Issue #117

Regulation

1. SEC subpoenas firms linked to Ethereum Foundation

-- This move has sparked concerns about potential classification of ether as a security

2. Tornado Cash developer accused of laundering $1.2B

-- Allegedly involved in 36 illegal transactions, including funds from the Ronin Bridge hack

3. OKX exiting India following crackdown on offshore exchanges by Indian regulators

-- Users advised to close their positions by April 30

4. Do Kwon's extradition to South Korea paused due to a legal challenge from Montenegro's Supreme Court

Infrastructure

1. SWIFT shares vision of a unified/shared ledger payment model incorporating blockchain technology (source)

2. L2 Base struggles with high network fees and stuck transactions as memecoin activity surges

Finance

1. BlackRock partners with Securitize to launch a tokenized private equity fund called BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) on Ethereum

-- Requires a minimum investment of $100k

2. Fidelity amends ETF application to include staking provisions for ether

-- Fidelity aims to stake a portion of its proposed Ether ETF's assets through trusted providers for additional income

3. OKX is discontinuing support for USDT pairs in EU

-- Speculation suggests the delisting may be linked to upcoming stablecoin rules under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulatory framework

4. Immutable, Polygon, and King River Capital raise $100M fund

-- Investing in early stage web3 gaming startups

5. Tokenized US Treasurys grew to $845M in 2023

-- Franklin Templeton led as the largest issuer

Consumer

1. Former Binance CEO CZ introduces educational project Giggle Academy

-- A learn-to-earn platform offering free basic education for underprivileged children in developing nations

2. Conflux Network and AnchorX are collaborating to launch a Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin, AxHKD

-- Expected to debut in Q2 pending regulatory approval

3. Worldcoin open-sources components of iris-scanning Orb software for transparency

-- Release includes code for image capture and secure data transfer, along with a new feature called "Personal Custody" that allows users to control and encrypt their biometric data

Security

1. Telegram game Super Sushi Samurai hacked for $4.6M via double spending glitch

-- The attacker claims it was a whitehat rescue hack and promised reimbursement to affected users

2. Old Dolomite exchange contract suffers $1.8M loss from approval exploit

-- Affecting users who authorized approvals to the contract

Research

1. Use of zero knowledge identity standards for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication (source)

-- Backdrop: regulators issue pseudonyms to ID vehicles in a privacy-preserving manner; with pseudonyms, only law enforcement and vehicle owners are able to tell if 2 pseudonyms are owned by a same vehicle

-- Problem: an attacker can assign multiple pseudonyms to the same vehicle to carry out a Sybil attack and disrupt traffic analysis (for example)

-- Solution: use of a zero knowledge proof of distinct identity protocol, which allows a vehicle to prove that it is not the owner of another pseudonym in the local area in a privacy-preserving manner

2. Use of a graph attention network to optimize block propagation (source)

3. An example of how white papers might look when MiCA takes effect (source)

4. Liquid staking tokens (LSTs) in AMMs (source)

-- Conclusion: AMM pools with LSTs compensate for impermanent loss but not loss-versus-staking

5. How privacy can be compromised in IOTA (source)

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