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In 2016, Donald Trump conspired with a foreign government to become President of the United States. On July 25, 2019, with the 2020 election around the corner, he decided to do it again. The first time around, it was collusion, aiding and abetting Russia’s attack on American democracy. The second time, it was extortion, demanding the Ukrainian government manufacture dirt on Trump’s political opponents in exchange for help the country needs to fend off a Russian invasion and chart a democrati ...
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Every day we bring you the most important news and feature stories from hundreds of sources in Russia and across the former Soviet Union.
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The Institute of World Politics is a graduate school of national security and international affairs, dedicated to developing leaders with a sound understanding of international realities and the ethical conduct of statecraft, based on knowledge and appreciation of the principles of the American political economy and the Western moral tradition. **Please note that the views expressed by our guest lecturers do not necessarily reflect the views of The Institute of World Politics.**
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Welcome to Secret Police! A history podcast about the world’s most infamous secret police forces. We take a detailed look at the deception and the brutality secret police impose upon their own people to further the goals of totalitarian depravity.
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Podcast about Ukraine. Without fakes, without false. Only fact. Nobody tell you about it. You should be glad that you live not in this country, survivor.
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On February 24, 2022, the russian federation launched a ground, air, sea, and cyber invasion of Ukraine, sparking the largest war in Europe since World War II. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's courage against russian President/dictator Vladimir Putin continues to dominate news headlines, as Ukraine wages its final battle for independence from russia, and from autocracy.
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‘The bureau’s niche project’. Meduza reveals how the FSB gave rise to wartime Russia’s most notorious far-right group
Russkaya Obshchina’s second all-Russian congress. March 2025. The far-right nationalist group Russkaya Obshchina (“Russian Community”) had been around for four years already when it rose to prominence in 2024. Around the same time, activists and human rights groups began documenting an increase in anti-migrant sentiment across Russia, linked in par…
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Join me today for Episode 1114 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: FSB Flinches at Stablecoins Tether Grabs Gold and Glory Spark Ignites Layer 2 Bitcoin BTC Hits Corporate Balance Sheets Again #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd Circle P: Peony Lane Wine nostr: https://primal.net/BenJustman Twitter: https://x.com/BenJustman Website: https://www.peonylanewine.c…
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Join me today for Episode 1121 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: Bitcoin Knots node count surges, reigniting fears of a chain split and ideological rift over Core policy. Class action lawsuits target MicroStrategy and Semler Scientific, sparking fears of a coordinated short campaign. Japan proposes crypto reclassification, lowering taxes and e…
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The White House has confirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “at some point” during this week’s NATO summit in The Hague, Sky News reported on Tuesday. In an earlier interview, Zelensky told Sky News that Ukrainian and U.S. officials were still working on the organizational details and tim…
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‘We want our own people in charge’. Residents of Russia’s Altai Republic protest Kremlin-driven reforms that strip local authority
Over the weekend, thousands took to the streets in Russia’s Altai Republic to oppose changes to the region’s constitution and a set of amendments eliminating local self-governance. Passed by regional lawmakers just days after the protests, the reforms do away with small, locally elected administrations. Officials say the move is simply meant to str…
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Russia’s State Duma has passed legislation in its third reading allowing stateless individuals to sign contracts for service in the Russian Armed Forces. The law has been published in the Duma’s official database. An explanatory note accompanying the bill said the measure is intended “to expand the range of individuals who may enter into military s…
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Ukrainian officials report rising casualties in Dnipro after Russian missile strikes hit civilian infrastructure and passenger train
Dnipro. June 24, 2025. Russian missile attacks on Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region on Tuesday killed at least 11 people, injured more than 160, and caused widespread damage to civilian infrastructure, including a passenger train carrying civilians, local officials reported. According to Dnipropetrovsk Governor Serhii Lysak, Russian strikes on the ci…
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Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has responded to criticism that Russia has not done enough to support Iran. “There are many who would like to pour fuel on the fire and damage the partnership between Moscow and Tehran,” Peskov said at a briefing, as quoted by The Telegram channel You Listened to Mayak. “Russia has indeed supported Iran through th…
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A Ukrainian drone struck an apartment building in Krasnogorsk, a city just outside Moscow, according to Governor Andrey Vorobyov. He said a fire broke out on the 17th floor, covering about 20 square meters (250 square feet). Emergency crews extinguished the blaze, and all residents evacuated the building on their own. Vorobyov said two people were …
