ETFs, Futures and LNRR

Tommy and Brady dive into the financial side of bitcoin, taking a look at recent ETF proposal activity, the role of futures in bitcoin and the Lightning Network Reference Rate idea proposed by Nik Bhatia.

Links from the show below.

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List of bitcoin ETF proposals:
https://twitter.com/JSeyff/status/1023998013780500481

Nik Bhatia's "The Time Value of Bitcoin":
https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc/the-time-value-of-bitcoin-3807b91f02d2

Nik Bhatia's "The Bitcoin Risk Spectrum":
https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc/the-bitcoin-risk-spectrum-949f6abec290

Public Statement: Dissent of Commissioner Hester M. Peirce to Release No. 34-83723:
https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/peirce-dissent-34-83723#.W1o-36vBMDU.twitter

Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF Proposal Denied by U.S. SEC:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/winklevoss-bitcoin-etf-proposal-denied-us-sec/

Institutional Investors Swap Bitcoin Futures for Physical BTC in Wall Street First:
https://www.ccn.com/institutional-investors-swap-bitcoin-futures-for-physical-btc-in-wall-street-first/