https://rhr.tv/stream

The Watchers: How OpenAI, the US Government, and Persona Built an Identity Surveillance Machinehttps://vmfunc.re/blog/persona

Dutch Lawmakers Approve a 36% Tax on Unrealized Crypto, Stock, and Bond Gainshttps://www.imidaily.com/europe/dutch-lawmakers-approve-a-36-tax-on-unrealized-crypto-stock-and-bond-gains/

China | Push for Yuan as Global Reserve Currency

China has reiterated its ambition for the yuan to attain global reserve currency status. In remarks recently published by Qiushi, the Chinese Communist Party’s flagship journal used to convey policy intentions, Xi Jinping called for a “powerful currency” widely used in international trade, investment, and foreign-exchange markets. What’s new about these remarks is not their intended ambition, but rather how clearly those ambitions are stated to the public. Xi paired this plan with calls for a stronger central bank, globally competitive financial institutions, and tighter control of systemic financial risks.

PayPerQ (Primal.net)https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsz8xrf7qww033kl2vh3js2u5zyjnzu5kmepa67tk7w04ws0lnraccyr33p4

Kimi Claw | 24/7 AI Assistant with Long-term Memory & Automationhttps://www.kimi.com/bot

Pika Chat (Primal.net)https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqspwmauzykanup2wskpwgsppajn026gjn6erd5a7aq2ypxc73dncxspsgemn

Claw Creator Hired by OpenAI (X.com)https://x.com/bitcoinnewscom/status/2021978390870347923?s=46

EO: Promoting the National Defense by Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Elemental Phosphorus and Glyphosate-Based Herbicideshttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/02/promoting-the-national-defense-by-ensuring-an-adequate-supply-of-elemental-phosphorus-and-glyphosate-based-herbicides/

White House Statement on Xhttps://x.com/whitehouse/status/2024654469745480105?s=46

Mav21

3:54 - Aliens

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55:44 - HRF Story of the Week

57:24 - Software updates

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- bnpl only fans https://x.com/elsathora/status/2020085470651380083

- Israelis Arrested Over Alleged Insider Polymarket Trades on IDF Military Secrets https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/israelis-arrested-over-alleged-insider-162604779.html

- Kenya | Central Bank Warns Banknote Bouquets Could Land You in Jail

Kenya’s central bank warned Kenyans in the lead-up to Valentine’s Day that making bouquets out of colorful banknotes could be punished with a seven-year jail term. Officials argue that banknotes used in bouquets are often “folded, rolled, glued, stapled, pinned,” or otherwise damaged, which they say compromises their integrity, defaces the national currency, and increases the cost of replacing damaged notes. FinancialFreedomReport.org

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- sparrow v2.4 https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsgvxmfn0paj90c8mp49uhasp0897w0rsc06csmf36ml76l66zuaygcncf58

- amboss magma mcp https://x.com/ambosstech/status/2021585530983739575

- openclaw + marmot/whitenoise https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqspplwzghp5f6fcd7yxkhhpqj8evl0jmd6eqqcknsfqz3rud04l9ugs5z6m5

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- read nostr boosts

- opensats https://opensats.org/blog/sixteenth-wave-of-bitcoin-grants + https://bitcoinerjobs.com/job/2147148-technical-writereditor-opensats

- fed holds rates https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20260128a.htm

- kevin warsh names as trump pick for fed chair https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/fed-chair-nominee-kevin-warsh-01-30-26

- Q4 2025 GDP Data Coming Feb 20 https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0376

- ai + bitcoin + nostr

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- uae trump crypto scam https://x.com/tier10k/status/2017780627894898788

- spacex acquires xai which acquired x https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq6vnrye06po

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- perspective https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/2016287855509680261

- 1m mau bitchat https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqswxnrd0gkawyz5s0r08sru88gdzxugv4nkgpv8z7v3zdfa8cahdagrgntay

- tether gold https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-28/tether-is-shaking-up-the-gold-market-with-massive-metal-hoard

- sni dinner https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqstcm3mgphzvg2q8yaxqj4jl57u0j5644gmd394gd260836gmn482c5s8lju

- Nicaragua | Economic Control Sustains the Ortega-Murillo Regime

In an investigative series published by Confidencial, reporters identify economic control as one of the four central pillars sustaining the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. The regime increasingly relies on restrictive controls over civil society’s monetary flows to punish dissent. In 2023, the regime froze the bank accounts of institutions affiliated with the Catholic Church, which led a Nicaraguan seminary to cease operations. Since 2018, thousands of NGOs have been forced to close or had their assets seized for alleged financial violations. In Nicaragua, authoritarian financial control is a primary way to stifle civil society. FinancialFreedomReport.org

