Lightening the Mood Amidst Serious Updates

- Trump on Powell https://x.com/cspan/status/1935342230585164022

- Bitcoin Knots nodes now account for 13% of network https://coin.dance/nodes/knots

- Iranian Sepah bank data erased by israeli hackers https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/suspected-israeli-hackers-claim-destroy-data-irans-bank-sepah-2025-06-17/

- Iranian exchange hacked by israeli hackers https://www.elliptic.co/blog/iranian-crypto-exchange-nobitex-hacked-pro-israel-group

- Iranian gov cuts internet nationwide https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs8glpn2lwqyjju968wcmlvvyguvn279qf6re4e5d2tk39affrx9hgfxafs7

- US military action against Iran before July? https://polymarket.com/event/us-military-action-against-iran-before-july?tid=1750349409453

- Will Iran close the Strait of Hormuz in 2025? https://polymarket.com/event/will-iran-close-the-strait-of-hormuz-in-2025?tid=1750350748491

- The EU’s “Encryption Roadmap” Makes Everyone Less Safe https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/eus-encryption-roadmap-makes-everyone-less-safe

- China bans Maple AI in apple app store https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsrjyn8tdqnyk9sn6tqdrs83r3htw0suupmvjrnnsex5kec7xyzkmcfmygvr

- Tanzania | Blocks Access to X and Telegram Amid Financial, Political, and Media Repression

Tanzania restricted access to X and Telegram across major Internet providers following a hack of the Tanzanian police force’s official account. The platforms remain offline more than three weeks later in the lead-up to October’s presidential and parliamentary elections. The timing of the shutdown also coincides with the kidnapping of Ugandan journalist, lawyer, and Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Agather Atuhaire, who says she was tortured and sexually assaulted while in Tanzanian custody before being left at the border between Tanzania and Uganda. Recently, the government also banned the use of foreign currency in daily transactions, forcing citizens to rely on the weakening Tanzanian shilling. And in April, the opposition CHADEMA party was disqualified from participating in the October elections under the pretense of treason against party leader Tundu Lissu. The censorship of online platforms, suppression of opposition and dissidents, and laws banning foreign currency all signal a coordinated strategy to silence criticism and strip Tanzanians of both their political voice and financial autonomy. FinancialFreedomReport.org

- Bull bitcoin liquid dca https://x.com/francispouliot_/status/1935040999157276692

- BLE mesh for nostr notes when the internet is down https://github.com/KoalaSat/samiz

- Daemon and Freedom by suarez

0:00 - Intro

2:35 - Trump cold open

23:56 - Knots nodes

30:47 - Iran hacking

41:39 - Koala

47:34 - Iran Polymarket

56:27 - EU encryption

58:11 - Maple banned in China

1:01:41 - HRF Story of the Week

1:03:58 - Boosts

1:05:47 - Bull Bitcoin liquid DCA

1:11:16 - Daemon and Freedom by Suarez

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