The Sat Standard - Bitcoin Weekly - June 12 2021

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The Sat Standard
This week in bitcoin. Straight to the point. No bullshit. Every Saturday.
Thought of the week from Marty Bent:
This will go down as one of the most pivotal weeks in Bitcoin’s history. Soak it in. 

Thought of the week from Matt Odell:
Every bitcoiner needs to listen to this interview with Ross Ulbricht: https://youtu.be/zHMVyr5NjEY. It is his first audio interview since being thrown in jail nearly a decade ago.
TOP STORIES
  • Bitcoin Optech #152
  • Taproot bitcoin upgrade has locked-in
  • El Salvador declares bitcoin legal tender 
  • Legal tender move pissed off IMF 
  • VOLCANO MINING 
  • DOJ seizes 63.7 bitcoin connected to Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack 
  • Global bank regulators propose burdensome bitcoin capital rule 
  • White House advisor disclosures million dollar bitcoin position 
  • Blockstream and Square announce solar mining initiative
  • Square announces $5M bitcoin endowment 
  • Rumors that Indian Government will be more positive toward bitcoin going forward 
  • Bitmex extends Gleb Naumenko grant 
  • Microstrategy announces new private offering 
  • Bitfinex invests in HodlHodl 
  • Ledger raises $380 million 
  • FBI ran an encrypted phone network 'Anom' with a backdoor 
  • Apple announces new 'private relay' trust minimized VPN 
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    • Is it moral?
    • Can it be leveraged to speculative attack the fiat standard?
    • How can Bitcoin lead to better culture
    • Seeking objective truth
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Marty's Ƀent - June 11th, 2021 - Issue #1011

Saturday, June 12, 2021

Friday, June 11th 2021 - Issue #1011 Tasteful ridicule is the best way out Can sanity return in an insane world? In late April we wrote a rag about the current mass psychosis that large swaths of our

Marty's Ƀent - June 10th, 2021 - Issue #1010

Friday, June 11, 2021

Thursday, June 10th 2021 - Issue #1010 The IMF is not happy with El Salvador Well, that didn't take long. The ink on the bill that made bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador isn't even dry yet

Marty's Ƀent - June 9th, 2021 - Issue #1009

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - Issue #1009 The road to serfdom... On April 29th, we wrote about the pillaging of the middle class via the cornering of the real estate market by institutional capital

Marty's Ƀent - June 8th, 2021 - Issue #1008

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Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - Issue #1008 Did the FBI hack Bitcoin? No. No they did not. I'm sure some of you freaks are aware that the Department of Justice came out yesterday and announced that the

Marty's Ƀent - June 7th, 2021 - Issue #1007

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Monday, June 7th 2021 - Issue #1007 Nation States have entered the room I'm writing this rag from the back of an Uber as I head to the airport to hop on a flight home after a hell of a week in

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