RABBIT HOLE RECAP #404: THE RISE OF THE PETROSAT

https://rhr.tv/stream Iran Proposes Bitcoin Oil Toll https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iran-wants-bitcoin-payments-oil-142809623.html + https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs2k4fh032uxuhnmh5r7s6ra3cx4tczkhhc9tt4yuqu3xfl2juxx7skudrk5 France Repatriates Gold Reserves https://x.com/clashreport/status/2041076906280309046 Bitcoin ETF Fastest to $100B https://x.com/mtanguma/status/2041865673110962555 Square Phases Bitcoin Payments https://x.com/milessuter/status/2040154587232182565 Salvadoran Bitcoin Students Join Mempool https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsqcfhdguz5x4hy6zhhur3f72nvjypw4an9ln7lcs0rek6cl5arxgc4rdqj5 Strike updates https://x.com/Strike/status/2041273272587686035 OpenSats 16th Nostr Grants https://opensats.org/blog/sixteenth-wave-of-nostr-grants Russia | Banks to Use State Messenger for Transaction Verification Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development is drafting legislation that would require banks to confirm customer financial operations through Max, a Kremlin-controlled messaging app. In practice, instead of confirming transactions within their banking app (or via SMS), users would receive a message in the Max app and must approve the action there to complete it. The proposal applies to undefined “significant” actions, granting officials broad discretion over which financial activities require approval. This would insert state-run app verification into everyday banking. And if Max goes down, significant financial activity may stop entirely. FinancialFreedomReport.org Sprout Nostr AI Relay https://github.com/block/sprout Mesh LLM Distributed Inference https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm Nunchuk CLI for AI Agents https://x.com/nunchuk_io/status/2041878908547821872 Iran Blackout Day 41 https://x.com/netblocks/status/2042140068509290961 Bitchat iOS banned in China, Bitchat android hits 3.2M installs https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs8k3n72knrtm3nvz5vqp4cm9dctxtuc627zz8kttxvqssnl7z60mqfj4rr7 + https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqspne9a0e40ulra9uhvht6mdgad40m63w3xr6h6tuh77rsthue0nlgg66x3y Google AI Finance Global Launch https://x.com/thefox/status/2041910855479259400 03:33 - Big week 06:13 - Dashboard 08:43 - Hormuz 28:53 - France wants their gold 33:33 - BTC ETF growth 36:18 - Square update 39:23 - Hot Style Takeover 40:43 - Salvadorans join Mempool 43:48 - Strike loan update 45:28 - OpenSats 50:48 - HRF Story of the Week 53:33 - Boosts 57:28 - Software updates 1:26:23 - Carlyle redemptions 1:32:33 - S&P Shoutout to our sponsors: Coinkite https://coinkite.com/ Strike https://strike.me/ Stakwork https://stakwork.ai/ Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/rhr Follow Marty Bent: Twitter https://twitter.com/martybent Nostr https://primal.net/marty Newsletter https://tftc.io/martys-bent/ Podcast https://tftc.io/podcasts/ Follow Odell: Nostr https://primal.net/odell Newsletter https://discreetlog.com/ Podcast https://citadeldispatch.com/