Weekly Roundup 04/23/21 (Estimating hashrate, mining Bitcoin with solar, capital gains hike?) (EP.209)

Matt and Nic return for news and deals of the week. In this episode:  43% capital gains taxes? Are decentralized storage networks reaching fruition Binance US hires ex-Comptroller Brian Brooks Matt's Turkey problem A Turkish exchange apparently exit scams Scott Minerd has a new target for Bitcoin Bernstein isn't worried about Bitcoin's energy consumption Ark Invest thinks Bitcoin is an incentive for renewables How much did Bitcoin hashrate really collapse? What did we learn from the Xinjiang shutdown? Why hashrate is hard to estimate Xinjiang is more renewable than you think Content mentioned in this episode:  Alliance Bernstein, Is Bitcoin ESG Friendly for Equity Investors? Square and Ark Invest, Bitcoin is Key to an Abundant, Clean Energy Future [pdf] This episode supported by:  Sovryn, DeFi on Bitcoin Eventus, global leader in trade surveillance, market risk and transaction monitoring solutions