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- 50: Miami 2022 all rants no bants
Pod 50:
- Question from TheEveryMan: It’s all good and well ‘not your keys not your cheese’ but if you wanted to convert to fiat you’d have to use an exchange wouldn’t you? So is regulating exchanges etc necessary to avoid a Quadriga happening again?
MIAMI 2022:
- Full conference videos link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtOV5M-T3GcsJAq8QKaf0lg
- Portugal: one city (Madeira), no income tax
- Honduras: one city (Prospera), in capital gains
- Mexico: coffee with the president to discuss legal tender
- Francis Ngannu: early in his bitcoin journey, but invited max to Bitcoin Africa
- Jack Mallers: Shopify and new payment layer
- Mining: ESG lols, Block and Blockstream going to make chips and release the patent
- Bukele: no show, El Salvador riots reportedly to blame
- D: Hardware wallets and secure bitcoin storage. “Not your keys, not your cheese” https://youtu.be/WbjzZQwDozw
- G: dispelling the ‘change the code not the climate’ fud https://www.suresats.com/post/a-response-to-chris-larsen-s-change-the-code-campaign plus the greenpeace video, redone https://twitter.com/thecryptoc0up1e/status/1508962213016576009?s=20&t=aYzzoDjsDMz-gYup5T5WYQ
- G: more waste solar energy being used to mine bitcoin https://twitter.com/documentingbtc/status/1512443587157532682?s=21&t=Tdi0JcXO-J8JfXZd7oOzPQ
- G: Inflation weekly: Martin Lewis says inflation will kill people “For people towards the bottom end, there’s nothing to cut back on. It is not an exaggeration to say that there are people we have to prevent freezing or starving” says Lewis https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1513118124010360839?s=20&t=GYJ33bcZ8542t_rnSi6dSQ
- D: Inflation weekly continued with numbers published by the Telegraph. Punch in your pay and see what you’ve lost this year but where you need to be for the next 5yrs if things continue https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/calculator-pay-rise-salary-inflation-cost-of-living/
- G: Russell understands CBDC’s being recommended by BlackRock are nothing new, just the same fiat re-packaged, also noticed BlackRock and Vanguard can buy the stock market 3x over, lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvb1mXjrCPI
- G: shitcoin corner: someone is buying up shitcoins the day before coinbase announce they’re listing them https://twitter.com/cobie/status/1513874972552355846?s=21&t=Kio79E5utuO7u_Kdy0f3Yg
- G: aaaaaand finally: They castrated the bitcoin bull, where’s its balls bruh https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2022/04/08/miami-crypto-robo-bull-bitcoin-statue/?sh=6ac40f0d78e9
2 hr 32 min - 49: Regulation and Pixels
Pod 49:
- G: the DCA Gigachad buys another $190m worth of bitcoin, now hold nearly $4b
- Listener: UK government speech on ‘blockchain and DLT’ and how they are open for business via regulation, taxation and a Royal Mint NFT
- G: EU wants to kyc every transaction over 1000 euro
- R: US want to make a CBDC
- G: US continue to get scared by lil ole El Salvador
- D: We’re halfway to the next bitcoin halving
- R: inflation weekly: 12% inflation in the Netherlands
- G: mail chimp hacked, target bitcoin companies and fire out scam emails to steal your funds
- G: Hack of the week: $590m of shitcoins gone
- G: dispelling the ‘change the code not the climate’ fud
- All: Elon buys 9.2% of twitter
- G: rekt of the week: another tinder scam takes $300k off a boomer
- G: shitcoin corner: Liverpool FC launch 171,000 nfts and only sell 10,000
- aaaaaand finally: r/place is crazy, we got a lil bitcoin logo on there
2 hr 15 min - 48: Change The Code, Not The Climate
Pod 48:
- G: Honduras to make bitcoin legal tender? http://supercool.info/honduran-president-xiomara-castro-to-announce-bitcoin-as-legal-tender/
- R: US are scared of what is happening in El Salvador https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1506746055815217163?s=20&t=Bdv1MkLVXot2VxxgKKehXQ
