WILL MICROSOFT BUY BITCOIN? | RABBIT HOLE RECAP #328

Rabbit Hole Recap

- Microsoft to consider bitcoin as a hedge against inflation https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312524242884/d878959ddefa14a.htm

- Lightspark announces new layer 2 Spark https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/lightspark-announces-new-bitcoin-l2-and-upgraded-uma-capabilities

- ECB Economists: Nocoiners May Be Impoverished by Rising Bitcoin Prices https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ecb-economists-nocoiners-may-be-impoverished-by-rising-bitcoin-prices/

- Minneapolis FED Research Paper Finds Banning or Taxing 'Bitcoin' Can Help Maintain Permanent Budget Deficits https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/minneapolis-fed-research-paper-finds-banning-or-taxing-bitcoin-can-help-maintain-permanent-budget-deficits/

- Denmark to Consider Unrealized Cryptocurrency Capital Gains Tax Next Year https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/denmark-to-consider-unrealized-cryptocurrency-gains-tax-next-year/

- River Introduces BTC Yield on USD Deposits https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/river-introduces-btc-yield-on-usd-deposits/

- Spiral funds Spacebear for payjoin dev kit work https://x.com/spiralbtc/status/1848741207502885101

- Human Rights Foundation Story of the Week

Burma | Major Banks Complicit in Junta’s Financial Crackdown

FinancialFreedomReport.org

- Vote for HRF CBDC Tracker Award https://celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/human-civil-rights/awareness-categories/non-profit

- Core Lightning v24.08.2: Remember and Update Channel Hints https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/core-lightning-v24-08-2/

- DATUM Gateway v0.2-beta https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/datum-gateway-v0-2-beta/

- Stratum v2 SRI v1.1.0: Improved Protocol Crates Documentation, More Testing Abilities https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/stratum-v2-sri-v1-1-0/

- Wasabi Wallet v2.3.0: Rewrite of Tor Integration, UX Improvements & More https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/wasabi-wallet-v2-3-0/

- Nunchuk Android v1.9.53 and iOS v1.9.57 https://github.com/nunchuk-io/nunchuk-android/releases/tag/android.1.9.53 & https://github.com/nunchuk-io/nunchuk-android/releases/tag/android.1.9.53

- Nunchuk Desktop 1.9.39 https://github.com/nunchuk-io/nunchuk-desktop/releases/tag/1.9.39

- Bisq2 v2.1.2: Optimized Reputation System & Chat Consolidation https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bisq2-v2-1-2/

- Alby Hub v1.10.3 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gm-2024-10-25/

- zap.store v0.1.4 https://primal.net/e/note18ee7q96n64ryxuwk3f84hdrr0fx3j6fjf679caj92ftggg96desq78rwv7

- AlgoRelay: Nostr's First Algorithmic Relay https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/algorelay-nostr-algorithmic-relay/

- SIGit.io: Document Signing & Verification Over Nostr https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/sigit-beta-doc-signing-nostr/

- Tor Browser v14.0: Firefox ESR 128, New Circuit Option for Android & More https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/tor-browser-v14-0/

0:00 - Intro

3:35 - Living life live

6:04 - Dashboard

8:02 - Microsoft

16:56 - Lightspark L2

35:03 - Central Bank papers on bitcoin

51:31 - Denmark unrealized cap gains

54:51 - BRICS

58:37 - River BTC interest on USD deposits

1:07:17 - Spiral grants

1:08:20 - Coracle bug breaking news

1:09:44 - HRF Story of the Week

1:12:11 - Software updates

1:19:07 - Key rotation

1:22:54 - Boosts and J-Mart marathon

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