A Suicide Prevention Hotline Was the Top Post on the Cryptocurrency Subreddit on Tuesday: So, Tuesday was a bad day for Bitcoin. Within hours, the original cryptocurrency plunged in price from roughly $13,000 USD per 1.0 BTC to just over $10,000—and that’s down from an all-time high of $19,000 in mid-December.
It was a shock to the system that, perhaps because of the investment mania that’s surrounded Bitcoin in recent months, has upset many. For example, on Tuesday night the top-voted post on the half-a-million strong /r/Cryptocurrency subreddit was the phone number for the US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
215,000+ Sign Petition Against South Korean Cryptocurrency Regulation – Government to Respond : A national petition against extreme cryptocurrency regulations in South Korea has exceeded 200,000 signatures, the requirement for the government to respond. The petition entitled “Has the government ever dreamed a happy dream for the people?” was filed on December 28. Meanwhile, another related petition calls for the removal of the governor of the country’s Financial Supervisory Service. Government Will Respond The South Korean government announced a series of regulatory measures for cryptocurrencies in December. Immediately following the announcement on December 28, a national petition entitled “Has the government ever dreamed a happy dream for the people?” was filed and will run through January 27. According to the rules set by the Blue House, if more than 200,000 people sign a petition within a month, the government will respond within 30 days. On Tuesday, January 16, the number...
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