- G: $10b in bitcoin buys coming from Luna, a shitcoin https://dailyhodl.com/2022/03/23/terra-luna-co-founder-reveals-purchase-for-3000000000-worth-of-bitcoin-btc-already-underway/
- G: friend of the show Pierre Poilievre buys his lunch with bitcoin (hopefully the future PM of Canada) https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1508532705637670918?s=20&t=5xZP1cabJpyHZB-yVqqyeg
- G: Putin shocked that their reserves in the US and EU have been frozen https://twitter.com/russianembassy/status/1504530573527760909?s=21
- G: So now Russia are open to accepting Bitcoin as payment for resources https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1507006732546936840?s=20&t=Lpcvfm60Z-GSGKbkLSTrBQ
- G: Ukrainian gets 40% ($2000) of his life savings out of the country, thanks to bitcoin https://finbold.com/young-ukrainian-escapes-war-with-usb-stick-holding-40-of-his-life-savings-in-crypto/
- G: Shitcoin corner: but unique Pepe nft for $500k, few weeks later, another 46 are released https://www.notebookcheck.net/Buyer-of-Pepe-the-Frog-NFT-files-US-500-000-lawsuit-after-creator-releases-identical-NFTs-for-free.608817.0.html
- G: FUD of the week: “change the code, not the climate” https://twitter.com/100trillionUSD/status/1508787456740634629?s=20&t=Vlc1le4ZUYY409SRMjJXvg
- G: aaaaand finally: wtf is this, Vitalik is the ‘prince of crypto’ gfy https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1504760633342021645?s=20&t=FdGmap00rTMmH92AKdPWOQ
1 hr 50 min - 47: The Nothing Burger
Bullish Bitcoin Banter & Bullshit
Pod 47:
- G: America finally release executive order on bitcoin, haven’t banned it https://twitter.com/garygensler/status/1501513124091871235?s=21 and https://twitter.com/APompliano/status/1501546158392492035?s=20&t=UXIu4BVd3CSlqa5fEU8Lwg
- R: proof of work isn’t banned in the EU https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/01/eu-parliament-scraps-proof-of-work-ban-following-backlash-report/
- G: South Korea have a bitcoin friendly new President https://fortune.com/2022/03/10/south-korea-election-president-yoon-suk-yeol-bitcoin-crypto-feminism-birth-rate/
- Mrs: uk shutdown bitcoin atms https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/03/11/bitcoin-cashpoints-forced-shut-declared-illegal/
- D: Inflation weekly - UK Inflation Calculator: GBP from 1751 to 2022
- (addition from G to complement this https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/)
- G: more inflation: US inflation officially 7.9% but its way higher than that https://twitter.com/charliebilello/status/1501914888582672384?s=21
- R: bitcoin lesson: Bretton Woods, is it happening again? https://twitter.com/1MarkMoss/status/1502645370605776901?t=sb6wLDokwQbipjv5fh7QXw&s=09
- D: Essential bitcoin reading - https://youtu.be/IBi5q35I-bE
- G: the US dollar is going to zero, bitcoin will be volatile and win https://thecryptotime.com/legendary-investor-predicts-the-end-of-the-u-s-dollar-and-extreme-price-swings-in-bitcoin/
- D: Bitcoin Expected to Hit Milestone of 19 Million BTC Mined in Next 23 Days: Report https://cryptonews.net/3539139/?
- G: Uber hodl $50 to $20m as 489 bitcoin move for the first time since 2010 https://beincrypto.com/whale-ahoy-bitcoin-wallet-activated-after-11-years/
- R: aaaaaaand finally: Elon and Gigachad chat inflation and bitcoin https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1503222294277197829?t=piaPlgeNBo_KR-qtF7LGIg&s=09
2 hr 29 min - 46: CBDCs will kill you
Pod 46:
- G: Swiss City of Lugano to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender
- R: update on the bitcoin and shitcoin that Ukraine have been donated
- G: Ukraine Vice PM wants dogecoin donations
- R: Ukraine shitcoin drop?
- R: the banning of users based on sanctions and this plus the different between bitcoin and shitcoin
- G: Inflation Weekly: How the Fed hides the cost of war
- R: CBDCs will be one of the greatest human rights violations in history
- R: bitcoin lesson: how does a CBDC differ from bitcoin?
