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Sentiment Analysis https://x.com/sullymichaelvan/status/2059646236966137982

Fidelity Glitch https://x.com/adi_baradwaj/status/2059422632215548143

NY legal complaint seeks title to 39,069 allegedly abandoned bitcoin wallets https://static1.squarespace.com/static/694884477ae7ad3f7b78981b/t/6a038dcea3e5b83386bf21a4/1778617806647/2026-05-01+%5B21%5D-%5B22%5D+Summons+%26+Amended+Complaint.pdf

Is it Shkreli? https://x.com/MartinShkreli/status/2059711308921028692

Former CIA officer accused of stealing $40M in gold bars and foreign currency https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/28/politics/former-cia-officer-public-money-theft

Texas app store age-verification law allowed to take effect for now https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/28/texas-apple-google-app-store-age-verification/

South Carolina social media law criticized as statewide age surveillance https://reclaimthenet.org/south-carolina-social-media-surveillance-law

Walz signs Minnesota bill adding social media protections for children https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/walz-signs-bill-enacting-social-media-guardrails-for-minnesota-children/

Developer Spotlight: Kurt Unger https://opensats.org/blog/developer-spotlight-kurt-unger

CFTC Approves Kalshi Perpetual BTC Future https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9240-26

North Korea | Dictatorship Implements Rice Price Controls

North Korea’s authoritarian regime is attempting to cap rice prices after a sharp food price surge, but the policy is making the shortage worse. According to Daily NK, the regime ordered local officials to stop street vendors from selling rice above a state-imposed ceiling. This action was in response to rice prices rising above 30,000 North Korean won ($33.33) per kilogram. Officials and undercover agents are now inspecting markets, checking sellers’ account books, and confiscating rice from those accused of charging too much. Traders are responding by pulling rice from public stalls and selling it privately from homes or other hidden locations. For North Koreans, the state’s actions make rice harder to find and more expensive. FinancialFreedomReport.org

Matching Hashes: Reproducing the Guix-built Bitcoin Core release binary with Nix https://b10c.me/projects/027-bitcoind-gunix-match/

ngit-cli v2.5.0 adds PR defaults, GRASP fallback handling, and checkout fixes https://github.com/DanConwayDev/ngit-cli/releases/tag/v2.5.0

Europa VPN Market https://europa.westernbtc.com/

Google employee charged with insider trading https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/google-employee-charged-insider-trading

Data broker location data used to target and kill U.S. troops https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/28/enemies-are-exploiting-unregulated-data-broker-location-data-to-target-and-kill-u-s-troops/

3:33 - Opening riff

9:03 - Dashboard

16:48 - Angry plebs

37:48 - Fidelity glitch

42:48 - Abandoned wallets

48:53 - Texas age verification

56:33 - Drone warfare

1:04:48 - OpenSats dev spotlight

1:06:18 - CFTC Kalshi

1:10:48 - HRF Story of the Week

1:13:18 - Matching Hashes

1:15:23 - Zaps & Boosts

1:22:03 - Software updates

1:26:16 - Google insider trading

1:29:08 - Data brokers risk troops

1:33:03 - US constitution on the blockchain

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GitHub Discloses Security Breach via Poisoned VS Code Extensionhttps://x.com/github/status/2056949168208552080

Iran Launches Bitcoin-Powered Maritime Insurance Platform "Hormuz Safe"https://x.com/bitcoinnewscom/status/2056099986199232732

SpaceX Holds Nearly 19,000 BTC Valued at $1.29 Billionhttps://x.com/macroscope17/status/2057205538086117590

Trump Executed Over 3,700 Stock Trades in First Quarterhttps://x.com/infraa_/status/2055988212611645663

Trump Executive Order Expands Bank Secrecy Act Requirementshttps://www.therage.co/trump-executive-order-expands-bank-secrecy-act/

The U.S. Can’t Lose the Bitcoin Race to China https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2026/05/19/the-u-s-can-t-lose-the-bitcoin-race-to-china

Hodl Hodl Launches Lightning Trading on Mainnethttps://x.com/hodlhodl/status/2057111820268130576

Thailand | Cash Handout Expands State Digital Payments

Thailand’s regime approved the “Thai Help Thai Plus” scheme, a 175 billion baht relief program covering more than 43 million people. State welfare cardholders will receive 1,000 baht per month automatically, while 30 million others can register through the Pao Tang app for a 60/40 co-payment benefit worth up to 4,000 baht over four months. The funds can only be used at participating merchants between 6 am and 11 pm through the state-linked wallet app, and cash withdrawals are prohibited. The program may help households facing surging fuel and living costs, but it also deepens reliance on government-controlled digital payment infrastructure. When economic relief is tied to identification, apps, spending rules, and approved merchants, support can quickly become another layer of state control. FinancialFreedomReport.org