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Russian forces launched an overnight drone strike on a village in the Verkhnia Syrovatka hromada in Ukraine’s Sumy region, according to Governor Oleh Hryhorov. The attack killed three people — a man, a woman, and a five-year-old boy. Hryhorov said the victims were from different families but had all lived on the same street. Another six people, inc…
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‘Siarhei is free’. Belarusian opposition leader says husband plans to ‘continue the fight’ after sudden release from prison
Former political prisoner Siarhei Tsikhanouski embraces his wife, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, in Vilnius The Belarusian opposition celebrated a win over the weekend as 14 political prisoners were unexpectedly freed, including Siarhei Tsikhanouski, the husband of exiled former presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskay…
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In the spring of 2025, the Volga River — Russia’s largest shipping artery — became alarmingly shallow. The low water level is likely to have far-reaching effects across the Volga basin, worsening pollution in the river and its tributaries, killing off fish populations, reducing drinking water quality, and even impacting tourism. At the request of t…
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Former NATO Military Committee chair says ‘small Russian attack’ on Estonia wouldn’t trigger immediate armed response by alliance
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s collective defense principle wouldn’t necessarily trigger an immediate armed response in the event of a “small attack” by Russia against a member like Estonia, Admiral Rob Bauer, former Chair of the NATO Military Committee, told the newspaper Die Welt in a June 23 interview. Bauer explained that a small Russ…
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Join me today for Episode 1120 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: Texas Gov. Signs Texas' SBR Into Law! Pomp's New BTC Company One of the Largest 19 Year Old Steals $245 Million in Bitcoin Ashigaru Brings Back Whirlpool Circle P: SoapMiner Product: Tallow Soap Website: https://soapminer.com/ nostr Profile: https://nostrudel.ninja/#/u/npub1zzmxv…
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Update: Dmitry Medvedev has responded to Donald Trump, tweeting an image of text that reads in part: “Russia has no intention of supplying nuclear weapons to Iran” and “we definitely shouldn’t be arguing over who has more nukes.” On Monday, June 23, U.S. President Donald Trump responded to Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev’s …
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Russian forces launched a ballistic missile strike on the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Ukraine’s Odesa region, destroying an educational facility, according to Governor Oleh Kiper. Two people were killed and at least 12 others were injured, three of them critically, Kiper said. Rescue crews continued to clear the rubble, where more people may s…
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Putin meets with Iranian foreign minister, calls strikes on Iran ‘completely unprovoked aggression’
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, the Kremlin press service reported on Monday. During the meeting, Putin denounced the recent strikes on Iran, calling them an act of “completely unprovoked” aggression. “There is absolutely no basis or justification for this completely unprovoked aggression against I…
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Update: According to the latest figures from local authorities, nine civilians were killed in the attack, including an 11-year-old girl. Another 34 people were injured, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported. Russian forces carried out a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, overnight on Monday, killing at least six c…
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Sunday condemning the United States for conducting strikes on nuclear sites in Iran, calling the attacks a violation of international law. “Russia strongly condemns the U.S. strikes carried out at dawn on June 22 against a number of nuclear facilities in Iran, following Israeli attacks on the Islamic …
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Belarus releases Siarhei Tsikhanouski and 13 other political prisoners after Lukashenko meets with Trump envoy
The Belarusian authorities have released 14 political prisoners, including Siarhei Tsikhanouski, the husband of opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, according to the newspaper Nasha Niva. John Coale, an aide to U.S. presidential envoy Keith Kellogg, announced the release on X. “President Trump’s strong leadership led to the release of 14 pri…
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An economic reality check. Officials clash at St. Petersburg forum over the perfect weather metaphors for Russia’s recession risks and the ruble’s strength
Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov (center) The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is known for the noise it generates in the news media, but SPIEF also hosts some substantive discussions. This year, one of the forum’s most consequential exchanges was between high-ranking officials and state bankers about Russia’s risk…
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‘We really are in a perfect storm’. Russia’s finance minister admits federal budget is facing ‘serious turbulence’
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. St. Petersburg, Russia. June 20, 2025. At an event on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov made a telling remark. In his words, the country’s federal budget, which has posted a deficit in t…
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“I’ve said it before, Russians and Ukrainians are one people. In this sense, all of Ukraine is ours. There’s an old rule that wherever a Russian soldier sets foot, that’s ours,” Vladimir Putin said on Friday. The president made these remarks at an economic forum in St. Petersburg in response to a question about how far the Russian army might advanc…
