News Iran is now trading using cryptocurrency (https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/iran-makes-first-import-order-using-cryptocurrency-tasnim-2022-08-09/) it's not known which one, but likely bitcoin UN warns about cryptoization risks (https://unctad.org/news/unctad-spells-out-actions-curb-cryptocurrencies-developing-countries) for developing countries Privacy SEC and CTFC proposes more self reporting for crypto hedge funds (https://archive.ph/BvxlW) OFAC sanctions Tornado Cash (https://archive.ph/jVGAd) protocol on Etherium Massive withdrawls (https://nitter.net/TheBlockRes/status/1558093591662280707) from TC despite/because of sanctions Tornado Cash Developer arrested in Amsterdam (https://archive.ph/u2Sv5) Possibly due to involvement with TC DAO Targeting developers happened faster than we thought MakerDAO Founder Calls on DAI to Drop Dollar Peg Amid Tornado Cash Fallout (https://decrypt.co/107273/makerdao-founder-dai-drop-dollar-peg-tornado-cash-usdc) Economics An explainer of Private Equity (https://www.propublica.org/article/what-is-private-equity) and inadvertently how it is a feature of peak fiat Thoughts on BlackRock? BlackRock Launches Spot Bitcoin Private Trust (https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/blackrock-launches-spot-bitcoin-private-trust) One wonders how this squares with all the ESG noise they have made? BlackRock CEO Stands Firm on ESG Investing (https://www.barrons.com/articles/blackrock-ceo-fink-esg-investing-51649868290) BlackRock often credited as the "mother of ESG" How BlackRock Made ESG the Hottest Ticket on Wall Street - Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-31/how-blackrock-s-invisible-hand-helped-make-esg-a-hot-ticket) Tokenomics Insiders Always Dump (https://thebitcoinlayer.substack.com/p/insiders-always-dump) by Nik Bhatia Bitcoin Education Bitcoin Optech #212 (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2022/08/10/) considers raising the dust limit (https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2022-July/020784.html) Chris happy to see: ● Core Lightning #5071 adds a bookkeeper plugin that provides an accounting record of movements of bitcoins by the node running the plugin, including the ability to track the amount spent on fees. The merged PR includes several new RPC commands. Feedback Remember to get in touch bitcoindadpod@protonmail.com or @bitcoindadpod on twitter Consider joining the matrix channel (https://matrix.to/#/#bitcoin:jupiterbroadcasting.com) using a matrix client like element (https://element.io/get-started) Corrections None today! Value for Value Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem (https://podcastindex.org/) Recomended Podcasting2.0 apps: Fountain (https://www.fountain.fm/) podcast app (Android) Podverse (https://podverse.fm/) (Cross platform and self hostable) Castamatic (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castamatic-podcast-player/id966632553) (Apple)+ Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem (https://podcastindex.org/) Sponsors and Acknowledgements The Adopting Bitcoin Conference (https://adoptingbitcoin.org/2022/) Novem ber 15, 16 & 17, 2022 in El Salvador, use promo code BITCOINDAD for a 21% di scount Music by Lesfm from Pixabay Self Hosted Show (https://selfhosted.show/) courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting (https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/)