This week’s episode of The Why Bitcoin Show is with Checkmate, a leading on-chain analyst with Glassnode Analytics, a platform providing insights into what is happening with Bitcoin on the base layer.

In this discussion with Checkmate, we cover a wide range of issues including:

* Key insights into what is happening on-chain in Bitcoin in 2024, and what we saw in 2023

* Self-custody the impact of the Bitcoin ETFs on mainstream adoption

* How the worlds of traditional finance and Bitcoin collide with the introduction of the Bitcoin ETFs

*How following the launch of Bitcoin ETFS, financial advisors now face a career risk for not knowing or having an opinion about Bitcoin

*Checkmate’s thoughts on the validity of the Bitcoin stock to flow model

*Some key on-chain metrics for plebs to understand

*Where Bitcoin is going

* Ordinals, BRC tokens, JPEGs and fees

* Crypto, stablecoins and Ethereum

For more commentary on the world of Bitcoin and what makes it different to crypto, follow me on X at @Dale21M or the show at @whybitcoinshow, or visit www.thewhybitcoinshow.com for more episodes.

Thanks to Checkmate for coming on – you can follow his tremendous work on X at @_Checkmatey_.

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Edited by Sean Lowe.

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