for display only
Big Blue Interactive The Corner Forum  
Back to the Corner

Archived Thread

NFT: Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency Discussion

BigBlue4You09 : 1/3/2018 3:40 pm
Not sure what happened to the other thread so starting this one. Will delete if it's still here and bumped.

ETH just exploded and the current market cap for all coins is insane: $728,247,396,616

Going to be an interesting year for sure.
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 <<Prev | Show All |  Next>>
Lots of green this morning..buckle up  
Giants in 07 : 1/9/2018 11:45 am : link
.
RE: Lots of green this morning..buckle up  
mattlawson : 1/9/2018 7:24 pm : link
In comment 13780028 Giants in 07 said:
Quote:
.


what you into today?
LTC and NEO mainly  
Giants in 07 : 1/9/2018 9:45 pm : link
Also VEN, QSP, and SC.

Just picked up VeChain (VEN) this week. Strong team, many announced partnerships and a rebrand coming up next week. A steal at around $4.50 in my opinion
It's been a rough night.  
Jim in Scranton : 1/9/2018 11:16 pm : link
I am really disappointed and surprised at Cardano. I have noticed that reddit is really down on it. I am down nearly $600
RE: LTC and NEO mainly  
mattlawson : 1/10/2018 9:45 am : link
In comment 13780908 Giants in 07 said:
Quote:
Also VEN, QSP, and SC.

Just picked up VeChain (VEN) this week. Strong team, many announced partnerships and a rebrand coming up next week. A steal at around $4.50 in my opinion


very cool. NEO and LEND look interesting to me. As does DBC
I know he's 87, but did you see Buffett on CNBC?  
njm : 1/10/2018 9:51 am : link
He said he didn't know when, but he thought crypto would end badly. Said no way in hell would he short cryptocurrencies but if there was a 5 year put option that could be bought he would buy it.
Damn  
Giants in 07 : 1/10/2018 11:17 am : link
I hope you guys got out of Ripple
RE: Damn  
mattlawson : 1/10/2018 11:50 am : link
In comment 13781409 Giants in 07 said:
Quote:
I hope you guys got out of Ripple


Yeah - after it didnt get listed on Coinbase I would have sold immediately.
RE: LTC and NEO mainly  
BigBlue4You09 : 1/10/2018 2:29 pm : link
In comment 13780908 Giants in 07 said:
Quote:
Also VEN, QSP, and SC.

Just picked up VeChain (VEN) this week. Strong team, many announced partnerships and a rebrand coming up next week. A steal at around $4.50 in my opinion


VEN is in my top 3. As you can see today it exploded even with the market down. A $50 coin in the long run IMO.
RE: RE: LTC and NEO mainly  
BigBlue4You09 : 1/10/2018 2:30 pm : link
In comment 13781205 mattlawson said:
Quote:
In comment 13780908 Giants in 07 said:


Quote:


Also VEN, QSP, and SC.

Just picked up VeChain (VEN) this week. Strong team, many announced partnerships and a rebrand coming up next week. A steal at around $4.50 in my opinion



very cool. NEO and LEND look interesting to me. As does DBC


LEND is going to explode this year, $1 easy.
XRP is at the price it was a little over a week ago  
widmerseyebrow : 1/10/2018 3:16 pm : link
I got in at $0.24. If you got in because of Coinbase rumors you were getting in for the wrong reasons. 2017 4Q report is going to be interesting re: partnerships.
I hope you guys are at least taking note of Tron  
widmerseyebrow : 1/10/2018 3:18 pm : link
before you decide to buy in.
TRON’s Whitepaper Appears to Plagiarize from Filecoin and IFPS - ( New Window )
RE: I know he's 87, but did you see Buffett on CNBC?  
widmerseyebrow : 1/10/2018 3:20 pm : link
In comment 13781221 njm said:
Quote:
He said he didn't know when, but he thought crypto would end badly. Said no way in hell would he short cryptocurrencies but if there was a 5 year put option that could be bought he would buy it.


Not saying he's wrong in regards to 90-95% of them, but in the same interview he said he had zero understanding of crypto. Kind of an odd thing to admit when you're talking about certainty.
RE: RE: LTC and NEO mainly  
Giants in 07 : 1/10/2018 3:33 pm : link
In comment 13781753 BigBlue4You09 said:
Quote:
In comment 13780908 Giants in 07 said:


Quote:


Also VEN, QSP, and SC.

