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  • 81: Bitcoin or Bust

    Pod 81:

    • The carnage isn’t over: https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1299-the-carnage-is-not-over/
    • the silent bitcoin revolution of Africa https://youtu.be/d5AvBsxRMYk
    • the citadel hunter: Rab, Croatia https://youtu.be/07g3EuoSOGI
    • fud of the week: joe rogan guest thinks bitcoin is worthless cos he loves government control of the supply and inflation allows a growing economy 🤡🌍 https://twitter.com/layahheilpern/status/1612090523036033026?s=46&t=okjBzL3w6BNQS5ZK4bGgrw
    • blackrock add bitcoin to the portfolio https://www.coinspeaker.com/blackrock-bitcoin-global-allocation-fund
    • mic drop after mic drop from Max Keiser https://youtu.be/BGRKmiJtKRE
    • op_vault a new proposal to make cold storage safer https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1300-op-vault/
    • inflation weekly: gold backed fiat found, would have been worth a stack of gold, but is worth zero https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1080o3q/man_found_a_fortune_of_old_goldbacked_lebanese/
      • 1 hr 40 min
    • 80: Happy 14th Birthday Bitcoin

      Pod 80:

      • Merry Christmas 🎄: Jack Mallers on bitcoin in https://youtu.be/XM2zVSt56e0
      • running bitcoin, OG Hal Finney https://secure2.convio.net/alsa/site/TR?fr_id=15435&pg=entry
      • top 5 most exciting bitcoin developments in 2023 https://twitter.com/pippellia/status/1608507704057765890?s=46&t=2uA4wXLkaVvG3DbodeaU7w
      • saylor and microstrategy sell 704 bitcoin https://blockworks.co/news/microstrategy-bitcoin-wash-trading-tax-harvesting (and buy 810 two days later)
      • Russia to allow international trade in bitcoin from January https://twitter.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/1606257822332641280?s=46&t=lh3mwRWbjQrtoe0wDLVfFw
      • Miners feeling the pressure, Core Scientific files for bankruptcy https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-bankruptcy
      • Quadriga funds on the move for the first time in years https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1604953664719683585?s=46&t=uY2lXw1118NuNF3_PbUZIw
      • OG bitcoin dev Lukedashjr losses 200+ bitcoin to a hack https://twitter.com/lukedashjr/status/1609613748364509184?s=46&t=dqVZsG_EeQ0bmOHIcz5_7g
      • inflation weekly: the US is at it again, $1.7trillion of spending towards wars, surveillance tech, and convincing kids there are more than two genders https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1294/
      • FTX weekly: Caroline is singing like a bird 🐥 https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/12/22/caroline-ellison-plea-agreement-250000-bail-surrender-of-travel-documents-forfeiture-of-assets/
      • also; FDIC and FTX: https://twitter.com/blockchainchick/status/1609077244332236800?s=46&t=F2VjwD9IRDn0BT3J9iPkfA
      • shitcoin corner: ETH gets delisted https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/crypto-platform-paxful-delists-ethereum CEO confirms https://twitter.com/raypaxful/status/1605529289054527488?s=46&t=kiSFc-M7MaNagmJR5-OT7Q
        • 2 hr 5 min
      • 78: SBF Arrested

        Pod 78:

