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Institutions start seeing the light, as Bitcoin interest grows post-halving

https://cointelegraph.com/news/institutional-interest-in-bitcoin-to-keep-rising-after-btc-halving

CNBC interview: Economy does not reflect stocks and bonds – Bitcoin suggested as an out

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/chamath-palihapitiya-says-economy-is-divorced-stock-market-fed-warning-2020-5-1029193570

JP Morgan now banking Gemini and Coinbase, despite Jamie Dimon’s past criticisms of Bitcoin as a Ponzi scheme waiting to blow up

https://decrypt.co/28559/jpmorgan-is-now-banking-coinbase-and-gemini

Bitcoin hashrate is dropping after the halving, but this was to be expected

https://decrypt.co/28763/bitcoin-hashrate-is-tanking-nobody-panic

Deep dive into mining and hashrate dynamics

https://www.blockwaresolutions.com/research-and-publications/pomp-podcast-256-blockware-solutions-ceo-matt-dsouza-on-the-upcoming-bitcoin-halving-miner-sell-pressure-and-why-its-important

NY Times headline coded into last block of this Bitcoin epoch:

https://twitter.com/clarkmoody/status/1259975423695261697

Ledn launches USDC savings boasting 7.5% APY

https://www.coindesk.com/ledn-launches-usdc-stablecoin-savings-accounts-with-focus-on-latin-america

Bitcoin’s liquid network adds in-game assets (NFT’s) for Light Nite battle royale game

https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-737-in-game-assets-on-liquid/

Learn about Bitcoin mining fees and how they are integral to network security in the long run

https://www.academy.btse.com/post/bitcoin-transaction-fees

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Raoul Pal says $1M Bitcoin more likely now

https://cointelegraph.com/news/perfect-wedge-makes-1m-bitcoin-more-likely-than-ever-raoul-pal

Tudor Investment Corp (a $38B hedge fund) is buying Bitcoin

https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/bitcoin-billionaire-investor-paul-tudor-jones-says-buying-cryptocurrency-inflation-2020-5-1029179495

Top Bitfinex trader goes dark after losing $20M shorting Bitcoin

https://decrypt.co/28164/a-popular-bitcoin-trader-lost-21-million-now-hes-gone

Gain exposure to Bitcoin dominance with derivatives

https://www.coindesk.com/bitfinex-now-has-a-derivatives-contract-offering-exposure-to-bitcoin-dominance

Bitcoin profitable for 95% of existence. Altcoins… not so much.

https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-has-been-profitable-for-over-95-of-its-existence/

Square’s Cashapp Bitcoin revenues way up

https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-revenues-in-squares-cash-app-top-fiat-revenues-for-first-time-in-q1

Bitcoin further decouples from stock market

https://bitcoinist.com/latest-bitcoin-halving-rally-puts-nail-in-coffin-on-stock-market-correlation/

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Stock to flow creator Plan B will “go dark” if the model holds and we hit $288K

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-stock-to-flow-creator-will-go-dark-if-btc-price-hits-6-figures

Partially signed bitcoin transactions with Samourai Wallet and Sentinel

https://twitter.com/_sarath_kumar/status/1258014442098315270

Wasabi wallet going mobile with Sifir.io and Cyphernode

https://twitter.com/SifirApps/status/1258015051295883265

Coinkite announces the BlockClock Mini – track new bitcoin blocks and interface with Opendime

https://twitter.com/theBLOCKCLOCK/status/1258051450204237825

Marty Bent discusses the infrastructure changing development of LNURL-AUTH. No more passwords and usernames, no more data hacks

https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-732/

Check out the University of Cambridge’s Bitcoin mining map

https://cbeci.org/mining_map

European Union predicts worst economic downturn since WW2

https://decrypt.co/27918/european-union-predicts-worst-economic-downturn-since-ww2

Justin Sun and Tron somehow qualified for a $2M relief grant

https://decrypt.co/27817/us-hands-justin-sun-a-2-million-coronavirus-relief-grant

Halving article on the BTSE Academy - $86K BTC price prediction for mid 2022

https://www.academy.btse.com/post/the-bitcoin-halving

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Marty Bent from TFTC reflects on all that’s been built around Bitcoin throughout the bear market

https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-731/

BTC Developer Activity hits monthly all time high

https://decrypt.co/27719/bitcoin-developer-activity-hits-record-high

Bought Bitcoin with stimulus? You’re up 35%

https://decrypt.co/27661/stimulus-checks-spent-on-bitcoin-are-now-up-35

https://twitter.com/BitcoinStimulus

Blockstream satellite 2.0 + Satellite Kits

https://blockstream.com/2020/05/04/en-announcing-blockstream-satellite-2/

https://store.blockstream.com/product-category/satellite_kits/

New myNode update 0.2.05

https://twitter.com/cpc464_a500/status/1257567763624853504

P2EP on Blue Wallet coming – here’s a preview

https://twitter.com/lukechilds/status/1257355521193058308

Learn about the Bitcoin futures Basis on the BTSE Academy

https://www.academy.btse.com/post/bitcoin-futures-basis

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Bitcoin halving countdown

https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/

Record Bitcoin hashrate

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-hash-rate-tag-hits-new-record-8-days-from-halving

