The Sat Standard - Bitcoin Weekly - December 18th

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

Bitcoin Optech #179
Jack Dorsey announces independent board to run BTrust initiative funded with 500 bitcoin donation from him and Jay-Z to fund bitcoin development in Africa and India
Nonprofit “Sats Center” launches to educate regulators on bitcoin
Surveillance company “Chainalysis” launches lightning network product
Coinbase received 5562 law enforcement requests the first three quarters of this year
Payment Pools proposal
Mercury v0.4.65
Sparrow v1.5.5
Bisq v1.8.0
BlueWallet v6.2.15
Caravan v0.3.13
Zap desktop v0.7.5-beta
Umbrel v0.4.10
Galoy Raises $3M
Ledn raises $70M valued at $540M
NYDIG raises $1B valued at $7B
White House inflation comments
Kollider LN analysis