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<p>In our magazine, from Candice Bernd: Texas is the national epicenter of <a href="/tags/bitcoin/" rel="tag">#Bitcoin</a> mining, with only about 24 total mines operating outside the state’s borders. Approximately 40 mines are operating in the state, together consuming about 3,200 MWs, enough to power 800,000 homes. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/the-crypto-racket/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/the-crypto-racket/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/the-cryp</span><span class="invisible">to-racket/</span></a> </p><p>Copublished with our friends at The Nation.</p><p><a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#energy</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/oilandgas/" rel="tag">#OilAndGas</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>How it feels to be a Bitcoiner on any financial subreddit <a href="https://www.bocvip.com/1086974/how-it-feels-to-be-a-bitcoiner-on-any-financial-subreddit/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bocvip.com/1086974/how-it-feels-to-be-a-bitcoiner-on-any-financial-subreddit/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bocvip.com/1086974/how-it-</span><span class="invisible">feels-to-be-a-bitcoiner-on-any-financial-subreddit/</span></a> <a href="/tags/bitcoin/" rel="tag">#bitcoin</a> <a href="/tags/btc/" rel="tag">#btc</a></p>

<p>Ω🚨Ω<br><a href="/tags/thecryptocalypsechronicles/" rel="tag">#TheCryptocalypseChronicles</a>: Trump&#x27;s Transition Team Is Tethered To Thievery (And Worse)</p><p>How is it that money managed by the chair of Trump&#x27;s transition team keeps showing up in the hands of drug cartels, terrorists, and fraudsters?</p><p>This is a &quot;follow the money&quot; deep dive into how Howard Lutnick manages roughly $100 billion for <a href="/tags/tether/" rel="tag">#Tether</a>. Together they&#x27;ve created an offshore legal fiction by which neither bears any responsibility if that money ends up in the hands of sanctioned countries like <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> or <a href="/tags/northkorea/" rel="tag">#NorthKorea</a> or international criminal organizations like <a href="/tags/pigbutchering/" rel="tag">#PigButchering</a> frauds and weapons markets.</p><p>Which is exactly where it ends up pretty much constantly. </p><p>For bonus points $40 billion of those dollars came from Sam Bankman-Fried&#x27;s FTX.</p><p>Ω👇Ω<br><a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/trumps-transition-team-is-tethered" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cryptadamus.substack.com/p/trumps-transition-team-is-tethered"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/tru</span><span class="invisible">mps-transition-team-is-tethered</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/tenetmedia/" rel="tag">#TenetMedia</a> <a href="/tags/election2024/" rel="tag">#Election2024</a> <a href="/tags/2024election/" rel="tag">#2024Election</a> <a href="/tags/cantorfitzgerald/" rel="tag">#cantorfitzgerald</a> <a href="/tags/howardlutnick/" rel="tag">#HowardLutnick</a> <a href="/tags/usdt/" rel="tag">#USDT</a> <a href="/tags/terrorism/" rel="tag">#Terrorism</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#fraud</a> <a href="/tags/scams/" rel="tag">#scams</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#Russia</a> <a href="/tags/theft/" rel="tag">#Theft</a> <a href="/tags/cartels/" rel="tag">#cartels</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/sbf/" rel="tag">#SBF</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/cryptocurrency/" rel="tag">#cryptocurrency</a> <a href="/tags/bitcoin/" rel="tag">#bitcoin</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/tether/" rel="tag">#Tether</a>, a company whose capital probably comes from <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> and which earns 5% interest on ~$100 billion for doing nothing, has been branching out and investing in:</p><p>1. a chinese bitcoin transaction processor (some call them &quot;miners&quot;) manufacturer <a href="/tags/bitdeer/" rel="tag">#Bitdeer</a></p><p>2. random agriculture companies in argentina with a sub 3% ROI (less than Tether would get doing nothing and collecting 5%) <a href="https://t.co/R15JFCMRhD" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>t.co/R15JFCMRhD</a></p><p>3. <a href="/tags/satellogic/" rel="tag">#Satellogic</a>, a manufacturer of spy satellites that is currently losing $30-50 million per year (much less than the guaranteed 5%)</p><p>to say this is shady would be an understatement but it is of a piece with some of Tether&#x27;s other recent bailouts of allegedly fraudulent companies like <a href="/tags/northerndata/" rel="tag">#NorthernData</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/stablecoins/" rel="tag">#stablecoins</a> <a href="/tags/stablecoin/" rel="tag">#stablecoin</a> <a href="/tags/cryptocurrency/" rel="tag">#cryptocurrency</a> <a href="/tags/bitcoin/" rel="tag">#bitcoin</a> <a href="/tags/bitcoinmining/" rel="tag">#bitcoinmining</a> <a href="/tags/argentina/" rel="tag">#argentina</a> <a href="/tags/satl/" rel="tag">#SATL</a> <a href="/tags/adecoagro/" rel="tag">#Adecoagro</a> <a href="/tags/espionage/" rel="tag">#espionage</a> <a href="/tags/satellite/" rel="tag">#satellite</a> <a href="/tags/spy/" rel="tag">#spy</a> <a href="/tags/chinese/" rel="tag">#Chinese</a> <a href="/tags/jihanwu/" rel="tag">#JihanWu</a></p>

