This might be the first privacy stablecoin? (assuming you use it with a non-custodial lightning wallet, and some other caveats)

Tether Brings USDt to Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, Ushering in a New Era of Unstoppable Technology - Tether.io

San Salvador, El Salvador – 30th January 2025 – Tether, the largest company in the digital assets industry, announced the integration of USDt i...

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Dutch parliament voted for an interesting form of financial repression: revoking the tax exempt status for donation to Extension Rebellion. It was just a motion, which will likely be ignored because it's illegal. But the political message is clear: if you do something the politicians in power don't like, there will be financial consequences. Seems a matter of time before they'll find their bank account closed for unclear reasons.

Kamer wil belastingvoordeel Extinction Rebellion schrappen

Het kabinet moet de klimaatactiegroep de zogeheten ANBI-status voor goede doelen afnemen, vindt een meerderheid.

Fascinating chat with presidential candidate npub1h0fd5xu8rfhwdkkjr78ssdhm7rdjyf97hhjqr9acwv77ux0uvf8q23kvcg on a range of political reform topics.

Stephan Livera Podcast • Can Bitcoin Transform Suriname’s Economy? with Maya Parbhoe | SLP625 • Listen on Fountain

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We're going to be alternating cities for #BitDevsAms: - next month in Rotterdam on February 20:

Meetup

Socratic seminar February 20, 2025, Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

Join us for our Socratic seminar on **Thursday February 20**. Doors open at **18.30**. We will start promptly at **19.00**. Our sponsor for the eve...

- after that in Amsterdam on March 27:

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Socratic seminar March 27, 2025, Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

Join us for our Socratic seminar on **Thursday March 27**. Doors open at **18.30**. We will start promptly at **19.00**. Our sponsor for the evenin...

Speaking of people who should not be in prison, #TornadoCash co-founder Alexey Pertsev will be released soon under house arrest, pending his appeal. Habeas at least some Corpus after a year...

This could be a good use case for a mobile SDK which different apps can use. It should let the user paste in an X URL, render it inside the browser so the user can dismiss captchas, cookie popups and such nonsense. Then it should do two things: 1. Make a screenshot (simple, reliable) 2. Scrape the page, put the actual text in the note as a quote and a link to the original (maybe add some tags if you want to be fancy) Optionally it could also help on the rendering side: if a nostr post has a X URL, or some tag, drop the plaintext fallback and render it like how embedded Twitter posts used to look.

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Clipped from Citadel Dispatch • CD150: JACK DORSEY Jack Dorsey is founder of both Twitter, now X, and Square, now Block. We discuss his strong f...

Should we refer to X as Musk Social? (unsure if I heard this from someone else or a voice in my head)

Nog even een oproep van De Lelie om het komende half uur even je favoriete Tweede Kamer lid te mailen, voor het debat vanmiddag. Iets in deze strekking: > Graag wil ik uw aandacht vestigen op de oproep van gisteren van diverse belangenorganisaties, waaronder Privacy First en Human Rights in Finance, om per direct over te stappen op de Europese systematiek voor het melden van verdachte transacties. Ik steun deze wijziging, omdat hij de overlast vermindert en ook nog snel kan worden uitgevoerd. ("verdachte" is een hogere drempel dan "ongebruikelijke" dus het scheelt een enorme hoeveelheid meldingen) Pieter Grinwis ChristenUnie p.grinwis@tweedekamer.nl Folkert Idsinga Nieuw Sociaal Contract f.idsinga@tweedekamer.nl Laurens Dassen Volt l.dassen@tweedekamer.nl Tom van der Lee GroenLinks-PvdA t.vanderlee@tweedekamer.nl Judith Tielen VVD j.tielen@tweedekamer.nl Joost Sneller D66 j.sneller@tweedekamer.nl Inge van Dijk CDA i.vandijk@tweedekamer.nl Jimmy Dijk SP j.dijk@tweedekamer.nl Henk de Vree PVV h.devree@tweedekamer.nl Henk Vermeer BBB h.vermeer@tweedekamer.nl Doğukan Ergin DENK d.ergin@tweedekamer.nl

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Privacy First waarschuwt Tweede Kamer voor gevolgen van wetsvoorstel Wtmo | Privacy First

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Trump verleent gratie aan tot levenslang veroordeelde oprichter Silk Road

Via het door Ross Ulbricht opgerichte platform op het darkweb konden onder meer drugs worden gekocht.

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