Sunday, November 28, 2021

[BOUNTY] ETH-XMR atomic swaps are now live on main.net - A proof of concept work

Hey guys, I am proud to say that I have completed this bounty right here: https://bounties.monero.social/posts/35/eth-xmr-atomic-swap

The github: https://github.com/Archeactive/XMR-ETH-Atomic-Swaps-

The protocol: https://github.com/Archeactive/XMR-ETH-Atomic-Swaps-/blob/main/help/PROTOCOL.md

Instructions: https://github.com/Archeactive/XMR-ETH-Atomic-Swaps-/blob/main/help/instructions.txt

This is just its demo version I actually been working on a lot of privacy protocols for quite some time now, my next goal is to complete the bch-xmr one, and lastly finish the xmr-bitcoin one which I been working on for quite some time as well. Test it and tell me what you think, it should have no bugs at all.

Edit:

Seems like they're not willing to give me the bounty after this line of events happened:

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This is the original comment that was deleted by monero bounties where I asked her whether another dev can complete it with his own code or not, and she clearly responded that "if someone claims the bounty before me working the code or not"

One of them which was original in these comments assisting her said this in this thread: Completely changing the goals of the bounty:

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In addition to that:

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I completed the bounty 6 hours ago (see the github's creation) made it public 4 hours ago, and out of nowhere when this post receives enough upvotes and many of them come here to badmouth it (they claim they have no ties to each other despite how they are showing to support each other in every project)

This happens:

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Now she also added what I claimed in my comments as "proof" namely the videos I was planning to record.

She claims she "saw me completing it" but why didn't she say so here then? She clearly waited to complete her stuff before she could claim "now I completed it too let's vote"

This looks like they saw me completing it, stayed silent, then went and rushed up their own version to avoid me from claiming the bounty.

I find the entire process unfair. But perhaps fairness isn't what they care about. They want to turn this into a vote and retract their original claims (twice this time) I will just leave these here.

LoO saved my Life; you guys weren't too shabby yourselves in that endeavour. Thank you!

I have seen paranormal (hauntings) or supernatural activity (reality shifts) happen directly in front of me. I experience both the paranormal and supernatural events. In addition, I undergo spiritual attacks on a daily basis that are completely different in nature but seem to be somehow contemporaneous with the emergence of my understanding of why we are here. These attacks are always targeted at the brain's "hard-wiring", it is not merely a generic kind of attack that exists only in one's ephemeral feelings or train-of-thought. It is an attack that involves triggering the involuntary fight-or-flight response in the amygdala. Only if you have seen or heard something like a poltergeist slamming doors and throwing stuff around - as I have - only then can you empirically grasp that. My response is pretty deterministic. I operate within a very unnatural, self-imposed set of emotional and mental habits as a general self-defence mechanism against the uninterrupted maelstrom of spiritual attacks to which I am subjected every day. So, my responses are almost "algorithmic" as there's a law of compensation at work here to bring balance. Everyone has a different range of vibration and everyone creates their own reality that can only influence the realities of those matching vibrations - we could call "timelines" or "dimensions". There are infinite versions of every waking moment you are alive that represent every choice that you can make and its effects. They all exist simultaneously. For this, I can vouch. The effect of dimensions and how they contain these variations that I have seen suggest they are as follows:

4th dimension - Our vantage point.

5th - Time becomes a space you can move in. Only memories and the current moment. Future is there but it is not "collapsed" into the timelines and can be seen from every vantage point simultaneously.

6th - The space your time timelines moved in. It includes all possible timelines that result from different choices you make that make other timelines.

7th - Other timelines separate from yours, where other choices were made intersect with each other creating a timelines matrix where events that take place in one timelines are actually representations in another.

8th - All the timelines intersecting with each other make up a fractal sphere that includes all possible variations at all times throughout existence, and it grows outward like a water balloon being filled. There is a communal path, like a grouping of veins where our collective reality is kind of created. It is like little spheres within the larger sphere.

9th - I could not see outside of the skin of the balloon but I assume thats the 9th, and other spheres would exist in there that had different centre starting points.

The 10th dimension would be all those variants existing as a single point I guess.

The 11th would be something I cannot really comprehend. But again, all theoretical since I never saw them.

I have no idea what is in the 12th dimension.

What we experience is not real at all but is some kind of construct. I have more than a vague sense of nostalgia for my true self and origin. On 6 October 2019, I attempted suicide. The first time since January 13 of that year. My very first attempt was in 1986 and the top wardrobe door swung open and smashed me into the wall. I was 10. When I was 11, I tried again using the T-bar for the wash-line and my late mother saw and asked my siblings to get me. She never said a thing, except ask me to watch "the Sound of Music" with her. Dad was at work and had he been told, my apparent incompetence in offing myself would have been resolved swiftly and, probably, suddenly and finally, as the guy used to be a hothead. He is still alive. 72 years today. If I live that long, I will kill myself and redo third density in championship style.

But in all honesty. This isn't my home. I was "misplaced" or placed in the wrong timeline by a rookie or inept amateur who will have hell to pay, causing me severe depression since at least 6 years of age. I am not going to kill him. I am just going to kick his ass to kingdom come and feed his metallic non-chemical vehicle to some buzzards! Knowing time and reality were farcical just emphasised the need for me to abandon the illusion "and go back home", wherever that was. I dare not say I am a Wanderer or Lightworker. I do not think I am either. I am either a reincarnated third density entity as I remember being burned alive, or I am a neophyte with Asperger's syndrome. Still I also remember appearing silvery like C3Pio in some crowded place just standing around staring at the other brass boys. Plus, I had a recurring dream for 26 years, maybe 5 times a night. The Creator wanted me to do something which I didn't realise until 23 August this year. When I did and it went to national press, the dreams stopped completely. 26 years without figuring it out. Almost like I am Michael Caine's character in Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar". My regulator emailed me saying the membership were not happy and wanted me to cease transmissions. I said "okay"! Then sent in a goodbye salvo!

When a psychologist asked me in 2004 before I left the central bank to go solo what i didn't like about earth, I told him it was too heavy in a "pressure" sense, humming its vibrations at me, noisy and there was ceaseless mouthing off like everyone is a Baptist at a funeral. He recommended six months sick leave and i just resigned to create a sense of desperation and need to survive, my pain notwithstanding. I kept being given sick leave for almost an entire year. Just imagine! Anyway, LOO saved me from myself. From the time I discovered it in February last year, I felt a real purpose for being here. My near death experiences in November 2002 and January 2015 were not suicide attempts. They were both genuine accidental overdoses on strong painkillers due to chronic pain illness, but I would have graciously accepted the outcome. Glad I am still here. This was before I learnt I could self-heal or minimise the pain. Evidently, I am both incompetent at self-slaughter and very lucky on accidental overdoses. Some guys just can't catch a break. So here I am. Typing away to you Lightworkers, Wanderers and Christed entities disguised as human beings, who have made my agoraphobic life tolerable and endearing. Your questions, analyses and occasional bullying on this sub save lives every day and you don't even realise or know it. You should. You are all aces, living Christs, in my book. I am too neurotic to suffer such a malady myself but I cannot speak for the rest of you other selves. I would say thank you but some of you might prefer cash or even Bitcoin now that Satoshi Nakamota was here 3 days ago talking about his 2008 accomplishment whilst he was thirteen but is now 26 merging galaxies with our maker, in the 8th density! Ra could learn a thing or two from this young gentleman about "densities in which they do not plumb!"

Results of the week

Results of the week: bitcoin collapsed below $ 55,000, and land in Axie Infinity was sold for 550 ETH

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The price of the first cryptocurrency was adjusted below $ 55,000, the virtual land in the NFT game Axie Infinity was sold for a record 550 ETH, Biden announced plans to leave Jerome Powell as head of the Fed and other events of the outgoing week.

The price of bitcoin fell below $ 55,000

On Friday, November 26, quotes of the first cryptocurrency fell below $ 55,000. The decline was accompanied by the liquidation of positions in the amount of $ 156 million in the futures market.

The next day, the price of digital gold continued to drop, in the moment reaching the mark of $ 53,500 (at the Binance exchange).

One of the reasons for the fall could be the exposure of options on November 26 by almost $ 3 billion. Another is news about the discovery of a new strain of SOVID-19. Traditional markets have also responded to the latter.

At the time of writing, bitcoin is trading near $ 54,100.

Is staking better than Hodling and other related questions?

Hi guys,

So I have some undisclosed amount of bitcoin, and since getting started, I’ve only been hodling (mainly because I didn’t want to deal with taxes and taxable events… lol)

More recently though, I exchanged some BTC for CRO.

That’s when I first learned about staking.

If one is committed to the idea of hodling and believes in the crypto, isn’t it always better to stake and earn while doing so?

I feel like I’ve missed out on some potential earnings. Could someone give me more information about pros/cons and risks? Also does anyone have any thoughts on the staking rewards between CDC and Coinbase? Which is more profitable at each staking level and taking into account the spread?

Lastly, now that I finally have a taxable event, I’m having to research how to disclose crypto earnings and I’m a bit confused. Any good resources that can help me (for US taxes)? Thank you 😊

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I am a member of Bitcoin Pioneers; a group who work in association with Luno to support Bitcoin adoption and education in the UK. My Bitcoin Pioneers’ referral code BPKSteele10 will give you £10 of Bitcoin when you sign up to Luno (UK and 18+ only). You don’t need to deposit any money or buy any crypto to get your free £10 of Bitcoin when you use my code.

Luno is an established crypto exchange, founded in 2013 and HQ in London. Luno’s app is used by over 9 million people in 40 countries. I think Luno’s app is really easy to use and ideal for beginners. I signed up in February and Luno has become the crypto exchange I use most due to the low trading fees. https://www.luno.com/en/features

It is free to deposit and withdraw GBP using a regular UK bank transfer. Fees for buying and selling crypto are very low - using Luno's Exchange there is no maker fee (limit order) and only 0.1% taker fee (market order). To access the Exchange tap ‘Home’, tap the three dots (top right) and select “Exchange”.

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Download Luno’s app or tap https://www.luno.com/signup, enter your email address and password then select “Sign up”.
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Steps:

Download Luno’s app or tap https://www.luno.com/signup, enter your email address and password then select “Sign up”.
Verify your account before you enter my code - go to ‘profile’, ‘settings’ and ‘verification’ to upload photo ID e.g. passport / driving licence and a selfie. Sign up and verification usually take a few minutes.
Tap the ‘Rewards’ tab, select ‘Enter a Code’ and type in BPKSteele10 - your £10 worth of Bitcoin will be credited instantly.

If you want to you can create a savings wallet on Luno and put your Bitcoin into your savings wallet and you will earn approx 4% interest per annum.

Feel free to share my code with others, my code doesn’t expire and anyone can use to get £10 of Bitcoin.

BITCOIN BULL RUN!

This bull cycle is different from the previous ones because today, it is very easy for retail investors and institutional investors to obtain Bitcoin as there are a huge number of online trading platforms.
Another reason why this bull cycle is different is that institutional investors drive the demand for BTC, and they support Bitcoin. Today, an increasing number of businesses are aware of the advantages of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, and this also positively impacts the market demand.

When it comes to the past bull runs, you can notice that the price has risen and followed an upward trend after a Bitcoin halving. After the first halving, in 2012, the price insignificantly rose from $11 to $12. But, about a year later, the price increased to $1,075 in November. The subsequent halving in 2016 prompted one of the most notable bull runs in Bitcoin history as the price went from $576 to $650. Again, a year later, after a steady growth cycle, Bitcoin broke its first record and reached $17,000 in December.

The price decreased in 2018, but this is an important period of the cryptocurrency because it marks a time of low volatility and steady growth in 2019, when it reached $10,000 in June. So, the future predictions are extremely positive because the crypto market has matured, and more organizations are aware of the positive aspects of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin (BTC) price again reached an all-time high in 2021, as values exceeded over 65,000 USD in February 2021, April 2021 and November 2021. The first two were due to events involving Tesla and Coinbase, respectively, whilst the latter. Tesla’s announcement that it had acquired 1.5 billion U.S. dollars’ worth of the digital coin as well as the IPO of the U.S.’ biggest crypto exchange fueled mass interest. The world’s most well-known cryptocurrency, however, suffered a notable correction in April after speculation on government regulation. Another reason, according to experts, was an electricity blackout in the Xinjiang region in China. This unexpected development led to a decline in the Bitcoin hashrate - how many Bitcoins are being mined – and potentially spooked investors into selling their assets. According to a 2020 research based off IP addresses from so-called hashers that used certain Bitcoin mining pools, more than half of all the Bitcoin mining occurred in China. The third price hike was connected to the launch of a Bitcoin ETF in the United States.

I think we should be getting ready for a major bull run by December, grab enough bitcoin as you can now and sit tight and see it head for a massive bull run

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21 Things I've Learned From My First Year in Crypto (2021)

Long time lurker, first time poster. Hello!

I feel like it's time to contribute and engage a little more with the CC community, so here I am. Hi!

To kick things off, I thought I would share a great big "what I've learned so far" post. :) It's a long one FYI, you've been warned.

When I was starting out in crypto, a few substantive posts from experienced crypto Redditors were helpful to me, so I thought I would do something similar and pay it forward a bit. (Even though it still feels like I'm just starting out, as you'll see below.)

Anyway, most of this isn't rocket science or new information for y'all, but I still hope it's helpful. (Or at least, good for a laugh.) It feels good to reflect back on this crazy year in crypto, too. Maybe I'll do a Part 2 next year or something.

EDIT: Okay okay, TL;DR LOL: HODL, it'll pay off long-term. Trust yourself. Do your own research. Google that shit. Breathe. It's all just a game, enjoy the ride. Diversify. Buy the Dips. Invest smaller amounts. DCA + but have fun shopping. Track your portfolio data. Get a hardware wallet. Spread out your crypto. Coinbase blows, but get on Coinbase Pro. Tighten your online security. Taxes?? LOL. Don't compare yourself to others. Don't trust strangers on the internet like me. :) Be kind.

Preface & Disclaimers

First off, I am a HODLer, not a day trader. So my thoughts below are geared towards that approach. Bless all y'all who are more active traders. That's just not for me. Also, I'm based in the U.S., so my experience is based on that country.
I've been investing in crypto since wayyyy back in early spring 2021. LOL. That makes me some kind of crypto grandmaster by now, right? (Time works real different around these parts...)
Just kidding, I'm still just getting started. But I did give myself an intensive crash course on all things crypto in the spring and learned a ton very quickly. It was so exciting. And complicated. And nuts. LOL. This year I also experienced BTC's big ATH in the spring, the big crash of the summer (thanks, Elon and China), the turbulent fall, the new fall ATHs, and whatever the heck is happening now, LOL. Whew. So I feel like I at least have my "beginner's crypto certificate" or "baby's first dip & ATH cycle" sticker or something. Maybe? Who knows. LOL.
Many of you are much more experienced than I am. Or you have a different approach to crypto. Rock on. You're great. Keep it going. Feel free to add your thoughts and insights below. I admit I feel like I'm just scratching the surface here. But maybe some of my thoughts here will be helpful for newer folks starting out. Welcome. Either way, this is the internet and we all get to take up a little space, so here I am.
This is not financial advice, of course. Always do your own research (DYOR) and make your own decisions (MYOD?) based on your own circumstances, preferences, risk tolerance, etc. You know yourself better than any stranger on the internet. Take everything with a grain of salt. Including me.
Also full disclosure: I have not done a ton with DEXes or DeFi yet. Maybe that'll be a project for next year. For now, as a simple HODLer, I feel like I've gotten a decent handle on centralized exchanges, trading, hot and cold wallets, basic staking, following news and prices, learning about the crypto space in general, etc. And I'm getting what I need from all that for now.
I'm also not here to shill any particular coins or websites or platforms. These are just a few thoughts and ideas from my own experience so far. Again, maybe it'll be helpful for newer folks.

Okay, now on to the fun stuff!

A Quick Funny Story

Apparently I opened a bitcoin wallet back in 2011 and totally forgot about it until this year. Turns out, I never actually bought any bitcoin with it. Ughhhhh. [womp womp... cue sad trombone music]

But man, can you imagine? Even if I had picked up just a couple BTC back then on a whim, it would have been like finding buried treasure today. So... lesson learned. I don't plan to repeat that mistake again, which is why I'm putting some fiat into crypto now.

In 2030, I'll be so thankful I did. :)

(Or I'll be broke. TBD.)

General Thoughts & Getting Started in Crypto

I believe that crypto and blockchain tech will continue to play more prominent roles in society and our economy in the decades ahead. So my approach is not to "get rich quick" by investing in crypto, but to get in on this powerful emerging industry now while it's still young. (a.k.a. "get rich... eventually?") As I said above, I'm a HODLer, not a day trader. I believe us HODLers will do VERY well, given a few years and a little patience. (At least, that's the hope if you believe all the price predictions and hype). And yes, I hope that in 3-5 years or so my crypto portfolio will allow for some exciting new financial possibilities for me. I'll let you know.
Google ANY question you have about crypto. That's how I learned when I was getting started. I literally Googled everything from "what is staking?" and "how to place a limit order?" to "what's a cold wallet?" and "how to earn free crypto?" No question is too stupid (and this stuff is complicated!) There's no crypto instruction manual that everyone gets, and the terminology can be really confusing for noobs. Especially when the stakes feel really high and one mistake could cost you real money. Thankfully Google doesn't judge. Just remember that everyone has an agenda and is trying to sell you something or scam you, so take everything you see with a grain of salt.
Find Your Resources. There are lots of sites out there that share helpful articles for beginners: Investopedia, TechRadar, CNBC, CNet, MotleyFool, and even the New York Times. Some of the key crypto news sites include: Coindesk, Cointelegraph, The Block, Decrypt, DailyHodl, Glassnode, CoinMarketCap, CoinGecko, Messari, among others. And podcasts like Unchained with Laura Shin, CoinDesk's Money Reimagined, The Scoop with Frank Chaparro, The Breakdown w Nathaniel Whittemore (NLW), and others, are great as well. And of course Twitter and YouTube and all the rest. Find the resources that fit your style and needs and go to town! It takes time to absorb all the terminology and players and info, but you'll catch on quick.
Breathe. It can feel overwhelming and overstimulating when getting started with crypto. I basically didn't sleep during my first couple weeks as I went down the crypto rabbit hole. And my poor friends caught an earful from me. (Shhh, the first rule of crypto is don't talk about crypto... unless it's to everyone you know.) There's just so much. This stuff is insane and it feels like a cross between The Matrix and Alice in Wonderland and a cult and a casino and a frat house and a fart joke. So just remember to breathe. Go for a walk. Check yourself and calm your nervous system. Care for your well-being, your health, your relationships, your life. Crypto will still be there after you go to yoga and hug your kids goodnight. I feel much calmer about crypto now, but for the first couple months I thought I was going insane. I guess that's normal? I still check the prices several times a day, even when I'm not actively buying. Whyyyyy? There was a great article I saw on Coindesk (?) this summer about folks who feel addicted to crypto. It's a real thing, so please take care of yourself. Just like gambling or sports it can trigger real psychological and physiological responses. Remember to unplug once in a while, Neo. Breathe. You can't access your cold storage wallet if you're in cold storage yourself.

