Paul Sztorc is hard forking Bitcoin — and the plan involves reassigning Satoshi's coins. Brandon and Kate break down the most chaotic week of news in months.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
- Public companies stack: Strategy adds 3,273 BTC (now 818,334 total), Strive +798, Block +114, Capital B +6, Smarter Web +28
- Nakamoto launches a BTC derivatives strategy with Kraken and Bitwise — covered calls, protective puts, and yield from Bitcoin's volatility
- Paul Sztorc announces a Bitcoin hard fork called eCash — drivechains by force, plus a controversial plan to reassign Satoshi's coins to investors of the new project
- Bitcoin Vegas takeaways: SEC chair Paul Atkins debuts Project Crypto, AG Todd Blanche and FBI's Kash Patel say "code is free speech," and Senator Lummis says the CLARITY Act gets marked up in May
- White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt teases a "major announcement" on the Bitcoin Reserve in the coming weeks
- Tether proposes merging 21, Strike, and Electron Mining into one Bitcoin powerhouse — Brandon and Kate called it a year ago
- Litecoin hit with a 51% attack — a 13-block reorg over three hours and double-spends across cross-chain swap protocols
- April was the worst month ever for DeFi exploits: $635M lost across 28 incidents in 30 days
- Wall Street Journal: World Liberty Financial partnered with a venture run by men sanctioned in the Prince Group scam crackdown — for a blockchain-themed resort in East Timor
- Bitkey unveils a new model with a screen, Alberta's pension fund discloses a $219M stake in Strategy, and ord.net is now the place for Ordinals trading
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