Bitcoin & Markets

Bitcoin & Markets 2/7/18--------------------New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources and here https://bitcoin.org Run a Full Node. -- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate -- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. Sources below. -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Bitstamp: $8248 / 1 finney: $0.82 Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($8122) = 1.01 (1) 3M BTC Settled Futures (Mar): $8136 / spread: + $0 or 0% CME Futures: Feb18 $8115 / Mar18 $8110 / Jun18 $7440 - most volume daily candle closed at $8755 on the way down (2) Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $8166 / Jun18 $8286 Bitfinex was ~$1-200 higher on the way down, and is now $100 lower than bitstamp. Good sign imo. MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS -------------------- Market Cap: $136 B Global Bitcoin MC: $352 B Maximalist Price: $22,985 USD value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $2.2 B Avg tx Val (24h): $10,164 SECURITY -------------------- Difficulty: 10.4% yesterday, est. -17% in 13 days (3)(4) FEES -------------------- Mempool: 29MB, ~10 sat/b (5)(6) DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs: 16 merged PRs and 11 closed issues (7)(8) compared to ethereum's Go client, 8 merged PRs and 16 closed issues Lightning Network: 5.4 btc capacity, 1320 open channels, 535 nodes - 2.46 channels/node - 0.004 btc/channel (9)(10) OTC VOLUME -------------------- Localbitcoins: $95M/wk Paxful: $12M/wk LedgerX:

Bitcoin & Markets 1/26/18---New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources and here https://bitcoin.org Run a Full Node. --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. Sources below. ---- PRICES -------------------- Bitstamp: $10,454 / 1 finney: $1.04 Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($7503) = 1.4 3M BTC Settled Futures (Mar): $10,700 / spread: + $250 or 2.3% CME Futures: Jan18 $10,345 / Mar18 $10,345 / Jun18 0 vol (1) Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $10,677 / Jun18 $11,130 Futures are not manipulating this price. 139 contract (695 coins) open interest on the contracts expiring today. 144 (720 coins) offset positions today. Self fulling prophecy. MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS -------------------- Market Cap: $177 B Global Bitcoin MC: $514 B Maximalist Price: $30,386 USD value tx'ed on-chain /24h: $2.1 B Avg tx Val /24h: $8,974 SECURITY -------------------- Difficulty: 18% increase yesterday. est. 1% to +9% in 12 days (2)(3) FEES -------------------- Mempool: 10MB, ~15 sat/b (4)(5) 105MB if you measure everything Lightning scared the spammers. What I said about the spammers pushing lightning forward. DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs: 18 merged PRs and 18 closed issues (6)(7) Lightning Network: 3.2 btc capacity, 662 open channels, ? nodes - ? channels/node (8)(9) OTC VOLUME -------------------- Localbitcoins: $131M/wk then a weird week of $66M Paxful: $11M/wk ATH then a weird week of $5M LedgerX: $1.2M/wk (10) Gemini Auction: $11M/wk (11) Total public OTC data: $156.2M/wk PSA: Support p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/. Not free from privacy concerns. http://otcbtc.com/ NEWS -------------------- Explained the metrics On the Bitcoin News Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHwfMYJ35Mk&t=5838s many of the topics today can be tied into privacy Talk about Lightning. Dollar, Syria, stocks and bonds. Substatum is probably like 95% of ICOs https://medium.com/@YagamiLight/the-technical-red-flags-of-the-substratum-network-sub-1f34e8b5ffcb Saving the stock market or the dollar SOURCES -------------------- 1. CME futures: http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html 2. Network stats: http://fork.lol/pow/retarget 3. Difficulty: https://cryptothis.com/diff/ 4. Real time fees: https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ 5. Visualization: https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m 6. Bitcoin github stats: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse 7. Ranking: https://www.coingecko.com 8. LN capacity: https://p2sh.info/dashboard/db/lightning-network?orgId=1 9. LN nodes: https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# 10. LedgerX: http://data.ledgerx.com/ 11. Gemini Auction: https://gemini.com/auction-data/ LINKS -------------------- (a) Lightning apps: http://dev.lightning.community/lapps/index.html FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/bitcoinandmarkets THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and KVN

