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So a week or so ago, I matched with this pretty girl on Tinder, and we started talking along and everything seemed fine, she didn't seem off at all and responded rather personally and interested. A Chinese girl, in her 20's.
We talked for quite a few days, and one day, after i asked what she was doing at the moment she told me she was into trading as a hobby, since we talked about her main occupation of jewellery designer, and made quite a bit of money recently, that she was investing.
Since I had a friend who knew a bit about it, and we talked lot about crypto and stuff, I thought I knew the basics or at least enough. She told me, after I asked, again, making no pressure, that she was investing in this new BLTO coin, in a market called Lenmo.com, again, all this in between good conversations and the typical stuff, in the spam of quite a few days
My stupid, greedy, high, horny and lonely ass totally fell for the compliments and offers to help getting started on that exchange place, since it was such a sure investment she had made, all while warning me of its dangers as if caring about me.
She said her aunt was a finance advisor in Singapore and she had told her that this coin was going to be listed in 2 months time, At which point its value would be a lot bigger and selling the coin would mean a great profit. She was just sharing her plan with me, nothing seemed forced or off.
She sent screenshots of her investments in the likes of 20k in this exchange market, along with guiding me through all the process, just because i asked and i never for a second doubted a thing. Cant even begin to describe the felling of loss of trust in myself i feel right now.
Everything was fine, no red flags, until just after I had made a conversion from bitcoin to BLTO's in Lenmo.com .
First i needed some kind of invitation code to buy the coins, that she gave me, explaining it was to "prevent malicious registration". Unquestioned, the code was inserted.
Just to see how i'd do it later, I tried changing back from BLTO to bitcoin again, and the same option to buy more BLTO's appeared. I asked her and she explained it was because the coin hadn't been listed yet, so we were in the internal subscription stage, so you couldn't yet retrieve anything you had deposited. Somehow, i didn't question that.
I say somehow sarcastically, I can see i'm just stupid and greedy and easily deceivable.
In any case, we just talked a bit more about mundane stuff and she said she went to bed. Of course i only searched Lenmo after making the transaction, and found only an entry about it online on a forum: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5284365.0 , in which someone asks if anyone has ever heard of this exchange, and the consensus is that it is not only unknown, but a fake, and untrustworthy.
So, basically, i got scammed for 200 of my hard earned moneys, can no longer afford to go home for the holidays and received a well deserved ego punch. I'm not sure if she is going to reply tomorrow, but i have no idea how or even if i can get the money back if she answers, so i don't see the point in letting her know i've realised my own stupidity.
I'm posting this here because i was honestly amazed at the complexity of the scam and hopefully my mistake can be someone's advantage.
P. S. Ive use the pronoum "she" just to make it easier, i am now aware that was probably not the person on the pics, on WhatsApp or tinder.
So, sorry about the long text in advance, but im afraid it's needed.
So a week or so ago, I matched with this pretty girl on Tinder, and we started talking along and everything seemed fine, she didn't seem off at all and responded rather personally and interested. A Chinese girl, in her 20's.
We talked for quite a few days, and one day, after i asked what she was doing at the moment she told me she was into trading as a hobby, since we talked about her main occupation of jewellery designer, and made quite a bit of money recently, that she was investing.
Since I had a friend who knew a bit about it, and we talked lot about crypto and stuff, I thought I knew the basics or at least enough. She told me, after I asked, again, making no pressure, that she was investing in this new BLTO coin, in a market called Lenmo.com, again, all this in between good conversations and the typical stuff. Again, all of this in the span of days.
My stupid, greedy, high, horny and lonely ass totally fell for the compliments and offers to help getting started on that exchange place, all while warning me of its dangers as if caring about me.
Her aunt was a finance advisor in Singapore and she had told her that this coin was going to be listed in 2 months time, At which point its value would be a lot bigger and selling the coin would mean a great profit. She was just sharing her plan with me, nothing seemed forced or off.
She sent screenshots of her investments in the likes of 20k in this exchange market, along with guiding me through all the process, just because i asked and i never for a second doubted a thing. Cant even begin to describe the felling of loss of trust in myself i feel right now.
Everything was fine, no red flags, until just after I had made a conversion from bitcoin to BLTO's in Lenmo.com .
First i needed some kind of invitation code to buy the coins, that she gave me, explaining it was to "prevent malicious registration". Unquestioned, the code was inserted.
Just to see how i'd do it later, I tried changing back from BLTO to bitcoin again, and the same option to buy more BLTO's appeared. I asked her and she explained it was because the coin hadn't been listed yet, so we were in the internal subscription stage, so you couldn't yet retrieve anything you had deposited. Somehow, i didn't question that.
I say somehow sarcastically, I can see i'm just stupid and greedy and easily deceivable.
In any case, we just talked a bit more about mundane stuff and she said she went to bed. Of course i only searched Lenmo after making the transaction, and found only an entry about it online on a forum: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5284365.0 , in which someone asks if anyone has ever heard of this exchange, and the consensus is that it is not only unknown, but a fake, and untrustworthy.
