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WHY ARE WE BULLISH? The High Council Of Bitcoin Bens Discuss ep173 May 18, 2021

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In a week of Bitcoin FUD reaching an insane degree (no pun intended), the #WAWB High Council of Bitcoin Bens convenes to riff on what has them feeling bullish 🐂.

👉 Ben Prentice: Artist, linguist, armchair economist, timechain maximalist, and producer of the What Bitcoin Did Podcast.

https://twitter.com/mrcoolbp

👉 Ben Carman: Developer at SuredBits and contributor to Wasabi Wallet and Bitcoin Core.

https://twitter.com/benthecarman

👉 Ben Verret: Libertarian Bitcoin contributor.

https://twitter.com/verretor

👉 Ben Price: Currently building OpenSats, a nonprofit funding Bitcoin Core & FOSS development.

https://twitter.com/abitcoinperson

https://twitter.com/OpenSats

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WHY ARE WE BULLISH? Bitcoin Innovates And Connects The World ep172 May 07, 2021

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In a week of Bitcoin miners beginning to signal for Taproot activation and Bitcoin sovereigns continuing to harness to power of Lightning, today’s panel guests riff on what has them feeling bullish 🐂.

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👉 Dylan LeClair: On-chain & financial markets analyst at Bitcoin Magazine. Co-Founder of 21st Paradigm.

https://twitter.com/BTCization

👉 Alexandra Moxin: Bitcoiner, cypherpunk and founder/host of The Advance Tech Podcast.

https://twitter.com/Alexandra933

👉 Christian Keroles (AKA CK Snarks): Leading builder of Bitcoin Magazine and the Bitcoin 2021 Conference. Co-host of the POV Crypto podcast. Advisor at AssetDash.com.

https://twitter.com/ck_SNARKs

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NYDIG: 100s Of Banks Want To Offer Bitcoin ep171 May 06, 2021

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Open a lightning channel with me! Would recommend anywhere from 1-4 million sats.

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📰 Hyper-Integration: NYDIG says hundreds of US banks will enable customers to buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin through existing accounts by year’s end.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/05/05/bitcoin-is-coming-to-hundreds-of-us-banks-says-crypto-firm-nydig-.html

📰 Blockchain data provider Coin Metrics gets a $2.2 trillion institutional investment — lead by Goldman Sachs.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-05/goldman-sachs-leads-investment-in-crypto-data-firm-coin-metrics

📰 Ebay CEO says “cryptocurrency” could be a future payment option on its platform.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ebay-ceo-says-looking-cryptocurrency-145737517.html

📰 Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary predicts that “sustainably” mined Bitcoin could command a premium among institutional investors.

https://twitter.com/YahooFinance/status/1389289214156673029?s=09

📰 Comically Weak FUD: Bill Maher mocks Bitcoin and Elon Musk while invoking climate-change fears…

https://decider.com/2021/05/01/bill-maher-ridicules-bitcoin-elon-musk-hbo-real-time/

… leading to an easy debunking from Nic Carter…

https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1388616111579713537?s=09

… and an easy reminder from the Internet about his Peter Schiff-esque prescience.

https://twitter.com/PessimistsArc/status/1388657288810991623

📰 Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger calls Bitcoin “disgusting”. It could change civilization as we know it, you guys 😲

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/01/charlie-munger-calls-bitcoin-disgusting-and-contrary-to-the-interests-of-civilization.html

📰 Alex Gladstein publishes an epic deep dive on the “hidden costs” of the US Petrodollar.

https://twitter.com/gladstein/status/1388207306110689281?s=09

📰 All eyes are on miners as the Taproot signaling period begins 👀.

https://taproot.watch/

WHY ARE WE BULLISH? Zoomer and Boomer Bitcoiners UNITE! ep170 May 01, 2021

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In a week of more athletes getting paid in Bitcoin and institutions like JPMorgan announcing Bitcoin funds, today’s similarly diverse panel of young and… well-established… guests riff on what has them feeling bullish 🐂.

👉 Gary Leland (AKA The Bitcoin Boomer): Host of the Crypto Cousins podcast, organizer of the annual BitBlockBoom conference, and advisor at Swan Bitcoin.

https://twitter.com/GaryLeland

👉 Nik Cantmine: Social Media Manager at Bitcoin Magazine and host of the Bitcoin Kindergarten Live Q&A show.

https://twitter.com/nikcantmine

https://twitter.com/BTCKindergarten

👉 Surfer Jim: Lifelong surfer & entrepreneur seeking to advance worldwide adoption of the hardest money known to man.

https://twitter.com/surferjimw

👉 William Clemente III: Finance major currently interning at Bitcoin Magazine and writing about Bitcoin and On-Chain Analytics.

https://twitter.com/WClementeIII

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Nexon Purchases $100M OF BITCOIN ep169 Apr 29, 2021

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📰 Tesla sells Bitcoin to demonstrate the currency’s liquidity…

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-26/musk-tesla-sold-bitcoin-to-prove-liquidity-as-cash-alternative

📰 … then reports on its remaining stash to demonstrate the power of just holding 😂

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currency-tesla/tesla-says-bitcoin-investment-worth-248-billion-idUSKBN2CF1BG

📰 Online gaming giant Nexon purchases $100 million worth of Bitcoin.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nexon-purchases-100-million-worth-010200289.html

📰 Rookie Numbers: Dave Portnoy announces purchase of 1 BTC.

https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1386677543185567749?s=20

📰 For the first time, JPMorgan will let clients invest in a Bitcoin fund.

