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In this episode of Drinks With a VC, co-hosts Vik Lakhwara and Bree Hanson are joined by Arun Mittal, co-founder of MBM Capital. Arun discusses his journey from receiving an electrical engineering degree from Stanford and co-founding Chutney Technologies to leading turnarounds and investing in distressed startups. He speaks candidly about the lessons learned from his failures and shares insights into the unique investment thesis of MBM Capital, which focuses on revitalizing startups that have hit roadblocks. The conversation covers the challenges of revamping companies, the importance of recognizing executional flaws, and providing strategic guidance to unlock hidden value. Arun also touches on his involvement with LedgerX, the state of venture capital, and the importance of knowing oneself and asking for help. Don't miss this enlightening and refreshingly transparent discussion on the realities of turning around struggling ventures.Links https://www.fidelityprivateshares.com/https://www.mbmcapital.co/

Juthica Chou is the head of OTC options trading at Kraken and the former president of LedgerX. In this episode, Chou explains how crypto's recent rally is being reflected in the options market, and what signals to pay attention to in the weeks ahead. According to Chou, volatility has returned to the market after months of relatively little activity: "The market's definitely pricing some big moves. And I always say, like if it can go up fast, it can go down faster." This episode is brought to you by our sponsors PayPal. Make your crypto move with PayPal. Get started today at PayPal.com/crypto

On this episode we are joined by: JOHN SMOLLEN:  Executive Vice President, Head of Exchange Traded Products and Strategic Relations, Miax Mark and John discuss: Is Miax really building a trading floor in Miami? Why does Miax need a 4th options exchange? The impact of the 1 billion contract milestone that was shattered this year? His thoughts on the future of 0 DTE contracts. Will we see 0 DTE Apple or Tesla this year? Why did Miax buy LedgerX from the wreckage of FTX? What are Miax's plans for SPIKES and the volatility market going forward? and much more...

On this episode we are joined by: JOHN SMOLLEN:  Executive Vice President, Head of Exchange Traded Products and Strategic Relations, Miax Mark and John discuss: Is Miax really building a trading floor in Miami? Why does Miax need a 4th options exchange? The impact of the 1 billion contract milestone that was shattered this year? His thoughts on the future of 0 DTE contracts. Will we see 0 DTE Apple or Tesla this year? Why did Miax buy LedgerX from the wreckage of FTX? What are Miax's plans for SPIKES and the volatility market going forward? and much more...

Hello everyone! It's been a minute since our last Web 3 Unpacked Crypto Weekly Review, but we'll make up for it today. Here are some of the recent updates to bring you up to speed:- Microsoft has ended the waitlist for access to GPT-4.- JPMorgan has acquired First Republic Bank.- FTX got approval to sell LedgerX, a cryptocurrency derivatives platform, to a group of investors for 27 and a half million dollars.- Montana's governor signed a pro-crypto mining bill into law, making the state more attractive for companies looking to set up mining operations.- A new proposal in the French Senate would allow social media influencers to promote cryptocurrencies.- Cooper Morgenthau, a former CFO of two SPACs, was sentenced to 3 years in prison for embezzling 5 million dollars he used to trade crypto and meme stocks.- In collaboration with international law enforcement agencies, the FBI seized 9 crypto exchange domains used for criminal activity.Learn more about the world of Web3 and how to navigate the rapidly changing crypto and blockchain landscape: https://linktr.ee/arctai

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Arun Bio   We founded MBM Capital with one mission: create a new, profitable pathway for founders whose companies are orphaned by traditional VC.   Arun has over 20 years of investment, operations and turnaround experience, including at firms such as Shinsei Bank (early employee at JC Flowers / Rippledwood led turnaround), StoneCastle, Klarna and LedgerX. He has invested over $500mm of capital during his career in speciality finance companies, community banks, fintech and other special situations.     We talk about   How does one come up with their fund's thesis? What type of numbers in general terms do Private Equity groups like to see? How does interest rates change your decisions when making an offer on a company? How do you go about thinking about structuring a deal, both price and terms, when you make an offer on a company? How do you analyze different value drivers of a company? And much more     Connect with Arun   https://www.linkedin.com/in/arunmittal/ arun.mittal@gmail.com 917-804-6533 https://www.mbmcapital.co/

I flew out to Chicago to interview Brett Harrison, who is the former President of FTX US President and founder of Architect.In his first longform interview since the fall of FTX, he speak in great detail about his entire tenure there and about SBF's dysfunctional leadership. He talks about how the inner circle of Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, and SBF mismanaged the company, controlled the codebase, got distracted by media, and even threatened him for his letter of resignation.In what was my favorite part of the interview, we also discuss his insights about the financial system from his decades of experience in the world's largest HFT firms.And we talk about Brett's new startup, Architect, as well as the general state of crypto post-FTX.After talking with Brett for 3 hours, I found him to be extremely intelligent, thoughtful, and ethical.Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript here. Follow me on Twitter for updates on future episodes.Similar episodesSide note: Paying the billsTo help pay the bills for my podcast, I've turned on paid subscriptions on Substack.No major content will be paywalled - please don't donate if you have to think twice before buying a cup of coffee.But if you have the means & have enjoyed my podcast, I would appreciate your support

Derivatives Data is a new product in Brave New Coin's market data product suite. Developed by BNC in response to the accelerating growth in crypto derivatives trading, the product provides comprehensive real-time data on the crypto derivatives market. Track the next expiring Bitcoin Futures, compare funding rates between Perpetual swaps, or explore open interest across Option strikes.    Why you should listen Brave New Coin's Aditya Das and Ryan Greaves join Andy to discuss the crypto derivatives market and the new derivatives data offering from Brave New Coin. BNC's market-data platform provides high up-time, low latency data throughput to support a range of business and trader use cases. It's built for enterprise developers with BNC's robust exchange and asset mapping to avoid duplicate and inconsistent ticker symbols. The data tracks Futures, Perpetuals, and Options using data from Binance, BitMEX, Bybit, Deribit, Kraken, LedgerX, and OKX. Supporting links Derivatives Data Page  Derivatives Data Articles on BNC Andy on Twitter  Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin   If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.  