So, basically, i got scammed for 200 of my hard earned moneys, can no longer afford to go home for the holidays as i live abroad, and received a well deserved ego punch. I'm not sure if she is going to reply tomorrow, but i have no idea how or even if i can get the money back if she answers, so i don't see the point in letting her know i've realised my own stupidity.
TL;DR: Matched with a girl on Tinder, she was cute and smart, had a hobbie of trading crypto and an aunt with inside info, showed me some photo of her investments and taught me how to trade to this great coin that was going to blow up, all in this fake exchange market, that took my already small funds and self confidence.
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Are the industrials back? Is tech going to sink? Why did PayPal drop after good earnings and apple announces new event next week, let’s talk about the stock market
Hey everyone and Welcome I am going to react to the stock market news on movements from yesterday and what i expect next.
So, the stock market has done pretty well this year especially the tech heavy Nasdaq, being up more than 21%, while the broader S&P 500 is barely up and the Dow industrial is down for the year. YEARLY CHART
In the last week or so we have seen the VIX testing the 40 level but being rejected every time so it seems that there is enough confidence in the stock market for it not to collapse like back in march.VIX
Yesterday we saw the Dow Jones rising 1,6% or 423 points CHART , the S&P rose by 1,22% CHART and the Nasdaq was the laggard only up 0,42% CHART
While the strong economic reports that came in helped the stock market to rally, as the stock market was also helped by technical support and finally ended the selloff of October by bouncing of the SMA 200 BOUNCE CHART . As manufacturing PMI rose to 59,3, a number not seen in over 2 years PMI PMI2
The US manufacturing activity accelerate with new orders jumping to the highest level in nearly 17 years, the Chinese and Europeans also saw manufacturing sped up in the last month MANUFACTURING
Here is the heat map for the S&P from yesterday, you can see that the big names dragged the market down while most of the smaller companies were in the green to start November S&P HEATMAP
big companies in the tech sectors Apple, Amazon Facebook and Microsoft closed in the red yesterday while Alphabet continued to rise on the back of improved earnings and growth guidance. TECH EARNINGS
PayPal reported earnings yesterday after the bell as the company beat the estimates of earnings per share by more than 10% and saw a revenue increase of almost 25% year over year. EARNINGS This was the strongest ever quarter for growth in total payments for PayPal. While the earnings jumped more than 121% since last year. QUARTER OVERVIEW The Company also saw a increase more than 15million new active accounts in q3 up to a total of 361 million accounts, up more than 50% year over year while the free cash flow for the company also is up more than 40% year over year Q3 STATS
While the operating margin was also up significantly since last year both on a GAAP and Non-GAAP accounting so the company seems to have a great future ahead with growth widely available on an international basis. BALANCE SHEET
The company did drop in after market about 5% do to the lack in guidance for next year, but the lack in guidance for next year is very widely spread, as not many companies know what exactly will happen in the near future, but I don’t expect anything bad for PayPal to happen, as the company also announced recently that they will accept bitcoin storage and payments within the subsidiary Venmo. Bitcoin on PayPal
Apple announced yesterday that next Tuesday they will have an event in which they are expected to showcase the new Macs, the first ones to have internally designed processors, Apple News this Is a move away from Intel provided chips which I believe will further enhance performance and will eventually reduce costs for the company, resulting in a increase in gross margin for the products.
Also, Microsoft just confirmed that the new Xbox series will also make Apple TV available on the console, that means that Apple TV is available on all next gen consoles with Sony’s PlayStation 5 offering the service also Microsoft - Apple TV
This will likely be a boost for the service, apple really seems to be going all out to increase the services revenue which I believe is the right way to go, as the physical products are lasting longer and are not renewed ever year like in the past, this increase in services will make up for that lack of product sales. iphone Revenus Also recurring subscriptions revenue are more profitable for the company and are far more important in the eyes of the analysts. Services REvenue
Apple is one of the best, if not the best companies to own in your Portofolio as they are both a growth stock and a value stock since they do give out dividends. The company has given almost half a trillion dollars to shareholders and has many growth drivers like I said, the services, the new iPhone 12 that has the potential to be a super cycle and the company finally launching they’re own online sales in India. Apple Shareholders
With tech earnings coming in last week all delivered good beats on estimates. Google recovered from a Q2 slump in ad sales, as the biggest growth provider in the company was YouTube. TECH EARNINGS
While Facebook revenue increased 22% year over year the company seems to be in a difficult position going forward due to privacy issues both from the US government and from the changes that Apple will make which will impact a large base of users.
Twitter was the one that disappointed the analysts the most, as the increase in users was minimal but ad sales did grow. Still the stock plummeted more than 20% after earnings.
Pinterest saw a huge jump after the sales rose by 58%, as they become more popular and the customer base in more than 60% woman who decide the household buying they stand to see an increase in ad sales in the future also. PINTEREST
I believe that for Google and Facebook the most important thing at this moment is that they continue to grow the revenue from the huge amount of people that already use they’re services, while for the smaller companies it is far more important that they grow they’re user base, that ultimately will attract more ad revenues.
