A Cautionary Tale: Venezuela's Struggles and U.S. Political Parallels

- Up to 2.9 Billion Records Stolen in a Hack of US Background Check Company https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/up-to-2-9-billion-records-stolen-in-a-hack-of-a-us-background-check-company/

- UN Cybercrime Draft Convention Approved Unanimously Despite Widespread Opposition https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/un-cybercrime-draft-convention-approved-unanimously-despite-widespread-opposition/

- Russia, Venezuela Block Signal Messenger https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/russia-venezuela-block-signal-messenger/

- SimpleX Raises $1.3M from Jack Dorsey & Asymmetric VC, Releases Chat v6.0 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/simplex-chat-v6-0/

- Nigerian Bitcoiner Sues Government for the Right to Own, Acquire, and Trade Bitcoin https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nigerian-bitcoiner-sues-government-for-the-right-to-own-acquire-and-trade-bitcoin/

- OpenSats Announces New Round of Grants Focused on Bitcoin Core https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/opensats-announces-new-round-of-grants-focused-on-bitcoin-core/

- Human Rights Foundation Story of the Week

Venezuela | Restricts Access to Binance and Blocks X Amid Post-Election Upheaval

Venezuelans are now struggling to access Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. “Like several company websites in different segments in Venezuela, including social media, Binance’s pages have been facing access restrictions,” Binance announced. Binance is a peer-to-peer exchange popular with Venezuelans in search of US dollars, stablecoins, and Bitcoin to escape the regime’s ongoing devaluation of the bolívar. With Binance now inaccessible, many find themselves financially trapped and increasingly vulnerable in a country where 82% live in poverty and 53% live in extreme poverty. Alongside censoring Binance, Maduro has blocked access to social media platform X for 10 days, revoked passports arbitrarily, and detained over 2,000 activists, lawyers, opposition figures, and civilians protesting the fraudulent election results. FinancialFreedomReport.org

- Validating Lightning Signer v0.12: 'Benevolent Basilisk' https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/validating-lightning-signer-v0-12/

- Bankify: Turn Cashu Mints into Lightning Wallets with NWC https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/introducing-bankify/

- El Salvador Attracts $1.6 Billion for Port Infrastructure Development Near Bitcoin City https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/el-salvador-attracts-1-6-billion-for-port-infrastructure-development-near-bitcoin-city/

2:52 - How the turntables

6:54 - Dashboard

9:27 - Bitcoin policy

19:23 - Big leak

25:18 - Stak

26:36 - UN cybercrime

37:43 - Russia & Venezuela block Signal

39:53 - SimpleX raise

48:27 - Nigerian bitcoiner sues gov

53:31 - OpenSats grants

58:51 - HRF Story of the Week

1:04:25 - Boosts

1:09:45 - Software updates

1:15:41 - El Salvador infrastructure investment

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