Bitcoin mempool at ATH

https://x.com/ercwl/status/1732585348465574233?t=Lrpm5ReonbgYLSY-_0psmg&s=09

Italy's communication watchdog AGCOM has approved new rules enabling it to order online video-sharing platforms to remove "harmful content" to protect minors and consumers in the country, it said on Thursday.

The new rules will take effect from Jan. 8, 2024 and potentially affect services such as Google's YouTube, TikTok and Meta's Instagram

https://www.reuters.com/technology/italy-toughens-rules-video-sharing-platforms-protect-minors-2023-12-07/

Edward Snowden warns that paper cash is not as private as we like to think

https://twitter.com/mkjrstad/status/1732501270500381012

🇻🇪 🇺🇸 🇬🇾 The Venezuelan Government has reportedly given ExxonMobil and several other Oil Companies, who were given Permission by Guyana to launch Expeditions off the Coast of the Country to find Oil Deposits, less than 90 Days to Vacate their Operations in Guyana’s Territorial Waters.

https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2516564-venezuela-gives-90day-warning-to-guyana-producers

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Chinese export restrictions on graphite — a key material for EV batteries — have taken effect this week starting December 1. Export permits will now be required for certain graphite products.

Gigafactories need millions of tons a year, and America currently produces zero.

https://twitter.com/WholeMarsBlog/status/1732437443629257140

China has imposed export controls on graphite, a material used in electric vehicle batteries, as Beijing hits back at US-led restrictions on technology sales to Chinese companies.

China, which dominates global supply chains for the mineral, will require special export permits for three grades of graphite, the commerce ministry and the General Administration of Customs said on Friday.

The new export controls, which China said were introduced on “national security” grounds, are set to escalate geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington and its allies over tech supply chains. They also underline China’s dominance of global supplies of dozens of critical resources.

https://www.ft.com/content/8af8c05c-8e54-40e9-9051-5a0b2b036c32

🇾🇪 The Houthis have warned that if Saudi Arabia and the UAE try to attack Yemen again, they will launch missile and drone strikes on oil pipelines and wells in their territories.

The Houthis have already done this; they have the necessary means of destruction for this. Saudi Aramco infrastructure was especially hard hit.

El Salvador is launching a citizenship-by-investment program 🇸🇻

🔸 The cost is $1M paid in $BTC or $USDT
🔸 Limited to 1,000 applicants per year
🔸 The processing time is 6 weeks for a visa, unknown for a passport
🔸 132 visa-free countries, including EU

https://twitter.com/nikzh/status/1732918438006329433

We don't blame you for disabling notifications on our channel's posts. Feds can deanonymize group users by asking Google/Apple for a list of accounts that received notifications from Telegram at 2:14pm, for example.

https://neuters.de/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/

Maduro announces the activation of the identity and identification plan for the population of Guayana Esequiba.

An office will be installed in Tumeremo, Bolíva state. Applications for identification cards have arrived in droves, impressive.