Rabbit Hole Recap #186: High inflation, beautiful honking and rising taxes on miners

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- married couple arrested and 96K bitcoin seized over 2016 bitfinex <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1470186/download">hack</a> </p> <p>- canadian protests bitcoin fundraiser over <a href="https://tallyco.in/s/lzxccm/">15 bitcoin</a> </p> <p>- KPMG Canada adds bitcoin to <a href="https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/kpmg-in-canada-adds-bitcoin-and-ethereum-to-its-corporate-treasury-851778842.html">treasury</a> </p> <p>- Russia shares bitcoin regulation <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/russia-shares-plan-to-regulate-bitcoin-crypto">plan</a> </p> <p>- bitcoin design guide v2 <a href="https://bitcoin.design/guide/">launched</a> <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/russia-shares-plan-to-regulate-bitcoin-crypto"></a></p> <p>- Kazakhstan floats 500% tax increase on bitcoin <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/133366/kazakhstan-floats-500-tax-increase-on-bitcoin-miners-leading-some-to-eye-relocation">miners</a> </p> <p>- EARN IT Bill proposed to scan all online <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/its-back-senators-want-earn-it-bill-scan-all-online-messages">messages</a> </p> <p>- sensei lightning node implementation <a href="https://l2.technology/sensei">released</a> </p> <p>- cypherpunkpay <a href="https://github.com/CypherpunkPay/CypherpunkPay/releases/tag/v1.0.13">v1.0.13</a></p> <p>- lnd <a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.14.2-beta">v0.4.2-beta</a></p> <p>- electrs <a href="https://github.com/romanz/electrs/releases/tag/v0.9.5">v0.9.5</a></p> <p>- lnbits <a href="https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits-legend/releases/tag/0.6.0">v0.6.0</a></p> <p>- btcpayserver <a href="https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.4.4">v1.4.4</a></p> <p>- umbrel <a href="https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/releases/tag/v0.4.14">v0.4.14</a></p> <p>- blixt <a href="https://github.com/hsjoberg/blixt-wallet/releases/tag/v0.4.1">v0.4.1</a></p> <p>- galoy <a href="https://github.com/GaloyMoney/galoy/releases/tag/0.1.9">v0.1.9</a></p> <p>- mercury wallet <a href="https://github.com/layer2tech/mercury-wallet/releases/tag/v0.6.2">v0.6.2</a></p> <p>- hexa wallet <a href="https://github.com/bithyve/hexa/releases/tag/v2.0.69">v2.0.69</a></p> <p>- whirlpool v0.10.13</p> <p>- valkyrie bitcoin miners etf launches with ticker WGMI </p> <p>- deventralized social media project bluesky announces independent Public Benefit LLC and board members </p> <p>- kraken funding full time bitcoin rust maintainer </p> <p>- Bitcoin is funding Ukraine defense </p> <p>- fountain podcaster wallet launched </p> <p>- opennode raises $20M, now valued at $220M </p> <p>- binance buys a stake in forbes </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained-capital.com/the-vault-concierge-onboarding-package/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://insights.braiins.com/profitability-calculator">Braiins</a></p> <p><a href="https://lend.hodlhodl.com/">HodlHodl</a></p> <p><a href="https://b.tc/conference">Bitcoin 2022</a> - use the code TFTC for 10% off</p>