Findora is leading the privacy revolution in Web3 by creating a privacy oracle for any Layer 1 or Layer 2 chain on Ethereum. Similar to how Polygon solves all things scaling for Ethereum, Findora sol...
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Top Privacy Protecting Coins to Invest: Privatixy & Zcash
Bitcoin (BTC) is the first cryptocurrency and the first experience of the blockchain technology we had. Although the landscape has expanded with several other utilities beyond the scope of Bitcoin, BT...
Future Of Privacy Coins Uncertain After Tornado Cash Ban
In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Treasury Department levied sanctions on the crypto mixing company Tornado Cash earlier this month. The action is taken over allegations that the crypto mixer was use...
The Top Privacy Coins Saw Fewer Percentage Losses Than Most Tokens This Week – Privacy Bitcoin News
The privacy coins monero and zcash managed to see fewer percentage losses against the U.S. dollar this week, in contrast to crypto assets like bitcoin, ethereum, and solana. Seven-day statistics indic...
US Sanctions Limiting Privacy Software Use, Crypto Firms
Earlier this month, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned a ban on Tornado Cash, a crypto privacy tool that mixes funds of different users to hide original source of crypto funds. The authority alle...
Mercury Wallet is pitching itself as Bitcoin’s answer to scalability, privacy
Software engineer and privacy advocate Nicholas Gregory recently sat down with CryptoSlate to discuss Bitcoin privacy and developments at privacy-focused Mercury Wallet. The talk was particularly pert...
Tornado in the Coal Mine — How Globalists Plan to Penalize Privacy and the Poor – Op-Ed Bitcoin News
No privacy. No property. No prosperity. If you follow the news, you’ve seen the trend — putting legal limits on cash transactions, the emergence of surveillance-oriented, central bank digital currenci...
‘Privacy Is Normal’: Rep. Tom Emmer Wants Answers About Tornado Cash Ban
In brief U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer has written a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen regarding its recent sanctions on Ethereum coin mixing service, Tornado Cash. Emmer suggests that banning sm...
Coinbase COO Choi joins Okta’s board
Emilie Choi, president and chief operating officer at Coinbase, joined identity firm Okta’s board of directors, according to an announcement today. Choi’s appointment is effective as of August 19. She...
Ronin bridge hackers used Bitcoin privacy tools to maintain anonymity
The exploit on the Ronin bridge happened earlier this year, with around $625 million worth of crypto being stolen from the protocol. The hackers behind the exploit are believed to be a North Korean ha...
Ronin Hackers Transferred Stolen Funds To Bitcoin Network Using Privacy Tools
Hackers who drained around $625 million from the Ronin Bridge attack in March have transferred funds from Ethereum to the Bitcoin network using privacy tools. In order to hide their identity, cybercri...
Aztec Network privacy DApp Banned by FTX
Banning Transactions Linked to the Protocol The private layer-2 chain zk.money, which is made available via the Aztec Network on Ethereum, has reportedly been blocked by FTX, according to sources. Twi...
Developers, family protest arrest of Tornado Cash developer in Amsterdam
A group of about 50 crypto and privacy advocates are protesting the arrest of Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev in Dam Square, Amsterdam. Pertsev’s wife helped organize the demonstration and...
Above Phone Partners with Presearch to Enhance Privacy and Security – crypto.news
Above Phone just announced its partnership with Presearch, a decentralized search engine powered by the community. Presearch will now be the default search engine on the Above Phone. Above Phone Is W...
Reports Say FTX Warns Customers Not to Interact With Aztec Network, CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Responds – Privacy Bitcoin News
According to reports on social media, a number of users have complained that FTX has blocked a transaction that was associated with the Aztec Network’s zkmoney privacy technology. Following the accusa...
FTX blocks Aztec Network privacy DApp, calling it a ‘high risk’ mixer
FTX has reportedly begun blocking accounts that have sent coins through zk.money, a private layer-2 chain provided by the Aztec Network on Ethereum. According to Twitter users, FTX has identified the ...
