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• 💄 Bitcoin's Extreme Makeover: Taproot Edition

• 🎰 Crypto Roulette: UK Contemplates Gambling-style Regulation

💄 Bitcoin's Extreme Makeover: Taproot Edition

Picture Bitcoin as a dusty old classic car, all vintage charm but lacking modern comforts. The Taproot upgrade, activated in November 2021, was like giving that car a top-to-bottom restoration.

After adding Schnorr signatures, Bitcoin started to boast a sleeker, more secure way to sign transactions. (Almost like swapping an old key ignition for a fingerprint scanner 🖐️)

After adding Taproot scripts in 2021, BTC got an engine that can handle more complex and flexible smart contracts, a turbo boost of its capabilities. 

With the recent Tapscript, it's as if Bitcoin is getting a GPS, making navigating through these Taproot scripts easier. 

The result? 

A souped-up Bitcoin that's more private, efficient, and secure. 🔒

This upgrade didn't just polish the rims; it made Bitcoin a whole new ride, primed to speed down the highway to greater adoption.Cheesy but true!

🎰 Crypto Roulette: UK Contemplates Gambling-style Regulation

Picture the world of cryptocurrency as the Wild West, a place where rules are scarce, and the sheriff's presence is ominously absent.

The UK Treasury Committee, however, is ready to round up the crypto cowboys, advocating for a gambling-like regulatory framework. 🎲

Their report is an urgent telegram to the government, stating, "The law of the land is insufficient for these digital desperados." 

With the (allegedly) shadowy nature of crypto businesses resembling a smoke-filled saloon, they're demanding transparency akin to turning on a floodlight. 

The suggested rulebook includes a new crypto sheriff, mandatory licenses, and a sturdy fence around consumers to protect them from the fraud wolves and addiction quicksand. 🚧

As the government prepares to respond in the summer of 2023, the crypto stagecoach is veering towards a junction; the path of traditional financial regulation or a new trail. 

How this story of crypto-regulation ends is anyone's bet.

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