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Nepo babies and Kremlin Labubu dolls. The stranger sights at this year’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
Nepo babies and Kremlin Labubu dolls The stranger sights at this year’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is taking place from June 18 to 20. Once considered one of Europe’s most prestigious economic gatherings — a place where world leaders rubbed shoulders and multibillion-dollar deals were…
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Russian single mother sentenced to 18 years for allegedly trying to flee to Ukraine and join the Freedom of Russia Legion
A Yekaterinburg military court has sentenced 48-year-old Vera Sidorkina, a resident of Yoshkar-Ola, to 18 years in prison on charges of treason and attempting to join the Freedom of Russia Legion, Mediazona reports. The trial revealed that Sidorkina was detained on April 24, 2024. However, the FSB did not announce her arrest until October 30, when …
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Russian air defenses shot down two Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow on Friday morning, the city’s mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, said. He said emergency crews were dispatched to the site where debris from one of the drones fell, though he did not specify the location. Between 8:00 p.m. local time on June 19 and 7:00 a.m. on June 20, Russian forces inter…
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Russian forces launched drone attacks on the Ukrainian cities of Odesa and Kharkiv in the early hours of Friday. In Odesa, at least one person was killed and 14 others were injured, according to the regional prosecutor’s office. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said three firefighters were among the injured. A four-story apartment building in the …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Hennadii Shapovalov as commander of the country’s Ground Forces, according to a decree published on June 19 on the president’s website. Until February 2025, Shapovalov led Ukraine’s Operational Command South. He then served as Ukraine’s representative to NATO’s Security Assistance and Training fo…
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‘A false semblance of choice’. Putin’s latest passportization deadline dials up the pressure on civilians in Ukraine’s occupied territories
Russian passports ready to be issued to residents of Melitopol, an occupied city in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region. June 11, 2022. Ukrainians living under occupation have long faced pressure to assume Russian citizenship. But in March, Vladimir Putin turned things up a notch. In a decree aimed at boosting the Kremlin’s campaign to force Russian pass…
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Join me today for Episode 1119 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: Bitcoin Outpaces the Mint Switzerland Goes to Zero Bessent’s Stablecoin Cannon Ohio Gets It Right Code, Burn, Repeat in Tehran Circle P: Peony Lane Wine nostr: https://primal.net/BenJustman Twitter: https://x.com/BenJustman Website: https://www.peonylanewine.com/bitcoin Articles:…
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‘What even is propaganda?’. How Russia’s murky anti-LGBTQ laws fuel a repressive campaign that makes the state millions
The Russian Supreme Court’s designation of the non-existent “international LGBT movement” as an extremist organization in 2023 marked the latest legal escalation in the Kremlin’s increasingly repressive campaign against LGBTQ+ people. Over the past decade, the number of cases opened under Russia’s notorious “LGBT propaganda” laws has grown eighteen…
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Argentine intelligence has identified five Russian nationals suspected of espionage activities linked to “Russia’s geopolitical interests,” presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni said. “The intelligence service identified a group of Russian residents in Argentina who were allegedly engaged in suspicious activity in service of Russia’s geopolitical…
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Russia and Ukraine have carried out another prisoner exchange, both sides confirmed. Russia’s Defense Ministry said that a “group of Russian servicemen” had returned from Ukrainian captivity but did not specify how many. The repatriated soldiers are currently in Belarus, where they are receiving psychological and medical care. Ukrainian President V…
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E.U. weighs riskier investments of frozen Russian assets to boost returns and raise more funds for Ukraine — Politico
The European Commission is considering transferring approximately 200 billion euros ($229.4 billion) in frozen Russian assets into a new, higher-risk investment fund that could yield greater returns, Politico reported, citing four people familiar with the discussions. Most of the frozen Russian funds are held at Euroclear, a securities depository b…
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Join me today for Episode 1118 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: Spain's Largest Bank Says, "Buy Bitcoin" GENIUS Passes Senate Iranian Bank, Exchange Hacked BTC And Divorce #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd Circle P: Oshi Artisan pecan butter, date bars and chocolates Website: https://www.oshigood.us/products nostr Profile: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qq…
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Join me today for Episode 1117 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: EU Falling Behind on Bitcoin Thailand Goes Full Bitcoin Hub MetaPlanet Flips Coinbase’s Stack Tennessee Eyes Nuclear Bitcoin Future Pump.fun Gets X'd Hard Circle P: "Sovereignty in style" https://theleathermint.com/ Nostr: @LeatherMint Twitter: @TheLeatherMint Coupon code is Bitc…
