I have never heard of that man and I wonder if he is perhaps only known in his own country? Although I think that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I still agree that people should not talk about something they do not fully understand.

Perhaps his statement about BTC is motivated by what has been happening in Gaza in recent months, and we have seen that there are some theories that the people against whom they are waging war were allegedly partially financed through cryptocurrencies.

Yes I understand what you mean Lucius
yes the trend has reversed but we always talk about the fact that we are under halving, the effects of the same are historically not seen before 200 days from the halving
so it doesn't worry me at all
for me bitcoin grow, long

Maybe this time the halving will show its effect in 100 days or we will feel it only in 250 days - which is actually not so important if we look at the overall picture. The fact is that there is quite a lot of interest in Bitcoin from very powerful and rich companies, but which are not as influential for most investors as Google, Amazon or Apple would be if the news appeared that they had invested in BTC.

I am sure that many (who otherwise wouldn't) will try to profit from Bitcoin this year and next, and that only means that the law of supply and demand will have a positive effect on the price.

I think so too, but since we don't have data it becomes difficult to predict something like this (very difficult to be honest)
we can already make weak speculations based on previous halvings
if we face a new fact it becomes even more complex to speculate, given that we have no data or history about it

Data is one thing, but facts are something completely different. The facts show that there is considerable interest in investing in BTC through spot ETFs, and that some very large US companies have invested significant funds. I have no doubt that such investments will continue, and that the halving will still have its effect as before.

In the past 3 days, spot ETFs have finally reversed the trend outflows and bought about 7000 BTC, which seems to have been immediately reflected in the price. And news like this is not to be underestimated either -> https://twitter.com/BitwiseInvest/status/1790830802911048112

You're right here, it's about spammers. I just got the notification of his reply and I really can't understand the reason and purpose of such posts.

They are not wearing a sig so they're not shilling for pay, but def spamming crapola and need a warning at the very least.

You don't have to have a signature/avatar to get paid for something - there were cases on BTT where members did similar things and were paid for every link or publication of the name of the service they are promoting. It's obviously a promotion attempt that is going very badly, and I wouldn't rule out that it's AI bots that someone is experimenting with.

Examples from BTT -> 1 & 2

Warning!

Users @AvatarSiri and @Macjaja24 apparently came to this forum to shill certain service - the same thing happens on BTT. Do not enter into discussions with them, because their intentions are more than clear.

Post history ->

https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=98338
https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=96185

yes ok but what does this mean?
If we have already reached one of the ATHs, will the ETF factor lead to Bitcoin having an ATH on steroids? This is very interesting if you think about it, we don't know if ETF will have a multiplier effect, it's a new factor
he certainly had it in the halving phase

I had the opinion that ETFs + halving would be a perfect storm and it is possible that this will happen in the future, despite the fact that at the moment it seems that investors in BTC through ETFs have decided to take a break. We can speculate that this is because the investors simply misunderstood what halving is and when the price did not rise immediately, they decided to sell.

I think that the US market still speculates a lot about when interest rates will fall, and there are strong indications that it will happen soon, which means that money will somehow become cheaper, which could mean more investments.

I think that mixers aren't the problem, but the criminals who use them (with are just a small part of their users).
Sadly, privacy is becoming harder and harder to achieve just because this anti money laundry war doesn't care about citizens rights for privacy.

According to everything we could read from the publications of the most famous US whistleblower, three letters agencies have been dealing with BTC since at least 2013 by developing tools that can track users and their transactions and identify them. I don't know when the first mixer appeared, but it is obvious that such a tool bothers them a lot, especially since they constructed stories about how countries like Iran or North Korea circumvent sanctions by using BTC and mixers.

I read that the EU will ban mixers and USDT soon, so all those who continue to use them would be treated as criminals? Let's be honest, "they" actually consider us criminals in a way, because it's not a problem to invest in BTC through full KYC CEXs, it's a problem to be your own bank and that bothers them the most.

Forums have always been places for discussion and exchange of ideas, and signature campaigns and bounty campaigns are something that can only motivate people to be even more active than they would otherwise be. I personally don't see anything wrong with it if someone's profit is an additional motivation, especially if because of that motivation he doesn't become an ordinary spammer who just appears on the forum and fulfills his daily quota and then disappears.

Of course, we are all limited by time and we cannot all spend the same amount of time online, so everyone contributes to the forum in their own way. I hope that despite the fact that the current number of sig campaigns is less than it used to be, most members will remain active and welcome their opportunity again.