The most valuable crypto stories for Friday, January 13, 2023. "The Hash" group discusses today's top stories, including allegations that Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss' cryptocurrency exchange Gemini and cryptocurrency lender Genesis Global Capital sold unregistered securities. Plus, to repay creditors, FTX has been cleared by a bankruptcy judge to sell four key units, including derivatives arm LedgerX. And finally, the crypto winter deepens as Crypto.com becomes the latest company to announce its job cuts in 2023.Disclosure: Genesis and CoinDesk are both owned by DCG.See also:FTX Cleared to Sell LedgerX, Japanese Units by Bankruptcy JudgeFormer SEC Lawyer Says Agency Pushing to Be Crypto Regulator With Gemini/Genesis SuitSEC Alleges Gemini, Genesis Sold Unregistered SecuritiesCrypto.com Cuts 20% Workforce as Firm Braces for Crypto Winter-This episode has been edited by Michele Musso. Our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Heya Cryptozens, Episode 392: FTX Contagion Armstrong on SBF claims Musk on SBF donations SBF Speculates LedgerX on the block AAX Clients Attack It's 10 PM Pacific time and the date is December 4th, 2022. Welcome back to the Crypto Overnighter. My name is Nikodemus, I'll be your host as we take a nightly look at the crypto, nft and metaverse space and the industry that surrounds it. And keep in mind, nothing in this show should ever be considered financial advice.  Email: nick@cryptoovernighter.com Salem Friends of Felines: https://sfof.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoCorvus1

With the fallout from the meltdown of Sam Bankman-Fried and his FTX empire still unfolding in the markets, exchange leaders and other executives from the cleared derivatives industry gathered in Chicago for the annual FIA Futures & Options Expo.FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken joined the show to talk about what the collapse of FTX might mean for the future of regulation in the digital asset sector. Lukken touted the soundness of properly regulated entities (like FTX's own LedgerX) and marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of financial futures by commenting on how he thinks the industry will continue to evolve.MFS Investment Management Do more than survive. See how we strive to make the most of changing bond markets.Sign up for Modern Money SmartBriefFollow this show on Twitter @ModernMoneyPod

This week on episode 267 of the BlockHash Podcast, we have CEO James Wo of DFG. James is the Founder and CEO Digital Finance Group (DFG), a global blockchain and digital asset investment firm with more than $1B Assets Under Management. Mr. Wo is also the Chairman of Matrix, the first regulated virtual assets multilateral trading facility (MTF) & custodian under the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) VA policy framework. He is a board member of LedgerX, and an Executive Committee member of the Chamber of Digital Commerce. The podcast is available on… Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blockhash-exploring-the-blockchain/id1241712666 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/6dc84ee4-845b-4bea-b812-b876daab2c7e/BlockHash-Exploring-the-Blockchain Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4AGqU8qxIYVkxXM4q2XpO1 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9iNmNhNWM0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Website: www.blockhashpodcast.com On Social Media… Website: https://www.dfg.group/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dfgofficial/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DFG_OfficiaI Twitter: https://twitter.com/realjameswo Find Brandon Zemp & the podcast on Social Media… Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theblockhash/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zempcapital/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zempcapital Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theblockhash LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/brandonzemp Sign up for the "Future Economy" newsletter… Newsletter: https://futureeconomy.memberful.com/join

Chris Perkins, president of CoinFund, a web3 investment firm, discusses his experience at the Crypto Bahamas conference before diving into an FTX.US proposal that would allow for direct trading of crypto derivatives in the US – which appears to be rocking the boat of certain regulators in D.C. Show topics: Chris's two biggest takeaways from his Crypto Bahamas experience how Chris's experience at Lehman Brothers and Citi prepared him for crypto  what issues arise via the plumbing of traditional financial markets why centralized intermediaries make derivatives trading efficient what FTX.US is proposing and how it could be a boon for retail traders how crypto settlement would work compared to the current batch trading method why the acquisition of LedgerX enabled FTX.US to make this proposal what license FTX.US feels like it no longer needs since it can settle derivative transactions on a blockchain whether FTX.US would expand to other derivatives and what that might do to an entity like CME what Chris is listening for in the CFTC's public discussion surrounding FTX.US's proposal  whether FTX.US's proposal will be a partisan issue Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021      Coinchange: https://coinchange.io    OnJuno: https://onjuno.com/  Galaxis: https://galaxis.xyz/    Episode Links   Chris Perkins LinkedIn:  ​​https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-perkins-092569a/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/perkinscr97  CoinFund:  ​​https://twitter.com/coinfund_io    Coverage of the FTX.US Proposal Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-21/crypto-billionaire-rankles-wall-street-with-futures-trading-plan?sref=m9L277rN  Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbrett/2022/04/27/the-ftx-us-proposal-that-shook-congress-and-the-crypto-derivatives-world/ The Block: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/143792/as-it-weighs-ftx-proposal-cftc-announces-a-roundtable-on-disintermediation  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/137304/cftc-opens-up-ftx-uss-derivatives-trading-model-to-public-comment  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140026/ftx-derivatives-proposal-takes-center-stage-at-congressional-hearing-with-cftc-chairman  CoinDesk https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/10/ftxus-derivatives-unit-seeks-cftc-amendment-to-clear-margin-trades-directly-for-customers/ https://www.coindesk.com/video/recent-videos/ftx-us-to-meet-with-cftc-regarding-derivatives-trades/  Public comment:  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/137304/cftc-opens-up-ftx-uss-derivatives-trading-model-to-public-comment May roundtable:  https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8519-22 https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/04/19/ftx-plan-said-to-face-cftc-roundtable-next-month/ https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/143792/as-it-weighs-ftx-proposal-cftc-announces-a-roundtable-on-disintermediation CME opposition to proposal:  ​​https://www.marketsmedia.com/cme-to-oppose-ftx-clearing-proposal/   Unchained Coverage of FTX.US and LedgerX 2021: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-ftx-us-ledgerx-deal-indicates-crypto-ma-might-start-booming/  2019: https://unchainedpodcast.com/ledgerx-on-the-reasons-to-trade-bitcoin-options/ 

