Is Bitcoin Dead?

Nov. 22, 2019 - Forbes publishes "Bitcoin Isn’t Down Because of China, It’s Down Because You Don’t Need It"

Sep. 23, 2019 - Bakkt launches 1st BTC settled futures

Oct. 18, 2019 - 18 millionth BTC mined, leaving only 3 million left

Oct. 22, 2019 - Hash rate (network security) reaches all-time-high of 114 exahashes per second

October - Chinese President Xi Jinping endorses blockchain as ‘an important breakthrough for independent innovation of core technologies’

Nov. 17, 2019 - Bitcoin ATMs worldwide hit new milestone surpassing 6,000.

Nov 29, 2019 - HSBC Moves $20 Billion From Paper To Blockchain

Dec. 6, 2019 - Deutsche Bank publishes 2030 report stating 'Cryptocurrency will go mainstream by 2030'

Dec. 6, 2019 - Total Bitcoin addresses with any balance reaches new all-time-high

Dec. 9, 2019 - Bakkt launches 1st regulated BTC options

Dec. 10, 2019 - BTC YTD price up 119.47% from $3,355.25 - Compare that to the Dow, up 19.6% YTD and S&P up 25.10% YTD

Major Companies that Accept Bitcoin: Microsoft, Expedia, Overstock, select Subways, NewEgg, AT&T, Dish Network, Whole Foods, Nordstrom, Lowe's, Petco, Office Depot, Shopify, Wikipedia,

2020 - Starbucks to accept Bitcoin via new Bakkt app

May 14 2020? - Next Bitcoin halvening

Summer 2020 - Facebook's stable coin Libra to be released?

Dec. 31, 2020 - McAfee predicts BTC price to reach $1 Million or he will eat his dick

Is Bitcoin really dying? Will it go to zero? Is it all just a bubble?

We don't think so.

Find out why in this episode.

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