Just picked up VeChain (VEN) this week. Strong team, many announced partnerships and a rebrand coming up next week. A steal at around $4.50 in my opinion



VEN is in my top 3. As you can see today it exploded even with the market down. A $50 coin in the long run IMO.


I tend to think conservatively when it comes to price and even I think $50 is VERY conservative.

Especially with regulation rumors and Supreme Court rulings in favor of investors coming out of China, which was the world's biggest market before they banned exchanges last fall.

China is obsessed with the tech. Obsessed. The market will explode when they re-open trading.
The technology has a role  
Heisenberg : 1/10/2018 3:39 pm : link
Any individual coin? Hard to say. They only have value now because enough people agree they do. If they stop?
RE: The technology has a role  
Giants in 07 : 1/10/2018 3:48 pm : link
In comment 13781875 Heisenberg said:
Quote:
Any individual coin? Hard to say. They only have value now because enough people agree they do. If they stop?


If that were true, and I'll use VeChain because it's most recent, then people like Jim Breyer, CEO of Breyer Capital, wouldn't be invested in it.

Follow the institutional money.
Scroll down to Crypto - ( New Window )
anyone know anything about cloud mining  
DCPollaro : 1/10/2018 3:52 pm : link
bitcoin/etherium? specifcally hashflare.io ?

South Korea FUD really tanking the market  
BigBlue4You09 : 1/10/2018 11:08 pm : link
Yikes
The only good thing out of this is that  
Jim in Scranton : 1/10/2018 11:34 pm : link
I made over a thousand dollar profit from XRP and over $300 from Tron.
South Korea is not going to shutdown all crypto  
ij_reilly : 1/11/2018 12:02 am : link
It's too embedded in the culture and economy now, at the highest levels of government and finance. Not that I am an expert on South Korea.

I bought a tiny piece (.2) of Bitcoin on the dip, $13,085 was the price.

RE: South Korea is not going to shutdown all crypto  
widmerseyebrow : 1/11/2018 12:27 am : link
In comment 13782387 ij_reilly said:
Quote:
It's too embedded in the culture and economy now, at the highest levels of government and finance. Not that I am an expert on South Korea.

I bought a tiny piece (.2) of Bitcoin on the dip, $13,085 was the price.


Seems fairly serious.
Link - ( New Window )
RE: South Korea is not going to shutdown all crypto  
BigBlue4You09 : 1/11/2018 9:22 am : link
In comment 13782387 ij_reilly said:
Quote:
It's too embedded in the culture and economy now, at the highest levels of government and finance. Not that I am an expert on South Korea.

I bought a tiny piece (.2) of Bitcoin on the dip, $13,085 was the price.


You're exactly right. They aren't shutting down crypto, they are simply regulating shady exchanges not paying their taxes.
South Korea Is Not Banning Bitcoin Trade, Financial Regulators Clarify - ( New Window )
RE: RE: The technology has a role  
Heisenberg : 1/11/2018 9:35 am : link
In comment 13781894 Giants in 07 said:
Quote:
In comment 13781875 Heisenberg said:


Quote:


Any individual coin? Hard to say. They only have value now because enough people agree they do. If they stop?



If that were true, and I'll use VeChain because it's most recent, then people like Jim Breyer, CEO of Breyer Capital, wouldn't be invested in it.

Follow the institutional money. Scroll down to Crypto - ( New Window )


This logic simply doesn't hold. Because institutional investors are diving into blockchain doesn't mean that any particular coin has an intrinsic value or that the transactional nature of the coins will be a moneymaker in the long run. They're speculating like all of us. And they're doing it the same way they did it in the tech bubble. By getting pre-ICO prices that aren't available to guys on BBI. They'll get in at prices we can't. Make money and when it all comes crashing down it will be mom and pops and maybe dudes on this thread that lose big.
RE: RE: RE: The technology has a role  
BigBlue4You09 : 1/11/2018 9:42 am : link
In comment 13782602 Heisenberg said:
Quote:
In comment 13781894 Giants in 07 said:


Quote:


In comment 13781875 Heisenberg said:


Quote:


Any individual coin? Hard to say. They only have value now because enough people agree they do. If they stop?



If that were true, and I'll use VeChain because it's most recent, then people like Jim Breyer, CEO of Breyer Capital, wouldn't be invested in it.

