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Federal regulators are probing whether Cash App leaves door open to money launderers, terrorists⚡️ Zap 10 Sats (2/18/2024) - Over three-quarters of U.S. adults have used a mobile payment app, such as Cash App, PayPal or Venmo, according to a 2023 study by the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. But these services, also known as person-to-person payment platforms, pose risks to their users and to the financial system, regulators say Continue Reading

Block 831000: Important News of the Week⚡️ Zap 10 Sats (2/18/2024) - News. Updates. Research. Stats. Everything Important You Need to Know. Continue Reading

Meanwhile Group Launches Bitcoin Private Credit Fund⚡️ Zap 10 Sats (2/17/2024) - Meanwhile Group, the parent company of the first and only life insurance company entirely denominated in a digital asset, has unveiled its first-of-its-kind bitcoin private credit fund, Meanwhile BTC Private Credit Fund LP. Continue Reading

Coinbase’s GiveCrypto Donates $3.6 Million to Brink to fund BTC Developers⚡️ Zap 10 Sats (2/17/2024) - "Brink is honored to be the recipient of this donation and for the conviction this shows in the important work that Brink engineers are doing day in and day out on the open source software at the core of the Bitcoin ecosystem." Continue Reading

Blockchain Association Fires Back At Senator Warren’s New Crypto Bill⚡️ Zap 10 Sats (2/13/2024) - While the first letter focused on what many described as an overblown narrative around how cryptocurrency played a role 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, the new letter focuses on the policy aspects of Warren’s DAAMLA legislation. Continue Reading

Block 830000: Important News of the Week⚡️ Zap 10 Sats (2/12/2024) - Bitcoin News. Updates. Research. Stats. Everything Important You Need to Know Continue Reading

MINING MISINFORMATION:⚡️ Zap 10 Sats (2/9/2024) - Revealing the junk science used by the United Nations University to attack bitcoin mining. The first report from the “FUD Fighters” series. Continue Reading

Bank Runs Are Back On The Menu⚡️ Zap 10 Sats (2/8/2024) - The sector of the economy that seems to be on the top of everyone's mind is commercial real estate. The combination of economic lockdowns driving people out of their expensive office buildings and into their home offices and a precipitous increase in the cost of capital has created a perfect storm. Continue Reading

Block 828828: Important News of the Week⚡️ Zap 10 Sats (2/5/2024) - News. Updates. Research. Stats. Everything Important You Need to Know. Continue Reading

Bitcoin — The Natural Choice For Artificial Intelligence⚡️ Zap 10 Sats (1/28/2024) - Bitcoin is permissionless. It is a bearer asset and requires no identity, so AI agents can autonomously send and receive it. In contrast, fiat money is debt-based which means it requires an identity to use. Fiat money excludes machines and many people (over 1b humans are unbanked today). Oh, and did I mention the halving… Continue Reading