Peloton will report alongside Alibaba on Thursday after the market is very interesting to watch, that stock has dropped from it’s all time high about 20% but I can see that bouncing back if the numbers that are reported and guidance for next quarter comes in better than expected. (Full disclosure I am long Peloton) Peloton
Meanwhile Walmart, the biggest private company by number of employees in the world announced on Monday that they will stop using robots to keep track of inventory, despite the retailer not saying why the cut of the robots, I believe that for the moment it’s more efficient and cheaper that those jobs be done by the workforce. Walmart
So I strongly believe we should mostly trust the portofolios that we have build and not make any big changes as markets can seem chaotic. I believe that it’s almost impossible to time the market correctly and can hurt our returns if we are to sentiment driven.
Thank you for reading, please leave your opinion below, i will try to respond to everyone!
Have a great day and use your voting rights!
Are the industrials back? Is tech going to sink? Why did PayPal drop after good earnings and apple announces new event next week, let’s talk about the stock market
Hey everyone and Welcome I am going to react to the stock market news on movements from yesterday and what i expect next.
So, the stock market has done pretty well this year especially the tech heavy Nasdaq, being up more than 21%, while the broader S&P 500 is barely up and the Dow industrial is down for the year. YEARLY CHART
In the last week or so we have seen the VIX testing the 40 level but being rejected every time so it seems that there is enough confidence in the stock market for it not to collapse like back in march.VIX
Yesterday we saw the Dow Jones rising 1,6% or 423 points CHART , the S&P rose by 1,22% CHART and the Nasdaq was the laggard only up 0,42% CHART
While the strong economic reports that came in helped the stock market to rally, as the stock market was also helped by technical support and finally ended the selloff of October by bouncing of the SMA 200 BOUNCE CHART . As manufacturing PMI rose to 59,3, a number not seen in over 2 years PMI PMI2
The US manufacturing activity accelerate with new orders jumping to the highest level in nearly 17 years, the Chinese and Europeans also saw manufacturing sped up in the last month MANUFACTURING
Here is the heat map for the S&P from yesterday, you can see that the big names dragged the market down while most of the smaller companies were in the green to start November S&P HEATMAP
big companies in the tech sectors Apple, Amazon Facebook and Microsoft closed in the red yesterday while Alphabet continued to rise on the back of improved earnings and growth guidance. TECH EARNINGS
PayPal reported earnings yesterday after the bell as the company beat the estimates of earnings per share by more than 10% and saw a revenue increase of almost 25% year over year. EARNINGS This was the strongest ever quarter for growth in total payments for PayPal. While the earnings jumped more than 121% since last year. QUARTER OVERVIEW The Company also saw a increase more than 15million new active accounts in q3 up to a total of 361 million accounts, up more than 50% year over year while the free cash flow for the company also is up more than 40% year over year Q3 STATS
While the operating margin was also up significantly since last year both on a GAAP and Non-GAAP accounting so the company seems to have a great future ahead with growth widely available on an international basis. BALANCE SHEET
The company did drop in after market about 5% do to the lack in guidance for next year, but the lack in guidance for next year is very widely spread, as not many companies know what exactly will happen in the near future, but I don’t expect anything bad for PayPal to happen, as the company also announced recently that they will accept bitcoin storage and payments within the subsidiary Venmo. Bitcoin on PayPal
Apple announced yesterday that next Tuesday they will have an event in which they are expected to showcase the new Macs, the first ones to have internally designed processors, Apple News this Is a move away from Intel provided chips which I believe will further enhance performance and will eventually reduce costs for the company, resulting in a increase in gross margin for the products.
Also, Microsoft just confirmed that the new Xbox series will also make Apple TV available on the console, that means that Apple TV is available on all next gen consoles with Sony’s PlayStation 5 offering the service also Microsoft - Apple TV
This will likely be a boost for the service, apple really seems to be going all out to increase the services revenue which I believe is the right way to go, as the physical products are lasting longer and are not renewed ever year like in the past, this increase in services will make up for that lack of product sales. iphone Revenus Also recurring subscriptions revenue are more profitable for the company and are far more important in the eyes of the analysts. Services REvenue
Apple is one of the best, if not the best companies to own in your Portofolio as they are both a growth stock and a value stock since they do give out dividends. The company has given almost half a trillion dollars to shareholders and has many growth drivers like I said, the services, the new iPhone 12 that has the potential to be a super cycle and the company finally launching they’re own online sales in India. Apple Shareholders
With tech earnings coming in last week all delivered good beats on estimates. Google recovered from a Q2 slump in ad sales, as the biggest growth provider in the company was YouTube. TECH EARNINGS
While Facebook revenue increased 22% year over year the company seems to be in a difficult position going forward due to privacy issues both from the US government and from the changes that Apple will make which will impact a large base of users.
