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As a quick back of the envelope calculation S&P 500 index market cap is around $38T and BTC's is around $0.5T. So when I see S&P 500 drop 0.5% and Bitcoin drop a similar amount, in real dollar terms the stock market is having a much worse day. Similar logic also when markets are up, BTC has to move much more than equities to be comparable. Or am I thinking of this the wrong way and the absolute percent does matter even when comparing the performance of two very differently capitalized markets?

Not a trader, but has Bitcoin already decoupled?

A guide for bitcoin open-source grant seekers

Okay guys. Hear me out. Helium network, but with lightning.

Kasai

Looks like althea uses some shitcoin called xDia: https://blog.althea.net/altheafaq/#needtoknow

hopefully some day they'll see the light.. and switch to lightning

TLDR a career cantillionaire explains 1. bitcoin is going to zero because he said so, 2. it undermines the federal reserve system which "we" (he and his ilk) desperately need for government control, and 3. he admires the (murderous, authoritarian) Chinese communist leader's decision to ban bitcoin... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJQPu7yX7TM