Week 20 - Microstrategy BTC, Hal Finney Twitter, Bretton Woods

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News

Hal Finney's Twitter Account: Wife Tweets to Support ALS

After Elon took over Twitter, several changes were made to the platform. Last week, Elon said he would delete old accounts that weren’t active to free them up for users.

Fran Finney, the wife of the late Hal Finney, has chosen to take over the account and tweet for the first time since his passing. One, to keep the account active, and two, to release news of events such as a charity run for ALS.

halfin @halfin

Hi everyone, this is Fran Finney, wife of Hal Finney, an early pioneer of Bitcoin. I want to let you know about a special event I'm organizing in honor of my husband. Thank you for all your interest in Hal and your support... he would love it! 1/5

halfin @halfin

Running bitcoin

Microstrategy Purchase $41M (2,500) Bitcoin

Today, Michael Saylor announced an additional purchase of 2,500 Bitcoin. The new total number of Bitcoin in their balance sheet is now 132,500 at $30,397 per coin.

You can view the detais of Microstrategy’s Bitcoin here.

SEC Counsel Resigns After Taking SBF Bribe

More information regarding SBF and the FTX trial has been released.

The General Counsel of the SEC, previously part of the CFTC, Dan Berkovitz, has resigned, citing bribes from SBF.

Former Russian President Says Bretton Woods is Doomed

Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian President, has made some predictions for 2023, saying the IMF and World Bank will crash. He also mentioned nine other predictions concerning oil, the EU, and Elon Musk.

Dmitry Medvedev @MedvedevRussiaE

10. The Bretton Woods system of monetary management will collapse, leading to the IMF and World Bank crash. Euro and Dollar will stop circulating as the global reserve currencies. Digital fiat currencies will be actively used instead

Price

Through the Christmas break, Bitcoin broke down to $16,600, only $300 below the weekly high. More consistent sideways price action has followed, which has historically been a sign of a bottom in the past.

Bitbo.io

A simple 4-year halving cycle visual shows the previous historical lows. Currently, Bitcoin is rounding the 4th year, which has been near the bottom compared to previous cycles.

Tweets

Hours of Studying Bitcoin

Dennis Parker @Xentagz

The more you study #Bitcoin

Home Heating with Bitcoin Miners

Travis Bitckle @bitckle

Hey @ODELL and @MartyBent is this what you were talking about on Rabbit Hole Recap? These #bitcoin miners provide 100% of the heat to my house and maintain 71°F when its -20°F outside!

Bull Market Cycle

TAnalyst @AurelienOhayon

#BITCOIN BULL RUN STARTS. Bull runs occur every 4 years : 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023.

Jobs

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What to read

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #231: 2022 Year-in-Review Special

- bitcoinops.org

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