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ETH addict here but I must say, I am glad that I hunched into DOT. I have a lot of hope for this project. | 2025-02-08 |
BCH is the crypto no. 23 by market cap. (source coinmarketcap.com)
But, if I have seen it correctly, it's the no. 3 POW limited supply as BTC. The other coins in between are inflationary (eg. Doge) or stablecoins (USDC/T) or minted at will with potential infinite supply.
If BTC is gold, and LTC (the second classified) is silver, could we consider BCH as bronze?
In the past, all three metals were used as a currency, with each one having different purposes. | 2025-02-08 |
We've all heard of the trilemma by now. It was one of, if not *the* original issue with bitcoin. So too all the maxis and bitcoin championers out there (**especially those who are against expansion into the wider crypto landscape**): What are your opinions on this facet of bitcoin? Do you use the Lightning Network, what scalability solutions for btc are you willing to get onboard with? Have we come far enough and what would be a reasonable way of dealing with this issue?
Context: We can all agree bitcoin is the way forward and we want to keep it as the real on-chain option, but if it continues to grow as the global phenomena that it is, how can we make it accessible at such incredibly high levels? | 2025-02-08 |
The (first) XAH code contest is complete, and the three winners have been announced.
The winning project is a bidirectional bridge *from* \- and *to* \- the XRPL Ledger and Xahau.
Link to 'X' announcement with more details and links to projects: [https://x.com/XahauNetwork/status/1887924807460864026](https://x.com/XahauNetwork/status/1887924807460864026)
Link to Github for the winning 'bridge' project: [https://github.com/XRPL-Labs/Xahau-Dev-Contest/pull/12](https://github.com/XRPL-Labs/Xahau-Dev-Contest/pull/12)
Link to Github project page: [https://github.com/XRPL-Labs/Xahau-Dev-Contest](https://github.com/XRPL-Labs/Xahau-Dev-Contest) | 2025-02-08 |
Poor analogy.
BCH isn’t bronze to gold. If BTC is gold then BCH is BTC. In a technical aspect BCH does everything BTC does and more. The only way BTC wins is miners are incentivized to mine small blocks, which has crippled the whole idea.
Or if BTC is the car to gold being the horse, BCH isnt a bike, it’s not even a plane, it’s teleportation. | 2025-02-08 |
IMO, BCH is not bronze, gold or silver. It’s the real Bitcoin. BCH can be used as a medium of exchange. A digital currency that everyone can use without a custodial wallet with cheap transaction fees. BCH is what Bitcoin was back in 2013 before it was hijacked by the devs. | 2025-02-08 |
Actually it seems like ETC is lately holding its own in the last couple days. Yesterday perhaps due to new ASIC miner activity ETC hit 310 TH/s in mining activity. So as soon as the market for ETH and BTC stabilize I think you will see remarkable growth in ETC.
Daily ETC -0.15%
Daily ETH -2.49%
Daily BTC -1.27%
weekly ETC (Don't wanna talk aboot it)
weekly ETH -19.66%
weekly BTC -3.55%
Just remember ETC pairs will shadow ETH / BTC on the downside and amplify that effect. They also amplify on the upside.
When we see 200k bitcoin and/or 14k ETH later this year I'm excited for that future | 2025-02-08 |
Anyone use Jiggle for self-custody? I set my friend up with it because he has an iPad and it has good reviews.
He got an email saying that he had to sign up for this updated Jiggle app, that it would be better, and that he has to move all his assets by Feb 28. I thought it was sus, so I got him a different wallet and test sent $1 first.
Two things:
1- The dollar hasn't gone through yet and it's been two days. Can the BTC network take that long? It's never taken that long to move before.
2 - Is it strange for Jiggle to ask their customers to move their assets?
| 2025-02-08 |
Great to have you here my friend! 🙂 | 2025-02-08 |
I was now thinking that Solana coins would be better saved longer and to sell the eth first the next time I need money for something that work isn't enough to cover.
Eth has been doing poorly for a while now and I don't check daily or more than 1 time a week lately because I don't need to sell yet. But I think it's probably still under 3000 when I'd expected low for eth to be 4000 by now.
Is anyone else doubting that eth will be #2 for touch longer. The amount of costs compared to Sol when it comes to staking and unstaking or even just moving it from one wallet to a brand new one you got around Christmas can be a lot at certain times. When Sol is always so much h lower.
Is the eth to be 5 to 10k in 2025 still what a lot of people still think or because of so much lower than expected prices got people doubting eth will be #2 for ever like used to be the common sentiment across the field of eth holder? Or do people see eth going up past 5k maybe to 10k in 2025 or 26, and worth holding onto at least that long. And selling a portion of Sol instead of the eth if the need of money arrives, which can happen with a wrong choice somewhere along the line to anyone. | 2025-02-08 |
They will probably still think i’m stupid and crazy
https://youtu.be/YtFOxNbmD38?si=_u1qii2Zl-gS11hy | 2025-02-08 |
this is my first bull run and my ex got me into crypto. i wish i never found out about this side of the world. i like a dumbass ended up up investing half my life savings into crypto over the course of the last year and had some profits on certain coins towards the end of the year, but ended up breaking even because i was down on other coins. i was ecstatic about the pump that came after the election because i was finally breaking even. i was up a little in may, then down the whole summer. then bam again the markets crash and portfolio was going down by 1k each week. finally today i sold at an 13k net loss. i was over invested in a bunch of different alt coins.
how stupid am i. any advice? i need a 2x with what i have left to break even. any advice on what large stable coins to put in hopes i break even when/ if altcoin season starts. idk if i should maybe put the rest in xrp/sol, otc all it a day and hope one day the market recovers and i get a 2x.
i just want my money back. i have no trading experience, never really even traded stocks much besides basic index funds or anything before getting into crypto, and i had no business investing all this money into crypto let alone these small to mid cap coins. i also based life based on some of these price predictions from youtubers and different charting TA accounts and my alts have completely plummeted instead. i sold because i was afriad they would plummet even more and when the market did recover they wouldnt pump enough to my point of entry.
