Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.03.15

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- FTX negotiating naming rights to miami heat arena https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article249892678.html</p> <p>- miner revenue priced in dollars hits all time high https://twitter.com/_Checkmatey_/status/1370901101403238400</p> <p>- Kentucky passes tax breaks to bitcoin miners https://www.coindesk.com/kentucky-approves-bills-providing-incentives-for-crypto-miners</p> <p>- Pakistani province experimenting with mining using hydro https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currency-pakistan/pakistani-province-plans-to-build-pilot-crypto-currency-mining-farms-idUSKBN2BA0KW</p> <p>- Oakland Athletics bitcoin suites https://twitter.com/AthleticsPR/status/1371144942735609859</p> <p>- Morgan Stanley wealth management now offering bitcoin funds https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/bitcoin-morgan-stanley-is-the-first-big-us-bank-to-offer-wealthy-clients-access-to-bitcoin-funds.html</p> <p>- Signal now accepting bitcoin https://signal.org/donate/#cryptocurrency</p> <p>- India attempted ban rumored https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-cryptocurrency-ban-idUSKBN2B60R0</p> <p>- JPMorgan says retail flows comparable to institutional https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/retail-bitcoin-traders-rival-wall-street-buyers-as-mania-builds</p> <p>- Third coincenter letter to fincen about proposed enhanced kyc https://www.coincenter.org/coin-center-uses-additional-time-provided-by-fincen-to-file-another-comment-in-ongoing-surveillance-rulemaking/</p> <p>- Binance probed by CFTC https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-12/crypto-exchange-binance-investigated-by-u-s-over-who-s-trading</p> <p>- BitMEX cofounder Ben Delo surrenders and released on $20M bail https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/bitmex-founder-delo-surrenders-to-face-u-s-laundering-charges</p> <p>- Coldcard v4.0.0 https://blockclockmini.com/firmware/</p> <p>- Blockclock mini v1.0.8 https://blog.coinkite.com/version-4.0.0-released/</p> <p>- HWI v2.0.0 https://github.com/bitcoin-core/HWI/releases/tag/2.0.0</p> <p>- Nodl dojo v0.1.2c</p> <p>- Rudefox Burrow v0.1.1 https://www.rudefox.io/burrow/quick-start.html</p> <p>- Anthony Towns on UASF http://www.erisian.com.au/wordpress/2021/03/14/fixing-uasf</p> <p>- Ryan Gentry on bitcoin governance https://ryanthegentry.medium.com/a-theory-of-bitcoin-governance-13510eff42a6</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors.</p> <p>Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.</p> <p>Unchained Capital. Check out their <a href="https://unchained-capital.com/the-vault-concierge-onboarding-package/">white glove vault concierge service</a> that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault.</p> <p>HodlHodl. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on <a href="https://lend.hodlhodl.com/">lend.hodlhodl.com</a></p> <p>Braiins. <a href="https://braiins.com/">Braiins</a> are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their <a href="https://insights.braiins.com/profitability-calculator">mining profitability calculator</a>.</p>