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Join me today for Episode 1116 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: Trump ETF + Token Profits France Eyes Nuclear Mining MiCA vs. Tether Tensions Vietnam Legalizes Crypto Coinbase-AmEx Bitcoin Card #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd Circle P: GreatGhee Product: 100% Pasture-Raised, Grass-Fed, Jersey Cow Ghee sourced and produced in SW Virginia Put BitcoinAnd i…
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Join me today for Episode 1115 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: Strategy Exec Bails Sharplink Bags ETH, Dies GENIUS Act Flails Dollar “No Yield?” OUTRAGEOUS! Stratum V2 Boosts 7.4% #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd Circle P: SoapMiner Product: Tallow Soap Website: https://soapminer.com/ nostr Profile: https://nostrudel.ninja/#/u/npub1zzmxvr9sw49lhzfx236aw…
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About the Lecture:A sequel to Michael Walsh’s Last Stands, his new book A Rage to Conquer is a journey through the twelve of the most important battles in Western history. As Walsh sees it, war is an important facet of every culture – and, for better or worse, our world is unthinkable without it. War has been an essential part of the human conditio…
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Join me today for Episode 1113 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: Sygnum's BTC Report CLARITY And GENIUS Bills Move Forward What is an Econimic Bitcoin Node: @shinobi Connecticut Commits Hari Kari #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd Circle P: Oshi Artisan pecan butter, date bars and chocolates Website: https://www.oshigood.us/products nostr Profile: https://p…
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Join me today for Episode 1112 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: OP_RETURN! Take Us AwaY™ BOJ Action Coming SOON Strategy Reduces Selling MSTR For BTC Is James Wynn Back? $300 Million Long Spotted #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd Circle P: "Sovereignty in style" https://theleathermint.com/ Nostr: @LeatherMint Twitter: @TheLeatherMint Coupon code is Bitcoi…
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Join me today for Episode 1111 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: Bolivian Store Prices Goods in USDt Milei is Out of Hot Water Developers Call For CTV, CSFS Implementation KULR, Strategy, And MetaPlanet All Buy BTC #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd Circle P: GreatGhee Product: 100% Pasture-Raised, Grass-Fed, Jersey Cow Ghee sourced and produced in SW Virgi…
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Join me today for Episode 1110 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: @BTCPaySever "Never Forget" Circle Stock Exploded @Strategy Super Sizes Stock Offer Meanwhile Audited in Bitcoin Romanian Post Office BTC ATMs Circle P: https://theleathermint.com/ Nostr: @LeatherMint Twitter: @TheLeatherMint Coupon code is BitcoinAnd for 10% off. Articles: https…
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Join me today for Episode 1109 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: The SS Weighs in on CoinJoin: We're Criminals California's "Unclaimed" Law is Still Bad Circle IPO Grabs $6.2 Billion ECB Cuts Rates to 2% Remote Kidnapper Caught #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd Circle P: GreatGhee Product: 100% Pasture-Raised, Grass-Fed, Jersey Cow Ghee sourced and produce…
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Join me today for Episode 1108 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: BM's Own Critique of BTC 2025 XXI Receives 37,000 BTC A Swath of Companies Announce BTC Treasuries South Korea's New Pres: Is He Really a Bitcoiner? #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd Circle P: Oshi Artisan pecan butter, date bars and chocolates Website: https://www.oshigood.us/products nostr …
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Join me today for Episode 1107 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: Ulbricht's 300 BTC Dilemma Russia Launches Bitcoin Bonds Wynn Lost . . . Twice? Poland's New Pro-Bitcoin President #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd Circle P: https://theleathermint.com/ Nostr: @LeatherMint Twitter: @TheLeatherMint Coupon code is BitcoinAnd for 10% off. Articles: https://coin…
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Join me today for Episode 1106 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: Amboss Yield Product on Lightning $100 Million Liquidation For Degenerate Nigel Farage Promises Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Panama Canal to Charge Bitcoin For Faster Passage? #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd Circle P: Oshi Artisan pecan butter, date bars and chocolates Website: https://www.osh…
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Join me today for Episode 1105 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: FOMC's Hawkish Words Circle Freezes USDC Wallets Tied To Libra LN Node Makes 10% APR Annually Pakistan Announces Strategic Bitcoin Reserve #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd Circle P: SoapMiner Product: Tallow Soap Website: https://soapminer.com/ nostr Profile: https://nostrudel.ninja/#/u/npub…
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Join me today for Episode 1104 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! Topics for today: - Square Integrates Bitcoin Payments - GameStop Finally Buys Bitcoin - IMF Threatens El Salvador - Telagram Drops Grok Into App - Metaplanet Raises $50 Million More #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd Articles: https://atlas21.com/jack-dorseys-block-to-integrate-bitcoin-payments-into-s…
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Join me today for Episode 1103 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: Trump Media to Buy Bitcoin Pakistan Allocates 2 Gigawatts to BTC Mining Saylor Balks at Proof-Of-Reserves Circle to Remain Independent #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd Circle P: Oshi Artisan pecan butter, date bars and chocolates Website: https://www.oshigood.us/products nostr Profile: https…
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