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“Tiny Home Capital USA" meets North America’s biggest liquid Bitcoin mine. Residents of Dickens County, Texas find themselves neighbours to an industrial Bitcoin mining operation.

A 30-minute documentary by Galaxy and Blockspace, The Big Empty depicts the Bitcoin story currently unfolding in the Texas 'Big Empty' country.

The US government sent a transaction that appears to indicate it may be on the verge of liquidating the remaining Bitcoin it confiscated from the online marketplace Silk Road.

According to on-chain data, a 0.001 BTC test transaction, part of a larger stash of approximately 30,174 BTC linked to the infamous Silk Road was moved.

Want to know more about the Silk Road story? We asked X/Twitter and this was a highly recommended read.

This is a presentation from January this year which we came across this week. It’s extremely well-presented and structured. It’s relatable and simple.

A great tool to add to your arsenal of resources for new people looking to find out more about Bitcoin.

Coinbase is partnering with Lightspark to integrate Bitcoin Lightning… eventually. Aiming to enable faster, cheaper transactions for its 100 million+ users. This move led by former PayPal president and now Lightspark Founder David Marcus, will shift more transactions to Bitcoin's second layer.

Joe Hall is due a referral bonus from David Marcus after his interactions with Brian last year.

1. Bitcoin Brought Electricity to Countries in the Global South.

2. Report: Morgan Stanley 'Racing' to Offer Bitcoin ETFs to All Clients.

3. Inside Costa Rica's Secret Bitcoin Community.

4. Bhutan to Upgrade Bitcoin Mining in Himalayas as ‘Halving’ Looms. Thanks to @BTCPerception for highlighting this.

5. A Bitcoin conference in Bedford, CheatCode is happening in 1 week.

I found this new AI app which makes songs. It’s my new favourite thing and want to share it with you. I might make it a weekly occurrence if you enjoy it. Let me know what you think.

The official newsletter song is here… this is the follow-up 👇

This week there is no theme, it’s a free-for-all - Play here