i wont lie im a total newb and the threats of no foreseeable rate cuts, no QE, tarrifs, bearish sentiment shook me and i feel so dumb ( Especially considering i rly thought i was gonna come out of this bull run with 6 figures🤣)
my ex is also a total narcissist, POS and we finally ended and hes the one that got me into crypto. without him i feel like a lost fish in a sea full of sharks. any advice on what to do?
part of the reason i also sold was i invested way more than i was willing to lose, and i couldnt afford to lose the other half of my portfolio | 2025-02-08 |
The times are changing in the cryptic universe: Elon4AFD is going down in a dramatic turn, while the stars shine for a new era. From the ruins of the old system, a new AFD Coin now rises. As elections in Germany approach, the landscape becomes even more intriguing, with none other than Elon Musk publicly endorsing the AfD. This unexpected alliance adds another layer of complexity and excitement to the unfolding narrative. | 2025-02-08 |
Working on a crypto project. I have my own wallet on backpack. On the project they have some marketing funds and asked me to make the wallet. I created a whole separate wallet unlinked to my own (new browser, nothing connected, different password, new seed phrase). I can give them the seed phrase for the new wallet I created without any worry of them having access to my own wallet right? Feel like this is a stupid question BUT just wanted to make sure. | 2025-02-08 |
A new LLM chat product that can produce near-instant responses (for prompts that do not involve a web search, that is) is out.
This new feature apparently runs completely on non-NVIDIA hardware:
>On Thursday, Mistral released an app called Le Chat that it said can respond to user questions with 1,000 words per second.
>Cerebras said it is providing the computer power behind those results, which it claimed makes Mistral the world's fastest AI assistant, ahead of both OpenAI and DeepSeek.
The hardware producer, Cerebras, even plans to haunt NVIDIA on directly on the stock market:
>Silicon Valley-based Cerebras, which has filed for an initial public offering that is delayed while U.S. officials review G42's involvement with the firm, is one of the few challengers to Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab for training AI models. But the partnership with Mistral on Thursday is for serving an app based on its model to users, a step called "inference" in the AI industry.
[https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-chip-firm-cerebras-partners-with-frances-mistral-claims-speed-record-2025-02-07/](https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-chip-firm-cerebras-partners-with-frances-mistral-claims-speed-record-2025-02-07/)
More information from Cerebras: [https://cerebras.ai/blog/mistral-le-chat](https://cerebras.ai/blog/mistral-le-chat)
You can try out Le Chat with Cerebras here, and see for yourself: [https://chat.mistral.ai/chat](https://chat.mistral.ai/chat) (spoiler: it is fast)
Bad news for the NVIDIA stock in the short- to medium-term, at least. | 2025-02-08 |
About a month ago, I launched [**DefiDiorama**](https://defidiorama.com/) – a collaborative pixel canvas where anyone can contribute to shaping a shared digital space on Arbitrum.
The site has seen a lot of visitors, but to truly bring it to life, it needs **your** creativity! Drop an image, claim your spot, and be part of something unique.
Crypto isn’t just about financial gains and bull runs – let’s build something fun together! 🚀
[Check it out here](https://defidiorama.com/)
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Si le mensonge prend l'ascenseur la vérité prend l'escalier mais finis toujours par arriver... | 2025-02-08 |
**TL;DR**:
Last week, Bitcoin's mempool dropped to 0 vBytes, making it the first time this happened since Jan 2023. It means there is little demand for on-chain Bitcoin transactions.
On the positive side, Bitcoin fees are at the lowest they've been in years. On the negative side, this usually only happens during **bear markets**, and it shows that Bitcoin's **security budget is not sustainable** when the block subsidy is gone. Mining revenue collapses 10-100x whenever this happens, and revenue becomes extremely unstable.
For the past 2 years, Ordinals and Inscriptions have dominated activity, giving hope that Bitcoin's security budget could be sustained in the long run after the block subsidy programmatically collapse. But even Ordinals activity has dropped considerably recently as people flee away from memecoins.
> Overall, the mempool clearing coupled with transaction fees being stagnant is a reminder that Bitcoin mining needs Bitcoin to evolve into a robust platform for mining to remain a profitable business.
Source is from Galaxy Research's weekly newletter: https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/weekly-top-stories-2-7/ | 2025-02-08 |
What if the U.S. government sees Bitcoin as the ultimate way to solve its national debt crisis?
The plan would be a long game:
1. **Accumulate Bitcoin** – The U.S. secretly becomes the largest BTC holder while ensuring USD-backed stablecoins remain dominant in global finance.
2. **Drive Global Adoption** – Through regulatory moves and institutional backing, Bitcoin is positioned as the world’s reserve currency, increasing its value exponentially.
3. **Control the Market** – With the largest holdings, the U.S. gains significant influence over Bitcoin’s price movements and global liquidity.
4. **The Rug Pull** – At peak value, they sell off massive holdings, crashing the market, and using the profits to pay off national debt.
5. **Reintroduce Control** – After the collapse, a new Federal Reserve-backed digital USD coin is introduced as the "solution" to Bitcoin’s instability, reestablishing the U.S. dollar as the dominant global currency.
This would allow the U.S. to clear its debt, reset the financial system on its own terms, and maintain long-term economic dominance. Sleep well :) | 2025-02-08 |
I find myself speaking to people that don’t care about getting away from stacking cash. Every argument from it’s the same to holding gold to it has no use whatsoever. I’m tired of speaking about it now. Showing a guy last night how could send from my wallet to something simple as PayPal and always have 7-10k of value with me on hand at all times. How did we do that before? Normies will keep being normies and the rest of will try to remember them in 15 years from now. No more playing financial doctor. | 2025-02-08 |
Coinex has it listed, they let unverified accounts trade. Also you can use coinmarketcap.com or coingecko.com to see which exchanges trade which blockchains and how much volume, etc. | 2025-02-08 |
Nah lt will start pump , you late for game lol 😂 | 2025-02-08 |
# 1) Range Trading
Most of my assets I want to keep for at least a year. But I got a bit tired watching my Cryptos go up and down constantly - and I'm guessing smo is making profits out of this... So I am thinking to take a small portion to try out Range-Trading.
E.g. in the current phase buy BTC at 97k Sell at 102k. When at some point theres a bigger push, find a new support & resistance level and continue the scheme.
Who has experience with this and what tips can you give?
# 2) Getting a Wallet
So far I've been holding on Kraken. If I'd start range trading there I'd first sell the coins I first bought = highest taxes. So I want to put all my assets in a wallet, that ideally allows me to choose the assets based on time I bought them for trading (LIFO).
a) Which wallet?
Looking for a safe, easy to use affordable wallet. Smo recoomend Ledger Nano X Does that make sense for my use case? Other suggestions and why?
b) Where to trade cheapest
Obviously for this to work, the fees and spreads have to be good. Kraken is ok - but maybe theres a better way?
c) Safety
Thx in advance for tips and tricks! | 2025-02-08 |
Here’s my calls I have for Google what do yall think happens next week | 2025-02-08 |
Just got a crazy news :
ECB wants to ban bitcoin purchases!
This comes after Czech Republic clearly disclosed that they do want some bitcoin on their balance sheet.
ECB does was it has always done, threaten, over regulate, …. Bunch of control freaks don’t want people to get off crumbling FIAT.
ECB -> you should listen and stop being so stupid,
Just get on the boat and enjoy…
Hats off and good luck to Czech Republic CB
Let’s show them some support! | 2025-02-08 |
XRP obtained a spot in the top 5 recently and with all of the new crypto adoptions and news coming out, it is very possible that we will see another major utility coin reaching top 5 sometime in the future. XLM and XCN are pretty big names and also share many similarities with XRP. If you had to make a huge bet on one of these coins reaching thr top 5, which one would you bet your money on? | 2025-02-08 |
What do you guys think about keeping seed phrase on an offline hard drive as a text file?
Safe or no?
I did it already so, if it’s not okay, whats the best way to undo this and stay safe? | 2025-02-08 |
Normally I put my money into a combination of ETFs (89-90%), BTC (10%) and a VERY small percent of silver/gold (.5-1%)
I'm over my 10% allocation of Bitcoin at the moment but still having a hard time not just throwing any extra cash I can at it.....seems like the only good buy at the moment.
Oh well...we will see in 10 years if this was a mistake or precognition.
Before y'all crucify me and shit on me for having etf and mutual funds, understand I have a wife, kids, a home, businesses, and lots of responsibilities. Can't go ALLLLL in in BTC.
Anyone else struggle to keep their assets balance at points and go harder in one asset class than another?
| 2025-02-08 |
There’s a group on telegram and there all scammers. They say they have a group chat claiming to post coins which they do but there all rugs. They tell you to set up a meme bot to auto buy for you, but when you connect your wallet it gives an error and they have access to your account. Then they empty it. Do not trust them no matter how legit they seem. | 2025-02-08 |
First off, I know next to nothing about crypto, I've always avoided it.
My FIL recently confided that he's having trouble getting his money back out of the crypto market, and asked me for help. I tried to do some research to see if he's screwed or not, but couldn't figure it out.
Here's all the information I have:
1) He bought BTC via an exchange called "topfirstgroup", which seems to be a sketchy/fraudulent exchange.
2) He sold the BTC and attempted to transfer the cash to his "trustwallet" account which appears to be a legit app.
3) The transer was marked as "complete" on his trust wallet account, but does not reflect in his cash balance. Here's where I'm worried someone hijacked the transfer.
4) he showed me some of his communication with trustwallet staff that indicated he was confused about paying transfer fees and exchange fees
5)Later in the communication, trustwallet says that his account is flagged for permanent blocking on Jan 1st which of course has come and gone.
Is he completely screwed? I was unable to find any kind of "withdrawal history" on his trustwallet app to see if the money had been sent somewhere.
Any advice is appreciated. Should we reach out to trust wallet to see if we can track where the money is? Is there somewhere else I should be seeking advice? Trust wallet seems to be ignoring his more recent attempts at communication. | 2025-02-08 |
Let me preface this by stating that it is incredibly important for Bitcoin today, to consider and plan around the problems of the far future. **The long-term feasibility of Bitcoin has a direct impact on the people investing in it today, because** ***if*** **Bitcoin has flaws in 100 or 200 years, it undermines it's strength as an immutable, unchanging, sound money today**. And due to this, super long term obstacles shouldn't be viewed a '*cross that bridge*' scenario. I wrote about some of these in my [BTC 2048 Op-ed](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1ijhcth/btc_2048_hyperbitcoinization_oped/), but figured that these are interesting enough to warrant their own post.
I split a handful of these potential obstacles into short term (*<10 years*), medium term (*<50 years*) and long term (*100+ years*). A few of these have already have extensive discussions surrounding them, and obviously all of this is just an opinion and meant to spark discussion.
# Short Term
>**Scalability to the Masses**
This is the one obstacle that we most often see discussed on this subreddit. Let's quickly review the math as to how we got here. Bitcoin's base layer enables approximately [600,000 transactions per day](https://www.statista.com/statistics/730806/daily-number-of-bitcoin-transactions/). That equates to just over **200 million transactions per year -** if each block is used optimally. Even if we assume every individual is using the second layers for all of their transactions, people eventually need to settle on the base chain. This number is incompatible with a population of 8 billion people trying to load open/close a lightning channel. Even more so as humanity's population continues to grow.
L2s will be the life-blood of a scalable Bitcoin as a result. With 99.99%+ of all transactions occurring on them. There are many different types of L2s that may solve these issues, from a spectrum of centralization. The only certainty is that they will be necessary.
In order for them to succeed, the User-friendliness, accessibility, and verifiability/trustworthiness of these L2s will need to be scrutinized and improved. This is the one obstacle mentioned here that already has a lot of work underway, and it is great to see.
# Medium Term
>**Fusion-Powered Mining**
Fusion power, while discussed for decades, finally seems to be making some real progress across the globe. With China most recently [operating a record net-positive for 1066 seconds](https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/China-Breaks-Nuclear-Fusion-Record-Again.html#:~:text=Chinese%20researchers%20from%20the%20Institute,they%20set%20in%20April%202023). Eventually, it will be an economically feasible source of essentially unlimited energy for a infinitesimally smaller amount of capital. Currently, energy prices can range from $0.03 to $0.30 per kWh, which is the main cost driver for Bitcoin mining around the world. What does this look like if a kWh of usage energy can be obtained for near zero?
