Bitcoin Blog Awakens After FIVE Years

 New all-time highs warrant a revival and update - don't you think? So, here we go. My holdings are now this: BTC, XRP, DOGE, SOL, and SUI. Yes, I caught all the runs of Doge, Sol and Sui. - just sold some (1/2) of my SOL and SUI - will wait to see if there is a pullback to buy back in upon. 

My DOGE cost is 15 cents - even at 40 cents - it's a firm hold or accumulate. I believe Musk will use the blockchain for government efficiency and somehow it may involve the D.O.G.E. coin. It's previous run up to 70 cents might be in the cards in the near future,  if not more. 

I'm still a buyer of XRP and am one of those folks who think the sky is still the limit on this coin. BTC, compared to the other coins probably doesn't have as much potential for a multiplier and if so, the others will equal it IMO. That said, I hold more value in BTC currently than any other coin. 

I hold about 20% cash in my crypto account currently. A bit more than normal currently. 

So, thanks for checking out the revival of Bitcoin Trader - read some history in the posts below - click on some links/ads - stay awhile. I own the website obtainingbitcoin.com - it needs an upgrade and overhaul - anyone up to it?

2018 Oh What A Year In CryptoCurrencies

Not many Bitcoin blogs have been around to have had this same title in 2015 - seems every year is a "oh what a year" - but... 2018 was a doozy. From highs near 20,000 back in the heady days of Dec. 2017 and still holding up high early in 2018 - to the crashing of ALL alternative coins and Bitcoin. Many folks who got in as Bitcoin was increasing daily back in late 2017 - lost nearly all their starting capital.... as Bitcoin went out of favor and the bubble...for now...burst. Will it test its 3000 dollar level again? 

Also, the recent 51% attack on ETH classic - shows the increasing vulnerability of CryptoCurrencies - as it and many others have seen double spends and more. People not in the crypto space are reluctant to move into the blockchain as an investment vehicle and consequently nearly all trading volumes are way way way down. One ETF proposal after another was denied in 2018...but more are coming....and Bitcoin Futures entered the scene in 2018.... seemingly forcing the price down with more and more shorts.

Meanwhile in 2018 - CHINA was big big news.... cracking down on nearly all crypto...from exchanges to miners...other major markets such as India also showed no movement...while a few other countries saw the blockchain and crypto as the coming revolution. Speaking of which...in some countries with huge inflation if not revolution...Bitcoin made a presence of itself....as have Stable value coins in 2018 - and the first state sponsored coins. Ripple also passed ETH in marketcap but the battle is close...Ripple forms the all important bank connections and the IMF looks to crypto to provide possible funding to 3rd world countries and provide a means to determine who is creditworthy in nations without banking for the people.

So...it's all about change...and what's new about that.... nothing at all. So...adapt... be informed and be ready to act. The lower volumes and beaten down market are very responsive to real business news and the pump and dump have returned also to a degree. There is BTC to be made...even fiat. Keep the faith. I do intend to re-start this blog and post what I consider to be important crypto links and mix that up with sharing some of my trades in Crypto... looking forward to 2019. 

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Here's some recent pertinent links:

Why The Ethereum Classic Hack Is Not Good News For Crypto - call it a reorganized chain or hack...something bad is lurking for many smaller alts for sure.

Has The Bitcoin Price Become Price Bound?  - this analyst calls the price to be 3,000 to 5,000 for months.

Finally, Ripple wants a piece of the global payment system - no kidding.... 

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Here's that first link again you didn't hit above!
2015 Oh What A Year In CryptoCurrencies

Poloniex Holdings - March 2017

Current Holdings At Poloniex

Some of my current holdings and trades:

Poloniex Holdings

3/4/17

10:30 AM

Some March Holdings

Factom  .50 btc

Bitcoin  .28 btc

Stellar .24 btc

STEEM .08 btc

Expanse .08 btc

I played the DASH explosion nearly perfectly the other other day and have been trading Factom with some regularity and small gains during it's decline. Worried about Stellar after that 90 Satoshi price the other day.

Estimated value of holdings: $1,684.28 USD / 1.32495994 BTC

(Feb #s $1,471 USD / 1.45 BTC)

February Holdings

litecoin  .39 btc

Pascal  .32 btc

Stellar .27 btc

Ripple .24 btc

NEM .21 btc

Thanks for coming to Bitcoins In Trade

Poloniex Holdings - Late 2016

Current Holdings At Poloniex

Gonna try to bring to you my current holdings and some of my current trades.
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Poloniex Holdings

12/19/2016

10:04 AM

EST. VALUE: $1344.24 USD / 1.6955 BTC

BITCOIN - .70 BTC

RIPPLE - .65 BTC

SYNEREO AMP - .18 BTC

NAVcoin - .08 BTC

QiBUCK - .07 BTC

I CURRENTLY BOUGHT INTO RIPPLE, AMP, AND NAV IN THE LAST FEW DAYS AT A SLIGHTLY HIGHER PRICE - LOOKING FOR ALL TO TURN PROFITABLE SLIGHTLY HIGHER. QiBUCK REMAINS MY LOTTERY TICKET - AND IS ONE HECK OF A READ ON BITCOINTALK.

