The Sat Standard - Bitcoin Weekly - December 17th

This week in bitcoin. Straight to the point. No bullshit. Every Saturday.

Bitcoin Optech #230
European Union Will Force Cryptocurrency Companies to Report European Users’ Holdings to Authorities
SBF Secretly Funded ‘The Block’ News Organization: CEO Michael McCaffrey Used Alameda Money to Buy Out Other Investors, Becoming the Majority Shareholder Himself
Coinbase Received 12320 Government Demands for Customer Info This Year: Up 66% From Last Year
Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in the Bahamas: US Gov Filed Criminal Charges and Will Likely Seek Extradition
The Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act Announced Today in US Senate: Requires Devs to Register Identity and Obtain a License, Censor and Surveil Users, Bans Privacy Tools
BTCPay Server v1.7.2: Greenfield API Improvements, Theme Extensions, and Bug Fixes
LDK v0.0.113: API Updates and Bug Fixes