- G: inflation weekly: price of wheat at all time highs, last time it was this high the financial crisis ensued https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1501133712393703426?s=20&t=qqX6R9NUG1jqYMV3Fhj5Gw
- UFC fighter calls out the fed and says It’s corrupt for money printing https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/t7nj2c/watch_ufc_fighter_bryce_mitchell_calls_out_the/
- Shitcoin corner: porn star releases nfts, then exit scams and deletes her social media https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/17780282/porn-star-lana-rhoades-takes-crypto-failed-nft-project/
- bonus shitcoin: Zuckerbergs sister launches NFT project, cringe ensues https://twitter.com/randizuckerberg/status/1498425277734690816?s=20&t=VpiD_M-krofxQl9Gbu9WEg
- G: Drake continues to bet bitcoin (7 bitcoin or $275k) on UFC this time, loses https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1500302101368512517?s=20&t=LPkVDTkKQ3-UzVS9YbiN-g
2 hr 12 min - 45: Ukraine call on bitcoin
Pod 45:
- G: WWIII and Ukraine gets sent $40m in bitcoin donations https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-donations-ukraine-military-surpass-071319462.html
- G: Ukrainian bitcoin usage up 200% https://cointelegraph.com/news/ukraine-bitcoin-exchange-volume-spikes-200-as-russia-war-sparks-currency-concerns.
- D: Cash or bitcoin in Ukraine - https://apple.news/AB59D1H6TS72DXIrKcaN7iQ
- G: Russians buying bitcoin at a $20k premium escaping the ruble https://cryptoslate.com/russians-are-paying-up-to-20000-above-market-rate-to-buy-bitcoin/
- G: EU says regulate bitcoin so Russia can’t get around the sanctions, lol and try harder boomers https://twitter.com/BlancoWeiss/status/1497270426535403524?s=20&t=PmC3WvF1XK4dFMh9Ric1mA
- G: Mexico senator supports making bitcoin legal tender https://cryptocoinsjournal.com/mexican-senator-to-propose-crypto-law-we-need-bitcoin-as-legal-tender/
- G: hack of the week: has the hacker for the DAO hack on ethereum been found? https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2022/02/22/exclusive-austrian-programmer-and-ex-crypto-ceo-likely-stole-11-billion-of-ether/?sh=2275b6377f58
- G: shitcoin corner: Pixelmon the nft Pokémon raises $70m and produces this https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1497370216690503687?s
- D: Start them hodling early - https://www.getearlybird.io/crypto
- G: buying or selling a house with bitcoin https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/buying-and-selling-real-estate-with-bitcoin?
1 hr 38 min - 44: Will the US ban bitcoin?
Pod 44:
- R: guilty until proven innocent if you switch 25k euro into bitcoin https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/02/eight-bitcoin-money-laundering-convictions-upheld-by-court/
- G: Buffet the 🦖 is investing in bitcoin friendly companies now, what happened to rat poison squared warren? https://cointelegraph.com/news/warren-buffett-invests-1b-in-bitcoin-friendly-neobank-dumps-visa-and-mastercard-stocks
- G: Charlie Munger 🦖 chats inflation and says “I think the safe assumption for an investor is that over the next hundred years, the currency is going to zero " https://finance.yahoo.com/news/inflation-can-be-the-way-democracies-die-charlie-munger-183158672.html
- G: excess gas being sold to mine bitcoin, from a ex-CNN and current CNBC writer, what is this real bitcoin news doing on old media? https://twitter.com/KenzieSigalos/status/1493678409116966916?s=20&t=nThHczLxYg449GxBkNYxBw
- G: Canada look to ban the addresses that sent bitcoin to the truckers https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/02/16/canada-sanctions-34-crypto-wallets-tied-to-trucker-freedom-convoy/ Elon memes in the replies saying Trudeau shouldn’t be compared to hitler, hitler had a budget 😂 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1494216634822766594?s=20&t=qUN4MCGinvPI8GRvH38RbA
- G: CEO of Kracken confirms they would have to comply, not your keys not your 🧀 https://twitter.com/jespow/status/1494462097161220104?s=21
- G: Biden Executive Order on 'crypto' expected next week, how bad will it be? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/biden-order-on-crypto-oversight-expected-next-week-source-says-173452499.html?
- G: Canada flag tweets saying take your funds off exchanges in case of freezing as it totally bypasses their silly little laws https://twitter.com/excellion/status/1494796399564582912?s=21
- R: shitcoin corner: snoop has some jpegs for sale https://news.bitcoin.com/snoop-dogg-drops-10000-playable-sandbox-avatar-nfts-mint-a-unique-doggie-and-explore-the-metaverse-in-style/
1 hr 51 min - 43: Bitcoin hits the Superbowl
Pod 43:
- Pod news: buying a house with bitcoin gains and the troubles it brings
- G: Was the country adding bitcoin to the balance sheet that Max hinted at Russia?! https://twitter.com/maxkeiser/status/1491406739283259392?s=20&t=fzWtOz0nomQ1-qCAXnQX1g
- D: drake bets big on the super bowl using bitcoin, wins https://bitcoinmagazine.com/.amp/business/drake-wins-more-than-1-million-in-bitcoin-on-super-bowl-bet
- G: Exchanges all get ads at the super bowl; coinbase goes down, standard https://www.npr.org/2022/02/14/1080237873/superbowl-ads-crypto-bitcoin?t=1644884137560
- G: Inflation weekly: Elon drops some inflation bombs, US national debt is $60 Trillion, 3 times the entire US economy https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1491931362064015360?s=20&t=JFvI5f0qPUnxh_UwetQfgg does Doggy coin fix this?
