Episode 61
Tell me you aren't decentralized without...
January 29th, 2023
1 hr 10 mins 6 secs
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About this Episode
Intro
- Strike Announces Clover Point of Sale Beta Program, enabling self custodial lightning use with merchant terminals
News
Next ETH upgrade is a fascinating dumpster fire
- ETH holders have been able to stake their coins since the Beacon Chain, Ethereum’s Proof of Stake consensus layer, went live in Dec. 2020.
- many stakers expected withdrawals to be enabled last year.
- More than 16M Ether worth more than $26B is staked on the Beacon Chain.
- Roughly 14% of Ethereum's total supply is currently locked up in staking pools.
- More: Ethereum Takes Big Step Closer to Shanghai Upgrade - The Defiant
Prime Trust is withdrawing from Texas due to a failed Money Transmitter License application
- Prime keeps theirlicense disclosures public and up to date on their site.
- [Prime Trust] Licenses Disclosures(https://www.primetrust.com/legal/licenses-disclosures)
- Fold⚡️, a Prime Trust Customer, explains the situation
White House statement on digital assets
- Anounces and R&D agenda that will try to guide crypto development
Economics
Goldman Sachs Awkwardly Describes Bitcoin as Best Performing Asset of 2023
- Bitcoin is a vehicle for fraudsters, warns Goldman Sachs boss in 2017
Technology
- Oklo and Compass secure a 20-year commercial partnership to launch advanced fission-powered bitcoin mining.
Bitcoin Education
- Bitcoin optech #235 covers ephermeral anchors
Feedback
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Boosts
- The goofy Bitcoin Rainbow Chart
- Chris is watching: Peach App
- Peach Bitcoin: a new mobile app for private bitcoin exchange
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Sponsors and Acknowledgements
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