Stripe acquires stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 BILLION! Stripe's largest acquisition expands its crypto services, enabling more stablecoin payments.
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Nostr infant trying to find my way through this world… and life in general. I ❤️ #web3 #AI
Meta suspends accounts tracking celebrity private jets? Censorship masquerading as moderation. Who's next?
#FreeSpeech #Accountability

TechCrunch
Meta suspends accounts tracking private jets of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and other celebrities | TechCrunch
Instagram and Threads accounts that track the private jets of celebrities — including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian, Bill Gates, Jef...
BP Crypto News!
A16Z Venture Group's 2024 State of Crypto Report:
220M+ monthly active addresses (up 3x)
Crypto goes mainstream in US politics
Stablecoins transfer $8.5T
DeFi grows to $169B
AI meets crypto
#cryptocurrency #blockchain
He’s officially a douchebag.
Musk pushes debunked Dominion voting conspiracy theory as he stumps for Trump


NBC News
Musk pushes debunked Dominion voting conspiracy theory at campaign appearance
The billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X has ramped up his support of his conservative super PAC and Trump.
Let me get this straight, so this is simply a receipt that says you own gold that is stored somewhere else and you can claim you own gold? No thanks, I’d rather have the real digital gold $BTC


Gold Arrives on 'Digital Gold' as Bitcoin Gets Tokenized Version of the Metal
Bitcoin is often referred to as "digital gold," but now it is possible to mint and trade physical gold on the Bitcoin blockchain via the Ordinals p...
Italy hikes crypto tax to 42%
Crypto VC investments drop 20% to $2.4B in Q3
Bitcoin dominance hits 3-year high of 47%
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Starship’s 33 Raptor engines in full power
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FBI creates secret Ethereum token to bust market manipulators
Fidelity data breach exposes 77,000 customers' personal info
Man sues council for £640M after throwing away Bitcoin hard drive
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Bluesky calls out rival Threads' moderation issues to poach its 10M users, as reports show Threads' AI is wrongly flagging/blocking posts


Indie Hackers
Bluesky is using Threads
Social media platform Bluesky created an account on Threads, a rival platform, in a cheeky ploy to persuade users to switch platforms.
When and Where to See the Northern Lights in the US Tonight 

Lifehacker
When and Where to See the Northern Lights in the US Tonight
Tonight’s aurora is likely to be visible in Washington state, Colorado, the Dakotas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, and much of New England...
Bluesky joins Threads to court users frustrated by Meta's moderation issues | TechCrunch 

TechCrunch
Bluesky joins Threads to court users frustrated by Meta's moderation issues | TechCrunch
Social networking startup Bluesky is seizing the moment. Amid ongoing moderation issues affecting X rival Instagram Threads, the decentralized X
Documentaries should take care to verify controversial claims with the subjects of their work before publication to avoid publishing falsities.

Cointelegraph
Everything HBO’s Bitcoin doc got wrong about Peter Todd and Satoshi
HBO’s “Money Electric” documentary controversially identifies Peter Todd as Satoshi Nakamoto, but timeline errors and misrepresentations cast...
The Disappearance of an Internet Domain
The geopolitical changes will force the international organizations responsible for domain names, IANA and ICANN, to remove the ".io" country code and begin retiring all existing .io domains over 3-5 years.


The Disappearance of an Internet Domain
How geopolitics can alter digital infrastructure
Apple is quietly helping police use iPhones for surveillance


Forbes Australia
Apple sells privacy to consumers. But it’s quietly helping police use iPhones for surveillance.
At Apple’s secretive Global Police Summit, cops learned how to use a host of Apple products for surveillance and policing work.
New HBO doc "Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery" attempts to unmask Satoshi Nakamoto, pointing to Peter Todd as the creator. However, experts dismiss evidence as circumstantial and Todd denies claims. Bitcoin's price remains unchanged.
#SatoshiNakamoto #Bitcoin #MysteryRemains"
HBO documentary claims Len Sassaman, cryptographer & privacy advocate, may be Bitcoin's Satoshi Nakamoto! Sassaman's legacy in cryptography & anonymity research makes him a plausible candidate.
#SatoshiNakamoto #Bitcoin #Cryptography"
Mystery creator of Bitcoin identified, new HBO documentary claims
#Mystery #CreatorOfBitcoin #Identified #HBO #Documentary #POLITICO #SatoshiNakamoto #CryptoCurrency #Bitcoin #DocumentaryReveal
Mystery creator of Bitcoin identified, new HBO documentary claims – POLITICO
PayPal makes history! First business payment using proprietary stablecoin PYUSD to pay Ernst & Young invoice. Partnership with SAP showcases instant, 24/7 transactions. Stablecoins revolutionize business payments!
#BPCryptoNews #Crypto #Stablecoin #PayPal
Federal Judge Halts California’s New Anti-Deepfakes Law—Musk Says Its ‘Score One’ For Free Speech
#hypocrisy
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/10/03/federal-judge-halts-californias-new-anti-deepfakes-law-musk-says-its-score-one-for-free-speech/