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Bitcoin Volatility and Variance Swaps With Flowdesk
Bitcoin and Hard Money Post-COVID
Garrick Hileman, head of research at Blockchain.com, and Daniel Masters, executive chairman at CoinShares, discussed an extensive report that Blockchain.com published on gold. CoinShares and Blockchain.com are part of a consortium behind the DGLD token, which is a gold-backed token on a Bitcoin sidechain. Masters…
How fear sitting on exchanges may have entered the markets with Chainalysis
Philip Gradwell, chief economist at Chainalysis, went through the latest on-chain data on the blockchain with a focus on April 13-26. In that time, during which time the bitcoin price rose significantly. (40:01) The BTC price had major climbs on the 16th and 23rd of…
The 9th Circuit Said What?
Teana Baker-Taylor spoke with Stephen Palley, partner at law firm Anderson Kill, about the recent decision by the U.S. 9th circuit of appeals in the Thomas Costanzo case. Costanzo in 2018 was convicted for selling bitcoin for USD to FBI agents posing as drug traffickers….
Bitcoin Halvening Special – Miner Economics
Chris Bendiksen, head of research at CoinShares, talked to Pavel Moravec, CTO at SlushPool, and Dr. Philipp Kallerhoff, co-founder and partner at Protos Asset Management, about the bitcoin mining landscape. He asked if the profitability of bitcoin mining plays into the bitcoin price, bringing in…
Why there is a lot of demand for bitcoin with Chainalysis
Philip Gradwell, chief economist at Chainalysis, discussed what’s been happening on the blockchain in the last week. (27:54) “The bitcoin price has continued to rise and it’s now approaching its longer-term levels, nearly reaching its 100 and 200-day average. So it appears there is a…
When Digital Dollars Came to Capitol Hill
Multiple senators have introduced ideas for how a digital dollar could be included in COVID-19 relief and stimulus packages. John Collins, partner at FS Vector, an advisory firm assisting firms like fintechs, reg- techs and financial institutions, discussed some of the interesting points. (34:48) “There…
Crypto Market Integrity
Yoann Turpin, head of trading at Wintermute, discussed how institutional investors are approaching crypto. (5:17) “I was talking to some large institutional brokers this week who were telling me that they’ve just opened shop. They mostly opened shop, and it could be an interesting point…
What’s going to happen after the halving with Chainalysis
Philip Gradwell, chief economist at Chainalysis, discussed what happened on the blockchain last week, which was the week before the bitcoin halving. (28:36) The BTC price has been above its long-term averages between April 27-May 10. “Throughout that week, we’ve seen prices we haven’t seen…
Policymaker Consultation Update From Crypto UK
Crypto UK formed a working group to respond to the European Commission’s comprehensive public consultation of more than 150 questions covering topics including taxonomy, a bespoke regime, security tokens, stablecoins, market participants and market integrity. Ian Taylor, Chair of Crypto UK, described the content of…
Why BlockFi is really bullish on Ethereum
BlockFi Founder and CEO Zac Prince recently tweeted that in the aftermath of coronavirus, the company does not intend to participate in a recession. (16:01) “If there was ever a time for cryptocurrency to shine, especially bitcoin, I think it’s this macroeconomic environment. And for…
How bitcoin performed in the post-halving week with Chainalysis
Philip Gradwell, chief economist at Chainalysis, discussed what’s been unfolding on the blockchain in the past week. (24:21) “It’s been a post halving week. The Bitcoin price came close to $10K, near its year-to-date highs, but it hasn’t had that post-halving rocket to the moon…