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Privacy Coin Monero Tops Payments at European Online Retailer Shopinbit in June
14.7.2024
According to Shopinbit, a European online retailer that accepts cryptocurrency for transactions, monero (XMR) was the favored payment method in June. Shopinbit reported that XMR accounted for over 74% of all payments during that period. European Retailer Shopinbit Sees Monero Payments Skyrocket...
Privacy Coin XMR Rebounds After Mid-April Low Climbing 37% in 30 Days
10.6.2024
The privacy coin monero (XMR) has experienced a 7.7% increase in the last 24 hours and a 16.5% rise over the past week. Monero Trading Volume Doubles in 24 Hours After a prolonged decline and hitting a significant low in mid-April, monero (XMR) has recovered in value. For instance, on April 13,...
Crypto exchange Kraken has ‘no plans’ to delist USDT in Europe for now
20.5.2024
Concerns were raised after a Bloomberg article reported Kraken was “actively reviewing” which tokens it could continue to list under the European Union’s upcoming MiCA framework
Zano Blockchain’s Hard Fork Facilitates Privacy Coin Creation, Introduces Confidential Assets
25.3.2024
The Zano blockchain’s recently completed Zarcanum hard fork (HF4) will enable users and organizations to create custom tokenized assets that meet their specific needs. These custom tokenized assets or confidential assets, will be untraceable on the Zano blockchain. The team believes that...
How Monero became extremists’ privacy coin of choice?
11.3.2024
Cryptocurrencies have been the preferred medium for financial transactions among extremist groups, resulting from their use of pseudonyms and organization structure. In the beginning, these groups centered on Bitcoin, but now they have shifted to some other privacy coins, e.g., Monero, so attention...
Unveiling the Dark Web: How Privacy Coins Fuel the Trade of Criminal Material Online
1.3.2024
Privacy coins are fuelling the proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to Chainalysis’s 2024 Crypto Crime Report. The report highlights crypto’s growing role as legal tender among dark web vendors of CSAM. Like other things listed on the dark web, CSAM is often...
Leading Privacy Crypto Monero Bounces Back: XMR Surges 25%, Defying Delisting Woes
7.2.2024
After the leading privacy crypto token monero experienced a substantial 32% price decline on Tuesday, the coin’s value swiftly saw recovery the next day, surging by 25% within the last 24 hours. Binance, Kraken, and Kucoin are witnessing significant activity in monero’s daily trading...
Monero’s Market Plummets 32% as Binance Announces Delisting, Sparking XMR’s Turbulence
6.2.2024
The leading privacy-focused cryptocurrency by market valuation, monero, experienced a sharp 32% decline within the last day after news broke that Binance intends to remove the coin from its platform. Citing non-compliance with its listing criteria, Binance announced that monero, along with three...
Binance to Delist Monero Privacy Token; XMR Slides
6.2.2024
The crypto exchange will stop listing the token as of Feb. 20
Monero Tracing: Privacy Coin Proponents Dismiss Finnish Law Enforcement Agency’s Tracing Breakthrough Claims
31.1.2024
A Finnish law enforcement agency, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), recently claimed that it may have found a way to trace the privacy coin Monero. However, proponents of the privacy coin have dismissed the agency’s claims and insisted that the cryptocurrency is still untraceable....
Best Crypto to Buy Now January 4 – Beam, Sei, Celestia
4.1.2024
BEAM, SEI, and Celestia, along with Sponge V2 and TG.Casino’s presales are some of the best cryptos to buy now. Image by cryptonews.com. Up-and-coming projects like Celestia and SEI Network are grabbing attention with major upgrades and partnerships today, while privacy coin BEAM eyes...
Former Monero Lead Maintainer Calls on Binance to Take a Stance on Privacy Coin Issue
30.12.2023
Ricardo Spagni, the former lead maintainer of Monero, one of the most used privacy coins in the cryptocurrency market, has called on Binance to take a stance on the issue of privacy coins. Spagni stated that avoiding taking sides in the process is a disservice to the whole industry and that...
Okx to Cut Ties With Privacy Coins Amid Regulatory Heat, Triggering Market Dip
29.12.2023
In light of the ongoing dialogue around Binance’s removal of privacy coins, the cryptocurrency exchange Okx has declared the removal of various spot trading pairs linked to privacy tokens such as monero, zcash, and dash. Okx attributes its decision to remove these offerings...
Monero surges to all-time high amid privacy coin demand
20.12.2023
With a few essential characteristics, Monero sets itself apart as a cryptocurrency that prioritizes anonymity. To make it challenging to pinpoint the precise source of cash, it first uses ring signatures, a cryptographic technique that joins the spender’s transaction with others—by hiding...
Zooko Wilcox Ends Eight-Year Association With Company Behind Privacy Coin Zcash
20.12.2023
Zooko Wilcox, the CEO of Electric Coin Co., revealed on Dec. 18 that he is ending his eight-year association with the entity which is behind the privacy coin zcash. Despite leaving his role as the company’s top executive, Wilcox said he remains committed to anything focused on human freedom....
Zcash Developer Electric Coin CEO Zooko Wilcox Steps Down, Swihart Named to Role
18.12.2023
Man Fingered in the July 2022 Hack on 2 Decentralized Exchanges Pleads Guilty to Computer Fraud
18.12.2023
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced on Dec. 14 that Shakeeb Ahmed, a man accused of hacking two decentralized crypto exchanges, had pleaded guilty to the charge of computer fraud. Ahmed is said to have attempted to cover his tracks by using overseas crypto exchanges...
Is Monero Going to Zero? XMR Price Drops 3% as Viral New Bitcoin Mining Project Surpasses $4 Million Milestone
16.11.2023
The XMR price has dropped by 3% in the past 24 hours, slipping to $160.91 on a day when the cryptocurrency market as a whole gains by 2.5%. Monero is also down by close to 4% in the past week and by 6% in a fortnight, with the privacy coin gaining by only 9% in […]
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Monero’s Security Breach Drains Entire Funds In Community Wallet: What’s Going On?
6.11.2023
Monero’s community wallet was drained of all assets following a security breach described as shocking and a little sketchy.  The attack on the privacy coin’s wallet took place on Sept 1 but was not revealed until Nov 2 on GitHub. According to the company, the source of the breach...
What is Monero? A Brief History of the World’s Top Privacy Coin
11.9.2023
Monero currently occupies the foremost position among privacy cryptocurrencies in terms of market capitalization. The following Learning and Insights explainer briefly delves into the origins and development of Monero (XMR), emphasizing its distinctive features, such as anonymous transactions...