Block Digest #162 - Giant Gaping Hole In Diligence
Channel: Block Digest
Date: 2019-03-06

Welcome to episode #162 of Block Digest! (Wednesday, March 6th 2019)

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Credits
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Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz
Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem
Rick - https://twitter.com/cryptorick
Nopara - https://twitter.com/nopara73

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CORRECTION / CLARIFICATION: At 44:00, I talk about the acquisition agreement between Coinbase and Neutrino. It should be clear that part of the agreement was Coinbase taking ownership of their shares at the time of purchase, so it would be more precise to say that the former Hacking Team founders "had" those shares. I am not familiar with the legal process of acquisitions or whether there might be additional conditions should a dispute arrive so soon after the acquisition. If there are no additional "grace period" conditions, then those founders were paid the sums cited and should not have further involvement upon leaving Coinbase. See here: https://twitter.com/J9Roem/status/1103439885606834177

Links
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QuadrigaCX Cold Storage Empty Since April? 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-01/quadriga-has-6-cold-wallets-but-they-don-t-hold-any-crypto 

Blockstream.info Update
https://twitter.com/Blockstream/status/1103318583319384064 

Merkle Tree Exploit In Bitcoin Core 0.13
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-February/016697.html 
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20190225/a27d8837/attachment-0001.pdf 

Conbase Responds to Backlash
https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1102746498096218112
https://twitter.com/J9Roem/status/1102853328030105602 
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/coinbase-purchased-neutrino-135-m-acquisition-contract-shows/

Kraken Releases Neutrino Assessment 
https://twitter.com/jespow/status/1102346122138333184

Chainalysis and Elliptic Respond to Customer Data Controversy
https://archive.is/6DmDB
https://archive.is/5hkWu
https://twitter.com/J9Roem/status/1102720100501721088 

BlockFi Launches Crypto Earned Interest Program
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/03/05/crypto-cash-back-blockfi-looks-to-boost-market-with-launch-of-high-interest-accounts%E2%80%8B/

Starbucks Hold Large Equity in Bakkt
https://twitter.com/mdudas/status/1102566322175660032
https://bitcoinist.com/starbucks-will-support-bakkt-after-disproportionately-high-equity-deal/

Monero Fake Deposit Vulnerability
https://medium.com/@crypto_ryo/fake-deposit-amount-exchange-vulnerability-in-monero-dc230f7f02d8 
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/monero-wallet-bug-potentially-enables-163400011.html
https://twitter.com/monero/status/1102296753666183168

Ledger Monero Vulnerability
https://twitter.com/udiWertheimer/status/1102512679061803009
https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ax0pqt/alert_stop_using_ledger_with_014_client/ 

Venezuelan Bitcoin Volume Over $60 Million
https://bitcoinist.com/venezuela-60-million-bitcoin-2019/ 

Maduro’s Bitcoin Remittance Service
https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/venezuelas-superintendency-of-cryptoassets-and-related-activities-opens-remittances-service/

Indian Supreme Court Official Encourages Sandbox Approach
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/opinion-treat-bitcoins-as-shiny-new-toys-nothing-more-3604431.html 
https://www.newsbtc.com/2019/03/04/indian-official-tries-to-condemn-bitcoin-by-calling-it-a-shiny-toy-but-ends-up-praising-it-instead/

Bahrain Trying to Work with Indian Fintech Firms
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/bahrain-invites-indian-fintech-firms-to-set-up-base/articleshow/68242257.cms?from=mdr

Bitcoin Miners Back in Business
https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-miners-are-investing-again-expecting-a-cheap-power-boom-soon

Jack Back to Joe Rogan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZCBRHOg3PQ

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