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Even china's crypto-brothers bobby and charlie lee don't entirely agree on scaling bitcoin


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Next week in hong kong (6-7 december) some of the biggest players involved in bitcoin will try to reach agreement on how to shape the cryptocurrency to successfully meet mainstream adoption in the future.


A major point of contention is the size of the blocks in which bitcoin transactions are batched, on average every 10 minutes by the network. This is currently limited to 1MB. Put in the simplest terms, increasing blocksize is a necessary part of the scaling up of bitcoin to become comparable to the sort of transaction capabilities of other payment systems.


The second scaling bitcoin workshop hopes to move the debate closer to consensus on how best to increase bitcoin's capacity, in particular because most of the chinese bitcoin mining industry will be represented at the event - a factor missing from the first meet-up which happened earlier this year in montreal.


Ibtimes UK spoke to brothers bobby and charlie lee, an apt pair of ambassadors for the event, and for bitcoin in general.


Bobby lee is CEO of BTCC, which could be described as a bitcoin conglomerate in that it combines one of the longest running exchanges with a bitcoin mining operation that accounts for some 14% of total hash power, as well as wallets and payments. Most recently it introduced vertical integration between these services.


Charlie lee is the inventor of litecoin, a highly successful cryptocurrency sometimes described as the silver to bitcoin's gold. Charlie is also chief engineer at coinbase, the bitcoin exchange, wallet and payment API giant based in san francisco.


Bitcoin blocksize debate


Altering the mechanics of bitcoin involves so many variables, nuances and complete unknowns, that even the brothers don't entirely agree on the potential effects. Bobby is in favour of bitcoin improvement proposal 100 (BIP100), which advocates a moderate increase in blocksize over time, and allows the miners which create the blocks to vote to increase them on a rolling basis.


Charlie thinks BIP100 is better than BIP101, but thinks it still has some issues. BIP101 pushed a more aggressive increase in blocksize, raising the limit to 8MB, increasing by 40% every two years in tandem with future growth of CPU power, storage and bandwidth. BIP101 was not popular with china's bitcoin miners because of the county's limited bandwidth.


Even bobby and I don't totally agree on this, right. It's hard to find consensus on this and that's why this issue has been going on for so long.


Bobby lee said: "my company BTCC actually came out publicly to support BIP100. The difference in the two proposals is very technical in nature. It has to do with how often the blocksize gets increased and whether human intervention is involved or whether it goes up automatically.


"I'm not too worried about which one eventually gets implemented. I have a firm belief our community will come together and implement the right solution that will us to grow and for bitcoin to be more popular."


Charlie lee added: "some people do think that we need to play a lot more conservative. So increasing blocksize could potentially lead to a path of more centralisation and a lot of problems that could hurt the bitcoin network. So it's better if you play it safe. So I am kind of in that camp. I think that if you increase the blocksize too much, too quickly, it could potentially destroy bitcoin, with it becoming too centralised or the security suffering.


"so it's a contentious question. What's the right answer? Hopefully at this conference people are coming with proposals, having run some numbers to back up claims about proposals. I'm looking forward to see what people have come up with."


While both brothers are conservative about blocksize increase, they come at it from slightly different angles. Charlie is more concerned about larger blocksize decreasing security, while bobby is concerned about blocksize bloat causing individuals to no longer be able to run bitcoin nodes, which would also decentralise a crucial part of the network.


"even bobby and I don't totally agree on this, right. It's hard to find consensus on this and that's why this issue has been going on for so long," said charlie.


Bobby added: "I would say it's a glass half empty/half full. We are not in disagreement. I think it's very nuanced, very technical in nature - there's not any significant disagreement. It's like, do you think the internet should grow faster or do you think it should grow bigger? I think these nuances are very little in the great scheme of things.


"don't see this conference as a contentious war or anything. I think the conference is a milestone in the development of bitcoin. Now that bitcoin is turning seven it needs new clothing, it needs new tools to help it get to the whole world, and that's what the scaling bitcoin conference is about: extending some of the performance and also removing some of the inherent bottlenecks in the current version as it goes into adolescence and adulthood.


"it equates to the early days of the internet when all the countries got together and said, now that we are going to extend the internet to every country, how do we go about the assignment of domain names, IP addresses and so on?"


