# The Sunday Crypto Recap -Down the Rabbit Hole 48


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Brexit chaos, a US president facing impeachment, a squeeze on repo markets, and a dive in crypto valuations, interesting times indeed! While all this is certainly fascinating - try to keep your eye on the ball. If you're a trader these are great conditions. If a Bitcoin investor - give it a few quarters before you come to any conclusions.

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## Picks of the Week

This highly reasoned [breakdown](https://twitter.com/adanthar/status/1174829386677325824) of why Hedera Hashgraph's price isn't likely to recover anytime soon. Another highlight is this [Forbes article](https://www.forbes.com/sites/caitlinlong/2019/09/25/the-real-story-of-the-repo-market-meltdown-and-what-it-means-for-bitcoin/#2772c217caa2) on the current state of the US repo market.

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# Twitter

Factors that help Bitcoin develop:
https://twitter.com/gaborgurbacs/status/1176100207131602944

BTC's virtuous design cycle:
https://twitter.com/danheld/status/1176844126337286144

How Twitter deals with a crypto price tumble:
https://twitter.com/nlw/status/1176585754560143365

BTC still up around 150% this year...:
https://twitter.com/Aztek_btc/status/1177167611869614080

DAI-collateralized debt contracts and recent ETH volatility (to the downside):
https://twitter.com/aantonop/status/1176654062802132992

An excellent breakdown of why Hedera Hashgraph is tanking and looks set to continue to do so (highly recommended):
https://twitter.com/adanthar/status/1174829386677325824

A proposal to scale BTC on EOS (role of BP's seems like a logical problem trust-related though):
https://twitter.com/Mikefletcher42/status/1175408875832532993

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# Articles

A useful roundup of monetary conditions that may be supportive of BTC going forward:
https://www.coindesk.com/what-billions-in-fed-repo-injections-reveal-about-the-promise-of-bitcoin

A brief tour of retailers who currently accept crypto:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/retailers-around-the-world-that-accept-crypto-from-pizza-to-travel

Scatter's recent survey of EOS users throws up some interesting data:
https://get-scatter.com/blog/data-results-from-an-adhoc-poll-about-keeping-your-tokens-on-exchanges

Because sometimes you've just got to know what a block-lattice is:
https://blog.metalpay.com/understanding-block-lattice/

Bit Brain states his (economic) case:
https://trybe.one/in-case-there-was-ever-any-doubt

Unpacking current repo market squeeze and why it matters (highly recommended):
https://www.forbes.com/sites/caitlinlong/2019/09/25/the-real-story-of-the-repo-market-meltdown-and-what-it-means-for-bitcoin/#2772c217caa2

Is Stellar getting a return on investment from its airdrops?:
https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/coin-metrics-state-of-the-network-5d7

A lot of zombie alt projects remain in the market:
https://blog.coincodecap.com/analyzing-cryptocurrencies-github-activity/

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# Podcast

Bringing BTC to a wider audience (wanders a bit but nonetheless lots to dig-into here):

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/dan-held-on-bitcoin-ux-for-the-masses/id1317356120?i=1000450477879

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# YouTube

A balanced take on Bakkt now that it is live in the wild:

https://youtu.be/DJmqY13nhLs

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The always interesting/compelling Anton Antonopoulos on Banks as tools of surveillance (highly recommended):

https://youtu.be/ZBIkC7nkbWE

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A pessimistic assessment of the sustainability of the current financial system:

https://youtu.be/yGZmR4-WT7I

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Time to bone up on Repo Markets - dates to 2009 but the information remains current:

https://youtu.be/qF11rk1M_Rw

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A case study in economic stagnation (of particular note - interest rate policy) Well worth reading the comments for more context such as Japan's debt being mostly internal and therefore less subject to default:

https://youtu.be/ErUQnd-YFGg

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# Infographic

Just for a dash of context - the Forex market comes in at over $6 trillion daily:

https://twitter.com/krugermacro/status/1174246683330265088/photo/2

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# Website / Utility

Useful website for tracking mining returns on a range of PoW cryptos:

https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/calculator/ltc?HashingPower=504&HashingUnit=MH%2Fs&PowerConsumption=800&CostPerkWh=0.02&MiningPoolFee=1

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While price action this week certainly hasn't been stellar for crypto investors the space continues to expand. Try to enjoy the ride, keep your motions in-check, and learn as much as possible along the way.

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**Note on Sources:**

*Twitter & Reddit (cryptos current meta-brains) / Medium / Trybe / Hackernoon / Whaleshares / TIMM and so on/ YouTube / various podcasts and whatever else I stumble upon. The aim is a useful weekly aggregator of ideas rather than news. Though I try to keep the sources current – I’ll reference these articles and podcasts etc. as I encounter them – they may have been published just a couple of days ago or in some cases quite a bit earlier.*

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Also published on [TIMM](https://mentormarket.io/category/cryptocurrencies/).