FTX Freezes Privacy Platform ‘Aztec Networks’ Accounts
Exchange News Aztec claims it has made improvements to discourage money laundering. This caution follows the United States government’s contentious decision. On Friday, Aztec Network, an Ethereum-base...
Crypto Mixers and Privacy Coins: Can They Resist Censorship?
People across Twitter are protesting sanctions by making resistance art out of the banned addresses This renewed interest has inspired creative solutions that use privacy coins to provide a base-layer...
FTX users complain about fund freezes after interacting with privacy protocol Aztec Network
FTX has allegedly warned users against interacting with high-risk services as complaints surfaced that the exchange is blocking accounts that interacted with zk money on the Aztec network. Chinese jou...
Godfather of Crypto expresses concerns over current state of blockchain privacy
The crypto industry is often referred to as being in its infancy with the “we’re still early” meme popular within the community. However, digital cash is not a new concept, as anyone with knowledge of...
The Coming Privacy Wars
The payments weren’t privatized through a mixer, but in those days, they didn’t need to be to fulfill their intended obfuscating function. All that changed when the New York Department of Financial Se...
FTX Flags More Privacy Tools After Tornado Cash Sanctions
FTX warned users against interacting with Aztec addresses, screenshots on Twitter showed The move comes after mixing service Tornado Cash was sanctioned over allegations of money laundering FTX appear...
Regulating Web3: Aztec CEO Maps Out Future of Privacy After Tornado Cash Sanctions
Zac Williamson, CEO of the Aztec Network Ethereum privacy layer, discussed what the future for Web3 privacy could look like in the wake of widely criticized U.S. government sanctions against crypto mi...
Tornado Cash ban could spell disaster for other privacy protocols — Manta co-founder
There are mounting concerns that recent United States government sanctions against Tornado Cash will become a “slippery slope” for Web3 privacy that could eventually make the entire space “meaningless...
Experts Think Tornado Cash Ban Would Impact The Whole Privacy Protocol Sector
Many experts around the crypto space have concerns. The ban on Tornado Cash by the US could escalate issues for the broader private protocols space. The common notion emerges from the situation. Numer...
Tornado Cash Finds Formidable Ally In This Privacy Watchdog. Will U.S. Treasury Be Forced To Lift Sanctions? ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Blacklisted Tornado Cash has gained a powerful ally: the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). According to the EFF, the sanctions levied by the U.S....
The Ticking Privacy Time-bomb at the Heart of the ETH2…
The Ethereum Merge is fast approaching. After years of development (and delays), Ethereum’s long-awaited switch from proof of work to proof of stake is almost upon us. In a recent development call, th...
Monero Rolls Out Enhanced Privacy Features With Hard Fork
Popular privacy coin Monero (XMR) completed a hard fork introducing new privacy and security features over the weekend. The non-contentious hard fork, completed at block 2,688,888, was first announced...
Monero Implements Hard Fork to Enhance Security and Privacy – crypto.news
Monero, one of the most significant privacy protocols in the ecosystem, implemented a protocol update on August 13 to enhance several privacy and security features provided by the network. The hard fo...
Crypto Economy’s Top Privacy Coins Take a Hit After US Government Banned Tornado Cash – Bitcoin News
Following the U.S. government prohibiting the use of the ethereum mixing service Tornado Cash, the crypto economy’s top privacy coins lost more than 8% in USD value the following evening after the ban...
Monero enhances privacy, security features with new upgrade
Monero (XMR) completed a hard fork that improved its security and privacy features on August 13. Congratulations on a successful network upgrade! ? #Monero is now more private and efficient with rings...
Monero Hard Fork Goes Live Bringing Privacy Improvements
A hard fork of Monero that brings many privacy upgrades has gone live. The upgrade adds Bulletproofs+, a ring signature size of 16, and view tags, among other things. The upgrade went live at block 2,...