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As Wasabi Wallet and Phoenix Leave the U.S., What’s Next for Non-Custodial Crypto?

29.4.2024
Following DOJ action against Samourai Wallet and a possible Metamask investigation, Wasabi Wallet and Phoenix are closing their U.S. offerings. Is non-custodial crypto under threat?

Wasabi Wallet-Developer Blocks U.S. Citizens and Residents After Samourai Wallet Arrests

29.4.2024
U.S citizens residing abroad are also banned from using the service

Phoenix and Wasabi exit US market amid self-custody wallet crackdown

28.4.2024
Recent regulatory action against Consensys and Samourai has instilled fear among other crypto service providers operating in the United States

Zksnacks Bars US Users from Wasabi Wallet in Wake of Samourai Indictment

28.4.2024
In a decisive move, Zksnacks announced on Saturday that it will block all U.S. residents and citizens from accessing its bitcoin mixer, Wasabi Wallet. This policy change comes as U.S. authorities intensify their crackdown on unregulated crypto activities, spotlighting the recent indictment...

Trezor Model T Gets Bitcoin Privacy Upgrade With New CoinJoin Feature

20.4.2023
CoinJoin increases privacy by combining multiple bitcoin payments from multiple spenders to produce a single transaction whose history and ownership are obfuscated

Privacy-Focused Wasabi Wallet Reinstates ‘Coin Control’ Feature in Latest Software Upgrade

21.3.2023
The feature was reinstated after advanced users complained about the constraints of Wasabi’s automated version of coin control called “privacy control,” introduced in a previous upgrade

Wasabi Wallet to Begin Censoring Coinjoin Transactions

15.3.2022
Wasabi Wallet, a privacy-oriented bitcoin-only wallet, has announced it will start introducing censorship methods into its mixing procedures. The announcement was made on social media, where the official account of Wasabi explained that a blacklist will prevent some UTXOs (unspent transaction...

Over 67,000 Fusions: Cashfusion Participants Have Fused Billions of Dollars in Bitcoin Cash

10.5.2021
While some crypto users have been leveraging privacy-centric digital assets like monero, others still use mixing protocols that shuffle unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) from coins like bitcoin, ethereum, and bitcoin cash. Participants using the Bitcoin Cash network utilize applications like...

MTI Bitcoins Sent to Privacy Mixers as New Data Breach Exposes the Ponzi Scheme’s Top Earners

10.1.2021
In another twist to the Mirror Trading International (MTI) bitcoin Ponzi scam, the blockchain intelligence firm Whitestream says bitcoins from wallets associated with the company are being sent to Wasabi privacy mixers. According to Whitestream’s update, this pivot to mixers suggests that...

Study: Over 13% of All Proceeds of Crimes in Bitcoin Passed Through Privacy Wallets in 2020

10.12.2020
According to a study published by the blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, over 13% of all proceeds of crime in bitcoin (BTC) were laundered via privacy wallets in 2020, up from 2% from the figures posted in 2019. 13% of All Proceeds of Crimes Leveraging BTC Were Laundered Via Privacy Wallets Dr....

Onchain Researchers Suspect Chinese Government Sold Plustoken’s Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Hoard Last Year

2.12.2020
A number of masterminds from the Plustoken scam were sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding cryptocurrency investors. Last week, on November 19, a court ruling had shown the Chinese government said that it seized over $4 billion in crypto assets from the Plustoken scam. Meanwhile, onchain...

Wasabi Wallet 2.0 Will Offer Automatic CoinJoins by Default to Boost Privacy

5.11.2020
One of the main Wasabi Wallet 2.0 improvements is not just to the CoinJoin design through WabiSabi, but also its usability. We could see it debut in about nine months

Europol Names Privacy Wallets, Coins, Open Marketplaces as ‘Top Threats’ in Internet Crime Report

5.10.2020
Monero, Samurai, Wasabi, OpenBazaar cited as threats in Europol report

Privacy Options Underutilized in Cryptocurrency Usage: Report

4.9.2020
Advances in cryptography have not met with user enthusiasm, suggesting a disconnect between the cryptocurrency community and its cypherpunk ancestors. According to Coin Metrics, transactions of privacy-focused cryptocurrencies zcash (ZEC), monero (XMR), and grin only add up to 6% of bitcoin’s...

Wasabi Wallet Patches Flaw That Could Have Thwarted Bitcoin Privacy Feature

3.9.2020
The flaw’s discovery is an example of cooperation in the open-source community, where devs are constantly tinkering to improve their peers’ software

Wasabi Wallet Is Revamping Its CoinJoin Design to Allow Bitcoin Mixing With Differing Values

27.8.2020
Wasabi Wallet's new protocol would allow users to coinjoin with differing values, which could give users greater flexibility when using the privacy feature

Crypto Scammers Steal $381 Million in 2020, While Twitter Hackers Direct Funds to Mixers

24.7.2020
Cryptocurrency related scams have taken a total of $381 million from victims so far this year. This figure makes crypto scams the largest category of cryptocurrency-related crimes so far in 2020. Chainalysis data still shows current figures are well below those seen in 2019. In 2019, scams...