Privacy Coins

US Officials Add North Korea-Link Bitcoin Mixer to Sanctions List
US Officials Add North Korea-Link Bitcoin Mixer to Sanctions List
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned North Korea-linked crypto mixing service Blender.io as part of their ongoing efforts to freez...
US Officials Add North Korea-Link Bitcoin Mixer to Sanctions List

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Cake Wallet Brings Readable Usernames to Its Crypto Wallets
Unstoppable Domains will let Cake Wallet’s 150,000 users create usernames under the [NAME].crypto format.
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Former Monero Maintainer 'Fluffypony' Arrested for Non-Crypto Crimes
Former Monero Maintainer ‘Fluffypony’ Arrested for Non-Crypto Crimes
Riccardo Spagni, aka “Fluffypony” and former maintainer of privacy coin monero, was arrested in Tennessee and extradited to South Africa to face fraud charges for crimes unrel...
Former Monero Maintainer 'Fluffypony' Arrested for Non-Crypto Crimes

Bug Found in Decoy Algorithm for Privacy Coin Monero
Bug Found in Decoy Algorithm for Privacy Coin Monero
A “significant” bug with the potential to expose users’ transactions has been spotted in the decoy selection algorithm of monero, a cryptocurrency known for providing users pr...
Bug Found in Decoy Algorithm for Privacy Coin Monero

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FATF Report on Extreme Right Financing Highlights Cryptocurrency Use
“Some [extreme right-wing] groups have used so called ‘privacy coins,’” the FATF report states.
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Report: Monero Emerges as Crypto of Choice for Cybercriminals
Report: Monero Emerges as Crypto of Choice for Cybercriminals
Privacy coin Monero is becoming the cryptocurrency of choice among cybercriminals, according to a Financial Times report. Vik Sharma of Cake Wallet, the first open-source Mone...
Report: Monero Emerges as Crypto of Choice for Cybercriminals

Can Privacy Coins Comply with Regulators?
Can Privacy Coins Comply With Regulators?
Josh Swihart of Electric Coin Company joins “First Mover” to discuss the need for privacy coins and how Zcash can comply with regulators while still offering users privacy.
Can Privacy Coins Comply with Regulators?

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Consensus 2021: Can Privacy Coins, Exchanges and Regulators Coexist?
Craig Salm (Grayscale), Marta Belcher (Protocol Labs) and Chen Arad (Solidus) discuss how regulation and privacy can get along.
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Adoption of Privacy Coins Like Monero is Growing
Adoption of Privacy Coins Like Monero is Growing
New data by the Crypto Directory shows that merchants’ and retailers’ adoption of privacy coins like monero continues to grow. “The Hash” panel discusses the role of privacy c...
Adoption of Privacy Coins Like Monero is Growing

How Zero-Knowledge Proofs Provide Privacy on the Blockchain
How Zero-Knowledge Proofs Provide Privacy on the Blockchain
Despite being a foundational reason for the creation of cryptocurrencies, the blockchain is not as private as many expected. Privacy coins are rising in popularity, and privac...
How Zero-Knowledge Proofs Provide Privacy on the Blockchain