PoW Bitcoin: "Tether Scam" - 11/21/2017

Bitcoin & Markets Update 11/21/17 --- Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- This is not investment advice people, do your own research, I say some crazy stuff on this show, it could all be psuedoscience. ---- Follow: Mile Suter https://twitter.com/WahWhoWah 4 HR chart tweet - https://twitter.com/btcmrkts/status/932837961690779648 Prices Bitstamp - $8199 The Finney: $0.82 3M Futures - $8299 spread $100 This is a healthy spread in contango. I expect this spread to increase as we approach CME. Looks like CME is going to launching on 11 Dec. But there's conflicting reports out there right now. Follow me Market Cap - $136B Global MC - $241B Maximalist Price - $14,495 Avg on chain tx value - $7121 BTC $ val tx'ed on chain (24h): $2.4B Difficulty: -23% or -1% - I estimate about -5% https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty http://fork.lol/pow/retarget Mempool: 17MB (not including zero fee txs) https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#2h OTC Localbitcoins: $63.3M/wk Paxful: $9.7M/wk LedgerX: $2.6M to $6M/wk http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $73.6M to $79M/wk --- ECB is trying to change their bail in limits. Currently, 100,000 Euros are protected from bail ins, but not for long. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-19/ecb-proposes-end-deposit-protection CNBC interview with Thomas Peterffy is scared for short sellers https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/15/thomas-peterffy-keep-bitcoin-away-from-the-real-economy.html Tether Man, this tether thing blew up. Tether is USD derivative to provide liquidity between exchanges and allow trading against a USD substitute. Don't bite off on the FUD, even if from your favorite youtube personality. Do you own research! --- Thank you #bitcoin. Music by Joakim Karud and Vowl