Rabbit Hole Recap 199: Bitcoin is dead, we're cancelling the show

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- terra "stablecoin" blows up
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/lfg-bitcoin-reserves-at-risk

- treasury sanctions custodial bitcoin mixer blender(.)io
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0768

- cashapp $1.73B in bitcoin sales Q1, $43M profit
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/145363/block-reports-1-73-billion-in-bitcoin-sales-via-cash-app-during-q1-2022

- coinbase $309B volume Q1, $430M loss
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/146161/coinbase-q1-2022-earnings-revenue

- chainalysis valued at $8.6B
https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/10/crypto-forensics-startup-chainalysis-raises-170m-at-8-6b-valuation/

- joinmarket v0.9.6
https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/10/crypto-forensics-startup-chainalysis-raises-170m-at-8-6b-valuation/

- arti v0.3.0 Tor rust client
https://blog.torproject.org/arti_030_released/

- casa launches api
https://blog.keys.casa/announcing-api-series-a/

- rusty russell releases alternative covenants proposal
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2022-May/020450.html

- conversation with rusty on his proposal on dispatch
https://www.podpage.com/citadeldispatch/cd64-bip119-ctv-and-the-bitcoin-development-process-with-rusty_twit-and-brian_trollz/

- spiral post on supporting open source
https://spiral.xyz/blog/a-framework-for-sustainable-open-source-bitcoin-development/

- georgetown law research shows ICE tracks 75% of Americans https://americandragnet.org/

- grayscale privately met with SEC trying to get GBTC approved as an etf
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/11/grayscale-tells-sec-that-turning-biggest-bitcoin-fund-into-etf-will-unlock-8-billion-for-investors.html

- costa rica declares national emergency over ransomware attacks
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/costa-rica-declares-national-emergency-after-conti-ransomware-attacks/

- CD64: BIP119, CTV, and the bitcoin development process with @rusty_twit and @brian_trollz
https://www.podpage.com/citadeldispatch/cd64-bip119-ctv-and-the-bitcoin-development-process-with-rusty_twit-and-brian_trollz/

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