Episode 22: Bitcoin Global & Australian News - NY Mining Ban & Biden Regulations, Kenya Geothermal Mining; Yellen & Lagarde's "Unexpected" Inflation; Block's Adoption Report; Australia's Energy Crisis

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Notes
GLOBAL

St Louis Fed (a US Central Bank) starts pricing eggs in bitcoin
https://fredblog.stlouisfed.org/2022/06/buying-eggs-with-bitcoins/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SM&utm_content=stlouisfed&utm_campaign=c4fbf333-9509-4d17-bdb8-0b0c42b67881

New York passes proof-of-work mining ban
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/new-york-just-passed-a-bitcoin-mining-ban-e2-80-94-heres-everything-thats-in-it/ar-AAY1mZP   

Biden admin considering bitcoin mining regulation
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/white-house-to-reduce-bitcoin-energy-use-report  

Kenya’s largest producer of electricity intends to deliver excess geothermal energy to bitcoin miners
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/kengen-to-provide-geothermal-energy-to-bitcoin-miners-in-kenya  

Yellen says she was ‘wrong’ about ‘path that inflation would take’
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/3507422-%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Byellen-says-she-was-wrong-about-path-that-inflation-would-take/ 

Eurozone inflation hits 8.1%, highest level ever, well above targets; Christine Lagarde not phased (expects it to come down “in due course”)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/eurozone-inflation-hits-record-81-amid-rising-energy-85080229 

Turkey's annual inflation soars to 73.5% in May, highest since 1998
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/turkeys-annual-inflation-soars-to-24-year-high-of-73.5 

Russia’s Ministry of Finance is ‘actively considering’ the use of digital currencies for international payments, a government official reportedly said
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/russia-mulls-cryptocurrency-for-international-trade-report 

Russia blames US inflation on 38% currency creation in past two years, and EU inflation and energy crisis on their unreliable energy policies
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/272575127/us-eu-inflation-result-of-unprecedented-money-printing-putin  

$4.5 trillion Fidelity to double headcount for bitcoin and digital assets division
https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1531601008664666112?s=20&t=e3baFn7Uc94F3ux3K4MF6g  

Goldman Sachs is reportedly looking to integrate services with Bitcoin and crypto exchange FTX
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/goldman-sachs-and-ftx-in-talks-for-bitcoin-crypto-derivatives  

Top 30 bank in Panama, Towerbank, has declared it is bitcoin friendly
https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1531630791263920128?s=20&t=e3baFn7Uc94F3ux3K4MF6g

Bitcoin Knowledge and Perceptions, Block, 2022
https://block.xyz/2022/btc-report.pdf 

AUSTRALIA

Australians 'panicking' as power prices skyrocket, consumer advocates say
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/consumer-panic-amid-unprecedented-power-price-hikes/101119776  
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-03/gas-crisis-threatens-manufacturers-jobs-and-rising-prices/101114712