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The funding will aid OpenSats in its mission of supporting open-source development focused on Bitcoin, Nostr and related freedom tech.

Block announced its Q1 2024 financial results and unveiled a strategic plan to invest 10% of its gross profit from bitcoin products into bitcoin purchases on a monthly basis until the end of the year.

Tune in for a live view of talks and workshops at bitcoin++ in Austin, which takes place on May 1-4, 2024.

Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) issued a statement criticizing the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for its hyper-aggressive stance on self-custody software.

"This LTS grant will enable Shashwat to focus on the deployment of BOLT-12 within LDK, with a particular focus on blinded paths, invoice overpayments, and retrying invoice requests," OpenSats said.

"Federal prosecutors are digging into internal practices at Block, the financial technology firm launched by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, discussing with a former employee alleged widespread and yearslong compliance lapses at the company’s two main units, Square and Cash App," reports NBC News.

bitcoin++ is an international bitcoin developer conference series aiming to shine a light on the most interesting and cutting edge advances in bitcoin protocols and development.

Tune in for a live view of talks and workshops at bitcoin++ in Austin, May 1-4 2024.

Early Bitcoin investor Roger Ver was apprehended in Spain over the weekend, and U.S. authorities will seek his extradition.

Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison for breaking US anti-money laundering laws at the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange.

"Rodriguez will remain on house arrest in Pennsylvania until his trial," reports CoinDesk.

The U.S. Department of Justice pushed back against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's motion to dismiss criminal indictment against him, claiming that Tornado Cash acted as a money transmitting business.