{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"&quot;Goxed&quot; - 3\/9\/2018","description":"Bitcoin &amp;amp; Markets 3\/9\/18--------------------New to bitcoin? Start here: http:\/\/bitcoinandmarkets.com\/resources -- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bitcoinandmarkets or bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http:\/\/bitcoinandmarkets.com\/donate -- **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** Sources at below. -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Bitstamp: $8746 \/ 1 finney: $0.87 Mayer Multiple: Spot\/200 MA ($8569) = sub 1.0 (1) 3M BTC Settled Futures (Mar): $8811 \/ spread: -$100 or 1.7% CME Futures: Mar18 $8780 \/ Jun18 $8520 (2) Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $8814 \/ Jun18 $8901 MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS -------------------- Market Cap: $148 B Dominance Index: 100% Global Bitcoin MC: $332 B NVT (Network Value\/Transaction): 108 (3) Maximalist Price: $21,267 USD value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $8.8 B Avg tx Val (24h): $47k SECURITY -------------------- Difficulty: est. +9% in 9 days (4)(5) Difficulty has been just fine and shows that all the drama is just drama. FEES -------------------- Mempool: 4MB, ~2 sat\/b (6)(7) Mempool is very empty and transactions are fast. DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs: 51 merged PRs and 75 closed issues (8)(9) Lightning Network: 4.5 btc capacity, 1822 open channels, 985 nodes - 1.8 channels\/node (10)(11) GOOGLE TRENDS (14) -------------------- We are lower on google trends again. Showing 18, off from a yearly high of 100. The point I make here is that this recent drop in price wasn't accompanied by a big drop in google trends. NEWS -------------------- Follow @BitcoinMerges: https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitcoinMerges Gox coins in 2000 btc addresses: http:\/\/gaelb.alwaysdata.net\/MTgox_watch_CW\/index.html Bcash Woes O'Dell's Tweet: https:\/\/twitter.com\/matt_odell\/status\/970850312071405568 Olivier's Tweet about merge mining: https:\/\/twitter.com\/olivierjanss\/status\/970788289593651200 Cobra: https:\/\/twitter.com\/CobraBitcoin\/status\/970736614275153926 ASICBoost: https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/articles\/breaking-down-bitcoins-asicboost-scandal-solutions\/ Regulations will hit ICOs and altcoins hard, but leave bitcoin relatively unscaved. This will leave room for legacy interests to coopt the &quot;blockchain&quot; meme, ICO and altcoin narratives. Bitcoin unaffected. SOURCES -------------------- 1. Mayer Multiple: http:\/\/mayermultiple.com 2. CME futures: http:\/\/www.cmegroup.com\/trading\/equity-index\/us-index\/bitcoin.html 3. Network Value to Transaction Ratio: http:\/\/charts.woobull.com\/bitcoin-nvt-ratio\/ 4. Network stats: http:\/\/fork.lol\/pow\/retarget 5. Difficulty: https:\/\/bitcoinwisdom.com\/bitcoin\/difficulty 6. Real time fees: https:\/\/tradeblock.com\/bitcoin\/ 7. Visualization: https:\/\/jochen-hoenicke.de\/queue\/#3m 8. Bitcoin github stats: https:\/\/github.com\/bitcoin\/bitcoin\/pulse 9. Ranking: https:\/\/www.coingecko.com 10. LN testnet: https:\/\/explorer.acinq.co\/#\/ 11. LN nodes: https:\/\/lnmainnet.gaben.win\/# 12. LedgerX: http:\/\/data.ledgerx.com\/ 13. Gemini Auction: https:\/\/gemini.com\/auction-data\/ 14. Google trends &quot;bitcoin&quot;: https:\/\/trends.google.com\/trends\/explore?q=bitcoin FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https:\/\/twitter.com\/btcmrkts We're on YouTube! https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/bitcoinandmarkets THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and Kontekt","author_name":"Bitcoin &amp; Markets","author_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinandmarkets.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/9482423\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/40472768"}