Playing the "Game"

Get comfortable with the roller coaster. It's all just a big game. By only investing what you can afford to lose (see below), it won't be as stressful for you when the prices crash. And they WILL CRASH. Probably again next week. LOL. It's just part of the game. I spent much of this year with my portfolio down 30-40%. So what? I wasn't going to sell, so it didn't phase me too much. By this fall, I was up again: 50% from my original investment, then 60%, then 70%. Whee. When it's down, buy the dip. It'll come back up eventually. Always does. When it's up, enjoy all the sweet, sweet dollars in your portfolio, you smart crypto daddy. Rinse, repeat.
I sometimes visualize the ups and downs like I'm riding a giant ski lift or some crazy escalator that goes up and down the hills across the countryside. When you're in the valleys, you can load up on more supplies. When you're at the peaks, you get to enjoy the view. Maybe off-load some of your bags to take a look around when you're up there, or not. It's all just a game. Up and down and up and down. Have fun with it.

Investing & Trading

You hear this a lot, I know I know, but it bears repeating: DO NOT invest more than you can afford to lose. Really. Personally, I want this experience to be exciting and fun, not stressful and anxiety-provoking. Sure, I could get bigger returns if I put more cash into crypto, but I could also be totally screwed if the market crashes and I suddenly need the money (e.g., car accidents happen, health problems arise, life finds a way, etc.). Shit happens, and I don't want to be in a bad situation financially. So when I started, I set myself a hard cap of how much I was willing to invest this year. Once I blew right past that (LOL), I set myself another hard cap, but this time I really tried to hold myself to that amount. If I lose everything I've invested, yes it would totally suck, but I won't lose my home and I could still feed myself and so on. Everything in moderation, friends. Even crypto. I know, wuuut? (Again I know everyone has their own relationship with crypto... so, you do you. But this is my approach and it works for me.)
Diversify. My portfolio is about 60-65% BTC and ETH, and about 35-40% altcoins. For me, this feels like a good balance of the "blue chip" mainstays of BTC and ETH and the more volatile altcoins with lower market caps. Just like a traditional investment portfolio, I feel like a diversified approach to crypto makes sense for the long term. You never know which alt may moon suddenly or die off, or which sector (DeFi, NFTs, smart contracts, different blockchains, etc) may do well or not. Plus who knows what news will come out next week that will light a coin on fire randomly (for better or worse). So, to balance some of that risk and unpredictability, it's good to spread things out a bit. Find the balance that works for you. In general, most of the market moves together anyway, but with diversification you can balance out the swings a bit. Again, this is not financial advice. You do you.
Buy those Dips. I like to think of it like a sale on your favorite shoes or video game or whatever you wanna buy. Why not wait for the 50% off! sale and pick up some more then? Ignore all the FUD and freaking out online and in the media that happens whenever the market drops. And don't worry too much about your overall portfolio value when it's down. No need to panic when prices crash. Or to freak out when it rebounds because you "missed the dip." All time highs (ATHs) always pull back. And dips eventually stop dipping. Patience, young padawan. Patience. Wait long enough and whatever you want (or fear) will happen. It's all part of the game. And it's a long game.
Invest smaller amounts. Don't blow your whole wad at once, Chad. I learned this the hard way this summer. The dip came, and then came again, and again, and then kept on coming. And then it dipped once more just for good measure. (So much dip. So many wads.) Whatever amount you want to put into a coin right now, cut it in half or into quarters and spread it out. Buy a little at a time. When you average out the cost, you'll do fine, even if it goes back up.
Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) is great. Yes, absolutely. But I also don't think it's very fun. LOL. Every week or every month, on a schedule, you just buy with the same $ amounts? Zzzzzzzzz. Where's the sport? Part of the fun of crypto for me is trying to grab the deals when the price dips. So personally, I prefer a kind of blended approach of DCA + Buying The Dip + Lowering my Average Cost per Coin when I can. If I know I have X dollars to spend this month on Y coin, I'll try to wait for the dips and put it in then. Or set those limit orders and sleep well. Or I might put a little less in when it's higher, and put a little more when it's lower. That kind of thing. It all averages out in the end. But by not keeping to a super strict schedule I get to have more fun along the way and go shopping during the dips. Maybe we can call it Dip-Oriented Fun Cost Averaging (DOFCA) or something. Or nah, maybe it's just BTFD LOL. Same thing.
Track your stuff. In addition to using apps like FTX (formerly Blockfolio) to keep track of all trades in one place, I also keep a few spreadsheets to track my fiat investments going into crypto. I track things like how much I've invested per month into which coins, number of coins, percentage invested in each coin, notes and reminders, etc. That way I always have an overview snapshot of how much fiat I've invested so far and where it's going in my portfolio. That helps me keep things in perspective. I also use the data to play fantasy math and estimate how much my portfolio will be worth if my coins double, or 5X, 10X, 20X, and so on, which is also fun. (It also goes without saying, do not store any of your passwords or actual account numbers or locations online with this stuff.)

Wallets & Exchanges

Invest in a hardware wallet. Like I said, I'm a HODLer, and I knew that's what I wanted to be. (Ever since I was a wee lad.) So even when I was just getting started this year, I knew I was in it for the long haul and wanted to keep my crypto safe -- especially as prices go up and I invest even more down the line. So a couple hundred bucks invested in cold storage wallets now will protect my lambo deposits in the future. It's worth it, imho. Just remember to keep it secret and safe and don't share your pass phrases with anyone or store them online anywhere.
Spread out your crypto across different wallets and exchanges. Just like diversifying your portfolio with different coins, by spreading your crypto across different locations you mitigate some of the risks should something bad happen to one wallet or exchange, etc. Keep a little on exchanges for short-term transactions and such. Keep some in hot wallets and earn that sweet staking interest. Keep your long-term stash in your cold wallets. Always keep your private keys offline and private and safe. (I'm sure folks also have hot tips about liquidity exchanges and lending your crypto out and maximizing interest and all that, too. Go to town.)
For the love of god, create brand new email addresses for any centralized exchanges or accounts you sign up for. Then do not use those emails for anything else, ever. Long story, but trust me. It's one of the many small steps you can take to improve your online security, in case your personal email addresses ever get hacked or leaked -- because you forgot to secure your MySpace or Pinterest password from 10 years ago, etc. There are many more things you can do to improve your personal online security (e.g., 2FA everything, don't use public wifi, don't share passwords across accounts, use malware scanners, VPNs, etc. etc.). Google that shit and take all necessary precautions. This is crypto, folks. It's time to tighten up our shit.
Coinbase has astoundingly bad customer service. I had heard about this as I was getting started, and they did not disappoint. I got to experience it first hand myself. And OMG, you guys, it's so bad. So, do whatever you can to protect yourself and minimize your exposure to needing help from them. Woof. Eventually things got sorted out in my case, but it literally took months. Others aren't so lucky. You've been warned.
That said, if you're a Coinbase user, get on Coinbase Pro ASAP. CB is a fine place to start, since the interface is very beginner friendly (customer service aside). But if you're going to be a frequent trader, you'll want the lower fees on CBP or on other exchanges. They add up fast. I had never used a "trading platform" before, so I was a little intimidated by the CBP UI at first, but after just a couple days of watching YT videos and reading a few articles on trading, I figured it all out pretty quickly. It's not that hard. You can, too. And you'll save a bunch of money on trades. Plus it's free to xfer coins between your CB and CBP accounts so you can use both as needed. (There are also other exchanges with cheaper fees out there, for sure. Everyone has thoughts on their favs, no doubt.) After that, Binance, Kraken, Gemini, and the other centralized exchanges are similar, if not even easier to use in some cases.