Chris Perkins, president of CoinFund, a web3 investment firm, discusses his experience at the Crypto Bahamas conference before diving into an FTX.US proposal that would allow for direct trading of crypto derivatives in the US – which appears to be rocking the boat of certain regulators in D.C. Show topics: Chris's two biggest takeaways from his Crypto Bahamas experience how Chris's experience at Lehman Brothers and Citi prepared him for crypto  what issues arise via the plumbing of traditional financial markets why centralized intermediaries make derivatives trading efficient what FTX.US is proposing and how it could be a boon for retail traders how crypto settlement would work compared to the current batch trading method why the acquisition of LedgerX enabled FTX.US to make this proposal what license FTX.US feels like it no longer needs since it can settle derivative transactions on a blockchain whether FTX.US would expand to other derivatives and what that might do to an entity like CME what Chris is listening for in the CFTC's public discussion surrounding FTX.US's proposal  whether FTX.US's proposal will be a partisan issue Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021      Coinchange: https://coinchange.io    OnJuno: https://onjuno.com/  Galaxis: https://galaxis.xyz/    Episode Links   Chris Perkins LinkedIn:  ​​https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-perkins-092569a/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/perkinscr97  CoinFund:  ​​https://twitter.com/coinfund_io    Coverage of the FTX.US Proposal Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-21/crypto-billionaire-rankles-wall-street-with-futures-trading-plan?sref=m9L277rN  Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbrett/2022/04/27/the-ftx-us-proposal-that-shook-congress-and-the-crypto-derivatives-world/ The Block: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/143792/as-it-weighs-ftx-proposal-cftc-announces-a-roundtable-on-disintermediation  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/137304/cftc-opens-up-ftx-uss-derivatives-trading-model-to-public-comment  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140026/ftx-derivatives-proposal-takes-center-stage-at-congressional-hearing-with-cftc-chairman  CoinDesk https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/10/ftxus-derivatives-unit-seeks-cftc-amendment-to-clear-margin-trades-directly-for-customers/ https://www.coindesk.com/video/recent-videos/ftx-us-to-meet-with-cftc-regarding-derivatives-trades/  Public comment:  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/137304/cftc-opens-up-ftx-uss-derivatives-trading-model-to-public-comment May roundtable:  https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8519-22 https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/04/19/ftx-plan-said-to-face-cftc-roundtable-next-month/ https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/143792/as-it-weighs-ftx-proposal-cftc-announces-a-roundtable-on-disintermediation CME opposition to proposal:  ​​https://www.marketsmedia.com/cme-to-oppose-ftx-clearing-proposal/   Unchained Coverage of FTX.US and LedgerX 2021: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-ftx-us-ledgerx-deal-indicates-crypto-ma-might-start-booming/  2019: https://unchainedpodcast.com/ledgerx-on-the-reasons-to-trade-bitcoin-options/ 

Crypto Regulation: Present & Future with Sydney Schaub, Chief Legal Officer, Gemini. Ryne Miller, General Counsel, FTX US. Zach Dexter, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, LedgerX. Moderated by Robert Hackett, Senior Writer & Tech Editor, Fortune.——————————————————————Watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SALTTube/videosFor podcast transcripts and show notes, visit https://www.salt.org/SALT New York is a global thought leadership and networking forum at the intersection of finance, technology and public policy. Over the course of three days, leading investors, creators and thinkers will take the stage in support of SALT's mission: empowering big ideas.#SALTNY

Zach Dexter is the Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of LedgerX. He is an experienced software engineer, project manager and technology architect. Prior to this, Zach was Lead Software Engineer at Tutorspree, where he built out the full stack for an extensive set of internal tools and external-facing features.LedgerX is a Swap Execution Facility and Derivatives Clearing Organization that specializes on crypto derivatives. LedgerX has the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) approval to trade and clear swaps on digital money. Ledgerx also offers Bitcoin options trading and clearing. LedgerX options allow users the opportunity to earn a fiat-based yield on Bitcoin by making a contract that gives them the right to sell or buy an asset at a specified price on a specified date when they think it would be profitable due to price changes.————————————————————————— For podcast transcripts and show notes, visit salt.org/talksWatch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CX8oYXKPuvEDeveloped, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC. Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.

Location: Skype Date: Thursday, 17th October Project: Gold Bullion International Role: Co-Founder Bitcoin's design allows you holders to claim monetary sovereignty, taking money and power away from banks and the legacy financial system. So, why do Bitcoiners seem so desperate to see the influx of institutional investors? A large injection of capital into the markets would likely see the price of Bitcoin go up, but, would it not be best to see organic growth in adoption by people, rather than corporations? It is easier than ever for institutional investors to gain exposure to Bitcoin. With the recent launch of Bakkt futures contracts along with LedgerX and CME, there are ways for large traders to get skin in the game. But the volume is low, why? Education is an often overlooked part of the Bitcoin onboarding process. No matter what background someone is from getting them to see past Bitcoin as 'magic internet money' can be incredibly challenging. Dan Tapiero is a veteran global macro investor and a co-founder of Gold Bullion International. Having worked as a portfolio manager and analyst he became aware of Bitcoin in 2013, initially writing it off for having a too-small market cap and a "VC plaything". Dan's opinion has gone from not seeing the value in Bitcoin to believing it could take over as a financial system. In this interview, Dan explains what changed his mind on Bitcoin, gold as a safe haven asset, Twitter, wealth redistribution, trade wars and Trump's influence over the markets.

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CRYPTO HOT SEAT SEGMENT   GUEST: Juthica Chou, COO and co-founder of LedgerX   BACKGROUND? WHAT IS LEDGERX? YOU OFFER BITCOIN SWAPS AND OPTIONS - TELL US ABOUT THOSE WHAT IS THE UNDERLYING FOR THE OPTIONS? HOW FAR OUT CAN YOU TRADE THE OPTIONS? WHAT TYPE OF LIQUIDITY/MARKETS ARE YOU SEEING? ARE YOU APPROVED FOR U.S. CUSTOMERS TO TRADE OPTIONS? WHO IS PROVIDING THE LIQUIDITY FOR YOUR OPTIONS? AND MORE..     BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT   CRYPTO ALMOST EXACTLY UNCHD FROM LAST SHOW - UP ABOUT $50 FROM LAST SHOW   BTC VOLATILITY   30 DAY REALIZED: UP TO 60% FROM 54%    BTC OPTIONS VOLUME ON DERIBIT   LIGHT VOLUME WEEK ONLY ONE DAY ABOVE $30M THIS PAST WEEK   OPTIONS TRADES OVER THE PAST WEEK   BUY 300 MAR 4000 PUTS SELL 163 OCT 9500 CALLS   BTC VOL TERM STRUCTURE   SIMILAR TO LAST SHOW   BTC CALL/PUT RATIO   DOWN TO 54% FROM 57% LAST WEEK  CALLS STILL IN CHARGE - SLIGHTLY   BTC OPEN INTEREST   UP TO $409M FROM $371M   CME BTC FUTURES   VERY QUIET DAY BUT DECENT VOLUME WEEK    THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT   ETH: UP $5 THIS WEEK RIPPLE - GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE AGAIN THIS WEEK UP NEARLY $.02 LTC - DOWN $1.5 FROM LAST WEEK BITCOIN CASH - DOWN $9 FROM LAST WEEK    