Bitcoin & Markets 1/18/18---New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources and here https://bitcoin.org --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. ---- PRICES --- Bitstamp: $11,516 / 1 finney: $1.15 Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($7154) = 1.6 3M BTC Settled Futures: $11,770 / spread: + $200 or 1.5% CME Futures Jan18 $11,470 / Mar18 $11,585 / Jun18 0 vol http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html Bitmex Futures Mar18 $11,722 / Jun18 $12,355 MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS --- Market Cap: $191 B Global Bitcoin MC: $504 B Maximalist Price: $33,722 USD value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $2.8 B Avg tx Val (24h): $8,886 SECURITY --- Difficulty: est. +9% to +15% in 7 days http://fork.lol/pow/retarget https://cryptothis.com/diff/ FEES --- Mempool: 11MB, ~110 sat/b Real time: https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ 250MB if you measure everything Visualization: https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m DEVELOPMENT --- Merged PRs: 16 merged PRs and 23 closed issues Ethereum: 10 PRs https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse https://www.coingecko.com OTC VOLUME --- Coin.dance is down. These are my personal daily numbers for localbitcoins*7days Localbitcoins: 1790*11500= $144M/wk - high estimate Paxful: $3.5M/wk LedgerX: $1.3M/wk http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction: $6.1M/wk - huge day on the 17th with a volume of 618 bitcoins Total public OTC data: $154.9M/wk PSA: Check out p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/. Be careful about your privacy on the fiat half of exchanges. --- Great analysis by Josh Olszewicz @CarpeNoctum https://bravenewcoin.com/news/bitcoin-price-analysis-the-current-bullish-pennant/ https://cryptoweekly.co/100/ GBTC Split http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/Bitcoin-Investment-Trust-Announces-Stock-Split-1012960929 Bcash development is a joke https://twitter.com/deadalnix/status/952598644099821568 Japan Mitsubishi coin https://cointelegraph.com/news/worlds-fourth-largest-bank-mufg-to-launch-own-cryptocurrency-in-2018 DMM Exchange https://cointelegraph.com/news/japanese-e-commerce-giant-launches-7-asset-cryptocurrency-exchange Japanese are investing in foreign bonds https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-14/japanese-purchases-us-treasurys-tumble --- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/bitcoinandmarkets --- Thank you bitcoin. We are Bitcoin. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Choys

Bitcoin & Markets Update 1/10/18---New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources and here https://bitcoin.org --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. ---- PRICES Bitstamp: $14,080 1 finney: $1.40 Mayer Multiple: $6736 = 2.09 3M Futures: $15,200 spread: + $1200 - 8.5% CME Futures Jan18 $14,070 / Mar18 $14,155 / Jun18 0 vol http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html Bitmex Futures Mar18 $14,998 / Jun18 $15,930 MARKET SIZE and METRICS Market Cap: $238 B Global MC: $711 B Maximalist Price: $42,442 BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $3.8 B Avg tx Val: $10,531 NETWORK STATS Difficulty: est. +13% in 3 days http://fork.lol/pow/retarget https://cryptothis.com/diff/ 10% hashrate on bcash,

Bitcoin & Markets Update 1/4/18---New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources and here https://bitcoin.org --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. ---- Sponsor https://ZeroSumMarkets.com PRICES Bitstamp: $14,550 1 finney: $1.45 Mayer Multiple: $6362 = 2.28 3M Futures: $15,570 spread: + $1000 - 6.8% CME Futures 1M - $14,570 http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html MARKET SIZE and METRICS Market Cap: $251 B Global MC: $765 B Maximalist Price: $45,611 BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $2.8 B Avg tx Val: $7,198 NETWORK STATS Difficulty: est. +13% in 8 days http://fork.lol/pow/retarget - New stats and look, I like it. https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 9MB, JoHoe's site says 175MB, big discrep but has to do with size of fee https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Merged PRs: 5 merged PRs and 17 closed issues https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse OTC VOLUME Localbitcoins: $88M/wk Paxful: $9M/wk LedgerX: $3.9M/wk http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $147M/wk last PSA: Centralized exchanges are invasive, slow and outside your control. Check out p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/ --- Market Cap Attack Loppcoin https://twitter.com/lopp/status/948547504844484615 Proof of Work in Society https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/948563382009057285 Ghana Central Bank interest in Bitcoin Reserves http://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Invest-1-of-Ghana-s-reserves-in-bitcoin-Ndoum-to-BOG-614105 Hackernoon https://hackernoon.com/tokenising-the-enterprise-klingon-style-65e695e416a8 The purpose of bitcoin is to grow. --- Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- Thank you bitcoin. We are Bitcoin. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Tennyson

