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Fed Now Printing UNLIMITED Money, Trillion Dollar Coins, Bitcoin Monetary Policy Unaffected EP032
March 24, 2020 00:18 - 22 minutes - 19.9 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Paxful online Bitcoin marketplace: http://bit.ly/2HYQnOG Paxful Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyKJvjzLmag Built With Bitcoin: https://builtwithbitcoin.org/ Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a ...
CNN Warns Against Bank Runs, Bitcoin’s Rebound, Italian Bank Adds BTC Wallet EP031
March 20, 2020 20:40 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBSHOW RESOURCES: CNN article basically begs US not to create a bank run https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/economy/banks-cash-coronavirus/index.html Bank of England cancels stress test for UK banks https://bitcoinist.com/bank-of-england-cancels-stress-test-for-uk-banks-too-afraid-to-fail/ US Senator allegedly dumps stocks with insider information while assuring public the economy is strong https://cointelegraph.com/news/sen-loeffler-under-fire-for-improper-trading-after-coronavirus-hearing ...
Bitcoin Decouples From Stocks | Credit Suisse May Favor Bitcoin | Square To Launch Bank EP030
March 19, 2020 23:44 - 24 minutes - 21.9 MBSHOW RESOURCES: Central Banks “running out of road” according to Bitmex research https://decrypt.co/22779/bitcoin-exchange-central-banks-have-run-out-of-road Credit Suisse may support Bitcoin and doubt the fiat system https://bitcoinist.com/credit-suisse-voices-support-for-bitcoin/ https://twitter.com/JordanEliseo/status/1240116687132921856/photo/1 Bitcoin difficulty set to drop 13% next week https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-difficulty-set-for-13-drop-as-hash-rate-following-btc-...
$1 Trillion Daily Repos, Coinbase Exec To Oversee Banks, Bill In Senate Aims To Torpedo Encryption EP029
March 18, 2020 00:30 - 23 minutes - 20.8 MBSHOW RESOURCES: Former Coinbase executive will oversee the banking system https://dailyhodl.com/2020/03/16/us-treasury-secretary-steven-mnuchin-appoints-coinbase-chief-legal-officer-to-oversee-banking-system/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Fed Announces another $500B repo injection https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/17/fed-announces-another-500-billion-operation-for-overnight-repo-funding-markets.html THEN they decide on injecting $1 Trillion EVERY DAY this week https://www.investing.com/news...
Bitcoin price erratic, Fed drops rates to zero, BTC Hashrate drops EP028
March 16, 2020 22:17 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBSHOW 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/fed-says-it-will-offer-an-additional-500-billion-in-overnight-repo-funding-markets.html ...
Fed Injects More Than Entire BTC Market Cap Into Repo, Tether Printing, CSW Court Fail EP027
March 11, 2020 21:46 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBSHOW 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.com/news/bitcoin-steadies-as-bank-of-england-suddenly-cuts-rates-to-11-year-low Tether liq...
Coronavirus tanks stocks but Bitcoin up, NYC power plant is mining, India embraces BTC EP026
March 06, 2020 00:06 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBSHOW 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. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-05/this-utility-heats-new-york-state-and-m...
Bitcoin Fundamentals Rock Solid, BTC on Netflix Altered Carbon | Economy In Turmoil – Bitcoin Fixes This EP025
March 04, 2020 01:43 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBSHOW 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-carbon https://twitter.com/degeri_crypto/status/1233658256737918976 Marty Bent covers Fe...
Bitcoin extends price dip pre-halving, Lebanese using BTC to escape capital controls, cracks in US economy emerge EP024
February 27, 2020 00:49 - 35 minutes - 32 MBSHOW TOPICS: Bitcoin drops below 9K, but should you be worried? https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-briefly-breaks-9k-support-hodl-on-everybody/ Bitmex daily liquidations hit year to date record https://bitcoinist.com/bitmex-liquidations-bitcoin-2020/ Plan B stock to flow believes there is a floor at $8200 https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-price-wont-fall-below-8-2k-during-this-crash-planb/ https://digitalik.net/btc/ Cracks in the economy show as auto and credit card loan delinquency rates s...
