Weekly market update / outlook and weekly Bitcoin news: US Government faces 'significant risk' of default in June, Congressional Budget Office warns Sam Bankman Fried's ties to George Santos are just the beginning Gallup Poll:  Americans' preference for real estate, crypt plunges - fondness for gold skyrockets Bitcoin makes progress in clearing backlog but Lightning Network capacity and channels dropped amid congestion Ordinals and BRC-20 will disappear in a matter of months, says JAN3 CEO Liechtenstein Prime Minister says government to accept Bitcoin payments, open to investing reserves in BTC Binance announces exit from Canada, citing regulator tensions This Mother's Day, try explaining Bitcoin to your Mom Check out "Monthly Portfolio Update - May 2023" on substack and also look out for midweek post on "Bitcoin UTXO Management"   Substack: Bitcoin Fortress Twitter: Bitcoin Fortress Books: Amazon Author Page   Mentioned in this week's Podcast: https://news.bitcoin.com/us-government-faces-significant-risk-of-default-in-june-congressional-budget-office-warns/ https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/05/12/sam-bankman-frieds-ties-to-george-santos-are-just-the-beginning/ https://twitter.com/Erikcason/status/1657048239559020544 https://news.bitcoin.com/gallup-poll-americans-preference-for-real-estate-crypto-plunges-fondness-for-gold-skyrockets/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuO87Wza_pw https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-makes-progress-clearing-backlog-lightning-network-capacity-channels-dropped-amid-congestion-issues/ https://cointelegraph.com/news/ordinals-and-brc-20-will-disappear-in-months-jan3-ceo-says https://news.bitcoin.com/liechtenstein-prime-minister-says-government-to-accept-bitcoin-payments-open-to-investing-reserves-in-btc/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/05/12/binance-announces-exit-from-canada-citing-regulatory-tensions/ https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/give-bitcoin-for-mothers-day https://bitcoinfortress.substack.com/p/monthly-portfolio-update-may-2023