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Lightning network privacy may be in question according to this research

https://www.coindesk.com/researchers-surface-privacy-vulnerabilities-in-bitcoin-lightning-network-payments

The (weak) argument for more money printer brrrr’s

https://www.coindesk.com/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-money-printer

More efficient miners contributing to new difficulty all time highs

https://cointelegraph.com/news/next-generation-bitcoin-mining-hardware-arrives-just-in-time-for-btc-halving

https://decrypt.co/26201/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-ramps-up-ahead-of-halving

Belief in money: authority vs free markets

https://decrypt.co/26205/bitcoins-belief-problem-only-26-trust-decentralized-cryptocurrency

Bitcoin ATMs top 7500 worldwide

https://decrypt.co/26162/bitcoin-atms-pump-to-over-7500-worldwide

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Bitcoiner American Hodl united Bitcoiners to help a humble Colombian man stack more sats. More than 1BTC in a single day.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1251885447967457283

https://twitter.com/hodl_american/status/1251907094187368454

https://twitter.com/i/timeline

https://blockstream.info/address/1KHG7xXffaDwtU3UqbBXmTMVCMjkJRvnpg

Purse.io is shutting down after 6 years of getting Bitcoiners cheap Amazon orders

https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-startup-purse-to-shut-down-after-6-year-run

Unprecedented Oil Crash

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-now-buys-600-barrels-of-crude-oil-as-prices-fall-below-zero

https://twitter.com/i/status/1252277424986914818

https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/CL1:COM

Yet another DeFi hack – this one to the tune of $25 million

https://cointelegraph.com/news/dforce-hacker-attempts-to-negotiate-after-allegedly-leaking-his-identity

“It’s Time To Build” by Marc Andreessen

https://a16z.com/2020/04/18/its-time-to-build/

“The State Is Bad At Distributing Money” by Marty Bent

https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-720/

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I got banned from YouTube, but now I’m back – on even more platforms!

https://cointelegraph.com/news/two-more-crypto-youtube-channels-restored-after-being-blocked-by-the-platform

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G20 Financial Stability Board advise strict regulations on Stablecoins

https://cointelegraph.com/news/harsh-stablecoin-recommendations-from-g-20-are-a-step-in-the-right-direction-but-regulators-need-more-education

Facebook Libra is a shell of its former self

https://decrypt.co/25776/facebooks-libra-to-launch-stablecoins-for-each-major-currency

Craig Wright’s lawsuits are in shambles

https://decrypt.co/25916/craig-wright-vs-crypto-the-current-state-of-his-5-libel-lawsuits

Bloomberg unknowingly makes the case for Bitcoin

https://bitcoinist.com/bloomberg-ironically-makes-the-best-case-for-crypto/

Halving and the subsequent 2 years will be a make or break for Plan B’s stock to flow model

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-halving-will-be-make-or-break-for-stock-to-flow-model-planb

Stock to flow model live

https://digitalik.net/btc/

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BTCPay Server implements payjoin privacy feature with the help of Blockstream

https://blockstream.com/2020/04/16/en-bitcoin-privacy-improves-with-btcpay-servers-p2ep-implementation/

Marty Bent discusses oil & gas being the next boon for Bitcoin mining

https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-717/

Follow Steve Barbour for more on O&G mining

https://twitter.com/SGBarbour

Tone Vays was banned from YouTube

https://twitter.com/ToneVays/status/1250793993396539394

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There’s a bill to pay every American $2000/month

https://decrypt.co/25756/democrat-coronavirus-check-bill

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IMF confirms global recession far worse than 2008

https://www.coindesk.com/the-great-lockdown-imf-confirms-global-recession

Deutsche Bank slams Federal Reserve for spurring zombie markets

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-takes-aim-at-7k-as-deutsche-bank-hails-end-of-free-market

Google searches for Bitcoin Halving 16% above previous all time high

https://cointelegraph.com/news/search-volume-for-bitcoin-halving-outflanks-previous-all-time-high

BAD TAKE: Bitcoin Suisse founder claims Bitcoin will follow Ethereum to proof of stake

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-will-follow-ethereum-and-move-to-proof-of-stake-says-bitcoin-suisse-founder

Craig Wright retreats from libel lawsuit against Adam Back, pays all legal fees

https://decrypt.co/25328/craig-wright-drops-lawsuit-against-adam-back-pays-all-costs

Samourai Wallet tutorial with setup, dojo and whirlpool

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Abra ditches all non-custodial features

https://decrypt.co/24920/crypto-investment-wallet-abra-ditches-non-custodial-model

Bisq has critical security vulnerability, 3BTC and 4000XMR stolen

https://bisq.network/statement-security-vulnerability-april-2020

Yet another bitcoin-backed token, this time on Tezos

https://www.coindesk.com/wrapped-bitcoin-aims-to-kickstart-defi-on-tezos-blockchain

Plus these two on Ethereum

https://www.coindesk.com/makers-of-keep-protocol-raise-7-7m-to-bring-trustless-btc-to-defi

