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Privacy Crypto Assets XMR, ZEC See Double-Digit Gains Amid Tightened Global Economy
13.3.2022
Over the last week, the United States and president Joe Biden’s administration tightened sanctions against Russia a great deal. The U.S. banned Russian energy imports, a number of other types of imported goods, and a series of harsh financial sanctions against Russia. In the midst of...
Haven Protocol (XHV) shows strong signs of bottoming out after crashing 90%
11.3.2022
The Monero blockchain fork has surged by nearly 100% in the past five days against a rising appetite for privacy-focused cryptocurrencies
Now You Can Try 'Teleporting' Bitcoin for Greater Privacy With CoinSwaps
11.3.2022
The alpha release of Teleport implements the CoinSwap privacy technique in an effort to improve bitcoin privacy by making transactions "invisible."
Safeguarding Our Privacy in an Age of Transparency
11.3.2022
Crypto wallets are the new Facebook profile pages. Is that a good thing?
As New Crypto Sanction Screening Tool Launched, Tornado Cash Keeps Mixing and FBI Chimes In
11.3.2022
As the West is trying close all crypto loopholes that help evade sanctions against the aggressor state, Russia, and its ally, Belarus, Chainalysis is rolling out a sanctions screening tool, while crypto mixer Tornado Cash said they are powerless to or don't need to comply with Washington’s...
Republican lawmakers introduce bill targeting China's CBDC on sanctions, privacy
10.3.2022
"This bill holds China accountable as they introduce their new digital currency,” said Senator Bill Cassidy
Regulator in UAE’s Special Economic Zone Unveils Consultation Paper on ‘Crypto Tokens’
10.3.2022
The regulatory arm of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s special economic zone, the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), has unveiled a consultation paper outlining its proposed regulatory regime for crypto tokens. Changes to the Draft Legislation The Dubai Financial Services Authority...
Japanese Crypto Exchanges to Enforce FATF’s Travel Rule Next Month
10.3.2022
All of Japan’s crypto exchanges will adopt the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s Travel Rule on April 1 – a move that means most of East Asia’s biggest trading platforms will have begun complying with the controversial protocol before the law even obliges them to do so....
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Monero, Kyber Network and Tornado Cash break out as traders pile into privacy protocols
9.3.2022
Bitcoin’s bullish surge and the urgent need for shielded crypto transactions appear to be benefitting XMR, TORN and KNC
‘People Will Get Burned’: Matt Odell on the Long Road to Bitcoin Privacy
9.3.2022
Privacy advocate and hardcore bitcoiner Matt Odell discusses CoinJoins, privacy coins and “canaries.”
Monero’s XMR, Zcash’s ZEC Jump as Privacy Coins Gain Favor
9.3.2022
Crypto exchanges blocking known addresses might be spurring demand for privacy-oriented cryptocurrencies, one analyst said
Espresso Systems Raises $32M to Bring Scaling and Privacy to Web 3
7.3.2022
The funding was led by Greylock Partners and Electric Capital, with participation from Sequoia Capital
Crypto Wallet Trends in 2022: More Privacy, Security, Features, and Choice
6.3.2022
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Cryptoasset ownership and adoption continue to increase steadily, encouraging new investments and developments in the crypto wallet market too.
In fact, data compiled by Statista shows that downloads of the ten most popular wallet apps began to take off from December 2020, while...
Umbrel Bitcoin Node Runners Now Help to Bypass Internet Censorship
3.3.2022
Users running Umbrel Bitcoin (BTC) and Lightning nodes can now also help others to bypass internet censorship by installing the Snowflake proxy app on their nodes. It might help censored journalists and other people to access the free and open internet safely....
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Forget Data – Privacy Is the New 'New Oil'
27.2.2022
When even Mark Zuckerberg says there’s a “clear trend” away from data collection, you know the pendulum is swinging
JoinMarket Is About to Make Bitcoin Privacy More User-Friendly
25.2.2022
Developers hope the forthcoming JoinMarket UI will give people an easier way to use CoinJoins to keep their Bitcoin transactions private
The Unlikely Fix to Crypto's Privacy Failures: Government
25.2.2022
The industry can't fix what ails Web 2 without support from states like the U.S., says CoinDesk's chief content officer
Ergo’s Privacy Summit Tackles Privacy and Security in DeFi
25.2.2022
After the economic crisis of 2008, trust in financial institutions and governments fractured. At the same time, Satoshi proposed a new financial system rid of government and central bank control. The technology would cryptographically record transactions on a decentralized ledger known...
Senator Rand Paul Warns the US Has Similar Statutes to Emergencies Act in Canada
24.2.2022
U.S. Senator Rand Paul says “statutes that allow presidents or heads of state to invoke emergencies are very, very dangerous.” Commenting on Canada’s Emergencies Act invoked by the Trudeau government, the senator warned, “We have the same sort of statutes here.”...
De-Mixing Wasabi Coinjoin Transactions: A Deep Dive Into Chainalysis’ Deanonymizing Claims
23.2.2022
On Tuesday, journalist Laura Shin published a story that claims to identify the 2016 Genesis DAO hacker who siphoned 3.6 million ethereum from the decentralized autonomous organization. While the story surprised the crypto community, one of the biggest eye-openers was the blockchain analysis...