Rabbit Hole Recap #264: Fitch Eyes US Default as "Soft Landing" Narrative Falters

Fitch Downgraded U.S. Long-Term Debt Citing Structural Concerns About U.S. Budget Deficits https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fitch-downgraded-us-debt/

The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/uk-government-very-close-eroding-encryption-worldwide?ref=nobsbitcoin.com

Coinbase CEO: SEC Asked To Stop Trading In Everything Except Bitcoin https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/coinbase-ceo-sec-asked-to-stop-trading-everything-except-bitcoin/

Coinbase Is Still ‘Looking Into How To Best Add Lightning’ https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/coinbase-is-still-looking-into-integrating-ln/

Bitcoin ATM Firm Bity Takes On Swiss Regulator For ‘Undemocratic’ KYC Limits https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-atm-firm-bity-takes-on-swiss-regulator/

Tether Bought 1529 BTC in Q2, Holds More US Treasuries Than Australia https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/tether-bought-1529-btc-in-q2/

Someone Used Rewards Bug on Stacker.News to Withdraw 20M Sats https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/someone-used-a-bug-on-stacker-news-to-withdraw-20m-sats/

Kenya suspended Worldcoin activities, while the project also has fallen under investigation in France, UK, and Germany https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/worldcoin-europe-kenya-3rd-parties/

Spiral Quarterly Update Q3 2023 https://spiral.xyz/blog/spiral-quarterly-update-q3-2023/?ref=nobsbitcoin.com

Geyser Integrates Zaps, Launches Grant For Bitcoin Educational Communities https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/geyser-integrates-zaps/

Thunderhub v0.13.20 https://github.com/apotdevin/thunderhub/releases/tag/v0.13.20?ref=nobsbitcoin.com

Peach Bitcoin v0.2.12: LNURL/BTC Swaps https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/peach-bitcoin-v0-2-12/

BTCPay Server v1.11.1: Bug Fixes https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.11.1?ref=nobsbitcoin.com

Zeus v0.7.7: Fixes and Improvements https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.7.7?ref=nobsbitcoin.com

CivKit Orage: LN Node with Focus on Availability, Modularity & Security https://nitter.at/gregory_nico/status/1684602243419459584?ref=nobsbitcoin.com

Blockstream Jade v1.0.21: Better Navigation and Readability https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/blockstream-jade-v1-0-21/

Blink (ex-Bitcoin Beach) Wallet v2.2.105 Adds LNURL Paycodes https://github.com/GaloyMoney/galoy-mobile/releases?ref=nobsbitcoin.com

Minibits v0.0.7-alpha: Offline Send + Receive https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/minibits-v0-0-7-alpha/

Nodeless Is Now Open Source: Receive BTC & Lightning Payments Without a Node https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nodeless-going-source/

Lightning Loop v0.26.0-beta: Sweep HTLCs to Addresses Generated from xpub https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/lightning-loop-v0-26-0-beta/

Alby Extension v3.0.0: Mnemonic Master Seed For Bitcoin, Nostr and LNURL-auth Keys https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/alby-extension-v3-0-0/

NDK v0.8.0: Data Vending Machines Support & NDK-React v0.1.1 https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ndk-v0-8-0-ndk-react-v0-1-1/

Stemstr: Create, Connect, and Collaborate on Music via Nostr https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/stemstr-music-nostr/

Coracle v0.3.0: Faster Feeds, Better Navigation, NIP-89 App Store https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/coracle-v0-3-0/

Amber v0.0.2: Nostr Event Signer for Android https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/amber-v0-0-2/

0:00 - Opening riff
3:20 - Dashboard
5:55 - Soft landing is cancelled
28:30 - Hex
30:45 - Kenya blocks Worldcoin
43:42- UK encryption
1:05:15 - Coinbase double feature
1:13:15 - Bitcoin ATM KYC
1:13:45 - Tether
1:18:10 - Stacker News bug
1:23:00 - Boostagrams
1:31:00 - Software update
1:38:50 - Closing riff

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