Follow the institutional money. Scroll down to Crypto - ( New Window )



This logic simply doesn't hold. Because institutional investors are diving into blockchain doesn't mean that any particular coin has an intrinsic value or that the transactional nature of the coins will be a moneymaker in the long run. They're speculating like all of us. And they're doing it the same way they did it in the tech bubble. By getting pre-ICO prices that aren't available to guys on BBI. They'll get in at prices we can't. Make money and when it all comes crashing down it will be mom and pops and maybe dudes on this thread that lose big.


Oh but we can invest in ICO's, VPNs are your friend. And if people here were smart enough they'd take out their initial investment as soon as possible and let the rest ride like I did.
RE: RE: RE: RE: The technology has a role  
Heisenberg : 1/11/2018 9:48 am : link
In comment 13782618 BigBlue4You09 said:
Quote:
In comment 13782602 Heisenberg said:


Quote:


In comment 13781894 Giants in 07 said:


Quote:


In comment 13781875 Heisenberg said:


Quote:


Any individual coin? Hard to say. They only have value now because enough people agree they do. If they stop?



If that were true, and I'll use VeChain because it's most recent, then people like Jim Breyer, CEO of Breyer Capital, wouldn't be invested in it.

Follow the institutional money. Scroll down to Crypto - ( New Window )



This logic simply doesn't hold. Because institutional investors are diving into blockchain doesn't mean that any particular coin has an intrinsic value or that the transactional nature of the coins will be a moneymaker in the long run. They're speculating like all of us. And they're doing it the same way they did it in the tech bubble. By getting pre-ICO prices that aren't available to guys on BBI. They'll get in at prices we can't. Make money and when it all comes crashing down it will be mom and pops and maybe dudes on this thread that lose big.



Oh but we can invest in ICO's, VPNs are your friend. And if people here were smart enough they'd take out their initial investment as soon as possible and let the rest ride like I did.


Pre - ICOs. Like, when Facebook had their IPO and the price was 25 (I think?) lots of folks on the institutional side had already arranged deals at prices lower than 25 in exchange for earlier funding. So sure you can try and use your e-trade to get facebook on it's IPO day but the institutional guys are starting out with a profit that you can't match. This is exactly how the tech bubble worked. It's happening again. It'll pop at some point. Let's hope we all make some money before it does.
That's the only way to go, really  
ij_reilly : 1/11/2018 9:50 am : link
Take out the original investment fairly quickly and play with the gravy.

I put in a whopping $9,700 and pulled out $12,800. Bought 2 shares of Amazon and a bike.

But I just put $2,700 in on the dip. Still less than the $3100 I took out, although technically I spent the $3100.

I'm not going to get rich on crypto, but unless I do something really stupid in the future, I'm going to make some money.

I see BTC around $20K at mid year.
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: The technology has a role  
BigBlue4You09 : 1/11/2018 9:54 am : link
In comment 13782635 Heisenberg said:
Quote:
In comment 13782618 BigBlue4You09 said:


Quote:


In comment 13782602 Heisenberg said:


Quote:


In comment 13781894 Giants in 07 said:


Quote:


In comment 13781875 Heisenberg said:


Quote:


Any individual coin? Hard to say. They only have value now because enough people agree they do. If they stop?



If that were true, and I'll use VeChain because it's most recent, then people like Jim Breyer, CEO of Breyer Capital, wouldn't be invested in it.

Follow the institutional money. Scroll down to Crypto - ( New Window )



This logic simply doesn't hold. Because institutional investors are diving into blockchain doesn't mean that any particular coin has an intrinsic value or that the transactional nature of the coins will be a moneymaker in the long run. They're speculating like all of us. And they're doing it the same way they did it in the tech bubble. By getting pre-ICO prices that aren't available to guys on BBI. They'll get in at prices we can't. Make money and when it all comes crashing down it will be mom and pops and maybe dudes on this thread that lose big.



Oh but we can invest in ICO's, VPNs are your friend. And if people here were smart enough they'd take out their initial investment as soon as possible and let the rest ride like I did.



Pre - ICOs. Like, when Facebook had their IPO and the price was 25 (I think?) lots of folks on the institutional side had already arranged deals at prices lower than 25 in exchange for earlier funding. So sure you can try and use your e-trade to get facebook on it's IPO day but the institutional guys are starting out with a profit that you can't match. This is exactly how the tech bubble worked. It's happening again. It'll pop at some point. Let's hope we all make some money before it does.


