Bitcoin Price Turns the Corner - 4/21/2018

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 519,245 - 4/21/18Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $8724 (finney $0.87) 200 SMA : $9737 Mayer Multiple : 0.89 Okex Futures : (Jun) $8772 (spread $50 / 1%) CME Futures : (Apr) $8555 (Jun) $8540 (open interest 2,290 / 11,450 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $8741 (Sep) $8769 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $148 B Global Bitcoin MC : $375 B Maximalist Price : $22,041 On chain tx (24h) : 1,443,949 btc ($12.5 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 6.59 btc ($57 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.065 btc ($566) NVT (28d) : 158 Longs / Shorts : 29,000 / 24,100 (1.2) Public OTC : ~$92 M -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +10.8% (last 3: 9%, 1%, 5%) Mining profitability : $0.56 THash/day Blockchain size : 194 GB Mempool : 19MB Median on chain fee : $0.17/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 24 Closed issues : 19 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 15.8 - 12.7 btc Channels : 5418 - 4732 Nodes : 1661 - 1533 Channels/node : 3.25 - 3.08 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 14 /100 30days : 63 /100 Trend : searches generally flat -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Localbitcoins KYC requirement http://bitcoinist.com/bye-anonymity-localbitcoins-id-kyc/ Ethereum upgrade/voting for parity bailout Kraken Disses NY AG https://www.coindesk.com/kraken-ceo-crypto-exchange-wont-comply-with-new-york-inquiry/?utm_content=buffer3c51a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud, Tennyson and Shinobi Fountain