Happy Friday, In A Nutshell this week:

🚀⏰ Today’s news should be a ~3.14-minute read (431 words).

🧠 Quote Of The Week

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

– Arthur Ashe

Microsoft’s upcoming shareholder meeting on December 10 is shaping up to be a closely watched event. The tech giant’s board of directors (BOD) and shareholders are facing a proposal for the company to invest in Bitcoin.

However, the company have urged shareholders to vote against it for the following reason: “This proposal requests that the Board conduct an assessment that is unnecessary because Microsoft's management already carefully considers this topic.”

A paper released by The European Central Bank, painted a negative picture of Bitcoin's future viability, focusing on its volatility, wealth concentration, and lack of productive contributions.

A group of Bitcoiners have brilliantly authored a rebuttal, find it here.

Joe Hall spends 36 hours surviving on Bitcoin on a remote British island. That British island is the Isle of Man

An island that offers 0% capital gains, low business tax and it's increasingly Bitcoin friendly.

👉 Watch the full 23-minutes video here.

The state of Pennsylvania has passed ‘Bitcoin Rights’ in the House by a sweeping majority. Both Republicans and Democrats united together to pass the bill.

A bill that protects residents' rights to self-custody digital assets, ensures their ability to use Bitcoin as a payment and provides explicit guidelines around taxing Bitcoin transactions.

1. Bitcoin, football and the 'budget Ryan Reynolds'.

2. “All roads lead to inflation… I’m long gold, I’m long Bitcoin, I’m long commodities”

3. A solo miner just mined a block worth 3.329 #Bitcoin worth $222,455.

4. River has introduced interest on cash deposits, which can be paid in BTC or USD.

5. Riot’s goal is to ~4X its hashrate and hit 100 Eh/s in the coming years.

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