<p>Apparently there&#x27;s another slave uprising (literally) at a Cambodian scam compound in Bavet City. This is what cryptocurrency has wrought.</p><p><a href="https://x.com/CyberScamWatch/status/1842186067304464402" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="x.com/CyberScamWatch/status/1842186067304464402"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/CyberScamWatch/status/18</span><span class="invisible">42186067304464402</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/cryptocurrency/" rel="tag">#cryptocurrency</a> <a href="/tags/bitcoin/" rel="tag">#bitcoin</a> <a href="/tags/cambodia/" rel="tag">#cambodia</a> <a href="/tags/vietnam/" rel="tag">#vietnam</a> <a href="/tags/bavetcity/" rel="tag">#bavetCity</a> <a href="/tags/btc/" rel="tag">#BTC</a> <a href="/tags/tether/" rel="tag">#Tether</a> <a href="/tags/usdt/" rel="tag">#USDT</a></p>

<p>Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?</p><p>Warum versenken Menschen immer wieder ihr Geld in Schneeballsystemen, bei Verschwörungsunternehmern und in Kryptocoins? </p><p>Zur Erklärung verwende ich inzwischen die Begriffe der Commitment - Falle oder gar des Commitment - Tunnel. Enjoy! <a href="/tags/psychologie/" rel="tag">#Psychologie</a> <a href="/tags/kryptowaehrung/" rel="tag">#KryptoWaehrung</a> <a href="/tags/bitcoin/" rel="tag">#BitCoin</a> #$TRUMP <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/libra/" rel="tag">#LIBRA</a> <a href="/tags/verschwörungsunternehmer/" rel="tag">#Verschwörungsunternehmer</a> <a href="/tags/abzocke/" rel="tag">#Abzocke</a> <a href="/tags/kryptowinter/" rel="tag">#Kryptowinter</a> <a href="https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/kryptowinter-die-falle-des-commitment-tunnel/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/kryptowinter-die-falle-des-commitment-tunnel/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-</span><span class="invisible">glaubens/kryptowinter-die-falle-des-commitment-tunnel/</span></a></p>

I think it&#x27;s wild that cryptocurrencies are also crashing along with the US stock market. I mean, I feel like they&#x27;re doomed to crash generally but there legitimately seemed to be enthusiasm in that industry that Trump would make the line go up.<br><br><a href="/tags/trumprecession/" rel="tag">#TrumpRecession</a> <a href="/tags/trumpcrash/" rel="tag">#TrumpCrash</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/cryptocurrency/" rel="tag">#cryptocurrency</a> <a href="/tags/bitcoin/" rel="tag">#bitcoin</a> <a href="/tags/useconomy/" rel="tag">#USEconomy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a><br>

<p>GENOCIDE WATCH for North America</p><p>&quot;This is the war. If you do not wish to be challenged, leave now. Saturday morning cartoons await.&quot; - The artist formerly known as Prince</p><p><a href="/tags/genocide/" rel="tag">#genocide</a> <a href="/tags/smallpox/" rel="tag">#smallpox</a> <a href="/tags/blackpox/" rel="tag">#blackpox</a> <a href="/tags/antififa/" rel="tag">#antififa</a> <a href="/tags/vermont/" rel="tag">#vermont</a> <a href="/tags/bitcoin/" rel="tag">#bitcoin</a> <a href="/tags/bch/" rel="tag">#bch</a> <a href="/tags/bitcoincash/" rel="tag">#bitcoincash</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/healthcareworkers/" rel="tag">#Healthcareworkers</a> <a href="/tags/emergencymedicine/" rel="tag">#emergencymedicine</a> <a href="/tags/emergencymedicalservices/" rel="tag">#emergencymedicalservices</a> <a href="/tags/nurses/" rel="tag">#nurses</a> <a href="/tags/intensivecare/" rel="tag">#intensivecare</a> <a href="/tags/criticalcare/" rel="tag">#criticalcare</a></p>

<p>There&#x27;s a growing collection of simple but powerful mini-apps on Bitcoin Cash around a social media protocol called Vox.</p><p>Check out the unstable testnet version here: <a href="https://unspent.dev" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>unspent.dev</a></p><p>Or mainnet: <a href="https://vox.cash" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>vox.cash</a></p><p><a href="/tags/bitcoincash/" rel="tag">#BitcoinCash</a> <a href="/tags/bch/" rel="tag">#BCH</a> <a href="/tags/bitcoin/" rel="tag">#bitcoin</a> <a href="/tags/petrofascism/" rel="tag">#petrofascism</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#freedom</a></p>

<p>The DOJ indicted “Bitcoin Jesus” Roger Ver in one of the largest-ever crypto tax fraud cases.</p><p>Those familiar with the case said the evidence was “rock solid” and that prosecutors were confident of a conviction.</p><p>Then Donald Trump won a second term.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/bitcoin-jesus-roger-ver-tax-evastion-friends-of-trump-doj?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/bitcoin-jesus-roger-ver-tax-evastion-friends-of-trump-doj?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/bit</span><span class="invisible">coin-jesus-roger-ver-tax-evastion-friends-of-trump-doj?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/billionaire/" rel="tag">#Billionaire</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#Crypto</a> <a href="/tags/bitcoin/" rel="tag">#Bitcoin</a></p>

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