Is it valid news? I am still not sure if the governments are really serious to buy or join Bitcoin investment. But if it is true, this is absolutely great news, this can improve the trust of people in Bitcoin. Then, finally, it will encourage massive people to join Bitcoin investment/trading.
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Governments are looking to buy Bitcoin, NYDIG CEO confirms https://cointelegraph.com/news/governments-are-looking-to-buy-bitcoin-nydig-ceo-confirms just so much good news
Not a good news at all! Corporate buying into bitcoin market is still somewhat good news but it's not same when government bodies buy into it. It will further centralize the network and government will have the power to manipulate the market to satisfy the banking lobby. That's not good at all!
We will see temporary liquidity flow into the market for sure but seriously need to think - at what cost that might come to us in future.
It still takes time before the governments plan on centralizing Bitcoin takes place. They still need to have control over the international Bitcoin market and that means they need to have at least half of Bitcoin in circulation. Centralizing Bitcoin won't be easy especially that we have a decentralised ledger.
As for now, governments engaging into Bitcoin is considered as a good news as it will push the Btc price and adoption higher. So, yeah one thing I have to agree with is your last statement.
This is quite expected, especially now that bitcoin is gaining more traction not only to the people but to the overall economy of the planet after reaching $1 trillion market cap. Banks are of course not happy with this and could possibly be the reason why Nigerian banks are actively closing accounts of users who purchase cryptocurrencies, when such actions by the banks would normally receive sanction from the government. At the end of the day, we're seeing a very bright future for bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general, and this could pave the way for cryptocurrencies to be globally adopted.
As I have opened the link included in the thread, the government who about to buy bitcoin is from Singapore, well we all know how good the country of Singapore even though they are considered as one of the fewest population in Asia, they are still considered as one of the richest countries and it is because of technology, they are advanced in terms of technology so I am not that shocked as they are interested in investing or buying bitcoin. Anyway, this is really good news we might see a good movement with the price of bitcoin soon.
this article should be read by countries who are still banning the usage of crypto like Saudi, Algeria, or other countries that are still treating bitcoin as illegal. while some governments are already buying their own btc stash, others are still being hard at BTC usage.
this also shows the acceptance of the govt itself. so the companies located in that area will have no prob going into crypto also, it will even encourage merchants to include crypto in their payment system.
Governments are looking to buy Bitcoin, NYDIG CEO confirms https://cointelegraph.com/news/governments-are-looking-to-buy-bitcoin-nydig-ceo-confirms just so much good news
It may be true but in my oponion government are no one enemy of bitcoin. Since bitcoin is created to take the financial system away from governments. Thats why we see huge resistance for bitcoin coming from government people.
Governments are looking to buy Bitcoin, NYDIG CEO confirms https://cointelegraph.com/news/governments-are-looking-to-buy-bitcoin-nydig-ceo-confirms just so much good news
Not a good news at all! Corporate buying into bitcoin market is still somewhat good news but it's not same when government bodies buy into it. It will further centralize the network and government will have the power to manipulate the market to satisfy the banking lobby. That's not good at all!
We will see temporary liquidity flow into the market for sure but seriously need to think - at what cost that might come to us in future.
Governments are looking to buy Bitcoin, NYDIG CEO confirms https://cointelegraph.com/news/governments-are-looking-to-buy-bitcoin-nydig-ceo-confirms just so much good news
You're right! If the news that BTC is being bought is really good and we can see it now. Buying BTC by large state-owned companies can send the price of BTC to the moon. Yet 2021 is the year of growth for crypto and BTC, and it is likely in 2021 that we will see a big rise in prices for BTC and other cryptocurrencies.
Governments are looking to buy Bitcoin, NYDIG CEO confirms https://cointelegraph.com/news/governments-are-looking-to-buy-bitcoin-nydig-ceo-confirms just so much good news
Don't get bullish/bearish because of the news, because market makers often use the news sources to manipulate market, if you want to stay in the market and take some profits from time to time, just learn to disregard almost all kinds of news about crypto whether it's positive(bullish) or negative(bearish).
