"Offense and Defense" - 3/20/2018

Bitcoin & Markets 3/19/18On iTunes, YouTube, Soundcloud and Stitcher.-------------------- New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources -- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! Donate bitcoin, litecoin or via paypal: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Or support me on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -- **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources at below. PRICES -------------------- Bitstamp: $8500 / 1 finney: $0.85 Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($9157) = 0.92 (1) 3M BTC Settled Futures (Jun): $8514 / spread: $0 or 0% - (Mar): $8457 / spread: -$50 or 0.5% CME Futures: Mar18 $8485 / Jun18 $8430 (2) Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $8465 / Jun18 $8478 MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS -------------------- Market Cap: $144 B Dominance Index: 100% Global Bitcoin MC: $327 B NVT (Network Value/Transaction): 159 (3) Maximalist Price: $19,320 USD value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $7.46 B Avg tx Val (24h): $40.0k SECURITY -------------------- Difficulty: est. +3.5% in 12 days (4)(5) We just had another healthy difficulty retarget of +5.23%. I estimate it costs an avg of $6-7k to mine a bitcoin in the US. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/in-one-chart-heres-how-much-it-costs-to-mine-bitcoin-in-your-state-2017-12-15 FEES -------------------- Mempool: