Anti-Bitcoin rhetoric heating up

Bill Maher mocks Bitcoin, focusing on two of the most common criticisms

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Bill Maher mocks Bitcoin American Comedian Bill Maher used his platform to rip into Bitcoin this week, delivering an 8-minute rant that went viral in the crypto space. Maher quoted several Bitcoin critics including Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and "The Black Swan" author Nassim Taleb, admitting that he doesn't "get" Bitcoin. Read more Price Update   Play slot games to win from a prize pool of $1,000 and 2,000 Free Spins in Legends of Slots weekly tournament only on Bitcoin.com Games! Play Now In the news No. 1 NFL draft pick Trevor Lawrence puts signing bonus in crypto As a growing number of professional athletes have chosen to get paid in Bitcoin, Lawrence's payment was reportedly converted into three cryptocurrencies: bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), and solana (SOL). While the amount of Lawrence's sign-on bonus was not disclosed, Spotrac estimates it to be $24.1 million. Visa CEO outlines company's 5 crypto priorities Al Kelly says that the payments giant is leaning into the cryptocurrency space "in a very, very big way", stating that Visa is "extremely well-positioned." Among the five highlighted crypto priorities are enabling consumers to purchase Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency, crypto payment settlements between merchants, consumers and financial institutions, and working with central banks to increase crypto adoption. Bitcoin miners prep for BTC's largest update in 4 years Bitcoin miners have started to signal for "Taproot activation", which aims to help BTC scale and keep transactions more private. The protocol that will be deployed consensus is reached with a soft fork, and May 2, 2021, around 25% of the network's SHA256 hashrate approves of the Taproot activation. Sponsored by Uniqly.io Join now to get access to the first limited edition #NFT shirts on the market! The sale is scheduled to launch on the 12th of May at 5 PM CET. Read more here!     @2021 Saint Bitts, LLC 858 Zenway Blvd, P.O. Box 1830, Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis  This email was sent to yogyabiz.bitcoin@blogger.com. To unsubscribe or manage your subscriptions click here. Have feedback for us? Submit here.