Lightening network


In addition to the immediate fate of blocksize, other important issues to be talked over include payment layers on the bitcoin network; a way to relieve the main chain of smaller transactions – the example often given is payment for a cup of coffee.


Charlie said: "I think something like the lightening network could play a big role in the future. It will take more technical development to fully flesh out the concept and implement it. For the layperson, basically it's a network that's on top of bitcoin that allows for instantaneous transactions and allows for more transactions than the bitcoin network can provide.


"if you compared the internet to the bitcoin network, the lightening network would be maybe like a local wi-fi network. You can have computers on the wi-fi network and it doesn't matter that your internet bandwidth might be really like a modem speed, you can still communicate with each other on the wi-fi network really quickly.


"it's kind of like that. It's not fully analogous. But it's something built on top of the bitcoin network so you can communicate between yourselves really quickly. Today, at this stage the wi-fi network has not been fully developed yet, so people are saying let's just make the internet bigger and faster. But there are downsides to that, so some people are pushing for the wi-fi network that can handle more transactions and more instant transactions and leave the internet, or the bitcoin network, as it is."


Blockpriority


BTCC recently announced vertical integration between its vast mining operation and other services to prioritise its customers' transactions. BTCC said blockpriority will save its customers having to wait for their transactions to be processed. As such, blockpriority is also a means of "mitigating potential impact to BTCC customers from the lack of progress on blocksize increases".


Bobby said of the new service: "essentially it's the next level of blockchain services, in the sense that we have an asset which is a mining pool, and by having a mining pool we are able to confirm many of the blocks in each day. Each day there's roughly 144 block confirmations per day and with the blockpriority service we are able to offer customers an advantage in confirming their transactions for a lower fee or for no fee.


"this is one of the value-added services we offer our customers. I mean it is what it is. I don't think anyone complained about it. If anything this is very innovative, people are applauding us for this innovation."


Centralisation


On the topic of creeping centralisation of mining pools possibly weakening the integrity of bitcoin, bobby said: "people ask, if miners get together aren't they essentially centralising bitcoin? My opinion is that's actually a false worry.


"even if there are, let's say, three or four cartels of large miners such that they control a large portion of the hashing power of the bitcoin network - that is actually not centralisation. True centralisation is basically the 'old boys club', where no one else can go in and participate.


"for example, the production of oil - that is centralised in the sense that opec, saudi arabia and those countries produce the majority of the oil and they control the prices. Whereas with bitcoin, even if there is, let's say, an opec - a large portion of a group of miners that have a large hash rate - the reality is that anyone is free to invest money to develop chips and computers to create the hashing power to join the mining race.


"in that sense it's never beyond anyone to do it, because bitcoin is open in that sense. In other words you do not need a licence or pre-approval from any authority or existing incumbent to participate in bitcoin mining. Anyone can come in at any time. The more horse-power, the more capital you bring, naturally the larger the reward and percentage of the hashing power you have.


"say you approach 49% and people fear a 51% attack. At that point anyone else who is concerned can add more horse power and more computing power to increase that mining share, reducing your 49% back down to a lower level."


BIP100, which finds favour from the mining community, was proposed by core bitcoin developer and CEO of bloq jeff garzik. He told ibtimes UK: "on BIP100, it seems to fall on familiar lines. Miners in particular like BIP100, which is unsurprising. BIP100 can be summarized as 'miner voting with training wheels, one vote every 10 minutes for three months'. Miners vote where they would prefer the blocksize to be.


"some of the objections are largely that BIP100 puts too much control in the hands of miners. That's understandable, but misguided: one, because miners are paid in bitcoin, which aligns them with users' interests; and, two, there are 1MB and 32MB min and max limits remaining. Users must vote – hard fork – to go beyond 32MB."



Even china's crypto-brothers bobby and charlie lee don't entirely agree on scaling bitcoin


Crypto brothers


Next week in hong kong (6-7 december) some of the biggest players involved in bitcoin will try to reach agreement on how to shape the cryptocurrency to successfully meet mainstream adoption in the future.