There are a few places retail investors can currently trade a Bitcoin futures contract, but these tend to clouded in regulatory uncertainty and most are unavailable to US retail traders. That's about to change though as LedgerX have recently announced both the first regulated physically settled Bitcoin futures contract and the launch of a new trading platform called Omni which, for the first time, will give US retail investors access to regulated derivative markets. The physical settlement in Bitcoin is a big step forward for the ecosystem. It means that when a contract expires, the buyer will now receive Bitcoin as opposed to fiat, meaning businesses and miners can now bypass the fiat system entirely, hedging or betting in Bitcoin and settling in Bitcoin. This is just one of the implications the LedgerX's new contract.Will this lead to reduced volatility in the Bitcoin price and bring in more institutional investors? I visited LedgerX in New York and spoke with the Co-founder and COO Juthica Chou. We also discussed;  Regulators being open to Bitcoin  The licenses required to run a regulated exchange If the institutions are coming or if they are already here Working at Goldman Sachs during the 2008 financial crisis Betting on the Bitcoin halvening $20k, $25k and $50k contracts Bitcoin being better than gold Wall street's interest in Bitcoin Ledger X's competition

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 523,100 - 5/17/18Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $8285 (finney $0.82) 200 SMA : $10217 Mayer Multiple : 0.81 Okex Futures : (Jun) $8440 (spread $200 / 3%) CME Futures : (May) $8325 (Jun) $8340 (open interest 2,520 / 12,600 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $8354 (Sep) $8437 Longs / Shorts : 29,800 / 20,600 (1.44) -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $141 B Global Bitcoin MC : $382 B Maximalist Price : $22,465 On chain tx (24h) : 1,086,775 btc ($9.0 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 5.62 btc ($47 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.058 btc ($482) NVT (28d) : 136 -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +5% (last 3: 3%, 4%, 9%) Mining profitability : $0.49 THash/day Blockchain size : 197 GB Mempool : 7MB Median on chain fee : $0.37/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 27 Closed issues : 10 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 18.6 - 16 btc Channels : 6642 - 5771 Nodes : 1997 - 1789 Channels/node : 3.3 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 13 /100 30days : 69 /100 Trend : Still watching this for signs of life. -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Bitfinex is starting to ask for more info and compliance from customers. https://twitter.com/whalepool/status/997028873534627840 Consensus 2018 Jimmy Song, Jack, and magical crypto friends Marshall Long OG scammer is moving on to next scam Offer to help. This is super valuable work. we https://darksidebtc.com/ Bcash forked. 81% of nodes didn't upgrade and were cut off the network. REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and Aer

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=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 521,720 - 5/8/18Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $9255 (finney $0.92) 200 SMA : $10092 Mayer Multiple : 0.91 Okex Futures : (Jun) $9451 (spread $200 / 2%) CME Futures : (May) $9280 (Jun) $9335 (open interest 2,548 / 12,740 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $9417 (Sep) $9549 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $158 B Global Bitcoin MC : $437 B Maximalist Price : $25,675 On chain tx (24h) : 1,294,277 btc ($12 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 6.08 btc ($56 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.053 btc ($489) NVT (28d) : 143 Longs / Shorts : 30,200 / 20,600 (1.46) -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +1.8% (last 3: 4%, 9%, 1%) Mining profitability : $0.56 THash/day Blockchain size : 196 GB Mempool : 3MB Median on chain fee : $0.40/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 24 Closed issues : 7 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 17.9 - 16 btc Channels : 5988 - 5771 Nodes : 1923 - 1789 Channels/node : 3.11 - 3.22 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 13 /100 30days : 68 /100 Trend : slightly lower -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Eltoo https://blockstream.com/2018/04/30/eltoo-next-lightning.html Samourai's do work https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/992036400374648833 Lightning apps are gathering into a storm https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/future-bitcoin-what-lightning-could-look/ Bcash bug https://www.bitcoinabc.org/2018-05-07-incident-report/ Did the ethereum SEC meeting happen or not? Bitcoin is fresh tech for the youth. They get it instinctually. Bye bye fiat. REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and Ozzie Beats

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 520,563 - 4/30/18Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $9272 (finney $0.93) 200 SMA : $9941 Mayer Multiple : 0.93 Okex Futures : (Jun) $9296 (spread $0 / 0%) CME Futures : (May) $9275 (Jun) $9270 (open interest 2,066 / 10,330 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $9289 (Sep) $9329 CBOE http://cfe.cboe.com/cfe-products/xbt-cboe-bitcoin-futures -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $157 B Global Bitcoin MC : $430 B Maximalist Price : $25,301 On chain tx (24h) : 1,173,806 btc ($10.8 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 6.34 btc ($59 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.052 btc ($479) NVT (28d) : 150 Longs / Shorts : 26,500 / 22,600 (1.17) -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +3% (last 3: 4%, 9%, 1%) Mining profitability : $0.54 THash/day Blockchain size : 195 GB Mempool : 1MB Median on chain fee : $0.43/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 37 Closed issues : 8 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 16 - 15.8 btc Channels : 5771 - 5418 Nodes : 1789 - 1661 Channels/node : 3.22 - 3.25 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 15 /100 30days : 62 /100 Trend : searches generally flat -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Vitalik calls out CSW and Consensus 2018 but not any Ethereum scams Binance in Bermuda https://themerkle.com/binance-group-plans-to-create-40-jobs-in-bermuda/ NASDAQ to trade bitcoin https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/25/nasdaq-is-open-to-becoming-cryptocurrency-exchange-ceo-says.html Defining Bitcoin Defning bitcoin is hard, but it helps to step back and state facts, starting with the fact that there's 21 million bitcoin. Bitcoin is consensus. It's almost a schelling point itself. Miners Run the Network Fallacy There's an effort to change history. segwit2x is empirical evidence against it. Confusion is created through another fallacy, the Bcash is Bitcoin Fallacy. Miners run bcash, so of course miners are in charge of bitcoin, too. Miners very clearly were told not to do 2x. Vortex LN debate https://youtu.be/6VeeUJawEak Calling LN bitcoins altcoins is just lazy. REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud, Chill Children w/ KVN

