Coordinated Attack on the Bitcoin Ecosystem in One Week
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synopsis
A packed news episode covering coordinated attacks on Bitcoin ecosystem (Apple vs Damus zaps, Telegram removing Robosats, Swan YouTube pulled), the SEC suing Binance and Coinbase, crypto.com voluntarily leaving the US, and the Prime Trust/BitGo acquisition. Ian frames all of these happening in the same week as coordinated suppression. They also reverse course on the El Salvador halving party — Ian already bought tickets.
quotes
"You're not even pretending now" — Ian on coordinated crackdowns
"The people that are actually selling you crypto are not being threatened to be removed" — Ian on Apple's hypocrisy
"Everyone that says there's room for everybody is probably a scammer at this point" — Ian on crypto vs Bitcoin companies
"We die, we die" — Mandana on going to El Salvador
"I already bought the tickets... dictator I live with, we're going" — Ian
"Why would anyone buy Solana ever? The only people that should have Solana are the people who didn't pay for it" — Ian
topics
Apple threatening to remove Damus from App Store over zapsTelegram kicking Robosats off platformSwan Bitcoin YouTube channel pulled (later restored)SEC suing Binance (FTX parallels, insider quote in tweet)SEC suing Coinbase the next dayCrypto.com voluntarily leaving USRobinhood delisting Cardano, Solana, MaticRipple/XRP case — 50/50 rulingPrime Trust being acquired by BitGo (closing that loop)Strike rolling own infrastructureEl Salvador halving party — they're going (Ian bought tickets)Sparrow Wallet open source funding via Fountain splitsFrance entering top listener charts