A major point of contention is the size of the blocks in which bitcoin transactions are batched, on average every 10 minutes by the network. This is currently limited to 1MB. Put in the simplest terms, increasing blocksize is a necessary part of the scaling up of bitcoin to become comparable to the sort of transaction capabilities of other payment systems.


The second scaling bitcoin workshop hopes to move the debate closer to consensus on how best to increase bitcoin's capacity, in particular because most of the chinese bitcoin mining industry will be represented at the event - a factor missing from the first meet-up which happened earlier this year in montreal.


Ibtimes UK spoke to brothers bobby and charlie lee, an apt pair of ambassadors for the event, and for bitcoin in general.


Bobby lee is CEO of BTCC, which could be described as a bitcoin conglomerate in that it combines one of the longest running exchanges with a bitcoin mining operation that accounts for some 14% of total hash power, as well as wallets and payments. Most recently it introduced vertical integration between these services.


Charlie lee is the inventor of litecoin, a highly successful cryptocurrency sometimes described as the silver to bitcoin's gold. Charlie is also chief engineer at coinbase, the bitcoin exchange, wallet and payment API giant based in san francisco.


Bitcoin blocksize debate


Altering the mechanics of bitcoin involves so many variables, nuances and complete unknowns, that even the brothers don't entirely agree on the potential effects. Bobby is in favour of bitcoin improvement proposal 100 (BIP100), which advocates a moderate increase in blocksize over time, and allows the miners which create the blocks to vote to increase them on a rolling basis.


Charlie thinks BIP100 is better than BIP101, but thinks it still has some issues. BIP101 pushed a more aggressive increase in blocksize, raising the limit to 8MB, increasing by 40% every two years in tandem with future growth of CPU power, storage and bandwidth. BIP101 was not popular with china's bitcoin miners because of the county's limited bandwidth.


Even bobby and I don't totally agree on this, right. It's hard to find consensus on this and that's why this issue has been going on for so long.


Bobby lee said: "my company BTCC actually came out publicly to support BIP100. The difference in the two proposals is very technical in nature. It has to do with how often the blocksize gets increased and whether human intervention is involved or whether it goes up automatically.


"I'm not too worried about which one eventually gets implemented. I have a firm belief our community will come together and implement the right solution that will us to grow and for bitcoin to be more popular."


Charlie lee added: "some people do think that we need to play a lot more conservative. So increasing blocksize could potentially lead to a path of more centralisation and a lot of problems that could hurt the bitcoin network. So it's better if you play it safe. So I am kind of in that camp. I think that if you increase the blocksize too much, too quickly, it could potentially destroy bitcoin, with it becoming too centralised or the security suffering.


"so it's a contentious question. What's the right answer? Hopefully at this conference people are coming with proposals, having run some numbers to back up claims about proposals. I'm looking forward to see what people have come up with."


While both brothers are conservative about blocksize increase, they come at it from slightly different angles. Charlie is more concerned about larger blocksize decreasing security, while bobby is concerned about blocksize bloat causing individuals to no longer be able to run bitcoin nodes, which would also decentralise a crucial part of the network.


"even bobby and I don't totally agree on this, right. It's hard to find consensus on this and that's why this issue has been going on for so long," said charlie.


Bobby added: "I would say it's a glass half empty/half full. We are not in disagreement. I think it's very nuanced, very technical in nature - there's not any significant disagreement. It's like, do you think the internet should grow faster or do you think it should grow bigger? I think these nuances are very little in the great scheme of things.


"don't see this conference as a contentious war or anything. I think the conference is a milestone in the development of bitcoin. Now that bitcoin is turning seven it needs new clothing, it needs new tools to help it get to the whole world, and that's what the scaling bitcoin conference is about: extending some of the performance and also removing some of the inherent bottlenecks in the current version as it goes into adolescence and adulthood.


"it equates to the early days of the internet when all the countries got together and said, now that we are going to extend the internet to every country, how do we go about the assignment of domain names, IP addresses and so on?"


Lightening network


In addition to the immediate fate of blocksize, other important issues to be talked over include payment layers on the bitcoin network; a way to relieve the main chain of smaller transactions – the example often given is payment for a cup of coffee.


