US Federal Court orders Circle and Poloniex to provide the IRS info on customers who have transacted more than $20K worth of bitcoin between 2016 and 2020.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/court-authorizes-service-john-doe-summons-seeking-identities-us-taxpayers-who-have-used-0
archive: https://archive.ph/k6bAZ

Tales from the Crypt Podcast - Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.03.29

- bitcoin week in review

https://anchor.fm/tales-from-the-crypt/episodes/Rabbit-Hole-Recap-Bitcoin-Week-of-2021-03-29-eu23dh

sphinx-relay v2.0.8 released

- better tribes reconnect

https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-relay/releases/tag/v2.0.8

IRS wants customer records from Kraken — but a judge says it must narrow the request

- The IRS is seeking info on customers who have transacted more than $20K worth of bitcoin between 2016 and 2020.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/100381/irs-kraken-petition-court-john-doe-summons
archive: https://archive.ph/zpbbu

The FATF is Loading the Gun

> Choosing Bitcoin should always be the equivalent of choosing freedom and no one organization should be given the possibility to change that. The time to start pushing back is now.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/the-fatf-is-loading-the-gun
archive: https://archive.ph/LlMb3

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) just hired Chainalysis’ former chief technical officer as its new acting director. Michael Mosier will assume the post on April 11 following the departure of current Director Kenneth A. Blanco.

https://www.coindesk.com/fincen-names-former-chainalysis-executive-acting-director-as-blanco-resigns
archive: https://archive.ph/xSvb9

533 million Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online

- phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, birthdates, bios, and — in some cases — email addresses

https://www.businessinsider.com/stolen-data-of-533-million-facebook-users-leaked-online-2021-4
archive: https://archive.ph/scH2z

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MicroStrategy has purchased an additional ~253 bitcoin for $15.0 million in cash at an average price of ~$59,339 per bitcoin. As of 4/5/2021, they hold ~91,579 bitcoin acquired for ~$2.226 billion at an average price of ~$24,311 per bitcoin.

https://www.microstrategy.com/en/investor-relations/financial-documents/microstrategy-acquires-additional-15m-in-bitcoin-at-average-price-of-59-339_04-05-2021
archive: https://archive.ph/fDuCs

Data brokerage firm LexisNexis signed a $16.8 million contract to sell information to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

- 283 million unique dossiers
- ten thousand unique data points and billions of public, commercial, and governmental records all merged into a single database

https://theintercept.com/2021/04/02/ice-database-surveillance-lexisnexis/
archive: https://archive.ph/PtuuT

Blue Wallet v6.0.8

- Right to Left language support
- Allow send MAX and BATCH for all wallet types
- Show fingerprint and derivation path for HD wallets

https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases/tag/v6.0.8

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Assailed by Investor Over Discount

> An activist family office that owns shares in Grayscale Bitcoin Trust is demanding a tender offer to boost prices that have fallen about 8% below the value of the digital assets it holds.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-06/grayscale-bitcoin-trust-assailed-by-investor-as-discount-grows
archive: https://archive.ph/ZH5b1

Fidelity, Square, Coinbase Launch Bitcoin Trade Group

> The Crypto Council for Innovation will lobby policy makers, take up research projects and serve as the burgeoning industry’s voice in championing the economic benefits of digital currencies and related technologies.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/fidelity-square-coinbase-launch-bitcoin-trade-group-11617710402
archive: https://archive.ph/ROG4a

Coinbase estimates Q1 revenue jumped nine-fold to about $1.8 billion ahead of public market debut

- Verified Users of 56 million
- Monthly Transacting Users (MTUs) of 6.1 million
- Assets on Platform of $223 billion, representing 11.3% crypto asset market share
- Includes $122 billion of Assets on Platform from Institutions
- Trading Volume of $335 billion
- Total Revenue of approximately $1.8 billion
- Net Income of approximately $730 million to $800 million
- Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $1.1 billion

https://investor.coinbase.com/news/news-details/2021/Coinbase-Announces-First-Quarter-2021-Estimated-Results-and-Full-Year-2021-Outlook/default.aspx
archive: https://archive.ph/jr6zg

Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes Surrenders to Face U.S. Charges

> He appeared before a federal judge in Honolulu and, pursuant to an earlier agreement, was released on $10 million bond pending future court proceedings in New York.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-06/former-bitmex-ceo-arthur-hayes-surrenders-to-face-u-s-charges
archive: https://archive.ph/a420C

Hexa Wallet v1.5.0 released

- New users can now automatically backup their wallet on iCloud/Google Drive.
- Wallet backup scheme overhauled. 3 levels of security introduced.
- Level 1: Cloud Backup
- Level 2: Double Backup – Two Recovery Keys are backed up separately. In the background a 2 of 3 Shamir Secret Sharing (SSS) algorithm is used on the mnemonic and one Recovery Key is stored on the cloud.
- Level 3: Multi-Key Backup - Two more Recovery Keys are backed up at this level.

https://github.com/bithyve/hexa/releases/tag/v1.5.0

Ukrainian civil servants own about 46351 bitcoin according to disclosures

- Vyacheslav Mishalov, a Dnipro city council member, 18000 bitcoin
- Petro Lensky, first secretary of Ukraine’s embassy in Vietnam, 6528 bitcoin
- Alexander Urbansky, deputy chairman of the Odessa regional council, 5328 bitcoin

https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-whale-watching-may-become-popular-at-ukrainian-town-council-meetings
archive: https://archive.ph/TbFvo

Coldcard v4.0.2 firmware released

- Set a special PIN code, and when used, the Coldcard is immediately bricked while a normal-looking countdown for login is shown (default 1 hour).

https://blog.coinkite.com/version-4.0.2-released/

Bitcoiners Should Stand Up for My Brother, Julian Assange

> My hope is that the rational technologists who made big bets against the establishment come together to see the benefit of defending one of their brothers and their own cypherpunk roots.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoiners-should-stand-up-for-my-brother-julian-assange
archive: https://archive.ph/yxRWA