Bitcoin & Markets

MORE SHOW NOTES at bitcoinandmarkets.com/e139SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTStay informed, weekly updates straight to you. HereSUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Only Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksNOTESClip taken from youtube here.Parody and commentary protected under Fair Use.Bcash is a dumpster fire. These guys think because they read the whitepaper, they understand how Bitcoin works. It doesn't matter how many times they are proven wrong and get embarrassed. Nothing bitcoin cash does affects Bitcoin. Vin Armani is attempting to use fear and the technical illiteracy of bcashers and freedom advocates to win a political battle caused by the leaders of bcash's own ignorance of money and Bitcoin.FOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Music by TonezPro **DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

Top storylines: Major infrastructure announcements continue with Morgan-Stanley and Grayscale adding to Bakkt, Yale, ETF and Lightning network.Show notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e138SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTStay informed, weekly updates straight to you. HereSUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Only Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $63501 finney: $0.64 $1: 15,721 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7128 - really flatMayer Multiple: 0.89Commentary10 yr Anniversary of the white paperTether FUD and conspiracy theoryFUTURESOkex Futures: (Dec) $6350 | spread $0 CME Futures: Nov $6350 | open interest 2,500 / 12,500 btc (got as high as 3,000)Bitmex Futures: Dec $6370SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 23,000 / 27,000 (0.80)MINING Difficulty: +0.02% See reportMempool: 7d High: 28MB | Time: 7hrs to clearHalvening: 81,544 blocks | 529 days | Apr.15.

Top storyline: Tether, the rise of stablecoins, mining, ethereum proof of stakeShow notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e137SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTStay informed, weekly updates straight to you. HereSUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Only Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $63821 finney: $0.64 $1: 15,545 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7194 - really flatMayer Multiple: 0.89CommentaryI remain staunchly in the solvent camp regarding tether. It's under a targeted attack from the banks that want to control this space.FUTURESOkex Futures: (Dec) $6624 | spread -$25 CME Futures: Oct $6615 | Nov $6575 | open interest 2,713 / 13,565 btcBitmex Futures: Dec $6603 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 26,000 / 30,100 (0.84)MINING Difficulty: -3.65% See reportMempool: 7d High: 18MB | Time: 12hrs to clearHalvening: 83,557 blocks | 542 days | Apr.14.2020Ma

Top storyline: Steady as she goes, every number is flashing consolidation and capitulation, while infrastructure and development work is accelerating.Show notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e136SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTStay informed, weekly updates straight to you. HereSUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Only Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $62401 finney: $0.62 $1: 15933 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7208Mayer Multiple: 0.86FUTURESOkex Futures: (Dec) $6140 | spread -$100 CME Futures: Oct $6185Bitmex Futures: Dec $6185SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 25,500 / 35,800 (0.71)MINING Difficulty: estimated -1.8% in 4 days See reportMargins are being squeezed. NEWSLiquid sidechain launched on mainnet. I view it as more for enterprise use cases. Lightning network being more for consumer facing applications.23 company federation2 min blocktim

Top story line: Price pressing resistance, Bitcoin has become a stablecoin, bits versus sats, Ethereum mining, Consent vs Consensus, and GabShow notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e135SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTStay informed, weekly updates straight to you. HereSUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Series on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $65541 finney: $0.66 $1: 15000 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7301Mayer Multiple: 0.89FUTURESOkex Futures: (Dec) $6530 | spread -$50CME Futures: Oct $6520 | Nov $6525 | open interest 2,500 / 12,500 btcBitmex Futures: Dec $6550 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 26,000 / 30,100 (0.84)MARKETMarket Cap: $114B Volatility 30-day: 2.26%MINING Difficulty: 4.3% See reportMempool: 7d High: 11.7MB | Time: 8hrs to clearHalvening: 84,491 blocks | 555 days | Apr.12.2020DEVELOPMENTNew release 0.17 - 138 contributorsNext major re

