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Can you recover stolen Bitcoin from crypto scams?
16.5.2023
Recovering stolen Bitcoin from crypto scams is challenging due to the anonymous nature of blockchain transactions and jurisdictional issues
Why anonymity is key to self-autonomy — And how crypto helps freedom movements win
26.4.2023
The Agenda podcast chats with DarkFi to explore how Rojava is experimenting with cryptocurrency and why encryption and anonymous spaces are critical for building self-autonomy
CFTC proposes reducing anonymity to manage risks
25.4.2023
CFTC Commissioner urges crypto companies to verify the digital identity of users and says that congress is considering new laws addressing anonymity and digital identity
Trezor Enables Coinjoin for Trezor T Model to Bolster a ‘New Era of Privacy’
20.4.2023
According to Trezor, the crypto hardware wallet manufacturer, owners of the Trezor T model can now use a Coinjoin feature to preserve their privacy. Trezor had announced the Coinjoin feature’s impending arrival on the hardware wallet seven months ago, and the feature went live on April...
EU Lawmakers Vote in Favor of Payment Limits on Anonymous Crypto Wallets
28.3.2023
Crypto rules form part of a money-laundering overhaul supported by the European Parliament Committees
India’s Central Bank Digital Currency Will Act as Alternative to Cryptocurrency, Says RBI Official
4.3.2023
An official of India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), says that the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) will act as an alternative to cryptocurrency. He stressed that the digital rupee must possess all the attributes of physical currency, including anonymity....
Btcpay Introduces New Coinjoin Plugin for Enhanced Bitcoin Privacy for Merchants
28.2.2023
On Monday, Wasabi Wallet and the open-source bitcoin payment processor Btcpay announced a new plugin for the Btcpay server. The plugin implements Wasabi’s Wabisabi coinjoin coordination protocol, allowing merchants to benefit from privacy enhancement. By activating the newly launched plugin...
Dubai Takes a Stand Against Privacy Coins with Ban on Anonymity-Enhancing Crypto
9.2.2023
Dubai, a jurisdiction in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), prohibited by law the issuance of privacy coins such as monero (XMR) and zcash (ZEC), as well as any activity related to them.
According to the new set of crypto regulations,
"The issuance of Anonymity-Enhanced Cryptocurrencies and all...
Ethereum Could Benefit From Stealth Addresses Implementation, Says Vitalik Buterin
23.1.2023
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a research post that suggests using stealth addresses to enhance privacy-preserving transfers. Buterin detailed that stealth addresses can be implemented fairly quickly today on Ethereum and would significantly boost user privacy on the blockchain...
Tanzanian Central Bank Adopts ‘Phased and Risk-Based Approach to Adoption of CBDC’
17.1.2023
After months of research, the Tanzanian central bank announced recently that it had chosen a more cautious and risk-based approach towards the adoption of its central bank digital currency (CBDC). During the research phase, the central bank said it paid particular attention “to risks...
Privacy Coins Take a Beating This Year Losing Over $6 Billion, Anonymity Takes a Back Seat to Defi, NFTs
24.12.2022
The last 12 months have been tough on digital currency investors as the crypto winter has caused a large sum of value to leave the once-bustling economy. The privacy coin economy, for instance, shed more than 55% against the U.S. dollar as it dropped from $11.7 billion in Jan. 2022 to the current...
Twitch Streamer Amouranth Receives $70,000 In Cash, Private Security From Anonymous Donor
6.12.2022
29-year-old Kaitlyn Siragusa, who variety streams on Twitch as Amouranth, has not had an easy year. She pushed her offline extracurriculars, buying an inflatable pool company and building her investments, but her public life got overshadowed by her brutally candid disclosure that she was in...
Crypto Developers Reveal the Perils of Anonymity
5.12.2022
The total value locked on the Solana network reached billions of dollars, based in part on sham protocols by two brothers working under multiple aliases. For showing how divorced TVL can be from the truth, Ian and Dylan Macalinao share a spot on CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022
Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey Address Suggestions to Allow Less Anonymity on Twitter
21.11.2022
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO and the new owner of Twitter, have addressed suggestions that the social media platform should have less anonymity. Clinical psychologist Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is among the users who want less anonymity on the platform while Dorsey...
Chinese central bank exec says digital yuan will offer ‘controllable anonymity’
1.11.2022
China’s digital yuan is one of the earliest CBDCs whose pilot phase has expanded to include millions of users and billions in transaction volume
Ring Signatures: What Are They & Do They Ensure Privacy in Monero
11.10.2022
The pseudonymity of Bitcoin made it appealing to many new users, especially in its early days. However, its pseudonymity has become strained over the years as it began being surveyed by blockchain analysis firms and government agencies. As a result, privacy coins like Monero emerged, with embedded...
Blockchain could help anonymously document war crimes
30.9.2022
Blockchain combined with decentralized storage could ensure data preservation and anonymity when reporting war crimes
Foreigners to Be Given Anonymous Entry Points to Digital Ruble, Russian Official Suggests
15.9.2022
Foreign nationals should be able to buy Russia’s upcoming digital ruble through entry points providing anonymity, according to a high-ranking member of the Russian parliament. The idea circulated in Moscow aims to protect these investors from Western sanctions. State Duma Deputy Proposes...
Trezor and Wasabi to Implement a Coinjoin Mixing Scheme Into Hardware Wallets
7.9.2022
This week, the hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor, and the non-custodial bitcoin wallet with a built-in Coinjoin mixer, Wasabi, revealed the two teams are working together to introduce Coinjoin mixing into hardware wallets. On Sunday, Wasabi tweeted “hardware wallet Coinjoins are coming...
Australian state police sets up crypto division to trace transactions
5.9.2022
The use of crypto in criminal activity has reportedly significantly increased since the AFP made its first crypto seizure in early 2018