Twitter was the one that disappointed the analysts the most, as the increase in users was minimal but ad sales did grow. Still the stock plummeted more than 20% after earnings.
Pinterest saw a huge jump after the sales rose by 58%, as they become more popular and the customer base in more than 60% woman who decide the household buying they stand to see an increase in ad sales in the future also. PINTEREST
I believe that for Google and Facebook the most important thing at this moment is that they continue to grow the revenue from the huge amount of people that already use they’re services, while for the smaller companies it is far more important that they grow they’re user base, that ultimately will attract more ad revenues.
Peloton will report alongside Alibaba on Thursday after the market is very interesting to watch, that stock has dropped from it’s all time high about 20% but I can see that bouncing back if the numbers that are reported and guidance for next quarter comes in better than expected. (Full disclosure I am long Peloton) Peloton
Meanwhile Walmart, the biggest private company by number of employees in the world announced on Monday that they will stop using robots to keep track of inventory, despite the retailer not saying why the cut of the robots, I believe that for the moment it’s more efficient and cheaper that those jobs be done by the workforce. Walmart
So I strongly believe we should mostly trust the portofolios that we have build and not make any big changes as markets can seem chaotic. I believe that it’s almost impossible to time the market correctly and can hurt our returns if we are to sentiment driven.
Thank you for reading, please leave your opinion below, i will try to respond to everyone!
Have a great day and use your voting rights!
Are the industrials back? Is tech going to sink? Why did PayPal drop after good earnings and apple announces new event next week, let’s talk about the stock market
Hey everyone and Welcome I am going to react to the stock market news on movements from yesterday and what i expect next.
So, the stock market has done pretty well this year especially the tech heavy Nasdaq, being up more than 21%, while the broader S&P 500 is barely up and the Dow industrial is down for the year. YEARLY CHART
In the last week or so we have seen the VIX testing the 40 level but being rejected every time so it seems that there is enough confidence in the stock market for it not to collapse like back in march.VIX
Yesterday we saw the Dow Jones rising 1,6% or 423 points CHART , the S&P rose by 1,22% CHART and the Nasdaq was the laggard only up 0,42% CHART
While the strong economic reports that came in helped the stock market to rally, as the stock market was also helped by technical support and finally ended the selloff of October by bouncing of the SMA 200 BOUNCE CHART . As manufacturing PMI rose to 59,3, a number not seen in over 2 years PMI PMI2
The US manufacturing activity accelerate with new orders jumping to the highest level in nearly 17 years, the Chinese and Europeans also saw manufacturing sped up in the last month MANUFACTURING
Here is the heat map for the S&P from yesterday, you can see that the big names dragged the market down while most of the smaller companies were in the green to start November S&P HEATMAP
big companies in the tech sectors Apple, Amazon Facebook and Microsoft closed in the red yesterday while Alphabet continued to rise on the back of improved earnings and growth guidance. TECH EARNINGS
PayPal reported earnings yesterday after the bell as the company beat the estimates of earnings per share by more than 10% and saw a revenue increase of almost 25% year over year. EARNINGS This was the strongest ever quarter for growth in total payments for PayPal. While the earnings jumped more than 121% since last year. QUARTER OVERVIEW The Company also saw a increase more than 15million new active accounts in q3 up to a total of 361 million accounts, up more than 50% year over year while the free cash flow for the company also is up more than 40% year over year Q3 STATS
While the operating margin was also up significantly since last year both on a GAAP and Non-GAAP accounting so the company seems to have a great future ahead with growth widely available on an international basis. BALANCE SHEET
The company did drop in after market about 5% do to the lack in guidance for next year, but the lack in guidance for next year is very widely spread, as not many companies know what exactly will happen in the near future, but I don’t expect anything bad for PayPal to happen, as the company also announced recently that they will accept bitcoin storage and payments within the subsidiary Venmo. Bitcoin on PayPal
Apple announced yesterday that next Tuesday they will have an event in which they are expected to showcase the new Macs, the first ones to have internally designed processors, Apple News this Is a move away from Intel provided chips which I believe will further enhance performance and will eventually reduce costs for the company, resulting in a increase in gross margin for the products.
Also, Microsoft just confirmed that the new Xbox series will also make Apple TV available on the console, that means that Apple TV is available on all next gen consoles with Sony’s PlayStation 5 offering the service also Microsoft - Apple TV
This will likely be a boost for the service, apple really seems to be going all out to increase the services revenue which I believe is the right way to go, as the physical products are lasting longer and are not renewed ever year like in the past, this increase in services will make up for that lack of product sales. iphone Revenus Also recurring subscriptions revenue are more profitable for the company and are far more important in the eyes of the analysts. Services REvenue
Apple is one of the best, if not the best companies to own in your Portofolio as they are both a growth stock and a value stock since they do give out dividends. The company has given almost half a trillion dollars to shareholders and has many growth drivers like I said, the services, the new iPhone 12 that has the potential to be a super cycle and the company finally launching they’re own online sales in India. Apple Shareholders
With tech earnings coming in last week all delivered good beats on estimates. Google recovered from a Q2 slump in ad sales, as the biggest growth provider in the company was YouTube. TECH EARNINGS
While Facebook revenue increased 22% year over year the company seems to be in a difficult position going forward due to privacy issues both from the US government and from the changes that Apple will make which will impact a large base of users.
