Bitcoin price erratic, Fed drops rates to zero, BTC Hashrate drops EP028

from BTC Sessions · host Ben Perrin

SHOW RESOURCES: Fed cuts rates to zero, announces $700B QE https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/15/federal-reserve-cuts-rates-to-zero-and-launches-massive-700-billion-quantitative-easing-program.html What did QE look like from 08-14? http://wp-uploads-trefis.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/QE.png Fed Announces additional $500B for overnight repo markets https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/fed-says-it-will-offer-an-additional-500-billion-in-overnight-repo-funding-markets.html Fed Press release, including zero-reserve banking https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20200315b.htm Bitcoin hashrate drops with profitability, Chinese miners selling rigs to Russia/Middle East https://decrypt.co/22538/chinese-miners-hash-halving-coronavirus Hashrate chart https://www.blockchain.com/en/charts/hash-rate Bitcoin and Gold both dropping – no current flight to safety https://decrypt.co/22540/bitcoins-not-a-safe-haven-but-neither-is-gold-right-now 3 years after fee crunch, Coinbase adds transaction batching https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-launches-btc-transaction-batching-saving-users-50-on-fees GPU miners can volunteer computing power to help find a vaccine via Folding@Home https://decrypt.co/22492/bitcoin-coronavirus-gpu https://foldingathome.org/ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Visit and sign up for Paxful: http://bit.ly/2HYQnOG Paxful Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyKJvjzLmag Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Check out my website for private bookings: http://btcsessions.ca/ Looking for an audio-only version of the show?  https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions

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SHOW RESOURCES: Fed cuts rates to zero, announces $700B QE https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/15/federal-reserve-cuts-rates-to-zero-and-launches-massive-700-billion-quantitative-easing-program.html What did QE look like from 08-14? http://wp-uploads-trefis.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/QE.png Fed Announces additional $500B for overnight repo markets https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/fed-says-it-will-offer-an-additional-500-billion-in-overnight-repo-funding-markets.html Fed Press release, including zero-reserve banking https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20200315b.htm Bitcoin hashrate drops with profitability, Chinese miners selling rigs to Russia/Middle East https://decrypt.co/22538/chinese-miners-hash-halving-coronavirus Hashrate chart https://www.blockchain.com/en/charts/hash-rate Bitcoin and Gold both dropping – no current flight to safety https://decrypt.co/22540/bitcoins-not-a-safe-haven-but-neither-is-gold-right-now 3 years after fee crunch, Coinbase adds transaction batching https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-launches-btc-transaction-batching-saving-users-50-on-fees GPU miners can volunteer computing power to help find a vaccine via Folding@Home https://decrypt.co/22492/bitcoin-coronavirus-gpu https://foldingathome.org/ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Visit and sign up for Paxful: http://bit.ly/2HYQnOG Paxful Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyKJvjzLmag Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Check out my website for private bookings: http://btcsessions.ca/ Looking for an audio-only version of the show? https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions

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