Charlie said: "I think something like the lightening network could play a big role in the future. It will take more technical development to fully flesh out the concept and implement it. For the layperson, basically it's a network that's on top of bitcoin that allows for instantaneous transactions and allows for more transactions than the bitcoin network can provide.


"if you compared the internet to the bitcoin network, the lightening network would be maybe like a local wi-fi network. You can have computers on the wi-fi network and it doesn't matter that your internet bandwidth might be really like a modem speed, you can still communicate with each other on the wi-fi network really quickly.


"it's kind of like that. It's not fully analogous. But it's something built on top of the bitcoin network so you can communicate between yourselves really quickly. Today, at this stage the wi-fi network has not been fully developed yet, so people are saying let's just make the internet bigger and faster. But there are downsides to that, so some people are pushing for the wi-fi network that can handle more transactions and more instant transactions and leave the internet, or the bitcoin network, as it is."


Blockpriority


BTCC recently announced vertical integration between its vast mining operation and other services to prioritise its customers' transactions. BTCC said blockpriority will save its customers having to wait for their transactions to be processed. As such, blockpriority is also a means of "mitigating potential impact to BTCC customers from the lack of progress on blocksize increases".


Bobby said of the new service: "essentially it's the next level of blockchain services, in the sense that we have an asset which is a mining pool, and by having a mining pool we are able to confirm many of the blocks in each day. Each day there's roughly 144 block confirmations per day and with the blockpriority service we are able to offer customers an advantage in confirming their transactions for a lower fee or for no fee.


"this is one of the value-added services we offer our customers. I mean it is what it is. I don't think anyone complained about it. If anything this is very innovative, people are applauding us for this innovation."


Centralisation


On the topic of creeping centralisation of mining pools possibly weakening the integrity of bitcoin, bobby said: "people ask, if miners get together aren't they essentially centralising bitcoin? My opinion is that's actually a false worry.


"even if there are, let's say, three or four cartels of large miners such that they control a large portion of the hashing power of the bitcoin network - that is actually not centralisation. True centralisation is basically the 'old boys club', where no one else can go in and participate.


"for example, the production of oil - that is centralised in the sense that opec, saudi arabia and those countries produce the majority of the oil and they control the prices. Whereas with bitcoin, even if there is, let's say, an opec - a large portion of a group of miners that have a large hash rate - the reality is that anyone is free to invest money to develop chips and computers to create the hashing power to join the mining race.


"in that sense it's never beyond anyone to do it, because bitcoin is open in that sense. In other words you do not need a licence or pre-approval from any authority or existing incumbent to participate in bitcoin mining. Anyone can come in at any time. The more horse-power, the more capital you bring, naturally the larger the reward and percentage of the hashing power you have.


"say you approach 49% and people fear a 51% attack. At that point anyone else who is concerned can add more horse power and more computing power to increase that mining share, reducing your 49% back down to a lower level."


BIP100, which finds favour from the mining community, was proposed by core bitcoin developer and CEO of bloq jeff garzik. He told ibtimes UK: "on BIP100, it seems to fall on familiar lines. Miners in particular like BIP100, which is unsurprising. BIP100 can be summarized as 'miner voting with training wheels, one vote every 10 minutes for three months'. Miners vote where they would prefer the blocksize to be.


"some of the objections are largely that BIP100 puts too much control in the hands of miners. That's understandable, but misguided: one, because miners are paid in bitcoin, which aligns them with users' interests; and, two, there are 1MB and 32MB min and max limits remaining. Users must vote – hard fork – to go beyond 32MB."



Defiant winklevoss brothers expand crypto offering: “we can weather this downturn”


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When the world first learned that tyler and cameron winklevoss were bitcoin bulls, the cryptocurrency that started it all was having a horrible day, having collapsed by 60% from what was then an all-time high of $266 down to a measly $120, according to a 2013 new york times report. The winklevoss brothers then valued their holdings at around $11 million.


Today, bitcoin’s forecast is hardly any better; it has lost 80% of its total value, down from its all-time-high of $19,000 to about $3,500 today. But it’s that relative price increase of 2,800%—and a number of other milestones—that the brothers think shows they’re on the right path.


