Today on the Brief:
  May’s middling jobs report
 A ransomware update
 Square building a bitcoin hardware wallet
  Our main discussion looks at the various constituencies within bitcoin and asks who has what type of power to shape the network. Specifically, NLW homes in on recent price action and the divergent actions of large holders and small holders over the month of May.
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The US continues its assault on crypto mixers. NLW explores the community reactions -- the good, bad and ugly. 
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Samurai Wallet Founders Arrested

NLW covers the SEC lawyers who are taking the fall for the larger Debt Box case, which led to the SEC being censured. 
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SEC Lawyers Resign, But Is It Enough?

For some, the fee war represented how much bitcoin is changing. For others, it was an indication of why we shouldn't be overly concerned about the long term security budget. 
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The Halving and the First Fee War of the New Bitcoin Epoch

A reading and discussion inspired by
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The Halving Shows Satoshi's Marketing Genius

NLW counts down everything from geopolitics to stablecoin legislation to the halving. 
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