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European States Continue Race for Encryption Backdoors
European policymakers continue to push forward various proposals and regulations that would severely compromise the privacy and security of European citizens.


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European States Continue Their Race for Encryption Backdoors
European policymakers continue to push forward various proposals and regulations that would severely compromise the privacy and security of Europea...
π Good Morning, Bitcoin - Thursday, February 27th, 2025
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Good Morning, Bitcoin - Thursday, February 27th, 2025
Good Morning, Bitcoin is your latest news roundup delivering key stories, project updates, new releases, guides, research, and all things related t...
Sparrow Wallet v2.1.3: OneKey Support, Expanded Labels Export, Lark Fixes
"Sparrow v2.1.3 has been released with OneKey hardware wallet support, expanded wallet labels (BIP329) export, and some remaining Lark integration fixes," announced @npub1hea9...g9v2 .


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Sparrow Wallet v2.1.3: OneKey Support, Expanded Labels Export, Lark Fixes
Sparrow is a free and open-source modern desktop Bitcoin wallet application supporting most hardware wallets and built on common standards such as ...
Fedimint v0.6.0: On-Chain For Everyone
"Since v0.4.0, Fedimint developers advised not exposing on-chain deposits to end users, due to limitations on processing deposits in very large (in bytes) on-chain transactions. This limitations has been lifted and on-chain deposits are now safe in all cases."


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Fedimint v0.6.0: On-Chain For Everyone
Fedimint is a module-based system for building federated applications, offering a trust-minimized, censorship-resistant, and private alternative to...
IMF Board Approves $1.4Bn Loan to El Salvador with Further Bitcoin Restrictions
The International Monetary Fundβs (IMF) executive board approved a $1.4 billion loan for El Salvador with a condition that the country will further restrict the government's Bitcoin-related economic activities, including transactions and purchases of bitcoin.


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IMF Board Approves $1.4Bn Loan to El Salvador with Further Bitcoin Restrictions
The International Monetary Fundβs (IMF) executive board approved a $1.4 billion loan for El Salvador with a condition that the country will furth...
Nunchuk Launches New and Improved Group Wallet with Chat
Nunchuk Desktop v1.9.43, Android v1.9.64, and iOS v1.9.71 introduce a new and improved end-to-end encrypted group wallet and chat, utilizing Output Descriptors to derive a single, shared encryption key for the group.


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Nunchuk Launches New and Improved Group Wallet with Chat
Nunchuk is a Bitcoin multisig wallet with premium features such as inheritance planning, scheduled transactions, emergency lockdown, Taproot Multis...
LifPay Temporarily Suspends Operations, Winds Down Wallet Services
"After thorough evaluation and in aligned with regulatory requirements, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend LifPayβs operations."


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LifPay Temporarily Suspends Operations, Winds Down Wallet Services
The custodial mobile Lightning wallet service provider is asking users to withdraw their funds within the next 60 days.
βοΈ Frostr: Turn Your Nsec Into Rotatable Multisig
Frostr is a simple t-of-n remote signing and key rotation protocol for Nostr, powered by FROST.


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Frostr: Turn Your Nsec Into Rotatable Multisig
Frostr is a simple t-of-n remote signing and key rotation protocol for Nostr, powered by FROST.
π Good Morning, Bitcoin - Monday, February 24th, 2025
Good morning! Here comes another freedom-packed No Bullshit GM report, right on time, and precisely when needed.


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Good Morning, Bitcoin - Monday, February 24th, 2025
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Validating Lightning Signer v0.13.0: Enhanced Configuration, Better Testing and Security
Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) is a library and reference implementation for a signer module to secure Lightning nodes. It separates your Lightning private keys and security rule validation from your Lightning node into a separate signing device, enhancing security by reducing the attack surface.


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Validating Lightning Signer v0.13.0: Enhanced Configuration, Better Testing and Security
Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) is a library and reference implementation for a signer module to secure Lightning nodes. It separates your Lightn...
Blitz Wallet v0.4.1-beta: The Efficiency Update
Blitz is a self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning, Liquid, and ecash wallet built using the Breez SDK, Greenlight, Liquid Wallet Kit, and Boltz. Available on iOS and Android.


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Blitz Wallet v0.4.1-beta: The Efficiency Update
Blitz is a self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning, Liquid, and ecash wallet built using the Breez SDK, Greenlight, Liquid Wallet Kit, and Boltz. Availabl...
Bybit exchange appears to have been hacked for approximately $1.5 billion worth of ETH. If confirmed, this would constitute the largest cryptocurrency hack to date.


π Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
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π³π¬ Nigeria Freed Gambaryan in Exchange for Access to US Financial Surveillance Capabilities - Report
"Let's be very clear: What the US has deemed acceptable here is that the cost of one innocent man's freedom is its potential loss for tens of thousands of innocent Africans." - @L0la L33tz


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Nigeria Freed Gambaryan in Exchange for Access to US Financial Surveillance Capabilities - Report
Nigeria appears to have exchanged Binance Executive and former IRS criminal investigator Tigran Gambaryan for access to U.S. "resources and experti...
π¨ PSA: Be sure to update your LND instance to the latest version, especially if you are using it with Lightning Terminal.


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LND v0.18.5-beta: Important Bug Fixes & Improvements
The Lightning Network Daemon (LND) is a complete implementation of a Lightning Network node developed by Lightning Labs.

π Good Morning, Bitcoin - Monday, February 17th, 2025
Good morning, Nostr. Is it even morning anymore? What is morning, anyway?
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Good Morning, Bitcoin - Monday, February 17th, 2025
Good Morning, Bitcoin is your daily news roundup delivering key stories, project updates, new releases, guides, research, and all things related to...
Alby Hub v1.14.2: Basic Swap Functionality, Home Widgets & More
"Alby Hub now has a healthcheck indicator, better fiat support, NIP-44 encryption, and a way for self-hosters to support Alby! We've also added basic swap functionality to the node page so you can more easily manage your liquidity without having to open new channels."


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Alby Hub v1.14.2: Basic Swap Functionality, Home Widgets & More
Alby Hub is an open-source hub for setting up and/or controlling your Lightning node and wallet from various applications that support Nostr Wallet...
π¦π· Argentina's Milei Faces Fraud Charges, Impeachment Calls After Failed Memecoin Launch
Milei is embroiled in controversy for promoting LIBRA, a Solana-based token, whose value dropped 95% from $4.5 billion to $200 million over the weekend. Insiders reportedly cashed out $87.4 million in tokens during the incident.
"This scandal, which embarrasses us on an international scale, requires us to launch an impeachment request against the president," added Leandro Santoro, a member of the opposition coalition.


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Argentina's Milei Faces Fraud Charges, Impeachment Calls After Failed Memecoin Launch
Argentina's 'anarcho-capitalist' President Javier Milei is facing fraud charges and impeachment calls after promoting a crashed memecoin.

