A catch-up and update on all the goings-on in the cryptocurrency space and the impact of the ongoing 'crypto winter'.

https://youtu.be/qmKYUnRCTJs

Find Links For Everything Covered Below:

- Hurdles to $5k: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoins-path-to-5k-faces-a-major-price-hurdle

- ConsenSys Downsizing: https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/20/18150036/consensys-layoffs-employees-pending-startup-ethereum

- Po.et Layoffs: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/po-et-makes-cuts-to-its-engineering-team-ceo-says/

- SpankChain Layoffs: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/spankchain-downsizes-team-by-60-to-reduce-burn-rate-with-3m-left-in-reserves/

- RChain ‘Functionally Bankrupt’: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2018/12/20/rchain-cooperative-functionally-bankrupt-after-questionable-deals-with-investors-and-developers-losing-faith/

- PolyChain Fire Founding Principal: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2018/12/04/polychains-2-exec-ryan-zurrer-leaves-the-firm-amid-weak-2018-performance/

- Graphics Cards Producers Suffer In Bear Market: https://cointelegraph.com/news/popular-crypto-mining-gpu-price-down-67-since-february?fbclid=IwAR1z9_p8VbthNHfTIvCjqp5A2iS-EcrVNA8Vxy835VV3nlhwQwGBuiFczlg

- ICO’s Could Pay Back Millions: https://ethereumworldnews.com/icos-pantera-sec-2018/

- Jake Chervinsky Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/jchervinsky

- New Crypto Legislation Proposed: https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-new-legislation-proposes-to-exclude-crypto-from-securities-laws?fbclid=IwAR1odzf0YR46mHHfXGGUcUN0Q8YlGBOV5zDjjSkk9Ss5x5gf291pt-Umk6M

- UAE Crypto Regulation: https://cointelegraph.com/news/united-arab-emirates-will-introduce-ico-regulation-in-first-half-of-2019-regulator-notes

- Swiss Crypto Regulations: https://www.coindesk.com/swiss-government-to-regulate-blockchain-within-existing-financial-laws

- HMRC Reveal Cryptocurrency Tax Laws: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-on-cryptoassets/cryptoassets-for-individuals

- Nasdaq Launching BTC Future: https://www.ccn.com/breaking-what-crypto-winter-nasdaq-to-launch-bitcoin-futures-market/

- Facebook Launching StableCoin: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-21/facebook-is-said-to-develop-stablecoin-for-whatsapp-transfers

- BTI Wash Trading Report: https://www.blockchaintransparency.org

- Pump&Dump Report: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/university-researchers-identified-over-4800-pump-and-dump-schemes-involving-crypto-over-a-six-month-period/

- Tim May Death: https://cointelegraph.com/news/tim-may-original-crypto-anarchist-who-was-displeased-with-crypto-hype?fbclid=IwAR0ZWic-qMbloYadqgQXp1No63ZCyXdEj8XUVL7F5Wz7mXcx0JQMoNXSRrI

- History of Bitcoin: https://medium.com/swlh/the-untold-history-of-bitcoin-enter-the-cypherpunks-f764dee962a1

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