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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
Blockchain technology now powers a privacy-focused security camera
29.9.2020
The new camera from IoTeX reportedly features a private key for access and end-to-end encryption of all data
Gemini crypto exchange adds shielded withdrawals for privacy coin Zcash
29.9.2020
“Regulators can get comfortable with privacy-enabling cryptos,” Gemini says
Cambridge University’s Third Crypto Study Records 101 Million Cryptocurrency Users Worldwide
25.9.2020
The University of Cambridge and the school’s Centre for Alternative Finance has published the third “Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study.” The 71-page in-depth study examines the current growth of the crypto industry, mining, offchain activity, crypto asset user profiling...
Mandatory KYC verification may contradict privacy laws in South Korea
25.9.2020
Will this legal contradiction be resolved before the deadline?
Startup Aleo Wants to Help You Use the Internet Without Sacrificing Data Privacy
24.9.2020
Aleo co-founder Howard Wu says a better data privacy model for both companies and consumers can be built using zero-knowledge proofs
The data economy is a dystopian nightmare
24.9.2020
Decentralization will turn the data economy upside down, allowing consumers to control their own data or sell it to the highest bidder