This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- how bitcoin helped a Ukraine refugee escape https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-enables-ukrainian-refugee-escape
- powell mentions need for more bitcoin regs due to sanction https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/02/fed-chair-powell-war-underscores-need-for-crypto-regulation
- biden admin asking crypto exchanges to help ensure russians are not breaking sanctions https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-28/u-s-prods-crypto-exchanges-to-thwart-russia-sanctions-dodgers
- visa and mastercard block russian banks from networks https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/01/visa-mastercard-block-russian-financial-institutions-after-sanctions.html
- rust bip47 library https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bip47
- robosats p2p exchange http://robosats6tkf3eva7x2voqso3a5wcorsnw34jveyxfqi2fu7oyheasid.onion/
- bitmex founders plead guilty, $10M fine, 6-12 months prison, each https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-24/bitmex-founders-hayes-and-delo-plead-guilty-in-us-prosecution
- zeus v0.6.0 https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.6.0
- sparrow v1.6.0 https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.6.0
- raspiblitz v1.7.2 https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz/releases/tag/v1.7.2
- umbrel v0.4.15 https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/releases/tag/v0.4.15
- block reports $1.96B bitcoin sales last quarter https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/135378/block-q4-2021-bitcoin-cash-app-earnings
- intel's new asic expected to be cheaper and 15% more efficient than S19 Pro https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intels-second-gen-bitcoin-miners-performance-and-pricing-listed
- this month in bitcoin privacy https://enegnei.github.io/This-Month-In-Bitcoin-Privacy/February_2022/
- war funding by gladstein https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/how-the-fed-hides-costs-of-war