- cove android https://x.com/covewallet/status/2016172119751594243?s=46

- opensats year in review https://opensats.org/blog/2025-year-in-review

- Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/cisa-madhu-gottumukkala-chatgpt-00749361

- tiktok us immediately starts data collection after acquisition https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsw56zur9g00dq55xlsawjgyh7yd4syd34zdy8a7ek6aavkhnnq5zs8ed70a

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- teaching high school students https://x.com/MartyBent/status/2014384085238456460

- gold https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=BTC&to=XAU

- hrf park ai hackathon https://hrf.org/latest/announcing-the-ai-hack-for-freedom-hackathon-winners/

- bitchat sim https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsg437vjev8pged85x5ynqly7cw834ru2z24l7w950m6mhrjlnlz4c5uft8z

- geyser banned on insta https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsxpul50g4y4spv0t20tn09sfdvte5h9ekt3n2xjjqgr280f3gmkhg279wqp

- steak n shake treasury https://x.com/SteaknShake/status/2012346855451931045

- 21 cents bitcoin bonus https://x.com/willreeves/status/2013727933701997043

- bitcoin park schedule https://bitcoinpark.com/schedule

- city projections 2075 https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqszp5ch4mn0f3kpamv6648qngleju4gh6n9d0s48a9zc98l3j973ss0q33jf

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36:19 - Macro time & Davos

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- iran blackout, netblocks https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsqv6kehn575srnw8h3plkcqnzhnq49vfjl28t8mjagx8nl7ffwegqkz6vl4 + https://x.com/netblocks/status/2011838716562542678

- uganda vote today https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsryfpnnz4uzmgkusjthcdcffewrtxr93w3quvplgtkfp4zwcwva7q7xxhhg

- powell video https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsfpdlw0s39zg90zm5q4uhxdaszjefgw33h9rj3cxw0g30ykpuh5ks8y97un

- bitcoin policy institute launches office in dc https://x.com/bitcoinpolicy/status/2011123599672053842

- andreas finney prize https://hrf.org/program/financial-freedom/finney-prize/about-andreas-antonopoulos/

- meshtastic bitchat bridge https://github.com/evansmj/firmware-bitchat-plugin/releases/tag/v1-bitchat-beta

- hrf bdf https://hrf.org/latest/hrfs-bitcoin-development-fund-announces-support-for-22-projects-worldwide/

3:59 - Can we get much higher

9:59 - Pubkey BPI

15:04 - Dashboard

16:44 - Market structure bill

31:24 - Iran blackout

41:09 - Impact markets

46:19 - Uganda blackout

50:39 - Powell video

59:24 - BPI

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- maduro raid

- bitbonds bet

- coinswap v0.2.0 https://github.com/citadel-tech/coinswap/releases/tag/v0.2.0

- joinmarket ng https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs25q0x58n7agh0xfk02vefq9wk3f4k2z2pwvlxhydrrypdux6txgqgrcnnv

- primal signer https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs2470jrlr4e6ek9yxmhnkl420mt80qu3snr4fsv3tpn545cgj49eg9x35m5

- bitchat android https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsql7jqrgwg9gmuv7w3gmhr84m4545kn40gmx40qw0zuqsgfz6shysx8dtrq

- third ledger data leak https://x.com/zachxbt/status/2008139053544194545

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6:29 - Dashboard

9:29 - Medium of exchange

13:34 - Maduro raid

36:44 - Uganda BitChat

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- soapminer hurt https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsx795fjn4d5sgvlk6n8d2kc7euhvv25rr9pl5e0hcvz697ha7448sf6ljlw

- silver squeeze continues

- bitchat in uganda https://x.com/hebobiwine/status/2006968266733007104

- hrf freedom tech projects recap https://mailchi.mp/hrf.org/hrfs-weekly-financial-freedom-report-9102864

- opensats monthly grant chart https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsqtqrf4g2pawdnwptlctn739xyrzd3l7eqtdsxfgdumwc8mntmzvc76sz9w

- fedi goes open source https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsd2yvxvwsmmrl2fktwxlvmmvmknal76y43c3uuk4qwyzug32azdqqhx8x5k

- phoenixd dashboard https://x.com/_miguelmedeiros/status/2005668377377820834

- moneydevkit x replit https://x.com/nickslaney/status/2006413797272047758

- joinmarket ddos https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsvxzr07u7k6a7r7yu2cn27azzfl7zewh3lug2mt5tfullmk4leq9sk82equ

- new maple model https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs06jljgp8p8jkf3aqk3c6682fxlkyz794jj4mqmku26zdyhtyr48s2luavc

