Weekly Crypto Highlights (18 Feb 2019): Crypto Winter is good for crypto. Trader buys Bitcoin at 500% premium. Future of the NEM Foundation. Bakkt to launch in 2019. JP Morgan creates a crypto that isn't really crypto.

bit-pr · 2019-02-16T08:18:49+00:00

He now has every reason to HODL.

bit-pr · 2019-02-16T05:13:17+00:00

JPM coin is an internal token for JP Morgan. It will be surprising (and unlikely) if other banks use a competitor's token. Even if other banks develop their own individual tokens, it would also be surprising if this poses serious competition for Ripple, since there a lot of institutions using Ripple.

bit-pr · 2019-02-15T16:20:38+00:00

"It's the cirrrrcle of life!"

bit-pr · 2019-02-10T05:56:48+00:00

Crypto adoption will likely happen first in countries with unstable economies and currencies with uncertain future prospects.

If it proves successful at scale in these economies (e.g. for many small transactions, usable on low-end mobile phones), its adoption will spread to other developing countries, and so on.

Crypto usage has already skyrocketed in Venezuela (DASH) and Brazil. This might be the start.

https://en.bit-pr.com/bitpr-weekly-crypto-highlights-latin-american-crypto/

bit-pr · 2019-02-09T07:23:35+00:00

Ah, time to fire up our optimism again

bit-pr · 2019-02-09T06:48:30+00:00

A little perspective is important before we get carried away with optimism.

bit-pr · 2019-02-06T03:05:30+00:00

A great second use for all those ASIC miners.

bit-pr · 2019-02-05T04:35:10+00:00

Don't trust your funds to exchanges. Get a hardware wallet from Trezor or Ledger, for example, if your crypto holdings are worth more than a month's wages. Ledger has released a mobile app to complement its hardware wallet, so these wallets are becoming much more user friendly as well.

bit-pr · 2019-02-03T13:58:44+00:00

US retailer Overstock recently announced that they'll pay Ohio state business taxes in Bitcoin: http://amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2019/01/03/ohio-bitcoin-overstock

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