New Bitcoin Seed Tool Launched

- goal is to provide a space for bitcoiners to experiment + learn how wallets are generated using different sources of entropy

https://bitcoiner.guide/seed
archive: https://archive.ph/3ZW0K

CNBC: We sent bitcoin from Miami to a Ukrainian in Poland who withdrew it as cash, all in less than three minutes

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/13/watch-as-we-send-bitcoin-from-miami-to-a-ukrainian-in-poland-.html
archive: https://archive.ph/M2sH2

Start9 Adds Support for Mempool Open Source Project

- use your own node to visualize your mempool

https://start9labs.medium.com/new-service-mempool-81f67f270055

New York man charged with running illegal bitcoin ATMs in laundromats

- allegedly completed $5.6 million in transactions in one year
- his operation asked no questions and guaranteed anonymity

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-york-man-charged-with-running-illegal-bitcoin-atms-in-laundromats-to-help-criminals-launder-money-11649866635
archive: https://archive.ph/pe6OO

Bitcoin Magazine Partners With NBA Stars For Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief

- Svi Mykhailiuk of the Toronto Raptors and Alex Len from the Sacramento Kings

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitcoin-magazine-partners-with-nba-stars-for-ukrainian-relief
archive: https://archive.ph/lEnme

How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens

- Commercial spyware has grown into an industry estimated to be worth twelve billion dollars. It is largely unregulated and increasingly controversial.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/25/how-democracies-spy-on-their-citizens
archive: https://archive.ph/ipG3s

Taiwan's TSMC raises $3.5 bln in bonds for new U.S. plant

- world's largest contract chip-maker, started construction last year at the Arizona site where it plans to spend $12 billion

https://www.reuters.com/technology/taiwans-tsmc-raises-35-bln-bonds-new-us-plant-2022-04-20
archive: https://archive.ph/CCbQP

Bitcoin Optech #196

- allowing quantum-safe key exchange on Bitcoin
- changes to services and client software

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2022/04/20
archive: https://archive.ph/kNHJo

US Treasury sanctions Russian bitcoin miners, its first sanction on mining

- BitRiver as well as 10 subsidiaries
- BitRiver employs over 200 full-time staff in Russia, China, Japan, UAE, South Korea, Switzerland, Germany and USA

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/142734/us-treasury-sanctions-russian-crypto-miners-its-first-sanction-on-mining
archive: https://archive.ph/pZiNp

US Treasury Sanctions Russian Mining Company Bitriver

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0731
archive: https://archive.ph/WxXDv

CipherTrace: Current Trends in Ransomware

- BTC is still the most requested payment method for ransom demands
- at least 22 ransomware strains accept only XMR and at least 7 ransomware strains accept both BTC and XMR
- ransomware operators are more likely than other criminals (such as hackers or fraudsters) to consolidate and hold funds long-term rather than immediately move funds to a fiat off-ramp such as an exchange

Bitcoin for Local Business Initiative Launched

- printable pamphlets to provide to local merchants who are interested in accepting bitcoin

https://bitcoinforlocalbusiness.com
archive: https://archive.ph/2a8Rb

Flared-Gas Bitcoin Miner Crusoe Energy Raises $350M Series C

- led by climate technology venture capital firm G2 Venture Partners

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/21/flared-gas-bitcoin-miner-crusoe-energy-raises-350m-series-c
archive: https://archive.ph/jLvdQ

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All Binance accounts of Russian nationals, persons residing in the country, or entities established there, having a balance of over €10,000, are restricted to "Withdraw-Only Mode"

- users have 90 days to withdraw funds
- accounts will be closed after that period

https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/4887e569afdf4b1e89e024371d3a49b9

How Bitcoin Mines Were Airlifted From China to the US

- As miners scrambled to move their valuable hardware out, they made bets on which countries were safest to install their machines.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kb3aa/how-bitcoin-mines-were-airlifted-from-china-to-the-us
archive: https://archive.ph/1b2wv

Compass Mining Shuts Down Russian Facility Due to Sanctions

- ASICs will be shut off today
- Not possible to export machines
- An attempt will be made to liquidate the machines in Russia and return funds to customers

How Binance built ties to a Russian FSB-linked agency

- client data including names and addresses shared with Russian Financial Intelligence in April 2021
- the agency, known as Rosfinmonitoring or Rosfin, was seeking to trace millions of dollars in bitcoin raised by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny

https://www.reuters.com/technology/how-crypto-giant-binance-built-ties-russian-fsb-linked-agency-2022-04-22
archive: https://archive.ph/kH1mr

Ukraine's central bank has banned the purchase of bitcoin using the country's local currency, invoking martial law which has been in effect since the invasion by Russia.

- The measures are being taken "to prevent unproductive outflow of capital from the country under martial law."
- Individuals may only purchase crypto using foreign currency up to a value of 100,000 Ukrainian hryvnia ($3,400) per month.

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/04/22/ukraines-central-bank-bans-crypto-purchases-in-local-currency
archive: https://archive.ph/6otnl

Farrington: I Finance The Current Thing

- “ESG”, Big Finance, and a Category 5 Shitstorm of Economic Reality

https://allenfarrington.medium.com/i-finance-the-current-thing-7ea204230315
archive: https://archive.ph/E0tUZ

Apple’s Private Relay can cause the system to ignore firewall rules

- Apple’s Private Relay (Beta) feature calls home to Apple servers without respecting the firewall rules
- Disabling Private Relay stops the leak

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2022/4/25/apples-private-relay-can-cause-the-system-to-ignore-firewall-rules
archive: https://archive.ph/jJWjm