Photo by [Mark de Jong](https://unsplash.com/photos/nbCvKdmAcr4) on Unsplash

With the year coming to a close there's lots to reflect on. Did price - rocket as hoped -no it did not. Is that a problem for the health of the cryptosphere as a whole - no - not at all. 2020 may also flatter to deceive but in the long-run, there's much to look forward to.

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## Picks of the Week

Once again it's hard to select just a few items to highlight. Perhaps if you only check out one thing it should this [top 100 figures](https://cryptoweekly.co/100/) in crypto. If you can stretch to two then this thread on Ethereum's '[Ice Age](https://twitter.com/udiWertheimer/status/1206684805175398400)' feature is well worth your time.

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# Twitter

BTC as an NFL team - who knew?:
https://twitter.com/AlexIlten/status/1205693922342834178

Dan Hedl refutes 'Satoshi's Vision':
https://twitter.com/danheld/status/1084848063947071488

BTC lows have a trend of some sort (2019 figure yet to be decided):
https://twitter.com/themooncarl/status/1203971458487275520

Blockchain as disruptor across a wide range of sectors:
https://twitter.com/MarshallHayner/status/1204507375757152263

In defense of The Block (recommended):
https://twitter.com/hongkim__/status/1204617082005905411

On Ethereum's 'Ice Age' (highly recommended):
https://twitter.com/udiWertheimer/status/1206684805175398400

From one extreme to the other (recommended;
https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1205104637310914565

On central bank and state approaches to digital currencies (highly recommended):
https://twitter.com/SpartanBlack_1/status/1205438393145942016

On value and belief:
https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1206321498127917056

What is 'useful' in life is rarely simple:
https://twitter.com/shl/status/1204799385646665728

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# Articles

A who's who of crypto (highly recommended):
https://cryptoweekly.co/100/

Why it's early days for crypto (recommended):
https://markhelfman.com/2019/12/13/why-nobody-else-cares-about-bitcoin-and-cryptocurrency/

It's prediction time:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/biserdimitrov/2019/12/11/what-are-the-top-10-blockchain-predictions-for-2020/#73e59554d395

Gas flaring and BTC:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-06/why-bitcoin-mining-is-being-touted-as-a-solution-to-gas-flaring

Binance didn't become a dominant player through luck (recommended):
https://decrypt.co/11327/the-inside-story-of-binance-explosive-rise-to-power

Comparing Visa and lightning:
https://medium.com/galoymoney/visa-and-lightning-how-do-they-compare-1f4d89bdbbaf

Is KYC/AML really so bad?:
https://medium.com/exmo-official/everybody-is-freaking-out-about-the-5amld-is-mandatory-verification-as-scary-as-it-seems-6ccd2f92bb7d

So that was 2019 (recommended):
https://brukhman.substack.com/p/this-was-a-year-of-steady-infrastructural

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# Podcast

Larry Cermak of the Block on crypto (highly recommended but skip frequent Ads):

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https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/larry-cermak-block-on-what-90-bitcoin-trading-is-for/id1347049808?i=1000459488613

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# YouTube

A brief review of BTC price action for 2019 (in terms of Elliott wave theory):

https://youtu.be/wU7sQbqYX8I

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2020 looking good for BTC? (highly recommended despite light-hearted style):

https://youtu.be/ve7F9dlmyJk

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Chainlink overview (recommended for research but strong pro Chainlink bias here):

https://youtu.be/8VRP2wEx9Z8

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Browser 'incognito mode' isn't as secret as you may think:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKEG0JMU0Ik

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A bullish take on gold by a long-time market participant:


https://www.realvision.com/tv/shows/interviews/videos/the-kaplan-doctrine-conservation-preservation-and-value?

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# Infographics

Early December snapshot of key BTC mine related metrics (link also leads to an article on the subject):

https://bravenewcoin.com/insights/bitcoin-price-analysis-miners-squeezed-by-dropping-prices

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Visualising BTC layers:

https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax/status/1205517645753257984/photo/1

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# Website / Utility

Excellent resource for tracking BTC mining/network metrics:

https://bravenewcoin.com/data-and-charts/assets/BTC/price

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That's a wrap for yet another fascinating week in crypto. As always, looking forward to your comments and suggestions.

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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/cryptocurrencies/cryptos-decrypted/the-sunday-crypto-recap-down-the-rabbit-hole-60/).


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