World Crypto Network: Bitcoin News #54 - (VIDEO - 1 HR.) - Lightning on Horizon, LedgerX Does $1m In First Week, Sweden Gov Accepts Bitcoin

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Bitcoin news for the week of Oct 16th with @francispouliot_ @Andy_Hoffman_CG @BitcoinErrorLog and special guest @JackMallers!

Announcements:
-Vote for Tone Vays, Jimmy Song and Thomas Hunt on Coindesk's most influential people
-I did an interview with Andy Hoffman
-Bitcoin reached new ATHs of over $6100!

-With Charlie Lee the creator of Litecoin recently completing some on-chain atomic swaps and the lightning wallets releasing newer and newer versions, and the recent uptick of segwit usage over 17%, how soon can we expect a significant portion of tx's to run over Lightning?

-Now that LedgerX has launched, the first regulated entity to have a unified way to buy and sell Bitcoin via swaps, and monetize the volatility with options, saw over $1million in trading derivatives in the first week, what does this mean for the ecosystem?

-Sweden has become the first country in the world to settle debit in bitcoin, how long until other countries follow suit?

Links:
https://www.coindesk.com/vote-coindes...
https://www.coindesk.com/ledgerx-trad...
https://www.coindesk.com/quiet-surge-...
https://www.crypto-news.net/sweden-be...

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2:00 Introductions
4:30 Topic 1 - How soon for significant number of lightning transactions? - Jack Mallers
8:30 Topic 1 - How soon for significant number of lightning transactions? - Francis Pouliot
21:53 Topic 1 - How soon for significant number of lightning transactions? - John Carvalho
28:52 Topic 1 - How soon for significant number of lightning transactions? - Andy Hoffman
36:06 Topic 2 - Bitcoin LedgerX options market - Jack
38:01 Topic 2 - Bitcoin LedgerX options market - Andy
41:16 Topic 2 - Bitcoin LedgerX options market - John
44:28 Topic 2 - Bitcoin LedgerX options market - Francis
52:49 Topic 3 - How soon before other countries accept Bitcoin for debt settlement? - Jack
54:06 Topic 3 - How soon before other countries accept Bitcoin for debt settlement? - Andy
55:37 Topic 3 - How soon before other countries accept Bitcoin for debt settlement? - Francis
1:00:50 Topic 3 - How soon before other countries accept Bitcoin for debt settlement? - John
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