Welcome back to the Crypto Curious podcast!

👉🏼 This week, we’re kicking things off with one of the wildest Bitcoin stories we’ve heard in a while: a solo hobby miner who beat million-to-one odds and walked away with more than $266,000 USD in BTC.

👉🏼 We then shift gears into big industry news — Kraken’s new $20B valuation and their confidential filing for a U.S. IPO, a major signal that crypto companies are heading back toward public markets.

And we’re not flying solo today: Jonno is back as guest host. You loved him last time for his security insights, and this week he’s brought a real-world case study showing how blockchain analysis helped police bring down a criminal gang. It’s a fascinating look at how crypto is shaping modern investigations.

So, let’s get into it 🚀

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TIMESTAMPS

2:07 Solo bitcoin miner mines entire block

5:25 Kraken files for I.P.O

9:34 Jonno's case study unpacked

13:25 Trace gets hacked!!!

16:34 Short, sharp news bites

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SHOWNOTES

McAfee

Lottery Miner

TRM Labs

Bitcoin Minors

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