Where were these companies, governments and institutions were when Bitcoin was $3k-$4k?, you think they were not buying back then?, Why there was no such news about how much Bitcoin they bought when it was that cheap?, well, simply because they wanted to fill their bags and they were not ready for the big push up.
Let me quote from the article:
And this is the company:
https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index
And it is own by the Government of Singapore, and we all know that Singapore is one of the most crypto friendly countries. Interesting to see how much they are willing to invest on bitcoin though, it said they manage a net portfolio of $306 billion, that's huge, but I speculate that they could be just testing some grounds on bitcoin and could be investing in millions initially.
I am a little surprised by this news, because I thought that governments would not show interest in buying bitcoins. This contradicts their nature, and the general strategy of most states in relation to cryptocurrency has not yet been formed, they are unlikely to massively buy bitcoins.Quote
According to Pal, Temasek which holds about $306 billion in assets under management, has been buying virgin Bitcoin from miners.
And this is the company:
https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index
And it is own by the Government of Singapore, and we all know that Singapore is one of the most crypto friendly countries. Interesting to see how much they are willing to invest on bitcoin though, it said they manage a net portfolio of $306 billion, that's huge, but I speculate that they could be just testing some grounds on bitcoin and could be investing in millions initially.
At the same time, Singapore has always been distinguished by a positive interest in all new technologies, including a friendly attitude towards cryptocurrency, and many new cryptocurrency companies registered and launched their projects in Singapore.
Cryptocurrency is developing rapidly and the attitude of states and their governments towards it can also change. Well, let's see what happens next.
Governments are looking to buy Bitcoin, NYDIG CEO confirms https://cointelegraph.com/news/governments-are-looking-to-buy-bitcoin-nydig-ceo-confirms just so much good news
I hope all governments can do this in order to encourage people to use bitcoin. right now I don't think many governments can accept bitcoin, so I think this is a good step for the government
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As I have opened the link included in the thread, the government who about to buy bitcoin is from Singapore, well we all know how good the country of Singapore even though they are considered as one of the fewest population in Asia, they are still considered as one of the richest countries and it is because of technology, they are advanced in terms of technology so I am not that shocked as they are interested in investing or buying bitcoin. Anyway, this is really good news we might see a good movement with the price of bitcoin soon.
If any countries government buy bitcoin, Then others countries government will be interested to buy bitcoin. It’s very big step to buy bitcoin for a government. Wait to see they how much invest in btc.
The only influential government would be the Asian government, they are really the highly populated set of people that would influence other government to do the same. although, this is not a today's news any longer but as long as the company trying to buy bitcoin is a Singapore company, they are really into Bitcoin and her development, almost 80% of Singaporean are into Bitcoin and had perfect usage of cryptocurrency. 
If any countries government buy bitcoin, Then others countries government will be interested to buy bitcoin. It’s very big step to buy bitcoin for a government. Wait to see they how much invest in btc.
Governments are looking to buy Bitcoin, NYDIG CEO confirms https://cointelegraph.com/news/governments-are-looking-to-buy-bitcoin-nydig-ceo-confirms just so much good news
Why they need to look when Bitcoin is already available in every exchange in the world? This is what sometimes i hate in Cointelegraph because they are just making topics that will love by stupid noobs and story tellers, That even those nonsense topics they wanted to make news.
No wonder why there are only few that still read their articles because of nonsense news.
Like, since Tesla decided to buy Bitcoin, it has started to make Bitcoin attractive to many parties. I am not surprised that finally Robert Gutmann,
CEO of New York Digital Investment Group gave a positive statement, that the firm is in talks with Sovereign wealth funds regarding
the possibility of investing in Bitcoin. With this positive news regarding Bitcoin continues to emerge, this is exactly what Bitcoin holders hope for.
So that the price of Bitcoin can continue to rise and can provide big profits for Bitcoin holders.
CEO of New York Digital Investment Group gave a positive statement, that the firm is in talks with Sovereign wealth funds regarding
the possibility of investing in Bitcoin. With this positive news regarding Bitcoin continues to emerge, this is exactly what Bitcoin holders hope for.
