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Apr 2022
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Rabbit Hole Recap #195: The nation state...

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

- Official US inflation number hits 8.5%, 40 year high

- Sri Lanka declares bankruptcy

- Eth Dev sentenced to over 5 years in jail for sanctions violation

- Strike to bring lightning to merchants

- Robinhood enables withdrawals and adds lightning support

- Bitpay adds lightning support

- Janet Yellen explains bitcoin

- CNBC on bitcoin helping refugees with cross border payments

- New bitcoin seed tool

- New Zoltan piece

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