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Get excited for Australian Bitcoin Week!

Beechworth Bitcoin Bush Bash, Mar 16 - 17 - No KYC, free entry

Bitcoin Alive, Mar 23 - tickets on sale now!

More events to be announced!

Skip to 6:20 if you hate Christmas (Dan & Alex's Christmas holiday intro)

Global News

• ​Argentina Repeals Forced Legal Tender Laws for Contracts, Confirms Debts Can Now Be Settled in Bitcoin​
• ​Argentina's Milei Proposes Incentives for Declaring Domestic, Foreign Crypto Holdings in Draft Bill​
• ​Legends of Lightning Vol. 2 Winners Announced​
• ​FASB update for fair value accounting for Bitcoin by US public companies from 2025​
• ​Ledger CEO explains hack, calls it 'isolated' incident​
• ​Ledger Live Tracks and Sends ALL User Information to Outsourced Data Harvesting Service​
• ​Crypto Industry Funnels $78 Million Into War Chest to Elect Pro-Crypto Candidates in 2024 Elections​
• ​Tether Confirms Extensive Collaboration With DOJ, FBI and Secret Service​
• ​Adam Back Says 'Suck That Truthoors' as Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Reveals Company Holds Tether's Treasuries​
• ​Elizabeth Warren Wants to Extend Bank Secrecy Act Regulations to Free & Open Source Software​

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Australian News

• Australian Bitcoin Week 2024:
  Bitcoin Bush Bash in Beechworh, VIC on 16 - 17 Mar​
  Bitcoin Alive in Sydney on 23 Mar - sponsored by Hardblock
  +satellite events
• ​OpenSats Grants Long-Term Support to Australian Bitcoin developer Tobin Harding​
• ​Australian Cash Use in Decline as 75% of Residents Now Seen as 'Low Cash Users'​

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Technical News

• ​OCEAN Mining pool offers choice of three mining block template policies​
• ​Start your career in Bitcoin FOSS with Learning @ Chaincode Labs​
• ​Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #282: 2023 Year-in-Review Special​
• ​The Bitcoin Design Foundation launches supporting design in Bitcoin ecosystem