Pod 80:

• Merry Christmas 🎄: Jack Mallers on bitcoin in https://youtu.be/XM2zVSt56e0
• running bitcoin, OG Hal Finney https://secure2.convio.net/alsa/site/TR?fr_id=15435&pg=entry
• top 5 most exciting bitcoin developments in 2023 https://twitter.com/pippellia/status/1608507704057765890?s=46&t=2uA4wXLkaVvG3DbodeaU7w
• saylor and microstrategy sell 704 bitcoin https://blockworks.co/news/microstrategy-bitcoin-wash-trading-tax-harvesting (and buy 810 two days later)
• Russia to allow international trade in bitcoin from January https://twitter.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/1606257822332641280?s=46&t=lh3mwRWbjQrtoe0wDLVfFw
• Miners feeling the pressure, Core Scientific files for bankruptcy https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-bankruptcy
• Quadriga funds on the move for the first time in years https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1604953664719683585?s=46&t=uY2lXw1118NuNF3_PbUZIw
• OG bitcoin dev Lukedashjr losses 200+ bitcoin to a hack https://twitter.com/lukedashjr/status/1609613748364509184?s=46&t=dqVZsG_EeQ0bmOHIcz5_7g
• inflation weekly: the US is at it again, $1.7trillion of spending towards wars, surveillance tech, and convincing kids there are more than two genders https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1294/
• FTX weekly: Caroline is singing like a bird 🐥 https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/12/22/caroline-ellison-plea-agreement-250000-bail-surrender-of-travel-documents-forfeiture-of-assets/
• also; FDIC and FTX: https://twitter.com/blockchainchick/status/1609077244332236800?s=46&t=F2VjwD9IRDn0BT3J9iPkfA
• shitcoin corner: ETH gets delisted https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/crypto-platform-paxful-delists-ethereum CEO confirms https://twitter.com/raypaxful/status/1605529289054527488?s=46&t=kiSFc-M7MaNagmJR5-OT7Q