Sorry, I misunderstood. Like I said, hopefully people are smart enough to take their initial investment out. Actually, smart enough to not even start with money they can't afford to lose. I don't see this thing going anywhere for at least a year.
Ripple partners with Moneygram  
widmerseyebrow : 1/11/2018 10:42 am : link
to pilot XRP.
Link - ( New Window )
Moneygram, Kodak  
schabadoo : 1/11/2018 1:44 pm : link
After seeing what happened with that iced tea company adding 'Bitcoin' to their name, I guess it makes business sense. But it's funny to see this outdated companies in the new again. I feel like Blockbuster is going to start mining Ethereum tomorrow.
Flounder  
bigbluehoya : 1/12/2018 11:55 am : link
Which coins do you like for the weekend bounce this week?
When I finally started trading  
santacruzom : 1/12/2018 12:33 pm : link
with Binance two weeks ago, I bought some of their own BNB as almost an afterthought, primarily to take advantage of the 50% discount towards transaction fees when you pay using BNB. It's since been the best performer in my portfolio.
RE: Flounder  
Giants in 07 : 1/12/2018 12:39 pm : link
In comment 13784655 bigbluehoya said:
Quote:
Which coins do you like for the weekend bounce this week?


Hard to say. I hate telling people what to buy and it's been a roller coaster of a week chart-wise.

VEN is still a good option. Bouncing between 6 and 7 for a few days, but currently sub $6. (FYI I'm heavily invested and biased, but I do the most research on coins I own so take this suggestion with a grain of salt)

As for coins I do not own that I can be objective about, Icon (ICX) and Raiblocks (XRB) dipped quite a bit.. could be a nice entry. Again, I don't do as much research on coins I don't own, but I do my due diligence on mostly everything in the top 25.

Like I said  
Giants in 07 : 1/12/2018 3:01 pm : link
Asian countries, especially China, are obsessed with the tech.


https://twitter.com/iamjosephyoung/status/951710054868135936 - ( New Window )
So this pattern of  
mattlawson : 1/14/2018 2:14 pm : link
Invest during the week, rise on the weekends - is this something g you can time? Invest on Wednesday sell on Sunday sort of thing?
FYI - South Korea confirms - no ban  
Giants in 07 : 1/15/2018 11:39 am : link
Good timing too.. Wall Street bonuses drop this week

Last year the market spiked nicely around this time
Rough day today  
Jim in Scranton : 1/15/2018 6:49 pm : link
Lots of red in my portfolio. Only Siacoin still up for me. Guys, any opinions on EthLend? It’s the second highest coins I have in my portfolio. I am getting slaughtered, down almost $400.
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: The technology has a role  
SomeFan : 1/15/2018 9:17 pm : link
In comment 13782660 BigBlue4You09 said:
Quote:
In comment 13782635 Heisenberg said:


Quote:


In comment 13782618 BigBlue4You09 said:


Quote:


In comment 13782602 Heisenberg said:


Quote:


In comment 13781894 Giants in 07 said:


Quote:


In comment 13781875 Heisenberg said:


Quote:


Any individual coin? Hard to say. They only have value now because enough people agree they do. If they stop?



If that were true, and I'll use VeChain because it's most recent, then people like Jim Breyer, CEO of Breyer Capital, wouldn't be invested in it.

Follow the institutional money. Scroll down to Crypto - ( New Window )



This logic simply doesn't hold. Because institutional investors are diving into blockchain doesn't mean that any particular coin has an intrinsic value or that the transactional nature of the coins will be a moneymaker in the long run. They're speculating like all of us. And they're doing it the same way they did it in the tech bubble. By getting pre-ICO prices that aren't available to guys on BBI. They'll get in at prices we can't. Make money and when it all comes crashing down it will be mom and pops and maybe dudes on this thread that lose big.



Oh but we can invest in ICO's, VPNs are your friend. And if people here were smart enough they'd take out their initial investment as soon as possible and let the rest ride like I did.



Pre - ICOs. Like, when Facebook had their IPO and the price was 25 (I think?) lots of folks on the institutional side had already arranged deals at prices lower than 25 in exchange for earlier funding. So sure you can try and use your e-trade to get facebook on it's IPO day but the institutional guys are starting out with a profit that you can't match. This is exactly how the tech bubble worked. It's happening again. It'll pop at some point. Let's hope we all make some money before it does.



Sorry, I misunderstood. Like I said, hopefully people are smart enough to take their initial investment out. Actually, smart enough to not even start with money they can't afford to lose. I don't see this thing going anywhere for at least a year.