Sparrow Wallet 2.5.0 Released – Adds Silent Payments Supporthttps://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/2.5.0

Zeus LN v13.0.2 Released with RGS Improvements and Bug Fixeshttps://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v13.0.2

NostrVPN v4.0.37https://nostrvpn.org

Seed Tool v2.3.0https://primal.net/bitcoinqna/6nKZJtCgwY5ATgh9idnlS

3:33 - Eth out

9:43 - TEMS

19:33 - Dashboard

21:18 - Github disclosure

25:53 - Hormuz Safe

44:38 - Trump 60 trades a day

52:13 - US/China bitcoin race

53:22 - Trump expands BSA

1:07:08 - HodlHodl LN trading

1:09:33 - HRF Story of the Week

1:12:03 - Boosts

1:13:18 - Software updates

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Android VPN Vulnerability

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/any-app-on-recent-android-versions-can-leak-certain-traffic

Tando Enables Lightning Addresses for All Kenyan M-Pesa Phone Numbers https://x.com/tando_me/status/2054209322217808292

Top CEOs Including Musk, Cook, and Fink Join Trump on China Trip https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/2054551038632292610

Iran's Internet Blackout Enters 75th Day https://x.com/netblocks/status/2054469192271720950

Bitcoin User Recovers 5+ BTC from 11-Year-Old Wallet Using Claude AI https://x.com/cprkrn/status/2054586810475364536

Roman Sterlingov on Prison Abuse and the Erosion of Privacy

https://www.therage.co/the-people-and-the-machine/

Strive Announces Daily Dividends for $SATA Shareholders https://x.com/Strive/status/2054894518990700568

HRF’s AI Fund Supports 10 Innovative Projects for Human Rights

https://hrf.org/latest/hrfs-ai-fund-supports-10-innovative-projects/

Project Loupe: AI-Powered Vulnerability Scanner for Open-Source Bitcoin Projects https://x.com/ProjectLoupe/status/2054252211756994678

Frigate 1.5.0 Release - Enhances Silent Payments and Electrum Server https://github.com/sparrowwallet/frigate/releases/tag/1.5.0

LDK Server: Production-Grade Lightning Node Daemon Released https://x.com/lightningdevkit/status/2054231998458175553

JoinMarket-ng 0.29.0 Released - Major Updates & Fixes for CoinJoin Privacy Tool

https://github.com/joinmarket-ng/joinmarket-ng/releases/tag/0.29.0

Nostr Station Beta

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Keonne's Prison Appeal for Legal Debt Donations https://x.com/keonne/status/2052066547561070671

Bitcoin Core Discloses CVE-2024-52911 Remote Crash Vulnerability https://bitcoincore.org/en/2026/05/05/disclose-cve-2024-52911/

Bisq Announces V1 Trade Protocol Exploit and Emergency Trading Halt https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsgm3fvgfc7525a9mcnkpx5z0938av8ke30fmj4shxem7dvq7a3zccs5dsf8

Brian Armstrong Announces Coinbase 14% Staff Reduction for AI Efficiency https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/2051616759145185723

Strike Ships Bitcoin Lending Expansions and Remittance Features https://x.com/strike/status/2051404604647100902

Indonesia | Digital Payment System with China Established

China and Indonesia launched a cross‑border QR payment system connecting China’s major payment apps with Indonesia’s QRIS network, the country’s national digital payment standard, used by over 50 million people. At launch, the system supports Alipay and UnionPay (China’s dominant mobile payment platform and the national payment network, respectively), allowing travelers and residents from both countries to scan and pay across borders, with transactions settled directly in yuan and rupiah under a local currency settlement framework. FinancialFreedomReport.org

Coco v1 Stable – TypeScript Framework for Cashu Wallets https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsrhsxmw57eve8xmf6wesc3x23nvva8dyqkwhg0qarllsxsvxpze6gmcct27

Divine, Vine reboot, launches https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs0pfq8frlp2avsfn4l6krkt5ssfqapemu8sr0fmn07f4fjpmd3zlc28vmpq

Maple Matures https://blog.trymaple.ai/meet-maple-the-personal-intelligence-platform/

Apocalypse Early Warning System https://ews.kylemcdonald.net/

Start9 RISC‑V Privacy Router https://router.start9.com/

South African Bitcoiners Under Attack https://propertyrightsdefense.org

03:33 - Opening riff

13:53 - Dashboard

16:03 - Keonne

50:03 - Zaps

52:33 - GUARD Act

58:33 - CVE bug

1:03:13 - Bisq exploit

1:07:18 - The layoffs continue

1:21:53 - Strike lending

1:32:58 - HRF Story of the Week

1:35:03 - Boosts

1:41:33 - Odell plays guitar

1:45:13 - Maple

1:50:43 - Apocalypse early warning

1:52:43 - Start9 router

1:54:13 - South Africa property rights

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