Retail investors bought the dip, while institutions bailed

https://decrypt.co/24858/retail-bitcoin-investors-are-buying-the-dip-as-institutional-traders-flee-report

Mike Novogratz says stocks are a bull trap – stick to gold and Bitcoin

https://bitcoinist.com/stock-rebound-is-trap-go-bitcoin-instead-galaxy-digital-ceo/

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A comparison of the US with Weimar Germany post-WW1 by Marty Bent

https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-711/

As many as 30% of homeowners could stop paying their mortgages

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/u-mortgage-borrowers-stop-making-143917166.html

Analyst sees $13.8K Bitcoin in the cards by the end of June

https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-price-breaks-7-3k-but-analyst-sees-13-8k-soon/

https://twitter.com/BTC_JackSparrow/status/1247159549217267714/photo/1

Demand for Bitcoin online courses jump 300%

https://decrypt.co/24801/demand-for-bitcoin-online-courses-explodes-by-300

Bitcoin fear and greed index

https://alternative.me/crypto/fear-and-greed-index/

Phoenix lightning wallet adds tor support

https://twitter.com/PhoenixWallet/status/1247456750908956680

BTC Sessions blog with tutorials including Phoenix:

https://www.btcsessions.ca/post/how-to-buy-sell-and-use-bitcoin-in-canada

Paxful adds trades between bitcoin and gold

https://cointelegraph.com/news/paxful-launches-peer-to-peer-trading-between-gold-and-bitcoin

Running a bitcoin node to maximize financial sovereignty

https://www.academy.btse.com/post/running-a-bitcoin-node-to-maximize-financial-sovereignty

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First US Bank failure of the recession

https://decrypt.co/24521/first-us-bank-falls-coronavirus

Fed President claims economy is fine

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/04/05/bullard-economy-not-in-free-fall-despite-32percent-unemployment-estimate.html?__twitter_impression=true

Michael Burry on jobs report

https://twitter.com/michaeljburry/status/1247021055824150528

New Wasabi release for #coinjoinday

https://twitter.com/wasabiwallet/status/1246714943862444032

Beware “Profit Bitcoin” scam

https://cointelegraph.com/news/new-zealand-financial-regulator-warns-public-about-profit-bitcoin-scam

Bitcoin hashrate increase

https://cointelegraph.com/news/no-bailouts-required-bitcoin-difficulty-to-rise-as-hash-rate-recovers

Bitcoin has likely had an average of $400M new investment over the past 2.5 years

https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-investment-vastly-higher-than-assumed-new-data-suggests/

Bitcoin block halving countdown

https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/

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3iQ to launch Bitcoin Fund on the Toronto Stock Exchange

https://3iq.ca/3iq-corp/3iq-receives-receipt-for-the-bitcoin-fund-final-prospectus/

Blue Wallet adds Hodl Hodl trading integration

https://medium.com/@hodlhodl/hodl-hodl-integrates-with-bluewallet-8c8c64287b44

Mike Novogratz anticipates $20,000 Bitcoin before the end of 2020

https://cointelegraph.com/news/mike-novogratz-may-hang-his-spurs-if-bitcoin-doesnt-hit-20k-in-2020

Bitcoin Fear/Greed Index

https://alternative.me/crypto/fear-and-greed-index/

Past halving performance

https://cointelegraph.com/news/past-halvings-in-review-case-for-an-immediate-bitcoin-upsurge-is-flawed

Fed balance sheet swells to $5.86 trillion

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-balancesheet/fed-balance-sheet-increases-to-record-5-86-trillion-idUSKBN21K3HB

Bitcoin block halving countdown

https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/

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Halving and Miner Capitulation – how it all affects the price of Bitcoin

https://www.blockwaresolutions.com/research-and-publications/2020-halving-analysis

Bull Bitcoin launches LCAD – liquid Canadian Dollar on Blockstream’s Liquid sidechain

https://lcad.bullbitcoin.com/

Robert Kiyosaki is bullish on Bitcoin

https://twitter.com/theRealKiyosaki/status/1245205778849394688

Physical Gold shortages abound

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-02/want-a-gold-bar-under-your-mattress-get-in-line-and-pay-up

Max Keiser believes deficiency in gold market is bullish for Bitcoin

https://cointelegraph.com/news/gold-is-toilet-paper-for-the-rich-bitcoin-for-the-poor-max-keiser

US Jobless claims rise 6.6 million, bringing total to nearly 10 million

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/02/weekly-jobless-claims.html

Bitfinex increases lightning network capacity

https://blog.bitfinex.com/announcements/bitfinexs-lightning-network-capacity-is-now-even-better/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=bfx_LightningNetwork_newnode

UK challenger bank Revolut opens Bitcoin/crypto exposure to all its global customers

https://decrypt.co/24281/revolut-brings-bitcoin-to-all-of-its-7-million-users

BTSE Debit card

https://www.btse.com/en/debit-card

Binance Debit card

https://www.binance.com/en/blog/421499824684900479/Introducing-the-Binance-Card-Shop-and-Pay-With-Crypto-Anywhere-in-the-World