Twitter was the one that disappointed the analysts the most, as the increase in users was minimal but ad sales did grow. Still the stock plummeted more than 20% after earnings.
Pinterest saw a huge jump after the sales rose by 58%, as they become more popular and the customer base in more than 60% woman who decide the household buying they stand to see an increase in ad sales in the future also. PINTEREST
I believe that for Google and Facebook the most important thing at this moment is that they continue to grow the revenue from the huge amount of people that already use they’re services, while for the smaller companies it is far more important that they grow they’re user base, that ultimately will attract more ad revenues.
Peloton will report alongside Alibaba on Thursday after the market is very interesting to watch, that stock has dropped from it’s all time high about 20% but I can see that bouncing back if the numbers that are reported and guidance for next quarter comes in better than expected. (Full disclosure I am long Peloton) Peloton
Meanwhile Walmart, the biggest private company by number of employees in the world announced on Monday that they will stop using robots to keep track of inventory, despite the retailer not saying why the cut of the robots, I believe that for the moment it’s more efficient and cheaper that those jobs be done by the workforce. Walmart
So I strongly believe we should mostly trust the portofolios that we have build and not make any big changes as markets can seem chaotic. I believe that it’s almost impossible to time the market correctly and can hurt our returns if we are to sentiment driven.
Thank you for reading, please leave your opinion below, i will try to respond to everyone!
Have a great day and use your voting rights!
Are the industrials back? Is tech going to sink? Why did PayPal drop after good earnings and apple announces new event next week, let’s talk about the stock market
Hey everyone and Welcome I am going to react to the stock market news on movements from yesterday and what i expect next.
So, the stock market has done pretty well this year especially the tech heavy Nasdaq, being up more than 21%, while the broader S&P 500 is barely up and the Dow industrial is down for the year. YEARLY CHART
In the last week or so we have seen the VIX testing the 40 level but being rejected every time so it seems that there is enough confidence in the stock market for it not to collapse like back in march.VIX
Yesterday we saw the Dow Jones rising 1,6% or 423 points CHART , the S&P rose by 1,22% CHART and the Nasdaq was the laggard only up 0,42% CHART
While the strong economic reports that came in helped the stock market to rally, as the stock market was also helped by technical support and finally ended the selloff of October by bouncing of the SMA 200 BOUNCE CHART . As manufacturing PMI rose to 59,3, a number not seen in over 2 years PMI PMI2
The US manufacturing activity accelerate with new orders jumping to the highest level in nearly 17 years, the Chinese and Europeans also saw manufacturing sped up in the last month MANUFACTURING
Here is the heat map for the S&P from yesterday, you can see that the big names dragged the market down while most of the smaller companies were in the green to start November S&P HEATMAP
big companies in the tech sectors Apple, Amazon Facebook and Microsoft closed in the red yesterday while Alphabet continued to rise on the back of improved earnings and growth guidance. TECH EARNINGS
PayPal reported earnings yesterday after the bell as the company beat the estimates of earnings per share by more than 10% and saw a revenue increase of almost 25% year over year. EARNINGS This was the strongest ever quarter for growth in total payments for PayPal. While the earnings jumped more than 121% since last year. QUARTER OVERVIEW The Company also saw a increase more than 15million new active accounts in q3 up to a total of 361 million accounts, up more than 50% year over year while the free cash flow for the company also is up more than 40% year over year Q3 STATS
While the operating margin was also up significantly since last year both on a GAAP and Non-GAAP accounting so the company seems to have a great future ahead with growth widely available on an international basis. BALANCE SHEET
The company did drop in after market about 5% do to the lack in guidance for next year, but the lack in guidance for next year is very widely spread, as not many companies know what exactly will happen in the near future, but I don’t expect anything bad for PayPal to happen, as the company also announced recently that they will accept bitcoin storage and payments within the subsidiary Venmo. Bitcoin on PayPal
Apple announced yesterday that next Tuesday they will have an event in which they are expected to showcase the new Macs, the first ones to have internally designed processors, Apple News this Is a move away from Intel provided chips which I believe will further enhance performance and will eventually reduce costs for the company, resulting in a increase in gross margin for the products.
