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2019 Year In Review - E194
Episode 194

2019 Year In Review - E194

Bitcoin & Markets

December 21, 201954m 43s

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Show Notes

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