That will surely give rise to all sorts of conspiracy theories. Any time BTC price goes down, the HODLers will cry "Soros did it!".

a few months back (January) some US banks (eg JP Morgan Chase) stopped letting people buy cryptocurrency with credit cards.
I thought this meant you couldn't use one of their cards to buy cryptocurrency, period, but it actually means they treat it as a cash advance rather than a purchase thereby earning lots of fees for JP Morgan Chase

I think it's over. Nobody's wanted to breed with my cryptokitties for months.

Maybe just a lull in the market? Or it's not breeding season?

Pining for the cryptofjords?

Stunned, I think.

Ask Soros if he can help, it seems he has recently made up his mind about crypto currencies.

i think that people who are actually playing on cryptocurrencies are super-brave. I don't have a nerve for it. I don't want to have them anymore. I've bought 10 BTC last summer when it was 2000 dollars. This winter i was super happy but didn't sell it in time and now i want to save what i have. I've looked into more stable investitions and i'm very much into buying a house in Greece - i saw some apartments that are around 10 BTC. I trhink i'd rent it for a couple years and sell when the price would build up. The prognosis for greek real estate market is very good here's the article

another exchange has been hacked,  Bithumb in S Korea, second time in a year for that exchange

Interesting article in today's WSJ on the many "pump-and-dump" manipulations in various alt-coins on the exchange Binance  

Cryptocurrency Schemes Generate Big Coin  

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Dozens of trading groups are manipulating the price of cryptocurrencies on some of the largest online exchanges, generating at least $825 million in trading activity over the past six months—and hundreds of millions in losses for those caught on the wrong side, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.

In a review of trading data and online communications among traders between January and the end of July, the Journal identified 175 “pump and dump” schemes involving 121 different digital coins, which show a sudden rise in price and an equally sudden fall minutes later

The article doesn't mention Bitcoin, but the problem is a general one for all crypto. Manipulation is the main reason why the SEC is hesitant to approve a bitcoin ETF, for example.  Namely, regardless of how diligent a regulated US exchange may be, price formation may take place in wildly unregulated overseas venues. 

 My guess is that a coveted bitcoin ETF will be approved, simply throwing 'manipulation' into the 15 pages of risk factors. After all, we already have bitcoin futures at the CBOE and spot trading at various US exchanges. 

Another argument for approval is -- are things really any better in, for example, the metals markets, currency pairs, various other commodities, emerging market equity, etc, etc -- all of which currently trade in ETF form?

Personally, I would welcome an ETF, as I enjoy the entertainment factor! 

Common, bitcoin has appeared from nowhere and somedays is going to disappear to nowhere. Goverment and banks won't give him a chance. 

There's one desperate government which thinks differently: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-brita ... KKCN1MB3FE

There's one desperate government which thinks differently: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-brita ... KKCN1MB3FE

blockchain differes from bitcoin. Cause bitcoin is currency, and blockchain is technology.

There's one desperate government which thinks differently: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-brita ... KKCN1MB3FE

A lot of seemingly desperate individuals throw around the term "blockchain" instead of just "database" or even "list" without describing why decentralisation/immutability is important enough to warrant a blockchain!

Although, it is probably unrealistic to expect all EU politicians to have the most optimal perspective on decentralisation...