Rabbit Hole Recap #212: The privacy wars have escalated

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:<br /> - ethereum privacy tool tornado cash <a href="https://archive.ph/m7RUn">sanctioned</a><br /> - tornado cash github repo taken down, same with dev <a href="https://nitter.net/semenov_roman_/status/1556717890308653059">accounts</a><br /> - coincenter on <a href="https://www.coincenter.org/u-s-treasury-sanction-of-privacy-tools-places-sweeping-restrictions-on-all-americans/">sanctions</a><br /> - btc-e exchange operator extradited to <a href="https://darknetlive.com/post/btc-e-owner-extradited-to-united-states/">US</a><br /> - proposal to require large hedge funds to disclose cryptocurrency <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/regulators-weigh-asking-hedge-funds-to-report-crypto-exposure-11660140000">positions</a><br /> - blackrock launches bitcoin private <a href="https://www.blackrock.com/institutions/en-us/insights/bitcoin-private-trust">trust</a><br /> - tropic square open source secure chip begins <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/tropic-square-launches-open-source-chip-prototype-for-bitcoin-hardware">production</a><br /> - easy inbound liquidity using <a href="https://voltage.cloud/blog/feature-updates/effortless-inbound-channel-opening-for-voltage-nodes/">voltage</a><br /> - more details on Block's hardware <a href="https://wallet.build/losing-your-keys-without-losing-your-coins/">wallet</a><br /> - motiv launches 16 circular economies in <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/motiv-launches-16-bitcoin-economies-in-peru">Peru</a><br /> - sms provider twilio <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/08/twilio-breach-customer-data/">compromised</a><br /> - email provider Klaviyo compromised, impacts customers of 44 bitcoin companies including <a href="https://www.klaviyo.com/blog/august-2022-security-incident">swan</a><br /> - border wallets <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/border-wallets-help-users-memorize-bitcoin-seed-phrases">explained</a><br /> - fiatjaf on <a href="https://fiatjaf.com/8e10f738.html">value4value</a> </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors: </p> <p><a href="https://ammoseek.com/">AmmoSeek</a></p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://insights.braiins.com/en/profitability-calculator/">Braiins</a></p> <p><a href="https://lend.hodlhodl.com/">HodlHodl</a></p> <p><a href="https://shop.upstreamdata.ca/">Upstream Data</a> </p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a> </p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a> </p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a> </p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p> <p>Follow Odell: </p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ODELL">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/the-sat-standard/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://citadeldispatch.com/">Podcast</a></p>