Ecosystem - Satyoshi Nakamoto

• Eleven years ago today…

Ecosystem - Zcash

• Edward Snowden Played Key Role in Zcash Privacy Coin’s Creation

Ecosystem - Twitter

• Twitter Accepts Elon Musk’s $54.20-a-Share Buyout Offer
• Dorsey Praises Musk’s Twitter Buy: ‘Elon Is the Singular Solution’

Regulation - Central African Republic

• Central African Republic adopts bitcoin as an official currency - Reuters
• Bitcoin becomes official currency in Central African Republic - BBC News
• Central African Republic Adopts Bitcoin as Legal Tender
• Central African Republic Launches Legal Framework For Economic Use Of Bitcoin - Bitcoin Magazine
• The Central African Republic Adopts Bitcoin As Legal Tender - Bitcoin Magazine

Regulation - Ukraine

• Ukraine Bans Bitcoin Purchases With National Currency - Bitcoin Magazine

Regulation - Europe

• ECB’s Panetta Blasts Crypto as ‘Ponzi Scheme’ Fueled by Greed
• Speech by Fabio Panetta
• Europe’s Lawmakers Set to Advance Discussion of Controversial Crypto AML Rules

Regulation - US

• Crypto Industry Can’t Hire Enough Lawyers - WSJ
• US Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Give CFTC Crypto Spot Market Oversight

Ecosystem - Bitcoin ETF

• Grayscale Renews Push With SEC for Bitcoin Spot ETF - Decrypt

Ecosystem - Goldman Sach Bitcoin-backed loan

• Goldman Sachs Offers Its First Bitcoin-Backed Loan: Report - Bitcoin Magazine
• Goldman Sachs Makes Its First Bitcoin-Backed Loan

Ecosystem - Bitoin 401(k) plan

• MicroStrategy Allow Employees To Invest In Bitcoin As Part Of 401(k) Plan - Bitcoin Magazine
• Fidelity to Allow Retirement Savers to Put Bitcoin in 401(k) Accounts - WSJ

Ecosystem - NFT

• Bored Ape Yacht Club: Unanswered Questions – Amy Castor
• Is ‘Meta’ Already Giving Up on the Metaverse?
• Coinbase stock slides to all-time low amid NFT marketplace beta rollout

Ecosystem - DeFi

• Fireblocks Sees $500M Stampede Into Terra DeFi in First Week
• AkuDreams dev team locks up $33M due to smart contract bug
• How Deus Finance Was Exploited for $13.4M on Fantom

Tech - Ethereum

• MetaMask stops working as Infura suffers another service outage
• Infura Status
• Cryptoverse: Ether prepares for epic ‘merge’ in quest to eclipse bitcoin - Reuters
• The Compromises and Benefits of Ethereum switching to a Proof of Stake network
• So What if the Ethereum Foundation Holds Fiat?

Ecosystem - Mining

• Bitcoin Hash Rate, Mining Difficulty Hit New All-Time Highs - Bitcoin Magazine
• Bitcoin network hash rate hit a new record high amid price volatility
• Hash Rate Politicization Is An Attack On Bitcoin Miners - Bitcoin Magazine

Tech - Bitcoin

• The Recent Release Of A Bitcoin Core Update - Bitcoin Magazine
• Newsletter #197 - Bitcoin Optech

Tech - CTV

• 7 Theses on a next step for BIP-119 · Jeremy Rubin
• OP_CTV - Summer Softfork Shenanigans - BitMEX Blog

Tech - Bitcoin Softforks

• Bitcoin 2022 Conference: Bitcoin Softforks - YouTube
• Is Speedy Trial The Way To Change Bitcoin? - Bitcoin Magazine

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