Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.05

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- coinbase IPO on april 14th, ticker <a href="https://investor.coinbase.com/news/news-details/2021/Coinbase-Announces-First-Quarter-2021-Estimated-Results-and-Full-Year-2021-Outlook/default.aspx">COIN</a> </p> <p>- NYDIG raises another <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nydig-raises-100-million-from-strategic-partners-including-starr-liberty-mutual-insurance-and-other-pc-insurers-launches-global-insurance-solutions-business-under-mike-sapnar-301264834.html">$100M</a> </p> <p>- African P2P volumes hit new all time <a href="https://www.usefultulips.org/combined_Sub%20Saharan%20Africa_Page.html">highs</a> </p> <p>- Ukrainian civil servants own more than 46k <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-whale-watching-may-become-popular-at-ukrainian-town-council-meetings">bitcoin</a> </p> <p>- Crypto Council for Innovation <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/fidelity-square-coinbase-launch-bitcoin-trade-group-11617710402">announced</a> </p> <p>- Square Crypto grant for <a href="https://twitter.com/sqcrypto/status/1379830372461113346">mempool.space</a> </p> <p>- Peter Thiel comments on bitcoin and <a href="https://twitter.com/nixonfoundation/status/1379894036060864516">china</a> </p> <p>- Arthur Hayes <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-06/former-bitmex-ceo-arthur-hayes-surrenders-to-face-u-s-charges">surrenders</a> </p> <p>- Circle and Polo ordered to provide info on users to <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/court-authorizes-service-john-doe-summons-seeking-identities-us-taxpayers-who-have-used-0">IRS</a> </p> <p>- Kraken received similar but judge says they must narrow <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/100381/irs-kraken-petition-court-john-doe-summons">request</a> </p> <p>- former chainalysis chief technical counsel now head of <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/fincen-names-former-chainalysis-executive-acting-director-as-blanco-resigns">fincen</a> </p> <p>- Blue Wallet <a href="https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases/tag/v6.0.8">v6.0.8</a> </p> <p>- Hexa Wallet <a href="https://github.com/bithyve/hexa/releases/tag/v1.5.0">v1.5.0</a> </p> <p>- Coldcard <a href="https://blog.coinkite.com/version-4.0.2-released/">v4.0.2</a> </p> <p>- Sphinx-relay <a href="https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-relay/releases/tag/v2.0.9">v2.0.9</a> </p> <p>- Sparrow Wallet <a href="https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.3.2">v1.3.2</a> </p> <p>- Electrum <a href="https://electrum.org/#download">v4.1.2</a> </p> <p>- LexisNexis signs contract to provide database of 283 million people to US <a href="https://theintercept.com/2021/04/02/ice-database-surveillance-lexisnexis/">ICE</a> </p> <p>- 522 million facebook users' info leaked <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stolen-data-of-533-million-facebook-users-leaked-online-2021-4">online</a> </p> <p>- Jake Chervinsky Q1 <a href="https://jchervinsky.substack.com/p/q1-2021-in-review">review</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App</p> <p><a href="https://unchained-capital.com/the-vault-concierge-onboarding-package/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://lend.hodlhodl.com/">HodlHodl</a></p> <p><a href="https://insights.braiins.com/profitability-calculator">Braiins</a></p>