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Apr 2022
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Rabbit Hole Recap #197: The Disinformati...

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

- ukraine central bank bans bitcoin

- binance and the FSB

- HRF announces five bitcoin in new grants

- central african republic makes bitcoin a legal tender

- bitcoin core v23.0

- btcpay v1.5.0

- fountain podcasts v0.3.16

- braiins farm proxy reduces data [usage](https://braiins.com/blog/why-miners-need-farm-proxies- amboss launches new liquidity market called Magma )

- amboss magma

- synonym launches blocktank LSP

- americans can now pay bills through bitrefill

- bitcoin jungle in costa rica

- Apple Private Relay causes VPN leaks

- farrington: I Finance the Current Thing

- Negative GDP print

- New “Disinformation Governance Board” formed in the US

- German PPI

- Ruble strength / yen weakness

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