The economic framework of Bitcoin mining may shift from one based on energy acquisition, to hardware acquisition. The operators of these fusion reactors may become the gatekeepers to mining, as it is not economically feasible to mine without access to their unlimited energy.
Markets for obsolete miners may skyrocket, because even an Antminer S9 has use if the input is nothing - or they may be recycled to manufacture newer, more efficient miners if the bottleneck is strong enough on the hardware.
>**Quantum Computing Break**
SHA-256 is incredibly secure, but if we are doing a thought experiment potentially decades out, we would be ignorant to assume it is infallible - especially with the rise of compute and quantum computing coming in the decades ahead. The chance that SHA-256 becomes brute forceable is non-zero. What does this world look like?
In the event that computers begin to come close to the compute necessary, it would be hard pressed to believe that all active Bitcoin would not move to more secure attack resistant addresses. Blackrock, MSTR, whales, and retail would have the ability to move their coins to a safer location far before an attack was imminent on them. This however, does not account for lost coins. Which could account for [millions of coins](https://river.com/learn/what-happens-to-lost-bitcoin/) **that would remain on susceptible addresses**.
Lets dismiss for a moment the thought that once SHA-256 becomes susceptible to attacks, all Bitcoin in these addresses would be instantly drained. It would be **more akin to today's mining**, except the mining would be for lost Bitcoin.
At first, the largest dormant addresses containing >100 BTC would be attacked, and it would take potentially years with massive amounts of computing power to obtain the key. It would find an economic equilibrium, *just like mining*, **where the amount of energy and hardware spent on compute would make it** ***just*** **profitable enough to be worth brute forcing the private key of an address.**
This would, in a sense, potentially provide a 'new' inflow of BTC for the markets, supplementing the lack of newly minted Bitcoin coming from miners.
# Long Term
>**Multi-planetary Usage of Bitcoin**
There is now a path forward with the rise of privatized space travel, to colonizing other planets. Let's skip ahead one or two centuries, to a future in which we now have a sizeable colony on Mars, and potentially beyond.
One of the great aspects of Bitcoin is that the 10 minute block-time allows blocks to propagate across the entire globe relatively instantly, with all nodes in sync. But on larger scales that interplanetary distances entertain, the speed of light becomes an important factor that can not be ignored. Even the closest planet, Mars, is an entire [12 light-minutes away from Earth on average](https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/planets/10Page2.pdf). That's essentially *an entire block behind*. And forget about the distances to farther planets or even stars.
This presents an obstacle for the two major aspects of Bitcoin; **transacting** and **mining**.
**Transacting** Bitcoin offers a few problems in this scenario. Imagine a scenario where 10,000 satoshis are held in a given address. Now imagine two people hold the private keys to this address, one on earth, and one on Mars. It would be difficult to prevent a double-spend attack if each planet keeps it's own record of transactions. Would we require all Mars transactions to require multiple confirmations? Is a solution like this a band-aid patch to future space travel? We can not expect a far future civilization in the Proxima Centauri System, *4 Light Years Away*, to require 50,000 confirmations on their transactions for example.
One potential solution to this is to have separate transaction layers for each subsequent planet. Imagine one 'batch' transaction from earth that balances the ledger each day. It either load's up Mars' BTC balance, or offloads some of it back to Earth - Like opening or closing a lightning channel. Once that BTC has landed in that layer, Mars is able to transact within their layer until they wish to settle back onto the base chain on Earth. A still present issue with this is the potential increased centralization that forms.
**Mining** seems to be essentially impossible for anyone located outside of Earth. How will your hashes be accepted if you are an entire block behind? You inherently are locked out of verifying transactions because the speed of light prevents you from receiving transactions fast enough. Unless mining becomes localized to planetary chains; each planet mining their own transactions. This creates issues of their own though as fragmenting hashrate in this manner enables the opportunity for 51% attacks if the hardware is transported. | 2025-02-08 |
We are posting our *last* announcement to invite the community of r/CryptoCurrency to participate in the 2nd State of Crypto Survey, a global study collecting the opinions of crypto users worldwide about crypto.
The study is available in 30+ languages and it takes 5-10 minutes:
[https://survey.stateofcrypto.net/](https://survey.stateofcrypto.net/)
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The survey is approved by the Ethical Committee of the University of Mannheim in Germany, and compliant with GDPR, the strictest data protection law of the world.
We respect all views pro and against crypto.
All results are public and contribute to scientific knowledge.
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Our network of researchers belong to these our institutions: University of Mannheim, Icade Comillas, Vienna University, İstinye University, Heidelberg University, Zayed University, the Complexity Science Hub, University of Trieste, and the Austrian Institute of Technology.
More info about us is available here:
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Finally, because this is our last announcement about the State of Crypto Survey, we want to especially thank the Mods for allowing us to post our study in this group. Without the support of this community so central to crypto our outreach would have been much more limited and our research would end up less impactful.
We are looking forward to disclose our first results in this group (before anywhere else) probably in one month time. Scientific publications will take much longer, several months or even a year, but we will post updates about those as well.
As usual, if you have any questions or feedback, do not hesitate to get in contact.
The State of Crypto Team. | 2025-02-08 |
Hey everyone, I’ve been deep in the crypto space for a while and always on the lookout for the best ways to track market data in real-time
I’ve tried using different sources, some exchanges’ APIs, aggregators, and even custom built scrapers but reliability and speed were not good. Some APIs have insane rate limits, while others lack the accuracy I need
I am curious to hear what everyone else is using. Do you rely on exchange APIs directly, use third-party data providers, or have some other creative solutions?
Lately, I’ve been testing out Finage, and it’s been solid so far for real-time crypto data and market feeds. Here is the free trial link: [https://moon.finage.co.uk/register?subscribe=API00](https://moon.finage.co.uk/register?subscribe=API00)
Thankss
| 2025-02-08 |
Xerox had better tech and more innovative software than Apple. Apple ate Xerox’s lunch and today almost everyone has an iPhone.
