Rapid advances in digital technology over the past several decades have also brought new data privacy and security concerns to the forefront. As a consequence, hacking, identity theft, and other breac...
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5 innovative Bitcoin privacy wallets in 2022
Bitcoin wallets are necessary tools for purchasing, trading, and selling Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Traders depend on them to securely store cryptocurrency as well as to preserve and verify t...
Ethereum-Based Coin Mixer Tornado Cash Blocks Sanctioned ETH Addresses, Founder Says There Are Limits to Privacy
Widely used coin mixing service Tornado Cash says it will block ETH addresses linked to North Korean hackers and other sanctioned addresses. According to Tornado Cash, ETH addresses sanctioned by the ...
Would you give up privacy for unsecured loans in DeFi?
An ambitious new decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) has built a data service for lending platforms that records a user’s financial reputation to reduce the amount of collateral needed for a l...
Spread of Sanctions Makes Privacy Tokens the Hot Bet in Crypto Markets
Monero‘s XMR, the largest privacy token by market capitalization, is up 35% over the last 30 days, compared with bitcoin (BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value, which is up 6%...
New Digital Euro Will improve Privacy for transaction
During a meeting of the currency bloc’s finance ministers on Monday, officials stated that a new digital euro will enable improved privacy for smaller transactions but not complete anonymity. Go...
EU Finance Ministers Say Digital Euro Will Bring Additional Privacy Safeguards
Lawmakers at the European Commission believe that Digital Euro could facilitate enhanced privacy for small value transactions. Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are going to play a major role in...
Nearly $7M of Hacked Ronin Funds Sent to Privacy Mixer Tornado Cash
The hacker that exploited Ronin Bridge to drain $622 million from Axie Infinity developer Sky Mavis’s treasury has moved millions of the hacked funds today, according to on-chain data from Etherscan. ...
Secure Crypto Token (SECR) Emerges to Revolutionise Data Privacy Alongside Monero (XMR) & Ontology (ONT)
Web 2.0 and the consequent arrival of social media changed our relationship with both ourselves and other people. The ability to create highly personalised online profiles means that we can learn ever...
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says Europe’s New Crypto Law Eviscerates EU’s Privacy Standards
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the EU’s new law on unhosted cryptocurrency wallets is anti-innovation, anti-privacy and anti-law enforcement. The EU Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary ...
Why is the recently passed crypto bill considered controversial and privacy busting?
The rules and regulations mentioned in the bill have seen far more criticism and controversy, yet it was passed in the recent session Earlier today, Lawmakers at the European Union voted in favour of ...
Polygon ID platform seeks to enhance self-agency and privacy in the Web3 space
Layer-2 Ethereum scaling solution, Polygon (MATIC) has announced the establishment of Polygon ID, an identity platform designed to complement the decentralized finance and decentralized application (D...
Privacy Is Key – Cronos (CRO), Chainlink (LINK) & Secure Crypto (SECR) –
As technology advances, it’s evident that our lives and online lives are becoming more and more inseparable. The number of messaging app users is gradually expanding, surpassing 3 billion in 2021. In ...
Polygon introduces first identity privacy platform
The Polygon (MATIC/USD) network announced the launch of Web3 ID, the first zero-knowledge cryptography powered platform that keeps personal details private, Invezz learned from a press release. The cu...
Europe’s Landmark Crypto Regulation Is Advancing, but New Privacy Rules May Be More Important
MiCA seems to be moving forward. If implemented, it promises to dramatically streamline the launch process for crypto companies trying to set up shop in more than one of the European Union’s 27 member...
Privacy Coins Soar Before EU Vote On Crypto Money Laundering
Privacy coins, which allow for anonymous crypto transactions, appeared to be rising ahead of a European Union (EU) vote on money laundering. The bill, if approved could see the bloc crack down on unho...
Why Alphabet Will Benefit From New European Privacy Rules
(Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty … [+] Images) AFP via Getty Images European regulators are once again coming after big American technolog...
Privacy Coins Enjoy ‘Green March’ As Interest Surges
Several developers of privacy coins under the Anonymity Enhanced Cryptocurrencies (AECs) believe that the tools required to regulate digital assets under this category have been created. Market activ...
Privacy coins are surging. Will regulatory pressure stall their stellar run?
Recent weeks saw a massive surge of the so-called privacy coins’ prices — namely Monero (XMR), Dash (DASH), Zcash (ZEC) and Haven Protocol (XHV). As many other cryptocurrencies and the industry at lar...
zkSNARKS Are Adding More Privacy And Scalability To Blockchain Networks
The need for privacy in DeFi and Web3 is a growing concern. In the current system, all transactions are recorded and stored in distributed public ledgers, making it easy for anyone to view a person’s ...
DeFi Project Spotlight: Tornado Cash, Ethereum’s Top Privacy Tool
Key Takeaways Tornado Cash is decentralized, non-custodial protocol that helps crypto users stay private on public blockchains. It uses a smart contract that lets users send deposits from one address ...
Dusk Network Tackles Financial Privacy Concerns with DayBreak Testnet
Place/Date: Amsterdam, Netherlands – March 23rd, 2022 at 2:31 pm UTC · 4 min read Contact: Sabine de Witte , Source: Dusk Network Photo: Dusk Network Dusk Network, the Amsterdam-based FinTech co...
Privacy Infrastructure Startup Nym Hires Prominent Surveillance Tech Expert & Law Professor
Blockchain privacy startup Nym Technologies is boosting its backroom team with the addition of Ahmed Ghappour, a renowned attorney and professor of law, as its new General Counsel. Ghappour is one of ...
Could 2022 Be Year of Blockchain-Based Privacy? Dusk Network Thinks So
Dusk Network believes that the public and financial institutions will easily embrace blockchain-based privacy solutions. While the internet has offered a slew of benefits for users (greater connectiv...
Dusk Network Daybreak testnet offers fully regulated financial privacy
Amsterdam based fintech company Dusk Network has today released its Daybreak Testnet, providing the public with an array of financial applications while maintaining compliance with legal requirements....
Crypto Index Tracker – DeFi and Privacy Coins Lead Gains
HodlX Guest Post Submit Your Post Crypto markets have been choppy over the past week. Several regulatory news headlines contributed to the moves. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on cr...
Zuckerberg Deposition Blocked by Judge in D.C. Privacy Case
(Bloomberg) — A request to depose Mark Zuckerberg as part of Washington, D.C.’s data-privacy lawsuit against Facebook drew a blistering denial from the judge overseeing the case, who called the ...
Are you exposed? How Chainalysis cracked the Wasabi Bitcoin privacy wallet
Although the Bitcoin network is a permanent open record of transactions, many third parties have built privacy functionality on top of it. One such service is Wasabi Wallet, which uses a mixer protoco...
Consumers Want Privacy, Data Protection From Brands, Still Love Email
getty Data privacy, care with personal data when it is shared with a company, contests, loyalty programs, and email are all “in,” while “creepy” tactics such as location-based and retargeted ads are d...
Despite the Global Economy decline, how are these privacy coins booming?
Prominent Privacy crypto assets Monero (XMR) and Zcash (ZEC) have seen significant growth last week, apparently surprising amidst crisis Since the Russia-Ukraine war emerged, the west and many Europea...