While good for this space in terms of mass adoption and further supply side scarcity, as a whole, remember: if you don't own your private keys you don't own your coin....you are simply using a custodian and are trading numbers on a screen. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crypto-curious-risk-averse-invest-134228546.html

Ron Paul on #Bitcoin: "You can't tax money" 👏🏼

Check out the latest on CryptoLiberate https://www.cryptoliberate.com/decentralization-crypto-and-the-widening-gyre/

Elon Musk is an uneducated 'tourist' at best, and an unhinged troll at worst when it comes to BTC. This is the same man who wants to have a USB port installed in your head (Neurolink). If that isn't a credibility destroyer, we don't know what is. Anyone who takes their advice on BTC and sells based on his capricious, narcissistic tweets probably deserves losing their position at a loss, anyway. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-is-a-tourist-in-crypto-celsius-network-ceo-says-174246106.html

More evidence to the point that Bitcoin is can actual help tract down criminals better than cash, some of the Bitcoin from the pipeline ransomeware has been recovered. This raises the question though: “How did the FBI obtain the private keys?” https://www.coindesk.com/federal-officials-recover-bitcoin-ransom-from-colonial-pipeline-attack-cnn

Not only are companies investing their treasuries into Bitcoin and Crypto, but so too are Countries investing their sovereign wealth in Bitcoin. As more and more countries compete with each other to own Bitcoin, it could create a race to hold the future of money--even if countries find it prudent to hold Bitcoin only as a hedge (a what if scenario if you will) against Bitcoin becoming the global currency standard, such a race would send Bitcoin skyrocketing. Revolutionary: El Salvador On Its Way To Adopt Bitcoin As a Legal Tender https://cryptopotato.com/revolutionary-el-salvador-on-its-way-to-adopt-bitcoin-as-a-legal-tender/

Thank you Freeman for the link to the following article. It contains interesting information regarding how cryptocurrencies are taxed. Bitcoin crash opens door to a tax loophole for investors https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/25/bitcoin-crash-opens-door-to-a-tax-loophole-for-investors.html

Does it even make sense that the FBI was able to retrieve the private keys through an exchange wallet by way of cooperation from an exchange? Exchange wallets are known to pose security risks since they hold the private keys. After over a decade, Bitcoin is still un-hacked when used peer-to-peer as it was designed to be used. But the question may still remain as to how did the FBI get the private keys: Did FBI Hack Private Keys to Bitcoin Wallet of Colonial Pipeline Hackers?https://coingape.com/did-fbi-hack-private-keys-to-bitcoin-wallet-of-colonial-pipeline-hackers/

Thank you Qortal team! Great article on Qortal--a grass roots project looking to bring Crypto back to its revolutionary roots: it's a democratic and decentralized blockchain, where everyone will have an equal share in the future direction of the project. The Qortal network is supported by "minters" who will share in the block reward and who can also level up based on contribution. The project is on the ground floor with a great development team and an excited community of believers. https://www.cryptoliberate.com/880-2/

"The road to serfdom consists of working exponentially harder for a currency growing exponentially weaker" - Michael Saylor

Some Well Needed Perspective on Crypto’s Latest Dip https://www.cryptoliberate.com/some-well-needed-perspective-on-cryptos-latest-dip/

ONE AMAZING BITCOIN INTERVIEW: MICHAEL SAYLOR AND MAX KEISER https://www.cryptoliberate.com/one-amazing-bitcoin-interview-michael-saylor-and-max-keiser/

Included is an allocation of Bitcoin for the education of underserved entrepreneurship Square Completes $100M Investment in Underserved Communities https://apple.news/AZtJrjA8DREyE4Hk4ULVegA

The news is in and out of China over mining is about as fickle as Elon Musk's wavering of support over Bitcoin. Either way, China's exit from Bitcoin would only serve to help the network by decentralizing it away from authoritarian control. China’s Yunnan Province Did Not Order Miners to Shut Down, Despite Reports https://www.coindesk.com/chinas-yunnan-province-did-not-order-miners-to-shut-down-despite-reports

With 90% of miners agreeing to the protocol update, the Taproot upgrade for Bitcoin is locked in for November. Taproot will increase Bitcion privacy, help with scalability, and also lower transactions fees. Taproot is Here: Miners Lock In Bitcoin’s Biggest Upgrade in Years https://cryptopotato.com/taproot-is-here-miners-lock-in-bitcoins-biggest-upgrade-in-years/

For those of you interested in TA--looks like Bitcoin is showing some parallels to the Wycoff distribution model right now. The Wyckoff Method: A Tutorial https://school.stockcharts.com/doku.php?id=market_analysis:the_wyckoff_method