The Weekly News Roundup, ending 17 October 2021

By Brian in Chicago on October 18, 2021 • ( 1 )

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

Tim Pool

Any comments or suggestions, feel free to reach out.

Be well, Everyone. And think for yourself.

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Articles on Medium this week

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Podcasts

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This Week In Twitter

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— cryptob0t.eth (@thecryptob0t) October 17, 2021

$BTC pic.twitter.com/gSFmnqIToB
— Rick (@cryptorick_) October 15, 2021

Where do S9’s go for retirement? 🍹🌴#antminer #bitcoinmining pic.twitter.com/Y11DOQhNfe
— ——— (@asicpimp) October 15, 2021

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— Sal the Agorist (@SallyMayweather) October 17, 2021

What was true in august is still true today!#Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/59jTpAd0zt
— 21bitcoin.app 🇪🇺 (@21bitcoinApp) October 15, 2021

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— Lina Seiche (@LinaSeiche) October 11, 2021

Opening up nations around the world has proved, without question, that politicians have been lying to us for over a year.

When the press stop fear-mongering with daily statistics, the #covid19 pandemic vanishes.

So how about ditching all this Big State surveillance state shit?!
— Alexandra Marshall (@ellymelly) October 17, 2021

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— 鍾文瀚 (@polluxc) October 16, 2021

Fear of Covid is the real disease.
— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) October 9, 2021

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— Brian of Tiny Crypto – #DecentralizeEverything (@TinyCryptoBlog) October 16, 2021

Recommended Viewing

Headlines

Adoption
https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-metaverse-play-to-earn-and-the-new-economic-model-of-gaming
FTX Announces Global Association with International Cricket Council

CBDC (are just Surveillance Tokens)

https://cointelegraph.com/news/digital-pound-foundation-launches-to-promote-cbdc-development-in-the-uk
https://cointelegraph.com/news/g7-leaders-issue-central-bank-digital-currency-guidelines

In a recent episode of What Bitcoin Did, it was stated by a guest that through the use of infrastructure loans, the CCP (communist party of china) will coerce the recipient nations into adopting the usage of a Chinese CBDC for payments. I’d have to agree.

Company / Product News
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Chatter, Commentary and Opinions
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/01/is-mozilla-trying-to-sabotage-distributed-identity/
https://news.bitcoin.com/imf-head-says-central-bank-digital-currencies-are-reliable-hard-to-think-of-bitcoin-as-money/
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/10/08/sign-in-with-ethereum-is-coming/

Crime/Scams
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/03/66m-in-tokens-added-to-recently-hacked-still-vulnerable-compound-contract/

DeFi
https://cointelegraph.com/news/report-driven-by-defi-north-america-s-crypto-volume-increased-1-000-year-over-year

DYOR
Nothing of note this week.

Exchanges
https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-continues-push-to-become-regulated-crypto-exchange-with-new-hire

Implementation
Strike Expands Service to Allow US Users Receive Income Payment in Bitcoin