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AOB

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NEWS

• Roman Storm Acquittal?? - The Rage
  • Rule 29 hearing in SDNY. Retrial dates floated: Oct, Nov, Jan 2027.
  • Gov theory: running Tornado Cash was criminal, but mixers aren't illegal and it wasn't criminal at inception. Failla: so when did liability start?
  • Gov collapsed UI and protocol. Claimed Tornado Cash itself transferred funds — user wallets as "instrumentalities."
  • Only 15% of volume was illicit across the charged period.
  • Failla to prosecutor: "I might argue you were doing better before you started talking."
• BIP-361 - Link
  • New proposal from Jameson Lopp and others (submitted 14 April) to protect Bitcoin from future quantum computers.
  • Quantum computers could one day crack the cryptography Bitcoin uses today (ECDSA/Schnorr). BIP-361 forces everyone to move to new quantum-safe address types before that happens.
  • Two phases: first, you can't send to old-style addresses. Five years later, old-style coins can't be spent at all. If you haven't moved your coins by then, they're frozen.
  • Controversial because it means coins that don't migrate get effectively confiscated — including Satoshi's ~1M BTC and anything on lost seeds. Breaks Bitcoin's "your coins are yours forever" promise.
  • BitMEX pushed back with a "wait and see" alternative: only freeze coins if quantum is actually proven to exist.
  • Foundation angle: if you hold your own keys, you just migrate when new address types ship. The people at risk are exchange users, lost-seed holders, and very old wallets.
• Bitcoin Depot Hacked - 50.9 BTC ($3.7M) Stolen - Bitcoin Magazine / SecurityWeek
  • Published: Breach detected March 23, disclosed April 8-9, 2026
  • Bitcoin Depot, the largest crypto ATM operator in the US (9,000+ machines, 47 states), lost 50.9 BTC after attackers gained control of credentials for digital asset settlement accounts. Customer data was not affected. SEC disclosure filed April 8.
  • Talking points: Centralised custodians are honeypots. One set of credentials = nearly $4M gone. The 16-day gap between detection and disclosure is worth noting. Compare with self-custody where there is no single point of failure.
• Kraken Insider Extortion - Support Staff Recruited by Criminal Groups - CoinDesk
  • Published: April 13, 2026
  • A criminal group is extorting Kraken after two insider incidents where support staff inappropriately accessed data from ~2,000 client accounts. No funds were at risk. Kraken warned of coordinated insider recruitment campaigns targeting crypto, gaming, and telecom firms.
  • Talking points: Your exchange account is only as secure as the lowest-paid support worker with access to your data. This is organised, coordinated insider recruitment across multiple industries. Self-custody eliminates this counterparty risk entirely. Credit to Kraken for transparency and refusing to pay.
• Fake Ledger Live app on Mac App Store - Coindesk
  • $9.5M drained from 50+ victims between 7–13 April via fake Ledger Live macOS app on Apple's App Store.
  • Hits across BTC, ETH, Tron, Solana, XRP. Three seven-figure losses — largest $3.23M USDT. Musician G. Love lost 5.9 BTC.
  • Attack vector: app prompted users to enter recovery phrase. Game over.
  • Published under "Leva Heal Limited." Faked version history 1.0 to 5.0 in two weeks to look legit. Passed App Review.
  • Funds laundered through 150+ KuCoin deposit addresses tied to "AudiA6" mixer. KuCoin froze accounts until 20 April only.

UPDATES/RELEASES

• Aqua v0.4.2 - April 11
  • Adds transaction notes (BIP329), fiat amount entry for Lightning payments, Sats display unit option, improved animations, GDK upgrade to 0.76.3.
  • https://github.com/AquaWallet/aqua-wallet/releases/tag/v0.4.2
• BTCPay Server v2.3.7 - April 2 (BORDERLINE)
  • First release using .NET 10. Transaction comments in Send view, admin-editable subscription dates, amount-less BOLT11 invoices for top-ups, RTL language support (Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi), subscriber management API.
  • https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v2.3.7
• BULL Wallet v6.8.2-fss-hybrid - April 10
  • Hybrid flutter_secure_storage implementation with fallback to v9 for incompatible devices. Appears to be internal/hybrid build rather than public consumer release.
  • https://github.com/SatoshiPortal/bullbitcoin-mobile/releases/tag/6.8.2-fss-hybrid
• Cake Wallet v6.1.0 - April 18
  • "Smoother Performance & USDT Bridging" release. Native USDT bridging between chains, performance optimizations, wallet stability improvements, Lightning and EVM bug fixes.
  • https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v6.1.0
• Envoy v2.2.13 - April 9
  • Maintenance release addressing Passport Prime onboarding issues, iOS share sheet bug, and a security-related dependency update.
  • https://github.com/Foundation-Devices/envoy/releases/tag/v2.2.13
• KeyOS v1.2.1 - April 16
  • Users can now decide whether they want to perform a manual or magic backup, regardless of Envoy Magic Backup status. Before initiating the magic backup, tap Advanced in the top right corner to change to manual.
  • https://github.com/Foundation-Devices/KeyOS/releases/tag/v1.2.1
• Liana v14.0 - April 17
  • Major UI rework: redesigned home page, menu, payment history, sidebar. Adds xpub import from Coldcard ccxp files, BitBox pairing code display for taproot devices, reduced dust output limit from 5,000 to 500 sats. Default fiat price source changed to mempool.space.
  • https://github.com/wizardsardine/liana/releases/tag/v14.0
• LNBits v1.5.4-rc1 - April 16 (RC only)
  • Release candidate, minimal notes. Latest stable remains v1.5.3.
  • https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/releases/tag/v1.5.4-rc1
• Mempool v3.3.0 - April 14
  • Major release: coinbase transaction previews from Stratum jobs, Taproot script tree visualization, sighash icons, stale block comparisons, sub-1-sat/vB support, ephemeral dust support, PSBT signature display, Simplicity support (Liquid), Angular 16-to-20 upgrade, decimal fee recommendations.
  • https://github.com/mempool/mempool/releases/tag/v3.3.0
• Mostro v0.17.3 - April 13
  • Fixes bug in v0.17.2 blocking range orders. v0.17.2 (Apr 11) added interactive setup wizard and fixed validation issues preventing duplicate payments.
  • https://github.com/MostroP2P/mostro/releases/tag/v0.17.3
• Nunchuk v2.4.0 - April 8
  • Adds Nunchuk API support with bug fixes and improvements.
  • https://github.com/nunchuk-io/nunchuk-android/releases/tag/2.4.0
• Peach Bitcoin v0.69.0 - April 10
  • UniqueID Hash saved in iOS keychain for identity persistence. Fixes: percentage placeholder, PGP key registration timing, Telegram URL, seed restoration error handling.
  • https://github.com/Peach2Peach/peach-app/releases/tag/v0.69.0-343
• Start9 v0.4.0-beta.5 - April 11 (beta)
  • Complete StartOS rewrite: redesigned UI, new networking stack with WireGuard VPN gateways and Let's Encrypt, LXC container runtime, improved differential backups, i18n support, TypeScript SDK, SMTP notifications.
  • https://github.com/Start9Labs/start-os/releases/tag/v0.4.0-beta.5
• Zeus v13.0.0-beta2 - April 17 (beta)
  • Major v13 cycle: LDK Node as new embedded node option, updated onboarding, Cashu improvements with offline mode, embedded LND v0.20.1-beta, enhanced payment UI, Android stealth mode.
  • https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v13.0.0-beta2

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