Episode 16: Bitcoin Global and Australian News - Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover, Sri Lanka Debt Default, African Republic Bitcoin Adoption, Inflation Updates, and Australian Regulations & BTC ETFs

Guest: https://twitter.com/btc_shepherd of https://thebitcoinshepherd.com Host: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin Sponsor: HardBlock https://www.hardblock.com.au Notes GLOBAL The Central African Republic becomes first country in Africa to adopt Bitcoin as a payment currency? https://forbes.mc/article/first-african-country-adopt-bitcoin-legal-currency-central-african-republic Elon Musk's take-over of Twitter https://www.cnet.com/tech/musk-is-twitters-singular-solution-says-co-founder-jack-dorsey/ Sri Lanka defaults on $51 billion external debt https://www.firstpost.com/world/sri-lanka-defaults-on-its-51-billion-external-debt-calls-it-last-resort-as-country-runs-out-of-foreign-exchange-10546651.html IMF offers Argentina a loan with stipulations restricting cryptocurrency adoption US CPI hits 8.5% in March 2022, the highest in 40 years Germany's producer inflation jumps to 30.9% in March, the highest since 1949 https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/inflation-cpi Janet Yellen (US Treasury Secretary) gives 30 minute speech about bitcoin and CBDCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPQiPFqFwOU American push-back on the Federal Reserve and CBDCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fElE9EpMfg Senator Bragg's comments on an Australian Sovereign Digital Currency US bank Morgan Stanley report the bitcoin Lightning Network is superior in terms of transaction speed and cost when compared to payment giants like Visa https://watcher.guru/news/morgan-stanley-says-bitcoin-lightning-network-is-superior-to-visa UniSwap class action lawsuit for promoting scamcoins and not making proper disclosures Robinhood CEO & Doge devs looking to make doge the currency of the people and internet with a blocksize of 1GB and rate of 1-10 minutes New scientific analysis of Roman coins uncovers evidence financial crisis was worse than expected https://phys.org/news/2022-04-analysis-roman-coins-uncovers-evidence.html AUSTRALIA Australian Financial Watchdog unveils cryptocurrency regulatory road-map https://cointelegraph.com/news/australian-prudential-regulator-releases-roadmap-for-cryptocurrency-policy AUSTRAC releases 2 new guides to help spot illicit cryptocurrency use https://cointelegraph.com/news/austrac-releases-2-new-guides-to-help-spot-illicit-crypto-use Government overreach, including Ukraine banning purchases of bitcoin in their local currency Sen Bragg's comments on cryptocurrency in superannuation funds Australia's #Bitcoin spot ETF gets the green light https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/australias-first-bitcoin-etf-to-list-next-week-report Life is getting more expensive, but you can still save for a home deposit with traditional methods https://www.smh.com.au/money/saving/life-is-getting-more-expensive-but-you-can-still-save-for-a-home-deposit-20220330-p5a9f4.html ‘Impulsive psychopaths like crypto’: Why some take risks on bitcoin https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/impulsive-psychopaths-like-crypto-why-some-take-risks-on-bitcoin-20220412-p5acv4.html Alex Saunders from Nugget's News returns with an NFT collection TECHNOLOGY New Bitcoin Seed Calculator Tool (better than Ian Coleman’s BIP39 Utility?!) https://bitcoiner.guide/seed Lighting Network grew by 750% in one year https://compassmining.io/education/lighting-network-grew-by-750-in-one-year-report Lightning channels all time high capacity https://twitter.com/Dennis_Porter_/status/1515833742522167298?s=20&t=PNyU_k5l_0T1x-eUSvnhpA Taro protocol for tokens on Lightning Network TSMC raises $3.5 bln for new chip foundry in Arizona https://www.reuters.com/technology/taiwans-tsmc-raises-35-bln-bonds-new-us-plant-2022-04-20