In news out earlier today, China has announced that it will be adopting bitcoin as it's national and native currency.
The news has shocked onlookers and surprised many in the space.
The news is being reported this morning by the Chinese Crypto Gazette, often the first to have breaking news from the region.
Bitcoin has responded favorably to this news, shooting up 10% in a matter of minutes:
(Source: https://www.coinbase.com/dashboard)
The president of China, Xi Jinping had this to say about the release:
"After much study, we have decided that outlawing/banning bitcoin and cryptocurrencies was counterproductive to advancing our technology. After further consideration, China has decided we want to be the next technological global powerhouse, and we believe this is a step in that direction."
Rumors are circulating that the US is also considering taking similar actions so that they do not fall behind in the technological arms race.
We shall see how this all unfolds.
By the way there was one more newsworthy point to report, April Fools!
Yes that is right, if you couldn't tell already, this post was entirely an April Fools joke. China is not really accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment or as its national currency.
I can dream though.
Stay informed my friends.
Follow me: @jrcornel
You son of a gun hahaha lol You fooled me even if only for a couple seconds lol
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I thought it was pretty clever.
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Man, I can't imagine how many charts were opened by people seeing this post, haha
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Happy April fool's, you got me!!
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:)
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Haha I would bet a few.
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I resteemed as a dream for the future anyway...... and I learned it was April Fools Day too, pranksters paradise.
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China will only use bitcoin as its national currency only on fools day.
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It's no longer april fools in my country so it took me a while to realise what was going on
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And I stupid quickly checked the btc price chart after reading the first header :D
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Yeah! Of course this is april fools joke.
Everyone knows they are adopting NEO.
Sheesh.
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Haha nice. I thought it was steem though?! Or is that South Korea?
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April fools sucker! If China really did that we'd see 100% gains in a matter of minutes! One day national currencies will be on the blockchain though and much sooner than we think.
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Yes we would. Unfortunately I don't think that news is ever coming. They like to control their money too much.
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The day is coming though where we will see fiat on the blockchain like a ERC-20 token. You could have a private blockchain with its own rules but links to Ethereum via a plasma side chain that can scale to 1000's of transactions per second. They already have the MVP now.
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April Bull's Day... wishful thinking! ;)
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That's pretty good. Hoping for a bullish month!
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Not the only April Fools prank about a nation adopting cryptocurrency as national currency... One news site in here announced our country is bringing back our old currency in digital form... The best pranks are the ones that people really want to believe to be true...
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nice <3
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China is always more advanced in terms of trade, maybe this is why there are Arabic proverbs saying "learn though to the land of China"
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Hahaha, got me!
But it's April 2 in my time zone, so it doesn't really count!
Cheers A.
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Lol
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Hi @jrcornel
Excellent article. I subscribed to your blog. I will follow your news.
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Good luck to you!
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Hey hey!
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Dick!
...but still lol.
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We all know this is April Fool but I wish it was the truth. News like this one can raise prices to a 100% in just hours.
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Great news for all bitcoin holders and 10% increase is a very big step and might increase more
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Nooooo! I read the title, and I got so excited, then kept reading... :(
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I hate April Fools day.
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Though it sounds like joke, we by heart want this to happen. However, nice writing. I was pretty much excited until reading the last line.
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This is Big news 😰
oh no fools 😆😆😆
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Good one... :)
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Lolz omg i was reading post like😳😨😱😱 and when i reached mid of the post
By the way there was one more newsworthy point to report, April Fools!
and now my face look like😂😝😝. nice given short @jrcornel😝
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Bahahahahahaha!!!! Well played sir!!! Well played indeed!!!
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Haha good one!
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Oh Jesus, it's almost midnight here, i almost forgot about april fools, i had a huge smile cheek to cheek while i was reading...
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Hahaha I was already preparing my wallet, ready to buy some more bitcoins :D Nice dream though! Someone should relay it to China
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good one. would be cool
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Nice but still maybe the market will jump up just a little......✌️👍👏👏👏👏👏🎉🎉👏
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Easter Resurrection!
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This is a good one lol
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Hehe, very nice joke. Heard so many April Fools jokes so far and got immune to them already, knew that it can't be right :))) although that would have been very cool for China to do such a thing. I bet the prices would have gone up 2X for sure :))
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Ha ha, i was literally reading it with serious essence and never expected the ending with April Fool lines but you wrote it really artistically and your post had an nice buildup and almost we convinced about the news and also we were feeling the positive vibes of this news but the last surprise was really funny. Thanks for making me fool of April. Wishing you an great day. Stay blessed. 🙂
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