2019 Year In Review - E194

PRICE had 3 phases this year, 1) consolidation, 2) huge rally, 3) mini bear market FEES were very low all year, blocks full LIGHTNING 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 PLUG-N-PLAY NODES The rise of the plug and play node 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 LIBRA and STABLECOINS CBDCs REPO market and the Fed