--- curator: mykola published: pending links: paragraph: pending --- ### Research [Seth4Privacy: Proposed Bitcoin Privacy Improvements ](https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/proposed-bitcoin-privacy-improvements) [Freesamourai.com : Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses ](https://freesamourai.com/) [Wired: A Vast New Data Set Could Supercharge the AI Hunt for Crypto Money Laundering ](https://www.wired.com/story/ai-crypto-tracing-model-money-laundering/) ## Ecosystem [Wasabi Wallet Blog: zkSNACKs is Discontinuing its Coinjoin Coordination Service 1st of June ](https://blog.wasabiwallet.io/zksnacks-is-discontinuing-its-coinjoin-coordination-service-1st-of-june/) [Tether blog: Tether Enhances Compliance Measures with Chainalysis Ecosystem Monitoring Solution ](https://tether.io/news/tether-enhances-compliance-measures-with-chainalysis-ecosystem-monitoring-solution) ### Governments [Patrick Breyer: Pirates: EU cash cap and ban on anonymous hosted crypto wallets results in financial paternalism ](https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/pirates-eu-cash-cap-and-ban-on-anonymous-hosted-crypto-wallets-results-in-financial-paternalism/) [Bitcoin Magazine: Samourai Did Nothing Wrong, Self Custodial Tools Are Not Money Transmitters](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/samourai-did-nothing-wrong-self-custodial-tools-are-not-money-transmitters) [Blaze: The feds are trying to stifle Bitcoin and crypto with draconian new regulations ](https://www.theblaze.com/return/the-feds-are-trying-to-stifle-bitcoin-and-crypto-with-draconian-new-regulations?ref) [TechCabal: Exclusive: P2P crypto ban imminent as Nigeria calls crypto a national security issue ](https://techcabal.com/2024/05/03/p2p-crypto-ban-imminent/) --- ### 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 19-26, [Web3Privacy Now Hackathon](https://web3privacy.info/events/) (Bled) * 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/) hackathon