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 519,245 - 4/21/18Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $8724 (finney $0.87) 200 SMA : $9737 Mayer Multiple : 0.89 Okex Futures : (Jun) $8772 (spread $50 / 1%) CME Futures : (Apr) $8555 (Jun) $8540 (open interest 2,290 / 11,450 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $8741 (Sep) $8769 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $148 B Global Bitcoin MC : $375 B Maximalist Price : $22,041 On chain tx (24h) : 1,443,949 btc ($12.5 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 6.59 btc ($57 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.065 btc ($566) NVT (28d) : 158 Longs / Shorts : 29,000 / 24,100 (1.2) Public OTC : ~$92 M -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +10.8% (last 3: 9%, 1%, 5%) Mining profitability : $0.56 THash/day Blockchain size : 194 GB Mempool : 19MB Median on chain fee : $0.17/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 24 Closed issues : 19 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 15.8 - 12.7 btc Channels : 5418 - 4732 Nodes : 1661 - 1533 Channels/node : 3.25 - 3.08 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 14 /100 30days : 63 /100 Trend : searches generally flat -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Localbitcoins KYC requirement http://bitcoinist.com/bye-anonymity-localbitcoins-id-kyc/ Ethereum upgrade/voting for parity bailout Kraken Disses NY AG https://www.coindesk.com/kraken-ceo-crypto-exchange-wont-comply-with-new-york-inquiry/?utm_content=buffer3c51a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud, Tennyson and Shinobi Fountain

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 518,172 - 4/14/18Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $8014 (finney $0.80) 200 SMA : $9596 Mayer Multiple : 0.83 Okex Futures : (Jun) $8100 (spread $80 / 1%) CME Futures : (Apr) $7890 (Jun) $8075 (open interest 2,097 / 10,485 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $7990 (Sep) $8008 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $135 B Global Bitcoin MC : $317 B Maximalist Price : $18,712 On chain tx (24h) : 1,034,693 btc ($8.2 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 5.33 btc ($42 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.068 btc ($543) NVT (28d) : 153 Longs / Shorts : 29,800 / 24,900 (1.19) Public OTC : ~$92 M Nothing out of the ordinary -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +9.3% (last 3: 1%, 5%, 9%) Mining profitability : $0.55 THash/day Blockchain size : 193 GB Mempool : 19MB Median on chain fee : $0.42/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 57 Closed issues : 21 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 12.7 - 9.1 btc Channels : 4732 - 3788 Nodes : 1533 - 1336 Channels/node : 3.08 - 2.9 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 15 /100 30days : 60 /100 Trend : slightly lower on both timeframes, but searches generally flat -------------------- NEWS -------------------- There's been a recent effort to brand Lightning Network bitcoin as an altcoin. A network of bitcoin multisig txs is in no way an altcoin. https://twitter.com/paullinator/status/982676892271570944 Very detailed study of LN wallet GUIs. The wallets are moving so fast, it's out of date already, but very interesting for a layperson looking on. https://patestevao.gitbooks.io/lightning-network-ux-research/content/ History of Lightning Network by Aaron van Wirdum https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/history-lightning-brainstorm-beta/ REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud, Reach and Beamon

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 516,750 - 4/5/18Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $6792 (finney $0.68) 200 SMA : $9443 have to watch this. If price can't break 200MA Apr '14 downward sloping Mayer Multiple : 0.72 Okex Futures : (Jun) $6700 (spread $90 / 1.3%) CME Futures : (Apr) $6860 (Jun) $6875 (open interest 1,661 / 8,305 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $6662 (Sep) $6689 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $115 B Global Bitcoin MC : $257 B Maximalist Price : $15,175 On chain tx (24h) : 1,396,902 btc ($9.5 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 7.45 btc ($50 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.085 btc ($577) NVT (28d) : 145 Longs / Shorts : 33,800 / 29,900 (1.13) Public OTC : ~$92 M -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +7.5% in 9 days (last 3: 1%, 5%, 9%) Mining profitability : $0.51 THash/day Blockchain size : 192 GB Mempool : less than 1MB Median on chain fee : $0.13/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 39 Closed issues : 33 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 9.1 btc Channels : 3788 Nodes : 1336 Channels/node : 2.8 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 19 /100 30days : 83 /100 Trend : remaining constant, shallow dip on 12 mo, slight higher on 30 days, mixed. -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Deconomy Vitalik had a tweet storm from the conference. He called CSW a fraud. lulz Halong miners have started getting delivered. It's an evolutionary process. https://www.bitsonline.com/halong-dragonmint-t1-miner-review/ More Reg Arb Finex to Switzerland https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/cryptocurrency-exchange-bitfinex-plans-move-switzerland/ Saifedean Ammous's book the Bitcoin Standard is coming out. Out on Kindle. REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and Vowl

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 515,525 - 3/28/18Find us on iTunes, YouTube, Soundcloud and Stitcher New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $8061 (finney $0.80) 200 SMA : $9319 Mayer Multiple : 0.86 Okex Futures : (Jun) $7926 (spread $150 / 1.4%) CME Futures : (Mar) $8055 (Jun) $? (open interest 1,615 / 8,075 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Mar) $8021 (Jun) $7970 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $137 B Global Bitcoin MC : $307 B Maximalist Price : $18,121 On chain tx (24h) : 1,011,618 btc ($8.1 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 5.4 btc ($43.7 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.066 btc ($537) NVT (28d) : 140 Longs / Shorts : 37,500 / 24,500 (1.53) Public OTC : ~$90 M -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +1.6% in 3.9 days (last 3: 5%, 9%, 4%) Mining profitability : $0.59 THash/day Blockchain size : 191 GB Mempool : less than 1MB Median on chain fee : $0.15/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 32 Closed issues : 28 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 6.5 btc Channels : 2551 Nodes : 1094 Channels/node : 2.3 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 14 /100 30days : 63 /100 Trend : trend is reflecting lower prices, but interest is remaining constant. -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Blockstream 7 days of Lapps https://blockstream.com/blog/ - Filebazaar - Lightning Publisher - Nanotip - Paypercall - NanoPOS - Ifpaytt Zap wallet looks great https://twitter.com/JackMallers/status/978504084658507777 Satoshi Vision conference Huge joke, extrememly orchestrated You could tell there was some discontent in the bcash camp Binance moves to Malta https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-23/the-world-s-biggest-cryptocurrency-exchange-is-moving-to-malta Earn/21 possible acquisition Emerging themes of 2018 - ICO/altcoin crackdown - price consolidation - acquisitions - regulatory arbitrage - lightning apps REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/bitcoinandmarkets THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and Chill Children and KVN

