Of course I look forward to news of spot ETF approval of XRP. I have been waiting for this ETF approval for a long time but I have not heard any good news till now. After hearing good feedback about XRP from many people I invested and waited for a long time to get something good but after a long time no good news came I sold it at a loss. But still if spot ETF approval are allowed then I will definitely accept it. If the spot ETF of XRP coin is approved then the price will definitely improve a lot.

We already have ETH Spot ETF, I am also waiting for positive news about XRP Spot ETF. If Ripple is really serious about XRP Spot ETF, this is the opportunity for them to self-issue this product or suggest it to the world's leading asset management funds such as BlackRock & Fidelity. If Ripple does not act quickly, the attention of the crypto community may focus on SOL Spot ETF because SOL has also become a major player in this market and the demand for investment in SOL is also extremely large.

Currently, XRP price is still stagnating in the $0.5-0.6 range and causing many investors to lose patience when they see the impressive price increases of many tokens in the Ethereum ecosystem this week. I believe that this accumulation is necessary before there is strong growth thanks to a positive event for XRP and Ripple.

Woke up to the sad news of Kabosu's passing. This got me thinking, which made me wonder: which meme dog will Elon adopt next? Could his next adoptee be Laika, the first dog to travel to space?

Laika is a good choice because it has an interesting cosmos narrative and Elon Musk also has the SpaceX company. However, we are not sure which LAIKA token will be promoted by Elon because there are many memecoins with the same ticker LAIKA.

In addition, Elon Musk has long since been reluctant to talk about crypto as much as he did in the bull run 2021. I'm not sure if he will be quick to shill another memecoin as DOGE is still the memecoins leader and the only memecoin accepted for payment at Tesla. I myself also tend to invest in DOGE rather than choose any other memecoin in this market.

In the cryptocurrency space, SEC chief Gary Gensler is often hostile to crypto. He had this attitude before and still now. After recently approving spot bitcoin ETFs, the agency has now approved spot ether ETFs, but there are concerns about the specific reasons why the approval process for bitcoin ETFs and ether ETFs are different. But as far as I know SEC chief Gary Gensler has not yet agreed to comment on anything outside of the official guidelines. Ether ETFs are only approved based on voting systems and market divisions.

Do you think that Ether's different ETF approval process is a political influence or something else?

I'm quite confused because the content of the topic is different from its title ^^
First of all, we already have ETH Spot ETF, traditional investors in the US may soon be able to trade this asset the way they are trading BTC Spot ETF. Gary Gensler's opinion is no longer important for ETH Spot ETF.

As mentioned, investors cannot yet buy or sell ETH Spot ETF, which means that money cannot flow into ETH and the market does not have additional buying pressure from ETH Spot ETF providers. At the same time, Grayscale is also holding a lot of ETH ~ 2.94M ETH and has negative inflows in the first few months, similar to BTC Spot ETF. However, I believe that ETH Spot ETF is still a great success for ETH and many POS tokens in the market, and is the driving force for a stronger bullrun.

been listening to some of Whitney Webb's interview and podcast appearances and what she has to say about ESG, carbon emission market and the use of Bitcoin for this silent revolution but i have not really seen someone from both forums talk about her points regarding the issues she throw and whether it has validity.

anyone care to share your view to what she is saying?  especially about what Blackrock's plan as its related to having one database for our digital IDs.

Well, this could be related to BlackRock's deep involvement in the crypto market through largest asset, BTC. BTC Spot ETF has both positive and negative impacts. In the short term, it can boost BTC price growth, but in the long run, it can negatively impact Bitcoin's decentralization and self-custody. The crypto community has discussed this a lot, but there is no way to prevent traditional investors from buying BTC Spot ETF, and we don't have enough resources to fight against BlackRock's involvement in the crypto market. We are even happy to see that the inflow of money into BTC Spot ETF has helped many tokens in the market to rally strongly in the past few months.

I think we are forced to accept and make trade-offs when giants from Wall Street like BlackRock come to this market. They can help the market grow stronger, become more popular, and have a clearer position in the economy, but their ultimate goal is always to seek profits rather than do charity. We can only focus on investing and always be cautious of their manipulation schemes. I believe that BlackRock not only wants to earn revenue from management fees for BTC & ETH Spot ETF, but they may also manipulate, accumulate BTC, and become whales in this market.

Yeah I'm happy that MixTum is organizing some nice raffles for the community, and as you said, more members will be aware about this great service. Wish you good luck for the draw!

I hope that 100 numbers will be soon claimed by the AltcoinsTalks forum members and we can proceed to identify the first lucky winner of the MixTum Raffle. I did not participate in the UniJoin Card Raffle because I do not want to reveal my personal address, but I would be happy to participate in the MixTum Raffle to test my luck ^^

In addition to the $45 in BTC prize, I think a few other prizes could be applied, for example 9 other lucky winners will receive a code to reduce the fee when using MixTum, for example reduce from 4-5% + 0.0007 BTC to 1-2% + 0.0007 BTC ^^

After the approval of spot Bitcoin ETF in January which later on pushed the price of BTC to achieved a new ATH even before halving and now there is another breaking news of SEC finally released its nod for spot Ethereum ETF, there is now some speculations that soon we can be able to see spot Solana ETF in the market.

I am sure that many SOL supporters and holders are so excited with this news which if will happen will mark a very big milestone for SOL and can cement its own reputation as a very competitive and valuable cryptocurrency network worth considering and investing with.

Are you enthusiastic with this rumor?

Upon the approval of ETH Spot ETF, we can understand that ETH is no longer accused of being a security. Therefore, many POS tokens, including SOL, are also not securities. This is really good news for the market at this time, especially for SOL, to enter the bullrun smoothly.

For SOL Spot ETF, I think it is still too early for us to have expectations for it, although the trading demand of investors for SOL may have been large enough for the SEC to consider and approve requests for SOL Spot ETF. We should wait for official information about whether large funds like BlackRock and Fidelity want SOL Spot ETF for their clients. Of course, if they dare to request, I will also support SOL Spot ETF because it can boost SOL token price and the explosion of the entire Solana ecosystem.

I think it is normal if people doubt Bitcoin at that time. Bitcoin still didn't prove anything, it was no value at all. People want to see the proof first, they only believe it when they can see the proof. Now, when Bitcoin can prove it, people trust Bitcoin as a great asset. Even a country like El Salvador wants to make it as a legal tender now.

Of course, Bitcoin is the number 1 crypto coin. Everyone wants to have crypto assets, they must prioritize Bitcoin as their main target. Bitcoin has regular halving in every 4 years, it always triggers the price to increase significantly. So people believe it, people can trust with Bitcoin because of the history of halving effects.

At any given time, investors always have both greed and fear for an asset, even if it is BTC at $70K. Some people are afraid that the BTC price will drop sharply in the next few months, others do not want to buy BTC at a high price, while others could have bought BTC at hundreds of $ few years ago. Investors who lack confidence in BTC will tend to choose ALTS or stay out of the market.

Even gold, an asset widely accepted on a global scale, is also a financial instrument that comes with investor debate. The same will happen to BTC in the future, even if BTC reaches $1M. This is completely normal in the market, so believers will continue to believe, skeptics will continue to doubt. In my opinion, from an investor's point of view, everyone who participates in the crypto market should have BTC in their account to ensure profits in each cycle.

Banks can only stop you from buying and selling crypto but once you already have it, they can't stop you from making transactions and crypto payments using it.

It is a well known fact.

People can still be cautions about involving their bank into any crypto transactions, but once you're on the Internet, you've got nothing to fear.

In general, banks in "crypto-unfriendly" countries may freeze all fiat transactions of users related to crypto, for example, information attached to transactions such as "buy BTC". Users may even face more trouble when their accounts are frozen and investigated for money laundering or using crypto to make payments instead of fiat.

In such countries, for example Vietnam, holders can sell crypto for fiat through P2P, OTC, and then use fiat to pay bills. Directly using crypto for payment is considered illegal. In many other countries, people can access crypto payment methods, but in essence, their crypto is sold through a third-party service for fiat and then paid with fiat, the seller will receive fiat instead of crypto.