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I agree with this 100%. Don't get me wrong, I've had moments of fear and considered selling some bitcoin but I think the price is only going to go up in the future. I think a lot of this price drop is manipulated and predicated on fear-mongering and greed. I think that ultimately this drop has made a lot of people richer and a lot of people poorer.

A bunch of people told me to sell bitcoin over the holidays and continue to chirp "I told you so". The only problem with that strategy is taxes. Selling when you hold for less than 12 months results in short term capital gains tax.... plus, like you I am confident that the value will continue to go up, even if this is a less than pleasant drop in value. Buying for the long haul, not trying to time the market or be a day trader.

oh yeah i've made it so I hold mine for 12 months and 1 day at least! that extra percentage tax really eats your bottom line.

Good to know. I wasn't aware of that. Extra insenstive to hold on for the ride.

Makes total sense. I really need to read up more on this. I knew I'd pay tax but didn't realize it's more in the first year. I'm in Canada so I'll have to research this more.

Ah might be different for you here if an investment is over 1 year and 1 day it is considered a long term investment and taxable at 10% while if its a short term investment under that its taxable at your current income rate for that year. (of course as always speak to a tax professional first) Always gotta cover my butt lol

Definitely. Thanks

Reminds me of June and July of last year, where it was sitting between 3,000$ and 4000$; going up and down - everybody thought it was the end Bitcoin's run.

Then plans were hatched to finally implement SegWit, everything stabilized, and then Bitcoin started rising again. I have a feeling this is going to be very similar to that, except with news of potentially implementing Lightning instead of SegWit.

It cracks me up some days seriously, when the sky seems like its falling and honestly I panic at times as well I do the opposite and end up buying while everyone else is selling. So far so good idk if that will always hold true however.

Bitcoin was a little unstable with its huge runup to $20000 and now it's just consolidating and everyone is selling because of the FUD. It could possibly break support level and go down to as low as $8000-$7500. Nice post

thanks for this @bitcoinflood

What i sense here is that. The government and social medias are not happy with the way Cryptos and blockchain is changing the world due to their selfish interest. But i believe that we are in the crypto world and ethereum is finding its way to the top already. The news about bitcoin shouldn't discourage people from investing in it. I see a drastic push up very soon.

Just hodl folks it's all we can. The Cryptocurrency gods will see us good again soon enough.

In Life... There are always ups and downs
Crypto currencies are sure gonna bounce back...
Can I get an amen?

Ya you said it right! I pray that those bitcoins bounce back to their price..

The world better get ready for the greatest shock! Crypto currencies are simply taking over!

Yes I think so. This post is very useful. crypto falling alarmingly. Thanks for your recommendations. @bitcoinflood

@bitcoinflood Thank you for shering this post???

tnx for SDB

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I do not know what is on our forehead in the future, it is very difficult to say, thank you so much for sharing the very important news
@bitcoinflood

Exactly what I was looking for!

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