        • BREAKING: SBF arrested https://twitter.com/sdnynews/status/1602451395910803457?s=46&t=UEdvfPQh95cYK5bknP0-mQ charges are for defrauding equity investors https://youtu.be/qIBxZOxmX98
        • FTX weekly: CZ goes in on Kevin o Leary on his $15m fee for promoting them https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1601140809491185664?s=46&t=odErQ3u19AxWkVAfoZN6cw SBF responds https://twitter.com/sbf_ftx/status/1601191234034274304?s=46&t=odErQ3u19AxWkVAfoZN6cw
        • BREAKING 2.0: Binance pauses withdrawals of USDC after $3b is withdrawn in the last day https://gizmodo.com/binance-crypto-ftx-withdrawals-stablecoin-1849887201
        • Jack Dorsey is in Kenya, bringing in power and using the excess to mine bitcoin https://twitter.com/jack/status/1601126305683996673?s=46&t=sDKTFvEzvNv_Dy3Y6m6ZRQ
        • The Petro dollar is falling as china seek to do some big oil deals in the Middle East https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-xi-tells-gulf-nations-use-shanghai-exchange-yuan-energy-deals-2022-12-09/?
        • A of number of key crypto figures mysteriously dying https://bitcoinist.com/death-in-crypto-3-leaders-die-weeks-apart/
        • FUD of the week; another politician goes after bitcoin and it’s energy usage https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/3767417-oversight-of-cryptocurrency-particularly-its-environmental-impacts-is-long-overdue/
        • inflation weekly: US tracking $600 payments prompts burst on $599 transactions https://twitter.com/wallstreetsilv/status/1601063045228220417?s=46&t=sDKTFvEzvNv_Dy3Y6m6ZRQ also let’s remember what inflation did to the $10k limit that was designed for a $100k value originally https://twitter.com/marleyanalytics/status/1601064892840431616?s=46&t=sDKTFvEzvNv_Dy3Y6m6ZRQ
        • Aaaaand finally: The twitter files:
          • 1. The hunter Biden laptop https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1598825403182874625?s=46&t=sDKTFvEzvNv_Dy3Y6m6ZRQ
          • 2. Twitters secret ban lists https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601020109807448064?s=46&t=sDKTFvEzvNv_Dy3Y6m6ZRQ
          • 3. De-platforming Trump https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601395677845544960?s=46&t=sDKTFvEzvNv_Dy3Y6m6ZRQ
          • 4 & 5 are also out, same stuff, more on Trump and why he was banned.
            • 1 hr 46 min
          • 79: The 3BTC Transaction Fee

            Pod 79:

            • bitcoin is not FTX https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/ftx-collapse-did-not-kill-bitcoin?
            • FTX weekly: Martin Shkreli breaks down the sentence SBF should get https://youtu.be/2ivqzyjfHG0
            • Binance is under fire: CZ addresses 1:1 issues https://youtu.be/uwsJm3qgp9I then bombs this interview: https://twitter.com/bitfinexed/status/1603479251793063937?s=46&t=uj2_Mu7kIz2M1uBnCxNlcg
            • More mining bitcoin with excess energy, this time in Japan https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/tepco-to-mine-bitcoin-with-excess-power?
            • someone paid 3 bitcoin for a bitcoin transaction fee, ooops (trying to send 0.27 btc) https://mempool.space/tx/04456585d3171624a2b1564e029e823ad076c6e9eccfe50bc6eae8e77c1b5d60
            • lightning is getting more features https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1293-replit-lighting-could-open-the-floodgates-to-app-building/
            • Fud of the week: Elizabeth Warren pushes further bitcoin regulation https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/elizabeth-warren-introduces-anti-bitcoin-bill?
            • shitcoin corner: pugbat project cryptozoo by Logan Paul gets an update, turns out they didn’t even hatch the eggs 🥚🍳 https://youtu.be/386p68_lDHA
              • 1 hr 32 min
            • 77: SCAM BANKMAN FRAUD: FTX CONT..

              Pod 77:

              • SBF did show up at the elites event https://youtu.be/IyoGdwVIwWwhttps://stocks.apple.com/A6deKqbVdSKGYMS8i7eXGpw


                • FTX weekly: Coffeezilla speaks to the Vox journalist who spoke to SBF to try and figure out fact from fiction https://youtu.be/0rL35_WV3lE full call is here, here is SBF explaining why locals in the Bahamas got their money out first https://youtu.be/6DezodR9hNI?t=701


                  • and coffeezilla tracks SBF down on twitter, gives him hell https://youtu.be/cKrT9Jae4No


                    • finally, the many crimes of SBF https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/11/30/ftxs-collapse-was-a-crime-not-an-accident/


