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Issue #1377: Oman Has Entered the Chat
The announcement of Exahertz expanding its operations within Oman is great to see on two fronts.
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Issue #1376: The Normalization of a Higher Perpetual Inflation Rate Target Has Begun
All of this should be a reminder that one of the Fed's mandates is "price stability" and that their idea of price stability is a perpetually low (soon to be not as low) level of pr…
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Issue #1375: The Ethics of Money Production
The negative externalities that emanate from central planning are very predictable.
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Issue #1374: Is Bitcoin the Last Market Alarm Bell?
Something to keep an eye on.
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Issue #1373: The Normalization of Looting
As it becomes more clear that anything the government does to combat the economic discomfort that Americans are feeling has little or negative effect on their lives they are going…
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Issue #1371: The government is losing control and eroding civil liberties
Anyone who currently owns an LLC will be required to report the names, addresses, birth dates and tax identifier numbers (SSN or EIN) of LLC members to FinCEN beginning next year o…
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Issue #1370: Chamath’s Blind Spot
According to Chamath, the US doesn't have to worry too much about the national debt because, relatively speaking, there is no better option for countries to store their wealth in i…
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Issue #1369: AI4All hackathon winner combines the power of lightning, AI and Nostr
When you combine distributed open source communications and distribution protocols with distributed open source money and sprinkle in the power of AI things get very exciting.
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Issue #1368: The fiat whales are paying attention
Mentally prepare for the face ripping rally.
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Issue #1367: Nations are losing control
Let's hope this superconducter stuff is legit.
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Issue #1366: Bitcoin's dystopian competition is heating up
Whether it's the Fed or Worldcoin, there are seriously demented people who are moving in haste to ensure that they have control over every aspect of your financial life.
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Issue #1364: Be careful what you say or the bank shut down your account
Operation Choke Point should have already taught you this lesson.
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Issue #1363: The #Ai4ALL Hackathon ends July 31st
One thing that needs to be done to make this happen is to help those building out AI products to realize the massive benefit incorporating lightning into their APIs can have on the…
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Issue #1362: Reflections on the Lightning Summit in Nashville
I spent the most of last week in Nashville, Tennessee for the Lightning Summit at Bitcoin Park. It was an incredible event filled with people from around the world who are working…
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Issue #1361: The BIS Released the CBDC Blueprint
On June 20th, the Bank of International Settlements released it's blueprint for the future monetary system. I read the 25-page breakdown so you don't have to.
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Issue #1360: Well that didn't take long
At this rate, the national debt will reach $43.34T by the year 2027 and the debt to GDP ratio will be around 150%.
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Issue #1359: The bitcoin + AI convergence is upon us
You freaks may not realize it yet, but this is pretty massive.
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Issue #1358: Civ Kit is an example of combining open source protocols to do things the right way
By leveraging these networks, Civ Kit is providing the market with the ability to create robust escrow and reputation solutions, which are two of the core pillars of marketplaces.
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Issue #1357: Two oddities with the Prime Trust revelations
I do not have the answer to these questions, but I do think these are the particular questions that should be asked right now.
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Issue #1356: PDK is here to push Payjoin forward in wallet software
I look forward to seeing the growth of the PDK project.
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