Bitcoiners revolt against Trace Mayer, Buffet dumps his BTC, Avanti bank to serve BTC industry EP023
February 26, 2020 02:21 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBSHOW TOPICS: Trace Mayer shills privacy coins while dropping FUD on coinjoin https://www.newsbtc.com/2020/02/24/the-knives-are-out-on-crypto-twitter-as-bitcoin-og-turns-into-altcoin-shill/ Warren Buffet unsurprisingly dumped his Bitcoin https://bitcoinist.com/just-in-warren-buffett-gave-away-his-bitcoin/ Anthony Pompliano on CNN rebutting Warren https://twitter.com/jchatterleyCNN/status/1232368070544515072 Tim Draper exited stocks 6 months ago, is heavily in Bitcoin https://cointeleg...
Huge Bitcoin drop, OpenNode integrates Apple pay, Layer1 mining ramps up EP022
February 21, 2020 02:43 - 21 minutes - 18.5 MBSHOW TOPICS: Bitcoin drops $1000 in less than an hour https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-sees-its-fifth-largest-hourly-price-crash-ever/ Bullish CNBC segment https://twitter.com/CNBCFastMoney/status/1230261266058534913 China pumps 5 TRILLION Yuan into economy https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-injects-record-5-trillion-new-debt-arrest-economic-crash Opennode allows merchants to accept dollars but stack sats https://www.opennode.com/blog/opennode-apple-pay-debit-cards-and-more/ Cold...
Bitcoin golden cross, DeFi exploited again for $600k, FCoin Exchange Owes $125M EP021
February 18, 2020 19:26 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBSHOW TOPICS: Bitcoin’s golden cross https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-daily-golden-cross-forms-bull-market-has-officially-arrived/ Trump Bitcoin stimulus package https://decrypt.co/19650/could-bitcoin-be-tax-free-under-new-trump-policy Michael Bloomberg wants clearer Bitcoin regulations https://www.coindesk.com/us-presidential-contender-michael-bloomberg-proposes-clear-regulatory-framework-for-crypto Another smart cookie exploits Defi for $600,000 this time https://cointelegraph.com/new...
Bitcoin Regulatory FUD from Treasury Secretary, Bcash About To Fork, DeFi Seizing Funds EP020
February 17, 2020 20:21 - 27 minutes - 37.3 MBSHOW TOPICS: “Significant” crypto crackdown revealed by Steve Mnuchin https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2020/02/16/blow-to-bitcoin-as-significant-us-crackdown-suddenly-revealed/#18c031cb1191 FinCEN doesn’t know anything https://twitter.com/CACryptoLawyer/status/1227702311272603648?s=19 Actual testimony from Steve Mnuchin in the senate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEGYDD4itUg&feature=youtu.be Max Keiser predicts $400,000 Bitcoin https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-will...
US Marshals REKT Selling Early, $11K in sight, 40 German Banks Eye BTC Custody EP019
February 12, 2020 15:29 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MBSHOW TOPICS: Strong rebound in the Bitcoin price means we could be looking at $11,000 and beyond https://cointelegraph.com/news/bought-the-dip-bitcoin-price-rebounds-strongly-with-11-000-in-sight Google searches for Bitcoin are up 33% this week alone https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-google-searches-surge-as-crypto-bulls-gather-momentum/ US Marshalls have lost an estimated $1.7 BILLION dollars by selling their seized Bitcoin too early https://decrypt.co/18938/us-marshals-lost-billions-sel...
