New Year, New FUD

Pre-show Banter

• Huobi Outflows Hit $60.9M in 24hrs, Inner Turmoil Reported at Exchange

News

• Castle Island VC's 2022 in review is bullish on institutional adoption
  • But why do companies always invest in altcoins?
  • What is it about bitcoin that 'frightens' them off?Untitled Episode
• Starbucks and Chipotle accept digital payments via flexa which doesn't support BTC

Economics

• What is the invcentive to loan Amazon $8bn at < 1% interest?

  • Amazon Layoffs to Hit Over 18,000 Workers, the Most in Recent Tech Wave

• A twitter thread on how the US Federal Reserve subsidizes private banks when it loses money

Privacy

• Louisiana requires ID for porn viewing

• Can everyone please use uBlock Origin ? The internet is unusable without it.

Bitcoin Education

• Amazing clarification of bitcoin node options and the history of consensus

• There's a bitcoin core version history page, with an RSS option
  Untitled Episode

  Feedback

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