Top story line: End of Q3 in the green? CME and Bitmex deliveries today. Sentiment is even coming back from overly bearish, don’t be too optimistic about the altcoin relief rally, and the status of the bitcoin bug, Bakkt and bitcoin infrastructure.Show notes and transcripts available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e134SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $66581 finney: $0.67 $1: 1.50 finneys | 15000 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7365Mayer Multiple: 0.90FUTURESOkex Futures: (Dec) $6624 | spread -$25 CME Futures: Oct $6615 | Nov $6575 | open interest 2,713 / 13,565 btcBitmex Futures: Dec $6603 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 30,500 / 29,100 (1.04)MARKETMarket Cap: $115B Global Bitcoin MC: $221BMaximalist Price: $12,781 Volati

LISTENER QUESTIONSShow notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e133SUBSCRIBE iTunes | Stitcher | Google PlayGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/reportSUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksQ&A1.Josh@shemadeitforme: With countries experiencing hyperinflation at the moment, I’d love to hear a realistic take on what would happen to bitcoin if the USD hyperinflated. (Although it’s a long way off) And to touch on that, why does nobody cover the effect the next US recession will have on Bitcoin?2. JB@BlackSwan0815: In your opinion who in the space are possible government agents besides Gavin, Jeff and Jihan? How could the governments try to recruit people in the space to cause possible damages3. Samuel@Fancynut1: Google trends. Why is this important  to you?  Is this correlated with pr

Top story line: The most recent difficulty adjustment, a major vulnerability handled extremely well by Core devs, a decision on the VanEck-SolidX ETF pushed back, Bitcoin privacy creeps forward.Show notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e132SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $67031 finney: $0.67 $1: 1.4929 finneys | 14929 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7466Mayer Multiple: 0.898FUTURESOkex Futures: (Dec) $6605 | spread -$100 CME Futures: Sep $6690 | Oct $6695 | open interest 2,706 / 13,530 btcBitmex Futures: Sep $6668 | Dec $6610 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 27,700 / 36,400 (0.76)CommentaryATH shorts, 40k was hit. If I were short, my stops would be in profit from $7200, and in th

Top story lines: Bottom holds, on chain volumes are down, Lightning boomshell, Bitgo custodianship, Paxos and Gemini stablecoinsReport, patreon, show notes.Show notes and transcripts: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e131SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $64711 finney: $0.65 $1: 1.5453 finneys | 15453 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7626Mayer Multiple: 0.849FUTURESOkex Futures: (Sep) $6386 | spread -$85 CME Futures: Sep $6330 | Oct $6380 | open interest 2,858 / 14,290 btcBitmex Futures: Sep $6430 | Dec $6417 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 25,800 / 36,700 (0.70)Short remain elevatedMARKETMarket Cap: $111B Global Bitcoin MC: $198BMaximalist Price: $11,488 Volatility 30-day: 2.76%On chain vol (24h): 980,000 btc | $6.4B Avg tx v

E130: BITCOIN COMMENTARY - POLITICS - ATTACK VECTORS - PSYCHOANALYSISIn Bitcoin is Freedom EP8 Jeff and I take recent sound bites of Chris Derose and we psychoanalyze him. We breakdown lots of aspects of the Bitcoin community and how they function in a decentralized fashion. You can find new episodes of this series over on our Patreon.Show notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e130SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google PlayGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksFOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Music by Jaokim Karud**DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

Today is a big day for the show, we are launching our Fundamentals Report. In the this episode I introduce a couple new metrics, and cover all the fundamentals that you need.Show notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e129SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google PlayGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $63981 finney: $0.64 $1: 1.5620 finneys or 15620 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7760Mayer Multiple: 0.83Halvening: 89,670 blocks | 582 days | Apr.11.2020FUTURESOkex Futures: (Sep) $6316 | spread -$80 CME Futures: Sep $6355 | Oct $6405 | open interest 2,644 / 13,220 btcBitmex Futures: Sep $6320 | Dec $6311 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 26,600 / 39,000 (0.68)Right at ATH shortsMARKETMarket Cap: $112B Global Bitcoin MC: $204BMaximalist Price: $11,847 Volatility 30-day: 3.25%On chain vol