                      • Bitcoins largest downward difficulty adjustment since China banned mining last year https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1288-largest-downward-difficulty-adjustment-since-july-2021


                        • new ledger by ex-apple guy launched https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/ledger-announces-ledger-stax-wallet


                          • inflation weekly: yellen on inflation, blames China, thinks Biden is great https://youtu.be/_Wi2OL2HXXg


                            • and some more inflation: this time the uk, we shouldn’t strike as it’s what Putin wants, we’re in this together https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63851251


                              • fud of the week; the ECB write a blog on bitcoin https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2022/html/ecb.blog221130~5301eecd19.en.html


                                • shitcoin corner: apple blocks Coinbase ability to send nfts unless they pay apple their 30% https://twitter.com/coinbasewallet/status/1598354819735031809?s=46&t=AMtXmmGBuMKTZlkq1z45JQ


                                  • Brazil and bitcoin https://twitter.com/namcios/status/1598706657680412673?s=46&t=TR7xPiUMcWdedceElbcTbQ
                                    • 2 hr 2 min
                                  • 76: The FTX Snake of Infinite Debt

                                    Pod 76:

                                    • Fidelity open doors to bitcoin https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/fidelity-opens-retail-bitcoin-trading?
                                    • SBF still speaking at the boys club conference, how ? https://twitter.com/sbf_ftx/status/1595512579417378837?s=46&t=LcInCWTWHav0bAvnKtQR8Q
                                    • The WSJ continues its white washing https://twitter.com/wsjmarkets/status/1595726972428386306?s=46&t=ZYsEzkdqXG9e-3LP0NpULw Elon calls it out https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595889743958798336?s=46&t=5k9twjG6huOjVpGJxT7Awg
                                    • did FTX own a U.S. bank? https://twitter.com/pelositracker_/status/1596255099432509441?s=46&t=PRkvZ_yN-7m4rHS1KjATwQ
                                    • What money 👀 do you still owe $157k to FTX in trading losses? https://twitter.com/ericzhu105/status/1594780220422242304?s=46&t=LBLnBKY3jNVpbIVXLEqVkg
                                    • FTX took out the Miami party scene https://www.businessinsider.com/miami-club-owners-lose-top-spenders-ftx-crypto-downfall-report-2022-11
                                    • as expected, blockfi files for bankruptcy with $1-10billion in liabilities but only $250m in reserves https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/blockfi-files-for-bankruptcy? and they want to claw some money back from SBF suing him for his stake in robinhood https://watcher.guru/news/heres-why-blockfi-is-taking-legal-action-against-ftxs-sam-bankman-fried
                                    • so to sum up the web of fraud https://twitter.com/ayko2718/status/1597432454070956032?s=46&t=YAhDLknwT52lX4LCt1sP6A
                                    • inflation weekly: uk pension age to increase again, to 68 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/11/25/state-pension-age-set-rise-68-treasurys-big-bazooka-cash-grab/
                                    • chaos in china https://twitter.com/songpinganq/status/1595456780557062144?s=46&t=SMmufIRdFbTWZ813D9f0hg
                                    • ledger live confirm how they can guess how much value is stored on ledgers https://twitter.com/crlndrsn/status/1596472596509478913?s=46&t=zhsKaKM620mYg4kIjw1gbw
                                      • 1 hr 44 min
                                    • 75: FTX Faked Woke For Likes

                                      Pod 75:

