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+
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+**LINKS:**
+
+* [Bitcoin has now become MSNBC's new obsession. ](https://x.com/pledditor/status/1866803778571342128?t=E9EIlRX-vHxbQ8g23lQU3A)
+* [River: Bitcoin Ownership Distribution](https://x.com/River/status/1831374555530830304)
+* [Top Organizations Disclosing Donations to Fairshake PAC, 2024 • OpenSecrets](https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=Fairshake+PAC&tab=donors)
+* [Ripple founder has given more than $11.8 million to Harris campaign](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/21/ripple-founder-has-given-more-than-11point8-million-to-harris-campaign.html)
+* [Kamala Harris turns to Coinbase for crypto campaign donations, CFO reveals](https://www.htx.com/feed/community/6132206/)
+* S[ince January, $227 billion of Bitcoin has been activated by long term holders, dwarfing the ETF flows by a multiple.](https://x.com/txmctrades/status/1863660343504843127)
+* [Tucker Carlson on X: "Roger Ver is facing life in prison for revealing how the US government worked secretly to subvert cryptocurrency and prevent economic freedom.](https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1866543923939729870)
+* [06: Debunking Big Blocker Alternative History](https://www.thisweekinbitcoin.show/episodepage/06-debunking-big-blocker-alternative-history)
+* [Google shocks the world with new a chip that could vanquish Nvidia and Bitcoin - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbKyVuvQ7OU)
+* [Gloria Zhao on Bitcoin Core Devs, Network Security Threats and Will There Be A "Block Size" War II? - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmCTDRH_WVM)
+* [Bitcoin News on X: "Satoshi’s thoughts on handling a “massive breakthrough attack,” such as quantum computing rendering SHA-256 encryption ineffective in protecting the Bitcoin network. ](https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1866591802221822271)<https://t.co/GBnZ3UpeXN">[ / X](https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1866591802221822271)
+* [MicroStrategy’s $26 Billion Bitcoin Cache Is Larger Than IBM, Nike Cash Holdings - Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-16/microstrategy-s-26-billion-bitcoin-cache-is-larger-than-ibm-nike-cash-holdings)
+* [Amazon shareholders have submitted a request for the $2.3 Trillion company to explore adding Bitcoin to its treasury.](https://x.com/Dennis_Porter_/status/1865838523741581635)
+* [Is It 'Crazy' for the US to Have a Bitcoin Reserve? - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYKRpK7Q2LY&si=2LxIJUJwtibvbGJS)
+* [Senate Republicans propose Bitcoin national reserve - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3cRv42xT1k)
+* [Behind Bitcoin’s Rally Is a Simple Fact: Supplies Are Limited - WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/bitcoin-supply-limit-crypto-value-29e068b4)
+* [Hawaii local news covers Bitcoin adoption in the state with cameos - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et0o6OZyL7U&si=J-rUpNH2ksw0JiBE)
+* [The National Center for Public Policy Research has submitted the attached shareholder proposal for consideration at the 2025 annual shareholder meeting. ](https://x.com/timkotzman/status/1865832907597807992?t=E9EIlRX-vHxbQ8g23lQU3A)
+* [China discovers world's largest gold mine - Egypt Independent](https://www.egyptindependent.com/china-discovers-worlds-largest-gold-mine/)
+* [El Salvador’s Gold Reserves Worth $3 Billion: President Bukele Highlights Economic Potential. – El Salvador in English](https://elsalvadorinenglish.com/2024/11/27/el-salvadors-gold-reserves-worth-3-billion-president-bukele-highlights-economic-potential/)
+* [CPI inflation November 2024: Annual inflation rate accelerates to 2.7% in November, as expected](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/11/cpi-inflation-november-2024-annual-inflation-rate-accelerates-to-2point7percent-in-november-as-expected.html)
+* [Russia: MP proposes a strategic Bitcoin reserve](https://atlas21.com/russia-mp-proposes-a-strategic-bitcoin-reserve/)
+* [WabiSabi Vulnerability Allows Malicious Coordinators to Deanonymize Coinjoin Users](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/wabisabi-vulnerability-allows-malicious-coordinators-to-deanonymize-coinjoin-users/)
+* [MicroStrategy Poised to Join Nasdaq-100 Index](https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2024/12/02/microstrategy-looks-poised-to-join-influential-nasdaq-100-index-here-s-what-that-means-for-the-stock?ref=tftc.io/)
+* [Eric Balchunas on X: "$MSTR is likely to be added to $QQQ on 12/23 (w/ announcement coming 12/13). Moderna likely to get boot](https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1866595936983716168)
+* [Alex Thorn on X: "🚨 “SELL THE PAST, BUY THE FUTURE” ](https://x.com/intangiblecoins/status/1866100432734400840)
+
+**Crypto Illicit Transaction Volume**
+
+* Illicit transactions constituted only 0.34% of the total on-chain transaction volume for 2023
+* The total value received by illicit cryptocurrency addresses dropped to $24.2 billion in 2023
+
+**Breakdown of Illicit Activities**
+
+* Transactions involving sanctioned entities accounted for $14.9 billion, representing 61.5% of all illicit transaction volume analyzed.
