Press conference with FOMC Chair Powell at 2:30
Politicians seek to increase US debt limit by $2,500,000,000,000 today.
This is why we bitcoin.
Bitcoin is the best defender of your purchasing power.
Decentralized finance and stablecoins came in for some stinging criticism at a hostile U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday, with a Democratic senator warning that investors in stablecoins could end up losing all their money.
Policymakers Shouldn’t Fear Digital Money: So Far It’s Maintaining the Dollar’s Status
U.S. policymakers are worried CBDCs and crypto will harm the dollar’s reserve status. But maybe they have it backwards, writes CoinDesk columnist Nic Carter.
Hillary will be 74 and NO she isn’t going to beat anyone if Democrats think that. She Hates Bitcoin. Democrats Are Blowing the Bitcoin Vote
Preston Pysh: “Why does everything feel like the world is falling apart, yet the stock market has looked like this since 2009? Well, here’s a thread w/ some interesting charts that will help you understand: what you see is NOT what you get.
https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh/status/1470792736626331659
DHS announces ‘Hack DHS’ bug bounty program for vetted researchers
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dhs-announces-hack-dhs-bug-bounty-program-for-vetted-researchers/
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a new bug bounty program dubbed “Hack DHS” that allows vetted cybersecurity researchers to find and report security vulnerabilities in external DHS systems.
Federal Cybersecurity Advisor Floats Executive Order on Cloud Service Providers The idea sprung from a sense of moral outrage Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly identified with.
By MARIAM BAKSH DECEMBER 14, 2021 03:34 PM https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2021/12/federal-cybersecurity-advisor-floats-executive-order-cloud-service-providers/359751/
Cloud service providers should not be allowed to market baseline security features as add-ons requiring special licenses, according to a prominent member of a new federal advisory committee at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
The military-intelligence veterans who helped lead Trump’s campaign of disinformation
After Donald Trump lost the White House, ex-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and three other current and former U.S. Army officers challenged the vote’s legitimacy and pushed baseless conspiracy claims. Military ethicists say their actions threaten to weaken the public’s faith in democracy.
By ARAM ROSTON, BRAD HEATH, JOHN SHIFFMAN and PETER EISLER in DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas
Filed Dec. 15, 2021, noon GMT
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https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-military/
A deep dive into an NSO zero-click iMessage exploit: Remote Code Execution
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-deep-dive-into-nso-zero-click.html
Twitter spaces (voice chat) is a breeding ground for terrorism and hate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/10/twitter-turmoil-spaces/
Racists and Taliban supporters have flocked to Twitter’s new audio service after executives ignored warnings
Employees who complained about the lack of moderation say they were sidelined.
Positive news dies quickly
Needless hate spreads like wildfire
Bullying is rampant
Empathy is considerably rare.
Powell just contradicted Warren and said crypto doesn’t pose systemic risk in the near term. “I don’t see [cryptocurrencies] as a financial stability concern.”
Powell: “stablecoins can be useful if properly regulated”
The enemies of crypto are in fact just lovers of all forms of gatekeeping. When the status quo of absolute control is challenged and opaque systems are non-violently replaced with more equitable and transparent ones, you’ll hear a lot of screeching.
Dec. 15, 2021: The Kangaroo Court ⚖️
Technophobic Senators Undermine America
https://curve.substack.com/p/dec-15-2021-the-kangaroo-court-?
America’s elected leaders, presiding over the throes of imperial decay, are desperately and crudely hunting for any scapegoat but themselves.
The only thing stablecoins pose a risk to, is the governmental control over money. Given how poorly they’ve inflated the currency, getting money out of the hands of the government is a great thing!
Bitcoin rallies above $49K following Fed FOMC announcement of rate hikes in 2022
Bitcoin price action receives a welcome boost to $49,000 shortly after the Fed confirms rate hikes and a reduction of its bond purchasing policy in 2022.