THE IRS WANTS HELP HACKING BITCOIN HARDWARE WALLETS

- document posted on the agency website in March of this year
- IRS does not want a one-off solution, but tools that it can reliably use in multiple cases going forward

https://www.vice.com/en/article/k78a53/the-irs-wants-help-hacking-cryptocurrency-hardware-wallets
archive: https://archive.ph/VGZvI

COLDCARD V4.1.0 RELEASED

- seedxor support
- bip48 derivations when exporting
- ask for account number for airgapped multisig

https://blog.coinkite.com/version-4.1.0-released/

TURKEY JAILS 6 IN BITCOIN PROBE INCLUDING THODEX CEO'S SIBLINGS

- 83 people were detained over the past week, most have been released
- country wide bitcoin payments ban goes into effect today
- Interpol issued a red notice for Thodex chief executive and founder Faruk Fatih Ozer

https://www.reuters.com/technology/turkey-jails-6-crypto-probe-including-thodex-ceos-siblings-courthouse-2021-04-30/
archive: https://archive.ph/ecJ9W

ARTHUR HAYES: GROW UP OR BLOW UP

- "...there will be intense volatility as the market – for the first time in a generation – experiences real, persistent and government mandated inflation. Most market participants simply have no mental model for how to deal with this scenario."

https://blog.bitmex.com/grow-up-or-blow-up/
archive: https://archive.ph/eBP0Y

RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLET MEDUZA CALLS FOR BITCOIN DONATIONS AS KREMLIN LABELS THEM ENEMY OF THE STATE

- they will have to mark every article as published by a foreign agent and submit detailed financial reports every quarter
- most advertisers have pulled funding
- part of a larger trend of recent police actions against journalists in Russia

https://www.coindesk.com/russian-news-outlet-calls-for-crypto-donations
archive: https://archive.ph/wcYGO

TALES FROM THE CRYPT PODCAST

- Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.26

https://anchor.fm/tales-from-the-crypt/episodes/Rabbit-Hole-Recap-Bitcoin-Week-of-2021-04-26-evufbr

BITCOIN MINERS GENERATED $1.7 BILLION IN REVENUE DURING APRIL

- 14.51% of the April revenue came from transaction fees (~$247 million)
- highest fee-to-revenue ratio since early 2018

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/103550/bitcoin-mining-revenue-april
archive: https://archive.ph/zp41g

NEW MULTISIG GUIDE FROM BITCOIN Q&A

https://bitcoiner.guide/multisig/
archive: https://archive.ph/zzLTo

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THAILAND TO REQUIRE IN PERSON KYC WHEN OPENING NEW BITCOIN EXCHANGE ACCOUNTS

- starts in September

https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2109491/id-check-required-for-new-crypto-accounts
archive: https://archive.ph/tiuRh

THIS MONTH IN BITCOIN PRIVACY: APRIL 2021

- IRS John Doe Summons To Exchanges
- Onion’78 Wins MIT Bitcoin Expo 2021 Track
- Signal Integrates MobileCoin (Sort Of)
- Trezor To Add CoinJoin and Coin Control
- From Chainalysis Chief To FinCEN Director
- Taproot Activation Specification Merged
- FATF Public Consultation Closes
- Privacy for Journalists
- Testnet Atomic Swaps With Monero

https://enegnei.github.io/This-Month-In-Bitcoin-Privacy/April_2021/
archive: https://archive.ph/NGKJ4

BITCOIN CORE V0.21.1 RELEASED

- includes Taproot Speedy Trial activation method

https://bitcoincore.org/en/2021/05/01/release-0.21.1/

BLUEWALLET V6.1.0 RELEASED

- Tor support
- Hierarchy Navigator (List of addresses)
- Slip39 wallets (Shamir's Secret Sharing)
- PSBT for all HD watch-only wallets
- mempool.space as the main explorer

https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases/tag/v6.1.0

UMBREL V0.3.10 RELEASED

- Taproot ready Bitcoin Core v0.21.1, the new BlueWallet Lightning app in the Umbrel App Store, and Tor connection support for BlueWallet on both iOS and Android

https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/releases/tag/v0.3.10

PHOENIX WALLET V1.4.11 RELEASED

- display fees for pay-to-open in settings
- display swap-in fees in-view

https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenix/releases/tag/v1.4.11

OVER 50% OF BITCOIN HASH RATE SIGNALLING TAPROOT ACTIVATION

https://taproot.watch/miners
archive: https://archive.ph/POHLc

NIX-BITCOIN V0.0.45 RELEASED

- bitcoin v0.21.1 with speedy trial support
- update Bitcoin Core HWI

https://github.com/fort-nix/nix-bitcoin/releases/tag/v0.0.45

NY BILL PROPOSES MORATORIUM ON BITCOIN MINING

- three year moratorium proposed
- would also require an environmental impact assessment

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/103703/ny-bill-ban-crypto-mining-environmental-impact
archive: https://archive.ph/dk660

BITCOIN IS COMING TO HUNDREDS OF U.S. BANKS THIS YEAR

- customers of some U.S. banks will soon be able to buy, hold and sell bitcoin through their existing accounts
- NYDIG will be the custodian

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/05/bitcoin-is-coming-to-hundreds-of-us-banks-says-crypto-firm-nydig-.html
archive: https://archive.ph/38PcJ

GALAXY DIGITAL TO BUY BITGO FOR ABOUT $1.2 BILLION

- BitGo shareholders will own about 10% of the combined company with BitGo CEO Mike Belshe serving as Galaxy Digital deputy CEO and board member

https://www.coindesk.com/galaxy-digital-to-buy-bitgo-for-about-1-2-billion-in-stock-cash
archive: https://archive.ph/BC3rj