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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:08 Summary

00:40 Bitcoin Halving Price Narrative Dead? 

06:55 Fidelity Digital Assets Report Summary of Bitcoin Adoption

09:13 Pantera's assessment - no major tech stock outperformed Bitcoin

10:42 Mixed Signals on where Bitcoin goes next 

12:09 Argentina and Brazil's de-dollarization move 

13:35 Nexo settles with SEC by paying fine and closing Earn product

14:14 BlockFi Mistakenly Reveals Its $1.2B FTX Exposure

15:34 Binance processed millions for 'money laundering engine' Bitzlato

17:10 Importance of Self Custody 

18:51 Silvergate Capital reports net loss of $1 billion for the fourth quarter 

19:58 French senators vote to ease crypto licensing regulation

20:44 El Salvador paid 800 million dollars plus interest

21:37 New Hampshire exploring Bitcoin Mining after Texas

22:21 Nuclear-powered Bitcoin mining farm to open in Pennsylvania

23:05 Blockstream raises $125 million to boost mining operations

Related podcasts referred from this show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDxqiqZfO8E

Links from this show:

https://ecoinometrics.substack.com/p/ecoinometrics-is-the-bitcoin-halving

https://news.bitcoin.com/report-crypto-adoption-hits-new-milestones-global-crypto-owners-reached-425-million-in-2022/

https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/sites/default/files/documents/1068419.1.0%20Fidelity%20Digital%20Assets%20-%202023%20Look%20Ahead%20-%20Retrospective%20-%2001.24.pdf

https://panteracapital.com/blockchain-letter/the-year-ahead/

https://insights.glassnode.com/the-week-onchain-week-04-2023/

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/01/26/argentina-and-brazil-propose-a-bizarre-common-currency

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/19/crypto-lender-nexo-to-pay-45m-cease-offering-eip-in-settlement-with-sec/

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/silvergate-capital-reports-net-loss-1-billion-fourth-quarter-2023-01-17/

https://unchainedpodcast.com/blockfi-mistakenly-reveals-its-1-2b-ftx-exposure/

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/binance-bitzlato-crypto-crime-russia-money-laundering-doj-2023-1

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/silvergate-capital-reports-net-loss-1-billion-fourth-quarter-2023-01-17/

https://www.econotimes.com/Cryptocurrency-Binance-admits-mixing-customer-funds-with-collateral-tokens-by-mistake-1649492

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/silvergate-capital-reports-net-loss-1-billion-fourth-quarter-2023-01-17/

https://www.theblock.co/post/205237/french-senators-vote-to-ease-crypto-licensing-regulation

https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1617700039534731264

https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1616158010593935360

https://twitter.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1617675075637112833

https://www.btctimes.com/news/blockstream-raises-125m-to-boost-mining-operations

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