Tether energy production and #Bitcoin mining sites built.
https://tether.to/en/tether-invests-in-energy-production-and-sustainable-bitcoin-mining-in-uruguay/
The addition of 6 new countries into #BRICS means they will now control 80% of world #oil production.
Is #petrodollar over? 
Brazilian President Lula arrives in South Africa for the #BRICS summit with 3 goals:
1) The expansion of BRICS
2) A new focus on Africa
3) The use of local currencies for trade transactions, and an eventual BRICS reference unit.
https://www.reuters.com/world/brics-summit-2023-whats-likely-be-discussed-2023-08-18/
Happy #Bitcoin #BitcoininfinityDay https://nostr.build/av/538f4ed5a80dfd0f060230650375ceeebbee84674a0e8fff229674413b4acf7b.mov
UK Quantum Blockchain Technologies company claims they developed AI-powered algorithmic search methods that raise #Bitcoin mining efficiency and reward probability 
Hope he’s doing ok 😢
First #Germany and now #Netherlands
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/dutch-economy-enters-recession-inflation-bites-2023-08-16
52 years ago today, President #Nixon suspended convertibility of the US dollar to #gold. https://nostr.build/av/c6822055b82f6392f06d40b3a577e9c760ed9c0faff64b3fc2ab94b15adddbe9.mov
Europe launches first spot #Bitcoin ETF
https://watcher.guru/news/europe-launches-first-spot-bitcoin-etf
Yesterday: Javier #Milei explains why Argentina should make #Bitcoin legal tender. “Bitcoin is the natural reaction against the central bank scammers and to make money private again.”
Javier #Milei won the primaries https://nostr.build/av/85034a5fa7ba7c75db9ffc4dc1347517d72bbfeae71b08a3ce32df4b337747d3.mov
US Senator #Cynthia Lummis files amicus brief against #SEC in #Coinbase case 
Joltz Launches Bitcoin Rewards API To Disrupt Loyalty Rewards Market
https://bitcoinnews.com/joltz-launches-bitcoin-loyalty-rewards-api/
One of the world's largest #crypto payment processors CoinsPaid loses $37M in hack 
Over 1000 #Bitcoin addresses affected in mass HACK 
Single Currency Package: new proposals to support the use of cash and to propose a framework for a digital #euro.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3501
It should be linked to this 
The #WEF seeks a Post Growth Economy: “A steady-state economy in harmony with nature where decisions are taken together and where wealth is suitably shared in order to prosper without growth”
