BTC Sessions

SHOW RESOURCES: Fed cuts rates to zero, announces $700B QE https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/15/federal-reserve-cuts-rates-to-zero-and-launches-massive-700-billion-quantitative-easing-program.html What did QE look like from 08-14? http://wp-uploads-trefis.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/QE.png Fed Announces additional $500B for overnight repo markets https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16...

SHOW RESOURCES: Federal reserve injects $168B in repo markets https://cointelegraph.com/news/federal-reserve-injects-168b-greater-than-entire-btc-market-cap ECB boss warns of another financial crisis like 2008 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/11/coronavirus-could-cause-crash-on-scale-of-2008-lagarde-warns Bitcoin steady as Bank of England cuts rates to 11 year low https://cointelegraph.c...

SHOW TOPICS: Max Keiser says Coronavirus will propel BTC to $100,000 https://cointelegraph.com/news/coronavirus-will-send-bitcoin-price-to-100-000-in-2020-max-keiser Plan B Stock to flow likewise projects $100,000 before 2022 https://cointelegraph.com/news/100-events-imply-100k-bitcoin-by-2022-says-market-analyst-planb New York natural gas plant is now mining Bitcoin. No-coiners lose their minds....

SHOW TOPICS: Bitcoin hits new all time high for hashrate https://decrypt.co/21129/bitcoin-hash-rate-all-time-high-why-it-matters On-Chain analytics look bullish for Bitcoin https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-on-chain-analytics-at-odds-with-sub-8k-bitcoin-price-forecasts Bitcoin featured on Netflix show Altered Carbon https://decrypt.co/21163/bitcoin-gets-showtime-on-major-netflix-show-altered-...

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://digita...

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/1232368070...

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...

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...

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&featu...

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 sel...

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/122599721842905...

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-b...

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-...

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 pod...

What is Bitcoin’s monetary policy? How many Bitcoins will ever be issued? How often are new ones created? Who gets them? More importantly, is this the same for altcoins? If not, how do they hold up against Bitcoin? In today’s show I explore these topics and give you a number of questions you should ask yourself any time you look at an altcoin and think it’s a “good deal”. SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit L...

SHOW TOPICS Bitcoin Up 32% This Month https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-is-up-32-this-month/ 75% of all Bitcoin are in profit https://bitcoinist.com/over-75-of-bitcoin-in-circulation-are-in-profit/ Trezor Wallets Can Be Hacked https://cointelegraph.com/news/trezor-wallets-can-be-hacked-kraken-reveals Attacking Bitcoin for one day costs $21 Million https://decrypt.co/18012/you-would-need-21-million-to...

Today I sat down with Ledn’s Mauricio Di Bartolomeo to discuss the idea of proof of reserves, building financial products on Bitcoin, and the implications of some companies carrying over bad practices of traditional finance to a world with no lender of last resort. Ledn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hodlwithledn Mauricio on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cryptonomista Mauricio’s proof of reserves...

Today’s guest is Samson Mow, CSO at Blockstream. We dive into Blockstream's Liquid Network, what it is, and who it's for. Samson on Twitter https://twitter.com/Excellion   Read more about Liquid Network https://blockstream.com/liquid/   Read more about Blockstream https://blockstream.com/ Check out my YouTube tutorial for Blockstream Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO3Zi9D5b0Y SUPP...

SHOW TOPICS: Microsoft says on-chain scaling degrades decentralization, prefers layered scaling approach https://bitcoinist.com/farewell-bitcoin-cash-microsoft-chain-scaling-degrades-decentralization/ Lightning Network Trust Chain part 2 is on the move! https://twitter.com/hashtag/LNTrustChain2?src=hashtag_click Opendime – physical bitcoin https://opendime.com/ Bitcoin privacy war – will it be wor...

SHOW TOPICS: What the hell is going on? Peter Schiff irresponsibly loses his private keys, blames Bitcoin https://twitter.com/PeterSchiff/status/1218911797626847234 Binance CEO suggests keeping funds on exchanges https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-ceo-suggests-crypto-exchanges-are-safer-than-keeping-ones-keys Trace Mayer endorses Bobby Lee’s Ballet Crypto wallet https://twitter.com/TraceMayer/...

SHOW TOPICS: Canadian Securities regulators hit exchanges hard https://cointelegraph.com/news/canadian-regulator-issues-new-guidance-for-cryptocurrency-exchanges Summary by Matt Burgoyne https://twitter.com/BurgoyneMatt/status/1217866056519143430 Plan B Stock To Flow Model vs Efficient Market Hypothesis https://medium.com/@100trillionUSD/efficient-market-hypothesis-and-bitcoin-stock-to-flow-model-...

SHOW TOPICS: BTCPay Server integrates Liquid network https://blockstream.com/2020/01/15/en-announcing-liquid-support-for-btcpay-server/ Overview of Liquid support for Green Wallet https://blockstream.com/2019/07/05/en-liquid-arrives-on-green/ Hodlonaut Defamation case vs Craig Wright dismissed in the UK https://bitcoinist.com/hodlonaut-v-craig-wright-case-moves-to-norway/ Bitfinex moves $1Billion...

***Apologies for audio quality - had microphone issues today SHOW TOPICS: Bitcoin hits 2 month high https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-hits-2-month-high-at-87k-as-3-bullish-factors-converge Key resistance levels between here and $10,000 https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-hits-2-month-high-at-87k-as-3-bullish-factors-converge BitcoinSV is pumping and Craig Wright’s trial is a ci...

SHOW TOPICS: 11 years ago today Hal Finney tweeted “Running Bitcoin” https://twitter.com/halfin/status/1110302988?s=20 https://nakamotoinstitute.org/finney/ Russia has nearly double the interest in cloud mining as China https://decrypt.co/16364/russia-dominates-the-cloud-based-bitcoin-mining-industry Scammers gonna scam – Craig Wright drops 400+ dossiers in Kleinman case to buy himself more time h...

SHOW TOPICS: Is Bitcoin becoming more correlated with gold? https://decrypt.co/16206/bitcoin-gold-the-uncanny-relationship-between-the-two-assets Bitcoin futures volumes explode across the board https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-futures-volumes-explode-after-price-swing/ IBM doubles its quantum computing capability at CES – is this a threat to Bitcoin? https://decrypt.co/16211/quantum-computing-boost...