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On May 5, 2025, it was revealed that the DOJ was well-informed that the crypto mixer Samourai Wallet didn’t fit the definition of a money transmitter. However, it didn’t stop the prosecution: Samourai co-founders were arrested anyway. A year later,…
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Aztec Network, the Ethereum layer-2 protocol focused on programmable privacy, has officially launched its public testnet. According to a May 1 press release shared with crypto.news, the launch marks a key milestone in Aztec’s eight-year journey to bring stronger data…
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Cheqd, DataHive, Nuklai, and Datagram have launched the Sovereign AI Alliance, a new initiative aimed at developing an open-source framework for decentralized artificial intelligence using user-owned data. Announced on May 1 via a press release shared with crypto.news, the alliance…
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Polygon-incubated project Miden has raised $25 million in seed funding. The seed funding comes from investors including a16z crypto, 1kx, and Hack VC, with backing from figures like Rune Christensen of MakerDAO and Sreeram Kannan of EigenLayer. The round comes…
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Vitalik Buterin has shared a new proposal aimed at improving user privacy on Ethereum without making big changes to the network itself. In an Apr.11 post on the Ethereum Magicians forum, the Ethereum (ETH) co-founder explained how wallets and developers…
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Solana developers have announced the launch of Confidential Balances on mainnet, introducing a new token standard that allows for encrypted transfers and balances. Confidential balances token extensions are live on the Solana (SOL) mainnet, not long after the blockchain network’s…
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Zcash is rallying as traders demonstrate confidence, moving a record amount of tokens to privacy-protecting shielded pools.
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Opinion
A note for all journalists who may one day need to prove the existence of a fact without revealing its contents: blockchain is the solution
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Privacy-focused infrastructure provider 0xbow has launched Privacy Pools, a new blockchain tool that lets users protect their transaction history while attempting to follow the law. On a Mar. 31 post on X, 0xbow announced the mainnet launch, stating that Ethereum…
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Monero price has risen for three consecutive days and is hovering near its highest level since April 2022. Monero (XMR), the biggest privacy-focused coin in crypto, jumped to a high of $216.3, up 110% from its lowest level in 2024.…
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Privacy-centric firm Nym, backed by a16z and other investors, has launched its zero-knowledge powered payment system and introduced a perpetual token buyback model. The decentralized technology provider’s DePIN payments system and token buyback are now live for public testing. Specifically,…
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Bitcoin
Opinion
A vision of a collaborative creator economy is a blueprint for what’s possible when users truly own their digital presence
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On Feb. 21, 2025, around $1.5 billion in ETH was stolen from the Bybit exchange. The Elliptic analytics say the funds were probably stolen by the infamous Lazarus Group. The tokens were likely sent to crypto mixers for laundering. Thieves…
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The Tor onion router is a web browser primarily used for anonymous internet surfing and protection against traffic analysis. Incidentally, the U.S. Navy originally designed Tor as a means to protect sensitive U.S. government information. Today, Tor Browser is synonymous…
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Bitcoin
Opinion
Privacy isn't binary, and neither are blockchains. Selective "smart" privacy can shield what needs protecting while exposing what deserves sunlight
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Bitcoin
Opinion
DeAI, built on blockchain’s principles of decentralization and transparency, is about building a more democratic and equitable AI future.