Bitcoin fees spike

https://decrypt.co/27495/bitcoin-fees-are-skyrocketing-high

Phoenix Lightning Wallet tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx5PK1H5OR0

Lightning Network BTSE BLOG

https://www.academy.btse.com/post/lightning-network

Liquid Assets on Ledger Nano S

https://blockstream.com/2020/05/04/en-liquid-asset-support-now-on-ledger-nano-s/

Grab a Ledger

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tBTC on Ethereum

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-02/bitcoin-s-ethereum-rivalry-could-be-assuaged-with-tbtc-bridge

BitMEX on Eth 2.0

https://blog.bitmex.com/ethereum-2-0/

US Treasury to borrow $3 Trillion

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/04/us-treasury-seeks-to-borrow-a-record-3-trillion-this-quarter.html

Negative interest rates soon?

https://decrypt.co/27587/negative-interest-rates-banks-are-coming-for-your-money

https://twitter.com/DepNox/status/1256670715702476801

Bitcoin on Showtime’s “Billions”

https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-was-just-mentioned-billions-again-heres-how-it-went-down/

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Bitcoin has had massive price swings today, at times up $1200

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-smashes-85k-resistance-with-1k-gain-in-24-hours

Adoption of LNurl makes lightning easier for the end user

https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-wallets-are-adopting-this-tech-to-simplify-lightning-payments

Lightning app pays you Bitcoin to walk and do other simple tasks

https://decrypt.co/27045/this-app-pays-you-bitcoin-just-for-walking

Ripple CTO gets booted from YouTube for impersonating… himself

https://decrypt.co/27013/ripple-cto-banned-youtube-lawsuit

US economy could have a worst second quarter than the great depression

https://decrypt.co/27036/us-economy-sees-sharpest-dip-since-great-recession-due-to-pandemic

Vortex tells it like it is

https://twitter.com/theonevortex/status/1255484969536929792

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Stock to flow model update predicts $288,000 Bitcoin

https://medium.com/@100trillionUSD/bitcoin-stock-to-flow-cross-asset-model-50d260feed12

Nearly half of BTC hasn’t moved in two years

https://bitcoinist.com/nearly-half-of-all-circulating-bitcoin-supply-hasnt-moved-in-two-years/

Increased halving interest on google trends

https://twitter.com/WhiteRabbitBTC/status/1255139705873522691

Whale trader on Bitfinex banks on Bitcoin price crash

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-whale-suggests-btc-price-will-crash-halving-is-priced-in

Banks suffering massive losses amid crisis

https://decrypt.co/26879/big-banks-suffer-massive-losses-as-coronavirus-crisis-continues

Bank of Japan’s unlimited quantitative easing

https://decrypt.co/26772/bank-of-japan-prepares-for-unlimited-quantitative-easing

Lebanese currency crisis and riots

https://www.france24.com/en/20200428-banks-smashed-during-protests-in-lebanon-over-ailing-economy

New myNode release

https://twitter.com/cpc464_a500/status/1254441275773853702

Blue Wallet tutorial

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Raoul Pal says boomers are f*cked and that Bitcoin could reach $1,000,000 by 2025

https://cointelegraph.com/news/boomers-are-fcked-new-macro-report-forecasts-1m-bitcoin-by-2025

Netherlands based Bittr is shutting its doors because of impending regulations

https://getbittr.com/press-releases/things-have-turned-bitter-for-bittr

Bitcoin/Amazon purchase gateway Purse could live to see another day

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-payments-gateway-purse-is-reconsidering-closure-cites-community-support

Coinbase backs “Securitize” to make p2p decentralized securities offerings via a trusted 3rd party… lol

https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-backed-securitize-launches-compliance-tool-for-p2p-transactions

Argentina local bitcoins volume surges

https://cointelegraph.com/news/demand-for-bitcoin-surges-in-argentina-as-default-looms

Due in part (but not entirely) to their massive inflation rate

https://www.statista.com/statistics/316750/inflation-rate-in-argentina/

Knut Svanholm drops new book – Bitcoin: Independence Reimagined

https://twitter.com/knutsvanholm/status/1253685459907158017

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Bitcoin close to making full recovery from its March dump

https://decrypt.co/26440/bitcoin-recoups-value-amid-ongoing-extreme-fear

UC Berkeley study finds Tether does not inflate Bitcoin price

https://decrypt.co/26399/tether-not-pumping-bitcoin-new-academic-study-claims

US Jobless claims now top 26 million, stock market indifferent

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/jobless-claims-jump-another-44-million-25-million-americans-have-lost-their-jobs-to-the-coronavirus-2020-04-23?mod=article_inline

Argentina central bank experiments with Bitcoin smart contracts

https://decrypt.co/26377/argentina-central-bank-tinkering-with-bitcoin-smart-contracts

Citadel 21 is an awesome eclectic mix of Bitcoiner content

https://www.citadel21.com/

Cypher Diaries documents a foot soldier’s story from the front lines of the 2028 money wars

http://cypherdiaries.net/