The Bitcoin News Show for the week of July 29th with your host @theonevortex and panelists: @Excellion and @lightning_hood Quick bits: Fed cuts interest rates for the first time since the birth of Bitcoin https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/fed-cuts-interest-rates-for-the-first-time-since-the-birth-of-bitcoin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=default ICO treasury balances steadily declining In aggregate the 57 ICO projects analyzed liquidated 72% of the amount they initially raised (8.2 million ETH) https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/07/29/ico-treasury-balances-steadily-declining/ A Comparative Analysis of Bitcoin Forks by coinmetrics Forks are being used more as storage networks than money: https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/a-comparative-analysis-of-bitcoin Square Doubles Bitcoin Revenue in Q2 2019 with customers buying $125 million of Bitcoin last quarter on Cash App! https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/square-doubles-bitcoin-revenue-q2-2019 Bitcoin just peaked at an ATH of ~430 "proof of work equivalent days". And Bitcoin is nearing its billionth dollar charged in transaction fees. It should cross the threshold this fall Nic also has an amazing new article out on how to better evaluate blockchains called "It’s the settlement assurances, stupid" https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1156941194968162306 https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1156212615095492609 https://medium.com/@nic__carter/its-the-settlement-assurances-stupid-5dcd1c3f4e41 Blockstream announces support for Liquid Network in their Lightning Network implementation cLightning https://twitter.com/Blockstream/status/1156716134089056256 Blockstream anounced the launch of Tether support on Liquid https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/liquid-launches-support-for-tether Topics: Bitcoin Independence Day: How This Watershed Day Defines Community Consensus https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-independence-day-how-this-watershed-day-defines-community-consensus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdG3BgoKWVE&feature=youtu.be Senate Wrestles With Bitcoin vs. Crypto, Gauges Need for Regulation in Latest Hearing https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/senate-wrestles-with-bitcoin-vs-crypto-gauges-need-for-regulation-in-latest-hearing https://twitter.com/nlw/status/1156381356676587520 Implications for Bitcoin Now That 85 Percent of Supply Has Been Mined https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/implications-for-bitcoin-now-that-85-percent-of-supply-has-been-mined -Audio stream https://www.spreaker.com/user/cryptocastnetwork -Support the channel with bitcoin! https://www.smartbit.com.au/address/31hRbR3YjnWvkxVx1wqTZmUko113AE7Shs -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 -Helpful links https://btcinformation.org https://lopp.net https://bitcoinops.org/ Crypto Cast Network: http://cryptocast.network https://twitter.com/cryptocastnet #bitcoin #blockchain