These times, leaders are being elected on other values than long ago. Apparently being a good businessman means you have to be investigated and fined by the SEC. Also everyone who wants to get their saving from the safety of their savings account into the world of speculation these days expects extremely high returns. Some follow the strangest projects without any scrutiny;
Clearly this isn’t Bitcoin, but it has the same ‘professionals’ going on on how rare their virtual coin is and don’t mind showing it dropped 50% because “That’s the moment you need to grab! Your ONE opportunity! act fast, do not think it though!” scams are working very well in these social-economic circumstances.
Bitcoin is down -3.036,14 (9,84%) since last year! Oh noes!. Anyways, don’t worry, I predict it to be higher on 21st of June and 20th of July. Bitcoins Left to Be Mined 1,938,743.8 Isn’t it about time to make it go slower again? Because it’s a good day to start using much more electricity for exactly the same result.
Here is another ‘feel good’ article, below the effect on the price;
And here the moment of publication ;
It’s easy to retroactively say that article is a scam but it’s on a trustworthy site.
Now lets read it :
“The difference between cryptocurrency and, say, Visa or Mastercard, is that a cryptocurrency is not now regulated by government and doesn’t need middlemen, and transactions rely on the internet, which means they can happen anywhere in the world.”
There, clearly a scam. Below they go on about the middlemen;
“South Africa–based Luno Exchange, established in 2013 and now boasting 1.5 million customers in over 40 countries worldwide, is the first to be based in Africa.”
“Others, particularly cryptocurrency-based remittance services, are popping up in various countries. These services include Abra, which operates in Malawi and Morocco, GeoPay in South Africa, BitMari in Zimbabwe and London-based Kobocoin, which was launched by Nigerian entrepreneur Felix Onyemechi Ugoji.”
Ok, so there are middlemen, how about it being regulated ;
“Safaricom’s policy is to suspend banking services for cryptocurrency firms that do not receive proper authorization from the CBK.”
“In 2015, the CBK published public warnings on the risks of cryptocurrencies. Specifically, the CBK emphasized that cryptocurrency is volatile and lacks specific regulation. For these reasons, the CBK advised the public to refrain from trading cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin.”
The evil governments want to protect the customers, how dare they! You see why I have such a bad feeling when it comes to cryptocurrency? It’s just a tool for criminals.
Obviously, the people who have some amount of money are being ripped off, neo-colonialism.