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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
Privacy Wallet Wars: Wasabi Vulnerabilities Denied by Developer
20.8.2020
OXT Research, the team behind Bitcoin (BTC) wallet Samourai Wallet, has announced that its researchers have identified two potential privacy vulnerabilities in the open-source Wasabi Wallet that could impact the security of CoinJoin transactions carried out through the wallet. This said, zkSNACKs...
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...
Twitter Hacker Is Mixing Bitcoin Loot Using a Wasabi Wallet, Elliptic Says
17.7.2020
According to the crypto analytics firm, 2.89 bitcoin associated with Wednesday’s security breach was moved to a Wasabi wallet late last night
Summer 2020 Is Funding Season for Open-Source Bitcoin Development
25.6.2020
The maker of Wasabi Wallet becomes the latest firm to support crypto coders with a 1 BTC donation to the Human Rights Foundation's Bitcoin Development Fund
Human Rights Foundation Funds Bitcoin Privacy Tools Despite ‘Coin Mixing’ Legal Stigma
10.6.2020
The Human Rights Foundation took a strong stance on bitcoin privacy tech Wednesday by announcing its new Bitcoin Developer Fund
EU’s Europol: Bitcoin Privacy Wallet ‘Not Looking Good’ For Law Enforcement
4.6.2020
Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, has its eyes on the popular bitcoin privacy tool Wasabi Wallet, documents verified by CoinDesk show
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
Top Bitcoin Developers Face Off in a Lightning-Powered Boxing Match
11.2.2020
The esports smackdown was meant to highlight the power of bitcoin's lightning network – since the cutting-edge payments system is fast, cheap and lets users send tiny payments, even a fraction of a cent
How Often Are Top Privacy Coins and Mixers Actually Used? – A Look at XMR, DASH, and ZEC
10.2.2020
As Bitcoin and crypto help everyday individuals to regain control over their money, and make trusting third parties unnecessary, it’s not surprising that privacy advocates have flocked to the space. While bitcoin’s ledger is openly viewable, privacy coins and privacy enhancing protocols...
A Tor-Integrated Cashfusion Build for Bitcoin Cash Is Coming
31.12.2019
On Monday, Electron Cash developer Jonald Fyookball updated the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community in regards to the Cashfusion protocol. Fyookball revealed that Tor integration is currently in the works. The Tor-integrated Cashfusion build is “the big piece” the development team needs to...
Binance Blockade of Wasabi Wallet Could Point to a Crypto Crack-Up
26.12.2019
2020 may see crypto’s most consequential fork yet: A split between the worlds of regulated exchanges and privacy-focused users
Cypherpunk Holdings Acquires 4.5% Stake in Firm Behind Privacy-Centric Wasabi Wallet
22.11.2019
Cypherpunk Holdings has completed an equity investment worth $337,500 in zkSnacks, the firm behind the privacy-focused crypto wallet Wasabi