Congressman Brad Sherman telling a panel of crypto industry experts, "Since none of you are successful criminals, you're not qualified to tell Congress how criminals use crypto." https://video.nostr.build/ecf1fe9638585208d513f1ed434d6aefdd7aace6427cd3c989ec7629974832ed.mp4
JUST IN: CEO Pavel Durov says Telegram will share users’ IP addresses and phone numbers with authorities in response to valid legal requests.
The platform updated its terms of service "to prevent abuse."
This comes less than a month after Durov’s arrest in France. 
"They believe her administration might accelerate economic challenges like inflation and currency devaluation, which would drive more people toward Bitcoin as a hedge."
https://bitcoinnews.com/adoption/trump-and-harris-better-bitcoin-vaneck/
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The SEC approved options trading for BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT), marking a major step toward Bitcoin's mainstream acceptance.
https://bitcoinnews.com/markets/sec-bitcoin-etf-options-trading-ibit/
Hawk Tuah recently went viral with her sharp commentary on Satoshi's solution to the Byzantine Generals Problem.
“Solving the Byzantine Generals Problem is a pivotal breakthrough in distributed systems, as it resolves the challenge of achieving consensus in environments with potentially malicious or faulty actors. In decentralized networks without a central authority, ensuring consistent agreement among participants is essential for maintaining system integrity. The Byzantine fault tolerance model encapsulates adversarial conditions, where nodes may behave dishonestly. Resolving this enables secure coordination in trustless systems, underpinning consensus mechanisms like proof-of-work, foundational to modern cryptographic protocols.”
NEW: First ever Ark payments were made on the Bitcoin main net this Friday 👀🙌
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No one knows when the West’s debt bomb will explode, but headlines like this will only become more frequent as we head toward it. 
Hawk Tuah recently went viral with her sharp commentary on Satoshi's solution to the Byzantine Generals Problem.
“Solving the Byzantine Generals Problem is a pivotal breakthrough in distributed systems, as it resolves the challenge of achieving consensus in environments with potentially malicious or faulty actors. In decentralized networks without a central authority, ensuring consistent agreement among participants is essential for maintaining system integrity. The Byzantine fault tolerance model encapsulates adversarial conditions, where nodes may behave dishonestly. Resolving this enables secure coordination in trustless systems, underpinning consensus mechanisms like proof-of-work, foundational to modern cryptographic protocols.” 
NEW: Despite having a population of just 782,000, 🇧🇹 Bhutan’s #Bitcoin holdings are more than double those of El Salvador, which has 6.3 million people. Bhutan now ranks third on the Sovereign Bitcoin Assets Leaderboard, behind the US ($12.16 billion) and the UK ($3.67 billion). 
Several Bitcoin wallets dormant for over 15 years moved 250 BTC ($15.9M), sparking curiosity in the Bitcoin community.
https://bitcoinnews.com/adoption/250-btc-dormant-wallets-january-2009/
JUST IN: The SEC approves trading of options on BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF 👀 
Every once in a while, Peter Schiff will show signs of being a hardcore Bitcoin Maxi.
Follow these tips to mitigate the risk of your Bitcoin hardware wallet being subject to a supply chain attack 👀
Louisiana now accepts Bitcoin and USDC for state services like licenses and fees, becoming one of the first U.S. states to integrate digital currencies in payments.
https://bitcoinnews.com/editors-picks/louisiana-john-fleming-bitcoin/
#Bitcoin flash mob in front of Bank of Italy's headquarters.
Bring the Empire back 🇮🇹 nostr:note1yfhran4z24s3lnahaxp9k8th95lh3xhevvxw6k8rvqapyl9ec0tqz3ej6r
NEW: 🇩🇪 Geyser Fund is removing projects in conflict zones, such as 🇵🇸 Palestine and 🇺🇦 Ukraine, to comply with new 🇪🇺 EU regulations like MiCAR.
"Geyser is not the right place for these projects – they need more secure, more uncensorable systems," says CEO Mick Morucci. 
NEW: 🇺🇸 Louisiana has become the first state to accept cryptocurrency payments for government services.
Residents can now use #Bitcoin and Bitcoin Lightning Network to pay taxes and fees.
The state's inaugural Bitcoin payment was a fine processed through Lightning Network 🙌 
JUST IN: 🇩🇪 Germany’s Commerzbank to start offering #Bitcoin trading and custody to its 11.6m retail customers 🙌 
The battle between USD and Bitcoin heats up in 2024, highlighting inflation, instability, and demand for alternatives in a centralized vs. decentralized showdown.
https://bitcoinnews.com/opinion/usd-vs-bitcoin-2024-future-of-money/