Bitcoin & Markets 3/9/18--------------------New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources -- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate -- **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** Sources at below. -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Bitstamp: $8746 / 1 finney: $0.87 Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($8569) = sub 1.0 (1) 3M BTC Settled Futures (Mar): $8811 / spread: -$100 or 1.7% CME Futures: Mar18 $8780 / Jun18 $8520 (2) Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $8814 / Jun18 $8901 MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS -------------------- Market Cap: $148 B Dominance Index: 100% Global Bitcoin MC: $332 B NVT (Network Value/Transaction): 108 (3) Maximalist Price: $21,267 USD value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $8.8 B Avg tx Val (24h): $47k SECURITY -------------------- Difficulty: est. +9% in 9 days (4)(5) Difficulty has been just fine and shows that all the drama is just drama. FEES -------------------- Mempool: 4MB, ~2 sat/b (6)(7) Mempool is very empty and transactions are fast. DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs: 51 merged PRs and 75 closed issues (8)(9) Lightning Network: 4.5 btc capacity, 1822 open channels, 985 nodes - 1.8 channels/node (10)(11) GOOGLE TRENDS (14) -------------------- We are lower on google trends again. Showing 18, off from a yearly high of 100. The point I make here is that this recent drop in price wasn't accompanied by a big drop in google trends. NEWS -------------------- Follow @BitcoinMerges: https://twitter.com/BitcoinMerges Gox coins in 2000 btc addresses: http://gaelb.alwaysdata.net/MTgox_watch_CW/index.html Bcash Woes O'Dell's Tweet: https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/970850312071405568 Olivier's Tweet about merge mining: https://twitter.com/olivierjanss/status/970788289593651200 Cobra: https://twitter.com/CobraBitcoin/status/970736614275153926 ASICBoost: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/breaking-down-bitcoins-asicboost-scandal-solutions/ Regulations will hit ICOs and altcoins hard, but leave bitcoin relatively unscaved. This will leave room for legacy interests to coopt the "blockchain" meme, ICO and altcoin narratives. Bitcoin unaffected. SOURCES -------------------- 1. Mayer Multiple: http://mayermultiple.com 2. CME futures: http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html 3. Network Value to Transaction Ratio: http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ 4. Network stats: http://fork.lol/pow/retarget 5. Difficulty: https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty 6. Real time fees: https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ 7. Visualization: https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m 8. Bitcoin github stats: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse 9. Ranking: https://www.coingecko.com 10. LN testnet: https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ 11. LN nodes: https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# 12. LedgerX: http://data.ledgerx.com/ 13. Gemini Auction: https://gemini.com/auction-data/ 14. Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin 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 Kontekt

Bitcoin & Markets 2/26/18--------------------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. -------------------- Hello WCN! PRICES -------------------- Bitstamp: $9747 / 1 finney: $0.97 Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($8569) = 1.1 (1) 3M BTC Settled Futures (Mar): $9581 / spread: - $150 or 1.7% CME Futures: Mar18 $9,590 / Jun18 $9,420 (2) Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $9660 / Jun18 $9736 The market seems to be in an equilibrium around $10k. There's a lot of consolidation happening. MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS -------------------- Market Cap: $165 B Dominance Index: 100% lol Global Bitcoin MC: $433 B NVT (Network Value/Transaction): 100.65 (3) Maximalist Price: $25,698 USD value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $0.75 B Avg tx Val (24h): $5107 I don't really buy the NVT hypothesis as a P/E ratio for bitcoin totally. But I'll include it here for now. SECURITY -------------------- Difficulty: est. +4% to +7% in 7 days (4)(5) FEES -------------------- Mempool: 30MB, ~14 sat/b (6)(7) We will see more efforts to encourage spending by entreprenuers. DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs: 11 merged PRs and 11 closed issues (8)(9) Lightning Network: 3.8 btc capacity, 1482 open channels, 883 nodes - 1.67 channels/node (10)(11) OTC VOLUME -------------------- OTC volume from my sources has fallen hard back to Sept levels. The price explains this, because the number of bitcoins traded is about the same. This is more of a retail investor number, and there's new competition for local bitcoins. GOOGLE TRENDS (14) -------------------- We are lower on google trends again. On a year chart, the term "bitcoin" is at 25 for the most current week. This is out of 100, being the most searched week in the last year. NEWS -------------------- The feeling in bitcoin has changed a little bit imo. Altcoin exuberance has been tempered. Bitcoin HODLers are patient. Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 RC4 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.0/doc/release-notes.md The battle of smart contract platforms is starting. https://twitter.com/AnselLindner/status/966813921129697286 Petro scandal https://www.coindesk.com/petro-debut-learned-venezuelas-cryptocurrency-today/ Now Turkish Crypto? https://www.coindesk.com/turkish-lawmaker-proposes-national-cryptocurrency-creation/ Russia, Venezuela, Turkey, etc etc etc. Very bullish for the reserve currency, bitcoin. SOURCES -------------------- 1. Mayer Multiple: http://mayermultiple.com 2. CME futures: http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html 3. Network Value to Transaction Ratio: http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ 4. Network stats: http://fork.lol/pow/retarget 5. Difficulty: https://cryptothis.com/diff/ 6. Real time fees: https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ 7. Visualization: https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m 8. Bitcoin github stats: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse 9. Ranking: https://www.coingecko.com 10. LN testnet: https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ 11. LN nodes: https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# 12. LedgerX: http://data.ledgerx.com/ 13. Gemini Auction: https://gemini.com/auction-data/ 14. Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin 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 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 1/4/18---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 12/3/17---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/934753783397040128 Prices Bitstamp: $11675 1 finney: $1.16 200 D MA: $4304 / 2.6 3M Futures: $11950 spread: + $300 Bitcoin Dominance Price (BDP) (including forks): $13,645 Market Cap: $195 B Global MC: $347 B Maximalist Price: $20,824 Avg on-chain tx value: $6083 BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $2 B Difficulty: 15% to 14% http://fork.lol/pow/retarget https://cryptothis.com/diff/ depreciated https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Mempool: 12MB https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#2h OTC Localbitcoins: $61.2M/wk Paxful: $9.8M/wk LedgerX: $4.5M http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $72M/wk --- Roughly 20M utxos can fit into a GB of memory. 7 billion utxos would take up 350 GBs of RAM. There are 2.1 quadrillion satoshis 105,000,000 GBs CME Futures set to start trading on 18 Dec 2017 http://www.cmegroup.com/media-room/press-releases/2017/12/01/cme_group_self-certifiesbitcoinfuturestolaunchdec18.html Intraday limits https://cointelegraph.com/news/how-cme-groups-bitcoin-futures-will-work --- Thank you bitcoin. We are all Satoshi. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/1/17---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/934753783397040128 Prices Bitstamp - $10205 The Finney: $1.02 Loose bitcoin price (including forks): $11,823 3M Futures - $9997 spread + $30 Updated chart: https://twitter.com/btcmrkts/status/936563301726806016 Market Cap - $150B! Global MC - $284B Maximalist Price - $17,054 Avg on chain tx value - $7035 BTC $ val tx'ed on chain (24h): $2.4B Difficulty: -11%, 17% or 12% https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty http://fork.lol/pow/retarget https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 20MB https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#2h OTC Localbitcoins: $61.2M/wk Paxful: $9.8M/wk LedgerX: $3.1M http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $72M/wk DXY slides again. iH&S broken, pressing on long term support area. https://twitter.com/btcmrkts/status/936565085547454474 --- Bitcoin is Socioeconomic Disruption commentary cut to be released on Patreon. Cool article on Zerohedge http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-30/here-are-three-questions-we-hear-most-about-bitcoin-moment Nasdaq to open bitcoin futures https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-29/nasdaq-is-said-to-plan-bitcoin-futures-joining-biggest-rivals Bitflyer comes to the US https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/28/worlds-largest-bitcoin-exchange-bitflyer-enters-the-us.html Great Tether thread. https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/935185540982497280 Plus Bitfinexed has been taking BTC donations and has been challenged to sell those at $1000 to be ethically consistent. LOL https://twitter.com/_Kevin_Pham/status/936459266445078530 --- Thank you bitcoin. We are all Satoshi. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Chill Children s/ KVN AUST