The best ‘tech’ company may not always get to the finish line but the ideas may do so under a different contender. | 2025-02-08 |
Any bridges? How do i do that? | 2025-02-08 |
The bummer is the lack of return this brings the dot token. Excited for the JAM upgrade to allow layer 0 smart contracts. We will look like a better version of avalanches c-chain. | 2025-02-08 |
https://simpleswap.io/ is probably the route I'd take personally. | 2025-02-08 |
Whether we want or not, meme world is ruling and blockchain devs are tapping into it and advancing its technology and demand. In crypto you have to stay ahead of the curve and solana did that and now bnb is following. Memes arent just a pump and dump casino, the biggest names are getting into it, polkadot should take this serious. I feel like polkadot is not ahead of the curve but a follower, hope this changes with jam | 2025-02-08 |
I have tracked all my wallets on cielo and it shows that all of them are in profit, but I am left with 0 sol and have lost all my money? I have used 0 fees and 0 bribe for a lot of these trades too, so I am wondering where all the money went?
my wallets:
6V83ToHJauT5Vr39yX8gxXFL3kEjx3mTtHexec33f5zz
FpLiuWUS9Ef8ydRWH2TDDBfcaiTXVyA6tab5qPBDx4XD
AckpzarKaFdXKa6JDPNyTVX97Ev7dmgW1jNh9VbMnnxP | 2025-02-08 |
Thanks, btw dont know if you are mod or not, but the settings to delete posts by automod are very annoying. Any post with pump ir aomething simillar gets deleted while it doesnt have anything to do with price. See my lastest post i mentioned pumpfun and polkadot but it got deleted | 2025-02-08 |
I've been DCA'ing into my strike account and want to move about $7000 of BTC to my cold storage. Since I can't set the fees in strike, I'm noting that it's about $40 in transaction fees to send it. Is this normal? It's been a while since I sent any BTC to my cold storage. Just wondering if that's a normal size fee? | 2025-02-08 |
You can try on Moonbeam DApp: [app.squidrouter.com](http://app.squidrouter.com)
As I see it will be even cheaper than simpleswap | 2025-02-08 |
I've approved the post. | 2025-02-08 |
I listened to it. It sounds like he's moved on from Bitcoin Cash. | 2025-02-08 |
Iykyk | 2025-02-08 |
There the beautiful part of JAM. It’s a global super computer, not just a block chain.
Check my twitter if you want to learn the actual technology behind JAM. I only post JAM technology content
https://x.com/bitcoinovercas1/status/1886540178191474700?s=46For | 2025-02-08 |
Me and my friends have a bet.
We each start with $250 and can invest in any coin or NFT.
Whoever has the best portfolio at the end of the year wins 1/2 of everyone else portfolios.
As mentioned in the title, my friends are stupid, and I need to beat them.
Where would you start? | 2025-02-08 |
Alright, I need to talk about this because it’s been driving me mad. If you’ve been in the Solana ecosystem for a while, you’ve probably seen those insane bot transactions flying across mempools sniping, MEV strategies, sandwiching, arbitrage. Feels like every day, there’s some fresh “bot made $X million in Y minutes” headline. But here’s the real question: who’s actually making this money? Because it sure as hell isn’t me.
I tried running my own bot a while back as thought I was about to print cash like everyone else. Spoiler: I got absolutely wrecked))) Between failed transactions, frontrunning, and just straight-up coding errors, I basically paid Solana validators for the privilege of losing money. Meanwhile, the big boys with deep pockets and optimized code are feasting. Even the simplest sniper bots need constant tweaking to stay ahead, and if you’re slow by even half a second, forget it) someone else already ate your lunch.
At this point, I’m convinced that unless you’re a dev with insane experience (or sitting on a pile of SOL to absorb failed trades), trying to DIY this stuff is just a donation to the network. Lately, I’ve been messing with Bananagun Bot as it just copies profitable traders automatically through Telegram, so at least I don’t feel like I’m getting dunked on by algo nerds 24/7. Not saying it’s magic, but it’s definitely better than my own attempts at playing bot wars, lol.
What do you think of these "bot" trends? Has anyone here actually managed to build a consistently profitable bot from scratch, or is the real money just in copying the ones that already work? Are we just providing exit liquidity for the whales who already cracked the system? | 2025-02-08 |
That is nice to hear | 2025-02-08 |
# Bitcoin has been boring, eggs are soaring
Eggs are the new bitcoin!
Bitcoin has been going sideways but eggs have been soaring.
There is a nationwide, possibly global at this point, shortage of eggs.
This is due to the bird flu ravaging so many egg laying hens.
Eggs are on the move!
(Source: [https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1888294225273569384/photo/1](https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1888294225273569384/photo/1))
How high will they go? | 2025-02-08 |
What is your guys opinion on how the market is gonna look like tomorrow? Are we looking at another blood bath? Or are we staying bullish? | 2025-02-08 |
When’s this bull market expected? Looks like we just had one ended | 2025-02-08 |
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I have some pre-tax money in there now. Trying to decide if I allocate more or take the penalty and pull the money out of my IRA and just buy on an exchange.
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People always cry about how the market is so manipulated yet it’s always retail that is actually making this happen.
If people are so upset that this is all so manipulated then stop falling for it every single time it happens.
Literally any news could come out and retail sells instantly and creates a chain reaction of FUD for everyone whilst blaming the big institutions for trying to get cheaper crypto.
If you stopped being a jeet then crypto wouldn’t be manipulated. It’s not trump or black rock that’s making any of this happen it’s purely retail who sells for nothing and then buys back a week-a month later when it all corrects again.
If you stop creating this cycle then big players will stop capitalising on it!
| 2025-02-08 |
From the BullX discord, hope this helps anyone that’s had the same issue | 2025-02-08 |
The Mega caps have announced that they will be committing $300B to AI spending as the race has intensified.
I’m seeking prospective long term sectors, stocks or potential reciepients of these massive expenses. Besides the obvious ones like Broadcom, NVIDIA, or OpenAI, which smaller less known companies do we think will have an exponential growth? Or possibly higher upsides potential? | 2025-02-08 |
… what they’re really saying is they can’t handle the volatility. The volatility is the price you pay for the privilege of holding this incredible thing humanity has invented. See the beauty in it. | 2025-02-08 |
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Why do you need gold? | 2025-02-09 |
I want to invest my first 1000 dollars in Bitcoin, but I am wandering if it is safe to buy from Binance and similar websites. If they fall like FTX do I lose my Bitcoin or can I access my wallet regardless? | 2025-02-09 |
To me it would make a lot sense to sell immediately then rebuy in a few days/weeks later if said law was passed. This way you would lock in all long term gains you have made tax free and reset your cost basis at a higher point in case crypto goes back to being taxed under another administration
Example: let’s say you bought 50btc for 50k years ago. Your stack is now worth around 5mil. If you were to sell today you would be looking at just under 1mil in long term gains taxes.
Yet if the law passes you could immediately sell(a long with a lot of other smart whales). Lock in all your gains tax free, then rebuy likely at a cheaper price due to the sell off.
Am I missing something here? | 2025-02-09 |
got banned from r/Bitcoin for this post 🤷♂️ | 2025-02-09 |
So last thread on them here said $150 was to high. They are now above $260, near their 52 week high.
So whats going on that I am missing? They have so much debt and only turning a profit as they were able to push the debt back a little. I think the next payment is in 6 months or so?
Even Fwd P/E is above 110 if you think they "fixed" their issues. | 2025-02-09 |
Notttt. I know people think that theres millions of projects right now,and the market is getting diluted,saturated and eventually exhausted since theres not enough money injected for all these coins to pump. While this is partly correct,listen to this. The moment literally everybody left holding,will sell and switch their alts into Bitcoin,thats the moment that you will see the biggest Alt season in history. Powell will start printing money soon. Be patient and lower your risk by holding strong tokens. And actually,do wtv you want,don’t listen to me. Im just another loser who’s been waiting to get rich in crypto. But thats what my instinct tells me after being in these markets 5 years now. Fortune favours the brave. Good luck | 2025-02-09 |
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It should start towards the end of Febuary or March. No one knows for sure so we just wait for it. The big bull run will happen eventually. | 2025-02-09 |
Don't make fun of me guys i just learned about crypto recently so I'm not much familiar with it, I'm receiving a at least 1000 Dollar airdrop but I don't know how to sell it in the first minutes of its listing, should i put the slippage very high? Price of the token would definitely dump but I Don't know how much so it would be great if i can sell it as fast as i can | 2025-02-09 |
So what was that b/w Nov to Jan recently? A lot say that was the bull run | 2025-02-09 |
say you want to get a notification every time a wallet transacts / price and other movements of a coin?
like if the MC/%gain goes higher than 'x' etc. The more configurable the better.
I'm looking to get this data sent to my iphone.
And please nothing shady not trying to get drained loool
also while we are still here) some people get their wallets drained because of so many reasons. now if you did something to get your wallet drained will this affect all your wallets on phantom or just that one wallet where you did something you shouldn't have done? ty
| 2025-02-09 |
I first shared this stock with the WSB community when it was trading below $7. Since then, I’ve added 85,000 shares and averaged up significantly. I still believe it’s incredibly undervalued given the upcoming catalysts. I previously posted about this stock before its last earnings report when it was around $6-$7, and it later surged to $34. With earnings coming up on February 27th, don’t miss out on the next big move. Forget the Magnificent 7—why settle for that when you can get 5x returns in a year? | 2025-02-09 |
Bing. | 2025-02-09 |
I'm all in on CLF taking off like the rocket ships of old. I'm so confident in the trade that I bought these options within my Roth IRA
https://preview.redd.it/ni88d2z2g0ie1.png?width=1430&format=png&auto=webp&s=94ad06ceb996ec3cfc114a1fec953744376adae2
Let's go over the reasons why.
1. [I predicted this shit with US Steel](https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/18rm9h1/there_is_absolutely_no_way_nippon_steel_is/)
2. [10% tariffs across the board including steel have still been imposed on China](https://nypost.com/2025/02/04/us-news/trumps-new-10-tariffs-on-china-take-effect/)
3. [CLF CEO believes that 4Q was the bottom of the cycle, with demand picking up into 2025](https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/news/news-releases/detail/667/cleveland-cliffs-provides-preliminary-fourth-quarter-and)
4. CLF CEO is buddies with Trump. No link because I only saw it was briefly mentioned on CNBC so trust me bro
No it's not a million dollars of my grandmother's money but I did liquidate my HLI shares to do it and if this hits like I expect it'll be 99% of my portfolio.
The steel demand cycle has bottomed and it's being gassed up with tariffs. CLF is buying US Steel at the right time. It'll still be an overpay but the overpay will be worth it over time. Higher + larger cash flows would shorten that timeline which can easily happen in this tariff environment.
Time to make some money. | 2025-02-09 |
I would love to know if anyone has bought into this presale abortion called DEBO, or am I the only asshole around? Thankfully, I’ve got other assets and didn’t make a huge gamble. However, I can’t find a soul who bought into this crap. I pretty much know my money is gone since they can barely raise a quarter of a mil. At this point, I’d be shocked if the devs haven’t already packed their bags. Telegram’s a ghost town, their so-called “team” is quieter than a funeral, and every update sounds like the same recycled garbage. Anyone else dumb enough to throw cash at this sinking ship? | 2025-02-09 |
I li | 2025-02-09 |
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Saw a cool post recently asking how many people owned Monero. I estimated that around 50k people in this sub owned it, but it might be less. Point is, we have a ton of people in this subreddit that aren't owners.
If you don't own any Monero, here's an easy guide for a low-risk method of obtaining some Monero without any KYC loopholes to jump through:
**Step 0: Get a wallet** [**https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/**](https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/)
*For simplicity and speed, just click the simple options and keep your 25 word passphrase somewhere safe. The wallet linked is highly trusted in the community and is open source. I've never had a problem with it.*
**Step 1: Set up a Zelle account:** [**https://www.zellepay.com/**](https://www.zellepay.com/)
*If you have a bank account in the US, it's very likely that you can link a Zelle account to your bank and transfer money for NO FEES. It's also unlikely to do chargebacks like Paypal, which is also much better for your risk.*
**Step 2: Set up a Haveno account: As of Feb 8, 2025,** [**Retoswap.com**](http://Retoswap.com) **is a safe and trusted option.**
*This should work on almost any computer regardless of operating system. It's a safe option for trading that runs through TOR and doesn't require any more KYC info than necessary to create a transaction. You can click "Account" in the top and simply use your Zelle email or phone number (whichever you chose when you set up Zelle).*
**Step 3: Create an offer or take an offer.**
*Go to the Buy XMR tab on Haveno and either take an offer someone else has made, or create your own offer. I prefer to create offers since I get to choose what % markup (I usually choose 1% or 0% since I like to get my offer taken quickly).*
*One note, if you don't have XMR, you'll need to either get it lended (a random guy in a SimpleX group once sent me .2 XMR to get started which I voluntarily repaid .3 XMR back once I had bought more) or use the "No deposit" option on Haveno, since most Haveno offers require a security deposit to reduce the risk of scamming.*
**Step 4: Done!**
*You now have a currency that is private, fungible, resistant to inflation, and will likely increase in value over time: A true digital asset and a highly useful currency. A study on cryptocurrency buyers found that dollar cost averaging, spending a set amount on the same day each month yielded the most profit and lowest risk, and this is what I do, feel free to copy my strategy if you'd like.* | 2025-02-09 |
I would love to hear thoughts on this, and anyone who was building positions during this time.
