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Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.04.29

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.04.29

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast · Marty Bent

May 2, 20191h 6m

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Show Notes

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss: </p> <p>- Bitcoin v.0.18.0 released https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-core-0180-release-heres-whats-new/</p> <p>- Bitfinex spread increases, https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/bitfinex-plans-to-raise-as-much-as-1-billion-through-an-ieo-shareholder-says/</p> <p>- Cashapp $65.5M quarterly bitcoin sales </p> <p>- Amazon Managed Blockchain https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/amazon-made-its-blockchain-service-available-to-the-public/</p> <p>- #dropgold campaign - dropgold.com</p> <p>- Ethereum is now money according to ethereum.org</p> <p>- CoinJoins as a Percentage of All Bitcoin Payments Have Tripled to 4.09% Over the Past Year https://www.longhash.com/news/coinjoins-as-a-percentage-of-all-bitcoin-payments-have-tripled-to-409-over-the-past-year</p> <p>- Samourai Whirlpool enters mainnet testing phase</p> <p>- Nine in 10 Americans have heard about bitcoin, Blockchain Capital survey finds https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/nine-in-10-americans-heard-about-bitcoin-survey-finds/</p> <p>- Fidelity surveys 400 institutional investors, 22% already have exposure, 47% think exposure makes sense: https://medium.com/@FidelityDigitalAssets/new-research-institutional-investments-likely-to-increase-over-next-5-years-729fb1ca3c52</p> <p>- eTrade joining the party, plans to offer bitcoin trading to its ~5M customers https://twitter.com/nathanielpopper/status/1121868559330598912</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App, head over to the Apple App Store or Google Play and download it today to start #stackingsats</p> <p>Unchained Capital, check out Unchained's 2-of-3 multisig vaults product today and get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin. <a href="https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter">https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter</a></p>