The small Nordic country of Norway may not be particularly notable on the global crypto map. With its 22 blockchain solution providers, the nation doesn’t stand out even at the regional level. Howeve...
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Privacy Coin Beam’s Price Falls 30% as Binance Announces Delisting
BEAM has lost 30% of its value in the previous 24 hours as per CMC. At 09:00 UTC today, Binance will cancel all open trade orders in the BEAM/USDT pair. The news that Binance, the biggest cryptocurren...
Everything about Web3 and the future of privacy in 2023 – Cryptopolitan
Most of us have had good and bad experiences with the rise of big tech companies. On the one hand, it has given us excellent and powerful electronic tools like the iPhone, Spotify, Gmail, and other th...
Eurozone Finance Ministers Pledge Support for Digital Euro Project, Talk Privacy – Finance Bitcoin News
The ministers of finance of the countries in the eurozone reaffirmed their support for efforts to prepare for the potential launch of a digital euro. Meanwhile, the single currency area’s monetary aut...
SEC violates privacy law while investigating dubious crypto firm Green
Crypto miners involved in dubious crypto startup Green say they’re easier targets for hackers, after their personal data was unintentionally leaked by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The...
EU Finance Ministers’ Group Wants Digital Euro to Offer Privacy
As per finance Ministers, Digital Euro must offer privacy as well as transparency. Eurogroup said that CBDC could encourage the Bloc’s autonomy benefit citizens and businesses. Finance Ministers are c...
EU finance ministers demand an unprecedented level of privacy with digital Euro – Cryptopolitan
European finance ministers are seeking to create a digital euro that is both secure and accessible as several central bankers push forward with testing the project in 2022. The European Central Bank (...
Crypto Has Something to Say About Privacy
Last November, the EU’s plans to ban all privacy coins were leaked to the press. The early draft, seen by CoinDesk, would outlaw all “anonymity-enhancing coins.” It has provoked a frenzied debate in p...
Blockchain privacy groups urge new US Congress to protect privacy rights
Digital rights advocacy group Fight for the Future has posted an open letter on its website encouraging the new members of the U.S. Congress to protect privacy. The letter has attracted dozens of comp...
ChainSafe & Aztec Network’s integration proposes to solve ENS privacy issues
ChainSafe Solutions takes the opportunity of sharing the proposal that it has forwarded at the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) DAO weekly ecosystem meeting on the 8th of December, 2022. The prime issue th...
‘Tracers in the Dark’ presents a fun crime story — and lesson in privacy
On its surface, Andy Greenburg’s new book, Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency, is a standard crime story. Fans of true crime podcasts will enjoy the crypto vers...
Macro Expert Lyn Alden Makes 2023 Bitcoin (BTC) Forecast, Says Privacy Should Be Key Area of Development
Macro strategist Lyn Alden says she expects Bitcoin (BTC) to be worth more at the end of this year than it is now. In a new interview with the What Bitcoin Did Podcast, Alden predicts where she thinks...
Monero (XMR) Leads Gains Among Top Privacy Coins in 2022
Godfrey Benjamin Amid strained crypto year, Monero (XMR) is leading charge among top privacy coins Monero (XMR) is currently trading at a price of $146.39, recording a 1.39% uptick over the past 24 ho...
Privacy of 100,000 Crypto Traders Compromised As Trading Bot Firm Confirms Hack After Warning From Changpeng Zhao
Crypto trading bot 3Commas is confirming allegations that its platform has been compromised and user data was leaked. 3Commas CEO Yuriy Sorokin affirmed the security breach, saying that API (applicati...
Privacy Coins Take a Beating This Year Losing Over $6 Billion, Anonymity Takes a Back Seat to Defi, NFTs – Altcoins Bitcoin News
The last 12 months have been tough on digital currency investors as the crypto winter has caused a large sum of value to leave the once-bustling economy. The privacy coin economy, for instance, shed m...
Privacy coins face potential ‘extinction’ but will they survive the wrath of financial regulators?
Privacy-protecting crypto tokens and solutions have been attracting serious regulatory scrutiny in recent years, due to their increasing use by bad actors to perpetuate dirty acts like money launderin...
Privacy Protocol Mask Network Acquires Mastodon Server
Mask’s team will begin operations and maintenance on the Pawoo server, starting from December 21. Popular encrypted messaging protocol Mask Network has acquired a major internet server – Pawoo.net, fr...
Child Online Privacy Protections Cut From Congress’ Spending Bill Despite Last-Minute Push
Topline A pair of bills designed to strengthen online protections for children was left out of a fiscal year 2023 spending plan Congress is aiming to pass this week, despite heightened concerns about ...
Elizabeth Warren’s New Financial Surveillance Bill Is a Disaster for Privacy and Civil Liberties
In introducing the bill, Sen. Warren used the refrain that privacy-enhancing technology facilitates crime. This is wrong, and it’s exactly the line of reasoning we hear from critics of end-to-end encr...
Epic Games to Pay $520M to FTC Over Fortnite ‘Design Tricks,’ Privacy Issues
In brief Fortnite creator Epic Games will pay $520 million in FTC settlements regarding allegations over in-game purchases and protecting young players. Epic Games is valued at $31.5 billion and is wo...
Web3 Privacy Layer Aztec Raises $100 Million in Series B Funding Round to Produce an Encrypted Version of Ethereum – Privacy Bitcoin News
Aztec, a Web3 privacy layer, has raised $100 million in a Series B funding round led by the Andreessen Horowitz subsidiary a16z crypto. The organization, which already offers privacy-based services fo...
a16z Leads $100M Funding Round For Web3 Privacy Layer Aztec Network
The company plans to hire more engineers despite the intense bear market. Aztec Network – a privacy layer 2 chain for Web3 – announced raising $100 million in a Series B financing led by VC giant Andr...
Researchers use zero-knowledge to address privacy, AML concerns in stablecoins
Researchers from German crypto blockchain-based payments fintech etonec and other organizations have proposed using zero-knowledge proofs to ensure regulatory compliance and privacy in stablecoins. Th...
US Senators Unveil New Crypto Bill — Experts Call It the ‘Most Direct Attack’ on Personal Freedom and Privacy of Crypto Users – Coinotizia
Two U.S. senators, including Elizabeth Warren, have introduced a bipartisan bill for the regulation of cryptocurrency. The bill, titled “Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act,” is “the most direct a...
US Senators Unveil New Crypto Bill — Experts Call It the ‘Most Direct Attack’ on Personal Freedom and Privacy of Crypto Users – Regulation Bitcoin News
Two U.S. senators, including Elizabeth Warren, have introduced a bipartisan bill for the regulation of cryptocurrency. The bill, titled “Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act,” is “the most direct a...
a16z leads $100 million raise for web3 privacy firm Aztec Network
The privacy-focused web3 firm Aztec Network raised $100 million in Series B funding led by the web3 investment firm a16z. Aztec aims to fully encrypt the Ethereum blockchain to add more privacy...
Greater Access to Emerging Technologies to Foster Next Era in Creativity, Community and Data Privacy, Forecasts Accenture Life Trends 2023 Report
Annual Report Identifies Five Macro Trends Projected to Shift the Relationship Dynamic Between People and Businesses in the Coming Year NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Following several years of constant glo...
Zero-knowledge proofs could solve CBDC privacy concerns, research shows
Deploying zero-knowledge proof cryptography could allow for “trustless privacy” in a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to new research, addressing a major area of concern for...
Fed’s “Digital Dollar” Idea Has Frightening Implications For Privacy And Freedom
Central banks around the world are examining whether they should create digital currencies. China is already gradually unrolling one. The Federal Reserve has jumped on the bandwagon, with studies and ...
Hoskinson Indirectly Says Cardano ‘Midnight’ Has Ethereum Programmability and Zcash Privacy
– Advertisement – Charles Hoskinson asks the Cardano community to enlighten Srinivasan about Midnight features. Following last month’s unveiling of Cardano’s upcoming privacy-focused blo...
How To Remain Compliant With Data Privacy Regulators When You Are In the Crypto Industry
– Advertisement – Since we live in the age of data privacy regulators, we must pay close attention to whether we remain compliant with them. Especially when dealing with crypto, it’s even ...