🚀 Unchained debuts Sound Advisory, a new financial service with a focus on Bitcoin

https://www.btctimes.com/news/unchained-launches-new-financial-advisory-services-with-a-focus-on-bitcoin

🟠 Michael Novogratz expects the SEC to approve a Bitcoin ETF soon 👀

"The difference now is that the SEC lost in court - the court said having a futures Bitcoin ETF and not a spot ETF makes intellectually 0 sense."

- Michael Novogratz

JUST IN: 🟠 Stablecoins can now go live on Bitcoin with the mainnet launch of Lightning Labs’ Taproot Assets 🙌

JUST IN: 🟠 Lightning Labs releases the Taproot Assets 🥕 protocol for assets like stablecoins on Bitcoin and Lightning ⚡️

This equips builders to make Bitcoin a scalable multi-asset network - paving the way for global currencies as Taproot Assets enables instant settlement on LN 💪

NEW: ⛏ Bitcoin mining firm Sazmining opens a new ⚡️hydroelectric energy facility in Paraguay 🇵🇾

It will be powered by Itaipu Dam, the giant Paraguay’s hydroelectric dam 🌊

🟠 Samson Mow explains how the 🌊 Liquid Network facilitates the creation of companies leveraging Bitcoin 🙌

"You will still have companies, bonds and they all can exist on a Bitcoin sidechain that settles in Bitcoin."

- Samson Mow

⚡️ Lightning Labs launches Taproot Assets Mainnet Alpha, unlocking native stablecoin integration on Bitcoin ⚡️

https://www.btctimes.com/news/lightning-labs-launches-taproot-assets-mainnet-alpha

"We aimed to make the greatest bitcoin 101 video ever made. Instead we made this."

By Spiral

Bitcoin News Roundup

https://youtu.be/KF4-0B-SoPU

🟠 Cathie Wood seems optimistic about the SEC's new approach towards a potential Bitcoin ETF 🇺🇸

"The SEC's decision to ask questions regarding the spot Bitcoin ETF applications marks a change in its approach, raising hopes for the approval of several of these ETFs." 🙌

- Cathie Wood

🌊 Samson Mow explains the benefits of the upcoming Aqua Wallet for LATAM users 🌎

"We've integrated a number of services and swaps, so people can receive Lightning payments and swap that for stablecoins as well.

It is meant to be a wallet to use in Latin America and other places where they want dollar denominated value with the Bitcoin Network and associated technologies."

- Samson Mow

"No matter how many times currencies fail people in those countries never fall back to gold. It's because up until recently we haven't had a money that could work in the telecommunication era."

- Lyn Alden

JUST IN: 🟠 According to James Seyffart Grayscale has taken the another step in converting GBTC into an ETF by filing an S-3, which registers the fund as a 1933 act product 👀

NEW: 🟠 Bitcoin dominance clocking in at 52.27% 💪

The highest level in 908 days 🙌

🚀 THE Bitcoin Podcast's latest episode covers Bitcoin news, global politics, and the importance of sound money. Walker also breaks down the headlines, from geriatric war hawks to Bitcoin ETF rumors.

https://www.btctimes.com/news/bitcoin-news-roundup-october-18th-2023

JUST IN: 🇪🇺 The European Central Bank is moving on to the “preparation phase”of their potential CBDC implementation❗️

• Governing Council advances digital euro prep phase after 2-year design study

• Progress leads to another 2-year phase of finalizing digital euro rulebook

They are literally being open about coming after your rights, opt out of this before it's too late.

JUST IN: 🚨 Hundreds of stocks on the London Stock Exchange have been halted as the LSE "investigates a system incident" 👀

Bitcoin solves this!