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Hong Kong just made refusing to hand over your Bitcoin wallet a criminal offense. ‼️ The updated National Security Law took effect on March 23. It forces everyone on Hong Kong soil, including tourists and transit passengers, to provide passwords and decryption assistance to police on demand, with no exceptions for personal devices. This is the kind of law that might sound far-fetched until they introduce one where you live.

The era of end-to-end encrypted DMs on Instagram is coming to a close, luckily we’ve got a ready-made list of WhatsApp alternatives (which are relevant here too) if you’re looking to shift conversations elsewhere. (and to be clear, you should…) 1/10

@GrapheneOS tell @Moto to hurry up its getting dark out here 🍎

🇬🇧 Apple just flipped a switch on UK iPhones Verify you’re 18+ or your device gets locked into “child mode.” That means restricted apps, filtered internet, limited features. To unlock it, you need to scan your ID, link a credit card, or let Apple check your account data. No verification, no full access. Regulators call it protection, but your phone now depends on proving who you are. Users are already reporting glitches, failed scans, locked features. Today it’s “protecting children.” Tomorrow it’s normalizing digital ID tied directly to your device. This is the first real step toward control BBC

Many exchanges have walked away from Monero. On Bitfinex, $XMR still trades with zero fees. Principled or just good policy, depending on how you look at it.

@tanyareedtrades It would be better to protect a wallet with both pin/passphrase. Off topic since you seem to knowledgeable. Wallet drainer scams don't compromise the seed if you use a trezor, they are big at the moment but whats the reason why these companies dont display clear signing on decice

@CAPTINDELTA makes sense to think that way but the passphrase already acts like a second “hidden wallet”. Even if someone has the pin, they still need the exact passphrase to access it @CAPTINDELTA

BEWARE TRAVELING TO 🇭🇰 HONG KONG WITH BITCOIN HARDWARE WALLETS Hong Kong has updated enforcement rules under the National Security Law as of March 23, 2026. Refusing to provide passwords or decryption assistance to police is now a criminal offense, covering ALL personal devices including phones, laptops, and likely hardware wallets. The rule applies to everyone in Hong Kong, including US citizens, even if only transiting through the airport. Authorities also have expanded powers to seize and retain devices they claim are linked to national security investigations. Travelers are advised to understand the risks before entering or transiting through the region.

@Dantoshi @BitcoinNewsCom @Trezor Can I have a separate pin for my passphrass wallet ? It doesn't sit right with me, handing a pin over which i use for transactions

@CAPTINDELTA @BitcoinNewsCom @Trezor A decoy PIN does not give you plausible deniability. Passphrase gives you a hidden wallet.

@Dantoshi @BitcoinNewsCom @Trezor So just give them my real pin? 🤮 please make a decoy pin feature

@CAPTINDELTA @BitcoinNewsCom @Trezor Use a passphrase 😅

HONG KONG CAN NOW FORCE ACCESS TO YOUR DEVICES -- EVEN WHEN TRANSITING ⚠️✈️ Refusing to give passwords or decrypt phones/laptops is now a criminal offense, with up to 1 year jail + HK$100K fine. Applies to anyone in Hong Kong -- even travelers just passing through the airport. If your wallet is on your device, this is clear government overreach. Be careful -- this is why we crypto. Self-custody isn’t just holding coins, it’s protecting them from that reach.

BREAKING: If you travel with crypto, read this! There are now several so called 1st world places where you can be legally forced to hand over your phone or hardware wallet and be made to unlock everything, including your wallet app. So what do you do in that situation? That’s exactly the kind of scenario we build for. Few years ago, we’ve seen cases where people were forced to open their wallet apps at airports or at police stations. To deal with this, we built Unstoppable duress mode. - It lets you set up multiple unlock PINs. Each PIN opens a selected set of wallets. Only one master PIN opens everything. - Undetectable inside the app - no way to know if it’s enabled • unlimited number of PINs Stay Safe!

@BitcoinNewsCom 👀

We thought we were tracking the stablecoin freeze grid. We missed the incinerator. An anon pointed out a data gap on stables.rip. We dug into the TRON and ETH smart contracts and found something brutal. Tether doesn't just freeze your funds; they actively seize and burn them (DestroyedBlackFunds). The on-chain balance shows $0, masking the actual seizure. The massive data upgrade we just pushed: 🔹 TRON: Bypassed the 500-event sync cap. Backfilled 6,104 AddedBlackList events. 🔹 ETH: Fixed indexing pagination limits. Found 200+ hidden destruction events. 🔹 Alert Bot: Fixed rate-limiting. Batch freezes are now summarized, no more spam. 📊 Before: $2.12B frozen across 5,865 addresses. 🚨 After: $3.23B across 9,462 addresses. That missing $1.1 Billion gap? Mostly funds that were frozen, seized, and burned out of existence. We now track it all. Huge shoutout to the anon who caught this. This is why we build in public. Don't trust, verify.

Ontology: Privacy Hour, x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

In November 2022, my personal wallet was compromised, resulting in a loss of approximately $42 million. Three years have passed. The investigation has never stopped. Our team has continued to gather critical evidence and leads. The flow of the stolen assets is becoming increasingly clear. Today, I am publicly offering a bounty for asset recovery. Any individual or organization that makes a substantive contribution to asset recovery — regardless of identity, background, or method — will receive 10%–20% of the total recovered amount, based on the level of contribution. Contact: shenbo.case@gmail.com

Aside from liquidity, we believe the two most fundamental problems in blockchain are privacy and security. Over the past year, we’ve built a strong relationship with the SilentSwap team. We were introduced to them through @CryptoWendyO, and from day one it was clear they’re a stand-up group with a real mission. They care about protecting users and that aligns perfectly with what we’re building. SilentSwap brings privacy rails. D3fenders brings security controls. Fully public transactions come with real risks. Wallet activity can be tracked, balances exposed, and users targeted. Privacy matters. But security matters just as much. Here’s the reality most people don’t want to talk about: If someone gets your seed phrase, even from a hardware wallet like a Ledger, there is zero you can do to stop them from draining everything. That’s why we built the D3fenders 2FA Vault. It stops wallet drains even if your seed phrase is compromised. And if the worst happens, our Emergency Migration system allows you to move assets from your vault to a safe location… even with zero gas in the compromised wallet. This is what happens when privacy and security live inside the same wallet. This is just the beginning of what we’re building. The integration will go live first on @avax followed by @solana.

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Binance has released market maker guidelines, requiring token issuers to promptly disclose market maker information to the platform; profit-sharing and guaranteed return arrangements are prohibited; token lending agreements must clearly specify token usage. Binance said it will take swift and decisive action against any violations, including blacklisting non-compliant market makers.