August 2022

BITCOIN LOOKS BACK OVER THE EDGE

Down The Rabbit Hole

Bitcoin Looks Back over the Edge

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Top Trends Im Watching

• Nation State Level Interest In Bitcoin

• Big Tech Integrations Into The Bitcoin Network

• Regulatory Headwinds For Access To Bitcoin Products & Services

• Bitcoin Market Structure Consolidation

New Stories

• Robinhood’s Crypto Unit Fined $30 Million by New York’s Top Financial Regulator Link

• BlackRock Teams Up With Coinbase in Crypto Market Expansion Link

• U.S. Treasury sanction of privacy tools places sweeping restrictions on all Americans Link

• PayPal joins the TRUST Travel Rule Solution Link

• ECB Publishes Working Paper: Towards the holy grail of cross-border payments Link

Podcasts

• Risk Free Rates On Bitcoin's Lightning Network

Tweets

• GBTC Discount To NAV Near All-Time Highs 33.3%

• Explore The Lightning Network

• 1 Billion Bitcoin Addresses Transacted!

Books

• The Color of Money: Black Banks And The Racial Wealth Gap

Not Gonna Make It

• Genesis CEO Steps Down As Crypto Broker Slashes Its Workforce By 20%

• Galaxy Digital Abandons $1.2B Plan to Acquire Crypto Custody Firm BitGo