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Week 14/2024

Apr 1 - Apr 7, 2024

Research

Seth4Privacy: Proposed Bitcoin Privacy Improvements

Freesamourai.com : Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses

Wired: A Vast New Data Set Could Supercharge the AI Hunt for Crypto Money Laundering

Ecosystem

Wasabi Wallet Blog: zkSNACKs is Discontinuing its Coinjoin Coordination Service 1st of June

Tether blog: Tether Enhances Compliance Measures with Chainalysis Ecosystem Monitoring Solution

Governments

Patrick Breyer: Pirates: EU cash cap and ban on anonymous hosted crypto wallets results in financial paternalism

Bitcoin Magazine: Samourai Did Nothing Wrong, Self Custodial Tools Are Not Money Transmitters

Blaze: The feds are trying to stifle Bitcoin and crypto with draconian new regulations

TechCabal: Exclusive: P2P crypto ban imminent as Nigeria calls crypto a national security issue

Upcoming events

(new/changes in bold)

May 24-26, ETHBerlin hackathon
May 30, Web3Privacy Now Summit (Prague) conference
Jun 7-9, MoneroKon (Prague) conference & hackathon
Jun 19-26, Web3Privacy Now Hackathon (Bled)
Oct 4-6, Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis (HCPP) (Prague) conference
Oct 4-6, ETHRome hackathon
Oct, Web3Privacy Now Summit (Brno) conference
Oct, ETHBrno hackathon

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Title	Week in the Privacy News - 14/2024
Slug	2024-14
Post preview	Weekly newsletter with round-up of the most important news happening around privacy in Web3. This edition covers period Apr 1 - Apr 7, 2024.
Content (HTML)	<!-- ### Ecosystem ### Grants ### Releases ### Podcasts ### Other --> <h3>Research</h3> <p><a href="https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/proposed-bitcoin-privacy-improvements">Seth4Privacy: Proposed Bitcoin Privacy Improvements </a></p> <p><a href="https://freesamourai.com/">Freesamourai.com : Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses </a></p> <p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/ai-crypto-tracing-model-money-laundering/">Wired: A Vast New Data Set Could Supercharge the AI Hunt for Crypto Money Laundering </a></p> <h2>Ecosystem</h2> <p><a href="https://blog.wasabiwallet.io/zksnacks-is-discontinuing-its-coinjoin-coordination-service-1st-of-june/">Wasabi Wallet Blog: zkSNACKs is Discontinuing its Coinjoin Coordination Service 1st of June </a></p> <p><a href="https://tether.io/news/tether-enhances-compliance-measures-with-chainalysis-ecosystem-monitoring-solution">Tether blog: Tether Enhances Compliance Measures with Chainalysis Ecosystem Monitoring Solution </a></p> <h3>Governments</h3> <p><a href="https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/pirates-eu-cash-cap-and-ban-on-anonymous-hosted-crypto-wallets-results-in-financial-paternalism/">Patrick Breyer: Pirates: EU cash cap and ban on anonymous hosted crypto wallets results in financial paternalism </a></p> <p><a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/samourai-did-nothing-wrong-self-custodial-tools-are-not-money-transmitters">Bitcoin Magazine: Samourai Did Nothing Wrong, Self Custodial Tools Are Not Money Transmitters</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theblaze.com/return/the-feds-are-trying-to-stifle-bitcoin-and-crypto-with-draconian-new-regulations?ref">Blaze: The feds are trying to stifle Bitcoin and crypto with draconian new regulations </a></p> <p><a href="https://techcabal.com/2024/05/03/p2p-crypto-ban-imminent/">TechCabal: Exclusive: P2P crypto ban imminent as Nigeria calls crypto a national security issue </a></p> <hr> <h3>Upcoming events</h3> <p><em>(new/changes in <strong>bold</strong>)</em></p> <ul> <li>May 24-26, <a href="https://ethberlin.org/">ETHBerlin</a> hackathon</li> <li>May 30, <a href="https://web3privacy.info/events/">Web3Privacy Now Summit</a> (Prague) conference</li> <li>Jun 7-9, <a href="https://monerokon.org/">MoneroKon</a> (Prague) conference & hackathon</li> <li>Jun 19-26, <a href="https://web3privacy.info/events/">Web3Privacy Now Hackathon</a> (Bled)</li> <li>Oct 4-6, <a href="https://hcpp.cz/">Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis (HCPP)</a> (Prague) conference</li> <li>Oct 4-6, <a href="https://ethrome.org/">ETHRome</a> hackathon</li> <li>Oct, <a href="https://web3privacy.info/events/">Web3Privacy Now Summit</a> (Brno) conference</li> <li>Oct, <a href="https://ethbrno.cz/">ETHBrno</a> hackathon</li> </ul>
Content (Markdown)	<!-- ### Ecosystem ### Grants ### Releases ### Podcasts ### Other --> ### Research [Seth4Privacy: Proposed Bitcoin Privacy Improvements ](https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/proposed-bitcoin-privacy-improvements) [Freesamourai.com : Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses ](https://freesamourai.com/) [Wired: A Vast New Data Set Could Supercharge the AI Hunt for Crypto Money Laundering ](https://www.wired.com/story/ai-crypto-tracing-model-money-laundering/) ## Ecosystem [Wasabi Wallet Blog: zkSNACKs is Discontinuing its Coinjoin Coordination Service 1st of June ](https://blog.wasabiwallet.io/zksnacks-is-discontinuing-its-coinjoin-coordination-service-1st-of-june/) [Tether blog: Tether Enhances Compliance Measures with Chainalysis Ecosystem Monitoring Solution ](https://tether.io/news/tether-enhances-compliance-measures-with-chainalysis-ecosystem-monitoring-solution) ### Governments [Patrick Breyer: Pirates: EU cash cap and ban on anonymous hosted crypto wallets results in financial paternalism ](https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/pirates-eu-cash-cap-and-ban-on-anonymous-hosted-crypto-wallets-results-in-financial-paternalism/) [Bitcoin Magazine: Samourai Did Nothing Wrong, Self Custodial Tools Are Not Money Transmitters](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/samourai-did-nothing-wrong-self-custodial-tools-are-not-money-transmitters) [Blaze: The feds are trying to stifle Bitcoin and crypto with draconian new regulations ](https://www.theblaze.com/return/the-feds-are-trying-to-stifle-bitcoin-and-crypto-with-draconian-new-regulations?ref) [TechCabal: Exclusive: P2P crypto ban imminent as Nigeria calls crypto a national security issue ](https://techcabal.com/2024/05/03/p2p-crypto-ban-imminent/) --- ### Upcoming events (new/changes in bold) * May 24-26, [ETHBerlin](https://ethberlin.org/) hackathon * May 30, [Web3Privacy Now Summit](https://web3privacy.info/events/) (Prague) conference * Jun 7-9, [MoneroKon](https://monerokon.org/) (Prague) conference & hackathon * Jun 19-26, [Web3Privacy Now Hackathon](https://web3privacy.info/events/) (Bled) * Oct 4-6, [Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis (HCPP)](https://hcpp.cz/) (Prague) conference * Oct 4-6, [ETHRome](https://ethrome.org/) hackathon * Oct, [Web3Privacy Now Summit](https://web3privacy.info/events/) (Brno) conference * Oct, [ETHBrno](https://ethbrno.cz/) hackathon
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