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SHOW TOPICS: Bitcoin drops below 9K, but should you be worried? https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-briefly-breaks-9k-support-hodl-on-everybody/ Bitmex daily liquidations hit year to date record https://bitcoinist.com/bitmex-liquidations-bitcoin-2020/ Plan B stock to flow believes there is a floor at $8200 https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-price-wont-fall-below-8-2k-during-this-crash-planb/ https://digitalik.net/btc/ Cracks in the economy show as auto and credit card loan delinquency rates skyrocket https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-682/ Capital controls in Lebanon have some looking to Bitcoin, and paying a large premium to do so https://decrypt.co/20618/the-case-for-bitcoin-in-lebanon https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-price-hits-15k-in-lebanon-amid-worsening-cash-crunch/ The Bank Of Canada has a contingency plan for a digital currency – but why? https://decrypt.co/20568/bank-of-canada-is-developing-a-digital-currency-as-contingency SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Check out my website for private bookings: http://btcsessions.ca/ Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions

SHOW TOPICS: Trace Mayer shills privacy coins while dropping FUD on coinjoin https://www.newsbtc.com/2020/02/24/the-knives-are-out-on-crypto-twitter-as-bitcoin-og-turns-into-altcoin-shill/ Warren Buffet unsurprisingly dumped his Bitcoin https://bitcoinist.com/just-in-warren-buffett-gave-away-his-bitcoin/ Anthony Pompliano on CNN rebutting Warren https://twitter.com/jchatterleyCNN/status/1232368070544515072 Tim Draper exited stocks 6 months ago, is heavily in Bitcoin https://cointelegraph.com/news/billionaire-investor-tim-draper-quit-stocks-for-bitcoin-6-months-ago Caitlynn Long announces Avanti Bank – a new US Bank to serve the digital asset industry https://twitter.com/CaitlinLong_/status/1231959866513616898 Zebedee creates developer dashboard for games to incorporate Bitcoin https://medium.com/zebedee-engineering/announcing-the-zebedee-developer-dashboard-unity-sdk-4598c394cc23 LIGHTNITE website https://lightnite.io/ SIGN UP https://lightnite.io/ref=BTCsessions SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions

SHOW TOPICS: Bitcoin drops $1000 in less than an hour https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-sees-its-fifth-largest-hourly-price-crash-ever/ Bullish CNBC segment https://twitter.com/CNBCFastMoney/status/1230261266058534913 China pumps 5 TRILLION Yuan into economy https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-injects-record-5-trillion-new-debt-arrest-economic-crash Opennode allows merchants to accept dollars but stack sats https://www.opennode.com/blog/opennode-apple-pay-debit-cards-and-more/ Coldcard upgrade – do not update Mk1 https://twitter.com/COLDCARDwallet/status/1230519981441458176 Layer1 mining facility in Texas targets 30% hashrate within 2 years https://decrypt.co/20018/peter-thiel-backed-layer1-opens-up-bitcoin-mining-facility-in-texas SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Check out my website for private bookings: http://btcsessions.ca/ Looking for an audio-only version of the show? https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions

SHOW TOPICS: Bitcoin’s golden cross https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-daily-golden-cross-forms-bull-market-has-officially-arrived/ Trump Bitcoin stimulus package https://decrypt.co/19650/could-bitcoin-be-tax-free-under-new-trump-policy Michael Bloomberg wants clearer Bitcoin regulations https://www.coindesk.com/us-presidential-contender-michael-bloomberg-proposes-clear-regulatory-framework-for-crypto Another smart cookie exploits Defi for $600,000 this time https://cointelegraph.com/news/decentralized-lending-protocol-bzx-hacked-twice-in-a-matter-of-days Exploit breakdown https://twitter.com/kermankohli/status/1229653115470667777 Fcoin shuts down, owes users $125 Million in Bitcoin https://cointelegraph.com/news/chinese-exchange-fcoin-closes-down-still-owes-users-125-million SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Check out my website for private bookings: http://btcsessions.ca/ Looking for an audio-only version of the show? https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions

SHOW TOPICS: “Significant” crypto crackdown revealed by Steve Mnuchin https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2020/02/16/blow-to-bitcoin-as-significant-us-crackdown-suddenly-revealed/#18c031cb1191 FinCEN doesn’t know anything https://twitter.com/CACryptoLawyer/status/1227702311272603648?s=19 Actual testimony from Steve Mnuchin in the senate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEGYDD4itUg&feature=youtu.be Max Keiser predicts $400,000 Bitcoin https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-will-surge-to-400k-max-keiser-quadruples-btc-price-forecast My prediction for Bitcoin, made back in early 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKQPtUs04-4 Bitcoin Cash set for contentious hard fork regarding developer tax being implemented https://cryptobriefing.com/bitcoin-cash-community-is-splitting-again/ DeFi taking funds from margin trader who capitalized on low liquidity https://decrypt.co/19612/how-a-genius-hacker-made-350000-exploiting-defi US Household debt is now over $14 TRILLION, higher than before the 2008 recession https://bitcoinist.com/us-household-debt-hits-record-level-is-bitcoin-the-solution/ Check out my new Bitcoin node tutorial! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMovZg_3ERs SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Check out my website for private bookings: http://btcsessions.ca/ Looking for an audio-only version of the show? https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions

SHOW TOPICS: Strong rebound in the Bitcoin price means we could be looking at $11,000 and beyond https://cointelegraph.com/news/bought-the-dip-bitcoin-price-rebounds-strongly-with-11-000-in-sight Google searches for Bitcoin are up 33% this week alone https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-google-searches-surge-as-crypto-bulls-gather-momentum/ US Marshalls have lost an estimated $1.7 BILLION dollars by selling their seized Bitcoin too early https://decrypt.co/18938/us-marshals-lost-billions-selling-off-bitcoin-too-early Tom Lee predicts Bitcoin will hit $40,000 before the Dow https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-will-beat-dow-jones-to-40-000-tom-lee-doubles-down-on-btc 40 German Banks apply to custody Bitcoin for their customers https://cointelegraph.com/news/40-german-banks-seek-regulators-green-light-to-offer-bitcoin-custody William Shatner AKA Captain Kirk can see through Craig Wright’s lies https://cointelegraph.com/news/william-shatner-doubts-craig-wrights-claims-to-inventing-bitcoin SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Check out my website for private bookings: http://btcsessions.ca/ Looking for an audio-only version of the show? https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions

SHOW TOPICS: What caused Bitcoin to hit $10,000? 3 Possible reasons https://cointelegraph.com/news/what-caused-bitcoin-price-to-surge-past-10k-over-the-weekend Sudden Drop to fill the CME gap https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-drops-300-in-seconds-under-10k-to-fill-futures-gap Etherians and Maximalists alike are getting trigged by this: https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1225997218429059073 Altsbit to shut down in May following major hack https://cointelegraph.com/news/hacked-italian-exchange-altsbit-to-shut-down-in-may-2020 Bitcoin SV ‘downgrades’ and causes nodes to fork off https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-sv-nodes-crash-following-genesis-downgrade/ Check out my new Coldcard tutorial! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52pjqUzGxDg SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Check out my website for private bookings: http://btcsessions.ca/ Looking for an audio-only version of the show? https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions

Today’s guest Hass McCook discusses the environmental impacts of Bitcoin vs Gold.    Hass’s articles on Coindesk  https://www.coindesk.com/author/hass-mccook Hass’s Medium  https://medium.com/@hassmccook/the-economic-environmental-cost-of-bitcoin-part-i-ac162067721d Hass on Twitter  https://twitter.com/FriarHass SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Check out my website for private bookings: http://btcsessions.ca/ Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions

SHOW TOPICS: Bitcoin hits new yearly highs 2 days in a row. $10K incoming? https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-hits-new-yearly-high-for-the-second-day-in-a-row/ 5 Tips For The Bull Market https://bitcoinist.com/top-5-crypto-trading-tips-to-prepare-you-for-the-upcoming-bull-market/ Related: Brian Kelly “diversified crypto portfolio” post mortem https://medium.com/bull-bitcoin/the-crypto-diversification-trap-6744b0a954a6 Trezor tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3BIo5Ac_n4 Ledger tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0YWdw2AOCg Coldcard tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kocEpndQcsg Square Crypto shares details on Lightning Development Kit https://decrypt.co/18620/square-crypto-reveals-more-details-on-bitcoin-lightning-kit US Government is auctioning off $37 million of Bitcoin https://decrypt.co/18499/us-government-to-auction-37-million-of-bitcoin SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Check out my website for private bookings: http://btcsessions.ca/ Looking for an audio-only version of the show? https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions

SHOW TOPICS: Lightning Labs secures $10M funding seed round and announces Loop https://medium.com/@lightning_labs/entering-the-decade-of-lightning-8c4a4d31167f https://lightning.engineering/loop/ Bitpay Dumps Bip70, basically admitting defeat. You should probably use BTCPay or OpenNode instead anyways. https://cryptobriefing.com/bitpay-art-underwhelming-upgrades/ “The Missing Crypto Queen” BBC podcast series documenting the OncCoin Ponzi scheme is being turned into a TV drama https://decrypt.co/18488/onecoin-scandal-to-become-tv-drama Former ECB Vice President says central bank digital currencies are still a decade out https://bitcoinist.com/central-bank-crypto-10-years-away/ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Check out my website for private bookings: http://btcsessions.ca/ Looking for an audio-only version of the show? https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions