Bitcoin & Markets

We are seeing the slow motion collapse of Ethereum in front of our eyes. I debrief the Adam Back comparison of Ethereum to Theranos and Vitalik's toxic reply to me of "ok bitcoiner". Short but dense episode. Show notes: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e193 Vitalik tweet https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1199820134275145728

Dense episode today. We talk about the recent bitcoin price drop and how or if China had anything to do with it. China has come out with massive support for "blockchain" yet they are cracking down on cryptocurrency exchanges. Are we in crazytown or are they serious? We've seen this before. The Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is just the latest incarnation of altcoins, but this time, because they are feeling the heat. https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e192

In this episode, I skip the price talk for the most part and talk about some news items. I take a deeper dive into Lightning Network for Bitcoin and the hot new app for private chat called Whatsat. Then go after Bianco the Chief of FinCEN and his comments quoted in Reuters. Lastly, I discect OMFIF-IBM's report on DLT. Don't want to miss it! https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e191 Links: Whatsat https://www.bitcoinlightning.com/whatsat-send-private-messages-via-the-lightning-network/ IBM OMFIF report https://bitcoinist.com/ibm-central-bank-issued-cryptocurrency-five-years/ FinCEN chief thug https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currencies-fincen/u-s-to-strictly-enforce-anti-money-laundering-rules-in-cryptocurrencies-fincen-chief-idUSKBN1XP1YR

In this episode I go over the bitcoin price movements over the last week and hit on the big news items of the week. The first news item is the China's complete U-turn into blockchain. Next I discuss the doxxing of customers by Bitmex, Coinbase's unscheduled downtime and the wide fluctuations caused in the market. Lastly, I discuss why we are seeing a pull back in the bitcoin mining hash rate. Links in show notes: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e190

Bitcoin's price explodes high today. I address current price movements in the first few minutes of the podcast, the we get into some deeper factors affecting the price. Our news today is about sidechains, lightning network, future on boarding, de-dollarization and Repo madness from the Fed continuing. Full show notes with links at https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e189

This episode is packed with information. We talk about Bitcoin scarcity as it relates to the 18 millionth bitcoin being mined, I give a unique estimate of the size of the Lightning Network using app statistics, and give you an update on what's going on in the Repo market with the Federal Reserve. #Fed #bitcoin Show notes https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e188

I'm back with an episode about the bitcoin price, the new IRS guidelines for bitcoin taxes, and some Ethereum news. There are pros and cons to the new IRS clarifications, and I go through all of those. You can find the full show notes at https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e187

After months of building bearish indicators, the Bitcoin price finally broke down. We called this correctly and are now sowing the seeds of the bullish move. I talk about lots of price things, good things about Bitcoin infrastructure, including traditional type products and lightning network. This community has been waiting to stack sats at the appropriate time, and we are going to be ready for the resumption of the bull market. Full show notes at https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e186

I'm back with a brand new episode of Bitcoin & Markets. Today I focus on bitcoin mining with the hashrate exploding and overnight repos from the Fed with liquidity drying up around the world. Of course, I give my predictions on price and opinions on the Bitcoin market as a whole. Love you listener. Consider supporting us on Patreon if you like the content.

Things are slowing down in the Bitcoin market. Price has recovered, but too a hit today. We continue in the consolidation pattern. News items are interesting this week. I mentioned several on my free newsletter, but in the podcast I speak about malware using information from bitcoin transactions, lightning network vulnerability, JP Morgan on stablecoins with negative yields, and the $1 billion transaction we saw yesterday.