GitHub Discloses Security Breach via Poisoned VS Code Extensionhttps://x.com/github/status/2056949168208552080

Iran Launches Bitcoin-Powered Maritime Insurance Platform "Hormuz Safe"https://x.com/bitcoinnewscom/status/2056099986199232732

SpaceX Holds Nearly 19,000 BTC Valued at $1.29 Billionhttps://x.com/macroscope17/status/2057205538086117590

Trump Executed Over 3,700 Stock Trades in First Quarterhttps://x.com/infraa_/status/2055988212611645663

Trump Executive Order Expands Bank Secrecy Act Requirementshttps://www.therage.co/trump-executive-order-expands-bank-secrecy-act/

The U.S. Can’t Lose the Bitcoin Race to China https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2026/05/19/the-u-s-can-t-lose-the-bitcoin-race-to-china

Hodl Hodl Launches Lightning Trading on Mainnethttps://x.com/hodlhodl/status/2057111820268130576

Thailand | Cash Handout Expands State Digital Payments

Thailand’s regime approved the “Thai Help Thai Plus” scheme, a 175 billion baht relief program covering more than 43 million people. State welfare cardholders will receive 1,000 baht per month automatically, while 30 million others can register through the Pao Tang app for a 60/40 co-payment benefit worth up to 4,000 baht over four months. The funds can only be used at participating merchants between 6 am and 11 pm through the state-linked wallet app, and cash withdrawals are prohibited. The program may help households facing surging fuel and living costs, but it also deepens reliance on government-controlled digital payment infrastructure. When economic relief is tied to identification, apps, spending rules, and approved merchants, support can quickly become another layer of state control. FinancialFreedomReport.org

Sparrow Wallet 2.5.0 Released – Adds Silent Payments Supporthttps://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/2.5.0

Zeus LN v13.0.2 Released with RGS Improvements and Bug Fixeshttps://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v13.0.2

NostrVPN v4.0.37https://nostrvpn.org

Seed Tool v2.3.0https://primal.net/bitcoinqna/6nKZJtCgwY5ATgh9idnlS

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1:09:33 - HRF Story of the Week

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Tando Enables Lightning Addresses for All Kenyan M-Pesa Phone Numbers https://x.com/tando_me/status/2054209322217808292

Top CEOs Including Musk, Cook, and Fink Join Trump on China Trip https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/2054551038632292610

Iran's Internet Blackout Enters 75th Day https://x.com/netblocks/status/2054469192271720950

Bitcoin User Recovers 5+ BTC from 11-Year-Old Wallet Using Claude AI https://x.com/cprkrn/status/2054586810475364536

Roman Sterlingov on Prison Abuse and the Erosion of Privacy

https://www.therage.co/the-people-and-the-machine/

Strive Announces Daily Dividends for $SATA Shareholders https://x.com/Strive/status/2054894518990700568

HRF’s AI Fund Supports 10 Innovative Projects for Human Rights

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Project Loupe: AI-Powered Vulnerability Scanner for Open-Source Bitcoin Projects https://x.com/ProjectLoupe/status/2054252211756994678

Frigate 1.5.0 Release - Enhances Silent Payments and Electrum Server https://github.com/sparrowwallet/frigate/releases/tag/1.5.0

LDK Server: Production-Grade Lightning Node Daemon Released https://x.com/lightningdevkit/status/2054231998458175553

JoinMarket-ng 0.29.0 Released - Major Updates & Fixes for CoinJoin Privacy Tool

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Keonne's Prison Appeal for Legal Debt Donations https://x.com/keonne/status/2052066547561070671

Bitcoin Core Discloses CVE-2024-52911 Remote Crash Vulnerability https://bitcoincore.org/en/2026/05/05/disclose-cve-2024-52911/

Bisq Announces V1 Trade Protocol Exploit and Emergency Trading Halt https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsgm3fvgfc7525a9mcnkpx5z0938av8ke30fmj4shxem7dvq7a3zccs5dsf8

Brian Armstrong Announces Coinbase 14% Staff Reduction for AI Efficiency https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/2051616759145185723

Strike Ships Bitcoin Lending Expansions and Remittance Features https://x.com/strike/status/2051404604647100902

Indonesia | Digital Payment System with China Established

China and Indonesia launched a cross‑border QR payment system connecting China’s major payment apps with Indonesia’s QRIS network, the country’s national digital payment standard, used by over 50 million people. At launch, the system supports Alipay and UnionPay (China’s dominant mobile payment platform and the national payment network, respectively), allowing travelers and residents from both countries to scan and pay across borders, with transactions settled directly in yuan and rupiah under a local currency settlement framework. FinancialFreedomReport.org

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Divine, Vine reboot, launches https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs0pfq8frlp2avsfn4l6krkt5ssfqapemu8sr0fmn07f4fjpmd3zlc28vmpq

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South African Bitcoiners Under Attack https://propertyrightsdefense.org

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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

3:33 - Opening riff

9:13 - Dashboard

10:53 - RHR review

14:43 - Iran blackout

26:53 - Palantir

36:33 - Signal

39:33 - ADM Paparo

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1:01:18 - Hormuz scammers

1:04:03 - Disappearing scientists

1:07:13 - UCI

1:10:33 - Microsoft employee buyout

1:17:43 - iShares

1:21:48 - OpenSats

1:23:48 - HRF Story of the Week

1:27:43 - Zaps & Boosts

1:30:23 - Software updates

1:35:03 - Fold Business

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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

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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

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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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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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Strike Updates, https://x.com/Strike/status/2036149966666604756

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

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

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

nsite: Decentralized Websites on Nostr & Blossom, https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs2ff4hlwglfh8smqd8f7ggq6rm70c457lqvh8krsxsj479p83leuqu666z9

3:33 - Ode to Pubs

7:03 - Dashboard

8:33 - Aliens and energy in middle east

21:23 - LiteLLM

31:33 - AI cost

45:18 - Sats-based honeypot alarm

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Kentucky Amendment Threatens Bitcoin Self-Custody: Hardware Wallets Forced to Reset Seed Phraseshttps://x.com/bitcoinpolicy/status/2034702487995768878

Super Micro Co-Founder Arrested for Smuggling $2.5B NVIDIA GPUs to Chinahttps://x.com/ns123abc/status/2034788101491425570

Strike Line of Credit Expands to 21 States https://x.com/Strike/status/2034742450732908607

Primal 3.0 Live: New Wallet, Polls, GIFs - https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsftt6ws6s0dcgev6uz7mkxvl7gw5v3349gd6t2x0scwwyg6jj48mcatwnue

Asia | States Ration Energy as Fuel Prices Surge

As the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to shipping amid conflict between Iran, Israel, and the United States, governments across Asia are rushing to reduce energy use as fuel prices climb and supply issues strain economies reliant on Middle Eastern oil. Bangladesh has limited the supply of fuel and closed universities to save electricity. Pakistan shut schools and shifted services online, while the Philippines adopted a four-day workweek for some government offices. Vietnam and Thailand are promoting remote work, and South Korea has set a fuel price cap for the first time in nearly three decades. As we saw after the outbreak of COVID, authoritarian regimes often exploit macroeconomic crises to expand and cement their control. https://FinancialFreedomReport.org

Index: Paid API Directory for AI Agentshttps://402index.io/

Boltz Introduces Non-Custodial USDT Swaps from Lightning Sats to Stablecoinshttps://blog.boltz.exchange/p/introducing-usdt-swaps-from-sats

Nostr-VPN: Open-Source VPN Project Shared on Nostrhttps://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsgy97p3mk7q3nvqwy0l2snmdungssw220qrasr4yfhlrudsxjs3aqle4ltj

DoorDash Launches Dasher Tasks for General Paid Workhttps://x.com/andyfang/status/2034725410462998964French

Pokémon Go Creator’s Ties to In-Q-Tel, Keyhole Inc, and Google Earthhttps://x.com/JasonBassler1/status/2034289920165241295

Aircraft Carrier Position Leaked via Strava Fitness Apphttps://x.com/jsrailton/status/2034721758004064592402

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Coinbase Allegedly Lobbying Against Bitcoin De Minimis Tax Exemptionhttps://x.com/martybent/status/2031770369871253664

COLDCARD Mk5 Hardware Wallet Announcementhttps://x.com/coldcardwallet/status/2031356036356149746

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U.S. Treasury Acknowledges Legitimate Privacy Uses for Crypto Mixershttps://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/03/09/u-s-treasury-signals-shift-on-crypto-mixers-acknowledges-legitimate-privacy-uses

DOJ Plans Retrial of Roman Storm in Tornado Cash Casehttps://x.com/amandatums/status/2031176790484374012

White House Account Run by Former Army Psychological Warfare Specialisthttps://x.com/allblackgat/status/2030124827831402863

Turkey | Crackdown on Currency Exchange

Turkish officials have stepped up their enforcement of unregistered foreign currency exchanges in major cities and tourist areas. Since 2018, officials have suspended the operations of 859 unlicensed businesses. The crackdown comes as many people in Turkey increasingly seek other currencies to protect their savings from inflation and the long-term decline of the Turkish lira. FinancialFreedomReport.org

Bitcoin Core Merges Cluster Mempool for Improved Efficiencyhttps://x.com/ducatstable/status/2030010651427631188

Zaprite API Resource for Bitcoin Payments Integrationhttps://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsg0ttfrf7s7l3quh2j6u7kkmtaxpvrxay4qgkvs27lk3vaa468n6ssqsvh2

Manent v1.0.0: Encrypted Nostr-Based Note-Taking App Launchhttps://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs96300c4kaq5jwtrfffhd4utvr3t6tp2n662vpc882g9445hqgqhcmne7ry

Bitcoin 2026 Developer Workshop Proposal Repositoryhttps://github.com/BTCMedia/Bitcoin2026-DEV-TAKEOVER

NATO Testing AI-Powered Cockroach Spy Droneshttps://x.com/rowancheung/status/2031765919018733721

Anthropic Subsidizing Claude Code Compute Costshttps://x.com/bearlyai/status/2030051147264970893

Sats Invaders: Bitcoin-Paid Arcade Shooting Gamehttps://satsinvaders.com

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