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Experts Warn SEC’s Consolidated Audit Trail Is Unconstitutional
16.6.2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) newest surveillance tool, the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), has sparked significant concerns among privacy advocates and legal experts, who warn of an unprecedented expansion of government monitoring over financial transactions....
Samourai Wallet shutdown: implications for other privacy & self-custody tools
14.6.2024
The seizure of the Samourai Wallet website and the indictment of its founders might have implications for other privacy-preserving self-custodial tools
Crypto Mixers, Privacy Coins, Layer 2s Complicate Tracing for Law Enforcement, EU Innovation Hub Says
11.6.2024
Separately, France's markets regulator said crypto remains a high risk for money laundering
EU Innovation Hub criticizes privacy coins and crypto mixers in new report
11.6.2024
In its inaugural report on encryption, the EU Innovation Hub for Internal Security examined how privacy coins and mixing protocols are complicating regulatory efforts
Privacy Coin XMR Rebounds After Mid-April Low Climbing 37% in 30 Days
10.6.2024
The privacy coin monero (XMR) has experienced a 7.7% increase in the last 24 hours and a 16.5% rise over the past week. Monero Trading Volume Doubles in 24 Hours After a prolonged decline and hitting a significant low in mid-April, monero (XMR) has recovered in value. For instance, on April 13,...
Worldcoin Agrees to Temporarily Stop Operations in Spain
7.6.2024
Worldcoin, the biometric proof-of-personhood identification protocol, has agreed to temporarily stop its operations in Spain. According to statements from the Spanish privacy watchdog AEPD, the company committed to stop its data collection practices for a year or until Baviera’s privacy...
A new look at privacy apps in context of Mina Mainnet upgrade
6.6.2024
Mina, the zero knowledge-backed blockchain, is unusual for several reasons. It uses zk SNARK proofs to maintain a consistent size of 22 kilobytes, and effective verification and minimum storage requirements are the primary objectives of this design. The proofs produced are kept on the mainnet...
Vitalik Buterin-backed Nocturne protocol shuts down operations overnight
6.6.2024
The announcement comes despite Nocturne raising $6 million in a funding round last October
Meta faces backlash in EU for AI data usage without user consent
6.6.2024
The complaints claimed that Meta’s recent privacy policy changes would allow the company to utilize years of personal posts, private images, and online tracking data for its AI technology
Crypto’s Latest Privacy Battle
5.6.2024
CBDC privacy concerns and ‘lack of purpose’ stall progress: 4 out of 167 live
5.6.2024
Government interest in CBDCS was a knee-jerk reaction to the popularity of crypto and the rise of private stablecoins
Worldcoin suspends Spanish operations amid data protection probe
4.6.2024
Worldcoin agrees to suspend activities in Spain until the end of the year or until a resolution is reached by the German data authority in ongoing data protection investigations
Senator Ted Cruz Acquires 3 Bitcoin ASIC Miners, Begins ‘Hashing’ in Texas
2.6.2024
Republican Senator Ted Cruz from Texas has announced that he purchased three application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin miners. “I just bought 3 Bitcoin miners that started hashing today in Iraan, TX,” the Senator stated on X this week. “I’m proud to join...
Tornado Cash sentence 'radically unfair and unreasonable' — Nym CEO
30.5.2024
CEO Harry Halpin pointed to history and used Nazi Germany as an example of why digital privacy must be protected in the 21st century
Are ZK-proofs the key to Europe’s new digital ID regulations?
30.5.2024
According to Dr. Jonas Gross, CEO of Hakata, zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) could be the key to enhancing privacy and security in the EU's groundbreaking digital identity and wallet regulation
Vitalik Buterin wallet contributes 30 ETH to Tornado Cash legal fund
30.5.2024
The fund had raised about 591 ETH at the time of this publication and will support the legal defense of Tornado Cash developers in their court battle to prove their innocence
U.S. Treasury Isn’t Trying to Ban Crypto Mixers, Top Official Says
30.5.2024
FinCEN’s 2023 proposal to require crypto companies to report transactions that involved mixing is about transparency, not banning mixers, said Brian Nelson, U.S. Treasury undersecretary
Worldcoin faces bans worldwide amid increasing privacy fears
27.5.2024
Regulators across the world are banning Worldcoin, which collects biometric data for a small payment of its native cryptocurrency
Brazilian CBDC Pilot Postponed to 2025 Due to Inefficiency of Privacy Solutions
26.5.2024
The Central Bank of Brazil announced the postponement of the completion of the drex pilot, the Brazilian CBDC, due to the inefficiency of the privacy solutions presented for the project so far. The pilot will have a new phase, finalized in 2025, and will also feature the implementation of smart...
US House Passes Central Bank Digital Currency Anti-Surveillance State Act
24.5.2024
The House of Representatives has passed Congressman Tom Emmer’s CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, which prohibits the Federal Reserve from issuing a surveillance-oriented central bank digital currency (CBDC). The lawmaker emphasized that the bill protects American values of privacy and individual...