The Bitcoin News Show for the week of July 1st with your host @theonevortex and panelists: @crypto_voices @MartyBent and @ziggamon Quick bits: Shoutout to bitcoin2019conf, it was a great conference and I'm looking forward to next year. You can get your bitcoin 2020 conference tickets now at https://www.bitcoin2020conference.com/ -Quick take aways: Privacy focused Lot of young bitcoiners More economic activity than ever, people starting businesses and existing businesses are booming It appears the pro skater Tony Hawk is a true hodler for at least 6 years. "Been riding it for 6 years. Haven’t bailed yet" https://twitter.com/tonyhawk/status/1133858921595097088 Anonymous Chainalysis Employee AMA https://twitter.com/6102bitcoin/status/1143241317276946432?s=19 Binance cuts off US to their main exchange and instead plans to open up a KYC version with limited assets to US citizens https://www.binance.com/en/blog/346119082624540672/Binance-Announces-Partnership-with-BAM-to-Launch-US-Exchange Liquid has launched support for clightning and a swap tool with GUI to execute atomic swaps and launched integration with the Green wallet where users can now store, send and receive LBTC and issued assets https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-lightning-network-payments-now-possible-on-liquid-sidechain/ https://blockstream.com/2019/07/05/en-liquid-arrives-on-green/ https://docs.blockstream.com/liquid/swap_tool.html Bitcoin's hash rate has hit a new ATH and is up 2x since Dec 2018 lows, and over 10x since Jun 2017 https://twitter.com/kerooke/status/1145400989371047936 Benny of the BTCSessions youtube channel has created a Wasabi wallet tutorial video showing how easy it is to gain more privacy in bitcoin https://twitter.com/BTCsessions/status/1147398456815710208 Samourai has released Whirlpool 0.7.0 released with TOR support https://twitter.com/zeroleak/status/1145995346725789697 https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/samourai-wallets-privacy-enhancing-whirlpool-now-in-public-beta The Anatomy Of A Fake Cryptocurrency Trade: How Exchanges Create Phony Transactions https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2019/07/02/the-anatomy-of-a-fake-cryptocurrency-trade-how-exchanges-create-phony-transactions/#28c822c03132 Cambridge released the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) https://twitter.com/mrauchs/status/1146029004660584451 TD Ameritrade to open trading on bitcoin futures https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/15/td-ameritrade-to-open-trading-on-bitcoin-futures.html Topics: Facebook's Libra unsettles governments and Congresswoman Maxine Waters is calling on Facebook to hault cryptocurrency plans https://financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=404009 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-crypto-france/france-creating-g7-cryptocurrency-taskforce-says-central-banker-idUSKCN1TM0SO https://thehill.com/policy/finance/450074-house-panel-to-hold-hearing-on-facebook-cryptocurrency-project Geopolitical state of crypto: BIS saying central banks may issue digital currencies, FATF issuing guidance which the G20 is supporting https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bis-central-banks-may-issue-digital-currencies-soon https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/g20-supports-fatf-crypto-recommendations Lightning’s Latest: Zap Mainnet, LND v0.7-Beta and Casa Mobile App https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/lightnings-latest-zap-mainnet-lnd-v-0-07-beta-casa-mobile-app -Audio stream https://www.spreaker.com/user/cryptocastnetwork -Support the channel with merch! https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=w_bl_sl_s_ap_web_7141123011?ie=UTF8&node=7141123011&field-brandtextbin=Crypto+Cast+Network -Support the channel with bitcoin! https://www.smartbit.com.au/address/31hRbR3YjnWvkxVx1wqTZmUko113AE7Shs -Helpful links https://btcinformation.org https://lopp.net https://bitcoinops.org/ Crypto Cast Network: http://cryptocast.network https://twitter.com/cryptocastnet #bitcoin #blockchain