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Iran Internet Blackout Reaches 55th Day - NetBlockshttps://x.com/netblocks/status/2047217589156245931

Palantir Shares 'The Technological Republic' Manifestohttps://x.com/palantirtech/status/2045574398573453312

Palantir Partners with USDA for American Farmershttps://x.com/palantirtech/status/2046907163038073051

Signal Announces Apple iOS Patch for Notification Bughttps://x.com/signalapp/status/2047070518776356996

US Admiral: Bitcoin Has “Incredible Potential” for National Securityhttps://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsdur5mraa6e4y9ruw0yekq4r3d84danlyrq0l92lvgm63v3ylw72gh243yg

Tether Supports Freeze of More Than $344 Million in USD₮ in Coordination with OFAC and U.S. Law Enforcement https://tether.io/news/tether-supports-freeze-of-more-than-344-million-in-usdt-in-coordination-with-ofac-and-u-s-law-enforcement/

Scammers Offer Crypto 'Safe Passage' in Strait of Hormuz - Degenerate Newshttps://x.com/degeneratenews/status/2046559584307839410

Prediction: UBI Evolves to Social Credit UCI - @himgajriahttps://x.com/himgajria/status/2032255575539789829

Open Hardware for Open Money - OpenSats Bloghttps://opensats.org/blog/open-hardware-for-open-money

Russia | VPN and Digital Asset Crackdown Deepens Digital and Financial Control

The Russian regime is once again escalating control over both internet access and digital assets. Officials have ordered more than 20 major companies — including banks, retailers, and media outlets — to actively block users from accessing their platforms via virtual private network (VPN) services. To enforce the measures, officials handed companies a blacklist of prohibited VPNs along with instructions for detecting and blocking them. Firms that refuse to comply risk losing privileged regulatory status, including tax benefits and mandatory pre-installation on devices sold in Russia. Simultaneously, Russia’s central bank is pushing new rules requiring identity verification for digital asset traders using domestic platforms, which would make it harder for Russians to withdraw funds into self-custodial wallets without authoritarian state permission. Together, the measures tighten control over two of the last available avenues for digital and financial privacy in Russia. FinancialFreedomReport.org

Nunchuk Adds Coldcard HSM Support for Bitcoin Agentshttps://x.com/nunchuk_io/status/2046952168213840056

Mempool v3.3 Released with Advanced Bitcoin Featureshttps://x.com/mempool/status/2046578616453214646

Fedi Enables BTC Payments to Indian UPI QR Codeshttps://x.com/fedibtc/status/2043706877532307822

Wisp v1.0.0 Officially Launches on Google Play with Major Updateshttps://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsqqqquvylwaussq3hleveu7hk9tk6sgf4jhh3x63nsgtsj00qn79g262yyp

QnA: Got It Working on Real Hardware Before Vegas (LFG!)https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsvfcu924zerqmwux6uftfuhuz5lyqme3lrzmcjat8hrz4x6vwt9qc445tlt

Fold Launches Bitcoin Bonus Program for Employershttps://x.com/fold_app/status/2047335299588542957

Strike Expands Bitcoin Lending Access with Lower Minimumshttps://x.com/Strike/status/2046334859673530572

Bitcoiners: Pay Duty-Free with Bitcoin at Oslo Airporthttps://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsgjm9svsml0uht4yapyn7ul26m5pyuvdg9x3zfnktwhkrzklec37cuawntt

Amazon Exposed for Secret Price Manipulation with Walmart, Levi's & Morehttps://primal.net/e/nevent1qqspxu86m3u52ndltew7t02cwt8y44hrwcwtadgu6l0fq07zj9ug27cctyu5c

Microsoft plans first-ever voluntary employee buyout for up to 7% of U.S. workforce https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/microsoft-plans-first-voluntary-retirement-program-for-us-employees.html

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10:53 - RHR review

14:43 - Iran blackout

26:53 - Palantir

36:33 - Signal

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1:07:13 - UCI

1:10:33 - Microsoft employee buyout

1:17:43 - iShares

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1:27:43 - Zaps & Boosts

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1:37:58 - Oslo airport

1:38:53 - EvilCorp

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Strategy Funds $1B Bitcoin Buy with Preferred Shares https://x.com/business/status/2043703810611195923

Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transactions Using Hash Puzzles https://github.com/avihu28/Quantum-Safe-Bitcoin-Transactions/

Loud Shitcoiners Are Closeted Bitcoin Maximalists https://x.com/pledditor/status/2042814969599685003

Jeffrey Yan Builds Profitable Hyperliquid Exchange https://colossus.com/article/beyond-the-sky-jeffrey-yan-hyperliquid/

Iran | Regime Moves To Seize Assets as Internet Blackout Exceeds 1,000 Hours

In Iran, the regime has ordered the identification and seizure of assets of more than 100 citizens living abroad, including freezing their bank accounts. Those targeted reportedly include journalists, media workers, public figures, and other Iranians accused of supporting opposition groups from outside the country. The move comes as Iran’s regime-imposed internet blackout stretches beyond 43 days, leaving millions unable to access independent information and largely cut off from the outside world. FinancialFreedomReport.org

HAMSTR Adds Reticulum LoRa Mesh Networking for Offline Nostr & Zaps https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsp2g2v9m4qhl3d4cfcfav8waahz7lck5x5l6g9529tr4v9fra33hq5ggld5

Tether Launches Self-Custodial Tether Wallet https://tether.io/news/tether-launches-tether-wallet-the-peoples-wallet-extending-its-global-financial-infrastructure-directly-to-billions-of-users-left-behind-by-the-traditional-financial-system/

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TBPN Vanishes from Feeds After OpenAI Acquisition https://x.com/stevehou/status/2045049746121801899

Bitcoin Scholars Fund Launches Tax Credit for K-12 BTC Education https://x.com/BitcoinScholars/status/2044460767479828540

Vegas Beefsteak https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsrpawuq8n6h2kj79x6h3wgs3k2etsyk6w3jsn9c7p032q9c2gysngwhq4j7

US Secures Indonesia Defense Partnership for Malacca Strait https://x.com/warclandestine/status/2043829296117231780

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Iran Proposes Bitcoin Oil Toll https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iran-wants-bitcoin-payments-oil-142809623.html + https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs2k4fh032uxuhnmh5r7s6ra3cx4tczkhhc9tt4yuqu3xfl2juxx7skudrk5

France Repatriates Gold Reserves https://x.com/clashreport/status/2041076906280309046

Bitcoin ETF Fastest to $100B https://x.com/mtanguma/status/2041865673110962555

Square Phases Bitcoin Payments https://x.com/milessuter/status/2040154587232182565

Salvadoran Bitcoin Students Join Mempool https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsqcfhdguz5x4hy6zhhur3f72nvjypw4an9ln7lcs0rek6cl5arxgc4rdqj5

Strike updates https://x.com/Strike/status/2041273272587686035

OpenSats 16th Nostr Grants https://opensats.org/blog/sixteenth-wave-of-nostr-grants

Russia | Banks to Use State Messenger for Transaction Verification

Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development is drafting legislation that would require banks to confirm customer financial operations through Max, a Kremlin-controlled messaging app. In practice, instead of confirming transactions within their banking app (or via SMS), users would receive a message in the Max app and must approve the action there to complete it. The proposal applies to undefined “significant” actions, granting officials broad discretion over which financial activities require approval. This would insert state-run app verification into everyday banking. And if Max goes down, significant financial activity may stop entirely. FinancialFreedomReport.org

Sprout Nostr AI Relay https://github.com/block/sprout

Mesh LLM Distributed Inference https://github.com/michaelneale/mesh-llm

Nunchuk CLI for AI Agents https://x.com/nunchuk_io/status/2041878908547821872

Iran Blackout Day 41 https://x.com/netblocks/status/2042140068509290961

Bitchat iOS banned in China, Bitchat android hits 3.2M installs https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs8k3n72knrtm3nvz5vqp4cm9dctxtuc627zz8kttxvqssnl7z60mqfj4rr7 + https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqspne9a0e40ulra9uhvht6mdgad40m63w3xr6h6tuh77rsthue0nlgg66x3y

