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We have independently confirmed that the Canadian RCMP has sent out a blacklist notice to regulated Canadian bitcoin companies telling them to report any activity from 29 bitcoin addresses connected to the Canadian Freedom Convoy, including the HonkHonkHodl fundraiser address.
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The Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act Announced Today in US Senate: Requires Devs to Register Identity and Obtain a License, Censor and Surveil Users, Bans Privacy Tools
TESLA CFO ON BITCOIN DURING Q1 EARNINGS CALL
- "bitcoin has been a good decision"
- "a lot of reasons to be optimistic"
- "we do believe long term in the value of bitcoin so it is our intent to hold what we have long term"
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Norwegian energy giant Aker forms bitcoin unit, Seetee, funded with $58 million. It will invest in bitcoin as its treasury asset, invest in bitcoin projects and companies, and set up bitcoin mining operations.
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Jack Dorsey’s TBD Presents Bitcoin-based Decentralized Web5
- components include decentralized identifiers (DIDs), decentralized web node (DWNs), self-sovereign identity service (SSIS) and a self-sovereign identity software development kit (ssi-sdk)
Formalized data sharing between exchanges being developed
- Coinbase, BitGo, Gemini, Kraken, and Bittrex
- Share addresses on a "bulletin board" system
- If addresses match then share additional personal data
- Track all transactions greater than $1000
Leaked Ledger customer database posted publicly on online forum RaidForums
- Over 1,000,000 email addresses
- Over 250,000 physical addresses and phone numbers
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US Treasury hits BitGo with sanctions violations on non custodial wallet
- Settlement of $98830 for 183 apparent violations of sanctions programs
- Complaint claims that BitGo should have done IP address screening
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Guggenheim opens door to bitcoin exposure for $5 billion macro fund via Grayscale GBTC product
- $200+ billion asset-manager
- invests across asset classes on behalf of companies, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds
- up to 10% of NAV in GBTC
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Russia Ministry of Finance seeks full disclosure of bitcoin addresses, balances, and transaction history for wallets larger than 100k rubles ($1300)
- Punishment of up to 3 years in prison for non compliance
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Hackers rob thousands of Coinbase customers using SMS 2FA flaw
- 6000 users compromised
- funds and personal info stolen
- including home addresses and transaction history
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Apple iOS Devices Don't Route All Network Traffic Through VPNs
- data leaves the iOS device outside of the VPN tunnel
- apple has allegedly been aware of the issue for years
The default Wasabi Wallet coordinator run by zkSNACKs will start blacklisting certain UTXOs, preventing them from participating in coinjoin rounds, due to apparent regulatory pressure.
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Twitter data breach exposes contact details for 5.4M accounts; on sale for $30k
- twitter user names, emails, and phone numbers
- vulnerability was disclosed in January and patched
Sparrow Wallet has added whirlpool coinjoin support
- use whirlpool on desktop
- mix directly to cold storage
- transaction privacy analysis before sending
- builds are now reproducible
Coinbase Sold Surveillance Tools to US Gov
- surveillance tools designed to track digital currency transactions were sold to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in a contract worth up to $1.37M
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Alleged Paxful bitcoin exchange KYC database posted for sale
- 4.8 Million users and employees compromised
- Names, date of birth, gender, address, phone number, email, passwords
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U.S. Internal Revenue Service inks deal with Coinbase for blockchain analytics [surveillance] software
- signing date was July 15
- contract effective on July 23
- one year contract with option to renew for a second year
- $124,950 per year
A Protest Planned by Hundreds of Bank Depositors in Central China Seeking Access to Frozen Funds Say Authorities Have Turned Their Health Code Apps Red
- "I can't do anything, I can't go anywhere. You're treated as though you're a criminal. It infringe…
Bitcoin Node Maker nodl Launches Lightning-Only Product with a focus on merchants in developing countries
- low cost
- full lightning node
- connects to hosted bitcoin core and payment processing resources
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UNCONFIRMED REPORTS THAT RENOWNED BITCOINER MIRCEA POPESCU HAS DIED IN COSTA RICA
- As recent as March Popescu claimed to still control over a million bitcoin
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Ledger adds easy full node support to Ledger Live software with bitcoin core integration
- Simply install most recent version of Ledger Live and add the relevant config details for bitcoin core in settings
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Peter Thiel-backed Layer1 begins mining bitcoin at its West Texas facility
> The site expects to scale to 200MW within a few months, and aims to capture 30% of total network hashrate by the end of 2021
Hacker steals government ID database for Argentina’s entire population
- full names, home addresses, birth dates, gender info, government photo IDs
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The Tallycoin bitcoin fundraiser supporting the Canadian Freedom Convoy protests has been voluntarily shutdown by organizers. Known private key holders have transferred funds to new key holders.
Venezuela Government Requiring All Bitcoin Miners to Join National Mining Pool
- Registration required
- Control of all reward payouts
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Apparent KYC database leak from MobiKwik in India:
- Database is 8.2 TB and contains 36099759 files. Nearly 3.5 million users' full KYC details. Along with 99224559 user phone numbers, emails, hashed passwords, addresses, bank accounts & card details e…
Ukraine "legalizes bitcoin" news being circulated without a source is in reference to a four month old bill that was passed but then vetoed by the president. Slight changes were made and approved. It legalizes bitcoin trading on registered exchanges but not as a means of payment.
Rust BIP47 Library
- implements the BIP47 standard and provides functionality for generating static payment codes that two parties can use to create a private payment address space between them
The EU Commission is planning automatic scanning of your private communication
- total surveillance in the name of child protection
- would be the worst surveillance apparatus outside of China
New website comparing bitcoin exchange options that don't require KYC
> is a simple yet useful webpage. It lists trusted Exchanges where you can buy / trade Bitcoin or Monero. You can easily compare and decide what's best for you.
Hubspot Data Leak Impacted Up To 30 Cryptocurrency Companies
- hubspot is customer relationship management service
- NYDIG, Swan, BlockFi, Nifty Gateway and Pantera Capital have notified users
- majority affected seem to have not notified users
Wasabi Wallet team explains its decision to censor certain Bitcoin UTXOs from using its coinjoin coordinator
- was voluntary
- there is no current legislation obliging them to do so
US Supreme Court Sharply Curtails the Authority of the EPA to Regulate Greenhouse-gas Emissions That Cause Climate Change
- gives more power to state governments
- reduces the ability for federal government to regulate bitcoin mining
Exxon Weighs Taking Gas-to-Bitcoin Pilot to Four Countries
- Exxon Mobil Corp. is running a pilot program using excess natural gas that would otherwise be burned off from North Dakota oil wells to power bitcoin mining operations
All v3 Onion Addresses Down After Attack On The Tor Network
> For a few hours today all v3 onion addresses on the Tor network were down. This appears to be a new kind of attack which affects the entire network and involves overloading the consensus aut…
An Argument Against KYC Bitcoin That Everyone Can Understand
- KYC Creates Honeypots Of User Information
- KYC Gives Rise To A Permissioned Social System
700 MILLION USERS EXPOSED IN NEW LINKEDIN DATA LEAK
- Names
- Emails
- Usernames
- Phone numbers
- Physical addresses
- Geolocation records
- Personal and professional experience
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