I would think after the SEC decided to pursue #Ripple ($XRP-X), people would be far more wary of crypto in general. Do they think other cryptocurrencies will be immune? Ripple is likely a test case.

Not sure what "March 2020...right as millennials got going" means. Did you mean to say right as the pandemic got going?

Yes Gary, I believe Trump's behavior was even shocking to his critiques. I wonder if he and Pence are even talking. Rioters were chanting "hang Mike Pence." Had things gone badly, Trump could have arranged the lynching of his own VP.

#Bitcoin was intended to be a digital currency, not tied to any specific government entity and to be completely autonomous. I've never been a fan since I find it highly volatile, too useful for criminals, and too subjective to the whims of governments who could easily make it illegal.

#Bitcoin at $100k? I think you are dreaming if you think it could ever get that high.

Gary, I too did not like Trump, but only because I thought him to be racists, misogynist, crooked, hateful and dishonest (I could go on). He certainly was not presidential. But that doesn't mean I was a Trump hater who refused to acknowledge any good he did, nor do I disagree 100% with all of his policies.

I didn't believe in this "Trump cult" nonsense until the aftermath of the election. Too many of my well educated friends are fully convinced that Covid is mostly a Democratic hoax (as Trump claimed) and that the election was stolen from him due to fraud. They believe every word he says, no matter how ridiculous, and despite the fact that there is zero evidence, and that every court threw out his lawsuits. They are convinced that the entire world is aligned against Trump. It is scary how Trump has half the country completely mesmerized. The only thing in recent history that comes to mind as comparable is how Hitler was able to keep his countrymen hanging on his every word and believing every lie, and convinced them to turn on their fellow citizens.

Trump scares me.

It's been crazy reading about Ripple! More like "most delisted" next month.

Unless where you live the rules are different, it will likely be quite a while before you can even get the vaccine. Those of us who are young and healthy are low priority.

Assuming everything goes smoothly, by then you might be far more eager to take it. Especially if those who take it are offered more freedom than those who don't.

I've always found this aspect confusing myself. And yet I'm shocked that Bitcoin has surpassed $20k. It's main appeal seems to be for criminals. But it's buzziness is causing many investors to buy and horde the "currency." People who will never actually spend those coins to buy anything.

Perhaps you are correct - I would have thought Covid would have factored into the election more and caused Trump to lose by a landslide. While he'll likely still lose, that clearly didn't happen. And after his lawsuits, who knows who will be in the White House What's your prediction @[DRM](user:130312)?