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/31/17---New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. ---- PRICES Bitstamp: $13,200 1 finney: $1.32 Mayer Multiple: $6102 = 2.1 3M Futures: $14,000 spread: + $700 or 5% CME Futures 3M - $14,470 http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html MARKET SIZE and METRICS Market Cap: $238 B Global MC: $588 B Maximalist Price: $35,065 BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $3.9 B NETWORK STATS Difficulty: +3% 15 hours http://fork.lol/pow/retarget - New stats and look, I like it. https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 9MB, JoHoe's site says 175MB, big discrep but has to do with size of fee https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Merged PRs: 5 merged PRs and 17 closed issues https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse OTC VOLUME Localbitcoins: $133.9M/wk Paxful: $9.8M/wk LedgerX: $3.9M/wk http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $147M/wk last PSA: Centralized exchanges are invasive, slow and outside your control. Check out p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/ --- Ripple Centralized supply Centralized control over dev Centralized validation Roger Ver is always involved with these malicious altcoins https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/ripple-labs-fined-700000-fincen-will-institute-transaction-monitoring-across-ripple-protocol-1430883659/ FINCEN mandated KYC/AML layer https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/shared/Ripple_Remedial_Measures.pdf Fees don't matter, because ripple is burned There's no fundamental value to xrp XRP is supposed to be used as a fee to carry other tokens from banks and stuff Ripple isn't a cryptocurrency, it's a bankster coin Theory Ripple could be an innocent altcoin pump, but I doubt it. If I were a bank or govt with a printing press, I'd try to confuse people by pumping altcoins. Bitcoin is what I'm worried about. If Ripple had any value, the banks would fork it and run it themselves. They can't lose control of their transactions to a decentralized system. Amir Taaki and Vitalik tweets https://twitter.com/AmirPolyteknik/status/945693434500829184 https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/945988644661207040 Blockchains are just a part of a balanced system. If you don't have a value token, PoW, decentralization or a need for government resistance, you don't need a blockchain. Blockchains are INEFFICIENT. They are dumb solutions, unless you have all four of the conditions above. --- Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- Thank you bitcoin. We are all Satoshi. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Choys

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/26/17---New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. ---- PRICES Bitstamp: $15,297 1 finney: $1.52 Mayer Multiple: $5600 = 2.5, 3M Futures: $16,455 spread: + $1200 - 7.8% CME Futures 1M - $15,400 http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html MARKET SIZE and METRICS Market Cap: $259 B Global MC: $583 B Maximalist Price: $34,736 Avg on-chain tx value: $11,006 BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $2.5 B Over Xmas no less! NETWORK STATS Difficulty: +0% est in 6 days http://fork.lol/pow/retarget - New stats and look, I like it. https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 10MB - On tradeblock by filtering the most ill-intended txs out. 200MB on JoHoe's site. https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Merged PRs: 21 Merges and 17 closed issues over the last 7 days, even over xmas. https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse OTC VOLUME Localbitcoins: $133.9M/wk Paxful: $9.8M/wk LedgerX: $3.9M/wk http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $147.6 - $115.0M/wk last PSA: Centralized exchanges are invasive, slow and outside your control. Check out p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/ (hit $291k in volume!) --- Coinbase #FireArmstrong #LeaveCoinbase #Conbase Coinbase is in the big leagues now. They've been a bad actor in bitcoin for years, with Armstrong as a total tool. OXT.me aquired by Samourai http://blog.samouraiwallet.com/post/168785913782/samourai-oxt Externalities --- Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- Thank you bitcoin. We are all Satoshi. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Kontekst

