BitDigest May 19 · Issue #661
May 19, 2020
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- Bitcoin holding in $9,600 – 9,800 range
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau believes using Ripple could benefit consumers by allowing them to see the actual amount of a transfer / remittance before the transaction has been completed
- ISIS may have transferred $300 war chest into cryptocurrencies to hide it from authorities
Crypto Fear and Greed Index
The Crypto F&G Index has recovered from March and April’s weakness and is now at 50 signifying a neutral sentiment. The index is up 11 points since last week.
She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
Harry Potter author JK Rowling admits that asking for an explanation on bitcoin is something her young wizards may not have event been prepared for. Responding to all the posts and media attention she has received since asking for an explanation of bitcoin she tweeted, “This is getting silly. I’m not joining the Bitcoin community. It should be perfectly obvious by now that I’ve been trolling Bitcoin in the hope of boosting my significant ethereum holdings.”
Moments later she tweeted that the ethereum comment was meant as “a joke.”