Podcasts: 2019 Year In Review - E194 🔗 4 years ago
- Category: Podcasts | Bitcoin & Markets
- Author(s): Ansel Lindner
- Published: 21st December 2019 05:42
PRICE had 3 phases this year, 1) consolidation, 2) huge rally, 3) mini bear market
FEES were very low all year, blocks full
LIGHTNING First full year of mainnet wallets >3x growth Lightning Torch Watchtowers added to Lightning Loop in added to lightning Multi-part Payments added to lighting Hodlonaut Lightning bugs
PLUG-N-PLAY NODES The rise of the plug and play node
PRIVACY debates, privacy was enhanced in 2019
MISC QuadrigaCX Twitter and Square, Jack Dorsey #DeleteCoinbase Binance hack Tether and bitfinex CSW faketoshi sues everyone and gets owned in court Liquid tokens Plus token China block chain
FUTURES Bakkt ErisX Binance/FTX Crypto Facilities/Kraken BitMEX seychelles
CUSTODY Fidelity Coinbase/Xapo Bitgo/Kingdom Trust Swiss bank Vontobel
GOV CRACKDOWN FINCEN threatens KYC IRS and other tax agencies start asking direct questions FBI says Bitcoin is a growing issue for them
LIBRA and STABLECOINS CBDCs
REPO market and the Fed