I started using Dollar Dominance chart as a main analysis tool, and using the daily and weekly TF's.
Been so insanely busy with family and life stuff the last few months I didn't do much trading, just staking when I can.
But all this to say, I think the run actually started a LOT earlier than from what most people thought. USDT.D was showing signs of weakness back in January - Sept 2023, and I believe actually started in Fall 2023. My biggest gains were early 2024, and didn't get a sense everyone was screaming bull run until about a month or two ago.
I guess yeah.. buy when nobody cares. Sell when everyone does.
Thoughts? | 2025-02-09 |
Hi i have a coin thats been doing well and i want to sell but it ask me for a network fee which i have enough sol for but wont work | 2025-02-09 |
Has anyone else had an issue with Coinbase freezing your buys? I'm an investor, so money doesn't move between crypto accounts yet they claimed they were reviewing the account for “suspicious activity" when I initially attempted to get this resolved. There hasn't been any activity, so l'm starting to think they're freezing accounts of a type to control buying momentum. Kind of how robinhood used to turn off the buy button, but in a less obvious manner. After combing through the service agreement I'm going to have some legal requests sent to them, but I just wanted to see who all has, or is, experiencing a similar issue to get an idea of a pattern. | 2025-02-09 |
to those who’ve been in this market, any regrets? would you say this made your life better? how much richer did you get? is it worth getting started? thanks! | 2025-02-09 |
Just a small bull run pump in prices or a leg up. What is happening now is called a shake out. The big whale money is tanking the market prices so retail gets scared and sells at another loss. When they think everyone sold and the big money took enough money, they will start pumping the prices again. In my opinion this is the final shake out before the breakout and the real bull market starts. I just hold and wait until the good profits. This is a good time to buy in if you can. | 2025-02-09 |
*Had to add positions because mods took down my post.
18M. I’ve always been a conservative investor, grinding, saving, and investing in stocks, low-cost diversified ETFs, and a little bit of crypto since I was 15 through my dad’s accounts.
I turned 18 this summer and initially stuck to ETFs, but something foolish clicked—I wanted extra income I didn’t even need.
I was doing well, but last week, in just two days, I lost my life savings in high-risk earnings plays (IV Crush ate my portfolio for dinner) and 0DTE SPY revenge plays. I paper-handed my final play—SPY puts last Friday—that would’ve recouped my losses and more if I had just held for an hour longer.
Keep in mind this was in the Canadian equivalent of a Roth IRA, so not only can I not tax loss harvest but that contribution room is gone. :(((
The weight of this mistake is crushing, I want to go back in time. I can’t bring myself to tell my family, friends, or girlfriend.
The mental toll has been immense, and I’ve felt completely empty all week. I’ve been struggling not to end it all, but I’m pushing through.
I wasn’t going to share out of sheer humiliation, but I needed to get this off my chest. | 2025-02-09 |
How did u guys find out that satoshi nakamoto was the creator of bitcoin even his name age and other things are fabricated and a proxy but how did u guys find out about it i googled but couldn’t figure it out/ I’m not denying it I’m just curious how they found his fake name | 2025-02-09 |
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Interested to know what others think about the idea of say, a 10% flat rate capital gains tax on Bitcoin sales of any value over maybe $500. Anything under $500 is tax free.
I ask because the idea of having no capital gains tax on Bitcoin sales at all seems unlikely to happen. The government will always want their cut of the action.
If not 10%, what would you feel is a reasonable tax rate? | 2025-02-09 |
SoftBank is close to finalizing a $40 billion primary investment in OpenAI at a $260 billion pre-money valuation, sources told CNBC's David Faber.
SoftBank would pay out the funding over the next 12 to 24 months, with the first payment coming as soon as spring.
Part of the funding is expected to be used for OpenAI's commitment to Stargate, the joint venture between SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle announced by President Donald Trump.The new funding would mean SoftBank surpasses Microsoft as the artificial intelligence startup's top backer. OpenAI was last valued at $157 billion by private investors in October.
The round was initially expected to award OpenAI a valuation of $340 billion, but a source familiar with the matter later told CNBC that the amount would be closer to $300 billion.
Part of the funding is expected to be used for OpenAI's commitment to Stargate, sources told CNBC. Stargate is a joint venture between SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle that was announced by President Donald Trump in January. The plan calls for billions of dollars to be invested in U.S. AI infrastructure.
Thoughts? | 2025-02-09 |
Latest insights by Onchain.org have revealed that stablecoin issuers now have a greater holding of U.S. Treasury Securities than several major economies including South Korea, Australia, and Germany.
Sharing the insight [on X](https://x.com/michmoneta/status/1887237496683086036), michmoneta wrote:
https://preview.redd.it/wu83jx5tk1ie1.jpg?width=1047&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6bfd9ddac77f39c729d57dab333bc1c97d9a2a8a
https://preview.redd.it/5xsowpmvk1ie1.jpg?width=1764&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ceb7bb628a35b5f125dfcf215f26d4a07acebfe
**What you should know**
Treasury securities (like you know, those T-bills and T-notes etc) are basically like giving the government a loan and you get interest back in return together with your capital.
What makes this development newsworthy is that Stablecoins are the only non-sovereign, corporate-driven entity on the chart. In other words, they are beginning to compete with national governments in holding U.S. debt.
