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2019 Year In Review - E194
Description
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