Thought of the week from Marty Bent:
The world will get smarter as Bitcoin replaces fiat currencies.

Thought of the week from Matt Odell:
No real resistance until $100K. Do not overthink it. Do not pull your foot off the gas. Stay humble and stack.

TOP STORIES

• Bitcoin Optech #139
• Norwegian energy giant Aker forms bitcoin unit Seetee
• The shareholder letter is very good. Make sure you read it.
• New Taproot Activation Method proposed "Speedy Trial"
• Malicious backdoored version of electrum wallet
• Whirlpool GUI v0.10.3
• Samourai Wallet v0.99.96e
• Zeus v0.5.0
• JoinMarket v0.8.2
• JoininBox v0.3.0

• Coldcard v4.0.0-beta
• Sparrow v1.3.0
• BTCPay Server v1.0.7.0
• NYDIG $200 million growth round
• Blockfi $350M raise at $3B valuation
• River $12M raise
• Binance Probed by CFTC Over Whether U.S. Residents Made Trades
• Bitcoin Exchange FTX Negotiating Naming Rights for Miami Heat Arena
• Massive Microsoft Exchange email server compromise

PODCASTS

Citadel Dispatch - Tuesday

Rabbit Hole Recap - Thursday

Anas Alhajji

• OPEC dynamics
• The politics of oil and gas
• The history of the shale industry
• Common sense
• Bitcoin as a settlement currency for oil trade

Dominic Frisby

• Daylight Robbery
• The history of taxes
• The future of taxes under a Bitcoin Standard
• The State as a coercive evil force
• Gold v. Bitcoin

Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert

• Occupy Wall Street
• Wall Street in the 80s
• Independent media
• Propaganda and gaslighting
• Bitcoin as an anti-war movement
• Comedy in NYC in the 70s & 80s

Wringing of the Rag

• Monday - Issue #944: More institutional adoption
• Tuesday - Issue #945: Public spaces under a Bitcoin Standard
• Wednesday - Issue #946: Bitcoin's detractors haven't done their research
• Thursday - Issue #947: The stimmy is here
• Friday - Issue #948: Bitcoin governance and precedent with Taproot activation