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@TFTC21"You can actually change the regulation." @BryanJacoutot on FinCEN backing off its address reuse rule.
@TFTC21Latin America's largest corporate bitcoin holder OranjeBTC says Brazil is "quite advanced in terms of adoption" and that one of their main goals is helping people understand how bitcoin can be a meaningful way to store wealth for the long term.
@TFTC21Eleanor Terrett reports that @patrickjwitt's detail to the White House Crypto Council has expired, leaving the council with no remaining staffers. x.com/EleanorTerrett…
@TFTC21"They were using AI to kind of alter evidence a little bit more in their favor." @BryanJacoutot on AI-faked evidence in court.
@TFTC21Don't let your expenses eat your bitcoin. @AvenCard gives you a line of credit backed by your bitcoin. Up to $1M, rates from 8.99%, no rehypothecation. 2% unlimited cash back on every purchase. tftc.io/bitcoin-visa-c…
@TFTC21"It's going to be impossible to discern real from fake AI videos." @MartyBent on Bitcoin timestamps in the age of AI.
@TFTC21Cash App is reportedly building a way to let users lock in today's bitcoin price and pay over time, making it easier than ever to become a wholecoiner.
@TFTC21Stanford cryptographer Dan Boneh on whether AI could break cryptography: "Now there's a new player in town. Maybe they'll see something that us humans have not seen. But I need to stress this is not a new possibility."
@TFTC21Verdict Capital's Michael Fertik on why Anthropic going public matters: "A lot of chips are on black... Anthropic is going to be a blockbuster that might cover some of the potential gaps from an OpenAI non-IPO. We're not really clear whether OpenAI will ever IPO." x.com/WallStRollup/s…
@TFTC21"Just get the books, put them in PDF, hash, prove it was a certain point. Don't delete history on us." @MartyBent and @BryanJacoutot on AI companies burning the books.
@TFTC21"Folks can capture the live stream, run it through a Gen AI program to make it look like something nefarious is going on." @BryanJacoutot on hashing election footage into Bitcoin.
@TFTC21Jeff Booth on walking away from a successful career to bet on something new: "My friends asked me, my parents asked, what are you doing? You're doing well in real estate, you're doing well in building company, why are you giving this all up to start a dot-com company?" x.com/ddcbtc_/status…
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