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Bitcoin in Asia - Bitcoin in Japan and Lightning in Asia With Koji BIA 17 Jul 07, 2020

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Our guest this week is Koji Higashi, a long time bitcoiner and a much sought after and followed industry expert in Japan. He has helped several large companies with market entrance and localization strategies in Japan and is a founder of Koinup. Most recently he has been focused on the Lightning Network and is building products with the team at Nayuta (https://nayuta.co). We talk about how bitcoin has trended in Japan over the past few years and really dive into product development and developer trends for Bitcoin in Asia especially what is going on with Lightning development there, current status and where he sees it going over the next two years. Koji also details the exchange marketplace in Japan and the regulations that have effected its growth.

FED Watch - "Corporate Debt and Fake Gold"- FED 13 Jul 03, 2020

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This week we cover the escalation in FED buying activity, fake Chinese gold, sovereign companies, flat Bitcoin and more!

Useful links:

The Fed announced straight Corporate Debt purchases 06/29
Counterfeit gold
- https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/83-tons-fake-gold-bars-gold-market-rocked-massive-china-counterfeiting-scandal

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Bitcoin In Asia - Bitcoin Media and Editorial insights in China with Feng Liu BIA 16 Jun 30, 2020

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Our gust this week is Feng Liu, founder and editor in chief of Chinese crypto media group ChainNews (chainnews.com). Feng was the former EIC at Bloomberg Business week in China before founding ChainNews at the end of 2017. He shares his firsthand insights into the media industry in China, how coverage of Bitcoin in China happens and has evolved in both the mainstream and industry specific media there. We also get into china’s mining industry as ChainNews recently brought back the annual Spring mining conference in Chengdu, and other sector trends that he is seeing on the ground as an editor.

Feng Liu on Twitter @fishkiller

(WTF is now FED Watch) - Breaking Down Powell’s Presentation to Congress - FED 12 Jun 25, 2020

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This week, ck and Ansel watched Fed Chair Powell present the semiannual monetary policy report to Congress and break down the highlights. We digested 5+ hours of content and distilled it into a 25 minute show. Enjoy.

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Links to the entire testimony:

Day one: https://youtu.be/7xAMAJ5ieKo
Day two: https://youtu.be/6P0Z-CyX4Rk

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Bitcoin in Asia - OTC Market Dynamics in Asia with Charles Yang Jun 23, 2020

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Our guest this week is Charles Yang, head trader at Genesis Block out of Hong Kong. Genesis Block (https://genesisblockhk.com) is a leading OTC trading center in Asia, headquartered in Hong Kong and with operations throughout the region and additional physical locations in Thailand and Korea. It also operates the largest network of Bitcoin ATMs in the region, and its founders have their roots and continuing operations in bitcoin mining. As head of trading, Charles oversees Genesis Block’s OTC flows and prop trading strategies and is thus a great source of insight into current market dynamics in Asia. Topics

Competitive landscape of OTC business in Asia
Arbitrage history for different BTC/fiat pairs and current market dynamics
‘Nuances and risks of the OTC business in specific Asian markets like Thailand and Korea
Trends in new customer interest in the region
Growth of trading products available
Genesis Block’s plans to grow into the next cycle.

Bitcoin Magazine Interview - Check Template Verify with Jeremy Rubin Jun 22, 2020

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Aaron van Wirdum sits down with Bitcoin Core developer Jeremy Rubin to dig into the details of Check Template Verify and the benefits it offers to the Bitcoin network.

Topics:

What are covenants

How check template verify enables new covenants in Bitcoin.

How CTV adds congestion control features to Bitcoin.

How CTV changes the Bitcoin fee market

How CTV can improve lightning network onboarding.

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(WTF is now FED Watch) - The History of the “Fed Put” - FED 11 Jun 19, 2020

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This week, ck and Ansel sit down to discuss the history of the Fed backing up the market and ensuring that is does not fall AKA the “Fed Put”.

Topics:

What is the Fed put?
Define a put option
Updates on Europe
Corona Virus cases increasing
Crisis in Lebanon
Huge Bitcoin 14% difficulty increase
Bitcoin Options Volume growing

Links:

CME Volume increasing: https://www.coindesk.com/cme-bitcoin-options-market-grew-10x-in-the-past-month

Italian Debt surging:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/italian-debt-is-surging-but-investors-are-playing-it-cool-11591545600

Central Banks Liquidity Swaps:

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SWPT

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Bitcoin in Asia - This week in China w/ Molly BIA 14 Jun 19, 2020

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Our guest this week is Mo Li (Molly), head of marketing at Hashkey Hub. We take a look at items that have been in the news coming out of China over the past week, and she shares her on the ground perspective.

Topics:
Covid update
Mining industry trends coming out of the Chengdu mining summit
Severe weather in Sichuan
Mining manufacturer competitive landscape and recent developments
Bitmain internal situation
Bank account freezing related to USDT and BTC OTC usage

Bitcoin Magazine Interview - Protecting your Bitcoins with Bruce Mack Jun 12, 2020

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On this special edition of the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast, Licensed Financial Advisor and Co-Founder of Platinum Trust Group, Bruce Mack, comes on to the podcast to educate bitcoiners on why they should leverage a specialized Trust to: eliminate your capital gains taxes LEGALLY; defer your income taxes in perpetuity; and protect your assets - and Bitcoin in particular - from judgments, liens, levies, government seizure, and even divorce!

You can reach out to Bruce and the team at Platinum Trust at www.platinumtrustgroup.com/bitcoin or call (702) 371-2345.

(WTF is now FED Watch) - QE Update - FED 10 Jun 11, 2020

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This week, ck and Ansel sit down to discuss unemployment around the world.

Topics:

Update on QE Activity from the FED and the ECB

Stock markets rally globally

The Robinhood hood effect

China distancing itself from a CBDC

Bitcoin stats

Bearish on China, Greece, and Italy

Bullish on Mexico

Links:

Fed balance sheet: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/bst_recenttrends.htm

Broad spectrum asset purchases: https://www.svb.com/de/blogs/eric-souza/alphabet-soup-the-federal-reserve-releases-an-array-of-emergency-measures

Inflation expectations: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/T5YIFR

More stimulus from the ECB: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/05/26/whats-the-ecb-doing-in-response-to-the-covid-19-crisis/

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/04/european-central-bank-ramps-up-its-pandemic-bond-buying-to-1point35-trillion-euros.html

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