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Don't Take Your Privacy For Granted As Regulators Get Anxious About Crypto
13.10.2020
Global regulatory actions might be sending a worrying sign to the whole crypto industry and its players that are urged to stay vigilant and protect their right to privacy.
A regulatory change is coming, with governments globally looking to impose harsher restrictions on access to cryptoassets...
European Central Bank seeks public input on digital euro
13.10.2020
A digital euro would not replace cash, but complement it, says the European Central Bank
Monero Leads Rally in Privacy Coins, Rising to Two-Year Highs
12.10.2020
Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies jumped on Monday after several countries called for access to encryption software
Aztec launches private smart contracts as Ethereum rollup
12.10.2020
Aztec 2.0 is both a scaling and a privacy solution rolled into one
U.S. Vs. China: who will win the digital currency war?
9.10.2020
The U.S. needs to embrace privacy-focused crypto in order to compete with China’s digital RMB
The DOJ’s ‘Crypto Enforcement Framework’ Argues Against Privacy Tools and for International Regulation
8.10.2020
The Justice Department's new crypto enforcement framework lays out its case for prosecuting alleged crimes around the world while taking aim at privacy-enhancing tools
DOJ says use of privacy coins is 'indicative of possible criminal conduct'
8.10.2020
Privacy coins are getting more attention than ever from the U.S. government
BlueWallet Adds Privacy Feature ‘PayJoin’ for Bitcoin Transactions
7.10.2020
Mobile and desktop Bitcoin and Lightning wallet BlueWallet has added support for BIP 78 with its PayJoin feature
US Regulator To Clarify Whether Banks Can Hold Monero & Other Privacy Coins
7.10.2020
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is about to take another step in helping local banks to deal with the Cryptoworld. Brian Brooks, Acting Head of the OCC, confirmed that they hope to clarify whether cryptocurrencies, in particular privacy tokens, such as monero (XMR), zcash...
Litecoin relaunches MimbleWimble testnet as Europol targets privacy protocols
6.10.2020
Litecoin's privacy feature testnet returns as news emerges that Europol sees privacy and coin mixing technologies as major digital threats
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
Are Central Bank Coins the End of Financial Privacy?
5.10.2020
As the European Union gets more serious about a digital euro, most central bank digital currencies intend to remove the anonymity of cash
You should care about decentralized identity in the wake of COVID-19
5.10.2020
Developing self-sovereign identity should be a leading priority for every company, legislator and investor engaged in the security industry
The Web Wasn’t Built For Privacy – But It Could Be
4.10.2020
Because privacy means different things to different people, a privacy-focused internet is unlikely to please everyone. But it should offer greater personal control
Officials voiced privacy concerns over China’s blockchain-powered hospital
4.10.2020
Despite pushing for greater blockchain implementation, privacy was a sticking point for some officials
Dash should not be considered a privacy coin, Dash team says
3.10.2020
What a statement from a coin whose white paper originally proclaimed it as “a privacy-centric cryptographic currency."
Chainalysis and Integra Win $1.25 Million IRS Contract to Break Monero
2.10.2020
Crypto intelligence firm Chainalysis and data forensics company Integra Fec have won a combined $1.25 million contract to provide tools that break the privacy-focused coin, monero, for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Floated early September, the one-year contract specifically covers...
Chainalysis and Texas firm win million-dollar IRS contract to crack Monero
30.9.2020
The IRS has named the winners of its bounty program to track transactions on privacy tokens and layer-2 protocols
Permission.io Has Quietly Raised $50M to Make Advertising Personal and Data Private
29.9.2020
Permission.io has raised over $50 million to reward users for engaging with ads. Will advertisers buy in?
Regulated US Exchange Gemini Now Offers Confidential Zcash Withdrawals
29.9.2020
Gemini said that adding shielded zcash withdrawals showed regulators could be made to be comfortable with privacy coins