Tagged: privacy

November 9, 2025 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In August 2025, digital assets platform Gemini claims that it became the first major crypto exchange to support Zcash unified addresses. Now, the Gemini exchange is taking the next step by enabling complete support for Orchard, which is described as Zcash‘s most advanced privacy protocol…. Read More

November 3, 2025 @ 3:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Electric Coin Co. (ECC), the company that launched Zcash (ZEC) and maintains the Zashi wallet, recently shared its roadmap for Q4 of this year, following a significant increase in the privacy-focused cryptocurrency’s shielded supply and market price. ECC’s latest roadmap includes on a focus on… Read More

October 21, 2025 @ 4:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK noted that Aleo Systems has developed a Layer 1 blockchain named Aleo, focusing on privacy achieved via the use of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and various other cryptographic methods. CertiK explained that unlike most popular or widely-used blockchains, where data used and created by transactions… Read More

October 9, 2025 @ 8:54 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

New research from CodeSignal and Legit finds that consumers grossly underestimate the frequency with which Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used to create the apps and tools they use daily. CodeSignal found that 81% of the developers it surveyed reported using AI-powered coding assistants; 49% used… Read More

September 24, 2025 @ 11:02 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Plume, a permissionless, full-stack blockchain built for real-world asset finance, has announced the deployment of Nightfall, a public-domain blockchain technology that will facilitate the adoption of privacy-focused enterprise solutions among institutions. EY will be assisting with the deployment onto the network. Nightfall’s expansion to Plume… Read More

September 15, 2025 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

To address concerns over data transparency in decentralized systems, the Ethereum Foundation has announced a detailed plan to integrate full-spectrum privacy mechanisms into the ETH blockchain network / ecosystem. This initiative, unveiled recently, seemingly marks a pivotal evolution in Ethereum’s development, aiming to transform the… Read More

September 8, 2025 @ 4:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Privacy concerns are a huge issue in the US and recent years financial regulators have ramped up their monitoring of individual activity. Banks and other financial firms must flag suspicious activity, notify the feds of relatively small transfers and constantly be on guard for bad… Read More

August 28, 2025 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monero development team has accelerated its efforts to implement the Full-Chain Membership Proof (FCMP) upgrade, spurred by a recent attempted 51% attack from the Qubic project. This incident has underscored the urgency of enhancing Monero’s security and resilience, prompting developers to prioritize the FCMP… Read More

August 24, 2025 @ 11:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a recent statement, Andrew Ferguson, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), issued a stern warning to American technology companies regarding their compliance with new online safety regulations in the United Kingdom and European Union. Ferguson emphasized that adhering to these foreign laws… Read More

August 18, 2025 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the IRS’s access to Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) user data without a warrant marks a pivotal moment for crypto. While technically a procedural case, it carries bigger implications: in an industry built on decentralization and individual autonomy, user privacy is… Read More

August 6, 2025 @ 9:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a significant move for cryptocurrency privacy, Gemini, the US-regulated cryptocurrency exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has announced support for Zcash unified addresses, solidifying its commitment to user privacy within a compliant framework. This update, detailed in a recent Gemini blog post, marks… Read More

June 6, 2025 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK noted that earlier this year, the U.S. Treasury Department made a groundbreaking decision to lift sanctions on Tornado Cash, an Ethereum-based cryptocurrency mixing service that had been a lightning rod for controversy since its sanctioning in 2022. Originally blacklisted by the Office of Foreign… Read More

May 29, 2025 @ 2:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a significant cybersecurity incident, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a prominent data broker, disclosed that the personal information of approximately 364,000 individuals was compromised in a data breach that occurred in December 2024. The breach, which has raised alarms about the security of sensitive personal data,… Read More

May 29, 2025 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Outlier Ventures says it will work with the Midnight Foundation on a privacy tech accelerator focusing on decentralized identity and financial services. The Midnight network is a privacy-enhancing blockchain project developed by Shielded Technologies. Outlier explains that privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) are a class of advanced… Read More

May 14, 2025 @ 10:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a historic $1.375 billion settlement with Google, marking the largest state-level data privacy settlement in U.S. history. The agreement reportedly resolves two lawsuits filed in 2022 that accused Google of unlawfully collecting Texans’ personal data, including location information,… Read More

May 6, 2025 @ 5:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a step toward prioritizing user privacy, Google has announced the integration of zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) technology into its Google Wallet platform. This cryptographic solution aims to enhance digital identity verification by allowing users to prove specific attributes, such as age, without disclosing sensitive personal… Read More

April 27, 2025 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bridging traditional finance or TradFi and decentralized finance or DeFi comes with great challenges, like regulation. SilentSwap, a cross-chain aggregator that sources liquidity from multiple decentralized platforms, is working to solve this challenge. On SilentSwap, institutional investors can engage with DeFi‘s products and services without… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 3:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The EY organization announces it has updated the public domain source code for Nightfall1, a layer-2 roll-up that enables private transactions on the public Ethereum blockchain and the “development of privacy-focused enterprise blockchain solutions.” This updated version of Nightfall replaces the optimistic roll-up with a… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has reportedly acquired a team to accelerate privacy efforts on Base. According to a blog post by Coinbase, privacy is “critical for unlocking the full potential of an onchain future.” Coinbase further explained that this is why they’re “bringing on… Read More

December 30, 2024 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shyft Network shared that in 2024, the anticipated collision between regulation and innovation gave way to an “unprecedented” collaboration. This year marked a turning point, Shyft network noted while adding that this is the point where regulatory frameworks and technological advancements joined forces to prioritize… Read More