PoW Bitcoin: "Segwit2x, Futures, and Q&A" - 10/19/2017

PoW! Bitcoin Market Update---Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets --- *** Prices Bitstamp - $5704 3M Futures - $5711 spread - ~$0 After a period of normalization for the spreads, they came back to even yesterday at the bottom, setting up for the next leg up. Market Cap - $94.6B Global MC - $169B Maximalist Price - $10212 - This fell because altcoins are starting their decline IMO Avg Tx Value - $4235 On chain Vol - $2.2B transacted on chain in 24 hrs Segwit % - 14% Latest Difficulty retarget was +6.5% -3% or +10% https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty http://fork.lol/pow/retarget Mempool - 22MB Localbitcoins - $53M Paxful volume hit $9M Total over $62M public OTC. --- Resources page on bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources Recently added futures curve: https://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/tickers/futures/ Futures for 2x, 28 days There are three markets open now for Segwit2xCoin futures, all are showing ~0.12 btc. Not having replay protection is a weakness for 2x, not a strength. https://2xdumper.com/ Mike Belshe the CEO of BitGo's Medium posts. Mike has had a couple medium posts pleading the 2x case. They are full of BS, debunked statements or lies. https://medium.com/@mikebelshe/carpe-diem-for-bitcoin-9f02e8263126 https://medium.com/@mikebelshe/keeping-the-community-together-5c4dcda7aeb4 OKEx twitter poll vs Futures price https://twitter.com/OKEx_/status/920958136990646272 Calls for the "Bitcoinization" of Venzuela on CNBC https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/76r0jb/was_watching_cnbc_when/ An Evening in Wonderland by @ReformedBroker http://thereformedbroker.com/2017/10/18/an-evening-in-wonderland/ Bittrex Freezes Accounts https://cointelegraph.com/news/bittrex-exchange-breaks-silence-on-banned-accounts-questions-remain China National Convention 3 takeaways: https://thediplomat.com/2017/10/3-major-takeaways-from-xi-jinpings-speech-at-the-19th-party-congress/ --- Thank you bitcoin