Google AI Finance Global Launch https://x.com/thefox/status/2041910855479259400

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08:43 - Hormuz

28:53 - France wants their gold

33:33 - BTC ETF growth

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39:23 - Hot Style Takeover

40:43 - Salvadorans join Mempool

43:48 - Strike loan update

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50:48 - HRF Story of the Week

53:33 - Boosts

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1:26:23 - Carlyle redemptions

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RHR x Pubkeyhttps://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsvddjnvt7xvzckenk4dal3za23trxemfcxvkuy2qd82a6yvtu639sy6t7ey

Iran Imposes Yuan & Crypto Tolls on Ships in Strait of Hormuzhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/strait-of-hormuz-ships-paying-iran-yuan-and-crypto-tolls-for-safe-passage

Oracle Cuts Thousands of Jobs Amid Rampant AI Spendinghttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/oracle-layoffs-ai-spending.html

SHRIMPS: New 2.5KB Multi-Device Post-Quantum Signatureshttps://x.com/n1ckler/status/2038695067754328095

Russia | Record Bank Withdrawals as Surveillance and Account Freezes Surge

Russian residents withdrew over 1.6 trillion rubles ($19.7 billion) from banks in January, mainly due to declining trust in the state-controlled financial system. This exodus follows a significant change in banking oversight, as the central bank doubled the number of suspicious activity indicators, the digital signals that automatically trigger account freezes. Allegedly aimed at preventing fraud, these new criteria temporarily blocked as many as three million bank accounts and cards in early January. To tighten its grip, the Interior Ministry proposed capping cash withdrawals at 50,000 rubles ($615) for flagged accounts, while a $10,000 lifetime limit on foreign currency withdrawals was recently extended through Sept. 9. All these regulations reinforce the digital limitations on Russian savers, making physical cash one of their few remaining protections against state overreach. FinancialFreedomReport.org

StartOS v0.4.0-beta Major Rewrite & UI Overhaul Releasedhttps://github.com/Start9Labs/start-os/releases

Frigate v1.4.0https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsrg3xsjwpt4d9g05rqy4vkzx5ysdffm40qtxntfr47y3annnfwpzg7geerr

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Cypher Box 0.0.8: Progressive Self-Custody Bitcoin Wallet on TestFlighthttps://x.com/cypher_box/status/2038301929395179759

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LiteLLM PyPI Supply Chain Attack, https://x.com/karpathy/status/2036487306585268612

Bitcoin Canary in .bashrc for Compromise Detection, https://x.com/johnloeber/status/2036531640676262187

Bitcoin De Minimis Exemption Briefing Success, https://x.com/BitcoinConner/status/2037232127457046999

Coinbase flips,

https://x.com/TFTC21/status/2037582035787935800?s=20

Kentucky Drops Hardware Wallet Backdoor Bill, https://x.com/BitcoinConner/status/2036941260146053555

Clarity Bill update https://x.com/BitcoinConner/status/2037581084322390041

Coinbase launches "bitcoin mortgages" https://x.com/coinbase/status/2037146481300279410

OpenSats Report on Nostr Relay Advancements, https://opensats.org/blog/advancements-in-nostr-relays

Uganda | Regime Freezes Bank Accounts of Major NGOs

The Museveni regime has frozen the bank accounts of several leading human rights organizations, escalating the financial repression of civil society. Uganda’s Financial Intelligence Authority, responsible for monitoring money laundering, froze both institutional and personal accounts to investigate funding received from abroad. Organizations impacted include Chapter Four Uganda, the African Institute for Investigative Journalism, and the Agora Centre for Research, which was co-founded by 2023 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Agather Atuhaire. FinancialFreedomReport.org

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Fold Bitcoin Credit Card Launch, https://x.com/fold_app/status/2037232752722956657

Blackbox Offline AI and LoRa Mesh Kit, https://blackbox.host

Lexe Self-Custodial 24/7 Lightning Wallet, https://www.lexe.app/

COLDCARD Firmware 6.5 Adds MuSig2 Support, https://x.com/COLDCARDwallet/status/2036830284214399462

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48:33 - AI singers and zoomers in bikinis

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