+* Crypto scams and hacking revenue both decreased significantly, with total illicit revenue down 29.2% and 54.3%, respectively.
+
+**Stablecoin Usage
+**
+
+* Stablecoins accounted for the majority of criminal transactions for the second consecutive year, aligning with the recent increase in stablecoin share of all crypto activity.
+* [Crypto crime in 2023 exceeded $24 billion: Chainalysis](https://www.mariblock.com/crypto-crime-2023-exceeded-24-billion-chainalysis/)
+* [US Financial Secrecy Fuels Illicit Financial Flows from Environmental Crimes, New Report Finds](https://thefactcoalition.org/us-financial-secrecy-fuels-illicit-financial-flows-from-environmental-crimes-new-report-finds/)
+* [Illicit cryptocurrency transactions global 2023 | Statista](https://proxy.parisjc.edu:8293/statistics/1410685/illicit-crypto-transactions-worldwide/)
+* [New report: The 2023 Illicit Crypto Economy | TRM Insights](https://www.trmlabs.com/post/new-report-the-2023-illicit-crypto-economy)
+* [Efforts to track illicit financial flows need scaling up – UNCTAD SDG Pulse 2024](https://sdgpulse.unctad.org/illicit-financial-flows/)
+* [2024 Crypto Crime Trends from Chainalysis](https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/2024-crypto-crime-report-introduction/)
+* [The IMF and the Fight Against Illicit Financial Flows](https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2023/Fight-against-illicit-financial-flows)
+* [An In-Depth Look at Crypto-Crime in 2023 Part 1 | Trend Micro (US)](https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/24/g/crypto-crime-2024-report-part-i.html)
+* [African Strategies to Combat Illicit Financial Flows | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace](https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/11/illicit-financial-flows-africa-tax?lang=en)
+* [The Illicit Crypto Economy Report](https://www.trmlabs.com/the-illicit-crypto-economy-report)
+* [Illicit Financial Flows | UNCTAD](https://unctad.org/statistics/illicit-financial-flows)
+* [Illicit crypto addresses received at least $24.2 billion in 2023 - report | Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/technology/illicit-crypto-addresses-received-least-242-bln-2023-report-2024-01-18/)
+* [Balancing privacy and public interest in the fight against illicit financial flows: Lessons from an European Case Study - ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949791424000459)
+
+**Cash Illicit Transaction Volume**
+
+* According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime 
+* the estimated amount of money laundered globally in one year is 2-5% of global GDP 
+
+  * or $800 billion - $2 trillion in current US dollars.
+
+* The US Treasury estimates that about $300 billion is laundered
+**annually in the United States alone** , much of it through _cash_
+transactions.
+
+
+**Music**
+
+* [5-Watt Rock • Theo Katzman](https://wavlake.com/track/19de5d71-4a1b-4db0-aee1-1de9661b33da)
+* [Be the Wheel | 5-Watt Rock | Podcastindex.org](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7114678?episode=30604410643)

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