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/19/17---New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. ---- PRICES Bitstamp: $18,150 1 finney: $1.81 Mayer Multiple: $5412 = 3.3, No change, (blowoff tops happen around 7) 3M Futures: $20,070 spread: + $2000 CME Futures 3M - $18,435 http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html MARKET SIZE and METRICS Market Cap: $304 B Global MC: $607 B Maximalist Price: $36,325 Avg on-chain tx value: $12,361 BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $4.8 B NETWORK STATS Difficulty: +17% yesterday, another +11% est in 11 days http://fork.lol/pow/retarget - New stats and look, I like it. https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 29MB - This is about the perfect size https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ 40MB of 1 sat/byte txs. Spam for sure. https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m The 6 sat/byte theory. https://twitter.com/JoshuaJBouw/status/941625444700270592 Merged PRs: Bitcoin: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Geth: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pulse Bcash: https://github.com/bitprim/bitprim/pulse https://github.com/paritytech/parity-bitcoin/pulse https://github.com/bitcoinxt/bitcoinxt/pulse https://github.com/Bitcoin-ABC/bitcoin-abc/pulse https://github.com/BitcoinUnlimited/BitcoinUnlimited/pulse Blockstream is responsible for only 8% https://twitter.com/_jonasschnelli_/status/859389367105851392 OTC VOLUME Localbitcoins: $100.7M/wk Paxful: $8.3M/wk LedgerX: $6.0M/wk http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $115.0M - $111M/wk last PSA: Centralized exchanges are invasive, slow and outside your control. Check out p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/ (hit $226k in volume!) --- Bubble, bubble, bubble Pyramid schemes and ponzi schemes, Pain is a good teacher, these people aren't going away, they're here to stay. Why Coinbase, BitPay and BCi are not implementing Segwit ZeroLink https://medium.com/@nopara73/zerolink-massive-scale-coinjoin-is-about-to-be-deployed-participate-in-the-final-test-and-earn-6225939d15fb Please participate!! Testing on 20 Dec. Download and setup, all the instructions are on the medium post. Craigslist http://www.businessinsider.com/craigslist-added-a-button-to-accept-cryptocurrencies-as-payment-2017-12 I think this is kind of big, but not because I think people will use it, people will see it, it'll jog their memory of hearing about it before. --- Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- Thank you bitcoin. We are all Satoshi. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Kontekst

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/13/17---Looking for more info about bitcoin? http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. ---- PRICES Bitstamp: $16,558 1 finney: $1.65 Mayer Multiple: $4938 = 3.3, (blowoff tops happen around 7) 3M Futures: $17450 - New contract in 1 day spread: + $900 MARKET SIZE and METRICS Market Cap: $284 B Global MC: $498 B Maximalist Price: $29,746 Avg on-chain tx value: $15,443 BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $5.7 B NETWORK STATS Difficulty: est 13% in 5 days http://fork.lol/pow/retarget - New stats and look, I like it. https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 28MB - This is about the perfect size https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m OTC VOLUME Localbitcoins: $97.0M/wk Paxful: $7.5M/wk LedgerX: $6.5M/wk http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $111.0M - $101M/wk last PSA: Centralized exchanges are invasive, slow and outside your control. Check out p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/ (hit $222k in volume!) --- Govcoin can't be a thing. It's less efficient than what they have now. Cboe futures prices and maturities http://cfe.cboe.com/cfe-products/xbt-cboe-bitcoin-futures The Cold Card by Coinkite http://blog.opendime.com/coldcard-annoucement/ --- Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- Thank you bitcoin. We are all Satoshi. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Kontekst

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/9/17---Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- This is not investment advice people, do your own research, I say some crazy stuff on this show, it could all be psuedoscience. ---- Recent chart tweet: https://twitter.com/btcmrkts/status/939466983350738944, Prices -> Bitstamp: $14500, 1 finney: $1.45, Mayer Multiple: $4661 / 3.1, (was 2.6) 3M Futures: $15060, spread: + $500, Bitcoin Dominance Price (BDP) (including forks): $13,645 This was stupid. Nothing is going to keep up Market Cap: $249 B, Global MC: $413 B, Maximalist Price: $25,528, Avg on-chain tx value: $10,819, BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $4.8 B, Difficulty: 18% last on pace for another 7% - 11%, http://fork.lol/pow/retarget, https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 60MB https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m OTC -> Localbitcoins: $88.9M/wk, Paxful: $8.7M/wk, LedgerX: $4M ($3.7M as of Friday close), http://data.ledgerx.com/, Total public OTC data: $101.6M $72M/wk last, PSA: use these OTC varieties where you can. Download Bisq. Use Localbitcoins and Paxful. --- CBOE Futures are beating CME to launch, but they aren't the same thing. http://cfe.cboe.com/cfe-products/xbt-cboe-bitcoin-futures/contract-specifications, Gemini Auction Data. https://gemini.com/auction-data/, Interactive Brokers, Petterffy to offer support for long side only of CME futures through IAB. This is to protect their customers from unlimited short losses. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/07/interactive-brokers-warns-of-risk-from-bitcoin-futures.html. Japanese futures now too? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-05/tokyo-financial-exchange-takes-first-step-toward-bitcoin-futures Korea bans bitcoin futures? https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/breaking-south-korea-preissues-ban-bitcoin-futures-trading/ Bitcoin Mining is not wasteful. Bitcoin mining keeps waste from happening. --- Thank you bitcoin. We are all Satoshi. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Vowl