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Feb 2022
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Rabbit Hole Recap #186: High inflation, ...

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
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This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- married couple arrested and 96K bitcoin seized over 2016 bitfinex hack

- canadian protests bitcoin fundraiser over 15 bitcoin

- KPMG Canada adds bitcoin to treasury

- Russia shares bitcoin regulation plan

- bitcoin design guide v2 launched

- Kazakhstan floats 500% tax increase on bitcoin miners

- EARN IT Bill proposed to scan all online messages

- sensei lightning node implementation released

- cypherpunkpay v1.0.13

- lnd v0.4.2-beta

- electrs v0.9.5

- lnbits v0.6.0

- btcpayserver v1.4.4

- umbrel v0.4.14

- blixt v0.4.1

- galoy v0.1.9

- mercury wallet v0.6.2

- hexa wallet v2.0.69

- whirlpool v0.10.13

- valkyrie bitcoin miners etf launches with ticker WGMI

- deventralized social media project bluesky announces independent Public Benefit LLC and board members

- kraken funding full time bitcoin rust maintainer

- Bitcoin is funding Ukraine defense

- fountain podcaster wallet launched

- opennode raises $20M, now valued at $220M

- binance buys a stake in forbes

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