It would be a huge deal, but honestly, taxes are one of the few tools the government still uses to control crypto. If they make any changes, it will likely be small adjustments, not a full removal.

Definitely a good few days for BTC. My no coiner friends are in shambles still waiting for it to go to zero. Those who listened to me years ago are very happy

Buddy only captures the BTC price on the hour so that does not really say very much about what happened with the price throughout the hour... even though there is information about the order books and the walls throughout the hour (or at least that's what I think those chart buddy lines mean).

Layer 2 works as intended, the problem is the world is not ready to embrace it.

Perhaps the biggest unsolved mystery of human history.

@jojo69 proposed an answer to that. May be it's correct. 

Layer 2 has not turned out the way we thought it would.

Are you 100% certain the p2p issue cannot be fixed? I get the volatility has been a problem but it seems that it has decreased over time and might continue to decrease as more and more adoption happens. Fees and confirmation latency are the main issues currently as I understand it?

And whatever happened to the optimism for layer 2 solutions? Or atomic swaps between compatible blockchains? I do not mind swapping Bitcoin for Monero for all my microtransactional needs. Hell, I would even go for Litecoin. Even if that's just a work-around until we get a better solution.

He is 94 years old, age can make someone not follow new technologies. He was very wrong.

Wish I could feel happy about the ATH. Dad died. Police came to tell me they found him in his apartment after residents called in because of a smell. Happened while I was on vacation in Italy. I really don't know what to feel, just keeping myself distracted.

If the whole world is under debt then who is the lender?

Explanation
Chartbuddy thanks talkimg.com

where is buddy?

Yep, this one works.
What language/lib are you using to generate the images, by the way?

Strange, i get a "access denied" message when opening the URL using a browser.
I would have assumed an empty page on missing parameters. Maybe Geoblocked?