Bitcoin & Markets Update 11/26/17---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/934753783397040128 Prices Bitstamp - $8902 The Finney: $0.89 Loose bitcoin price (including forks): $10,953 3M Futures - $8897 spread 0 Spread was negative and shifted positive, bitstamp vs okex 3M, perfectly as the market turned up, no even CME still "second week of Dec" no official date. Market Cap - $150B! Global MC - $284B Maximalist Price - $17,054 Avg on chain tx value - $7035 BTC $ val tx'ed on chain (24h): $2.4B Difficulty: -8%, 7.9% or 4.4% - I estimate about 5-10% increase https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty http://fork.lol/pow/retarget https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 5MB https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#2h OTC Localbitcoins: $63.3M/wk Paxful: $9.7M/wk LedgerX: $2.6M to $6M/wk to $2.1M this wk, Holiday http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $79M to $75M/wk I'll update this on my twitter when new weekly numbers drop soon. --- Ethereum and Parity Funds are still stuck. Debate rages. https://www.coindesk.com/brain-freeze-parity-bug-continues-no-easy-solution-sight/ Bcash It's has failed to rally as hard as last holiday weekend. Bithumb volume down. Their DAA has performed better than I expected. Tether Of course, tether is centralized, but it can be replaced, Other exchanges bank accounts are more at risk and could cause more damage that tether Mining https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-developer-about-take-mining-hardware-industry/ This is an important play. The Core devs are so far out in front that they started planning for bitcoin's privacy upgrades months ago. To ease a privacy upgrade, decentralized mining is paramount. --- Thank you bitcoin. Music by Joakim Karud and Die Antwoort

Bitcoin & Markets Update 11/21/17---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 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. ---- Follow: Mile Suter https://twitter.com/WahWhoWah 4 HR chart tweet - https://twitter.com/btcmrkts/status/932837961690779648 Prices Bitstamp - $8199 The Finney: $0.82 3M Futures - $8299 spread $100 This is a healthy spread in contango. I expect this spread to increase as we approach CME. Looks like CME is going to launching on 11 Dec. But there's conflicting reports out there right now. Follow me Market Cap - $136B Global MC - $241B Maximalist Price - $14,495 Avg on chain tx value - $7121 BTC $ val tx'ed on chain (24h): $2.4B Difficulty: -23% or -1% - I estimate about -5% https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty http://fork.lol/pow/retarget Mempool: 17MB (not including zero fee txs) https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#2h OTC Localbitcoins: $63.3M/wk Paxful: $9.7M/wk LedgerX: $2.6M to $6M/wk http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $73.6M to $79M/wk --- ECB is trying to change their bail in limits. Currently, 100,000 Euros are protected from bail ins, but not for long. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-19/ecb-proposes-end-deposit-protection CNBC interview with Thomas Peterffy is scared for short sellers https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/15/thomas-peterffy-keep-bitcoin-away-from-the-real-economy.html Tether Man, this tether thing blew up. Tether is USD derivative to provide liquidity between exchanges and allow trading against a USD substitute. Don't bite off on the FUD, even if from your favorite youtube personality. Do you own research! --- Thank you #bitcoin. Music by Joakim Karud and Vowl

