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US central bank digital currency commenters divided on benefits, unified in confusion
8.6.2022
Like a Rorschach ink blot, the Federal Reserve Board’s CBDC discussion paper provided stakeholders with an opportunity to find what they wanted to see in it
Lunarpunks, Privacy and the New Encryption Guerillas
8.6.2022
Five South Korean Crypto Exchanges to Delist Litecoin Following Mimblewimble Upgrade
8.6.2022
All five of South Korea’s licensed, fiat-trading crypto exchanges have announced they will delist litecoin (LTC) after developers rolled out the Mimblewimble Extension Block protocol.
The five exchanges – Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and Gopax – all made their LTC delisting announcements...
Major South Korean crypto exchanges delist Litecoin
8.6.2022
Crypto regulations in South Korea require exchanges to enforce strict KYC and AML guidelines and major crypto exchanges have delisted privacy coins in the past as well
‘CBDCs are the natural evolution,’ says HyperLedger director Barbosa
6.6.2022
In an interview filmed during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Daniela Barbosa gives the floor to enterprise blockchains and the future of currencies
Anonymous culture in crypto may be losing its relevance
1.6.2022
Although anonymous teams have built some of the leading infrastructure in crypto, many new participants in the ecosystem are using their real identities
ZEC Stays Flat Despite Major Zcash Update That Boosts Privacy
1.6.2022
Popular privacy coin Zcash (ZEC) has gone through a major network upgrade that brings new features like automatic shielding and unified addresses.
While the upgrade marks a major milestone for the privacy coin, investors are ostensibly not excited as the coin's price is largely flat over...
Zcash’s NU5 Upgrade Goes Live, Boosting Privacy and Removing ‘Trusted Setups’
31.5.2022
The privacy coin now allows transactions that are shielded by default, so users no longer have to opt in to hide payment details on the blockchain
Can a lesson in bimetallism help the long-term stability of Bitcoin and privacy coins?
28.5.2022
Will the potential long-term bear market of 2022 begin the push for increased privacy for people exchanging cryptocurrencies?
Identity and the Metaverse: Decentralized control
28.5.2022
What will our identity look like in the Metaverse? A decentralized Web3 suggests it’ll be completely in our control, but growing amounts of information stored online suggest otherwise
This Is How NFTs Will Transform Data Ownership in the Metaverse
27.5.2022
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WEF 2022: Metaverse should be developed from children’s perspective, says LEGO VP
26.5.2022
Lego Group VP believes metaverse will be a disruptive force that would change the way people learn things, especially children
Gamestop Launches Web3 Ethereum Wallet That Leverages Loopring’s ZK-Rollup Tech
23.5.2022
This week, the consumer electronics and gaming software retailer, Gamestop, has officially revealed the company’s self-custodial, Web3 ethereum wallet. The wallet is currently in beta form and now available via the firm’s web portal, in order to provide users with a wallet that stores...
Spain’s Basque Country Readies its Own Crypto Tax Laws, Exchanges to Be Forced to Report on Clients
20.5.2022
While central governments continue to hum and haw about the how, whens, and whys of crypto taxation and regulation, some provincial governments have decided to go it alone – particularly in the Basque Country, Spain.
El Indipendiente reported that all three of the Basque Country’s major Western...
Why decentralized messaging apps will replace today’s social media platforms
18.5.2022
Centralized communication platforms prove to be an easily identifiable weakness in activist movements
Welcome to Mars: I own everything, have total privacy and life has never been better
15.5.2022
While people on Earth are still expecting decentralized tech mass adoption, for people on Mars decentralization is the only way to organize their, well, everything
CBDCs Are Likely to Make You Less Anonymous
15.5.2022
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are coming, while several are already here. For central banks, they provide a means of lubricating and digitalizing the global economy, with a November report from JPMorgan and Oliver Wyman concluding that CBDCs could save companies USD 100bn...
Public Consultations Reveal Positive Interest in Bank of Israel’s Digital Shekel
14.5.2022
A survey carried out by the central bank of Israel has returned mostly positive responses from stakeholders regarding the possible issuance of a digital shekel currency. Many of the participants in the public consultations support the continued development of the project, the regulator said. Bank...
On-chain privacy is key to the wider mass adoption of crypto
14.5.2022
Blockchain transactions need privacy to catalyze mass adoption. On-chain privacy is coming, and that’s good for businesses and investors
ECB lays out ‘anonymous’ digital euro as public opposes ‘slavecoins’
13.5.2022
The ECB drops another working paper on the digital euro causing more outrage from Europeans opposing a central bank digital currency