Welcome to the 2nd issue of Week in BTX! First issue can be found here.
For new subscribers: After attending the recent Houston Bitcoin Meetup I have been motivated to get even more engaged advocating for Bitcoin in Texas on a consistent basis. This weekly newsletter is part of my attempt to do so. Would love to hear your story ideas, leads, events, Bitcoin job openings, etc, just reply to this email.
General
Austin based Unchained Capital custodies at least one US Senator’s Bitcoin.
San Antonio based U.S. Global Investors Inc. bought exposure to Bitcoin via $566,389 worth of shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), representing 0.19% of the net assets in the funds.
Frisco based fourteen-year-old Ishaan Thakur and his sister, 9-year-old Aanya, gross $30k a month mining crypto with the help of Dad.
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Public Policy/Politics/Government
Infrastructure bill fight continues in Congress. Have you called your US Congressman yet?
Texas State Representative Tan Parker passed two pro Bitcoin bills, H.B. 1576 and H.B. 4474, during the recent Texas Legislative session and the bills go into effect today.
Mining
VIDEO: WIRED goes inside the RIOT/Whinstone Bitcoin mine in Rockdale, Texas.
Alejandro De La Torre, VP of Poolin says “Texas will become the number one producer of bitcoin hashrate in about 12 to 18 months' time.”
VIDEO: Texas wildcatter/bitcoin miner Gideon Powell’s & Poolin’s Alejandro De La Torre interview highlighting the the great mining migration from China to Texas.
Quant Satoshi & Poolin partnering to build bitcoin mining facilities in Texas.
Events
Austin Bitcoin Club - The Pleb Symposium Sept. 2 with Parker Lewis
Houston Oil & Gas Blockchain Conference Sept. 13-14
Texas Blockchain Council Happy Hour in The Woodlands Sept. 14 at 5:00pm
Austin BitDevs Sept. 15 at 7:00pm
Texas Blockchain Summit hosted by the Texas Blockchain Council, Oct. 8th in Austin
Consensus June 10th - 12th, 2022 in Austin
BitBlockParty June 10th, 2022 during Consensus in Austin
BitBlockBoom is coming to Austin 2022, details to be announced
Jobs
Unchained Capital is hiring numerous positions, including Compliance Manager, Director of Finance, Product Manager and Software Engineers.
Riot Blockchain is hiring in Austin for IT Manager, SOX Compliance Manger and Lead Software Developer.
People on the Move
Mario Andres Gutierrez, a former Houston based O&G geologist turned off-grid bitcoin miner, recently started with UnChained Capital.
Bitcoin Citadel
32,000+ acre Sandow Lakes Ranch in Rockdale, Texas is for sale for $250,000,000. This ranch leases land to the RIOT/Whinstone Bitcoin mining facility, the largest mining facility in the world.
To Ponder While You Wander
“There is no such thing as stranded nat gas anymore” (thanks to Bitcoin Mining) - @Petro Mundo uno