Taxes

LOL. Just kidding.
But seriously, one of the reasons I'm a HODLer and not a day trader is to avoid all the mess of dealing with the high capital gains taxes that ensue with frequent trading. Remember: anytime you sell or exchange a coin, that's a taxable event (in the U.S. it is anyway). Tracking all that seems like a nightmare. Im just not interested in that headache. (Honestly, how do y'all traders deal with that? Doesn't it cut into your profits EOY? Is it still worthwhile in the end? Genuinely curious how you still come out ahead, if you do. I think I also just saw someone post some data in this sub that reiterated how hard it is to come out ahead with day trading. There you go.)
Nor am I interested in trying to evade taxes when Uncle Sam's just going to come calling in a few years anyway. Not worth it, imho. (I know many of y'all have a different perspective on all that. This is crypto after all. More power to you!) So anyway, I'll hold at least until I pass my short-term capital gains tax thresholds (1 year, here in the U.S.), and then I might think about selling some coins as needed. [also this is not tax advice. consult with your tax advisor.] But also... if you look at coins that have finally mooned, sometimes their prices were stupid low for YEARS before they took off. So like... why would I sell any of my future moon babies just because they haven't mooned... YET? I'm not confident enough in predicting which of my alts might be the next ETH or SOL or whatever in a few years. You never know. So for now, I HODL. ;)

Keep Your Perspective

With crypto, ANYTHING can happen. And it will. For real real. Think the price of your favorite coin "couldn't possibly" plunge back down to XYZ level that it hasn't seen in months? Just wait a couple weeks. It will. (What's up, every coin in June 2021.) Or vice versa... Think your favorite coin that has been below $25 for weeks couldn't possibly spike to over $200 or more? Just wait a couple weeks. It will. (What's up, Solana.) Limit orders are great. Set 'em and forget 'em. No need to stress. Crypto is insane and fickle and unregulated and has a mind of its own. You gotta know that if you're gonna play the game.
There will ALWAYS be people who got in on BTC/ETH/SOL/whatever coin when it was below $100. Just like there will ALWAYS be people who got in at $64K or higher. Don't sweat it. It's not a race and no one is winning. (Unless lambo, obvi. LOL). Ten years from now, or even next year, you'll look back and shake your head at how cheap the prices were today. The best time to invest was yesterday. The second best time to invest is now. Keep some cash on hand (or dry powder, as the cool kids from 1812 say) to buy the dips. You'll gradually lower your average cost per coin as you go. You can't go back in time, but thanks to the dips, sometimes you can still get yesterday's prices.
Finally, know your situation and don't listen to strangers on the internet. Y'all are nuts, you know that, right? LOL. The amount of junk and FUD and shilling and hysteria is really quite something here on the interwebs. My take? Ignore most of it, and take the rest with a grain of salt. Trust yourself to know what feels right for you. You're doing just fine. Don't panic when the FUDers say "panic!" and don't gloat (too much) when you're doing well. DYOR and make choices that are right for YOU, not what us goofy Redditors say. You get to decide how to measure your own success. If you can only afford to put $10 into crypto, great! If you can afford $10,000, good for you! Don't compare your situation to others. Don't idolize the whales or look down your nose at the minnows. There will always be bigger (and smaller) fish than you. So what? Anything can happen to anyone. Oh also, please don't be a dick or take advantage of others. That's just not very nice. We're all in this thing together, and everyone's doing the best they can.

Okay that's it for now. Whew. That was a lot. And still it feels like I just barely scratched the surface. Thanks for reading all this way. Hope it was helpful for you... or at least an enjoyable few minutes.

Questions? Comments? Funny funny bits? Throw 'em down below. Let's goooooo.

In the meantime, happy HODLing. Have fun and enjoy the ride...

To the moooooooon,

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So, everyone knows that whales are investors who own large digital assets. And bitcoin whales are the owners of wallets that store more than 1000 BTC. How do whales manipulate the cryptocurrency market? The cost of a cryptocurrency is determined by supply and demand. Crypto whales have the unique ability to manipulate the crypto market to their advantage. The actions of whales can often lead to various events on the crypto market. Individuals with huge holdings of cryptocurrencies can dictate monetary policy, much like central banks and governments do in the traditional financial sector. Bitcoin whales can have a huge impact on the bitcoin market, but in practice, their influence extends to the altcoin market. The market capitalization of many altcoins is less than $ 100 million, so if a whale buys or sells a huge amount, it will have a huge impact on the market. Whether the whales are holding or trading cryptocurrency, they influence the market in one way or another. While hodling creates scarcity, active trading creates instability.

Sun Nov 28 23:13:10 2021

NYSE:GME / 70

Brother…. Just look at the ticker first of all. Then use some math to determine if it’s even remotely possible for a conservative 100%+ short interest to be covered. Next look at any of the legitimate DD behind it Look at how the public sentiment toward GME goes. And the way the media turns away from covering it. Then ask yourself howww greedy is Wall Street. How much corruption goes on there. It’s not Q anon. There is legit due diligence behind the belief that these hedge funds never covered. They maid a fucking paid Twitter promotion just to tell people that they covered. I don’t have the brain power to type out all of this stuff. But I promise you Wall Street is 100x more greedy than you could imagine.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 20:43:48 2021 SUBREDDIT : Daytrading

There Are a few things here... BBBY and that stuff is different. We are talking about why this nano sized small cap pumped on Friday. Sears may have been and probably was heavily shorted because it was a failing company but that doesn't explain what happened Friday regarding Sears price movement and how that ties in to the others. Again the volume just wasn't there to say it was a short squeeze or a large player moving. It looks way more like some random dude just trying to start a pump and dump with a few thousand dollars. Also Options markets disappear in OTC so you generally can't continue to synthetic short an OTC stock. Believe it or not, sometimes things happen that aren't related to GME. I know that's hard for people from superstonk to understand though.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 18:15:12 2021 SUBREDDIT : Daytrading

Are we talking about the delinquent OTC Sears Canada ticker or GME here? Do you understand why people call you guys the qanon of the stock world?

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 20:55:06 2021 SUBREDDIT : Daytrading

Fidelity never turned off access. In the case you’re referring to a few bargain brokers ran out of deposits with their clearing houses, and that’s sorta life, eventually everyone runs out of money. And sure man, a lot of us shorted GME when it spiked to 480. I sold my shared and immediately sold short. That’s called smart trading.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 15:23:03 2021 SUBREDDIT : Daytrading

Long story. Basically decided to join this subreddit and the Robinhood Penny sub after getting shrekt by GME and friends in January. It was fun for all of 2 weeks until the words “bond” and “inflation” were uttered. The ensuing 2-3 months had me floundering to figure out pennies in This new environment while also trying to get a more conventional portfolio I started out of the red. Eventually I got one penny play right to get my long portfolio out of the red but by that point i found myself day trading around stocks way less and investing in them more conventionally while shifting my more speculative desire to digital money. I haven’t felt like leaving these subs straight up but at the same time I have greatly shifted my investing outlook. Do still stick around in the hopes of being able to catch the next SPRT which I tragically missed but it’s tough when that’s a 1 for 5000 stock. Ultimately boring blue chips just seem to better for keeping your sanity.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 21:38:58 2021 SUBREDDIT : pennystocks

Well thats depressing News. But better News would be not being left behind on the hype. I know some of yall missed AMC and GME. $SHMP to the MOON Get that easy Money and Share the LOVE Together we get Rich February it spikes every year for some easy cash. This year more players exist. The math is simple. Its already going to bank. But with more people its going to bank more. Check for yourself you will be glad you didnt miss out.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 23:14:18 2021 SUBREDDIT : StockMarket

GME is gonna moon. Did you guys see sears up 100% again. The fuckery never ends.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 03:29:58 2021 SUBREDDIT : StockMarket

So GME go BRrrrrr

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 02:01:02 2021 SUBREDDIT : StockMarket

The crash is nigh,drop your dough into GME or hold til the crash

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 09:52:21 2021 SUBREDDIT : StockMarket

If you think funds won’t sell off GME in a real crash then you’re naive.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 16:05:49 2021 SUBREDDIT : StockMarket

Bruh, you have $3000 in savings. You can't really give advice to anyone. You also post on GME, which is pure idiocy at this point hoping for a short squeeze that will never come.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sun Nov 28 11:32:51 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

Invest in a company with a future. PayPal is dead, nobody used that trash anymore. Go with GME, they are about to revolutionize the entire financial industry with how securities, art, and digital licenses are traded when they announce their loopring partnership. It's the best video game/fintech play there is.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sun Nov 28 05:05:09 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

Saaaame. I got in during the GME craze because I realized how easy it is for us little people to get into the markets. Always thought it was for rich people.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 18:02:37 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

My first stock was GME. Lost a ton on it. But I only put in what I was okay losing, and it was mainly because I just wanted to be a part of something. In hindsight that was stupid but it got my foot in the door and since then I’ve become very into investing/trading. I’ve learnt so much. Lost quite a bit but I feel confident in my ability to get it back over time, I’ve learned from my mistakes.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 18:01:47 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

Fear is what moves everything. I predicted a crash, some call it a correction, due to fear. I have a theory that has nothing to do with corrections. When the Reddit crowd decided to bankrupt some of the largest hedge funds out there by betting on GME, NOK, AMC, and all the other shorted stocks, did they think there wouldn't be a retaliation? This is it! We made the papers then, and we ended up in the courts, but now they will try to clean us out. Our strategy should be a simple one: Do not panic. Do not sell, if you're in the red. Hold your positions. Buy the dip. Always have cash reserves to buy the dip and to day trade. Always try to make at least 5% profit each day. You'd have to read a lot each night before, but it's worth it.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sun Nov 28 05:46:43 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

I would have, but when I started I didn't have enough money. Still don't. Damn, at least I got in with GME and AMC in time

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 21:40:43 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

It’s not too late! I get more GME every pay check. The NFT marketplace is about to launch and things will be heated up over there!