BTC $10k + CME Gap, Tron Enrages Everyone, BSV Splinters After Fork EP018
February 10, 2020 23:24 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBSHOW TOPICS: What caused Bitcoin to hit $10,000? 3 Possible reasons https://cointelegraph.com/news/what-caused-bitcoin-price-to-surge-past-10k-over-the-weekend Sudden Drop to fill the CME gap https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-drops-300-in-seconds-under-10k-to-fill-futures-gap Etherians and Maximalists alike are getting trigged by this: https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1225997218429059073 Altsbit to shut down in May following major hack https://cointelegraph.com/news/hac...
Environmental Impacts: Bitcoin vs Gold - With Hass McCook EP017
February 07, 2020 23:15 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBToday’s guest Hass McCook discusses the environmental impacts of Bitcoin vs Gold. Hass’s articles on Coindesk https://www.coindesk.com/author/hass-mccook Hass’s Medium https://medium.com/@hassmccook/the-economic-environmental-cost-of-bitcoin-part-i-ac162067721d Hass on Twitter https://twitter.com/FriarHass SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your priv...
$10K Nears - Tips for BTC Bull Market, Square Crypto LN Dev Kit, US Gov to Auction $37M BTC EP016
February 07, 2020 02:30 - 18 minutes - 15.7 MBSHOW TOPICS: Bitcoin hits new yearly highs 2 days in a row. $10K incoming? https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-hits-new-yearly-high-for-the-second-day-in-a-row/ 5 Tips For The Bull Market https://bitcoinist.com/top-5-crypto-trading-tips-to-prepare-you-for-the-upcoming-bull-market/ Related: Brian Kelly “diversified crypto portfolio” post mortem https://medium.com/bull-bitcoin/the-crypto-diversification-trap-6744b0a954a6 Trezor tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3BIo5Ac_n4 Ledger t...
Lightning Labs Raises $10M, Bitpay Ditches Bip70, Central Banks Slow To Digitize EP015
February 06, 2020 00:15 - 21 minutes - 19 MBSHOW TOPICS: Lightning Labs secures $10M funding seed round and announces Loop https://medium.com/@lightning_labs/entering-the-decade-of-lightning-8c4a4d31167f https://lightning.engineering/loop/ Bitpay Dumps Bip70, basically admitting defeat. You should probably use BTCPay or OpenNode instead anyways. https://cryptobriefing.com/bitpay-art-underwhelming-upgrades/ “The Missing Crypto Queen” BBC podcast series documenting the OncCoin Ponzi scheme is being turned into a TV drama https://...
Bitcoin VS Altcoins: Exploring Monetary Policy EP014
February 05, 2020 02:09 - 22 minutes - 19.2 MBWhat 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 LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea...
Bitcoin's Bullish January, Trezor Is Hackable, Lightning Innovation With Strike App EP013
February 01, 2020 00:40 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBSHOW 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-attack-bitcoin-for-a-day Jack Mallers announces incredible Strike app – true lightning...
Bitcoin Proof Of Reserves and Demanding Industry Accountability with Mauricio from Ledn EP013
January 31, 2020 00:12 - 43 minutes - 32.8 MBToday 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 article from Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/why-proof-of-reserves-...
Exploring the Liquid Network with Blockstream's Samson Mow EP012
January 24, 2020 22:24 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MBToday’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 SUPPORT THE SHOW! Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a0...
Bitcoin Privacy War, Microsoft likes layered scaling, BTCpay Vault EP011
January 21, 2020 20:06 - 18 minutes - 15.8 MBSHOW 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 worse than the scaling war? https://eng.ambcrypto.com/bitcoins-privacy-war-could-be-worse-t...
Bad Bitcoin Takes Abound: Private Keys and Block Size EP010
January 21, 2020 00:43 - 35 minutes - 29.9 MBSHOW 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/status/1219003646685278208 A look at Bitcoin Block Size https://bitcoinmagazine.com/gui...
CAD Crypto Exchanges Dealt Tough Regulations, Stock to Flow vs Efficient Market EP009
January 18, 2020 02:18 - 26 minutes - 23.7 MBSHOW 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-db17f40e6107 Live Stock to Flow model https://digitalik.net/btc/ Bitcoin up 25% this ye...
