news/data/2024/week26.md

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### Releases

- Panther [Testnet 6 is live](https://x.com/ZKPanther/status/1805632128308150560)
- RariMe [Self-custody identity wallet](https://rarime.com)
- Stack Wallet [2.1.1](https://x.com/stack_wallet/status/1807108936991904044), [GitHub](https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_wallet)

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### Ecosystem

- [Aztec launched Aztec new website](https://aztec.network)
- [Electroin Coin & Co weekly](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/cash-is-dead-long-live-digital-cash-ecc-weekly-update/48042)
- [HOPR dev update](https://x.com/hoprnet/status/1805254456159748300)
- [50M ZkApp acceleratpr by Manta Network](https://x.com/ZK_Accelerator/status/1805598925870473252)
- [Dusk Network announced mainnet date](https://dusk.network/news/dusk-announces-mainnet-date/)
- [Singularity adopts Noir language](https://www.thesingularity.network/post/what-is-noir)
- [Iranians Vote has been launched](https://x.com/UnchainIran/status/1806382365360431470)

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### Podcasts

- [The Importance of Privacy in Web3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-jz3z5AB9s) DeCC Day @ Consensus 2024 Austin
- [Privacy Preserving ML with Fully Homomorphic Encryption](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Zlu63TP0Y) by Jordan Frery, Concrete ML Tech Lead and Research at Zama, Benoit Chevallier-Mames, VP Cloud and ML at Zama
- [Building the endgame for blockchain privacy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bikZpQH4_dI) by Savio, Product Manager at Aztec Labs
- [Decoding Crypto: Privacy in 2024 feat Tornado Cash, CBDCs and AI surveillance](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2096305/15314703-privacy-in-2024-tornado-cash-cbdcs-and-ai-surveillance-feat-harry-halpin) by Harry Haplin, Nym
- [Incrypted conference: surveillance and #AI in times of war](https://www.youtube.com/live/dhIZA8rCAt4?t=5527s) by Harry Haplin, Nym
- [MixMatch: Flow Matching for Mixnet Traffic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NycIxMxYps) by Lennart Oldenburg, KU Leuven
- [How Secure Is Your Bitcoin? (BTC Prague 2024 Keynote)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoRtjQ7sFow) by Rick Messitt
- [Privacy in Public (BTC Prague 2024 Keynote)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ma_baJr3MQ) by Kruw
- [ Digital Anonymity and Secure Communication (BTC Prague 2024 Keynote)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Iyuw9RK7qI) by Antonín Stoklásek
- [Bitcoin & Human Rights: What 99% Are Getting Wrong (BTC Prague 2024 Keynote)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWiJZoIgx7w) by Anita Posch

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### Governments

- Cointelegraph: [Privacy-minded' CBDCs are a wolf in sheep’s clothinge](https://cointelegraph.com/news/privacy-minded-cbdcs-wolf-sheeps-clothing)

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### Research

- [Greco: Fast Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Valid FHE RLWE Ciphertexts Formation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeV1zhbdVPI) by Enrico Bottazzi

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### Other

- [Make Cypherpunk - one Ethereum block at a time](https://mirror.xyz/0x0f1F3DAf416B74DB3DE55Eb4D7513a80F4841073/u4ELDt0YkpCe272kD2f5kTThJsILg1pgaOeBsTSGV0I) article by Mykola Siusko x Web3Privacy Now
- [ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses!](https://www.404media.co/id-verification-service-for-tiktok-uber-x-exposed-driver-licenses-au10tix/)
- [Julian Assange is free](https://x.com/wikileaks/status/1805390138945528183)
- [Dark Pools for Institutions](https://blog.pantherprotocol.io/dark-pools-for-institutional-crypto-users-challenges-and-innovations/) by Panther Protocol

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### Upcoming events

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- Jul 10, [Shielding Summit](https://shieldingsummit.org) (Brussels)
- Jul 12, [Web3Privacy Now "Occupy meetup"](https://lu.ma/w3pn-meetup-bru1)
- Oct 4-6, [Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis (HCPP)](https://hcpp.cz/) (Prague) conference
- Oct 4-6, [ETHRome](https://ethrome.org/) hackathon
- Oct, [ETHBrno](https://ethbrno.cz/) privacy hackathon