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 22:25:41 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

I mean, prior to the GME bonanza, it was really more about celebrating stupid bets. You shouldn’t be looking for advice on a sub meant as a cautionary tale.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sun Nov 28 03:40:24 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

GME is launching a gas free NFT platform soon. Pretty sure this will mean you can buy and trade games digitally for super cheap. That’s not to mention collecting digital collectibles and in game Easter eggs. Pretty exciting to see where it goes

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 09:51:10 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

I knew I would. People see the GME tag and think it’s a meme stock but they haven’t done the research on what’s actually happening.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 12:54:37 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

Wtf do you have? I also started after the GME but I was up 15% before yesterday. If all your gains are gone after 2% drop just buy voo dude

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 10:58:34 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

NVDA, GOOGL, MRK, V, and GME. Google has been a bit of a falling knife for me this week, but it'll travel past 3k. I wish NVDA would go down more, I'd like to keep my basis around $300

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 17:16:29 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

GME yet again proves that is a day/swingtrading stock by pissing away its gains and allowing traders a quick 20% gain before exiting while long holders get absolutely nothing.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 13:38:57 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

all I know is GME reaches -20 beta which makes it a good hedge for a market crash. People in GME subs have posted bloom berg terminals of betas.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 14:36:40 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

>You all still call GME a "meme stock" even though none of you can disprove any of the DD presented. The DD has disproven itself over and over and over and over again for the last 10 months lmao NONE of your predictions ever come true. Y'all are crazy delusional

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 13:40:28 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

#Ban Bet Lost /u/BlitzComet95 (0/1) made a bet that GME would go to 150.0 when it was 213.72 and it did not, so they were banned for a week.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 21:18:21 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

There is a titanic battle between Bears/Bulls on going and somewhere, in the darkest, foulest corners of Reddit the GME Apes think they are making a difference

NYSE:GME DATE : Sun Nov 28 01:06:22 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Managed to sell 4 of my last 9 shares when it popped at $250 last week. I should probably count my lucky stars I’m only down a few hundred on the whole GME roller coaster.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sun Nov 28 06:48:09 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

I wouldn't call "steady at $200 for the last 12 months" growing. I mean, there are a lot of non-bag holders holding GME, but there might be quite some who bought at $300+ But there have been several good chances to get rid of them.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sun Nov 28 10:43:56 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

I'm actually surprised it never took off like GME and AMC. It had everything to be the next meme stock. A shitty business model, a decreasing customer pool, poor leadership and probably the best ticker symbol.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sun Nov 28 08:22:18 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Just you wait! The GME turn around is right around the corner!

NYSE:GME DATE : Sun Nov 28 08:52:22 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Almost everyone holding GME is green, so I have no idea what you retards are taking about.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sun Nov 28 10:58:22 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Bots and shills...I call Luxid 💩💩💩💩💩💩 Response?? What you got to say LMAO that's what I thought !!! Its 💩💩💩💩💩 ONLY GME ..THE REAL company I like

NYSE:GME DATE : Sun Nov 28 07:05:32 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

True... Although I would love to see Citadel post their GME loss porn here. Imagine them coming in showing millions of dollar losses on their shorts. They'd have instant karma.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 01:50:40 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

I only got into stocks a year ago on the GME bandwagon. Have learned a TONNE since then, but nothing more than the regular financial news shows are totally full of crap. On Friday they were all "nobody saw this coming" when WSB, not the best informed source of financial advice, had been saying the whole week that Friday was gonna be a Big Dipper.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 18:13:41 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

You must be a rookie retard!!!! Did you forget what RH did during the GME squeeze?

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 22:08:52 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Better switch over to GME, wish doesn't have a prayer

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 23:37:21 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

to Wish haters : What was making AMC and GME unique. Please all of you bastards short this stock, so I can be orgazmed with your loss

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 17:11:04 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Look at what GME has done in the last year. AMC is going to shit the bed at some point. When I cant say, but the price is ridiculous rn.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 20:17:09 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Yes, the question of “why” remains. Lightening very rarely strikes twice, and if another GME situation happens it won’t be with WISH. So “why” is this guy watching his money slowly disappear and not getting off the WISH train and moving to something else — anything else — that actually has some upward momentum?

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 18:19:33 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

The next GME is GME

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 22:21:52 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

I have conviction that Evergrande is just the beginning. Hedge with GME and go cash otherwise. By end of Jan SPY will touch 420 again.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 18:51:55 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

hege with GME... LOL that might actually be a good idea

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 19:05:59 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

That GME negative beta has a way of showing itself in times of darkness. 👀

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 05:11:22 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Hedging against market pullback by holding almost nothing but GME worked well for me last March

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 22:29:23 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Haha yes, early March 2021, when GME went from like $45 to $270 after it first went parabolic then dropped way back down and while the broader market dipped. Not March 2020. That was more than what I would call a pullback. Goddamn making my stoned ass double check charts and question what year it is!

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 05:33:21 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Before GME & WSB happened in my life, I used to invest only in gold and some cheap real estate. This hurts me as I am not boomer lol 😂

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 13:11:54 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

I don't get it. How is gold worse than bitcoin, than GME, than Tesla, than Wish for god's sake. Is it not "cool" or something

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 20:49:14 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

real estate. crypto. junk bonds. GME.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 06:08:24 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Let’s be real institutional investors aren’t going to put money in GME and junk bonds 😂😭 maybe WSB crowd but not smart money. Real estate is to hot at the moment and if prices fall you’d have to take a loss if you sell. Crypto is the only alternative since gold hasn’t moved much at all and usually when inflations runs hot gold gets expensive but we haven’t seen that yet.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sun Nov 28 02:42:51 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

GME as a hedge against falling market? LOL. How high are you?

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 11:56:32 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

GME a hedge against falling markets! 😂 Heard this BS so many times, and it is totally false. GME ALWAYS drops the hardest, on red market days. I’m long GME, TSLA, AMZN and MSFT.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 12:57:37 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

>1. GME, AMC, and other meme stocks have a negative beta and therefore serve as a hedge against falling markets I think it's a spurious correlation. There's no reason to believe it will remain that way. > These stocks remain heavily shorted, and therefore, funds that are stuck in egregious short positions have to buy to cover to get out, and potentially very quickly Potentially, but maybe they can rest easier after today. > B.1.1.529 'horrific' killer virus strain could induce this market catalyst (as unfortunate as that is to say that it came to this in order to have free and fair markets). Thoughts? It will catalyse events one way or the other, but I don't see why it would make your predictions the ones to come true.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 12:41:46 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

The January sneeze proved that collateral requirements mean nothing to the nscc. They are self-regulated/administered and they can use discretion as they see fit; I highly doubt collateral requirements cause moass. (GME) 1. I recall something about the negative beta being heavily skewed by the sneeze and not really being all that important of an indicator in this case 2. True. GME’s confirmed short-interest is a once in a lifetime chance for retail 3. They might use it as a story but the casino is derivative based and criminals are at the helm so its gonna be boom bust cycles. Not to say covid hasn’t done massive dmg to the global economy, i think globally it was ~7% contraction in 2020. With a confirmed lessening in quantitative easing (and rising inflation) +the 5th wave it makes a great narrative for the msm DRS is the catalyst GME moon soon

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 13:16:26 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

GME and AMC aren't shorted like they used to be. Beta is reflective of past performance not future, it's subject to change. If anything it's a good idea to short them if there's a crash.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 18:08:56 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Why does every fucking event in the world need to be linked with GME and AMC? Stop fucking thinking you’ll get another “squeeze” and get that retarded shit off of here. I hope GME and AMC crash so hard they become under 1B$ market cap so the sub rules will prohibit discussion about these pieces of garbage

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 18:13:03 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

AMC and GME are down just enough for people to lose money, shorts to make money, but not increase any margin requirements. Both down less then 5%….that’s not going to do anything.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 15:16:03 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Closed out my GME short today, $240 cost basis, covered at $206. Can't complain.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 18:31:33 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Only way GME will finish green tommrow is if it was listed as a crypto. Markets closed on Saturdays

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 13:06:07 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

>1 GME, AMC, and other meme stocks have a negative beta and therefore serve as a hedge against falling markets They don't and aren't >2 These stocks remain heavily shorted, and therefore, funds that are stuck in egregious short positions have to buy to cover to get out, and potentially very quickly They aren't and won't.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 18:29:34 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

And only GME and AMC are manipulated. Ducking makes me laugh.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 17:47:57 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Long time gamer here and what I've noticed across a ton of other gaming subreddits is that the GME shareholders are really pushing for people to buy from Gamestop. It has insane community support compared to this time last year when Gamestop was known for the shit company that'd rip you off on trade ins. I've always bought hardware from Amazon (I even have the prime card) and even I'm buying from Gamestop to help support a company I own. Their store and marketing has changed a lot in this past year. They have the best Switch game deals of any store this year. I wouldn't be surprised if they're selling some products at cost or loss to get people in the door. Not trying to shill it, just give perspective. Even though I own the stock I find the constant shilling cringe. That said, it may be an indicator of stronger sales and support.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 19:36:52 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Sigh. I’m deep in GME but there is an astounding lack of brains involved in this play… but they are all needed

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 18:43:13 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

RIP, now he's gonna go short GME.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 23:57:32 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Our little tart held up pretty nice… there have been the technical spikes in GME and others of the basket, looks like BaBerry wants its bass solo!

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 19:45:06 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

That's actually pretty interesting, actually. I wonder if GME might take a hit this year. Between chip shortages and console scalpers there might be low incentive to buy as many games for Christmas.

