BF118 - Top Bitcoin News - 6/2/24

Weekly market update / outlook and Top Bitcoin News:

• New 'opt in' version of chat control mass surveillance bill is making way through the EU council
• Senate urged to pass landmark crypto bill after Biden vetoes resolution to overturn SEC rules
• Trump becomes first president to accept Bitcoin lightning payments for campaign donations
• Samourai devs first court hearing:  prosecution promises 'substantial evidence,' TDev still in Portugal
• Japanese DMM Bitcoin exchange hacked for 4503 BTC
• Gemini Earn users receive $2.18B of their assets in kind, Winklevoss call Genesis 'old fashioned financial fraud'
• Mt. Gox Bitcoin moves will cause no immediate selling pressure:  CryptoQuant
• Companies in two capital markets reportedly in negotiations to implement MicroStrategy's Bitcoin business model
• Argentina looks to El Salvador for Bitcoin adoption insights
• Check out this week's featured post on Bitcoin Fortress substack:  "The Government Crackdown on Bitcoin Privacy Tools - A Call to Uphold Decentralization and Privacy"

 

Substack: Bitcoin Fortress

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Mentioned in this week's Podcast:

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/new-version-of-chat-control-mass-surveillance-bill-is-making-way/

https://news.bitcoin.com/senate-urged-to-pass-landmark-crypto-bill-after-biden-vetoes-resolution-to-overturn-sec-rules/

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/trump-becomes-first-president-to-accept-bitcoin-lightning-payments-for-campaign-donations

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/samourai-developers-first-court-hearing/

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/japanese-dmm-bitcoin-exchange-hacked-for-4500-btc/

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gemini-earn-users-get-2-18m-of-their-assets-in-kind/

https://cryptopotato.com/mt-gox-bitcoin-moves-will-cause-no-immediate-selling-pressure-cryptoquant/

https://news.bitcoin.com/companies-in-two-capital-markets-reportedly-in-negotiations-to-implement-microstrategys-bitcoin-business-model/

https://bitcoinnews.com/adoption/argentina-bitcoin-el-salvador/

https://bitcoinfortress.substack.com/p/the-government-crackdown-on-bitcoin