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:

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

PODCASTS

Citadel Dispatch - Tuesday

Rabbit Hole Recap - Thursday

Untapped Growth

• ESG
• Is it moral?
• Can it be leveraged to speculative attack the fiat standard?
• How can Bitcoin lead to better culture
• Seeking objective truth

Wringing Of The Rag

• Monday - Issue #1007: Nation States have entered the room
• Tuesday - Issue #1008: Did the FBI hack Bitcoin?
• Wednesday - Issue #1009: The road to serfdom...
• Thursday - Issue #1010: The IMF is not happy with El Salvador
• Friday - Issue #1011: Tasteful ridicule is the best way out