Blue Alpine Cast - Cryptocurrency News and Research (Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and more)

Today we'll talk about:

- the four (or rather five!) steps to invest properly into cryptocurrencies:

1. define your investment strategy

2. think about when and how you want to invest

3. where will you buy the cryptos?

4. how to secure your cryptocurrencies

(5. taxes)

Notes:

Video on how to send your cryptocurrencies to a Ledger Nano S: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=B7uFfe-y7Qs

- Investor Peter Thiel and his interview at the Economic Club of New York (https://business.facebook.com/BloombergTechnology/videos/1684333791613071/?utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter)

- His thoughts on why Bitcoin could be an interesting alternative to Gold

- Bitcoin (BTC) Mining losing profitability due to sinking prices (https://cointelegraph.com/news/fundstrats-tom-lee-reports-bitcoin-mining-now-less-profitable-due-to-falling-btc-prices)

- Thinking about network effects when it comes to blockchain technology

- Lightning Labs releasing lnd-0.4-beta of the Lightning Network (https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/lightnings-first-implementation-now-beta-developers-raise-25m/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BitcoinMagazine+%28Bitcoin+Magazine%29#1521128888)

- What the changes of this Lightning release bring

- Whether Blockchain technology is only hype and what could potentially could become THE killer app for blockchain (https://cointelegraph.com/news/german-automotive-innovation-could-drive-real-world-blockchain-usage)

- Google banning cryptocurrency ads. We mentioned it a couple of days ago already, now it's official: https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/7648803?hl=en&ref_topic=29265

- Coinbase has a new partnership with Barclays, allowing its customers easier and more seamless transfers: https://bitrazzi.com/coinbase-and-barclays-move-to-strike-a-major-banking-deal/

- US Congress' hearing on cryptocurrencies and ICOs was today (https://www.ccn.com/us-congress-debates-icos-cryptocurrency-regulation-in-house-subommittee-hearing/)

- The comparison of the Bitcoin (BTC) chart and S&P 500 and what it means for you as an investor (https://bitrazzi.com/numbers-indicate-bitcoin-has-a-strong-positive-correlation-with-the-us-equity-market/)

- Correlation of the stock market and the cryptocurrency market

- Big announcement from Binance about Decentralization (https://support.binance.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001668872-Binance-Chain) and the Binance Chain

- What will happen to Binance Coin (BNB)

- Venezuela's current state with the Petro and the details of the public sale (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2018/03/09/venezuelas-petro-undermines-other-cryptocurrencies-and-international-sanctions/)

- The implications a government-backed cryptocurrency could have

- EU won't ban cryptocurrency mining for now, as it's not illegal (https://www.coindesk.com/eu-cant-ban-bitcoin-mining-over-energy-concerns-official-says/)

- Google limiting certain advertisements that involve cryptocurrencies and/or ICOs (https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-advertisers-on-google-adwords-report-ad-suspensions-and-account-terminations)

- Facebook's previous ad ban

- Google Search Trends go down as Bitcoin's Price goes down (https://cointelegraph.com/news/google-searches-for-bitcoin-slump-in-synchronicity-with-bitcoins-price)

- Lightning Network has 1000 nodes and over 1880 payment channels (https://twitter.com/ArminVanBitcoin/status/972928844905709568)

- Bitcoin (BTC) Misery Index and when the right time for buying Bitcoin appears (https://bitrazzi.com/want-to-invest-in-bitcoin-theres-a-new-index-to-help-you-know-the-ideal-time/)

- A graphic displaying the Bitcoin Misery Index (https://cointelegraph.com/news/wall-street-analyst-creates-bitcoin-misery-index-for-traders)

- Ethereum's (ETH) Vitalik Buterin talking about Plasma Cash (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyuA11PDDHE)

- How Plasma Cash could be hacker-resistant and scale at the same time (https://cointelegraph.com/news/buterin-presents-blockchain-scaling-solution-that-could-make-exchanges-hack-resistant)

what you can and should do when Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETC), Litecoin (LTC) and other coins go down

- Binance recovering the funds and putting everything back to normal (https://www.ccn.com/binance-reverses-hacker-trades/)

- How the phishing URL looks the hackers used (see screenshot here: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXtm-VuV4AAP1CX.jpg)

- the real reason why Bitcoin (BTC) is crashing (https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/971374555603324928)

- The sell-offs that happened from the Mt. Gox trustee (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXs4OekXcAYyg5b.jpg)