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Rabbit Hole Recap #187: Freedom Money

Rabbit Hole Recap #187: Freedom Money

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast · Marty Bent

February 18, 20222h 4m

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<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Canada uses "emergency powers" to target bank accounts, bitcoin, funding, and insurance of <a href="https://t.me/nobullshitbitcoin/2501">protestors</a> </p> <p>- Bitcoin protest fundraiser voluntarily shuts down while they determine best way to distribute <a href="https://t.me/nobullshitbitcoin/2502">funds</a> </p> <p>- Canadian RCMP issues blacklist notice for bitcoin addresses connected to <a href="https://t.me/nobullshitbitcoin/2514">protest</a> </p> <p>- Apple patches zero day exploit, update your <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-patches-new-zero-day-exploited-to-hack-iphones-ipads-macs/">devices</a></p> <p>- Biden expected to issue an executive order related to bitcoin regulation next <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/biden-order-on-crypto-oversight-expected-next-week-source-says-173452499.html">week</a></p> <p>- US Gov seizes $7B held by Afghan Central <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/11/us/politics/taliban-afghanistan-911-families-frozen-funds.html">Bank</a></p> <p>- secret unapproved cia data collection program <a href="https://apnews.com/article/congress-cia-ron-wyden-martin-heinrich-europe-565878d7299748551a34af0d3543d769">exposed</a></p> <p>- UN negotiating new "cybercrime" <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/un-committee-begin-negotiating-new-cybercrime-treaty-amid-disagreement-among">treaty</a></p> <p>- GRIID, Argo, and Block to be first customers of intel mining <a href="https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/opinion/thoughts-blockchain-custom-compute-group.html">chip</a></p> <p>- ConocoPhillips selling previously flared nat gas to bitcoin <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/15/conocophillips-is-selling-extra-gas-to-bitcoin-miners-in-north-dakota.html">miners</a></p> <p>- Congressman Davidson introduces bill to protect private bitcoin <a href="https://t.me/nobullshitbitcoin/2506">usage</a> </p> <p>- more info on bitfinex hack investigation <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/bitcoin-bitfinex-hack-crypto-laundering-morgan-lichtenstein-11644953617">released</a></p> <p>- proposed US bill targets el salvadors bitcoin <a href="https://www.foreign.senate.gov/press/ranking/release/risch-menendez-cassidy-introduce-legislation-to-mitigate-risks-of-el-salvadors-adoption-of-bitcoin">adoption</a> </p> <p>- fbi to form new bitcoin surveillance and seizure focused <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/fbi-form-new-digital-currency-unit-justice-dept-taps-new-crypto-czar-2022-02-17/">unit</a> </p> <p>- btcpayserver <a href="https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.4.5">v.1.4.5</a>:</p> <p>- bitcoin-s <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin-s/bitcoin-s/releases/tag/1.9.0">v1.9.0</a>: </p> <p>- galoy money <a href="https://github.com/GaloyMoney/galoy/releases/tag/0.1.21">v0.1.21</a>: </p> <p>- lightning terminal <a href="https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal/releases/tag/v0.6.3-alpha">v0.6.3-alpha</a>: </p> <p>- mercury wallet <a href="https://github.com/layer2tech/mercury-wallet/releases/tag/v0.6.4">v0.6.4</a>: </p> <p>- nix bitcoin v0.0.66: </p> <p>- thoughts on cashapps lightning user flow </p> <p>- satsxsw hackathon announced, march 12th and 13th </p> <p>- fidelity launches bitcoin ETP in Europe, ticker FBTC </p> <p>- swan launches bitcoin canon education portal </p> <p>- coldcard announces $25K bounty for a react native nfc implementation </p> <p>- blockfi agrees to pay $100M fine to SEC </p> <p>- open source dashboard for asic prices</p>