Pre-Show ETF hype fading? End of an 8 day approval window Bloomberg's James Seyffart says still a 90% chance approval by Jan 10th 2024. James Seyffart on X "Okay, we're nearing in on deadline dates for 3 spot #Bitcoin ETF applications. I want to get ahead of it because there's a pretty good chance we'll see delay orders from the SEC. Delays WOULD NOT change anything about our views & 90% odds for 19b-4 approval by Jan 10, 2024 Bitcoin News on X JUST IN: @EricBalchunas of Bloomberg reports that the 🇺🇸 SEC is advising spot #Bitcoin ETF issuers that they prefer cash creations over in-kind creations for these ETFs. Cash "creates" mean the issuer would transact in cash instead of using #Bitcoin directly. The SEC prefers cash creates because broker-dealers can't directly handle Bitcoin. This move is seen as a positive step indicating progress in the approval process, despite the potential need for adjustments by the ETF filers. Bitcoin Archive on X "CNBC host questions why the SEC hasn't approved a spot #Bitcoin ETF because Chairman Gary Gensler certainly understands Bitcoin. “He taught Bitcoin at MIT, he understands it…there has to be something else." I wonder… 🧐 News Economics Consumer inflation in the US is moderating as consumers get poorer, but the monetary base continues to rise due to government spending Car Insurance Inflation: 19.2% Car Repair Inflation: 9.6% Transportation Inflation: 9.2% Rent Inflation: 7.2% Homeowner Inflation: 6.8% Food Away From Home Inflation: 5.4% Cereals & Bakery Products Inflation: 4.2% While CPI inflation is at 3.2%, inflation is much higher in many basic necessities Crypto Tea on X: The problem with bitcoin. I bull post often but I want you to be aware of the problems with decentralization people have found a way around bitcoins rules to post pictures and memecoins on the blockchain there are currently 300,000 pending transactions, fees are spiking to $12 Bitcoin Average Transaction Fee Bitcoin Average Transaction Fee is at a current level of 18.69, up from 8.776 yesterday and up from 2.207 one year ago. This is a change of 113.0% from yesterday and 746.9% from one year ago. Privacy Swan Bitcoin to Limit Customers Interacting with Privacy Services Due to Partner Policy "Please be advised that depositing directly from, or withdrawing directly to, a mixing wallet may result in the termination of your account with our banking and custodial partners," the company added. FinCEN Seeks to Impose Strict Surveillance Requirements onto Broadly Defined Class of 'Bitcoin Mixers' FinCEN emphasizes that Convertible Virtual Currency [CVC] mixing does not fully rely on the use of CVC mixers and include the following methods: Pooling or aggregating CVC from multiple persons, wallets, addresses, or accounts. Splitting CVC for transmittal and transmitting the CVC through a series of independent transactions. Using programmatic or algorithmic code to coordinate, manage, or manipulate the structure of a transaction. Creating and using single-use wallets, addresses, or accounts and sending CVC through these wallets, addresses, or accounts in a series of transactions. Exchanging between types of CVC, or other digital assets. Facilitating user-initiated delays in transactional activity. Open source journalist Jameson Lopp (among other things) has been tracking physical attacks on bitcoiners, in case you need more incentive to work on your privacy online 810 million Indian citizens have been completely doxed in a database hack HRF, a human rights foundation focusing on economic freedom, has launched a global CBDC tracker Evaluates projects by launched, pilot, or research Quantifies rule of law and other variables (not sure how) of respective countries Altcoins And the prize for most hypocritical altcoiner goes to Nouriel Roubini, a rabid bitcoin critic and well known mainstream economist, with his announcement o