Pre-Show A very reasonable discussion on HN around the WTF Happened in 1971 website, the world is complicated, there are many ways to interpret history and the present, none are particularly satisfying News Binance.US cuts third of staff as CEO Brian Shroder leaves Binance.US, the United States arm of the crypto exchange, has cut around a third of its staff — or 100 positions — with its president and CEO Brian Shroder also departing the firm. Binance.US Statment to CoinTelegraph: “The [Securities and Exchange Commission’s] aggressive attempts to cripple our industry and the resulting impacts on our business have real-world consequences for American jobs and innovation, and this is an unfortunate example of that.” They also say "not dead yet!" “more than seven years of financial runway” amid its move to becoming a crypto-only exchange. Cool post on the Japanese bitcoin community, I knew wiz and Arthur Hayes hang out in Japan, but would love to incorporate the bitcoin scene into a trip there Fortress Lost Customer Funds Prior to Acquisition by Ripple The Fortress Trust security breach is a fiat story, its not scary or exciting, just predictable with the ancient messy tech stack that U.S. corporate financial IT demands Economics Is an introduction to U.S. debt collection economics? It's certainly historical, and it speaks to the fragility of legacy financial agreements when compared to the on chain assurances of bitcoin Altcoins 1 of the 2 'OneCoin' founders has been sentenced for his role in a crypto themed Multi-level marketing ponzi scheme There is a podcast Brian Armstrong 🛡️ on X Bitcoin Education Bitcoin optech includes movement on tarot assets on lightning, another client side validated protocol Feedback Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter Consider joining the matrix channel using a matrix client like element, details here Boosts Notes: https://Tokyocitadel.com https://hardblock.com.au Thank you Boosters If you get some value from this show, please consider sending a boost. Hearing from you means a lot to us! Send a Boost via the Podcast Index web page. No Podcast app upgrade required. Install Alby Find the Bitcoin Dad Pod on the Podcast Index Boost right from the page! Send a re-ocurring or one-off lightning boost to the show with no message at [email protected] or directly to Chris at [email protected] Value for Value Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem Recomended Podcasting2.0 apps: Fountain podcast app (Android) Podverse (Cross platform and self hostable) + Alby for boosts Castamatic (Apple) Sponsors and Acknowledgements Music by Lesfm from Pixabay Self Hosted Show courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting