The US government seems to carry a vital quantity of Zcash, a privacy-focused digital asset, based on a new analysis by Arkham Intelligence. The place, valued at roughly $1.5 million, reportedly stems from property seized throughout the 2017 takedown of the AlphaBay darknet market. Arkham mentioned it linked the funds to government-controlled wallets by means…
Blockchain intelligence agency Arkham announced on Tuesday that it has labeled over 53% of Zcash transactions, linking roughly $420 billion in quantity to identifiable people and establishments, regardless of Zcash’s status as a privacy-focused cryptocurrency. The platform’s new monitoring functionality covers each shielded and clear transactions, with 48% of transaction inputs and outputs and 37%…
Vitalik Buterin not too long ago sent a 256 ETH grant to 2 messaging tasks, Session and SimpleX Chat, with out the standard ecosystem fanfare. The gesture was modest in dimension however pointed in intent, as a result of each functions occupy part of the web that not often will get actual help: metadata-resistant communication….
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has raised severe considerations about X’s newly launched location-tagging function, warning that refined actors will simply circumvent the system whereas official customers face privacy risks. The function, which shows the nation or area the place accounts are based mostly, rolled out globally on November 22 by the platform’s “About This Account”…
Samourai Wallet cofounder Keonne Rodriguez obtained the utmost sentence this week of 5 years in jail for writing code. As a developer sits in a jail cell for constructing privateness instruments, many in the Bitcoin neighborhood, together with Max Keiser, are pushing for a full pardon. Crypto crackdown: Beyond marketing campaign guarantees Donald Trump vowed…
There’s an outdated phrase that “the street to hell is paved with good intentions.” In 2025, that street is digital, scanned, jammed with CCTV, and more and more inescapable. From Beijing to Berlin to London, and past, governments are rolling out digital identities that promise comfort and safety, however they arrive at the price of…
Ethereum is placing privacy again on the middle of its roadmap. This November, through the Devcon convention in Argentina, the Ethereum Foundation will unveil Kohaku, a new wallet framework designed to let customers transact with out exposing pointless private or transactional particulars. The venture was launched on Oct. 9 by Foundation developer Nicolas Consigny, who…
Recent developments in Germany across the European Union’s controversial Chat Control proposal have triggered an pressing outcry from privacy advocates and know-how leaders alike. The encrypted messaging app Signal took to social media to voice deep concern that Germany could also be abandoning its long-standing principled stance in opposition to invasive EU surveillance measures. Signal…
The privacy-focused Monero blockchain has suffered a 51% attack, meaning the network is not controlled by a single entity. XMR dropped just shy of 9% after developers flagged the event. On Aug. 12, Sergey Ivancheglo, known in the crypto community as “Come-from-Beyond” (CFB), claimed on X that Qubic had surpassed 51% of Monero’s network hash…
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce delivered a forceful defense of financial privacy rights on August 4, arguing that Americans should retain the ability to use privacy-protecting crypto technologies without government surveillance. Her remarks at Stanford’s Science of Blockchain Conference come as Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm faces criminal trial for allegedly facilitating $1 billion in illicit…