Agree, if you have money to speculate and want to entertain yourself then go at it. This is all about timing the fluctuations, very much luck.
learning the lessons  
giantfan2000 : 1/16/2018 7:08 am : link
as mark twain once said "history doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes"

I played stock markets during the dot com bubble and it all seems very familiar --
it was normal for a dot.com stock to move 10-25% in a day - or if you got in an IPO a 100-500% move the day the stock went public. by early 1999 it was impossible to lose in the market if you played a dot.com stock .. but by 2000 most investors were wiped out .. I kept at trading stocks and learned how to be a trader .t

The irony is while Bitcoin and crypto currencies are exploding it is actually a great time to be trading the stock market. I can make more profits from trading weekly options of high beta stocks than any crypto currencies . I have tried to explain this to friends who are in love with crypto currencies but they won't listen

my favorite quote about investing
"Don't fall in love with an investment, no matter how sexy it is"

this is my favorite quote about bitcoin.

"Bitcoin has some of the attributes of a headless currency. Nevertheless, it has no intrinsic value ‒ not even as a collector's item because it is intangible. Nor is it a financial asset like a stock or bond because it has no returns. Its only investment value lies in the possibility of appreciation bestowed on it by those who hold it: it is an asset with no underlying."
The south korea thing is not over.  
Heisenberg : 1/16/2018 8:48 am : link
a ban is still an option, although it seems less likely.
Wow it keeps dropping  
Rover : 1/16/2018 9:58 am : link
Why?

Buy now?
Everything's on sale  
Giants in 07 : 1/16/2018 10:31 am : link
I love cheap coins
Good lord it takes a week to process a purchase?  
Rover : 1/16/2018 1:02 pm : link
On Coinbase? I had no idea.
Is that standard?
RE: Good lord it takes a week to process a purchase?  
UConn4523 : 1/16/2018 1:30 pm : link
In comment 13792450 Rover said:
Quote:
On Coinbase? I had no idea.
Is that standard?


Yup, its ridiculous.
its really the main reason why  
UConn4523 : 1/16/2018 1:32 pm : link
I'm pretty disinterested in spending more time on it. If you weren't in early you are stuck waiting for your application to go through and be verified, or you can't submit anything at all. Its a shitshow.
RE: Good lord it takes a week to process a purchase?  
BigBlue4You09 : 1/16/2018 1:39 pm : link
In comment 13792450 Rover said:
Quote:
On Coinbase? I had no idea.
Is that standard?


Credit Cards are instant but a higher fee. Worth it sometimes.

RE: Wow it keeps dropping  
BigBlue4You09 : 1/16/2018 1:40 pm : link
In comment 13791775 Rover said:
Quote:
Why?

Buy now?


January is historically one of the worst months of the year. Combined with the Korean FUD and an ultra bullish market lately, this isn't a huge surprise. Just hold tight, buy some sales!
RE: Rough day today  
BigBlue4You09 : 1/16/2018 1:42 pm : link
In comment 13791177 Jim in Scranton said:
Quote:
Lots of red in my portfolio. Only Siacoin still up for me. Guys, any opinions on EthLend? It’s the second highest coins I have in my portfolio. I am getting slaughtered, down almost $400.


It's my #1 so I feel your pain big time. Luckily I sold a bunch at the ATH so I can sit tight and not worry. It's too good of a project, it will certainly hit $1 this year in my opinion.
RE: RE: Wow it keeps dropping  
Giants in 07 : 1/16/2018 2:39 pm : link
In comment 13792571 BigBlue4You09 said:
Quote:
In comment 13791775 Rover said:


Quote:


Why?

Buy now?



January is historically one of the worst months of the year. Combined with the Korean FUD and an ultra bullish market lately, this isn't a huge surprise. Just hold tight, buy some sales!


+1

Luckily for me, NEO and VEN have weathered this bloodbath quite nicely but the same can't be said for the rest of the market. Hold on everyone! This needs to happen every so often!
Siacoin is still the only  
Jim in Scranton : 1/16/2018 2:43 pm : link
green in my portfolio, but it’s not at a $2.28 profit now LOL.

I think you can use a credit card on Bitstamp, but the fees are even worse than Coinbase.
*now  
Jim in Scranton : 1/16/2018 2:44 pm : link
.
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 <<Prev | Show All |  Next>>
Back to the Corner