James Check (aka Checkmate), on-chain analyst from Glassnode, joins Josh and Dan to talk about the complicated knots Ethereum has drawn itself into, Bitcoin bear market, and Bitcoin’s blind spots.

WE COVER:

• Kite Surfing and Football (Soccer)
• TA and On-Chain Analytics
• Current Bear Market location
• Ethereum–its issues after the Merge
• How Stablecoins affect Ether
• Steelmanning Bitcoin
• Checkmate fully divested of Eth

ITEMS MENTIONED:

• Checkmate’s “Why the Ethereum merge is a monumental blunder”
• Lyn Alden’s “The Problems with DeFi & Crypto”
• Lyn Alden’s December newsletter
• Glassnode 

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