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12.07 / 23:11

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Hinkal Protocol, a multi-chain privacy layer for confidential on-chain transactions, has launched the Shared Privacy Protocol which allows cross-chain privacy through anonymous staking.

13.05 / 23:15

Provident privacy Software Bitcoin Justice us senators Department Bipartisan Senate Letter Urges DOJ To Stop Attacking Bitcoin Privacy Software

Two crypto-supportive senators have urged the Justice Department (DOJ) to reconsider its recent enforcement action against a popular Bitcoin privacy service.

28.02 / 16:05

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Aleo blockchain has addressed community fears about the recent data leak, calling it a copy-and-paste error.

29.01 / 00:41

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The National Bureau of Investigation in Finland has reportedly made significant progress in tracing Monero (XMR) transactions as part of an ongoing investigation into the criminal trial of Julius Aleksanteri Kivimäki.

29.12 / 11:08

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Crypto exchange OKX will delist eight privacy-focused coins in a few days. These include monero (XMR), zcash (ZEC). and dash (DASH), among others.

27.12 / 19:32

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Popular cybersecurity company Surfshark recently analyzed the 15 most popular crypto apps to find out how much data each collects. They found that nine of these use collected data to track their users. But it’s not just how much data is collected, but how it’s managed, Lead Researcher Agneska Sablovskaja told Cryptonews. She added that the company was particularly surprised by Binance and Binance.US.

25.12 / 05:50

privacy Verida to Transform Digital Privacy Through Partnerships and Technology: Interview with Chris Were

Decentralized digital identity provider, Verida has rolled out several products and features including its recent partnership with zkPass, a private data protocol to secure user identity while verifying their identities on websites.

29.11 / 17:51

CBDC privacy BIS digital euro Project Tourbillon: CBDCs Can Meet Privacy Requirements, BIS Research Reveals

The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) has released the final report on Project Tourbillion, its privacy-inclined Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) project.

29.11 / 13:39

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The means by which humans communicate and coordinate are ever-evolving. People went from sending smoke signals and messengers on horseback to sending letters and telegrams, and since the dawn of the digital era, the pace of innovation has exploded.

23.11 / 09:27

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The Italian Data Protection Authority, a local privacy regulator, announced the launch of a “fact-finding” investigation on Nov. 22, in which it will look into the practice of data gathering to train artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.

16.11 / 19:59

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Republican U.S. Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy unveiled a crypto policy framework on November 16 at the North American Blockchain Summit (NABS) in Fort Worth, Texas.

09.11 / 14:17

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently authored a research paper, the primary focus of which was integrating privacy features into blockchain transactions while ensuring compliance with a range of regulatory requirements.

06.11 / 14:17

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Telegram Wallet, a major Telegram bot allowing users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), has chosen custody over self-custody to chase easier onboarding goals, according to a senior executive.

03.11 / 12:27

Blockchain privacy Web3 security Smartphone VERTU Introduces METAVERTU2, a Revolutionary Web3 and AI Smartphone – How Does It Work?

Manufacturer of luxury handmade mobile phones VERTU has revealed its METAVERTU2: a “highly secure” Web3 smartphone with extensive storage capacity, AI model tagging data, and AI agents managing tasks. It is described as an AI companion called “One More Brain.”

02.11 / 13:05

Blockchain regulation privacy Web3 security Decentralization Deutsche Telekom Becomes Validator of Privacy-Focused Aleph Zero, More to Come

Privacy-enhancing layer-1 blockchain Aleph Zero has announced Deutsche Telekom’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Deutsche Telekom MMS, as its newest validator.

01.11 / 17:51

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Iris-scanning project Worldcoin has reached a new milestone, as its mobile World App has now been downloaded over 4 million times, according to a November 1 blog post from the project’s team. If this number is eventually confirmed by Coingecko, it could place World App in sixth place in Coingecko’s list of most downloaded software wallets.

01.11 / 10:21

Blockchain Adoption privacy Cybersecurity security services Near taps Nym for metadata privacy, encryption services

Layer-1 protocol Near has tapped blockchain security firm Nym to provide end-to-end encryption and metadata privacy services for its ecosystem.

30.10 / 15:07

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United States President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Oct. 30 establishing new standards for artificial intelligence (AI) safety and security.

24.10 / 15:23

Blockchain regulation privacy security identity Safety Aleo 'Prove You Are You Without Giving Away Your Personal Info' - Aleo Reveals New Privacy-Preserving Credential System

Privacy-focused blockchain platform Aleo has revealed its new decentralized digital identity solution that allows users to reveal only the necessary data and only to whom it’s intended in the form of ‘proofs’ – without ever showing actual documents.

22.10 / 04:17

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Cryptocurrency advocacy group DeFi Education Fund (DEF) has urged a United States court to consider the unique aspects of blockchain technology when evaluating the privacy rights of cryptocurrency users under the Fourth Amendment.

19.10 / 19:45

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U.S. surveillance and facial recognition firm Clearview AI has won a court appeal in the United Kingdom after being accused of alleged infractions related to the U.K’s general data protection regulation (GDPR).

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