So, instead of holing up their forces for a brighter day, tyler and cameron now employ more people than ever and just moved to some fancy new park avenue offices. Instead of giving up after multiple failed attempts to get a bitcoin ETF license from the securities and exchange commission (SEC), the brothers have changed tack and are launching their first mobile application and a new basket of cryptocurrencies.


While the crypto industry is in many ways in retreat, the winklevoss brothers are digging in.


“we can weather this downturn,” said gemini president, cameron winklevoss.


The brothers say the mobile app is part of an expanded focus that has been in the works for months. In addition to letting existing customers set alerts and make purchases in any of gemini’s five cryptocurrencies, the mobile app, which is available in apple’s app store and google play, lets new users initiate know-your-customer proceedings, including facial recognition and other biometric proofs using the mobile device camera.


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Also announced today, gemini has launched the cryptoverse basket, an investment vehicle available in the mobile app that consists of a mixture of bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, zcash, and the recently added bitcoin cash—all of which have been added with approval by the new york department of financial services (NYDFS)—weighted by market cap.


To give an idea of exactly how rough the cryptocurrency market is that the brothers are launching these products into, the overall market cap has declined from its peak of $817 billion in january 2018 to $110 billion today. Collectively, the market caps of all five of the cryptocurrencies gemini now trades have declined about 78% from about $356 billion in december 2018 to $75 billion today.


Nevertheless, the brothers remain undaunted, focusing steadfastly on their belief that the underlying blockchain technology will lay the foundation for a new, less-centralized financial infrastructure.


“for many years when we were building gemini, price wasn’t a thing. Bitcoin was a $200 coin,” said cameron. “then, last year is actually an anomaly, and almost, you could argue, a distraction.” while a representative of gemini declined to share how much cryptocurrency the brothers currently owned, or even if they owned any, in 2016 they confirmed they had a “material” stake in ether, according to a coindesk report.


The launch of the gemini mobile app may seem like a long-overdue achievement, given that U.S. Competitors like coinbase and kraken launched their mobile apps in october 2013 and september 2014, respectively. But gemini has been focused largely on building out a financial infrastructure targeting institutions first, trusting a more organic approach in order to attract retail investors.


To give some perspective, while coinbase received its banking charter only in october 2018 and kraken still operates without a charter, which limits the kinds of business it can legally conduct, gemini won its charter from the NYDFS all the way back in october 2015. Following multiple failed attempts to obtain another license from the SEC to offer a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF), the launch of a mobile app signals an expanded interest in specifically targeting retail investors.


“you’re going to see that the product story and the individual customer narrative is going to be a bigger part of 2019,” said tyler winklevoss, gemini’s chief executive officer, who joined his brother, speaking with forbes at the company's new three-floor offices. Gemini declined to share customer numbers, but to give an idea of growth, the firm has doubled in size over the past year, according to a representative, and employs almost 200 people at the new 50,000-square-foot location.


While such a hiring trajectory flies in the face of developments at some crypto firms like ethereum incubator consensys, which has had difficulty over the downturn and plans to lay off as much as 13% of its staff, it aligns with a glassdoor report that showed a 300% increase in crypto jobs year over year. The blockchain-focused web3 foundation, tells forbes it doubled its staff this quarter exclusively with crypto-related hires and will continue to make key hires into next year.


“while some capital might be leaving the market,” cameron acknowledged, “the human capital is really impressive, and it’s long-term capital. People don’t make decisions to enter crypto on a month-to-month or price-to-price basis.”



Winklevoss twins expand crypto exchange into UK


The brothers' gemini trust company will offer UK customers the ability to buy products and services with bitcoin using their debit cards


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The winklevoss twins, who famously claimed mark zuckerberg swiped their idea to create facebook, have expanded their cryptocurrency exchange into the UK.


Cameron and tyler winklevoss have received an electronic money licence from the financial conduct authority (FCA) to introduce their gemini trust company into the british market.


Customers will be able to buy products and services with bitcoin by using their debit cards.


Investors will also be able to buy crypto using sterling directly from their bank accounts without paying foreign exchange fees through bank payments systems like SWIFT or CHAPS.


The story of the winklevoss twins, who were contemporaries of zuckerberg while studying at harvard, was immortalised in david fincher’s 2010 hit movie the social network. The twins received a $65m settlement for their involvement in the creation of facebook.