- G: Canada brings in emergency laws and makes any funding going towards the truckers via any form of funding, including bitcoin is a crime and will freeze you bank account with suspicion alone https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1493345507229511686?s=20&t=43b8grR8lN9iX1u9F1diQA
- R: can bitcoin be sustainable according to some rando off LinkedIn? https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/can-crypto-become-sustainable-5717898/
- FUD of the week: bitcoin is only owned by a few people and are only promoting it to dump on new people as its a ponzi, this tweet got 174k likes https://twitter.com/NaFun/status/1493045762527141888?s=20&t=tvNEFP72Y7WUZJ3bLB3uFw
- Shitcoin corner: Cuban says 80% of his new investments are in crypto now https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/14/mark-cuban-says-80percent-of-his-non-shark-tank-investments-are-in-crypto.html and here is him being a noob in 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DMv7YDkyJE
- G: aaaaaand finally: Freedom is a word mainly used by the alt-right according to the government funded media https://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/what-s-your-reaction-to-the-ottawa-standoff-and-the-border-blockades-1.6349636/why-the-word-freedom-is-such-a-useful-rallying-cry-for-protesters-1.6349865
1 hr 38 min - 42: Awful rappers steal $4.5b
Pod 42:
- G: Canadian truckers get their gofundme closed down. They open a bitcoin one, honk honk https://tallyco.in/s/lzxccm/ oh and honk honk means ‘heil hitler’ according to the woke mob https://twitter.com/cwt_news/status/1491122023464325120?s=21
- R: Thailand drops 15% cap gains on bitcoin https://www.btctimes.com/news/thailand-drops-15-percent-capital-gains-tax-on-cryptocurrencies
- D: Russia makes bitcoin a currency https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/so7ru7/the_russian_government_and_the_bank_of_russia/
- inflation weekly: don’t ask for a pay rise Don't ask for a big pay rise, warns Bank of England boss - BBC News
- fud of the week: bitcoin is gonna break, in 83 thousand years… https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/smou48/prime_example_of_bitcoin_fud_significant_bug_has/
- hack of the week: 120,000 bitcoins hacked from bitfinex are found, the hackers are just a random couple, wtf https://www.thedailybeast.com/heather-morgan-rapping-tech-ceo-accused-of-laundering-billions-in-hacked-crypto-with-ilya-lichtenstein
- seriously these people stole $4billy https://twitter.com/investmentshulk/status/1491113799956328449?s=21
- aaaaaand finally: bitcoin still works for sex workers, we already know this but here it is again https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/05/bitcoin-a-lifeline-for-sex-workers-like-ex-nurse-making-1point3-million.html
1 hr 26 min - 41: We would Cathie Wood
Pod 41:
- D: Putting bitcoin on the balance sheet
- G: Sleepy Joe wants to regulate bitcoin ‘as a matter of national security’
- R: Putin doesn’t want to ban bitcoin like his central bank suggested last week, but instead wants to just regulate it. Wen Russia on da bitcoin standard ser?
- G: Saylor hosts another ‘bitcoin for corporations’ event Feb 1-2 (now!)
- G: Arizona to make bitcoin legal tender
- D: Bitcoin to $1m by 2030 says Cathie Wood
- G: did Bukele orange pill Turkey, it looks like he might have
- G: IMF is salty, wants El Salvador to stop using bitcoin as legal tender
- G: shitcoin corner: Elon says he’ll eat a hoppy meal if McDonald’s accepts Doge, McDonalds trolls
- G: Facebooks Diem project has gone the same way as Libre, dead
- G: Dave ‘paperhands’ Portnoy is a bitcoiner again, but for how long
- G: aaaaaand finally: Neil Young gives Spotify ultimatum that’s its him or Joe Rogan, they choose Rogan, unlucky boomer
1 hr 48 min
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