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BITTREX HOLDINGS

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Quark And ESportsCoin Updates And Today's Pick

Hello readers.... I wanted to update the `news' about ESportCoins and the Quark Coin plus provide a glimpse into what I've been trading this weekend or setting up tradewise. First, let's look at the Esportscoin... the one with the real potential for disaster... and a bit of knowledge once again gained from simply watching the trading marketplace. 

IF you remember, I started out the last post saying it seemed like a good time to get into the ESC again.... but, while placing my bets... I mean trades.... I found via bitcointalk that the coin was likely a bogus coin.... one of the pump and dump crappola coins with ripoff as its middle name instead of Sports..... As I just said, the forum came to the above conclusion and when I saw that the coin DIDN'T HAVE A WEBSITE.... I felt a pang for the trades I had just set up..... well... Bittrexx listed ESportsCoin as one that is going to be delisted unless it's supporters average 0.2 bitcoin over the next 7 days... always like throwing fire on the fire... and sooo....

12/15/2014 09:46:33 12/15/2014 09:46:32 Sell 0.00000191

(bought at between 330 and 702)

So, I sold a little over a third of my stake at a significant loss - 

the appropriate sting for not doing any research whatsoever on the coin that I remember... just going along as everyone is going to do today..... 

BUT knowing the stupidity level is similar to my own... I then placed the rest as you see below:

12/15/2014 09:47:31 Sell 0.00000346

12/15/2014 09:48:16 Sell 0.00001346

IF everyone is stupid enough... I might just get that bet.... I meant investment... back.

Sell is currently at 301 and the buy at 209 (so, I could have gotten more by waiting until this afternoon already - but, only a bit) - that 346 sits third in line. IF the coin is to be saved even the 1346 will bet met... we will see.

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So, did I coax out that 5% in the Quark Trade at Cryptsy?

2014-12-12 10:35:19 Buy 0.00001235

2014-12-12 13:52:12 Sell 0.00001289

Sure did, about three hours later.

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So, what's the big trade I'm positioning for today?

I've doubled down hard on the DTC DaytraderCoin ..  coin with a big previous following that is slowing in trade and an eventual blast in value.... perhaps.

Below you can see my history with this coin:

11/26/2014 20:02:49 11/26/2014 20:02:00 Buy 0.00006687

11/26/2014 20:02:57 11/26/2014 20:02:57 Buy 0.00006737

11/26/2014 20:13:42 11/26/2014 20:05:20 Sell 0.00008200

11/26/2014 23:32:18 11/26/2014 20:45:23 Sell 0.00009994

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I then did it again buying at 6900 and selling at 8350

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So, I loaded up Friday evening  for one more ride

12/12/2014 20:34:38 12/12/2014 20:34:38 Buy 0.00003466

My Sells are at 5724, 6767, and 9400

3829 is the current asking 

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MORE SOON

Won On Quicksilver (Coin) Again

As traders like to do... find the trough and get in... set the sell and out you go... see below for what the Quicksilver coin did again:

12/08/2014 14:58:06 12/08/2014 08:48:59 Buy 0.00003100

12/11/2014 18:11:25 12/08/2014 15:31:14 Sell 0.00003820

23.2%

And, yes, I've got my next bid in too.

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So, lately, I've been trading at Cryptsy - and I love their website... it's about the same vol as Bittrex as of now but seems livelier overall to more coins trading.

 Anyhow, the trade below I've done for small margins just to get involved with another new coin there (I'm trading frequently 2 or 3 coins there) .... and I just started with this one as you can see below:

The Coin Is The Quark (Coin)

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(yeah, just 1% and 2% gains to begin)

2014-12-12 10:35:19 Buy 0.00001235

2014-12-09 09:36:15 Sell 0.00001248

2014-12-09 05:31:35 Buy 0.00001236

2014-12-09 00:23:56 Sell 0.00001247

2014-12-08 13:12:02 Sell 0.00001247

2014-12-08 12:09:09 Sell 0.00001259

2014-12-07 08:04:48 Buy 0.00001235

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So, as you can see below - I've put that 1235 purchase up a bit higher this time

2014-12-12 11:28:48 0.00001289 Sell

let's see if I can squeeze out near 5% on this less active coin.

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Updates Soon

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current time is 11:42 am eastern USA

Quicksilver (Coin) Today's Trade

I've already had two very nice cycles of the sine curve for this coin... why not get in on this one?

Today's Coin Trade

@bittrex.com

12/04/2014 11:20:57 12/04/2014 11:20:57 Buy 0.00003602

12/04/2014 11:23:25 Sell 0.00004250

12/04/2014 11:24:05 Sell 0.00004505

12/04/2014 11:24:47 Sell 0.00005005

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I think this will run up once again soon - are you in?

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