                                      • El Salvador to DCA 1 BTC a day https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1593113857261965312?s=46&t=z7oeP7ubbUyfybcSdX-3CA
                                      • Bankruptcy docs are pure 🔥 https://twitter.com/jonwu_/status/1593262926705487872?s=46&t=NGNAtvtv9BK3Tu9rif7pzw
                                      • Sam tried to explain himself https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23462333/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-cryptocurrency-effective-altruism-crypto-bahamas-philanthropy
                                      • another FTX domino, genesis pause withdrawals https://twitter.com/watcherguru/status/1592872808669147140?s=46&t=maC0hkhM0UUMaj3d-0Shrg
                                      • Genesis confirms they’re bankrupt without more investment, who would give them that? https://twitter.com/watcherguru/status/1594810204692029463?s=46&t=x1KoQKHQSM5k8bgQK6_1AQ
                                      • another domino, Gemini earn program is run by Genesis and they went bust along with FTX https://twitter.com/gemini/status/1592873279232278532?s=46&t=z7oeP7ubbUyfybcSdX-3CA
                                      • Coinbase CEO sells some shares: https://twitter.com/roaringpika/status/1594202762371284993?s=46&t=_j0gevZr2kQmP7HgJwphPQ
                                      • Talking of paused withdrawals, staked eth isn’t coming or anytime soon https://twitter.com/cryptocrystal_b/status/1592678358718255104?s=46&t=p-d4B2MNfBpVlrQmIYwodg
                                      • if DCG go bust then prepare your pants; did the fall of 3AC hurt Genesis and Grayscale so bad they are next as they had a circular trading pattern? https://datafinnovation.medium.com/3ac-dcg-amazing-coincidences-c14eec941c06
                                      • the white washing begins, 2000 words from the Washington Post on how great Sam is but not what a criminal fraudster he is https://twitter.com/autismcapital/status/1593093604800876545?s=46&t=z7oeP7ubbUyfybcSdX-3CA
                                      • Forbes wrote about Caroline, say she is a “darling of the alt right” in the title but don’t say anything else https://twitter.com/forbes/status/1593655910106292226?s=46&t=OvCbHS5ywQWli1of2G9EAg
                                      • can we trust the Barbados regulators? Claims they forced Sam to give them what was left. Fact or fiction? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11441311/Bombshell-court-filing-suggests-Sam-Bankman-Fried-transferred-digital-assets-Bahamas-government.html
                                      • more evidence Sam was in the club, this event has US Treasury, Zelensky, BlackRock and Sammy boy speaking https://twitter.com/pelositracker_/status/1593144488255713280?s=46&t=z7oeP7ubbUyfybcSdX-3CA
                                        • 2 hr 15 min
                                      • 74: The Full Story of FTX
                                        • the PR Sam paid for around his ‘earn to give’ mentality https://twitter.com/clownworld_/status/1591329833258450946?s=46&t=dU_2kXUS7oROAqizfP0fBg
                                        • although this is where he was living when they filmed that vid, now up for sale for $39m https://twitter.com/autismcapital/status/1591924127287463939?s=46&t=dU_2kXUS7oROAqizfP0fBg
                                        • Sam speaks and takes the blame https://twitter.com/sbf_ftx/status/1590709166515310593?s=46&t=qFjXIQ8XxksLsbC_4REsig the US FTX is ok though right? Wrong https://twitter.com/sbf_ftx/status/1591089317300293636?s=46&t=MPsMLFL4M1L06yXqSw1Nnw
                                        • many are rekt, half of crypto twitter https://twitter.com/gainzy222/status/1590473641841807360?s=46&t=qFjXIQ8XxksLsbC_4REsig  plus Dave Portnoy https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1590488707966332930?s=46&t=qFjXIQ8XxksLsbC_4REsig
                                        • El Salvador lost it all on FTX fud, tricked Novogratz to say it on live tv https://twitter.com/novogratz/status/1590702794163781632?s=46&t=qFjXIQ8XxksLsbC_4REsig
                                        • FTX process some withdrawals, but only if you live in the Bahamas or are Justin Sun https://twitter.com/ftx_official/status/1590783569471115264?s=46&t=qFjXIQ8XxksLsbC_4REsig and https://twitter.com/ftx_official/status/1590763245488713729?s=46&t=qFjXIQ8XxksLsbC_4REsig some even getting fake id docs for the Bahamas to get their money https://twitter.com/crypto_noddy/status/1590927542877552641?s=46&t=0b6zX2CtBQMFrTATzZax1A
                                        • turns out this wasn’t ‘complying with regulation’ though https://twitter.com/scbgov_bs/status/1591577646005379074?s=46&t=3DjjK-PcegrvN4aZiMIh0A
                                        • blockfi were bailed out by FTX, they pause withdrawals https://twitter.com/blockfi/status/1590875997351866368?s=46&t=qFjXIQ8XxksLsbC_4REsig


