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💥 NEW: Crowdhealth sees parabolic user growth in January 👀💥 BUT what's "CrOwDhEaLtH" ? 🤔 CrowdHealth is a simpler way to pay for health treatments. Traditional h-insurance is expensive and bureaucratic. And it can happen that your insurance provider refuses to cover your bills. Unlike CrowdHealth. Instead of an insurance company, you join a group of people who help each other out. How it works: You pay a small monthly fee to be a member. If you have a big bill (over $500), the community chips in to pay it for you. You can go to any doctor. And vice versa. Each month, you’ll be asked to help crowdfund another member’s medical bill. Never more than your set monthly maximum. CrowdHealth thoroughly reviews each bill to ensure it’s legitimate, fairly priced, and eligible. Your contribution goes directly to the other member to help fund their medical expenses. To date, 99.9% of the bills submitted to the community have been fully funded!! The genius part? You pay a set monthly amount. The money pays for the bills. But there's usually left over money. The "extra" money can be allocated to bitcoin via Fold. Regulatory constraints ruled out pooled bitcoin funds, for now, but CrowdHealth found a clever workaround. Members make two separate payments each month: $55 “Advocacy Fee”: Covers bill negotiation, access to the app, and a Personal Care Advocate. A crowdfunding contribution: Sent directly to other members to pay medical bills. For non-Bitcoin members, this amount changes monthly based on need. For Bitcoin members, it’s fixed at $140. In the Bitcoin plan, if the month’s actual need is less than $140, say $75, then the leftover $65 difference is automatically deposited into their Fold account. It's basically a "help-each-other-out" club for people who want to save money on healthcare and believe bitcoin is perfect for long-term savings. 🤝 Learn more at @CrowdHealth

🇩🇪 NEW: Germany's largest government-backed TV station "ZDF" just released a 45-min long documentary about Bitcoin and it's the first of a series Abstract: In the pilot episode of "The World in Money," host Katjana Gerz asks: What is really behind Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the like? Who benefits, and who gets left behind? Do you have to get involved, or is this just a passing fad? Is crypto the future of money or merely digital gambling? A Revolutionary Idea? The advantages: Cryptocurrencies are independent of states or central banks. Demand determines their value. No authority watches over them—for many, this is seen as liberation from the traditional financial system. They offer the possibility of maintaining 100% self-custody of one’s own assets. However, this also harbors disadvantages: No guarantees, no absolute security. Many fall victim to scams and the promise of quick money, while others lose the password to their wallet and, as a result, sometimes millions. Digital Gold or Scam? Anyone wanting to understand where our monetary system is heading cannot ignore cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin, considered by many to be the only true cryptocurrency, surpasses companies like Amazon and Meta in value with a market capitalization of over one trillion euros, breaking all records. While some investors make enormous profits, others lose everything due to crashes, hacks, or simply false promises. Crypto also feeds an ancient dream: that of quick riches. Social media is teeming with crypto gurus, trading tips, and success stories, often coupled with the message: Anyone can get rich; you just have to get in now. It is high time, therefore, to put cryptocurrencies to the test. Between Hype and Reality The episode "Cryptocurrencies" sheds light on a world full of promises and visions, but also losses. Katjana "loses" the password to her wallet and flies to the USA to visit one of the world's most famous hardware hackers. Can Joe Grand recover her crypto funds? Together with crypto critic Jürgen Geuter, Katjana heads to a casino to clarify whether crypto is often nothing more than digital gambling. Victims of a manipulative crypto scammer report losses of nearly 400,000 euros. Cyber prosecutor Jana Ringwald investigates illegal platforms yet speaks surprisingly positively about crypto. Together, they go "shopping" on the Darknet, where Katjana learns how to use cryptocurrencies as an anonymous means of payment. The film by Benjamin Arcioli and Krissi Kowsky asks: Is crypto the currency of the future or an unregulated casino? #Bitcoin #BitcoinFilm #BitcoinDocumentary