Pre-ShowHarvard report on housing in the USA (https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/reports/files/Harvard_JCHS_Americas_Rental_Housing_2024.pdf) makes the obvious conclusion that homelessness is all about prices, wages are stagnant or falling while housing is getting more expensive due to both constrained supply and the use of real estate as an investment vehicleDashboard | Truflation (https://truflation.com/dashboard)Gavin Newsom Witnesses Shoplifting (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PxjySys6qM0)SNL - Debanking Weekend Update (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLt6xK33mUc)NewsWhile the U.S. Whitehouse pushes for a new edict to register all bitcoin mining (https://tftc.io/eia-bitcoin-mining-survey/) in the USA, including GPS coordinates of miners, power demand from AI companies is keeping coal burning powerplants operation (https://archive.ph/spRaU) past their intended EOLEconomicsArthur Hayes' thinks that Bitcoin will go down and then up (https://blog.bitmex.com/yellen-or-talkin/) ... no duhRember Evergrande? A Hong Kong court has ordered liquidation (https://www.reuters.com/business/embattled-china-evergrande-back-court-liquidation-hearing-2024-01-28/) of the company's assets, which spells trouble for Chinese saversThe US Federal Reserve's Bank Term Funding Program will stop bailing out US Bank (https://www.frbdiscountwindow.org/GeneralPages/bank_term_funding_program#:~:text=What's%20New%3A%20On%20January%2024,scheduled%20on%20March%2011%2C%202024.)'s underwater treasury portfolio's in March while US Regional banks are still under financial pressure (https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-regional-bank-sell-off-cautionary-sign-more-pain-come-2024-02-02/)U.S. regional banking shares tumble for second straight day (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/01/us-regional-banking-shares-tumble-for-second-straight-day.html)Western Alliance Bancorp’s shares fell 4.8%, while those of Valley National Bancorp dropped 5%. Comerica’s (CMA.N), opens new tab shares fell 2.1%.The S&P 500 Banks index fell roughly 1.2%.The fall of U.S. regional banks stocks on Wednesday translated into $685 million in paper profits for short sellers, according to data and analytics company Ortex.US regional banks tumble for second straight day on NYCB woes | Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-regional-banking-shares-under-lens-after-nycb-slide-2024-02-01/)Holger Zschaepitz on X (https://twitter.com/Schuldensuehner/status/1750635611592020171)Borrowing from Fed's emergency lending program rose to a fresh record, just before Fed raised the facility’s interest rate to stop financial institutions from taking advantage and arbitraging on its attractive terms. Demand for Bank Term Funding Program rose $6.3bn to an ATH of $167.8bn. Borrowing has jumped by $50bn since mid-November after program’s rate increasingly fell below the rate at which institutions could earn money by parking reserves at Fed. Any increase from here is not arbitrage-driven. (BBG)Image https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GEuBrOUWUAA_5E7?format=png&name=smallPrivacyHas Finnish law enforcement cracked Monero traceability (https://protos.com/did-law-enforcement-in-finland-crack-moneros-privacy-technologies/) or did a hacker accidentally upload his home folder (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/11/hacker-charged-with-extorting-online-psychotherapy-service/) during an extortion drop?Bitcoin EducationBitcoin Optech #287 covers a new replace by fee model (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/01/31/) as well as more discussion of 'exogenous fee' incentivesFeedbackRemember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod (https://mobile.twitter.com/bitcoindadpod) on twitterConsider joining the matrix channel (https://matrix.to/#/#bitcoin:jupiterbroadcasting.com) using a matrix client like element (https://element.io/get-started), details here (https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/community/matrix/)Thank you BoostersIf you get some value from this show, please consider sending a boost. Hearing from you means a lot to us!Send a Boost via the Podcast Index web page. No Podcast app upgrade required. Install Alby (https://getalby.com/)Find the Bitcoin Dad Pod on the Podcast Index (https://podcastindex.org/podcast/5049889)Boost right from the page!Send a re-ocurring or one-off lightning boost to the show with no message at [email protected] or directly to Chris at [email protected] for ValuePodcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem (https://podcastindex.org/)Recomended Podcasting2.0 apps:Fountain (https://www.fountain.fm/) podcast app (Android)Podverse (https://podverse.fm/) (Cross platform and self hostable) + Alby (https://getalby.com/) for boostsCastamatic (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castamatic-podcast-player/id966632553) (Apple)Sponsors and AcknowledgementsMusic by Lesfm from PixabaySelf Hosted Show (https://selfhosted.show/) courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting (https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/)