Episode 119: The Cat is Loose

January 13th, 2024  |  1 hr 1 min

altcoins, ark 21shares, arthur hayes, banking, bitcoin, bitcoin core review club, bitcoin optech, bitwise, blackrock, btfp, coinbase, confluence, economic stress, eric balchunas, etf, eth, ethereum, fidelity, financial system, fink, forensic companies, fraud charges, gbtc, gold, grapheneos, grayscale, halving, hype cycle, jevons paradox, lightning anchors, ln symetry, market makers, mempool, price, re-show, sec, shinobi, u.s. central bank, vanek, vulnerabilities, wally street

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss the successful launch of bitcoin ETFs in US stock markets, who these products are for, future attack vectors on self-custody, and worrying signs of consumer financial controls in Britain. They end the show with a discussion of mining centralization and fee bumping and some boosts.