Pre-Show

• Mempool Observer seems to have caught bitcoin mining pool F2pool not mining OFAC sanctioned bitcoin addresses




• The SEC thinks polygon and solana are securities but this is likely insurance against losing an identical lawsuit against Coinbase

News

• Binance's CEO CZ will plead guilty to U.S. money laundering charges, and the exchange will pay a $4.3bn fine to settle some US allegations of ciminality though SEC and CTFC lawsuits are still pending



• Bitrex, another non-US crypto exchange, is shutting down Dec 4th




• Bhutan's bitcoin mining operation has been identified by Forbes




• Wallet of Satoshi, a popular custodial bitcoin lightning wallet, is removing its app from US app stores, as it is a not compliant with US regulations around financial custody




• Apple Deactivates Zeus Developer Account Following Antitrust Lawsuit by Cash App & Venmo Users

  
  
  
  
  
  • EVAN KALOUDIS on X
  
  

"Apparently, if you get cited in someone else's anti-trust lawsuit, Apple will deactivate your developer account without notice.

Economics

• The Monetary Gates Are Open - Lyn Alden

  
  
  

  
  

  the killer app for this technology is money: savings and payments. Bitcoin is a powerful innovation with long-term potential. Stablecoins have been a powerful bridging tool as well.

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  • Argentina's new president is a symptom of this trend towards dollarization and stablecoins are popular in Argential
  
  



• Is bitcoin entering it's epoch of diminishing returns? I guess we'll find out soon

  
  
  

  Privacy




• Cloudflare seems to be filtering for OFAC listed etherium addresses via its Etherium gateway service




• Coincenter, a crypto lobbying group, asks is the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act constitutional?

  
  
  
  
  
  • obviously not
  
  
  • but that doesn't matter
  
  

Altcoins

Bitcoin Education

• Bitcoin Optech covers lightning offer addresses

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