news/data/2024/week08.md

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Corps & Governments

• Arrested in Russia a US-Russian dual citizen faces up to 20 years for donating $51 to Ukraine)
• The Big Brother Watch analysis comparing CBDCs around the world (src)
• David Ripley Kraken's CEO tells the real story of the SEC’s suit
• Google Issues Warning: updates this year will be dominated by AI
• ‘Privacy and Security’ Should Be the Core of National Digital ID
• Is my home spying on me? As smart devices move in, experts fear Australians are oversharing (src)
• Canadian Privacy Commissioner highlights concerns on RCMP's web surveillance with private tech

Ecosystem

• Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
• Memetic warfare: notes from the W3PN Summit meme talk by @lunar_mining
• Satoshi Nakamoto's earliest collaborator Martii 'Sirius' Malmi released their entire email history


• Privacy-focused Aleo users concerned after KYC documents leak
• Unregulated, Exploitative, and on the Rise: Vera Institute's Report on Electronic Monitoring
• Navigating Multichain Environments: The Role of Asset-Agnostic Privacy
• Railgun new TVL (20M) and volume milestone (src)(src2)
• WTF is Aztec (src)

Releases

• W3PN Membership approach 2024 for Partners & individuals - support our Annual Track (from events to research)
• NymVPN client (src)
• Privacy x Web3 job board
 by nicksvyaznoy and niclaz

Grants

• The first ZK Grants Round ($900k) is now open
• Zcash grant for maya protocol approved (src)

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Partnerships

• Fluidkey: ENS and Safe partnered to tackle the Transaction Privacy Issues on EVM Chains
• Firn x Brume (src) 


Research

• The State of the Culture, 2024: a non pretty glimpse into post-entertainment society
• Adam Back's complete emails with Satoshi Nakamato (src)

Podcasts



• Lunarpunk Future: Privacy tools in the real world
• Protecting health data & patient privacy - Verida Network x Partisia Blockchain AMA
• Exploring the Future: Alternatives to CEXs in the Crypto Space
• Privacy + blockchain: how important is it? (src)

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Upcoming events

(new/changes in bold)

• Apr 10, zkSummit (Athens) conference
• Apr 12-14, ETHDam hackathon
• May 24-26, ETHBerlin hackathon
• May 30, Web3Privacy Now Summit (Prague) conference
• Jun 7-9, MoneroKon (Prague) conference & hackathon
• Jun 19-26, Web3Privacy Now Hackathon (Bled)
• Oct 4-6, Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis (HCPP) (Prague) conference
• Oct 4-6, ETHRome hackathon
• Oct, Web3Privacy Now Summit (Brno) conference
• Oct, ETHBrno hackathon