James Check: From Engineer to Finance, Technical Analysis, & Market Cycles - Bitcoin with Jake #79

"... Markets are a collection of all of our human decisions." - James Check BWJ 079: I was joined by James Check this week. He's the creator of checkonchain.com and Lead On-Chain Analyst for Glassnode, who provide financial metrics, charts, data & insights for Bitcoin and other digital assets. In this episode you will learn about: 1:44 Becoming fixated on Bitcoin 5:31 Civil Engineering crash course 11:22 Market psychology & Technical Analysis 19:18 Educating through content creation 22:30 Analytics vs Forensics 25:49 Market cycles 32:19 Bitcoin adoption 35:29 Fan question from @MichaelDunwort1 42:32 Trading & investing 44:58 Lightning Network analytics 47:52 Does on-chain analytics have value? 52:14 BTC in the next 2 years This episode was sponsored by: Bitcoin's social layer - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Orange Pill App⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -> Learn more: ⁠⁠⁠on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠on Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Australian BTC only exchange - ⁠⁠⁠Hardblock⁠⁠⁠ -> Learn more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠on Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Relevant links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@_Checkmatey_⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Twitter @glassnode on Twitter ⁠Website: ⁠checkonchain.com Please support this free show: Donate to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Crowd-fund⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Geyser How else can you help? Rate Subscribe Share Get in touch: Personal Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@jakeeswoodhouse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@bitcoinwithjake⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to support the show! Best, Jake