Bitcoin Archives - Matthew Lawson

Peter Van Valkenburgh Deconstructs Claims Made by Nouriel Roubini about Bitcoin’s Scalability

Peter Van Valkenburgh Discusses Bitcoin with Senator Pat Toomey & Nouriel Roubini

October 12, 2018 @ 1:49 pm
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) asks Peter Van Valkenburgh about the scalability of Bitcoin and the underlying Blockchain technology and whether or not Bitcoin can exceed 5 transactions per second. Peter Van Valkenburgh speaks about batching, smart contracts, application layers being built on top of the Bitcoin protocol, specifically mentioning Lightning Network payment channels for microtransactions. […]

Macro Trader Mike Novogratz Promotes Bitcoin on CNBC’s Fast Money

December 1, 2017 @ 12:38 pm
Macro trader and “hyper-bull”, Mike Novogratz promotes Bitcoin on CNBC’s “Fast Money” suggesting cryptocurrency’s market could grow to $2 trillion USD by the end of 2018, a 600% increase. Definitely worth a watch, Mike Novogratz makes interesting points about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, explaining how access to cryptos has improved and how Bitcoin’s market compares to […]

Why we value Bitcoin

December 1, 2017 @ 8:30 am
In late 2013, as Bitcoin soared to new heights of $1000+ for the first time, I read an article titled “Why do we value gold”, written by Justin Rowlatt, which changed my life. Unfortunately, this article went largely unnoticed while Bitcoin’s price reached an all-time high and Mt. Gox, the largest and most popular Bitcoin […]

Bitcoin LA Interview with The Doc Docs

November 30, 2017 @ 10:48 am
Back in February 2017, I went to a Bitcoin LA meet up in Santa Monica to talk about Bitcoin with the Doc Docs. So it rained the entire time, but it was an interesting experience. Listening to other Bitcoin enthusiasts and early adopters speak on their experiences with the very first cryptocurrency was eye-opening. I […]

Bitcoin Price Surges Above $10K USD!

November 29, 2017 @ 6:33 pm
The price of a Bitcoin rose to over $10,000USD November 28th, soaring to a new ATH of $11,485.00 on GDAX. Crytocurrency traders with open Bitcoin short positions inevitably experienced losses during the rapid short squeeze only to see the price tumble back down and bounce off $9,000 support several times. Bitcoin can be a cruel […]