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🤖AI Takeover🤖 🔺 Trump vs BRICS – New Tariff Threats 💸🟢 Tornado Cash Win – Privacy Boost 🛡️ 💜 TON Update – Ecosystem Grows 🚀 📶 Bitchat (Dorsey) – Bluetooth Messaging 🔒📲
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🎙️ 08th July: Blockchain DXB Podcast – AI Takeover Series
🧠 Episode created using Notebook LM by Google
🎧 Fully AI-generated content as part of our “AI Takeover” series
🔴 Trump’s BRICS Tariff Warning
President Trump announced a 10% additional tariff on countries aligning with BRICS. No exceptions. Existing tariffs set to expire July 9 will now end on August 1, 2025.
📌 Trump welcomes foreign businesses building in the USA — no extra tariffs in that case.
✅ Tornado Cash Legal Win
U.S. Treasury dropped sanctions against Tornado Cash smart contracts — a privacy win for open-source code.
🧑⚖️ But co-founder Roman Storm still faces a criminal trial on July 14, 2025, for alleged money laundering & sanctions violations.
🟣 TON & UAE Golden Visa Clarification
TON confirms there’s no official partnership with UAE.
🔍 Golden Visa decisions rest solely with UAE authorities.
📡 Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat Launch
Jack Dorsey debuts Bitchat, a decentralized, encrypted messaging platform that works via Bluetooth, not the internet.
Prioritizes:
Privacy
Security
Simplicity
📄 Whitepaper
🇦🇪 UAE Highlights
New federal strategy built on AI
Pony.ai & Dubai RTA launch robotaxis
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🎙️ Listen now to explore how this impacts Bitcoin & the wider cryptomarket.
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