Weekly market update / outlook and weekly Bitcoin news: Robert Barnes on dollar demise The fall of Medici Bank:  lessons on fractional reserve banking from 15th century Italy CBDC debate heats up:  BIS project sparks controversy among critics; Lynette Zang warns of danger of CBDC's US House committee publishes draft of stable coin bill Silk Road Bitcoin thief, once worth $3.4 Billion, receives one year prison sentence Gold bugs still don't get it:  Bitcoin's ledger makes it the better store of value Check out this week's blog post:  "Monthly Portfolio Update - April 2023"   Substack: Bitcoin Fortress Twitter: Bitcoin Fortress Books: Amazon Author Page   Mentioned in this week's Podcast: https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/upost/3827119/the-barnes-brief-monday-april-10-2023 https://news.bitcoin.com/the-fall-of-medici-bank-lessons-on-fractional-reserve-banking-from-15th-century-italy/ https://news.bitcoin.com/cbdc-debate-heats-up-bis-project-sparks-controversy-among-critics-lynette-zang-warns-of-dangers-of-cbdcs/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/15/us-house-committee-publishes-draft-stablecoin-bill/ https://cryptonews.com/news/silk-road-bitcoin-thief-once-worth-34-billion-receives-one-year-prison-sentence.htm https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-ledger-better-than-gold https://bitcoinfortress.substack.com/p/monthly-portfolio-update-april-2023