- somalian daycare fraud

- nfa tax stamp update

- china cargo ship war https://x.com/clashreport/status/2007051569540509836 + https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqswah09xvup65fehk9mce6z4j5l37g7u2cyq5xp33e3506v6vqfhds2wtkqv

- israeli billionaire calls for restricting free speech https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsps44vpr2r5677cjpfw4tk62zvgc6e7cseu349f4lykpy8de9s65qch5qcr

- grok trump pedophile https://x.com/grok/status/2006758066058870813

- epstein list https://epsteinsecrets.com/network?nodes=500&edges=3000&minMentions=8&minWeight=12&node=993451

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9:59 – Year in review

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- letter from keonne https://www.therage.co/letter-1-keonne-rodriguez/

- local freak oslo https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs9yww4rvz8vqf5s6ps69wkyk8pqf5m7pjyykm0edmckx90y0035eq5lejqg

- silver squeeze? https://x.com/BullTheoryio/status/2004567040389198060

- United Arab Emirates | CBDC Rolls Out as “Free” Amid Expanding Financial Surveillance

The United Arab Emirates’ central bank announced that the first phase of its Digital Dirham central bank digital currency (CBDC) will be offered free to users and small businesses, framing the rollout as a cost-saving upgrade to payments. But “free” at launch does not mean neutral. As a direct central bank liability, the Digital Dirham gives the state full visibility into transactions and the power to impose future fees, conditions, or negative interest rates once adoption is established. The news follows the UAE’s first state-to-state CBDC transaction conducted via the multi-CBDC mBridge platform, which links the UAE with China and other authoritarian states in a shared, programmable settlement system. FinancialFreedomReport.org

- zeus v0.12.0 https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs08j4ju90a4zx8qlnuztuyjel4gxk6tw3zacwrgyuw3x287z73y3qx8u32u

- zap store v1.0 https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs8amepcej6w806da4z0ztrq03zdsnr5x6r4nphexnf39nax0wz2kqlmne06

- bitcoin optech year in review https://x.com/bitcoinoptech/status/2002038834003902502

- venezuela drone concern https://medium.com/@mcnai002/the-venezuelan-drone-crisis-313dad18497d

- chinese cargo ship convert https://x.com/rickjoe_pla/status/2004128671645458617

- trump fusion

- glyohosates https://x.com/wallstreetmav/status/2002253288495022376

3:59 – Merry Christmas, Silver squeeze

18:26 – Oslo airport bitcoin

20:44 – Dashboard

22:44 – Free Samourai

24:44 – Heatpunks

25:59 – HRF Story of the Week

27:59 – EU censoring US

31:59 – Chats and boosts

35:34 – Software updates

38:24 – Venezuelan drone crisis

47:19 – Epstein files

52:59 – Glyphosates

1:13:29 – 2026 predictions

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- free samourai https://billandkeonne.org/

- jade vulnerability https://blog.blockstream.com/jade-security-disclosure/

- california strike loans https://x.com/strike/status/2001341268375568560

- Fold Becomes First Public Bitcoin Financial Services Company to Operate Nationwide Through BitGo’s Federally Chartered Trust Framework https://investor.foldapp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/fold-becomes-first-public-bitcoin-financial-services-company

- BRICS | Digital Currency Launched

The BRICS monetary bloc has launched a working prototype of a digital currency known as the “Unit,” backed by a basket of precious metals and BRICS national currencies. The first 100 Units were issued in a pilot led by Russia’s Institute for Economic Strategies. The BRICS bloc includes many authoritarian or hybrid authoritarian regimes that use capital controls, censorship, and financial surveillance to manage dissent. A state-designed, programmable digital currency rail used across multiple authoritarian states could harden those powers. FinancialFreedomReport.org

- BTCPay Server 2.3 https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsr6f4jmfefqjfqhhp0xnn8wk3qdth8zcunj7074vzr0dmaw5u734g38fq45

- pear pass https://x.com/tether_to/status/2001269408296058890

- sats buddy https://github.com/reez/SatsBuddy

- venezuela oil blockade https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-orders-blockade-sanctioned-oil-tankers-leaving-entering-venezuela-2025-12-16/

- director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center was shot to death https://apnews.com/article/mit-shooting-nuno-fg-loureiro-portugal-f310824e354180816c33c9f40c0c5195

3:59 – Opening riff

23:04 – Dahsboard

24:24 – China ban

28:09 – Free Samourai

35:19 – Jade disclosure

39:34 – Strike CA loans

43:24 – Fold

47:54 – HRF Story of the Week

52:29 – Saylor quantum

1:06:54 – Boosts

1:08:19 – Software updates

1:21:59 – Venezuela blockade

1:36:19 – MIT prof murder

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