Gemini said its approval from the FCA reflected its “ethos” of working with regulators and “asking for permission, rather than forgiveness”.


“the UK has been a significant, global financial hub for centuries,” the company said.


“it is a pioneer in both financial innovation and regulation. We’re proud to help usher the crypto revolution into this historic market and become a part of its rich tradition.”


Gemini said it abided by “high regulatory standards” to safeguard customers funds and protect their privacy.


Bitcoin is widely considered to be the pre-eminent cryptocurrency since it was launched in 2009 by the mysterious satoshi nakamoto. The currency has endured massive fluctuations in price over the years reaching highs of as much as $10,000 (£7,730) in 2017. However, it corrected down as far as $5,000 shortly after the markets crashed and has been recovering steadily since, before reaching $12,000 in august. It has since moderated back down to just in excess of $10,000.


The winklevoss twins were among its earliest investors, pumping $10m into the currency in 2012, with the investment tripling in value within a year.


The 39-year old pair claim that its business will offer secure protection against fraud and money laundering but will be going up against a series of other players in the european market.


In august, the FCA also gave crypto exchange archax the green light to operate in britain.


Facebook itself is also investing heavily in developing its own libra cryptocurrency. The social media giant had planned to launch it within the first half of this year but regulators across the world have raised significant concerns with the currency.


In september of last year, france finance minister bruno le marie urged europe to ban libra, claiming it would undermine the "monetary sovereignty" of governments. Despite the criticism, facebook remains committed to the project.


Speaking of facebook's currency last year, cameron winklevoss said that they needed to be "frenemies" or friendly enemies with zuckerberg.



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Possible drop for ETH-USDT incoming?


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ETH continues to stay within the upward channel but looks to be losing steam. The RSI below shows a lack of follow through from the bulls. I wouldnt be surprised to see ETH testing the 120 – 130 dollar range over the next few days.


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ICX-USDT: possible inverse head and shoulders


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Measured move from the head to the neckline matches with the 1.618 fibonacci extension from the low of the head back to the neckline and down to the bottom of the right shoulder.


Volume for the possible inverse head and shoulders looks to validate the pattern as you can see, the volume in the head is the highest volume spike in the pattern.


In order for the inverse H&S to complete we will need to see some strong volume kick in as the price actions breaks above the neckline.


Bitcoin – what if…


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Bitcoin update: 12/18/18


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Will be interesting to see how the next few days play out. Right now I’m looking to see if the wave 4 plays out up around 4k. If the wave 4 hits the 3.9-4k region, we could see a move down towards 2.5k as shown in the chart above. Will continue to monitor BTC .



How the winklevoss twins store their crypto fortune


The winklevoss twins, who became bitcoin's first billionaires, have devised a novel solution to store their crypto fortune. (see more: winklevoss twins are bitcoin's first billionaires.)


In a new york times interview last year, they detailed how their approach to secure private keys, which control access to bitcoin, provided a blueprint for their exchange platform gemini’s security architecture. Gemini platform is one of the few first certified and regulated cryptocurrency exchanges in the world and is obliged to protect customer assets.


There were not many online wallets and exchanges back when the winklevoss brothers began investing in cryptocurrencies. Those that did exist were prone to hacks.


To protect their bitcoin holdings, the brothers distributed snippets of a printout of their private keys across multiple safe deposits around the united states. This ensured that even if thieves got their hands on a fragment of the private key, the others would still be outside their reach. (see also: what are the safest ways to store your bitcoin?)


According to the times article, the winklevoss twins have used a similar approach in gemini. “getting into the company’s wallets requires multiple signatures from cryptographically sealed devices that were never linked to the internet," they explained. This approach has attracted investors to their exchange. The times article quotes a managing partner at a virtual currency hedge fund as saying that gemini is one of the few exchanges he trusts as a platform.


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To be sure, the exchange’s approach does not absolve bitcoin owners from their responsibility of ensuring safety for their keys. However, it significantly lessens the chances of gemini being hacked. In addition to volatile price swings for cryptocurrencies and outages, security has emerged as another significant problem for exchanges.


