Block 846214: Important News of the Week

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News

Samourai Devs First Court Hearing: Prosecution Promises 'Substantial Evidence,' TDev Still In Portugal
Marathon Enters Agreement with Kenyan Government to Enhance Its Renewable Energy Sector
Riot Platforms Acquires 9.25% Stake in Bitfarms Following Rejected $950M Takeover Offer
Bitcoin Spot ETFs Now Manage Over 1 Million BTC, BlackRock Flips Grayscale
New 'Opt-In' Version of Chat Control Mass Surveillance Bill Is Making Way Through the EU Council
Biden Follows Through with a Veto on Overturning SAB 121 Crypto Custody Bill
Japanese DMM Bitcoin Exchange Hacked for 4503 BTC (UPDATED)
Gemini Earn Users Receive $2.18Bn of Their Assets in Kind, Winklevoss Call Genesis 'Old-fashioned Financial Fraud'

Updates and releases

Blockstream Jade v1.0.30: Miniscript Support
Nix Bitcoin v0.0.108 Released
Blockstream Green Desktop v2.0.6: QR Unlock for Jade
Bisq2 v2.0.4: Offerbook List, Tor Improvements
New on Geyser: Bitfiasi, Bands at Bitcoin '24 Nashville, My First Bitcoin Canada
Foundation Passport Firmware v2.3.1: Theya, Zeus, Coinbits Integrations
zap.store v0.1.2: Categories & Latest Releases
Lightning Loop v0.28.2-beta: Breaking Changes in Loopd
Stratum V2 Reference Implementation (SRI) v1.0.1: Patch Release
Zeus v0.9.0-alpha5: Purchase Channels in Advance, BOLT 12 Offers & LN Addresses for CLN
Mostro CLI v0.10.0: Range Orders Fix, Rewards Board
Minibits v0.1.8-beta: Realtime Encrypted Notifications, Claim Sats on Wallet Start
Alby Extension v3.8.1: Improved Permissions, Settings UI & More
Boltz Web App v1.4.0 and Backend v3.7.0: Chain Swaps
Casa Added Support for Bitcoin Wallet Descriptors
Fedi Bravo v1.17: Global Chat
Cake Wallet v4.18.0: Bitcoin Silent Payments
Electrum v4.5.5: Fixes and Improvements
LND v0.18.0-beta: Smarter UTXO Sweeping, Inbound Fees, Route Blinding & More
Specter DIY v1.9.0: Taproot Miniscript Support, BIP-85 App
Harbor: Ecash Desktop Wallet for Better Bitcoin Privacy
Bitcoin Keeper v1.2.7 Released
Geyser Introduces Goals, Removes Milestones
Corny Chat v2024.05: UI Improvements, NWC Support
Wasabi Wallet v2.0.8: Custom Coordinators, Tor Bridges, Repo Transfer & More
GrapheneOS v2024053100: Duress Password and PIN
Amethyst v0.87.2: DVMs and Gossip Model