**On Today's Episode Of The Cryptoverse:** Because Bitcoin is the world's truly global currency, and because it’s still very young, it’s affected by events in any one of the countries it is being used in. When every country has their own currency, when Venezuela goes through a currency collapse, the Australian Dollar largely protects Australians from feeling the impact from that. With Bitcoin though, an event in one part of the world affects every Bitcoin user. So there are countless forces acting on Bitcoin all at the same time. Let’s have a look at a few of them. **Please Support The Cryptoverse And Boost Cryptocurrency Adoption By Becoming A Cryptoversity Patron:** Make a regular contribution and you'll help to secure Cryptoversity's future, get unlimited access to all Cryptoversity courses as well as a private Telegram chat group where you get direct access to me: https://www.cryptoversity.com/podcast/ **Or Pay As You Go With Bitcoin Tips (Dash address on the podcast page above):** 1Lak8zkQbUB5FgDD6ci6M82oTVBveuBxBT Today's episode is sponsored by Dash, the privacy focused digital currency that offers transactions with instant confirmations. It’s unique decentralised decision making and self funding system make it an ideal choice as a stable and secure digital cash. [Click here to learn more about Dash - Digital Cash](http://bit.ly/2f99G7b) **Sources:** [Cryptocurrency Prices Provided by CoinMarketCap.com](http://coinmarketcap.com/) [The Bitcoin Price Chart Provided by BitcoinWisdom.com](https://bitcoinwisdom.com/markets/bitstamp/btcusd) [The Original Article on Bitcoin.com](https://news.bitcoin.com/top-trends-pushing-bitcoin-mainstream/) Produced by Cryptoversity.com the online school for learning about Bitcoin, crypto-currencies and blockchains. https://www.cryptoversity.com/

**On Today's Episode Of The Cryptoverse:** The founder of Bitmain, the worlds largest manufacturer of Bitcoin mining equipment has a few things to say about Bitcoin Core and SegWit. The news segment begins at 6:33 Today's episode is sponsored by TunnelBear. the simple VPN app that makes it easy to browse the web privately and enjoy a more open and secure Internet experience. [To try TunnelBear for free by clicking here](http://click.tunnelbear.com/SH8n) **Please Support The Cryptoverse And Boost Cryptocurrency Adoption By Becoming A Cryptoversity Patron:** Make a regular contribution and you'll help to secure Cryptoversity's future, get unlimited access to all Cryptoversity courses as well as a private Telegram chat group where you get direct access to me: https://www.cryptoversity.com/podcast/ **Or Pay As You Go With Bitcoin Tips:** 1Lak8zkQbUB5FgDD6ci6M82oTVBveuBxBT **Sources:** [Cryptocurrency Prices Provided by CoinMarketCap.com](http://coinmarketcap.com/) [The Bitcoin Price Chart Provided by BitcoinWisdom.com](https://bitcoinwisdom.com/markets/bitstamp/btcusd) [LiteCoin SegWit Tracker](http://litecoinblockhalf.com/segwit.php) [Coin Dance Bitcoin SegWit Tracker](https://coin.dance/blocks) [The Original Article on Cryptocoins News](https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/worlds-largest-mining-equipment-firm-founder-criticizes-core-segwit/) [Get Early Access To My Secrets Of The Bitcoin Triangle Course: Discover 21 Fast Track Ways To Make and Save With Bitcoin](https://www.cryptoversity.com/courses/secrets-of-the-bitcoin-triangle/) Produced by Cryptoversity.com the online school for learning about Bitcoin, crypto-currencies and blockchains. https://www.cryptoversity.com