The TCB Weekly News Roundup – Signals from 10,000 feet. February 18, 2024 – Calm Before the Storm?

Generally it was a quiet week. Maybe this is the calm before the storm.

Enjoy and be well, Everyone.


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The Week’s Posts
Tuesday Post- The Weekly Summary – Commentary, the World in Transition and Bitcoin’s Role

The Best of Video This Week – Feb 18, 2024


Reports:
What is a CoinJoin and how do they work?


This Week In Twitter


Headlines


Adoption, Implementation and Infrastructure
Bitwise’s Bitcoin Spot ETF Addresses Updated to Native SegWit P2WPKH
Ledger, Coinbase Pay Integrate to Give Users Direct Access to Buy, Sell Crypto
Crypto Custodian Taurus Enlists Lido to Bring Liquid Ethereum Staking to Swiss Banks
Telefónica Teams Up With Chainlink to Provide Security Against ‘SIM Swap’ Hacks


CBDCs (are just Surveillance Tokens)
*CBDC Tracker 1*
*CBDC Tracker 2*
Privacy worries persist as UK’s digital pound CBDC plans progress


COMMENTARY, GOSSIP and OPINION
Justin Sun Sets Eyes on Shitcoins on Bitcoin, Announces ‘Layer 2 Bitcoin Solution’
Craig Wright Told by UK Court to Stop Making ‘Irrelevant Allegations’ as COPA Trial Continues
Food Company Mondelēz International Joins Hedera Council to Experiment With DLT
Stupid Things Craig Wright Said in His Latest Stupid Trial
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund bought $200M BTC, ETH before institutions dived into Bitcoin ETFs


COMPANIES & PROTOCOLS
Solana ‘only’ down for 5 hours but that was plenty of time for memes


CRIMES AND SCAMS


DEFI, CEFI, AND LENDING
**DeFi Scanner – check if a DeFi protocol is a scam**


Exchanges


Mining and Energy
*Live Mining Statistics*
*Bitcoin Mining Articles by Compass Mining*
Mining stats via NOBSBitcoin


Nation States (and other political jurisdictions)
European Court of Human Rights Rules Backdoored Encryption Illegal


NFTs / Metaverse / Web3 / DAOs


Regulation, Legislation, Legal Matters & Taxation
FTX bankruptcy firm Sullivan & Cromwell tipped for Binance monitor role


STABLECOINS
Tether and Circle Stablecoin Purchases Dominate in Argentina
TrueUSD changes accounting firms… and then de-pegs


Taxation


Wall Street and Big Money
*BitcoinTreasuries*
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Bitcoin Worldwide (treasuries)*
Franklin Templeton Joins Ethereum ETF Race


Time Capsule
**Cryptography Mailing List Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper**


Outside News


You Do Not Change Bitcoin. Bitcoin Changes You.
“Bitcoin will eat the world.” And it is.



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