BTCPay Adds Liquid, CSW v Hodlonaut Dismissed, Bitfinex $1 Billion BTC Tx EP008
January 16, 2020 22:30 - 10 minutes - 9.28 MBSHOW 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 in Bitcoin for 48 cents https://cointelegraph.com/news/no-it-wasnt-craig-wright-bitfinex...
The Road To $10K Bitcoin, Avoiding The Altcoin Circus EP007
January 14, 2020 22:41 - 25 minutes - 22.4 MB***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 circus https://decrypt.co/16507/craig-wrights-9-billion-court-case-just-took-an-unexpected-...
Musk on Bitcoin Twitter, Russian Cloud Mining, Chinese Crypto Scams EP006
January 10, 2020 18:40 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBSHOW 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 https://twitter.com/ModernConsensus/status/1215445144134209537 The average 2019 crypto sc...
Bitcoin + Gold Correlation, Futures Volumes Explode, The Quantum Threat EP005
January 10, 2020 00:02 - 16 minutes - 15 MBSHOW 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-for-ibm-but-bitcoin-stays-safe https://cointelegraph.com/news/will-googles-quantum-supre...
Bitcoin Pump, Kraken Compliance Squeeze, Tether Liquid Migration EP004
January 07, 2020 23:39 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBSHOW TOPICS: Bitcoin chart turns green again. Are we out of the woods? https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-flashes-wyckoff-sign-of-strength-hinting-at-new-bull-market Check out Murad’s “Ultimate Bitcoin Argument” https://anthonypompliano.com/podcast/murad-mahmudov-and-the-ultimate-bitcoin-argument/ Kraken law enforcement requests hit an all time high in 2019 https://cointelegraph.com/news/law-enforcement-requests-to-kraken-hit-all-time-high-up-49-in-2019 Andreas Antonopoulos to tes...
Nakamoto is not ProBTC, John McAfee Abandons Bitcoin, Segwit Hits 66% EP003
January 06, 2020 22:30 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBSHOW TOPICS: Nakamoto “Technical Journal” has a disastrous launch https://decrypt.co/15969/why-the-pro-btc-nakamoto-telegram-group-was-a-complete-disaster @CitizenBitcoin gives reasons for pushback https://twitter.com/CitizenBitcoin/status/1213870001775620097 @BitcoinMemeHub aggregates #ProBTC tweets https://twitter.com/BitcoinMemeHub/status/1213817467728015360 Insight on Coinbase’s shady past & the #DeleteCoinbase movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l1KwAZKGts John McAfee ren...
Bitcoin's Birthday, Proof Of Keys, Iran Tensions EP002
January 03, 2020 21:43 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBSHOW TOPICS: Bitcoin turns 11 years old https://decrypt.co/15841/bitcoins-had-a-sensational-11-years Proof of Keys is TODAY. Get your coins off exchanges! https://www.proofofkeys.com/ Did tensions between Iran and the US boost the Bitcoin price? https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-price-surging-because-iran-general-killed/ Previous correlations between global unrest & bitcoin price: https://money.cnn.com/2013/03/28/investing/bitcoin-cyprus/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2015/06/29/tech...
Bitcoiner Resolutions, Hashrate All Time High EP001
January 02, 2020 22:02 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBSHOW TOPICS: Top 7 Bitcoin New Years Resolutions https://bitcoinist.com/7-new-years-resolutions-for-bitcoin-hodlers/ My tweets & links on running a Bitcoin node https://twitter.com/BTCsessions/status/1212133601950797824 Bitcoin starts 2020 with a new hashrate all time high https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-kicks-off-2020-more-secure-than-ever-as-hash-rate-hits-record https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-hash-rate-now-7x-the-size-it-was-during-2017-ath/ Malicious Ledger browser extensi...