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Bitcoin is on the move, I anticipated that it would rise some after it hit almost $20K.  I don't believe it will hit that high but it it would be nice.  Most are citing that tax day was the inflection point.  I don't quite understand the connection, it's not like the IRS won't continue to hunt down those whom made gains but didn't pay the tax.  If it continues gaining, I'd think the IRS will increase their efforts.

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Percentage wise, the big winner so far is ripple.  Its percentage gain doubled that of bitcoin, litecoin is also doing very well.  It appears that the little guys are making their moves to catch the leaders.  I wish that little guy steem would get the message.  I would expect ripple to move higher as it is being used by the  banks to transfer funds.

While cryptocurrencies are making headways, the federal reserve says that they don't pass the basic test of what a currency should be.  Taking about 'calling the kettle black', I would like to know their position on fiat currencies.  Are currencies meant to devaluate to zero and are the controllers of the currencies allowed to print as many of them as they wish?

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