Over the years, numerous incidents of hacking and compromises in security have had a detrimental effect on the cryptocurrency ecosystem's reputation. As bitcoin and the general cryptocurrency ecosystem moves towards mainstream awareness and adoption, this could prove to be a strong selling proposition for gemini in a landscape littered with hacked cryptocurrency exchanges.


Investing in cryptocurrencies and other initial coin offerings (“icos”) is highly risky and speculative, and this article is not a recommendation by investopedia or the writer to invest in cryptocurrencies or other icos. Since each individual's situation is unique, a qualified professional should always be consulted before making any financial decisions. Investopedia makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or timeliness of the information contained herein. As of the date this article was written, the author owns 0.001 bitcoin.



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Possible drop for ETH-USDT incoming?


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ETH continues to stay within the upward channel but looks to be losing steam. The RSI below shows a lack of follow through from the bulls. I wouldnt be surprised to see ETH testing the 120 – 130 dollar range over the next few days.


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ICX-USDT: possible inverse head and shoulders


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Measured move from the head to the neckline matches with the 1.618 fibonacci extension from the low of the head back to the neckline and down to the bottom of the right shoulder.


Volume for the possible inverse head and shoulders looks to validate the pattern as you can see, the volume in the head is the highest volume spike in the pattern.


In order for the inverse H&S to complete we will need to see some strong volume kick in as the price actions breaks above the neckline.


Bitcoin – what if…


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Bitcoin update: 12/18/18


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Will be interesting to see how the next few days play out. Right now I’m looking to see if the wave 4 plays out up around 4k. If the wave 4 hits the 3.9-4k region, we could see a move down towards 2.5k as shown in the chart above. Will continue to monitor BTC .



From crypto to pet supplements: the brothers who have bottled exponential growth around communities


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Andrew and chris masanto of cofoundant, a venture incubator, have built and scaled two types of companies. They are the founders of petlab co., a direct to consumer (DTC) pet supplement business that is on track to generate $100M in revenue in its second year of operations. Andrew was the founding chief marketing officer of hedera hashgraph, a crypto protocol that claims higher security and speed than bitcoin that has now raised over $100M and has google, LG, boeing and other large companies behind it as an enterprise play. Andrew was also the founding chief marketing officer of reserve, a flexible pool of stablecoins designed to reduce risk through diversification and decentralized governance, backed by peter theil.


Andrew subsequently combined his passion for social impact and disruptive fintech to co-found good money, a digital wallet that will double as a mobile challenger bank, payment system and investment platform to enable users to decide which socially good causes to devote company profits to. Prior to fintech and DTC, andrew built and sold several smaller companies including the higher click SEO agency.


Chris, on the other hand, developed his skills at the global data and analytics firm nielsen, before founding a U.K. Advertising agency called altitude ads. Leveraging his experience in digital marketing, he then went on to start his first successful DTC brand, CEL. The combined experience of the masanto brothers in data analytics, paid social marketing and DTC growth combined with a vision for emerging technology ultimately fueled exponential growth in all of these industries.


So how is community the common glue? Think about what has driven any protocol launch. It’s developers on github. It’s HODL’ers (holding on for dear life) through volatility. It’s telegram members. It’s reddit and twitter followers. It’s meetup attendees. And it’s commitment to tribalism (i.E. Defending your position at all cost). Community members have many reasons to want the project to be a success. When provided with the right incentives, which don’t have to be usage or financially focused, but rather status driven or intrinsic (e.G. They make one feel good about making the world a better place) communities can be an extremely powerful engine that drive both rapid and long term success for a business.


The masanto brothers have expertly capitalized on community building and incentives by honing their marketing skills across a variety of platforms, especially facebook. They are one of the top 10 spenders on facebook at a rate of $5-10M/month and use facebook’s platform to test what products consumers would be willing to purchase before investing time and money developing and stocking inventory. They call it “lean testing.” it’s the reason petlab co. Has so many products customers want to buy - the joy of sharing dog photos on social media can unlock valuable data on what consumers want to buy. However, if data is the new oil, why are so few consumer facing companies using it to de-risk product development? “most companies aren’t mining social content for this purpose,” said chris. “traditional market research does not have a deep enough understanding of paid social. Companies simply don’t have a system to effectively test and measure consumer demand for specific products via spending money on social.”





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