E128: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT BITCOINSources and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e128SUBSCRIBE iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR NEWSLETTERhttps://bitcoinandmarkets.com/reportSUPPORT THE SHOW! No Ads +  Member Content on PATREON BTC or PayPal DONATENEW TO BITCOIN? Start hereQ&AWhat if some miners decided to fork bitcoin to dismiss next halvening and stick to the current reward forever?https://twitter.com/cryptocratie/status/1031462524405919744If fractional reserve is a concern with custodian like ICE/Bakkt.https://twitter.com/EJPharmD/status/1031407343316029441Build on the idea of Altcoins = crypto inflation.https://twitter.com/reallife_ck/status/1031419681804959744Although segwit has been available for a while, how many people know how to use it?https://twitter.com/dnickerson80h/status/1032458611568664577Can you rattle off a list of reasons that people didn’t sell the top? This time was so much different than the gox hack but has had pretty similar res

E127: FUTURES - NETWORK STATS - MINING - MARKET SIZE - SOFTWARE - LIGHTNINGSUBSCRIBE iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR NEWSLETTERhttps://bitcoinandmarkets.com/reportSUPPORT THE SHOW! No Ads +  Member Content on PATREON BTC or PayPal DONATENEW TO BITCOIN? Start herePRICES Price: $6327 | 1 finney: $0.63 Daily 200 SMA: $8130 Mayer Multiple: 0.77 FUTURES Okex Futures: (Sep) $6249 (spread -$80) CME Futures: (Aug) $6165 (Sep) $6255 (open interest 2,833 / 14,165 btc) Bitmex Futures: (Sep) $6268 (Dec) $6267 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 29,000 / 26,200 (1.10) MARKET  Market Cap: $109 B Global Bitcoin MC: $215 b Maximalist Price: $12,500 Volatility 30-day: 3.78% On chain vol (24h): 695,884 btc ($4.4B) Avg tx val (24h): 3.91 btc ($24 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.058 btc ($366)     MINING Difficulty: est. -7% (last 3: -3%, 5%, 2%)Mining profitability: $0.22 THash/day Blockchain size: 209 GB Mempool: 3MB Median on chain fee: $0.07/tx DEVELOPMENT Merged PRs    : 31 Closed issues : 8 LIGHTNING Capacity: 95 btc Channels

Thank you to the following people: Shaolin Fry Chris Belcher Shinobi Monkey Alphonse Pace Luke Dash Jr James Hilliard Samson Mow Rodolfo Novak Mr. Hodl Vortex Eric Lombrozo Francis Poilliot Ragnar Lifthasir Jimmy Song Pierre Rochard Hisham Fahmy Slush Charlie Lee Not grubles DanDarkPill Notable centralizers and opponents of UASF: Roger Ver Rick Falkvinge Jihan Wu Erik Voorhees Jeff Garzik Jon Matonis Emin Gun Sirer Mike Belshe Peter Smith Vinny Lingham Peter Rizun

SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksNEWSETF insider comments https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-23/bitcoin-etf-nearly-certain-win-approval-later-year “90%” “waiting for ICO regulation along with it.” I think it will happen. “through open doors to all color of products” altcoin ETFs and futures. Direxion https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-sec-delays-decision-on-direxion-bitcoin-etf-until-september Top Ten Crypto ETF filing https://www.coindesk.com/bitwise-proposes-etf-for-top-10-cryptos/ ETH parity newshttps://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-client-parity-drops-wallet-tech-in-major-upgrade/ Naval His claim was hodlers are free riders https://mises.org/library/solving-problem-free-riding Scammer Profile  - Marshall Long https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1303147.0;all

