Beef and Bitcoin

Join Brett and CH as they discuss the biggest highlights from 2019 including: the birth of the stacking sats meme, repo market crisis, "not QE", global macro, currency controls, stock-flow and much more.

Join Brett and CH as they discuss Bitcoin and Gaming and where the lightning network fits, Richard Heart's Hex Scam, and Poland Repatriating gold. All of this and more in episode 64.

https://twitter.com/donnerlab1/status/1204440386414010375?s=21

https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/79y40b/scammer_alert_you_know_the_narcissist_guy_who/

https://twitter.com/thecryptoconomy/status/1203018421119733761?s=21

https://twitter.com/danheld/status/1199342294282883072?s=21

Join Brett and CH as they discuss Bitcoin Tipping service Bottle Pay that has unfortunately closed its doors due to increased regulation and how it stifles both bitcoin innovation and the economy. Vitalik Buterin was also recently interviewed and divulged that both he and the Ethereum Foundation "sold the top" in the Dec 2017/Jan 2018 timeframe. All of this and more!

Bottle Pay

https://twitter.com/bottlepay/status/1205527116789559296

Vitalik Dumped his bags

https://twitter.com/ansellindner/status/1205671112883015680?s=21

Consensys closing down offices

https://cryptolobe.com/news/eth/consensys-is-shutting-down-offices-in-india-and-the-philippines

Join Brett and CH as they discuss the recent news surrounding Central Bank Cryptocurrencies and their continued effort towards launching digital currencies. The ECB head mentioned demand for stablecoins and China is preparing to launch their digital currency in two pilot cities. All this and more!

ECB Stablecoin

https://twitter.com/ecb/status/1205225680453210112

Sweden E-Krona

https://www.coindesk.com/accenture-picked-to-build-swedens-e-krona-digital-currency-pilot?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=coindesk&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Organic%20

China Digital Currency

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614905/china-digital-currency-dcep-test/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1576163882

Join Brett and CH as they discuss the second annual proof of keys day, celebrated on January 3rd, 2020. Bitcoiners around the world are celebrating by withdrawing their bitcoin from exchanges for this annual "bank-run style" holiday. The culprit of the Repo Market crisis appears to be highly levered Hedge Funds in need of liquidity to maintain their positions. Lastly, they cover a recent article about the Student Loan Bubble and how similar it is to the subprime mortgage failure during the global financial crisis. All this and more!

Proof of Keys

https://www.proofofkeys.com/

Repo Market Crisis

https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-629/

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/avoid-repo-crisis-fed-will-flood-market-gargantuan-365-billion-year-end-liquidity

Student Loan Bubble

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/09/785527874/student-loans-a-lot-like-the-subprime-mortgage-debacle-watchdog-says

Join Brett and CH for a bonus episode discussing the recent bitcoin bounce at $6,500 and how quickly sentiment can shift in the bitcoin space. 

Join Brett and CH as they discuss the recent Ethereum hard fork, State Street's layoff of its distributed ledger technology team, and the BAKKT CEO joining the US Senate in 2020. All of this and more!

Ethereum Hard Fork

https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereums-proposed-hard-fork-muir-glacier-would-delay-impending-ice-age?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

https://cryptobriefing.com/ethereum-istanbul-hard-fork-what-will-change/

https://twitter.com/ansellindner/status/1203180914680971264?s=21

State Street Blockchain

https://www.coindesk.com/state-street-slashes-dlt-developer-team-as-bank-rethinks-blockchain-strategy

BAKKT CEO Joins Senate

https://www.coindesk.com/georgia-governor-appoints-bakkt-ceo-loeffler-as-new-us-senator

Join Brett and CH as they discuss the recent Bloomberg article titled "The Way Out For a World Economy Hooked On Debt? More Debt. Recent changes in German law can now allow for German banks to provide cryptocurrency exposure to their customers. German banks are also hitting their customers with negative interest rates and charging them to store their money. France has also announced that it will be testing a digital currency in 2020. 

The Way Out For a World Economy Hooked On Debt? More Debt.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-01/the-way-out-for-a-world-economy-hooked-on-debt-yet-more-debt?utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=nextchina&utm_source=twitter

German Bank Hits Accounts with Negative Interest Rates

https://cointelegraph.com/news/german-bank-boosts-bitcoin-negative-interest-rates-hit-every-account

New Law Allowing German Banks to Offer Cryptocurrency Services

https://www.coindesk.com/german-banks-allowed-to-sell-and-custody-crypto-assets-from-2020-report

Bank of France To Test Digital Currency

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/49253/report-bank-of-france-to-test-digital-currency-in-2020?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

Join Brett and CH as they discuss the recent HEX scam from "Crypto Influencer" (the worse term ever btw) Richard Heart, Bitfinex adding support for the lightning network (+ a collab with Bitrefil!), and exchange drama between Digitbyte and Poloniex. All of this and more in this episode.

https://twitter.com/krugermacro/status/1202681800226746368?s=21

https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/79y40b/scammer_alert_you_know_the_narcissist_guy_who/

https://twitter.com/thecryptoconomy/status/1203018421119733761?s=21

https://twitter.com/theblock__/status/1201666240554684416?s=21

https://twitter.com/blocktvnews/status/1202196215477211136?s=21

https://twitter.com/paoloardoino/status/1202169116137799680?s=21

https://twitter.com/ziggamon/status/1202166904246480903?s=21

https://twitter.com/bitcoinerrorlog/status/1202166676596375553?s=21

Join CH as he discusses the topic of "Explaining bitcoin to normies." - Willy Woo recently tweeted a thread about his process of explaining bitcoin to normies that touched on a lot of important concepts for a generic pitch. 

https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1196256830743142400?s=21