So that the price of Bitcoin can continue to rise and can provide big profits for Bitcoin holders.
I personally would be in favor of governments not realizing how important BTC is for at least another 10 years, because that way the distribution would be much fairer - more for the little people, less for the greedy rich at the top of the pyramid.
As per the OP, with the Singaporean government buying Bitcoin direct from miners
it reduces the supply entering the open market, if it continues and more big
buyers use this method it drives the price up and reduces the amount the average
person can get.
Recently I have started to look differently at the influx of big buyers and what that
means for small buyers.
And it is own by the Government of Singapore, and we all know that Singapore is one of the most crypto friendly countries. Interesting to see how much they are willing to invest on bitcoin though, it said they manage a net portfolio of $306 billion, that's huge, but I speculate that they could be just testing some grounds on bitcoin and could be investing in millions initially.
I have not heard much about Singapore even though i heard it has some liberal laws when it comes to cryptocurrency market but i did not know that the government is investing in bitcoin and if that is the situation they might be the first government to publicly invest in bitcoin and if they have a net portfolio of $306 billion then they have invested a few billions in the cryptocurrency market as well.
It would be really foolish to assume that various governments around the world have not already done so, perhaps not directly, but certainly through some companies over which they have complete control. But don't expect any government to make it public, because governments, like large companies, have no interest in inflating the price more than they do now - even though they have a mechanism called a money-printing machine that activates as needed.
I personally would be in favor of governments not realizing how important BTC is for at least another 10 years, because that way the distribution would be much fairer - more for the little people, less for the greedy rich at the top of the pyramid.
I personally would be in favor of governments not realizing how important BTC is for at least another 10 years, because that way the distribution would be much fairer - more for the little people, less for the greedy rich at the top of the pyramid.
Governments are looking to buy Bitcoin, NYDIG CEO confirms https://cointelegraph.com/news/governments-are-looking-to-buy-bitcoin-nydig-ceo-confirms just so much good news
With more and more public companies like Tesla and MicroStrategy holding btc in their balance sheet many more companies are moving on to the same path seeing their profits growth.These institutional investors have huge funds in their assest management and investing a small portion does not matter to them and which will give them huge retuns.This company is backed by Singapore government which is major crypto friendly country from the start of its origin and they are trying to invest Sovereign funds into Bitcoin.Temsek have almost $306 billion under its assest management and they have not yet disclosed the amount they are planning to invest in Bitcoin at current.But surely this will lead to some price surge in Market because they will Invest minimum million dollars into market.So let's wait for that time. Governments are looking to buy Bitcoin, NYDIG CEO confirms https://cointelegraph.com/news/governments-are-looking-to-buy-bitcoin-nydig-ceo-confirms just so much good news
Currently we have institution fomo where institution are investing in bitcoin one after the other. However in future, we will have countries and government fomo into bitcoin which will be real adoption of bitcoin. We will get these news more often now that more and more govt. and institutions are buying bitcoins.
wondering how the price will change?
The article has been posted on the 25th and a day after it, it pumped. Maybe it is one of the reasons?? Maybe not.Either way, the fact that Bitcoin is decentralized therefore it can be used by anybody is enough reason to say that the Governments aren't an exception with this and they can buy it anytime they want. Its just good that some of the governments are fully supporting it and I hope that there will be more governments that will support and buy it.
With this article, we may see anti - Bitcoin governments change minds? Or not
. Lets see if this will create a domino effect too like in the institutions.The reward versus the risk will, if it isnt already, will be far greater that more governments
will look to acquire Bitcoin.
The singaporean government are able to examine and look past the fact that the Bitcoin
network is decentralised and open source to make their decision to buy.
While Bitcoins advantages are being realised by many its perceived risks are diminishing.
And it is own by the Government of Singapore, and we all know that Singapore is one of the most crypto friendly countries. Interesting to see how much they are willing to invest on bitcoin though, it said they manage a net portfolio of $306 billion, that's huge, but I speculate that they could be just testing some grounds on bitcoin and could be investing in millions initially.
I have not heard much about Singapore even though i heard it has some liberal laws when it comes to cryptocurrency market but i did not know that the government is investing in bitcoin and if that is the situation they might be the first government to publicly invest in bitcoin and if they have a net portfolio of $306 billion then they have invested a few billions in the cryptocurrency market as well.
That's a good start. I hope more countries will follow their example. Crypto should be taken seriously.
Let just wait to see what this will result into before we can celebrate, in recent time bitcoin has witness an upturn in adoption with institutions and firms buying large amount of bitcoin and now news of government planning to buy bitcoin one should expect bitcoin go go mainstream pretty soon.
And it is own by the Government of Singapore, and we all know that Singapore is one of the most crypto friendly countries. Interesting to see how much they are willing to invest on bitcoin though, it said they manage a net portfolio of $306 billion, that's huge, but I speculate that they could be just testing some grounds on bitcoin and could be investing in millions initially.
when the Singapore government has started to open wide space for bitcoin to enter the government environment, that way the public will have full support. and this good news is given appreciation for the government which is very excited to have large amounts of bitcoin. We are still waiting for the funds they will invest in bitcoin. because after all the government will not buy it in small quantities. the company has fulfilled the requirements when the government there gives authority over bitcoin ownership.
It is clear that if Bitcoin is Gold 2.0, being much better, governments will end up buying bitcoin for their reserves in the same way they own gold. The same will happen with central banks, even if they don't want to admit it at the moment. Logically, they will start with the most crypto-friendly countries, as is the case here.
wondering how the price will change?
The article has been posted on the 25th and a day after it, it pumped. Maybe it is one of the reasons?? Maybe not.Either way, the fact that Bitcoin is decentralized therefore it can be used by anybody is enough reason to say that the Governments aren't an exception with this and they can buy it anytime they want. Its just good that some of the governments are fully supporting it and I hope that there will be more governments that will support and buy it.
With this article, we may see anti - Bitcoin governments change minds? Or not
. Lets see if this will create a domino effect too like in the institutions. 
Interesting to see how much they are willing to invest on bitcoin though, it said they manage a net portfolio of $306 billion, that's huge, but I speculate that they could be just testing some grounds on bitcoin and could be investing in millions initially.
I did a bit of digging, and unfortunately the amount of money they allocated to bitcoin seems to still be unknown.
One thing's for sure, they seem to have been interested in the cryptocurrency industry as a whole: https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Cryptocurrencies/Singapore-s-Temasek-joins-Facebook-backed-Libra-currency
Yep, that's why I speculate that it maybe just a small portion has been allocated for now because the risk involved.
Maybe we can get a clearer picture later and see how much they really did invest out of that $300 billion worth of funds they got. This guys are expert in the field of investment, their portfolio is very diverse so a new venture like in crypto could be small at the very onset and then grow overtime.
that would be good news, maybe after this there will be governments that buy bitcoin again, little by little the government can finally receive crypto assets, hopefully after this the governments of countries like India and China will immediately allow their citizens to own and transact bitcoin, so that currency Crypto is better known in the community and can be used for everyday life, and so that people can have a better life after getting to know the crypto world and investing in it.
Another country to solidify Bitcoin adoption. The fact that they are very interested in cryptocurrency means it's going to also encourage more of their citizens to look in to cryptocurrency even further. I'm going to guess that it's going to attract more companies in asia too (Hopefully india too).
It's a crypto friendly country, I will the thrilled if countries that bought massive amount of bitcoins are India, China, North Korea, Iran and other countries which Governments are military fanatics, better they invest money in bitcoin than studying weapons that kills people.
I'm not really sure about those countries though, but what we know is that people from those nations are buying bitcoin as a "hedge against bad governance". North Koreans could have bitcoins in their pockets, but not through investing but through hacking exchanges such as South Korea, with their Lazarus Group. Singapore is a different story, their government are friendlies that's why they decided to throw themselves into crypto. There's got to be more governments that will follow the steps once they verify that indeed some governments are now trying to accumulate Bitcoin. We've already heard the news about Miami government allowing employees to earn BTC. Its going to hurt them when they are still not going to ride the train. Almost every financial channel on youtube had once covered BTC already to which they use to hedge, they should start buying.
