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Google Trends Sees ‘Bitcoin Iran’ Surge 4,500% on Safe Haven Narrative
8.1.2020
Google search interest in both Bitcoin and its relationship to Iran has exploded this week, but analysts remain skeptical
Bitcoin as Safe Haven Narrative is Tested Again After U.S. Strike in Iran
3.1.2020
The remains of a vehicle hit by missiles outside the Baghdad Airport. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Guardian News
The popular oft-debated narrative of Bitcoin (BTC) as a safe haven is being tested yet again, following the U.S. strike in Iran.
Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head...
Why Double Spends on BCH Are Not the Same as Replace-By-Fee Fraud
3.1.2020
When it comes to creating a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, accepting zero confirmation transactions becomes critically important. When a model’s main aim is to “just hodl” or push an isolated store of value narrative, important concerns like double spending can take a back...
Mind-Bending Narrative Shifts in 2019
19.12.2019
When it comes to crypto, narrative shifts represent shifts in mindshare. The most significant narrative of 2019? Digital currency wars
Why Tokenized Projects Are Building on Bitcoin
20.11.2019
Bitcoin is something you hodl. Ethereum is something you build on. At least that has long been the official narrative, with projects favoring dedicated smart contract networks over Bitcoin for spinning out dapps and second layer solutions. Like all crypto narratives, however, this one has started...
Governments Viewing Crypto as a Threat Will Be Left Behind
18.11.2019
In recent commentary at a New York blockchain conference, IRS Criminal Investigation Chief John Fort said the agency is now turning its focus to crypto ATMs and kiosks, as well as American users of foreign exchanges. While the continued push to regulate crypto is no surprise, the general narrative...
'Bitcoin is a Safe Haven' Narrative Got into Trouble - Analysts
13.11.2019
Recent developments in global traditional markets and bitcoin's (BTC) moves complicate the narrative that the price of the most popular cryptocurrency benefits from safe haven capital flows, crypto market analysis firm Coin Metrics said.
“Recent firmness in macroeconomic indicators confirm that...
Why the Maximalist Narrative of Just Hodl and Wait Is Unsustainable
10.10.2019
It’s encountered all over the crypto space these days — the idea that the only correct way to “Bitcoin” is to hold and not spend, and to desperately lash out on crypto Twitter at anyone who thinks differently. But what ever happened to Satoshi’s original call for...
‘Bitcoin Is Digital Gold’ Narrative Still Unproven, Warns Expert Trader
12.9.2019
Newbie Bitcoin and crypto traders should stick to swing trading instead of trying to day trade, says a veteran trader
Big Banks Enabled Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Trafficking Crimes
13.8.2019
Unlike the unfounded narrative that cryptocurrency enables crime, big banks are more than happy to serve unsavory clients if it is lucrative enough for them. The latest example of this is a report that Jeffrey Epstein was apparently using his bank accounts to fund sex trafficking and possibly other...
Bitcoin Bulls Pushing a New Narrative - BTC at USD 100,000
24.6.2019
After bitcoin expectedly breached the USD 10,000 level this past weekend and started to playing with USD 11,000, more bitcoin bulls are looking for the new inspiration as FOMO (fear of missing out) "is already in the air."
First, right after bitcoin jumped above USD 10,000, professional career...
Report Insists ‘Bitcoin Was Not Purpose-Built to First Be a Store of Value’
7.6.2019
There’s been furious debate over the last few years on whether or not Satoshi created Bitcoin to be a peer-to-peer cash system or a purpose-built store of value. Lately, a few BTC proponents claim that Satoshi deliberately built Bitcoin to be a store of value (SoV). Despite the SoV narrative...
Honest Nodes Spoiling a Theft Attempt Is Not a 51% Attack, BCH Devs Detail
27.5.2019
A number of Bitcoin Cash detractors and media publications have recently been spreading a false narrative that the BCH network was ‘51% attacked.’ In reality, however, honest nodes used their hashrate to stave off attacker nodes that were attempting to steal funds on the network. Also...