Also, Microsoft just confirmed that the new Xbox series will also make Apple TV available on the console, that means that Apple TV is available on all next gen consoles with Sony’s PlayStation 5 offering the service also Microsoft - Apple TV
This will likely be a boost for the service, apple really seems to be going all out to increase the services revenue which I believe is the right way to go, as the physical products are lasting longer and are not renewed ever year like in the past, this increase in services will make up for that lack of product sales. iphone Revenus Also recurring subscriptions revenue are more profitable for the company and are far more important in the eyes of the analysts. Services REvenue
Apple is one of the best, if not the best companies to own in your Portofolio as they are both a growth stock and a value stock since they do give out dividends. The company has given almost half a trillion dollars to shareholders and has many growth drivers like I said, the services, the new iPhone 12 that has the potential to be a super cycle and the company finally launching they’re own online sales in India. Apple Shareholders
With tech earnings coming in last week all delivered good beats on estimates. Google recovered from a Q2 slump in ad sales, as the biggest growth provider in the company was YouTube. TECH EARNINGS
While Facebook revenue increased 22% year over year the company seems to be in a difficult position going forward due to privacy issues both from the US government and from the changes that Apple will make which will impact a large base of users.
Twitter was the one that disappointed the analysts the most, as the increase in users was minimal but ad sales did grow. Still the stock plummeted more than 20% after earnings.
Pinterest saw a huge jump after the sales rose by 58%, as they become more popular and the customer base in more than 60% woman who decide the household buying they stand to see an increase in ad sales in the future also. PINTEREST
I believe that for Google and Facebook the most important thing at this moment is that they continue to grow the revenue from the huge amount of people that already use they’re services, while for the smaller companies it is far more important that they grow they’re user base, that ultimately will attract more ad revenues.
Peloton will report alongside Alibaba on Thursday after the market is very interesting to watch, that stock has dropped from it’s all time high about 20% but I can see that bouncing back if the numbers that are reported and guidance for next quarter comes in better than expected. (Full disclosure I am long Peloton) Peloton
Meanwhile Walmart, the biggest private company by number of employees in the world announced on Monday that they will stop using robots to keep track of inventory, despite the retailer not saying why the cut of the robots, I believe that for the moment it’s more efficient and cheaper that those jobs be done by the workforce. Walmart
So I strongly believe we should mostly trust the portofolios that we have build and not make any big changes as markets can seem chaotic. I believe that it’s almost impossible to time the market correctly and can hurt our returns if we are to sentiment driven.
Thank you for reading, please leave your opinion below, i will try to respond to everyone!
Have a great day and use your voting rights!
Are the industrials back? Is tech going to sink? Why did PayPal drop after good earnings and apple announces new event next week, let’s talk about the stock market
Hey everyone and Welcome I am going to react to the stock market news on movements from yesterday and what i expect next.
So, the stock market has done pretty well this year especially the tech heavy Nasdaq, being up more than 21%, while the broader S&P 500 is barely up and the Dow industrial is down for the year. YEARLY CHART
In the last week or so we have seen the VIX testing the 40 level but being rejected every time so it seems that there is enough confidence in the stock market for it not to collapse like back in march.VIX
Yesterday we saw the Dow Jones rising 1,6% or 423 points CHART , the S&P rose by 1,22% CHART and the Nasdaq was the laggard only up 0,42% CHART
While the strong economic reports that came in helped the stock market to rally, as the stock market was also helped by technical support and finally ended the selloff of October by bouncing of the SMA 200 BOUNCE CHART . As manufacturing PMI rose to 59,3, a number not seen in over 2 years PMI PMI2
The US manufacturing activity accelerate with new orders jumping to the highest level in nearly 17 years, the Chinese and Europeans also saw manufacturing sped up in the last month MANUFACTURING
Here is the heat map for the S&P from yesterday, you can see that the big names dragged the market down while most of the smaller companies were in the green to start November S&P HEATMAP
big companies in the tech sectors Apple, Amazon Facebook and Microsoft closed in the red yesterday while Alphabet continued to rise on the back of improved earnings and growth guidance. TECH EARNINGS
PayPal reported earnings yesterday after the bell as the company beat the estimates of earnings per share by more than 10% and saw a revenue increase of almost 25% year over year. EARNINGS This was the strongest ever quarter for growth in total payments for PayPal. While the earnings jumped more than 121% since last year. QUARTER OVERVIEW The Company also saw a increase more than 15million new active accounts in q3 up to a total of 361 million accounts, up more than 50% year over year while the free cash flow for the company also is up more than 40% year over year Q3 STATS
While the operating margin was also up significantly since last year both on a GAAP and Non-GAAP accounting so the company seems to have a great future ahead with growth widely available on an international basis. BALANCE SHEET
The company did drop in after market about 5% do to the lack in guidance for next year, but the lack in guidance for next year is very widely spread, as not many companies know what exactly will happen in the near future, but I don’t expect anything bad for PayPal to happen, as the company also announced recently that they will accept bitcoin storage and payments within the subsidiary Venmo. Bitcoin on PayPal
Apple announced yesterday that next Tuesday they will have an event in which they are expected to showcase the new Macs, the first ones to have internally designed processors, Apple News this Is a move away from Intel provided chips which I believe will further enhance performance and will eventually reduce costs for the company, resulting in a increase in gross margin for the products.