                                          • 2 hr 18 min
                                        • 73: FTX Rekt

                                          Pod 73:

                                          • BREAKING: Binance to buy FTX https://watcher.guru/news/breaking-binance-to-acquire-ftx-com
                                          • happy bitcoin White Paper day, snowden dunks on CSW https://twitter.com/fichte42/status/1587121466767818754?s=46&t=kPHiNacdQ_0TXYSgqsMKPg
                                          • Craig Wright, a tribute https://twitter.com/lynxabi/status/1587204037237252099?s=46&t=kPHiNacdQ_0TXYSgqsMKPg
                                          • jack links bitcoin to twitter https://twitter.com/documentingbtc/status/1589024743285743616?s=46&t=ErCwJgn-y5xDqaYA5aLPGQ
                                          • bolt 12 https://twitter.com/ln_capital/status/1589321548133203968?s=46&t=NgsuP7t0KOxtfNOWhxDVqg
                                          • 51,676 bitcoin seized in relation to Silk Road https://watcher.guru/news/department-of-justice-seizes-3-36-billion-cryptocurrency-in-historic-conviction
                                          • why don’t we have aml and kyc on email? https://twitter.com/du09btc/status/1586 269255162478593?s=46&t=kBHm18DrkC0FUQVfgKpVoQ
                                          • inflation weekly: Largade says inflation comes from no where https://twitter.com/biancoresearch/status/1587119540013613057?s=46&t=qmSyCkNiMcaoCD2WSNHURw
                                          • inflation weekly; Elon fact checks the white house https://twitter.com/lynxabi/status/1588011437816938496?s=46&t=SrjYjl-d3k7ad6JRiQKlhg
                                          • Santander limits withdrawals to exchanges, £1k daily max, £3k 30 day https://twitter.com/btc_archive/status/1588209449516294145?s=46&t=85PdIJhmAxN2T9HbAGcc0w
                                          • D: Lebanon is bankrupt - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/05/-in-bankrupt-lebanon-locals-mine-bitcoin-and-buy-groceries-with-tether.html
                                            • 2 hr 3 min
                                          • 72: Hodlonaut Wins

                                            Pod 72:

                                            • Hodlonaut wins against CSW https://youtu.be/KniTdm-qKpY 🙌🏾
                                            • D: Customers battling to regain their bitcoin. Reminder to remove off the exchange. https://stocks.apple.com/A4d7kNxe0Q5-AQ-fIN3PYwA
                                            • WEF puppet Rushi gets in as PM of the UK, loves a CBDC https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1584643197849870336?s=20&t=EGecMiPq3JfWI_s1wuXcZQ
                                            • Bitcoiners Must Fight The FATF And Its AML Regime https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/fatf-and-aml-is-a-war-against-bitcoin
                                            • The saudis looking to join BRICS, what will the west do about this, war? https://twitter.com/quanyi_li2/status/1582556750867152896?s=46&t=cjMxsYYNTqznTnzGF0LBjw
                                            • inflation weekly: uk bails out the Bank of England for £11billy https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/y88za9/uk_taxpayers_forced_to_bail_out_the_bank_of/
                                            • Bad time to be a miner with energy prices high, hashrate high and price low https://twitter.com/martybent/status/1584561018851581952?s=46&t=hZnIEs6ukJjBJKJcpDlr4Q
                                            • Lyn Alden is a king fu master, proof of work https://twitter.com/lynaldencontact/status/1584714412497125378?s=46&t=T9f4IiapoBTy9jHY1xtP5g
                                              • 1 hr 9 min

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