SUBSCRIBE iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR REPORThttps://bitcoinandmarkets.com/reportSUPPORT THE SHOW! No Ads +  Member Content on PATREON BTC or PayPal DONATENEW TO BITCOIN? Start herePRICES Price: $6717 | 1 finney: $0.67 Daily 200 SMA: $8917 Mayer Multiple: 0.75   Gold prices In general, I'm 5 year bullish, 20 year bearish 0.2 btc Range bound Above a long term support line back from 2009 through 2016 lows, 2017 lows Below $1375 resistance. Ascending triangle is usually bearish Central banks will go to a gold backed crypto. I'd expect range bound until sovereign debt crisis http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1531252121.php https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-07-16/banks-crypto-assets-may-get-hit-with-new-capital-requirements FUTURES Okex Futures: (Sep) $6742 (spread $25) CME Futures: (Jul) $6715 (Sep) $6725 (open interest 2,850 / 14,250 btc) Bitmex Futures: (Sep) $6714 (Dec) $6722SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 34,500 / 24,100 (1.44)MARKET  Market Cap: $115 B Global Bitcoin MC: $271 B Maxim

https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e123SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksNEWS Building on Bitcoin video markersWasabi Wallet RGB Protocol Proposal for Lightning-esque colored tokens ETF CBOE + VanEck + SolidX https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/cboebzx/2018/34-83520.pdf https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/sec-seeks-comments-another-bitcoin-etf/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-06/bitcoin-etf-dreams-kept-alive-with-new-solidx-vaneck-sec-filing Augur Bancor hack IOTA Dollar Status - How does the dollar strength and higher interest rates from the Fed affect EMs? https://www.thebalance.com/fed-rate-hike-impact-emerging-markets-4087480 Scammer Profile - Mike HearnY Combinator forum post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10048768 Mike Hearn was a Google engineer du

SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $6328  | 1 finney: $0.63 Daily 200 SMA: $9618 Mayer Multiple: 0.66 FUTURES Okex Futures: (Sep) $6408 (spread $75) CME Futures: (Jul) $6330 (Sep) $6310 (open interest 2,736 / 13,680 btc) Bitmex Futures: (Sep) $6340 (Dec) $6346 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 33,500 / 23,100 (1.44)MARKET Market Cap: $109 B Global Bitcoin MC: $256 B Maximalist Price: $14,996   On chain vol (24h): 0.9 mil btc ($6.1 B) Avg tx val (24h): 5.63 btc ($36 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.053 btc ($340) MININGDifficulty: est. +5% (last 3: 2%, 15%, 3%) Mining profitability: $0.31 THash/day Blockchain size: 204 GB Mempool: 4MB Median on chain fee: $0.08/txDEVELOPMENTMerged PRs    : 19 Closed issues : 10 Version 0.16.1 was recently released Bip174LIGHTNINGCapacity

SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksNEWSBithumb hacked Loom network “Ethereum Will Be the Backbone of the New Internet” Pantera Fund Sucks DappRadar  21e8 “#00000000000000000021e800c1e8df51b22c1588e5a624bea17e9faa34b2dc4a” ING Survey BitPico Attack on bitcoin Pepe Escobar interview JW argument about TA JW offer: I’m willing to give JW 50% off 1 bitcoin, only $500,000. As long as he deduces that $500k is less than his expected value (I actually don’t know how he’d do this without information of what $ are or what bitcoin is), the only rule is that he can’t look at a chart, or get price information from other sources. To stay consistent with his claim, “current price ($500k) and his expected future price” are the only things that matter, the only sources of information h

SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $6100  | 1 finney: $0.61 Daily 200 SMA: $10048 Mayer Multiple: 0.60 FUTURES Okex Futures: (Sep) $6000 (spread -$100) CME Futures: (Jun) $6030 (Sep) $6035 (open interest 2,795 / 13,975 btc) Bitmex Futures: (Jun) $6025 (Sep) $5958 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 30,400 / 29,900 (1.01)MARKETMarket Cap: $105 B Global Bitcoin MC: $256 B Maximalist Price: $15,002   On chain vol (24h): 2.2 mil btc ($13.5 B) Avg tx val (24h): 11.23 btc ($69 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.08 btc ($494)MININGDifficulty: est. +11.6% (last 3: 2%, 15%, 3%) Mining profitability: $0.29 THash/day Blockchain size: 203 GB Mempool: