Visa and MasterCard just withdrew from the Libra Association. The political pressure is too hard for corporations to deal with. Bitcoin’s decentralized, leaderless model is the only way a non-sovereign, global digital currency can be successful. — Pomp 🌪 (@APompliano) October 11, 2019

beincrypto.com IRS’ claim that cryptocurrency forks are taxable is like taxing dog breeders when puppies are born.

Binance Now Accepting Fiat Through Alipay, WeChat

Hive.one shows a list of prominent Bitcoin and blockchain people.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-04/memorandum-on-ecb-monetary-policy-by-issing-stark-schlesinger

Customers of PMC Bank prepare for a dark Diwali as their Laxmi is locked away by those in power. Their cries for help fall on deaf ears as the BJP-Sena govts. at state and centre seem to believe that Sab Achha Hai. Victims of #PMCBank crisis speak the truth: Sab Accha Nahi Hai. pic.twitter.com/zypjJVOr4Q —[…]

PayPal Might Withdraw From Libra Association: Report

Discovered 3 months ago; fixed in most clients 2 months ago; Now disclosed. Problem: channel opener opens for X BTC. Counterpart doesn’t check whether channel really contains X. If opener is fraudulent, he could say he opens X but in reality open with Y. It would then show when closing the channel. www.coindesk.com/a-dangerous-bug-in-bitcoins-lightning-network-has-been-fixed

beincrypto.com/turkish-government-freezes-up-to-3-3-million-bank-accounts-this-is-why-bitcoin

– Research into bitcoin vs gold as value asset. – It becomes clear that bitcoin has been designed as an ultra hard kind of money. Next year (after the halvening) it will be as hard as gold. – Bayern LB is 75% owned by the German state. – Stock to flow rate is unprecedentedly high.[…]

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www.zerohedge.com/economics/one-biggest-ecb-hawks-unexpectedly-resigns-opposition-draghis-massive-easing

https://bitcoincharts.com/charts/bitstampUSD#rg1460ztgCzm1g10zm2g25

We’re live! The first Bakkt Bitcoin Futures trade was executed at 8:02pm ET at a price of $10,115 — Bakkt (@Bakkt) September 23, 2019

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https://cointelegraph.com/news/iran-considers-new-system-of-annual-registration-for-crypto-miners