The Bitcoin News Show #110 – Facebook’s Libra, Crypto going geopolitical, Lightning’s latest − 稼げる投資系口コミ情報サイト【Trade Center】

The Bitcoin News Show for the week of July 1st with your host @theonevortex and panelists: @crypto_voices @MartyBent and @ziggamon

Quick bits:
Shoutout to bitcoin2019conf, it was a great conference and I’m looking forward to next year. You can get your bitcoin 2020 conference tickets now at https://www.bitcoin2020conference.com/
-Quick take aways:
Privacy focused
Lot of young bitcoiners
More economic activity than ever, people starting businesses and existing businesses are booming

It appears the pro skater Tony Hawk is a true hodler for at least 6 years. “Been riding it for 6 years. Haven’t bailed yet”

Been riding it for 6 years. Haven’t bailed yet

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) May 29, 2019

Anonymous Chainalysis Employee AMA

"I would say Wassabi is enemy number one. There is no way to de-anonymize it, and I don't see how the government can legally take Wassabi down, so it will probably persist. Put it this way, if everyone used Wassabi, Chainalysis would go out of business."https://t.co/QcPw2ShxYe

— 6102 [Bitcoin-Only] (@6102bitcoin) June 24, 2019

Binance cuts off US to their main exchange and instead plans to open up a KYC version with limited assets to US citizens
https://www.binance.com/en/blog/346119082624540672/Binance-Announces-Partnership-with-BAM-to-Launch-US-Exchange

Liquid has launched support for clightning and a swap tool with GUI to execute atomic swaps and launched integration with the Green wallet where users can now store, send and receive LBTC and issued assets

Bitcoin Lightning Network Payments Now Possible on Liquid Sidechain

https://blockstream.com/2019/07/05/en-liquid-arrives-on-green/
https://docs.blockstream.com/liquid/swap_tool.html

Bitcoin’s hash rate has hit a new ATH and is up 2x since Dec 2018 lows, and over 10x since Jun 2017

Bitcoin's hashrate is now at 69,000,000,000,000,000,000 hashes every second.

Hashrate is up 2x since Dec 2018 lows, and over 10x since Jun 2017. pic.twitter.com/1fdLnH5mtq

— Kevin Rooke (@kerooke) June 30, 2019

Benny of the BTCSessions youtube channel has created a Wasabi wallet tutorial video showing how easy it is to gain more privacy in bitcoin
https://twitter.com/BTCsessions/status/1147398456815710208

Samourai has released Whirlpool 0.7.0 released with TOR support
https://twitter.com/zeroleak/status/1145995346725789697
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/samourai-wallets-privacy-enhancing-whirlpool-now-in-public-beta

The Anatomy Of A Fake Cryptocurrency Trade: How Exchanges Create Phony Transactions
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2019/07/02/the-anatomy-of-a-fake-cryptocurrency-trade-how-exchanges-create-phony-transactions/#28c822c03132

Cambridge released the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI)

1) I'm delighted to announce the launch of the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI), a live model that tracks the estimated annual electricity usage of the Bitcoin network in real time. https://t.co/jDAQ49gJt2 pic.twitter.com/yA0LM2leqd

— Michel Rauchs (@mrauchs) July 2, 2019

TD Ameritrade to open trading on bitcoin futures
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/15/td-ameritrade-to-open-trading-on-bitcoin-futures.html

Topics:
Facebook’s Libra unsettles governments and Congresswoman Maxine Waters is calling on Facebook to hault cryptocurrency plans
https://financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=404009
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-crypto-france/france-creating-g7-cryptocurrency-taskforce-says-central-banker-idUSKCN1TM0SO
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/450074-house-panel-to-hold-hearing-on-facebook-cryptocurrency-project

Geopolitical state of crypto: BIS saying central banks may issue digital currencies, FATF issuing guidance which the G20 is supporting
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bis-central-banks-may-issue-digital-currencies-soon
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/g20-supports-fatf-crypto-recommendations

Lightning’s Latest: Zap Mainnet, LND v0.7-Beta and Casa Mobile App
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/lightnings-latest-zap-mainnet-lnd-v-0-07-beta-casa-mobile-app

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