Bitcoin & Markets Update 11/16/17---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 --- This is not investment advice people, do your own research, I say some crazy stuff on this show, it could all be psuedoscience. ---- Prices Bitstamp - $7410 The Finney: $0.74 3M Futures - $7320 spread - $90 Market Cap - $125B Global MC - $220B Maximalist Price - $13,171 Avg on chain tx value - $8545 As mempool filled, avg tx size increased, showing the quality filter of fees. BTC $ val tx'ed on chain (24h): $2.3B Difficulty: -30% or -6% - I estimate about -5% https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty http://fork.lol/pow/retarget Mempool: 13MB down from a high of 50MB during the latest attack. Half of unconfirmed txs were 1 sat/b https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#2h OTC Localbitcoins: $62M/wk Paxful: $9M/wk LedgerX: $2.6M/wk But HUGE volume this week on LedgerX, $4.2M in first three days, more options for options contracts being offered as well. http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $73.6M/wk --- Micropayment Channel Networks https://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/file/a20a865ce40d40c8f942cf206a7cba96/Scalable_Funding_Of_Blockchain_Micropayment_Networks%20(1).pdf Core 0.15.1 is released in the middle of a civil way Core devs march on. Thanks to all the contributors. https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-core-dev/2017-November/000048.html BCASH update Ver moved coins to bitfinex, looks like he was sell small pieces in 2000 btc blocks. It'd be plain stupid to sell all his BTC. There is no question about which coin will "win" he must know that or he's stupid. https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7cefom/roger_ver_just_sent_25k_btc_to_bitfinex/ Jihan tweeted a few times telling bcash community to be nice to other altcoins. I asked if he'd commit his anti-competitive patents to a defensive patent pool like BS, but no answer. --- Thank you bitcoin

Bitcoin & Markets Update 11/8/17---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 --- This is not investment advice people, do your own research, I say some crazy stuff on this show, it could all be psuedoscience. ---- Prices Bitstamp - $7501 The Finney: $0.75 3M Futures - $6958 spread - $550 Market Cap - $124.5B Global MC - $204B Maximalist Price - $12,247 Avg on chain tx value - $5440 BTC $ val tx'ed on chain (24h): $2.5B Difficulty: -29% or -5% https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty http://fork.lol/pow/retarget Dan Robinson - The Cost of Supporting the B2X Fork https://medium.com/@danrobinson/the-cost-of-supporting-the-b2x-fork-how-to-lose-100m-in-ten-days-6797f7ef52da Mempool: 10MB https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ OTC $10M (1400) in the last 24 hours on localbitcoins. Last week Localbitcoins: $65M/wk - nearly an ATH, only 1 week higher 71M Paxful: $9M/wk LedgerX: $2.4M/wk - New. These are next day fully collaterized swaps. On track for $2.5M Total public OTC data: $76.4M/wk --- Parity shut down - "I accidentily killed it." https://imgur.com/KDi7xyI https://np.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/7bgbep/it_is_not_the_ethereum_foundations_responsibility/ Tuur vs Vitalik - https://medium.com/@tuurdemeester/critique-of-buterins-a-proof-of-stake-design-philosophy-49fc9ebb36c6 https://medium.com/@tuurdemeester/re-buterins-criticism-of-my-pos-piece-4ee70d6fd289 Centralized Bcash forks - https://www.bitcoinabc.org/november Great watch Block Digest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDWjo-j9taM --- Thank you bitcoin

Bitcoin & Markets Update 11/6/17---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 --- This is not investment advice people, do your own research, I say some crazy stuff on this show, it could all be psuedoscience. ---- Prices Bitstamp - $7290 3M Futures - $6585 spread - $700 Market Cap - $122B Global MC - $199.5B Maximalist Price - $11965 Avg on chain tx value - $5202 BTC $ val tx'ed on chain (24h): $2.8B Difficulty: -25% or -3% : I estimate a https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty http://fork.lol/pow/retarget Mempool: 7MB https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ There was a 1.6MB block a couple days ago, the largest yet on bitcoin. It consolidated a lot of utxos and made them SW. Segwit addresses usage is about over 10%. When these anti-bitcoin 2x companies that haven't up held their word to use SW do start, we'll get to 2MB+. http://segwit.party/charts/ Localbitcoins: $65M/wk - nearly an ATH, only 1 week higher 71M Paxful: $9M/wk LedgerX: $2.4M/wk - New. These are next day fully collaterized swaps. On track for $2.5M Total public OTC data: $76.4M/wk --- Bcash difficulty is an interesting example of centralized development like ethereum coming to bitcoin, however with less competent devs. https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/79vz1c/bitcoin_cash_hard_fork_plans_updated_new/ Saudi Prince Alweleed Just days after saying bitcoin will implode on itself the Saudi prince is arrest and assets siezed. It's beautiful justice and proves bitcoin's use case. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/23/prince-alwaleed-says-bitcoin-will-implode-enron-in-the-making.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/04/billionaire-saudi-prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-arrested-in-corruption-crackdown-local-reports.html http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-04/shocking-purge-saudi-king-arrests-billionaire-prince-bin-talal-others-anti-money-lau --- Thank you bitcoin

Bitcoin & Markets Update 11/3/17---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 --- This is not investment advice people, do your own research, I say some crazy stuff on this show, it could all be psuedoscience. ---- Prices Bitstamp - $7308 3M Futures - $6695 spread - $625 Market Cap - $123B Global MC - $200B Maximalist Price - $12011 Avg on chain tx value - $7007 BTC $ val tx'ed on chain (24h): $2.4B Difficulty: -23% or -17% https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty http://fork.lol/pow/retarget Mempool: 29MB Localbitcoins: $54M/wk Paxful: $10.5M/wk LedgerX: $1.9M/wk - New. These are next day fully collaterized swaps. On track for $2.5M Total public OTC data: $65.6M/wk --- CME futures BCash is trying to have one last hoorah on the 13th, a couple days before 2x HF, to try and steal relevancy from bitcoin. --- Thank you bitcoin

Bitcoin & Markets Update 10/21/17---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 - $5832 3M Futures - $5508 spread - $300 Backwardation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_backwardation The futures curve is inverted https://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/tickers/futures/ Bcash acting like a shitcoin. GBTC http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/GBTC/news?id=173337 Market Cap - $97B Global MC - $172B Maximalist Price - $10352 Avg on chain tx value - $3115 BTC tx'ed on chain (24h): $1.8B Difficulty: Just jumped 20.39%! This is huge and my belief is the https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty http://fork.lol/pow/retarget Mempool: 23MB Localbitcoins: $55M Paxful: $10M Total public OTC data: $65M worth of bitcoin Avg OTC price: $7280 --- LedgerX $1.9M of one day forward swaps on the first week BadRabbit Ransomware http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/bad-rabbit-ransomware-this-is-a-targeted-attack_10252017 Interesting new wrinkle in the coming bitcoinization. --- Thank you bitcoin