Also, Microsoft just confirmed that the new Xbox series will also make Apple TV available on the console, that means that Apple TV is available on all next gen consoles with Sony’s PlayStation 5 offering the service also Microsoft - Apple TV
This will likely be a boost for the service, apple really seems to be going all out to increase the services revenue which I believe is the right way to go, as the physical products are lasting longer and are not renewed ever year like in the past, this increase in services will make up for that lack of product sales. iphone Revenus Also recurring subscriptions revenue are more profitable for the company and are far more important in the eyes of the analysts. Services REvenue
Apple is one of the best, if not the best companies to own in your Portofolio as they are both a growth stock and a value stock since they do give out dividends. The company has given almost half a trillion dollars to shareholders and has many growth drivers like I said, the services, the new iPhone 12 that has the potential to be a super cycle and the company finally launching they’re own online sales in India. Apple Shareholders
With tech earnings coming in last week all delivered good beats on estimates. Google recovered from a Q2 slump in ad sales, as the biggest growth provider in the company was YouTube. TECH EARNINGS
While Facebook revenue increased 22% year over year the company seems to be in a difficult position going forward due to privacy issues both from the US government and from the changes that Apple will make which will impact a large base of users.
Twitter was the one that disappointed the analysts the most, as the increase in users was minimal but ad sales did grow. Still the stock plummeted more than 20% after earnings.
Pinterest saw a huge jump after the sales rose by 58%, as they become more popular and the customer base in more than 60% woman who decide the household buying they stand to see an increase in ad sales in the future also. PINTEREST
I believe that for Google and Facebook the most important thing at this moment is that they continue to grow the revenue from the huge amount of people that already use they’re services, while for the smaller companies it is far more important that they grow they’re user base, that ultimately will attract more ad revenues.
Peloton will report alongside Alibaba on Thursday after the market is very interesting to watch, that stock has dropped from it’s all time high about 20% but I can see that bouncing back if the numbers that are reported and guidance for next quarter comes in better than expected. (Full disclosure I am long Peloton) Peloton
Meanwhile Walmart, the biggest private company by number of employees in the world announced on Monday that they will stop using robots to keep track of inventory, despite the retailer not saying why the cut of the robots, I believe that for the moment it’s more efficient and cheaper that those jobs be done by the workforce. Walmart
So I strongly believe we should mostly trust the portofolios that we have build and not make any big changes as markets can seem chaotic. I believe that it’s almost impossible to time the market correctly and can hurt our returns if we are to sentiment driven.
Thank you for reading, please leave your opinion below, i will try to respond to everyone!
Have a great day and use your voting rights!
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I'm looking at setting up a MyNode Community Edition and already have a Bitcoin Core full node fully working. I'd like to copy the blockchain data from my Bitcoin Core node and use it with MyNode if possible in order to avoid having to download and validate the full blockchain again.
Is that possible?
I saw this guide but not sure if it's only for existing MyNode db data.
https://mynodebtc.com/guide/using_bitcoin_data_from_existing_node
Thanks!
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In the creative economy, blockchain can redefine how artists are remunerated by acting as a platform for creators of intellectual property (IP) to receive value for their work. A common complaint lodged by artists is that, as performance-rights organizations and new intermediaries such as Spotify and YouTube increasingly insert themselves into the value chain between artists and their audiences, artists receive smaller cuts of revenue and have less say over how their creative works are priced, shared, or advertised. For instance, on Spotify it would take between 120 to 170 streams for rights holders to receive their first penny.
This article will give an overview of the key forces behind blockchain that empower artists and IPR holders in the creative economy. The article will also highlight the main challenges inherent to blockchain.
Blockchain and the so-called token economies (tokenization) — can enable creative stakeholders, such as artists and inventors, unlock new financing opportunities, without having to sacrifice their IP rights and contract rights, including control of future royalties to intermediaries.
Token economies reward fans for coming to the stage and utilizing services. An artist is able to sell tokens to fans directly in order to raise funds for creative projects. By leveraging and utilizing smart contracts, artists are then able to receive immediate payouts and monies generated from the song, rather than waiting months or even years to see their hard work paid off.
Blockchain comes in many forms. It can be permission-less, permissioned, public, private, hybrid. Its main advantages are:
Blockchain can be used by IP owners to keep hashed digital certificates of intellectual property rights (IPRs). Blockchains can contain “smart contracts” to help artists manage digital rights and allocate revenue shares to contributors to the creative process (collect royalties). IP owners could use the platform to license, assign, transfer IPRs. Smart contracts are self-executable computer protocols that digitally facilitate, verify, and/or enforce transactions/events. Unlike smart contracts, often conventional contracts leave artists with little power over the terms for the content they generate.
The smart contract component of blockchain can include which percentage of the revenue goes to which member of the band, the label, the manager, etc. It can even give a quick way of contacting all the involved rights holders for licensing queries. By logging all the rights holders to a specific song on the blockchain, one big transparent database is created that can be accessed and seen by anyone at any time. Artists are enabled to receive their share instantaneously instead of waiting for months or even years.
Inventors could also use blockchain for tech scouting/identification, upload, and exchange of invention disclosure records, patent applications, and invention assignment records. NDAs could be executed via blockchain. Inventions can preserve their novelty through encryption.
Royalties could be designed to be more inclusive, offering fairer terms for composers, lyricists, and musicians — all stakeholders involved in the creative process. PeerTracks is an example of a service for artists to seek immediate royalty payments and ownership of their content. The service works by attaching a smart contract to every song an artist uploads and dividing the revenue according to the terms the contract stipulates.
For instance, dance artist Gramatik created the GRMTK token and raised just under $2.5 million by releasing 25 percent of them for fans and the crypto community to buy. Anyone holding GRMTK tokens will get a share of his royalties.
If the blockchain is public, all of the transactions for a creative work could be seen and validated, e.g. who accessed the work and how much revenue the work is generating at any point in time. This will allow stakeholders to have a better sense of the overall value of the creative work that is being produced, all in the form of a digital ledger provided in the blockchain.Blockchain could make it transparent who the owner of the creative material is. Services such as Binded offer to attribute ownership of creative works securely. The service works by providing each creative work with a unique cryptographic ID, verified with the blockchain. This means ownership can be traced and creative content securely shared.
Creative content can be mispriced. By tracking the demand for creative content, pricing could be more dynamic. Prices for creative content could fluctuate according to supply and demand. Artists could control prices and have the ability to set prices themselves without having to go through a complex web of intermediaries.
As the blockchain could provide records of who has been granted access rights to creative works, this could then be harnessed to price creative works dynamically. Artsits may have a stronger voice in the pricing scheme and could, therefore, provide discounts on their works at certain times.
Digital music stores such as iTunes allow consumers to purchase individual song tracks. Using blockchain, snippets of creative works could be made available for a price, for example, a few seconds of a song for use in a movie trailer. This kind of “micrometering” works by having the blockchain record the precise components of the creative work that were used, defining the smallest consumable unit of creative content. The IP holder assigns a bitcoin address to a work and this allows for micropayments. This way financial networks can be bypassed.
This could have huge implications: Why purchase unneeded parts of creative material? Already, services such as Streamium are disrupting the traditional method of artists being remunerated through intermediaries by offering micrometering payment services. In advertising, Brave allows Internet users to pay content providers they support in Bitcoins in exchange for an ad-free experience.
Blockchain can help link reputations to specific “addresses” on the blockchain, thus allowing both producers and consumers of creative content to verify one another. This could encourage stronger collaboration and better behavior, by promoting cooperative terms for content creators and consumers alike. Participants who repeatedly don’t fulfill terms in a contract or try to game the system would have their actions recorded, acting as a deterrent against bad behavior.
As we can see blockchain offers many exciting opportunities in the creative economy. But it also comes with certain caveats, such as:
- Digital versus traditional. While some artists have embraced blockchain as a way to release tracks with greater control over the terms of their creative work, blockchain-ready artists remain a minority.
- Artist promotion. While blockchain may provide creators with a larger say and stakes in the revenue generated from their creative content, questions remain as to what extent they can market and promote their creative content without the help of traditional agents, be it publishers or record-label companies. There are concerns that self-publishing or self-promoting material may, in fact, lead to less revenue for some artists who would otherwise benefit from agents’ support.
- ‘On-chain’ versus ‘off-chain’ storage. Questions remain about where the creative media will be stored — on the blockchain itself, as metadata, or in the form of access keys? Current technology may constrain putting creative content directly on the blockchain, while storing just the metadata of the creative content presents issues of where the creative data will actually be stored and how it will be disseminated.
- Methodology for micrometering/micromonetizing. Bitcoin itself is not originally designed for micropayment features, thus requiring an off-chain “layer” that handles payment.
Legal and Regulatory
- jurisdiction (since blockchain is a technology that knows no boundaries and diffuses institutional accountability).
- Blockchain, if used as an IP management and registry system, will also challenge the centralized system of registering patents, trademarks and industrial designs.
- The tamper-proof design of blockchain can be seen as a disadvantage because it is impossible to make corrections in the system even though they might be necessary. Hence, modifications should be allowed in accordance with applicable laws. How are going to deal with increased data volumes and still guarantee tamper resistance?
- How do we link different blockchain systems and blockchain systems to the old systems (interoperability)
- If a blockchain is private can the public rely on the info in such registry? Can the blockchain ledger be considered a prima facie evidence in court/administrative proceedings? How do we provide for the right to terminate a smart contract?
- Also, blockchain will challenge the roles of some IP intermediaries in the creative industry such as publishers, labels and collective societies.
- Fair use rights might be diminished
- What do we do when smart contracts contain bad code or error or contain illegal instructions? If smart contracts are self-executable and their code is treated as the law, then any mistake, intentional or out of negligence, becomes part of the contract.
- Also, as with any other technology, blockchain is limited when human judgment is involved. For instance, blockchain can be used for patent registration. However, we know also that patents need to be examined and this requires human judgment, something that cannot be easily automated.