NYSE:GME DATE : Sat Nov 27 02:07:36 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Im already down 60%+ on everything except GME, whats a few more percentagw points

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 12:07:29 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

#Ban Bet Lost /u/AintNoLayUps (0/2) made a bet that GME would go to 320.0 when it was 203.5 and it did not, so they were banned for a week.

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 14:59:41 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Wait I was told GME had negative beta. What's going on?

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 14:56:48 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

Too many words to read. Should I buy more GME?

NYSE:GME DATE : Fri Nov 26 21:23:46 2021 SUBREDDIT : wallstreetbets

NYSE:CEO / 45

MBHCF - Anti-dilution efforts by the CEO, introduction of strong leadership and stellar financial results show how much they are trying to push the stock to it's limits. It's undervalued.

NYSE:CEO DATE : Sun Nov 28 10:56:55 2021 SUBREDDIT : pennystocks

The market might react, it probably won't matter though. Let's be real, there is very few CEOs of large established companies that are actually batting above replacement level. You have the Lisa Su types and then everyone else. Most execs I've encountered have trouble understanding very basic things.

NYSE:CEO DATE : Sun Nov 28 02:39:48 2021 SUBREDDIT : pennystocks

Tesla is in talks with the Quebec government to secure lithium in Quebec… Quebec Presicion has large reserves of high grade lithium. a first section has already been sold to sayona who have a deal with Tesla. the giant Newmont has already secured a stake in CJCFF. I'm in with a first position because, according to the CEO, there will be news soon.

NYSE:CEO DATE : Sat Nov 27 15:16:21 2021 SUBREDDIT : pennystocks

I dont think your math is exactly right, but I understand the gist of what you are saying, and agree. Share price going down, mkt cap went up. They did dilute a ton, and thats how that happens. Its frustrating as heck to existing shareholders. As of right now the mkt cap is about 3.15M (including an AH downtick). Its not "slimy" though. Theres this prevailing OTC mindset that any ticker that dilutes is a scam. And Ive seen people post on twitter buy this company because no dilution in 1 year! But the thing is - if a company is producing no revenue, has no assets, and is not raising capital - its stagnant /dead. Thats the scam. Dilution is an ugly way to say "raising capital" and thats what BRGO did. So thats why the mkt cap is down, but not as much as the share price. But as Ive said, they did put that capital to good use. Using it to buy 2 revenue driving subsidiaries, and this is why their revenues are growing 15x year over year. Now the bagholders dont care, and I dont blame them. But they are incorrect when they say or imply things like the company is a scam because it diluted. But I certainly get that its hard to care that the company increased their revenue 15x year over year, when you are sitting there with a sizeable loss. But it doesnt mean its a scam. So right now you have a bunch of angry stockholders dumping their shares, calling the company a scam, which is creating more dumping. And everyone is mad because the company raised money. But whats completely overlooked, is what the company did with the capital raise. They increased their revenue exponentially, and because nobody is paying attention to this and instead dumping shares under this misbelief that "all dilution = bad" ... is why Im still very bullish that the company will turn around. I do agree that dilution feels slimy because thats how you have a market cap and a share price going in opposite directions. But just because it feels slimy doesnt mean it is, and the question to determine if it is slimy is: did the company invest the capital into growth (or did the CEO buy a yacht). And BRGO did pass the test. The money went into acquisitions. That doesnt mean I disagree that its extremely frustrating to see a market cap go down less than the share price (because of dilution) or that its extremely off-putting. Theres certainly negative sentiment right now. And as Ive said, thats my long term strategy. Buy it when everyone is mad and dumping and theres negative sentiment and angry former investors dumping at a loss. Be greedy when others are fearful. Buy when theres blood in the streets (theres a few cliches that say the same thing). But thats what kind of play this is. The market cap is like half of the revenue they did first three quarters, and fourth quarter WILL be their best (Im not going to speculate to exactly what degree). Theres no way this ticker is not undervalued. But how does a stock get undervalued? Well, one way is if all the investors have been turned off and dumped in large numbers, and are now cursing the name. This certainly happened, but I do think that this sentiment (which is awful awful awful right now) misses some key context. And thats simply, yes the company diluted. Yes that sucks. But the company did do well with the money raised and bought up 2 revenue driving subsidiaries and will now have 15x-20x the revenue it did before it acquired the subsidiaries (granted it was the dilution that made that possible). Cheeers. You do make good points. Im not trying to run/hide from anything you have said. Sorry for the super long response. Have a nice weekend.

NYSE:CEO DATE : Fri Nov 26 19:24:13 2021 SUBREDDIT : pennystocks

Shopify's "Black Friday" numbers from 2020 - "Shopify Announces Record Global Black Friday Sales of $2.4 Billion" https://investors.shopify.com/news-and-events/press-releases/news-details/2020/Shopify-Announces-Record-Global-Black-Friday-Sales-of-2.4-Billion/default.aspx Fast forward to 2021- Tobi, Shopify's CEO tweet from 30 mins ago. https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1464582718361149450?s=20 "$2.9B total sales by Shopify merchants around the world this Black Friday. Simply mind-blowing. Thanks to everyone who supports independent businesses this year, and congrats to all of our merchants for a record-breaking day." Shopify has been taking more and more market share from Amazon as well. Also worth noting Shopify owns 10% of Affirm (online payment company (currently worth $38billion). Partnered and embedded into the largest companies on the planet. Walmart, Google, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube, Apple, etc..etc. Going big into distribution centers as well, along with acquiring warehouse robotics companies (and VR/AR companies to boot). Pay attention people.

NYSE:CEO DATE : Sat Nov 27 13:45:00 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

Do your think the CEO, Tom, will serve time?

NYSE:CEO DATE : Fri Nov 26 16:28:55 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

> Is that the risk level you're willing to accept, that you could see your entire investment become worthless in a single day? This is technically true of every investment ever, depending on how catastrophic the event is. For TQQQ to go to zero in a single day QQQ would need to drop 33.4%. Aside from the fact that no major index has ever fallen nearly this much, you have to consider circuit breakers. If SPY falls 20% trading is stopped for the day and the funds will rebalance overnight. QQQ and SPY have 42% overlap. Is it technically possible for QQQ to reach this mythical -33.4% before SPY reaches -20? Sure, of course, which is why it's listed in the prospectus - it's a legal thing. Is it also possible that the CEOs of every SPY company have a stroke on the same day? Sure! Are either of these things remotely likely? Absolutely not. I agree that OP should fully understand the fund before investing, but as someone who fully understands the fund, it's not unreasonable to hold long term.

NYSE:CEO DATE : Sat Nov 27 23:34:03 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

because you can go public and be CEO of a multi billion dollar company without having to do basically anything

NYSE:CEO DATE : Sat Nov 27 19:46:29 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

Depending on your time horizon, two areas of extreme growth that won't stop anytime soon are: Privacy/cybersecurity Renewable energy my picks here are: CRWD, MSFT, ENPH I've been waiting for CRWD to dip below 220. It's incredibly overvalued rn, but long term it's a no brainer. MSFT is an unstoppable juggernaut that can't seem to stop growing. ENPH has the most aggressive expansion and innovation plan out of any solar company and it's working very well for them. Their CEO is also super capable. Fundamentally overvalued, but it's growing quickly and becoming very profitable so I don't think that'll last for much longer.

NYSE:CEO DATE : Sat Nov 27 17:01:34 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

A biotech company which has not released a product to market in 40 years of existence with a CEO who uses pandemics to juice up the stock. He did it with Zika, he did it with ebola, he now does it with covid. Don't forget his "24 hours to develop" vaccine last year.

NYSE:CEO DATE : Sat Nov 27 12:25:03 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

Maybe or probably and he has obligations as CEO to serve his shareholders, his company. It's also a legal risk, potentially. And he applied for it.

NYSE:CEO DATE : Sat Nov 27 16:39:26 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

This. If you can’t smell BS, you will get fooled by a bunch of other fools. Fools can be CEOs, CFOs (who hide the BS in financials) or fellow investors who have even less knowledge than you do. Everybody thinks they have gold until you scratch off the paint.

NYSE:CEO DATE : Sat Nov 27 22:25:51 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

Both are great. I buy into both. Lucids CEO is responsible for the Model S, arguably the car that started the EV revolution (may also argue the Roadster). Polestar has been at it a while. Have more cars on the road and are also backed by a successful manufacturer (Volvo, as you point out). Both great companies with bright futures. Also both very good looking cars. Though neither have the infrastructure like Tesla does so they are dependent on the success of others like CHPT VLTA EVGO etc.

NYSE:CEO DATE : Sat Nov 27 15:45:41 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

as what I remember, polestar CEO says the electric vehicle startup is not a "Tesla killer," but GGPI stock could still provide multi-bagger returns

NYSE:CEO DATE : Sun Nov 28 09:06:48 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

Been thinking this for a while. The world is going crazy thinking about EVs and totally neglecting incumbent automotive firms. It's not as if the introduction of EVs will lead to way more cars on the road. If anything, sustainable development towards renewable energy and transportation should lead to less cars on the road. Sketch a couple of prototypes and you too could suddenly be the CEO of the worlds second largest automotive OEM by mkt cap. Smh

NYSE:CEO DATE : Sat Nov 27 15:50:40 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

You are talking out of your ass, Peter Rawlinson the Lucid CEO has stated they plan on bringing cheaper models in the future.

