news/data/2024/week18.md

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### Research
* [Buying and using Monero, privately](https://twitter.com/freedomtech/status/1785637104115953683)
* [Privacy projects fundraising via current Gitcoin round](https://twitter.com/web3privacy/status/1785072707840639469)

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### Releases
* Cake Wallet [v4.15.5](https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/blob/main/cw_bitcoin/lib/electrum_derivations.dart)
* Prax Wallet for Penumbra [v1.0](https://praxwallet.com)

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### Ecosystem

- The Block: [Logos inscribes its manifesto on largest-ever Bitcoin block](https://www.theblock.co/post/292403/logos-manifesto-inscription-bitcoin)
- Privacy & Scaling Explorations: [Core Program has been launched](https://pse-team.notion.site/PSE-Core-Program-2024-64ae61c3d7e74bf4bf9c15914ef22460)
- Electric Coin & Co: [ECC Update](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/today-we-sail-ecc-update-for-may-3/47577)

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### Podcasts

- Logos: [Zama.ai | Fully Homomorphic Encryption](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4F5AAhAYtY) with Jason Delabay and Dr. Morten Dahl
- Monero Talk: [In Defense of the Zcash Development Fund](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkTR3QCSSpw) with Ian Sagstetter
- LunarDAO: [Dark Forest](https://twitter.com/lunarpunksquad/status/1786447048750886939) with Rachel-Rose O'Leary x DarkFi, Jaya x Nym
- ETHDam 2024: [Privacy: Past, Present and the Post Quantum World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVWCYvKeH14) with Dr. David Chaum x xx network
- ETHDam 2024: [The Fight for Privacy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN7kZDL6ar4) with Ameen Soleimani x Oxbow
- ETHDam 2024: [Navigating Privacy & Scaling Explorations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTgfIQBZRf4) with Vivian Plasencia, Tyler AtHeartEngineer, Hendrik Eeckhaut, and Sam Richards
- Web3FC: [Panel on “Privacy in Web3”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUFlQsxoZVI) with Daniel Lumi x ZkSync, Mykola Siusko x Web3Privacy Now and Ivan FB x Waku
- Bitcoin Magazine: [Samourai, Tornado Cash & FATF](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUFlQsxoZVI) with @alexis_roussel, @LyudaKozlovska, @jardemalie, @sethforprivacy, @J9Roem
- What Bitcoin Did: [First They Came for Samourai](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FlM1WYAWcw) with Seth For Privacy
  
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### Governments

- Coindesk: [Samourai Wallet Charges Raise Existential Questions for Privacy Tech](https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/04/25/samourai-wallet-charges-raise-existential-questions-for-privacy-tech/)
- Coindesk: [Distilling the Tornado Cash and Samourai Suits](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/30/distilling-the-tornado-cash-and-samourai-suits/)
- Coindesk: [Wasabi Wallet and Phoenix Leave the U.S.; What’s Next for Non-Custodial Crypto?](https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/04/29/as-wasabi-wallet-and-phoenix-leave-the-us-whats-next-for-non-custodial-crypto/)
- Coindesk: [Wasabi Wallet-Developer Blocks U.S. Citizens and Residents After Samourai Wallet Arrests](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/29/wasabi-wallet-developer-blocks-us-citizens-and-residents-after-samourai-wallet-arrests/)
- DeCrypt: ['Clock is Ticking' on Bitcoin Privacy: Edward Snowden](https://decrypt.co/229262/bitcoin-privacy-edward-snowden-clock-is-ticking)
- The Block: [Samourai Wallet's Keonne Rodriguez pleads not guilty to money laundering, transmitting charges](https://www.theblock.co/post/291571/samourai-wallets-keonne-rodriguez-pleads-not-guilty-to-money-laundering-transmitting-charges)
- Cointelegraph: [US senators, FBI aren’t opposed to crypto privacy: Railgun contributor](https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-politicians-arent-opposed-crypto-defi-privacy-railgun-ethereum)

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### Other
- Amir Taaki: [Samourai Devs Arrested is a Wake Up Call for Crypto](https://dark.fi/insights/samourai-devs-arrested-is-a-wake-up-call.html)


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### 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 27, [Privacy Reunion #3](https://lu.ma/privacyreunion3) (Neuchâtel)
* 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/) privacy hackathon