The TCB Weekly News Roundup, ending 2 April 2023

Shorter post this week.

Enjoy and be well, Everyone.


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The Week’s Posts
The Week in Videos ending April 2, 2023

Thursday Post- From the Archives: “What Bitcoin Did, The Mt. Gox Series: ‘Jed McCaleb on the Creation of Mt. Gox’”


Reports:


This Week In Twitter


Headlines

Potential crypto ban: Coin Center raises the alarm on the RESTRICT Act
Mysterious entity may be collecting BTC users’ IP addresses — Bitcoin developer


Adoption, Implementation and Infrastructure
–Nasdaq Eyeing Q2 2023 Release For Bitcoin And Crypto Custody Platform
–8 out of 10 investors store crypto on hot wallets: CoinGecko survey
–Visa and Bitcoin Rewards App Fold Expand Partnership to New Regions


CBDCs (are just Surveillance Tokens)
*CBDC Tracker 1*
*CBDC Tracker 2*


COMPANIES & PROTOCOLS
–THORChain mainnet halted amid new vulnerability reports
–Coinbase wants devs to build inflation-pegged ‘flatcoins’ on its new ‘Base’ network
–Newly Formed ZeroSync Association Brings Zero-Knowledge Proofs to Bitcoin
–‘Withdrawals are coming!’ — Ethereum devs confirm epoch for Shapella fork
–Huobi Integrates with Fireblocks Network to Enhance Connectivity Offering: Improved Asset Security, and an Upgraded User Experience
–Crypto Custody Firm BitGo Releases Security Features Aimed at Bitcoin Ordinals


CRIMES AND SCAMS
–Crypto scams, exploits down 71% YoY as $370M lost since January
–Hacker Behind $200M Euler Attack Apologizes, Returns Millions in Ether, Dai to Protocol
–$4M ‘exit scam’ suspected as Kokomo Finance flies off radar, token plunges


DeFi CeFi and Lending
–Bankrupt Crypto Lender BlockFi to Refund More Than $100K to California Clients
–European DeFi startups saw 120% increase in VC investment in 2022: Data


Exchanges
–Binance, CEO Zhao Sued by CFTC Over ‘Willful Evasion’ of U.S. Laws, Unregistered Crypto Derivatives Products
–Binance CEO Zhao Calls CFTC Suit an ‘Incomplete Recitation of Facts’
–Binance Depositors Flee Following CFTC Charges, On-Chain Data Shows
–Judge Puts Voyager Sale to Binance.US on Hold Pending Government Appeal


GOSSIP/OPINION/COMMENTARY
–How Africans Are Using Bitcoin Without Internet Access
–First Ever Bitcoin Themed PEZ Dispenser Officially Launches
–BLACKROCK CEO LARRY FINK DESCRIBES DIGITAL ASSETS’ ADVANCEMENT IN ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER LETTER
–This Crisis Will Define the Future of Money
–Former CFTC Chair Giancarlo: A Privacy-Protecting U.S. CBDC Could ‘Take Over the World’
–New Kaspersky report finds 14% of crypto users don’t back up keys, seed phrases


Mining
*Live Mining Statistics*
–Venezuela shuts down crypto mining facilities, exchanges amid corruption probe
–Bitcoin hash rate spikes as analysts say miners coming back online


Nation States (and other political jurisdictions)


NFTs / Metaverse / Web3 / DAOs
–NFT investor accidentally burns CryptoPunk: Nifty Newsletter, March 22–28
–Sony eyes NFT transfers across multiple game platforms, reveals patent


Regulation, Legislation, Legal Matters & Taxation
–Federal Reserve Says Custodia’s Plans Would Endanger Itself and the Crypto Industry
–The Reality Behind the Crypto Banking Crackdown: ‘Operation Choke Point 2.0’ Is Here
–EU Lawmakers to Vote on Limited Ban on Self-Hosted Crypto Payments
–G7 to collaborate on tighter crypto regulation: Report
–US Crypto Firms Eye Overseas Move Amid Regulatory Uncertainty


STABLECOINS
–Circle announces USDC launch for Cosmos via Noble network


Taxation


Wall Street and Big Money
*BitcoinTreasuries*
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Bitcoin Worldwide (treasuries)*


Time Capsule


Outside News
–Banking crisis pushed over $286B to money market funds in two weeks: Report


You Do Not Change Bitcoin. Bitcoin Changes You.
“Bitcoin will eat the world.” And it is.



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