RABBIT HOLE RECAP #419: FREEDOM IN THE DIGITAL AGE

<p>No Agenda Show Announces Passing of Beloved Host John C. Dvorak at Age 74 <a href="x.com/na_announce/status/2079952538040672302&q…; </p>
<p>Tether’s Three-Way Crypto Deal Falls Apart as Jack Mallers Steps Down from Twenty One Capital <a href="bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-21/tether-…; </p>
<p>BitMEX Announces Shutdown of Exchange Operations Effective September 23, 2026 <a href="x.com/bitmex/status/2080201602456301580"&…; </p>
<p>Coinkite Opens Reservations for arca Personal Data Haven Hardware <a href="blog.coinkite.com/arca-reservations-are-open/&…; </p>
<p>Strive Announces Bitcoin Stewardship Commitment Supporting Brink & Open-Source Development <a href="x.com/colemacro/status/2079907362979410395&quo…; </p>
<p>Mike Schmidt Volunteers to Coordinate Bitcoin Security Consortium Backed by Strategy, BlackRock, Fidelity & Others <a href="x.com/bitschmidty/status/2080263159152091455&q…; </p>
<p>Galaxy Pledges Up to $5M in Grants for Bitcoin Post-Quantum Cryptography Development <a href="x.com/intangiblecoins/status/20795413599967195…; </p>
<p>Startup Founders Urge Trump Not to Block Chinese Open-Weight AI Models <a href="politico.com/news/2026/07/22/startup-founders-…; </p>
<p>India | Central Bank Pushes Digital Asset Prohibition </p>
<p>India’s central bank is again pursuing a digital asset policy “leaning toward prohibition,” according to new government documents examined by Reuters. The Reserve Bank of India wants banks and regulated financial institutions barred from holding, trading, or offering exposure to digital assets and stablecoins. Officials also warn that offshore exchanges and peer-to-peer platforms are difficult to track. The documents estimate that India has nearly 39 million digital asset investors holding roughly $2.1 billion in digital assets. <a href="FinancialFreedomReport.org">FinancialF…; </p>
<p>Lightning Labs Launches Wavelength: Self-Custodial Bitcoin Payments Toolkit for Apps and AI Agents <a href="lightning.engineering/posts/2026-07-21-wavelen…; </p>
<p>Noah Wallet Update Integrates Bark 0.4.0 with Live Backups, Native UI & Easier Ark Features <a href="x.com/nitesh_btc/status/2080026943035187537&qu…; </p>
<p>Bark Pay Launches: Self-Hosted Bitcoin Payments Solution Ready in Under 5 Minutes <a href="x.com/2ndpsy/status/2079932489921941716"&…; </p>
<p>BTCPay Server v2.4.1: BIP-329 Label Import, Editable Invoice Comments, and RTL Language Support <a href="github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/…; </p>
<p>Tails 7.10: New GNOME Shutdown Procedure and Celluloid Video Player <a href="tails.net/news/version_7.10/">https://…; </p>
<p>Wisp v1.2.0: Multi-Account Switcher, Transaction History Sheets, and Improved Zaps <a href="github.com/barrydeen/wisp/releases/tag/v1.2.0&…; </p>
<p>Hermes Agent v2026.7.20 “Quicksilver”: Major Speedups, Smart Approvals, and Password Manager Integration <a href="github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/…; </p>
<p>JoinMarket-NG 0.34.2: Fidelity Bond Fixes and Tumbler Improvements <a href="github.com/joinmarket-ng/joinmarket-ng/release…; </p>
<p>Wasabi Wallet v2.8.1: Taproot Receive by Default, New Loading Screen, and AppImage Support <a href="github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/…; </p>
<p>Dana v0.8.1: Faster Startup, Sat/BTC Display Toggle, and Stability Fixes <a href="github.com/cygnet3/dana/releases/tag/v0.8.1&qu…; </p>
<p>Block Buzz: Open-Source Hive Mind Communication Platform <a href="github.com/block/buzz">https://github.…; </p>
<p>US Prosecutes Cop City Protester for Using GrapheneOS to Wipe Phone <a href="theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/cop-city-p…; </p>
<p>Court Rules CBP Can Manually Search Phones at Border With No Suspicion Required <a href="techtimes.com/articles/321338/20260723/cbp-can…; </p>
<p>Trump Targets Brazil’s Pix Payments System While Dollar Stablecoins Dominate Local Crypto Volume <a href="coindesk.com/business/2026/07/18/trump-targets…; </p>
<p>France Orders ISPs to Block Access to Polymarket <a href="reuters.com/technology/french-internet-service…; </p>
<p>3:33 - Opening riff </p>
<p>5:53 - Dashboard </p>
<p>14:03 RIP John C. Dvorak </p>
<p>16:43 - Tether deal fails </p>
<p>23:38 - BitMEX shutdown </p>
<p>30:13 - ARCA </p>
<p>32:33 - Stewardship & Security Consortium </p>
<p>44:53 - Galaxy inb4 quantum </p>
<p>46:48 - Trump and Chinese AI </p>
<p>1:12:48 - HRF Story of the Week </p>
<p>1:14:33 - Boosts </p>
<p>1:19:03 - Software updates </p>
<p>1:39:43 - Graphene user prosecution </p>
<p>1:42:18 - Border patrol owns your phone </p>
<p>1:43:33 - Brazil payments </p>
<p>1:45:18 - France blocks Polymarket </p>
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