RABBIT HOLE RECAP #388: A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE

<p>- free samourai <a href="https://billandkeonne.org/">https://billandkeonne.org/</a></p> <p>- jade vulnerability <a href="https://blog.blockstream.com/jade-security-disclosure/">https://blog.blockstream.com/jade-security-disclosure/</a> </p> <p>- california strike loans <a href="https://x.com/strike/status/2001341268375568560">https://x.com/strike/status/2001341268375568560</a></p> <p>- Fold Becomes First Public Bitcoin Financial Services Company to Operate Nationwide Through BitGo’s Federally Chartered Trust Framework <a href="https://investor.foldapp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/fold-becomes-first-public-bitcoin-financial-services-company">https://investor.foldapp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/fold-becomes-first-public-bitcoin-financial-services-company</a></p> <p>- BRICS | Digital Currency Launched</p> <p>The BRICS monetary bloc has launched a working prototype of a digital currency known as the “Unit,” backed by a basket of precious metals and BRICS national currencies. The first 100 Units were issued in a pilot led by Russia’s Institute for Economic Strategies. The BRICS bloc includes many authoritarian or hybrid authoritarian regimes that use capital controls, censorship, and financial surveillance to manage dissent. A state-designed, programmable digital currency rail used across multiple authoritarian states could harden those powers. <a href="http://FinancialFreedomReport.org">FinancialFreedomReport.org</a></p> <p>- BTCPay Server 2.3 <a href="https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsr6f4jmfefqjfqhhp0xnn8wk3qdth8zcunj7074vzr0dmaw5u734g38fq45">https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsr6f4jmfefqjfqhhp0xnn8wk3qdth8zcunj7074vzr0dmaw5u734g38fq45</a> </p> <p>- pear pass <a href="https://x.com/tether_to/status/2001269408296058890">https://x.com/tether_to/status/2001269408296058890</a></p> <p>- sats buddy <a href="https://github.com/reez/SatsBuddy">https://github.com/reez/SatsBuddy</a></p> <p>- venezuela oil blockade <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-orders-blockade-sanctioned-oil-tankers-leaving-entering-venezuela-2025-12-16/">https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-orders-blockade-sanctioned-oil-tankers-leaving-entering-venezuela-2025-12-16/</a></p> <p>- director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center was shot to death <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mit-shooting-nuno-fg-loureiro-portugal-f310824e354180816c33c9f40c0c5195">https://apnews.com/article/mit-shooting-nuno-fg-loureiro-portugal-f310824e354180816c33c9f40c0c5195</a></p> <p>3:59 – Opening riff</p> <p>23:04 – Dahsboard</p> <p>24:24 – China ban</p> <p>28:09 – Free Samourai</p> <p>35:19 – Jade disclosure</p> <p>39:34 – Strike CA loans</p> <p>43:24 – Fold</p> <p>47:54 – HRF Story of the Week</p> <p>52:29 – Saylor quantum</p> <p>1:06:54 – Boosts</p> <p>1:08:19 – Software updates</p> <p>1:21:59 – Venezuela blockade</p> <p>1:36:19 – MIT prof murder</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>Coinkite</p> <p><a href="https://coinkite.com/">https://coinkite.com/</a></p> <p>Stakwork</p> <p><a href="https://stakwork.ai/">https://stakwork.ai/</a></p> <p>Obscura</p> <p><a href="https://obscura.net/">https://obscura.net/</a></p> <p>Salt of the Earth</p> <p><a href="https://drinksote.com/rhr">https://drinksote.com/rhr</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p>Twitter</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">https://twitter.com/martybent</a></p> <p>Nostr</p> <p><a href="https://primal.net/marty">https://primal.net/marty</a></p> <p>Newsletter</p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">https://tftc.io/martys-bent/</a></p> <p>Podcast</p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">https://tftc.io/podcasts/</a></p> <p>Follow Odell:</p> <p>Nostr</p> <p><a href="https://primal.net/odell">https://primal.net/odell</a></p> <p>Newsletter</p> <p><a href="https://discreetlog.com/">https://discreetlog.com/</a></p> <p>Podcast</p> <p><a href="https://citadeldispatch.com/">https://citadeldispatch.com/</a></p>