Most people don’t get rich overnight… Every now and then a new story will emerge of someone throwing $5000 into a random coin and becoming a millionaire in a matter of months. It’s the investing equivalent of winning the lottery. People are able to quit their jobs, follow their dreams, buy a mansion and live happily ever after. That’s the story the news tells, but the reality is much more grim. There are the rare instances where someone actually does make it big off the right investment at the right time into some altcoin with little to no usability or backing behind it, and good for them! They made it…
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Prominent Bitcoin-focused Twitter accounts suspended for hours
The Twitter profiles of PlanB, Willy Woo and others are now back online following a six-hour blackout, but anti-Bitcoin conspiracy theories did get far
News began at 2:25 a.m., when PlanB tweeted, “Just woke up to see my account suspended and all 300k followers gone. No explanation from twitter, no dm, nothing. Does anybody know what happened? More accounts having this problem? @twitter, @twittersupport, @jack HELP!!!”
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Markets Report: Bitcoin sees new $50K spike as rumors swirl over Twitter buy-in
A $1.25 billion convertible note offering from Twitter has pundits talking about a MicroStrategy copycat move into BTC
Bitcoin stayed higher on March 2 after overnight progress saw a brief return to $50,000. A subsequent dip to $48,400 bounced to leave the pair at around $49,000 at press time prior to the Wall Street open. For popular trader Scott Melker, the overall trend was plain to see — Bitcoin had a solid month in February, regardless of its short-term ups and downs.
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Twitter’s Jack Dorsey: Bitcoin is inherently political
In criticizing Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s refusal to endorse BLM, Jack Dorsey argues that political activism is in crypto’s DNA
Jack Dorsey suggested in a tweet sent on Sept. 30 that Bitcoin cannot be separated from political activism, which makes Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s decision to not take a position on the Black Lives Matter movement pointless.
