Tropic Square TROPIC01: Open Architecture, Tamper-proof RISC-V Secure Element Tropic Square, a startup backed by SatoshiLabs — the company behind Trezor signing devices — unveiled its final pre-production samples before the mass production and market launch of their open-source TROPIC01 secure element.

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Tropic Square TROPIC01: Open Architecture, Tamper-proof RISC-V Secure Element

Tropic Square, a startup backed by SatoshiLabs — the company behind Trezor signing devices — unveiled its final pre-production samples before t...

Alby Go v1.10.0: Support for Pick n Pay QRs & BTC Map

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Alby Go v1.10.0: Support for Pick n Pay QRs & BTC Map

Alby Go is a simple Lightning mobile wallet interface for bitcoin payments over the Lightning Network. It works well with Alby Hub or any other Nos...

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...

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...

🌃 Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, February 19th, 2025 GM, the latest GM report is now available: 🔻

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Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, February 19th, 2025

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🇦🇷 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.

Fountain App v1.1.16: Nostr Live Streams & Storage Manager "Nostr livestreams are a beta feature - i.e. we still have a lot more work to do! We will continue to make improvements to livestreams over the coming months - so we would love to hear your feedback." h/t @Fountain

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Fountain App v1.1.16: Nostr Live Streams & Storage Manager

Fountain is a Lightning and Nostr-powered value-for-value podcasting app and community where listeners and podcasters get rewarded for the value th...

White House, Senate, House Leaders Host Press Conference on Digital Assets - LIVESTREAM https://www.youtube.com/live/_MOfL6iq6Eo

The moment the event participants learned they mined a block. Via @BRocketMiner View quoted note →

France advances a proposal to impose an 'unproductive' unrealized capital gains tax on cryptocurrency holdings exceeding €800,000 The French Senate is set to transform the Real Estate Wealth Tax into the 'Unproductive Wealth Tax,' which now includes a progressive unrealized gains tax on digital asset holdings, ranging from 0.5% to 1.5%, even if the assets remain unsold. The proposal also includes provisions to increase the capital gains tax from 30% to up to 37.2% in certain cases. It is currently awaiting a vote in the National Assembly. Source:

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🚨 Make the Rehypothecation of Bitcoin Custody Illegal – @preston "American banks now have the regulatory green light to enter Bitcoin custody in a big way. If we do not establish firm guidelines and prohibitions, the next wave of Bitcoin-lending catastrophes could dwarf the collapses of FTX, BlockFi, and Genesis, putting ordinary savers and the broader financial system through turbulent times. The time to act is now."

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Make the Rehypothecation of Bitcoin Custody Illegal – Preston Pysh

Preston Pysh, macro analyst and partner at Ego Death Capital, shared a blog post advocating for a ban on bitcoin rehypothecation for all institutio...

Gary Gensler resigns as the Chairman of the SEC The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a statement announcing his resignation. He served as the Chair of the SEC from 2021 to 2025. Source:

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Statement on the Departure of Chair Gary Gensler

Statement on the Departure of Chair Gary Gensler Commissioners Hester M. Peirce, Caroline A. Crenshaw, Mark T. Uyeda January 20, 2025

BTCPay Server Foundation receives $25,000 grant from Unbank The BTCPay Server Foundation received a $25,000 grant, paid directly in bitcoin, from Unbank, a cash-focused Bitcoin exchange. “Unbank's support is a testament to the growing recognition of open-source payment solutions in the Bitcoin ecosystem. This grant will help our efforts to enhance BTCPay Server's capabilities and reach,” said BTCPay Server core contributor @UNCLE ROCKSTAR Source:

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BTCPay Server Foundation Receives $25,000 Grant In Bitcoin From Unbank

Today, the BTCPay Server Foundation was awarded a $25,000 grant paid directly in bitcoin from Unbank, a cash focused Bitcoin exchange,

President Trump YOLOs a Shitcoin on the Eve of Inauguration

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President Trump YOLOs a Shitcoin on the Eve of Inauguration

A new meme coin launched by President-elect Donald Trump has hit a capitalization of over $10 billion, marking Trump’s latest venture into crypto...

Massachusetts Senator Peter Durant introduces bill to create Strategic Bitcoin Reserve According to the bill, the State Treasurer is permitted to invest up to 10% of the funds deposited in the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund in bitcoin or digital assets during a fiscal year. Additionally, any bitcoin or other digital assets seized by the commonwealth may also be deposited into the fund. Source: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/SD422.pdf

Bitcoin Safe v1.0: Secure Bitcoin Storage Made Easy "Bitcoin Safe 1.0.0 is out with a fully packed feature list," announced @Andreas Griffin. Bitcoin Safe is a Bitcoin savings wallet built with Bitcoin Development Kit (BDK). It aims to simplify singlesig and multisig wallet management for non-technical users while retaining some power user features through an intuitive and attractive user interface.

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Bitcoin Safe v1.0: Secure Bitcoin Storage Made Easy

Bitcoin Safe is a free and open-source Bitcoin savings wallet designed for security and ease of use. Available on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

☕ Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, January 14th, 2025 GM and happy Lightning Whitepaper Day! 📰 ⬇️

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Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, January 14th, 2025

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🟩 Blockstream Green Desktop v2.0.17 adds graphical assets for Jade Plus, support video promo on Linux, and shows total spent amount in transaction details. Also, the default fee rate is now the 24 block fee rate estimate.

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Release Release 2.0.17 · Blockstream/green_qt

What's new in this release Added Graphical assets for Jade Plus Support video promo on Linux Show total spent amount in transaction details Chang...

New CFPB proposed rulemaking makes no distinction between custodial and self-custody wallets The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to reinterpret the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA) to include cryptocurrency activities. However, the proposal does not differentiate between cryptocurrency services offered by trusted intermediaries, which could be subject to consumer protection regulations, and software tools for self-securing digital assets, which are considered protected speech and should not be subject to regulatory permissions, writes Coin Center. Source:

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New CFPB rulemaking makes no distinction between custodial and self-custody wallets

They are completely different products with different risks and covering self-custody is beyond statutory authority and unconstitutional.