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Privacy laws might prove to be a blessing in disguise for crypto
13.9.2020
With government agencies getting more savvy at tracing blockchain transactions, laws like the EU’s GDPR may play a role
Law Decoded: Governments vs. blockchain privacy, Sept. 4-11
11.9.2020
Taking account of more aggressive crypto tracking measures and what they mean for future government adoption of blockchain
Judge Dismisses $200M Damages Claim in SIM-Swap Crypto Lawsuit Against AT&T
11.9.2020
A California judge has dismissed the $200 million in damages claim against the telecom giant AT&T for alleged negligence and fraud. The judge still ruled the telecom company had to answer the lawsuit by Michael Terpin for enabling the theft of $24 million worth of his cryptocurrency after...
IRS to Pay $625K to Crack Monero, Crypto Proponents Scoff at Contract
11.9.2020
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants to pay a contractor $625,000 if they can crack layer-two privacy schemes and the privacy-centric crypto asset monero (XMR). The tax agency says that the entity has “limited investigative resources” for tracing these types of cryptocurrency...
The IRS offers a $625,000 bounty to anyone who can break Monero and Lightning
11.9.2020
The United States IRS agency has announced a bounty of up to $625k to anyone who can crack Monero’s privacy
Privacy Startup Nym Will Pay You in Bitcoin to Run Its Mixnet
10.9.2020
The start-up is maturing and enabling plugins that allow users to plug in wallets and applications to run their traffic through its mixnet
Australian University Finds Privacy Issues With Blockchain Technology
10.9.2020
A research paper from the University of South Australia suggests blockchain technology needs to be refined so it can better protect privacy and the EU's right to be forgotten
Blockchain-Based Twitter Alternative Twetch Adds Encrypted Chat Feature
9.9.2020
Twetch, a social network that runs on the BSV blockchain, has introduced an encrypted messaging feature that lets users send each other money in the chat
A new enterprise blockchain features private real-life identities, but not without controversy
8.9.2020
Combining privacy and auditability requires unconventional solutions
Dash introduces protocol versioning in update
5.9.2020
Getting closer to the testnet
Criminals Target Privacy Coins: How To Avoid Downloading Fake Wallet Apps
4.9.2020
Reports in the past few weeks detail that bad actors are targeting two privacy coin projects, Monero and Zcash, adding to concerns about the growing rate of security incidents involving blockchain networks. Such incidents, as well the repeated 51% attacks on the Ethereum Classic network or...
Privacy Options Underutilized in Cryptocurrency Usage: Report
4.9.2020
Advances in cryptography have not met with user enthusiasm, suggesting a disconnect between the cryptocurrency community and its cypherpunk ancestors. According to Coin Metrics, transactions of privacy-focused cryptocurrencies zcash (ZEC), monero (XMR), and grin only add up to 6% of bitcoin’s...
Digital Rights Advocacy Group Calls on Coinbase for Greater Transparency
3.9.2020
The EFF wants Coinbase to be more transparent in how it handles authorities' requests for users' private financial data
Digital rights non-profit is tired of the shadowy practices used by many centralized exchanges
3.9.2020
When it comes to transparency, the Electric Frontier Foundation minces no words — Kraken good, Coinbase bad
US federal court calls NSA’s mass phone data collection illegal
2.9.2020
A U.S. circuit court has concluded its review of a terrorism financing case that begin in 2010, saying that the NSA's phone tapping was illegal but that it was a minor part of the evidence
Blockchain technology, financial and self-sovereign digital identities
2.9.2020
Discussing a use case that the Brazilian government started developing last year: a digital identity solution called FinID
Who cares about privacy? Not crypto users, says Coin Metrics
2.9.2020
‘Uptake of privacy features and assets has been slow,’ the report stated
Secret Network’s Privacy-Focused Smart Contracts Move a Step Closer to Going Live
2.9.2020
The Secret Network’s privacy-focused smart contracts will be formally proposed for the mainnet on Sept. 8. If approved, they’ll launch a week later
The company behind Zcash just made its new source code public
1.9.2020
The implementation of this technology promises to remove the need for trusted setups
Secret contracts may soon bring privacy features to public Blockchains
31.8.2020
Programmable privacy is about to become a reality