{"id":389698,"date":"2019-07-13T18:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T18:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=389698"},"modified":"2024-06-11T07:28:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T07:28:38","slug":"crypto-tidbits-trump-bitcoin-bitpoint-xrp-litecoin-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/crypto-tidbits-trump-bitcoin-bitpoint-xrp-litecoin-nfl\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Tidbits: Donald Trump Jabs Bitcoin, Bitpoint Hacked for XRP, Litecoin Bags Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another week, another round of Crypto and Bitcoin<\/a> Tidbits. The past week was rather tumultuous for the cryptocurrency market. BTC traded everywhere from $10,800 to $13,200, causing dramatic shifts in the sentiment of investors across the board.<\/p>\n

Per the time of writing this, many analysts have begun to lean bearish, as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have lost key support levels and have begun to express signs of further stints lower prior to a reversal.<\/p>\n

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Anyhow, while crypto assets’ price action was bearish overall, what happened over the past seven days could be seen as bullish for this ecosystem’s long-term success.<\/p>\n

We saw Donald Trump name drop “Bitcoin” and “Libra” on Twitter, Binance launch an important product as it turns two, multiple big names in investment laud BTC as a store of value (again), and Litecoin bag a large partnership that could bring crypto to the masses.<\/p>\n

Also, Bitcoin has started to enter back into the discourse of mainstream finance. In fact, Jerome Powell, the incumbent chairman of the Federal Reserve, mentioned<\/a> the cryptocurrency when speaking in front of a group of regulators. He called it a gold-esque store of value, which is, by many definitions, quite the bullish statement.<\/p>\n

And then Chamath Palihapitiya somewhat followed suit<\/a>, telling CNBC that BTC is likely the best hedge against the fiat monetary system that has (and will) ever existed. The former Facebook executive and incumbent chief executive of Social Capital went on to urge viewers of the segment to buy Bitcoin.<\/p>\n

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