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PayPal Shut Down GrapheneOS Foundation's Account Used For Donations
"PayPal has locked our account with almost $4000 in donations after we added the GrapheneOS Foundation bank accounts on 2023-07-27."
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HRF Launched 20 BTC Bounty Challenge for Improvements Requested by Activists
"The Human Rights Foundation is launching with this initial set of 10 bounty challenges. More bounties might be added as we go. An individual or team who fully solves any of the 10 challenges will be eligible to receive a bounty of 2 BTC."
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FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server is a Wakeup Call to Decentralized Platform Users and Hosts
"The Kolektiva raid should be an important alarm bell for everyone hosting decentralized content. Police raids and seizures can be difficult to predict, even when you’ve taken a lot of precautions."
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Head of Chainalysis Investigations Admits There's No Scientific Evidence Proving Their Surveillance Software Works
Elizabeth Bisbee, head of investigations at Chainalysis Government Solutions, testified that she was 'unaware' of scientific evidence for the accuracy of Chainalysis’ Reactor software used by law enforcement.
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LNDK Developer Alyssa Hertig Receives Spiral Grant
Alyssa Hertig is working on LNDK which aims to implement BOLT 12 functionality externally to LND.
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CoinSwap Developer Chris Belcher Shares a Glimpse Into His Fight Against Severe Long Covid
Bitcoin privacy developer and Spiral grantee Chris Belcher, who has been working on Coinswap, shared an important update on his health status with a call for community aid.
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District Court Dismisses Coin Center's Case Against Unconstitutional Financial Surveillance
Coin Center will continue to argue that the Treasury Department's amendment of Section 6050I of the Tax Code "is a clear overreach for the government to force citizens to spy on each other without a warrant."
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Kuwait Bans Bitcoin Payments, Investment & Mining
Kuwait's Capital Markets Authority has confirmed its commitment to enact an absolute prohibition on Bitcoin operations in the country in an effort to meet AML requirements set by Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
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Truth Social Head of Engineering Resigns to Build Ditto & Bring Best Parts of Mastodon to Nostr
"Alex Gleason, founder of Soapbox Technology, announced his resignation on Monday as Head of Engineering at Truth Social, the Twitter-alternative platform owned by President Donald Trump, to expand Soapbox to the Jack-Dorsey-backed protocol Nostr."
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Grant Renewals: Niklas Gögge & Daniela Brozzoni
Bitcoin developers Niklas Gögge and Daniela Brozzoni got their developer grants renewed by Brink and Spiral.
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Binance Completes Integration of Lightning Network For Deposits & Withdrawals
The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange has enabled BTC deposits and withdrawals via the Lightning Network.
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OpenSats Distributes First Wave of Bitcoin Grants
OpenSats announced funding for over a dozen projects in the bitcoin and lightning ecosystem.
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