BF114 - Top Bitcoin News - 5/5/24
Episode 230
Weekly market update / outlook and Top Bitcoin News:
- Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF sees first inflow after billions lost since January
- BlackRock sees sovereign wealth funds, pensions coming to Bitcoin ETF's
- Jack Dorsey's Block adding more Bitcoin to balance sheet, presents road map for others
- BTC-e founder pleads guilty i $9B money laundering conspiracy
- Federal prosecutors are still 'investigating' Jack Dorsey's Block for alleged gaps in compliance
- Roger Ver charged with mail fraud, tax evasion and filing false tax returns
- Binance's founder CZ sentenced to 4 months in prison
- Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez pleads not guilty, released on $1M bond
- Senator Cynthia Lummis slams DOJ for hyper-aggressive stance on self custody software
- Nigeria mulls over banning P2P crypto transactions; labels crypto trading as national security concern
- MicroStrategy Orange: everything you need to know about decentralized ID on Bitcoin
- Biden's economic advisor: "US can't go bankrupt, we print our own money"
- Check out this week's featured post on Bitcoin Fortress Newsletter: "The Cyclical Unraveling of Societal Institutions and the Rise of Authoritarianism - A Reflection on Recent Events"
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Mentioned in this week's Podcast:
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/05/04/grayscales-bitcoin-etf-sees-inflow-for-first-time-since-january-debut/?_gl=1*hnewdq*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjU0NzgyNzIuMTcxNDkyODIwNA..*_ga_VM3STRYVN8*MTcxNDkyODIwNC4xLjAuMTcxNDkyODIwNC4wLjAuMTE4Njk4NDk2OQ..
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/05/02/blackrock-sees-sovereign-wealth-funds-pensions-coming-to-bitcoin-etfs/?_gl=1*812don*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTgyMTM4MTQ0NC4xNzE0OTI4MjQw*_ga_VM3STRYVN8*MTcxNDkyODIzOS4xLjAuMTcxNDkyODIzOS4wLjAuMTc1MTA4MTIxNw..
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/05/02/jack-dorseys-block-adding-more-bitcoin-to-balance-sheet-presents-road-map-for-others/?_gl=1*11l003*_up*MQ..*_ga*Njk4OTA2MTU3LjE3MTQ5MjgyNjc.*_ga_VM3STRYVN8*MTcxNDkyODI2Ni4xLjAuMTcxNDkyODI2Ni4wLjAuMTI4NzIyNjIwOA..
https://cointelegraph.com/news/btc-e-founder-pleads-guilty-in-9-billion-laundering-conspiracy
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/block-square-cash-app-federal-investigation/?ref=weekly-digest-newsletter
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/roger-ver-indicted-for-tax-fraud/?ref=weekly-digest-newsletter
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/cz-sentenced-to-4-months-in-prison/?ref=weekly-digest-newsletter