2019 Year In Review - E194
Bitcoin price in 2019
Price had 3 phases this year, 1) consolidation, 2) huge rally, 3) mini bear market.
Bitcoin fees in 2019
Fees were very low all year, blocks full
Lightning network in 2019
First full year of mainnet wallets
- 3x Growth
- Lightning Torch
- Watchtowers Added To Lightning
- Loop In Added To Lightning
- Multi-Part Payments Added To Lighting
- Hodlonaut
- Lightning Bugs
Bitcoin Plug-n-play nodes in 2019
The rise of the plug and play node
Bitcoin Privacy debates, privacy was enhanced in 2019
MISC
- QuadrigaCX
- Twitter And Square, Jack Dorsey
- #DeleteCoinbase
- Binance Hack
- Tether And Bitfinex
- CSW Faketoshi Sues Everyone And Gets Owned In Court
- Liquid Tokens
- Plus Token
- China Block Chain
FUTURES
- Bakkt
- ErisX
- Binance/FTX
- Crypto Facilities/Kraken
- BitMEX Seychelles
CUSTODY
- Fidelity
- Coinbase/Xapo
- Bitgo/Kingdom Trust
- Swiss Bank Vontobel
GOV CRACKDOWN
- FINCEN Threatens KYC
- IRS And Other Tax Agencies Start Asking Direct Questions
- FBI Says Bitcoin Is A Growing Issue For Them