That is what everyone is hoping and I think that there is a big possibility that they will follow suit remember that humans like to fit in and if not then they know that they are going to be left behind.
Bitcoin is for everyone. They are highly welcome to the Bitcoin world. Bitcoin and Blockchain technology is disrupting the whole sectors of the world economy right now with its amazing use cases (decentralization, immutability, fast, lesser transaction cost etc.).
wondering how the price will change?
It's a crypto friendly country, I will the thrilled if countries that bought massive amount of bitcoins are India, China, North Korea, Iran and other countries which Governments are military fanatics, better they invest money in bitcoin than studying weapons that kills people.
Sooner rather than later, we'll all be grateful for the governments for being financially incompetent, indiscriminate in printing money, and finally in buying Bitcoin they'll push the price to the heavens.
This might just be the booster we have all been waiting for to push the price all the way up. The government's purchase of bitcoin will booster confidence in bitcoin and other cryptocurrency, many will have their skepticism dissolved and will want to join in in this digital gold..
Bitcoin has effectively upended the financial world. Developments are interesting. It's surreal. Who would have thought a creation by someone who is unknown and which is heavily branded and criticized by the conventional world would grow so attractive and precious that even the governments themselves would buy it? Such irony! A perfect example for if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Sooner rather than later, we'll all be grateful for the governments for being financially incompetent, indiscriminate in printing money, and finally in buying Bitcoin they'll push the price to the heavens.
Sooner rather than later, we'll all be grateful for the governments for being financially incompetent, indiscriminate in printing money, and finally in buying Bitcoin they'll push the price to the heavens.
There's got to be more governments that will follow the steps once they verify that indeed some governments are now trying to accumulate Bitcoin. We've already heard the news about Miami government allowing employees to earn BTC. Its going to hurt them when they are still not going to ride the train. Almost every financial channel on youtube had once covered BTC already to which they use to hedge, they should start buying.
Interesting to see how much they are willing to invest on bitcoin though, it said they manage a net portfolio of $306 billion, that's huge, but I speculate that they could be just testing some grounds on bitcoin and could be investing in millions initially.
I did a bit of digging, and unfortunately the amount of money they allocated to bitcoin seems to still be unknown.
One thing's for sure, they seem to have been interested in the cryptocurrency industry as a whole: https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Cryptocurrencies/Singapore-s-Temasek-joins-Facebook-backed-Libra-currency
in recent news i already hear about government X Cryptocurrency from banned and who start adopting, but in my opinion is good if government start adopting in start form print their own digital stable coin backed by government 
Let me quote from the article:
And this is the company:
https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index
And it is own by the Government of Singapore, and we all know that Singapore is one of the most crypto friendly countries. Interesting to see how much they are willing to invest on bitcoin though, it said they manage a net portfolio of $306 billion, that's huge, but I speculate that they could be just testing some grounds on bitcoin and could be investing in millions initially.
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According to Pal, Temasek which holds about $306 billion in assets under management, has been buying virgin Bitcoin from miners.
And this is the company:
https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index
And it is own by the Government of Singapore, and we all know that Singapore is one of the most crypto friendly countries. Interesting to see how much they are willing to invest on bitcoin though, it said they manage a net portfolio of $306 billion, that's huge, but I speculate that they could be just testing some grounds on bitcoin and could be investing in millions initially.
It is great news for sure. We have witnessed many governments not leaning towards legalizing Bitcoin in their country so far. But it looks like it could start changing. This will really accelerate Bitcoin adoption. Even if the governments don't prefer Bitcoin as their chief monetary unit, it means a lot for Bitcoin.
Governments are looking to buy Bitcoin, NYDIG CEO confirms https://cointelegraph.com/news/governments-are-looking-to-buy-bitcoin-nydig-ceo-confirms just so much good news
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