NYSE:CEO DATE : Sat Nov 27 15:51:28 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

I hold a lot of Disney so I feel the same way about looking for negative news. If you're interested look up their new CEO. There's some grumblings about his creative direction and die hard Disney park fans think he's a penny pincher.

NYSE:CEO DATE : Fri Nov 26 20:34:47 2021 SUBREDDIT : stocks

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Cardano Rumor Rundown November 28, 2021

Hey Everyone!

Let's go...

Newly covered today:

IOHK drops a new article on a tiered transaction fee system that would still preserve determinism. https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/11/26/network-traffic-and-tiered-pricing/
Here’s a good concise tweetstorm inspired by the Raul Pal/ Breedlove conversation about how the last 100 or so years led us here to this macro environment and crypto. https://twitter.com/JamesRothmann/status/1464305493099393028
Interesting discussion of the SundaeSwap ISO, the Scooper Model, and decentralization. https://youtu.be/94N8KXNs_as
John O’Connor drops an IOHK article on “RealFi” including thoughts on the ramifications of validated identity for uncollateralized loans in markets like Kenya and the projects in Ethiopia and Zanzibar. https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/11/25/welcome-to-the-age-of-realfi/
The Cardano dApp ecosystem maps continue to grow to silly proportions. https://twitter.com/Coin98Analytics/status/1463782688502915075/photo/1

Previously Covered but still interesting:

