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🔈️Today we also celebrate Bitcoin Independence Day, marking the 2017 resolution of the Blocksize Wars with a user-activated soft fork and SegWit activation, alongside the 22nd anniversary of Adam Back's influential Hashcash whitepaper.

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⚡️ QUICK BITS

• El Salvador proposes using bitcoin for trade with Russia, aiming to strengthen economic ties and bypass international sanctions.

• Venezuelans and Lebanese turn to Bitcoin and USDT for transactions and as a store of value amid hyperinflation, political instability, and sanctions.

• Bitcoin Core fix prevents crashes from high-severity bug caused by integer overflow in CAddrMan component, ensuring system stability and security.

• Fidelity International launches the Fidelity Physical Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Product (ETP) on the London Stock Exchange for professional investors as of July 31, 2024.

• University of Wyoming launches the first academic institute for Bitcoin research, directed by Dr Bradley Rettler, to enhance rigorous studies on Bitcoin.

• Robert F Kennedy Jr proposes bold plan at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference for the US government to acquire bitcoin to match gold reserves.

• Trump also outlines his pro-Bitcoin platform at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference, promising to keep US bitcoin reserves and remove SEC Chair Gary Gensler.

• Senator Cynthia Lummis submits legislation for the US government to acquire 1M bitcoin to stabilize the dollar and address national debt.

• Democrat politicians write a letter to the DNC, asking the party to pivot away from the anti-Bitcoin policies of Elizabeth Warren.

• Kamala Harris seeks to rebuild Democratic ties with Bitcoin and crypto companies as Trump gains significant support from the sector ahead of the US presidential election.

• Voltage introduces a user-friendly Bitcoin Core solution that enhances rapid deployment, efficient management, and robust security for developers and enterprises.

• Bernstein predicts a $20B expansion in the bitcoin mining hardware market, driven by US competition and technological advancements in mining chips.

• Johnny Ng, a Hong Kong lawmaker, urges the creation of a Bitcoin reserve by Hong Kong to boost financial stability, highlighting Trump's similar strategic stockpile proposal during Bitcoin 2024 Conference speech.

• State of Michigan Retirement System invests $6.6M in ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF, indicating growing institutional interest in Bitcoin assets.

• Argentina approves the country's first Bitcoin-capitalized company.

• MicroStrategy and Bitcoin Magazine launch a platform called Bitcoin for Corporations to drive corporate adoption of Bitcoin globally.

• Razzlekhan, the notorious Bitfinex hacker, seeks new career opportunities while attending the Bitcoin conference 2024 in Nashville despite her federal crimes.

• Data shows that holding Bitcoin has been profitable for 98.5% of its existence.

• Police arrest four suspects for the kidnapping and murder of a bitcoiner in Kyiv, following a $170,000 bitcoin theft.

• Dormant bitcoin addresses from 2017 spring back to life as notable transactions surface, moving over $103M in BTC after years of inactivity.

• Azimut invests €105M in Alps Blockchain to enhance sustainable mining and expand operations across global markets.

• Cantor Fitzgerald announces a $2B bitcoin financing initiative to enhance investor leverage and integrate Bitcoin into global financial markets.

• Philippines' Central Bank unveils plans for wholesale central bank digital currency rollout by 2029.

• MemPool partners with the largest bitcoin miners to introduce MemPool Accelerator, allowing users to speed up stuck bitcoin transactions.

• Fedi partners with Mi Primer Bitcoin to have their Bitcoin Diploma workbook as a mod on the Fedi app.

• Donald Trump promotes limited edition Bitcoin-themed sneakers after attending Bitcoin 2024 Conference.

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🎥 QUICK MEDIA

• Ioni Appelberg, author of Abundance Through Scarcity, releases his latest video talking about the relation between Bitcoin and discipline (Jul 31 | 03:14 min watch).

• Jack Mallers, CEO of Strike, explains to Zuby in simple terms what Bitcoin is (Jul 23 | 13:59 min watch).

• Snowden warns in his talk at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference in Nashville that within 5-10 years, big data will track every aspect of our lives (Jul 27 | 02:17 min watch).

• Michael Saylor shares at Bitcoin 2024 that his bull case for Bitcoin is $49M by 2045 (Jul 27 | 01:40 min watch).

• Bill Miller IV, appearing on CNBC, expounds Bitcoin as the new ‘global denominator for capital’ (Jul 30 | 01:15 min watch).

• Robert F. Kennedy Jr shares a clip from his speech at the recent Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville in which he makes clear his stance on Bitcoin (Jul 27 | 02:14 min watch).

• Jack Mallers announces Stike's plug-in for BTCPay Server at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville (Jul 25 | 10:11 min watch).

• Prince Philip of Serbia talks about how bitcoin mining incentivizes energy infrastructure development and reduces energy poverty in developing nations (Jul 30 | 13:34 min watch).

• Bitcoiner demonstrates a bitcoin transaction sent over Ham Radio (Jul 27 | 04:53 min watch).

• Adopting Bitcoin releases an epic short for its upcoming edition in Cape Town, South Africa in January 2025 (Aug 1 | 01:37 min watch).

• Michael Saylor explains how Bitcoin will be a cornerstone in our AI-driven future (Jul 25 | 01:24 min watch).

• NVK, Alex B and Craig Raw discuss the varying security considerations for self-custody, especially as value grows (Jul 28 | 02:49 min watch).

• Natalie Brunell appears on Fox Business to discuss Bitcoin after the Bitcoin 2024 Conference (Jul 30 | 04:55 min watch).

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