What is happening with the Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs)? Why might they be a bad idea for decentralisation, consensus, and even the price? A billion-dollar "not your keys, not your bitcoin" opportunity for non-technical institutional investors.
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0:00 Your thoughts on the bitcoin ETF and its effect on bitcoin. What happens next to bitcoin?
1:35 There's always claims that the commodities markets are manipulated
2:34 A bitcoin ETF is going to be damaging the ecosystem
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https://youtu.be/AB5MU5fXKfoAndreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and respected figures in bitcoin.
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