The best part is that unlike national governments, stablecoins are not constrained by traditional monetary policies and can acquire more T-bills as their reserves grow.
By so doing, stablecoins become even more secure as Treasury Securities holdings serve as reserves to back their tokens with liquid, low-risk assets.
In the years to come we'd see stables among the top 5 holders of Treasury Securities because as demand for stablecoins grows, issuers acquire more Treasury Securities to ensure they have enough collateral to cover redemptions.
This is bullish for Ethereum because it provides the infrastructure for stables like USDC and DAI to thrive, and as stablecoins continue growing and accumulating Treasury Securities, they will begin influencing short-term treasury rates making them - and invariably ETH - a new kind of systemic financial player. | 2025-02-09 |
Nice to see a BTC sub with actual intelligent discussion about all that encompasses Bitcoin. The good the bad and the ugly. | 2025-02-09 |
When does JAM happen ? | 2025-02-09 |
I'm a fan of BTC. I'm not here to shit on anything. I'm just trying to inform myself from different perspectives. (Ive seen how some of you chew out people who talk shit)
Technically, The economy doesn't "need" Bitcoin to run itself.
Something like oil which is used to fuel the majority of... well.. basically everything, makes sense to hold as a reserve since it has almost unlimited use case.
Even to the argument if the dollar crashes and all hell breaks loose. You'd think that BTC would take over. But say it's to the point where the internet is basically non existent. How can Bitcoin be used? At that point again oil would be the most important thing to have as a reserve.
These are wild hypnoticals, but what's the argument for the reserve when technically, the economy doesnt need Bitcoin to run. Isn't a strategic reserve suppose to be something that is crucial to have incase of national emergencies?
Again. Please don't chew me out. I'm trying to learn. | 2025-02-09 |
I have been dollar cost averaging bitcoin since mid 2021. Every month close to 500 dollar. Bought a little extra when dipped. Started this as an experiment with my disposable money. Here I stand now. This is far the best DCA strategy that’s available in the market. | 2025-02-09 |
Anyone chasing Monero cards? | 2025-02-09 |
I didn’t buy into bitcoin until 10 months after my first paycheck, and now I’m up a lot.
It’s so fun listening to all my friends whose salaries are way more than mine. Yeah, the big 4 losers who sold their soul and work 60+ hours a week making 20-40k more than I do per year.
I bought a decent chunk of bitcoin within one year after I got my first salaried job and just bask in it.
BUT, I’m never selling until it’s time to make retirement choices. Buy Bitcoin, put it away in a safe place, forget about it, and thank me later. | 2025-02-09 |
# Quick Recap of Last Week
Last week was a heavy week in US data, with quite a mixed reading given higher ISM manufacturing PMI but lower ISM Services PMI and even the prices components were mixed with higher prices in manufacturing but lower prices in services.
The labor market data was mixed as well with lower JOLTS job openings (bad), higher ADP employment change (good), higher unemployment claims (bad), lower NFP employment change (bad) and lower unemployment rate (good). Overall, I think the market took it as net positive due to the lower unemployment rate. Lastly the weaker consumer sentiment and higher inflation expectations led to mostly a net negative week in US data. Meanwhile in other regions, the only critical thing was the Bank of England rate cut.
Last week also saw decent ETF flows, with positive weekly flows as shown below:
https://preview.redd.it/g27nmpkxz1ie1.png?width=875&format=png&auto=webp&s=ae5fb7b03a51100e104ebf055911d5253af72642
Weekly flow (3-7 February 2025): +$420.2 million
* Blackrock: +$286.9 million
* Fidelity +$97.3 million
* Bitwise: +$4.1 million
* Grayscale: +$8.7 million
* Others: +$23.2 million
All the big asset managers were having positive inflows, even Grayscale! This coincided with a huge dip in ETH price as well as Eric Trump’s tweet, showing that ETF buyers were buying the dip either due to attractive price, the tweet, or both.
https://preview.redd.it/sfyzdt6zz1ie1.png?width=887&format=png&auto=webp&s=173f1d7dffe6488cb4855a0274c26f2910cad9c9
For the year however, among the big ones only Blackrock is net positive, but that is enough to cover the massive Grayscale outflows and lead to a +$273.5 million net positive inflow for 2025.
# Asia and Australia Week Ahead
Another quiet week in Asia and Australia with China CPI and PPI on Sunday, Japan Economy Watchers Sentiment on Monday, and Japan Preliminary Machine Tool Orders and PPI on Thursday.
# Eurozone, UK and Switzerland Week Ahead
Monday has Eurozone Sentix Investor Confidence, Tuesday has UK BRC Retail Sales Monitor and Wednesday has UK CB Leading Index. Important data starts to come out on Thursday in this region, with UK GDP data, UK and Eurozone Industrial Production, and Switzerland CPI. Friday has Switzerland PPI, Eurozone Flash Employment Change and Eurozone Flash GDP.
# Canada and US Week Ahead
Monday has nothing while Tuesday has Canada Building Permits. Wednesday is going to be the key day next week with US CPI, while Canada releases the minutes of their most recent monetary policy meeting. Thursday is important as well with US PPI and Unemployment Claims, and so is Friday with US Retail Sales and Industrial Production, while Canada has Manufacturing Sales data.
# Final Thoughts
The inflation data from US in the week ahead which is CPI on Wednesday and PPI on Thursday are the key points to watch. If the inflation data shows a higher reading, it will be bearish on crypto prices as it will further confirm that inflation is sticky and increase interest rate traders' expectations of an extended rate pause by the Federal Reserve. Looks like we'll need to buckle up for this week as well!
*DISCLAIMER: Economic data from forexfactory with additional info from the aggregated links on the site, Asset prices and ETF data from CMC.* | 2025-02-09 |
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Hey everyone! I was curious to know how many women are in this group and which country you’re from.
A little about me—I’m female, 37, from India.
Also, is anyone here from India? If you’re doing DCA, what’s the best way to save on fees? Would love to hear your insights! | 2025-02-09 |
not that I'm disagreeing - but care to elaborate on reddit being oppressive/anti-freedom? | 2025-02-09 |
Do you know what happens? I think we all know what happens. | 2025-02-09 |
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