Welcome to episode #278 of Block Digest! (Monday, August 30th 2021)

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Credits

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Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz

Rick - https://twitter.com/cryptorick

Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem

btcFUD - https://twitter.com/btcFUD

Intro Song: DVNZXL - [fried_noodles] https://youtu.be/w28NKJJHPZM

This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Links

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Blockstream Energy Launches New Mining Service | https://twitter.com/Blockstream/status/1427688190291419140?s=20

Blockstream 210 Million Raise | https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/blockstream-raises-210-million-valued-at-3-billion

Chase Shuts Down Compass Mining Bank Account | https://twitter.com/BitcoinBroski/status/1428059569348034564 | https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/bitcoin/chase-bank-shuts-down-compass-mining-accounts

WY Power Company request for blockchain power consumers | https://datacenters.blackhillsenergy.com/resources/electric-service-request-proposal-blockchain-interruptible-service-bcis

Jeremy Rubin Proposes Removing Dust Limit | https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2021-August/019307.html

Poly Network Hires 'Mr. White Hat' as Advisor | https://twitter.com/PolyNetwork2/status/1427574236483231749

Lightning "Address" Scheme | https://twitter.com/hampus_s/status/1431615451411488768?s=20

Substack integrates Lightning payments | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/substack-is-now-accepting-bitcoin-payments-on-the-lightning-network-powered-by-bitcoin-payment-processor-opennode-301360039.html, https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/email-subscription-platform-substack-adds-bitcoin-lightning-payments

LNRouter Lookup | https://twitter.com/SeverinAlexB/status/1428310613609140224?s=20

Virgil Griffith Case Update | https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.529632/gov.uscourts.nysd.529632.131.0.pdf

El Salvador Begins Deploying Bitcoin ATMs | https://twitter.com/business/status/1429918141392596995?s=20

Nigeria To Require Vaxxcard To Access Banking | https://twitter.com/RN_Destiny/status/1430549784050421760, https://www.itvradiong.com/all-news/edsg-to-restrict-persons-without-green-cards-from-large-gatherings/

Coinbase President Says USDC Reserves Will Now Be Held Only In Cash And Short Term Treasuries | https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/coinbase-president-says-usdc-reserves-will-now-be-held-only-cash-and-short-term-treasuries

United Wholesale Mortgage (2nd largest mortgage lender) to Accept Bitcoin Payments | https://beincrypto.com/united-wholesale-mortgage-accept-bitcoin-payments/ | https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/19/united-wholesale-mortgage-will-accept-bitcoin-other-cryptocurrency.html

Another FATF Protocol Getting Support | https://www.coindesk.com/bitmex-deribit-tap-shyft-network-for-fatf-travel-rule-solution

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