# Law Decoded: Bitcoin’s censorship resistance capacity enters the spotlight, Feb. 14–21

# Law Decoded: Bitcoin’s censorship resistance capacity enters the spotlight, Feb. 14–21

“# Law Decoded: Bitcoin’s censorship resistance capacity enters the spotlight, Feb. 14–21 ” Amid the barrage of last week’s regulatory news, from rumors of Joe Biden’s upcoming executive order on digital assets to another round of the Russian government’s crypto tug of war, the storyline that was arguably the most consequential for the mainstream narrative…

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#Canadian COVID mandate protesters block US border in British Columbia

#Canadian COVID mandate protesters block US border in British Columbia

“#Canadian COVID mandate protesters block US border in British Columbia” As Canadian police continued clearing “Freedom Convoy” trucker demonstrators out of the capital in Ottawa on Saturday, protests over COVID restrictions continued in the nation’s west for a fourth straight weekend. Convoys of vehicles carrying vaccine-mandate protesters made their way to Pacific Highway border crossing…

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#Canadian police arrest over 100 people in trucker protests

#Canadian police arrest over 100 people in trucker protests

“#Canadian police arrest over 100 people in trucker protests” Canadian police arrested more than 100 “Freedom Convoy” demonstrators Friday in a bid to quash the three-week blockade in the capital over COVID-19 restrictions. Hundreds of officers, some in riot gear and carrying automatic weapons, descended on the clogged streets at the heart of Ottawa in…

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#Drake’s .3M Super Bowl bitcoin bet may have been illegal

#Drake’s $1.3M Super Bowl bitcoin bet may have been illegal

“#Drake’s $1.3M Super Bowl bitcoin bet may have been illegal” Drake’s $1.3 million Super Bowl bet that he placed using bitcoin may have been illegal, according to Canadian gambling regulation experts. The Toronto-based hip hop star pocketed $300,000 in profit on Super Bowl Sunday after putting down $1.3 million worth of bitcoin using Stake, an…

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# Bitcoin at the barricades: Ottawa, Ukraine and beyond

# Bitcoin at the barricades: Ottawa, Ukraine and beyond

“# Bitcoin at the barricades: Ottawa, Ukraine and beyond ” Protesting anti-vax truckers blockading downtown Ottawa, Canada had their fund-raising platform shut down because their host fears the “promotion of violence.” The protesters move to a Bitcoin crowdsourcing funding service. It quickly raised $900,000. Russian troops gather on Ukraine’s borders. Ukrainian NGOs and volunteer groups…

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#Justin Trudeau’s low blow, AOC’s idiocy and more

#Justin Trudeau’s low blow, AOC’s idiocy and more

“#Justin Trudeau’s low blow, AOC’s idiocy and more” Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions This statement: “Conservative Party members . . . stand with people who wave swastikas.” — Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, responding to Jewish Holocaust-survivor descendant MP Melissa Lantsman’s complaint about his criticisms of protesters in Ottowa, Feb. 16. We say: Video…

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# RCMP asks crypto exchanges to halt trading for wallets connected to truck convoy protests

# RCMP asks crypto exchanges to halt trading for wallets connected to truck convoy protests

“# RCMP asks crypto exchanges to halt trading for wallets connected to truck convoy protests ” As reported by Canadian news outlet The Globe and Mail, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Canada’s federal police force) sent letters to several cryptocurrency exchanges demanding that they “cease facilitating any transactions” with more than 30 specific cryptocurrency wallet…

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