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Some people can't do the math. It's really quite simple - if you've been vaccinated, go about your life as normal. No need for a mask. I think it's a rather simple IQ test. If you're still wearing one after you're vaccinated because "How do I know if the other people are really vaccinated?", the answer is simple "It's none of your business". If you aren't vaccinated for various reasons, that's your problem - take whatever precautions you feel necessary. But if you are vaccinated, stop being weird and sticking your nose into other people's business. …

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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/01/feds-seized-robinhood-ceos-phone-as-part-of-gamestop-trading-probe.html Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s phone was seized by federal attorneys in one of the stock-trading app company’s many legal battles, it revealed in its IPO filing on Thursday. In a section outlining legal risks from investigations and subpoenas, the company noted that “a related search warrant was executed by the USAO to obtain Mr. Tenev’s cell phone.” Here, “USAO” refers to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, which was investigating Robinhood’s restrictions on trading during the meme stock flurry around GameStop and other st…

The European Central Bank is actually headed by a convicted criminal.

That’s not in any of your charts or data. - Michael Saylor

Deputy Trade Minister: there should be a lot of cryptocurrency circulating in Indonesia rather than abroad.

Paraguay has become the second country after El Salvador to propose a bill to make Bitcoin legal tender. The bill in support of the cryptocurrency was proposed on Thursday night. Paraguay believes that it can become a crypto hub as it has a lot of cheap renewable energy. However, concerns about bitcoin mining and its environmental impact remain.

Bitcoin has now closed its third red monthly candle in a row, meaning BTC/USD is now the furthest away from its stock-to-flow model estimates in more than two years. Data shows the world’s biggest cryptocurrency fell 40.36% in Q2… the biggest quarterly plunge in over three years. Plan B said the next six months will be “make or break” for the stock-to-flow model, adding: “Even for me it is always a bit uneasy when Bitcoin price is at the lower bound of the stock-to-flow model.”

Bitcoin.org has blocked U.K. visitors from downloading Bitcoin Core software, as well as the whitepaper authored by Satoshi Nakamoto. It comes days after a British court ruled in favor of self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright. He had accused Bitcoin.org and its current operator Cøbra of copyright infringement for hosting the BTC whitepaper in the U.K. Cøbra elected not to mount a defense in order to protect their anonymity — and was also ordered to pay interim legal costs of £35,000 (about $48,600.) The judgment is the latest salvo in Wright’s assault on people who dispute his claim of being Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

Dogecoin prices surged but did not skyrocket after receiving another endorsement from Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday. Musk’s first tweet declared “Release the Doge!” — sending the joke cryptocurrency up 8.42% to $0.261. A sell-off followed suit, taking DOGE/USD down to $0.247. Less than an hour later, Musk tweeted a rather unusual message that said: “Baby Doge, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, Baby Doge, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, Baby Doge, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, Baby Doge.” DOGE/USD subsequently rose 5.22% to $0.26 after the second tweet. This is modest compared with the wild gains we’ve seen after Musk’s tweets in the past.

Payment platform Strike has launched a new product called the Bitcoin Tab, which would enable users in the US to buy bitcoin at one of the cheapest rates. The company would only charge 0.3% as market spread execution cost, which could reduce to below 0.1% as volume grows. Strike CEO Jack Mallers said that the company is aiming to become the cheapest place for users to purchase bitcoin.

"Blockstream’s Liquid Network is a sidechain-based settlement network that enables “more confidential Bitcoin transactions”. The company’s website claims that the transfers with this product can be settled within two minutes and it’s open to all companies. According to Blockstream Chief Strategy Officer Samson Mow, representatives from the company and El Salvador’s government met to discuss the proposal. The government expressed interest in the project but is yet to decide. Mow highlighted those tokenized securities based on the Liquid Network have greater liquidity than traditional securities. This sidechain operates every day without restrictions and, Mow said…

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I'd love to see these "Researchers" This one doesn't take more than 2-5 minutes of thought to instantly debunk. Couldn't the cyberattacker simple now ask for 30% more seeing that the price is lower? Duh! The writers / sponsors who probably paid Fox News a few grand to have this article written are trying to mentally link Bitcoin w/ Cyberattacks in the minds of the public. Sorry... this one isn't going to work.

- Global average is only 12%

Gulf of Mexico oil platform underwater pipeline burning God forbid your straw ends up in the ocean though

Yesterday: Robinhood fined $70 million for harming millions of investors. Today: Robinhood reports that 34% of its crypto revenue comes from Dogecoin trading.

Space race!

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