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Privacy is missing ingredient for business blockchain adoption: EY exec
17.9.2024
Paul Brody, EY’s global blockchain leader, highlights how privacy is the missing piece for blockchain adoption in businesses and provides potential solutions to enterprise concerns
CarnationFM: A Decentralized Radio Playing Songs With Encrypted Hidden Messages
16.7.2024
A music-focused radio FM which allows songs to act as a transport vessel for hidden messages has emerged from EthBerlin 2024 as the award winner for the Best Social Impact
Inferno Drainer fails attempt to launder ETH — ‘not welcome’ in Railgun
11.7.2024
Notorious wallet-draining group Inferno Drainer tried to pass $530,000 worth of stolen ETH through Railgun but discovered pretty soon after that it couldn’t
Vitalik Buterin-backed Nocturne protocol shuts down operations overnight
6.6.2024
The announcement comes despite Nocturne raising $6 million in a funding round last October
Vitalik Buterin Transfers $295K in Ethereum to Privacy Protocol Railgun
22.5.2024
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has transferred 79.997 ETH (over $295,000) to the privacy protocol Railgun. Buterin Supports Railgun With $295K Ethereum Transfer According to onchain data, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin transferred more than $295,000 worth of ethereum, approximately 79.997...
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Argues for Blockchain 'Privacy Pools' to Weed Out Criminals
6.9.2023
The paper argues for “privacy pools,” a blockchain tech feature that would enhance the privacy of user’s transactions while also distinguishing criminal activity from innocent funds
Regulatory Pressure Did Not Shut Down Privacy Tool, Aztec Founders Say
24.3.2023
Despite U.S. efforts to sanction Tornado Cash and other crypto privacy tools, Aztec says it shut down its Ethereum zero-knowledge tools for “commercial” reasons
Software Firm Consensys Partners With Paypal, Metamask Users Can Use Payment Processor to Buy ETH
17.12.2022
On Dec. 14, the Ethereum software firm Consensys announced that the company has teamed up with the payment processing giant Paypal. The integration allows Metamask wallet users to purchase ethereum via Paypal from within the Web3 wallet application. Consensys Teams up With Payments Giant Paypal...
European Authorities Want Automated Software to Monitor DeFi Activity on Ethereum Blockchain
11.10.2022
The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch that proposes legislation and implements decisions, is digging deeper into decentralized finance (DeFi) – and is looking to study Ethereum (ETH) data to do so.
The Commission has submitted a document per which it seeks, as it says,
“A pilot...
Ethereum privacy protocol Tornado Cash to launch on L2 Arbitrum
30.11.2021
Once fully deployed, users will be able to make private transactions through the popular Tornado Cash mixer on the Arbitrum layer two network
Immutable Ethereum privacy protocol proposes governance system
18.12.2020
Proxy system in front of immutable smart contracts will allow changing of internal parameters
Bitcoin Investors Swap for Ethereum 'Wrapped BTC' to Yield Farm and Chill
17.8.2020
Demand for Wrapped BTC has surged as Bitcoin investors seek a private method to gain exposure to DeFi and lend farming
Incognito Blockchain Launches DeFi Privacy for Kyber
30.6.2020
The Incognito privacy project released pKyber, which enables users to hide their activity from the public Ethereum ledger within the Kyber Network
Civic to Launch Vaccination-Proofing Tool on Apple & Google App Stores
17.6.2020
Civic Technologies’s new app will act as both a vaccination proofing tool and a wallet for crypto
Ethereum Significantly Less Private Than Bitcoin, New Research Shows
29.5.2020
Ethereum transactions are even easier to de-anonymize than Bitcoin due to its specifics, but a lot of it comes down to careful usage of mixing tools
Ethereum Privacy Protocol Takes Foot Off Brake With Entirely Immutable Contracts
24.5.2020
Tornado.cash can no longer make changes to its protocol, offering total immutability at the expense of security
Developers of Ethereum Privacy Tool Tornado Cash Smash Their Keys
19.5.2020
Developers of ether mixer Tornado Cash have destroyed their admin keys, turning the privacy tool into permissionless code
Props Project Moves From Private Blockchain Over to Algorand
30.4.2020
The Props Project, which includes popular dating app Dating.com, is moving over to the Algorand blockchain
Status, an Ethereum Private Messenger Goes Waku on Telegram
25.2.2020
An Ethereum-based private messenger is about to scale its throughput by implementing Waku instead of Whisper
ETH Privacy Startup Aztec ‘Ignites’ Its SNARKs Generation Ceremony
15.9.2019
ETH privacy startup Aztec announces SNARKs generation ceremony