https://www.coindesk.com/jpmorgan-to-let-clients-invest-in-bitcoin-fund-for-first-time-sources

📰 Stepping up their compliance game, Square adds a Bitcoin Policy Lead from the US Chamber of Commerce.

https://www.coindesk.com/square-adds-bitcoin-policy-lead-from-us-chamber-of-commerce

📰 Better than a No? SEC pushes decision on VanEck Bitcoin ETF until June.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-pushes-decision-on-vaneck-bitcoin-etf-until-june

📰 Leading Turkish Bitcoin exchange Vebitcoin collapses as its chief executive gets detained by the government on suspicion of “financial crimes.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-24/turkey-s-cryptocurrency-pain-grows-with-second-exchange-collapse

📰 Blockstream announces the Satellite Base Station: an advanced, all-in-one antenna for accessing the Bitcoin network from space 🛰.

https://blockstream.com/2021/04/28/en-introducing-the-blockstream-satellite-base-station/

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WHY ARE WE BULLISH? Dinosaurs Want To Take Your Sats! ep168 Apr 23, 2021

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In a week of Bitcoin fear-mongering from institutional dinosaurs who really just want more Sats, today’s panel guests — who are always stacking — riff on what has them feeling bullish 🐂.

👉 Greg Foss: 32-year veteran of high-yield credit trading and Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives at Validus Power Corp.

https://twitter.com/FossGregfoss

👉 Knut Svanholm: Author of the books “Bitcoin: Sovereignty through mathematics” & “Bitcoin: Independence reimagined”

https://twitter.com/knutsvanholm

👉 John Fakhoury: 3x Inc. 500 CEO, Bitcoiner, and founder of Church Satoshi (hodlelujah.com)

https://twitter.com/PayItForwardDad

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Bitrefill: use Bitcoin to purchase gift cards

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VENMO ADDS BITCOIN - Access Given To Its 70 Million Customers ep167 Apr 22, 2021

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📰 Much Wow: Venmo introduces direct, in-app buying and selling of Bitcoin.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/04/20/investing/venmo-cryptocurrency/index.html

📰 WeWork Begins Allowing “Member Companies” to use Bitcoin as a form of payment.

https://www.wework.com/ideas/newsroom-landing-page/newsroom/posts/wework-starts-utilizing-cryptocurrency-as-form-of-payment

📰 Is the bottom in for Bitcoin’s latest price dip?

https://twitter.com/WClementeIII/status/1384191390825947136

📰 …. Or, as Guggenheim cautions, could more amazing buying opportunities be inbound?

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/21/bitcoin-could-plunge-50percent-near-term-guggenheims-scott-minerd-warns.html

https://twitter.com/ScottMinerd/status/1348493010338803713

📰 Perpetuating their unilateral anti-“crypto” stance, Europe’s largest bank, HSBC, shuns exposure to Coinbase shares.

https://www.finews.asia/finance/34290-hsbc-adds-coinbase-to-crypto-ban-list-bitcoin

📰 With more government regulators seeping into the Bitcoin space, a new article considers the possible outcomes.

https://www.btctimes.com/news/when-policy-makers-meet-cypherpunks?s=09

📰 Canadian exchange Shakepay announces the Shakepay Card for Sats-back rewards on all purchases.

https://blog.shakepay.com/introducing-the-shakepay-card/

📰 OKEx, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency spot and derivatives exchanges, announces Lightning Network integration.

https://www.okex.com/support/hc/en-us/articles/360059600412-OKEx-supports-Lightning-Network-for-faster-cheaper-BTC-transactions

📰 Adventures in nO iNfLatIOn: New data shows commodity prices across the world continuing to climb.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/04/19/coca-cola-will-raise-prices-to-offset-higher-commodity-costs.html

https://twitter.com/charliebilello/status/1384511101958860801

https://twitter.com/BTCsessions/status/1384601277603061765/photo/1

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Bitrefill: use Bitcoin to purchase gift cards

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WHY ARE WE BULLISH_ Meeting Of The Mega Bulls - Pysh, Booth, Mallers, Saylor, HODL, Vortex, TINA, ODELL, Svetski ep166 Apr 17, 2021

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Preston Pysh, Jeff Booth, Michael Saylor, Jack Mallers, American HODL, Matt Odell, Aleks Svetski.

What else can I say? Might be the most bullish episode to date, and I love the descent into belligerent rambling. It was poetic. ENJOY.

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Bitrefill: use Bitcoin to purchase gift cards

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Bloomberg Says $400K, Coinbase Listing, Time Magazine Hodling ep165 Apr 15, 2021

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Your Bitcoin news roundup for Thursday April 15th

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Bitrefill: use Bitcoin to purchase gift cards

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WHY ARE WE BULLISH? Bitcoin Ready To Run ep164 Apr 02, 2021

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In a week of the Bitcoin price building towards 60K and Bitcoiners building towards more individual sovereignty, today’s panel guests riff on what has them feeling bullish 🐂.

👉 Adam O’Brien: Founder & CEO of The Bitcoin Well, focused on making Bitcoin more accessible.

https://twitter.com/adamobrien_

👉 Justine (AKA MsHodl): Passionate advocate of freedom and Bitcoin

https://twitter.com/MsHodl

👉 Mike Olthoff: Founder & CEO of Coincards.com

https://twitter.com/olthoff

👉 Kit Stanwood: Lifestyle blogger and host of the Cosmic Cloud Meditations Podcast

https://twitter.com/Kit_Stanwood

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