Rabbit Hole Recap #198: The government spies and lies

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss: </p> <p>- coinbase launches revamped surveillance <a href="https://blog.coinbase.com/introducing-coinbase-intelligence-crypto-compliance-at-scale-f58daa949082">product</a> </p> <p>- SEC doubles size of "crypto assets" <a href="https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-78">unit</a> </p> <p>- cdc tracked the location of millions of americans without a <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7vymn/cdc-tracked-phones-location-data-curfews">warrant</a> </p> <p>- fbi did millions of searches of americans data last year without a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-conducted-potentially-millions-of-searches-of-americans-data-last-year-report-says-11651253728">warrant</a> </p> <p>- bitcoin mining council submits letter to <a href="https://bitcoinminingcouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Bitcoin_Letter_to_the_Environmental_Protection_Agency.pdf">EPA</a> </p> <p>- how women view <a href="https://spiral.xyz/how-women-across-the-world-view-bitcoin.pdf">bitcoin</a> </p> <p>- mycitadel <a href="https://github.com/mycitadel/mycitadel-desktop/releases/tag/v1.0.0">v1.0</a> </p> <p>- seed tool <a href="https://twitter.com/BitcoinQ_A/status/1521861147137388545">v1.0.4</a> </p> <p>- tor [v0.4.7.7](https://blog.torproject.org/congestion-contrl-047/ - mk4 shipping + new firmware) </p> <p>- cold card <a href="https://coldcard.com/docs/upgrade">upgrade</a></p> <p>- lightning <a href="https://bottlepay.com/blog/multiplexer">multiplexer</a> </p> <p>- new lightning only <a href="http://lnvpn.net/">vpn</a> </p> <p>- voltage podcast index <a href="https://voltage.cloud/blog/case-studies/podcast-index-value-for-value-case-study/">study</a> </p> <p>- Mexican bitcoin exchange Tauros adds <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/tauros-ibex-mercado-partner-for-mexicos-first-lightning-enabled-bitcoin-exchange">lightning</a> </p> <p>- currency of last resort by <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/currency-of-last-resort">gladstein</a> </p> <p>- paypal being used to censor <a href="https://taibbi.substack.com/p/paypals-indymedia-wipeout?s=r">speech</a> </p> <p>- all internet and payment providers ordered to block three streaming sites by federal <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/05/judge-rules-every-isp-in-us-must-block-pirate-sites-run-by-mysterious-defendants/">judge</a> </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained-capital.com/the-vault-concierge-onboarding-package/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://insights.braiins.com/profitability-calculator">Braiins</a></p> <p><a href="https://lend.hodlhodl.com/">HodlHodl</a></p>