People are buying luxury real estate in Portugal with Cardano. https://twitter.com/danny_cryptofay/status/1451113239669092356
Over 292,000 votes were cast in Catalyst Fund 6. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1451269575140589577
IOHK announces a partnership with Bondly to create an NFT bridge so that users can move their non-fungible tokens back and forth between Cardano and Ethereum. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1451251954496180229
Interesting small thread on how further stumbles by the Chinese economy could affect the global economy which in turn might impact crypto and Cardano. https://twitter.com/i/events/1452290004433125378
Here’s a very nice overview of the Maladex Whitepaper by ADA Whale that breaks down the hidden strengths of eUTxO for DeFi including programmable swaps composability. https://twitter.com/cardano_whale/status/1451835809913470986
The Cardano ecosystem maps are getting so big and dense that they can’t even display logos for the projects anymore. https://twitter.com/Meapool1/status/1450576470133379072/photo/1
There is a report that unstaked ADA is at an all time low of under 8MM ADA. https://twitter.com/IbanxStaking/status/1451944344294883331
Check out this medium article explaining the validator underlying the Spacebudz Market. It’s very elegantly and concisely explained if you have no Haskell/Plutus understanding. It’s even more interesting if you have a tiny bit of understanding of Haskell. https://spacebudz.medium.com/spacebudz-market-71e79d1bbf34
Atala Prism named a top 50 Most Influential Project by PMI. https://twitter.com/IOHKMedia/status/1452544441005248514
Pavia Game Jam is coming. It sounds like they are looking to hire some Unity (game engine) developers and 3D artists. This produce interesting results in a few years. https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1451596816659763213
Charles is releasing some images of meetings with heads of state on his Africa tour. https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1452671287977971726 https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1452672734580838409/photo/2
There is currently ongoing discussion about the possibility of unexpected tax liability from participation in even Fair Initial Stake Pool Offerings where there are accompanying Initial Dex Offerings. There is even discussion about the potential of exploits that could amplify this unexpected tax liability for all participants. https://twitter.com/mikerogero/status/1452502065381404675 https://medium.com/@mikerogero/tax-implications-of-the-minswap-ido-on-fiso-delegators-and-the-cardano-community-4db219ea8932
We now have a memorandum of understanding with Burundi! https://twitter.com/jjtoconnor/status/1453087264461017092
Fans of certain other Gen 3 blockchains are still getting hilariously worked up when they are confronted with the Messari chart on massive VC ownership of their blockchains. https://twitter.com/TamaraHaasen/status/1452924338047496193
The new IOG stake pool delegations are out. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1453041459477819398
Cardano Fans is putting out some really good pieces posed as “Conversations with a Junior Blockchain Developer”. Very educational on the technical advantages of Cardano over other Gen 3 blockchains. https://twitter.com/matiwinnetou/status/1452911202913464328
ETH based platforms are still not faring well at NOT losing the money of users. https://twitter.com/Swag_Stakepool/status/1453392923672915968
dcSpark is making progress on the Milkomeda sidechain. ADA transitions from Cardano testnet to Milkomeda testnet now working. https://twitter.com/Milkomeda_com/status/1453421947157716992
The stark differences between being a validator on ETH and a Cardano validator are once again put on full display. https://twitter.com/evan_van_ness/status/1453133337334272000
There’s a new Djed explainer video out now from IOHK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Ozaf_aGNM&t=1s
Cardano 360 October Edition is now out and available! https://youtu.be/R0s3lPG8XDw
The crypto time traveler is back after many months of being gone (i.e. purportedly being in the future). His first prediction after returning was about big news and a crown which was later revealed to concern the health of the Queen. His second prediction was about Cardano and gigantic success. https://twitter.com/CryptoTimeTrav2/status/1452827679300849670
Charles was at the Ethiopian Ministry of Education today. He reports that the onboarding of the five million students is on track. https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1453697314187534343
The Ministry of Finance of Ethiopia has posted pics of the Cardano team meeting with them! This is an interesting turn of events. The ministry posted about a “readiness to incorporate avant-garde technology in areas of #Agri Tech, logistics, and digitization”. https://twitter.com/MoF_Ethiopia/status/1453717850766540808
There is a new IOHK blog entry on Mithril. https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/10/29/mithril-a-stronger-and-lighter-blockchain-for-better-efficiency/
You might have missed this IOHK blog entry on how dApp certification will be incorporated into the new light wallet (I know I did). https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/10/25/new-certification-levels-for-smart-contracts-on-cardano/
The Cardano dApp Store is looking like it’s going to be amazing. Curation & certification without gatekeeping is a great solution to preserve decentralization and maintain censorship resistance. https://summit.cardano.org/sessions/redefining-dapp-discovery-bringing-dapps-to-the-mass-market
There’s also a new update on Crypto Bisons! https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/10/28/buffalo-soldiers-march-to-the-heart-of-the-blockchain/
Charles released a new AMA from Ethiopia! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5au7JEPMaM
The U.S. President’s Working Group on Financial markets has published its Stablecoin Report. No surprise: they want to regulate stablecoin issuers as insured depository institutions with federal supervisors and to curtail their affiliation with commercial entities. They also want to curtail such affiliations for custodial wallet providers. https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/StableCoinReport_Nov1_508.pdf
It turns out there are some big chain reorg vulnerabilities in ETH 2.0. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.10086.pdf But, maybe ETH has already got fixes planned? https://twitter.com/casparschwa/status/1450785316865024000
A partnership among World Mobile, IOHK, and Zanzibar has been announced! It’s a five year plan that focuses on education, eGov solutions, the Blue Economy (sustainable fisheries), replicating the Blue Economy model in tourism | agriculture | & telecommunications. https://worldmobile.io/blog/post/partnering-with-zanzibar-blockchain-hub/
Alessandro has a great idea (multi-sig) to improve NFT drops over his original model that is now used by pretty much everybody! This would help mitigate the hassle of refunds and reduce some congestion. https://twitter.com/berry_ales/status/1455473647934742530
It feels crazy that we have over 2 million Cardano wallets out there these days. Our small ecosystem has become a gigantic one. https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/3136c55b-635e-4f46-8e4b-b8ab54f2d460/page/k5r9B
The Plutus Application Backend integration process has begun! https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1455905122802864138
Pavia has revealed proposals for parcel size in their metaverse. https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1455915006395101188
Mark Stopka takes everyone to school on how “pool extractable value” can still be a thing in Cardano if dApp Developers don’t plan for designs that prevent it. https://youtu.be/0VloKsDjW70
Nami Wallet will soon support hardware wallets! https://twitter.com/NamiWallet/status/1456375916918083588
SundaeSwap has unveiled its own concurrency solution. https://twitter.com/SundaeSwap/status/1456338509870952450
A University of Virginia School of Law lecturer outlines a crypto related “hidden felony” in the Infrastructure Bill. https://www.decential.io/features/defi-and-the-digital-asset-felony-hidden-in-the-infrastructure-bill
IOG drops it’s Sustainability Report. https://static.iohk.io/green-blockchain-paper.pdf
We get a view of what can actually be built on a Pavia single Parcel and news that the Pavia Map v.2 will launch soon with wallet linking and custom images. https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1456667167680831491 https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1456523907280822273
The Plutus Application Backend (PAB) Beta has been released! Developers of Cardano dApps can now begin experimenting on the testnet! This is a big milestone! https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1456683592726233097
Apparently Cardano’s transaction volume just last month in October was double all of 2020!?! https://twitter.com/CardanoStiftung/status/1456730746861748224
Looks like Cardano (at least the logo) made the cover of the Economist?!?! https://twitter.com/cardano_whale/status/1457327848285376513
We just saw an instance of Yoroi wallet dApp Connector integration! https://twitter.com/SundaeSwap/status/1457396024822075409
We saw an all time high of +61k native assets issued on Cardano in one day recently! https://twitter.com/thinkgrowcrypto/status/1457130708300824576
World Mobile just dropped a great video documenting the IOHK/World Mobile/Zanzibar visit. https://twitter.com/WorldMobileTeam/status/1457800436501467136
It looks like Zimbabwe is looking into crypto adoption! https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1457703228192301058
Apparently, there’s a new partnership between COTI and the Cardano Foundation. Sounds like we’ll hear details on November 10. https://twitter.com/shahafbg/status/1457665945963532294
There is a Spacebudz ad running on the Nasdaq screen in Times Square right now (November 8-14). https://twitter.com/budzdegen/status/1457706024778014720
The IOHK Haskell course in Ghana will include 80 students! https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/11/05/empowering-a-new-generation-of-innovators-in-ghana/
A new Cardano NFT store has sprung up mentioning smart contract support and royalties for creators. https://twitter.com/jpgstoreNFT/status/1457548567032184832
Terra Virtua is saying we’ll have our Cardano Summit 2021 NFTs by November 10th. https://twitter.com/TerraVirtuaHQ/status/1457800095101976578
COTI is now talking about news of an IOHK Partnership to be announced on Nov. 10 in addition to the previous announcement of an announcement of the new Cardano Foundation partnership slated to be announced Nov. 10 6pm UTC. https://twitter.com/COTInetwork/status/1458129369482792967
Here’s a beautiful thread explaining how one of Cardano’s big competitor’s tps claims may be HIGHLY misleading. https://mobile.twitter.com/EdnStuff/status/1457875177052643333
The Galaxy Digital paper on Gen 3 blockchains is out. I think some may definitely take issue with their description of the capabilities of eUTxO smart contracts in the Cardano section. https://twitter.com/cardano_whale/status/1458271252993302535
The Catalyst Natives program rolls out with a COTI ADAPay challenge to develop ADAPay plugins for medium & small businesses. https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/11/10/introducing-catalyst-natives-how-any-business-can-leverage-the-cardano-innovation-engine/
The “Director of Ops” of ENS Domains runs a poll about whether or not ENS Domains or Cardano has more utility. At writing, over 30k voters had surprised him with the answer he didn’t expect.. https://twitter.com/BrantlyMillegan/status/1458268301100990467
IOHK drops a blog entry on optimizing network performance. https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/11/10/optimizing-cardano/
Looks like we’ll be getting both the PAB & the ERC-20 Converter in the “next several weeks”. https://twitter.com/DanielTetsuyama/status/1458209250950332418
In macro news that could affect Cardano and all of crypto 30 year treasury bonds went vertical, and news of the +6% inflation in the US broke widely. https://twitter.com/CaitlinLong_/status/1458507405675880452
World Mobile dropped a nice youtube AMA for us. Very interesting details came up about Microsoft Airband, Google Project X, and Project Taara. https://twitter.com/WorldMobileTeam/status/1458718340931858435
Weiss highlights that Cardano addresses participating in staking have grown by 100k in two months. https://twitter.com/WeissCrypto/status/1458845224671887362
The Cardano Summit 2021 Terra Virtua NFTs have arrived. Check your inventory if you did all the tasks in the Summit’s virtual worlds. https://terravirtua.io/inventory
Pavia dropped a more detailed roadmap with live events scheduled for the plaza in Q3 2022. https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1459246398046674945
Charles is back in Colorado and has dropped a full AMA. https://youtu.be/nnDWc6uP6gs
The November mid-month IOHK Development Update is now out! https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1459250049414799368
Seeing reports that Cardano’s 24 hour volume recently exceeded Ethereum! https://twitter.com/cardano_daily/status/1460238659098005504
We’ve seen a very nice and steady rise in transactions over the last 15 days! https://twitter.com/WillyzPortico/status/1460221046112456704
The January Haskell class in Ghana will include 80 students! https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1460259961313837058
IOHK has dropped their new article on eUTxO dApp architecture. It explains in detail a design for an eUTxO order book. https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/11/16/architecting-dapps-on-the-eutxo-ledger/
Apparently we saw over 1MM transactions in Epoch 302. https://twitter.com/ccvaultio/status/1460673461614006276
Looks like Cardano is seeing a huge amount of on-chain activity. The crazy part is this is all pre-PAB. Just wait until dApps can actually launch! Unsurprisingly, some supporters of other chains were shocked to realize they didn’t understand the difference between exchange trading volume and actual blockchain use volume. https://twitter.com/cardano_daily/status/1460238659098005504 https://messari.io/screener/most-active-chains-DB01F96B
Charles drops a short regulatory update letting us know about the proposed bill to fix the highly faulty Infrastructure Bill language and another new bill to lay out a pro-crypto comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto (including definitions for utility coins). https://youtu.be/AcBuk0zHLfU
Here’s the announcement and the bill from Senators Lummis & Wyden to fix the bad crypto language in the Infrastructure Bill. https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/wyden-lummis-introduce-bill-to-fix-broker-definition-for-digital-assets/ https://www.lummis.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/GAI21B7321.pdf
Senator Lummis reveals that she is working on a big crypto bill as expected. https://twitter.com/SenLummis/status/1461004206588968965
CIP-0030 Related to the dApp Connector has been merged. https://twitter.com/stakenuts/status/1460891981417267205
Be aware that fake stakepools are a thing! https://twitter.com/berry_ales/status/1460917711920414723
Here is the coming onslaught of Cardano dApps summed up in just six lines. https://twitter.com/DCdoso/status/1461340919731523586
Pavia says they will drop the extended land map next week and that it will include some new land types. https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1461331532069711876
The smaller “fix-it” bill that would attempt to remedy the bad crypto language in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill has now been introduced in the House of Representatives. https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/1461317078175072263
Charles says input endorsers can improve the performance of the base layer by a factor of 20-40x!!!! https://youtu.be/Lf2C4fq4ZY4?t=790
MSN.com runs a positive Motley Fool article on Cardano. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/in-the-world-of-crypto-cardano-could-be-a-real-winner/ar-AAQWzzf
The updated list of Cardano researchers now numbers 152. https://twitter.com/DIGI_StakePool/status/1462536768658542604
A new wallet has been announced. https://twitter.com/TyphonWallet/status/1462410333939658752
Charles dropped a new AMA where he mentioned very briefly that they are actually going to look into read-only UTxOs. If it’s possible to have these types of UTxOs while preserving determinism, it would be a big change since transactions must currently consume inputs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJcVEJ1a6eg Some background reading on read-only UTxOs: https://github.com/Emurgo/Emurgo-Research/blob/master/smart-contracts/Unlocking%20The%20Potential%20Of%20The%20UTXO%20Model.md
Apparently, we have surpassed 20MM transactions on the Cardano network. https://twitter.com/CardanoTech/status/1462805643874680835
World Mobile gives a peek at their aerostat hanger where they will launch balloons to connect the unconnected in Africa. https://twitter.com/WorldMobileTeam/status/1462715361015521280
Pavia has dropped some very cool images of their avatars (or at least “background characters”). https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1461713781122232327
Remember, Cardano 360 is the last Thursday of every month. That means this Thursday, November 25th! https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1462793042587443206
Jerome Powell is named to a second term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-will-tap-jerome-powell-for-new-term-as-fed-chairman-11637589600
We got another Plutus Application Backend (PAB) release today (11.22)! https://github.com/input-output-hk/plutus-apps/releases/tag/v2021-11-22
CMC is now showing Cardano native assets! https://twitter.com/matiwinnetou/status/1462902025633554444
It looks like we’re getting a block size increase and a plutus script memory increase on December 1, 2021. https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/11/22/slow-and-steady-wins-the-race-network-evolution-for-network-growth/ https://twitter.com/cardano_whale/status/1463097104331468803
Pavia has partnered with ReadyPlayerMe so that you can build your own avatar. https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1463103151893106688
Charles drops a video on the eToro user limitations. It sounds like IOHK knew nothing about this. Interacting with exchanges falls in the Cardano Foundation’s wheelhouse. It’s unclear whether the CF knew anything. He also pointed out it’s very interesting that an old line exchange like Bitstamp has decided to LIST Cardano during this same period. Charles also mentioned that they haven’t seen any regulatory activity on IOHK’s end. eToro is a relatively small source of liquidity for Cardano and there shouldn’t be much of an impact. https://youtu.be/WYQTkf8ndpY
The Pavia map is expanding on Wednesday, Nov. 24th at 1500 UTC with a second land sale. https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1463153632484941834
Charles drops a video about the Caravan moving on despite any FUD (like eToro) that temporarily emerges. https://youtu.be/IjXkP_DGRgY
The Pavia second land sale saw demand vastly outstrip supply to become (reportedly) the biggest Cardano NFT drop ever. https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1463560375442591753 https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1463547885539278849
World Mobile got some positive coverage in Tech Crunch! https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/23/world-mobile-group-bringing-zanzibaris-online-through-mobile-network-built-on-blockchain/
Looks like COTI’s Djed project has teamed up with SundaeSwap. https://twitter.com/COTInetwork/status/1463480313506668546
The minutes from the Fed’s November FOMC meeting have been published and indicate they are ready to taper asset purchases and raise rates to combat inflation. Some members felt even faster tapering than is currently planned is warranted. These are impactful revelations for crypto. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/24/federal-reserve-releases-minutes-from-its-november-meeting.html

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