Privacy

Death and the Devil Surprising Two Women by Daniel Hopfer ca. 1515 (Metropolitan Museum of Art/Creative Commons)
Reddit Is Making a Deal With the AI Devil
The social media giant's $60 million real-time data deal with Google is latest example of internet companies selling out their users who have nominally "consented" to share th...
Death and the Devil Surprising Two Women by Daniel Hopfer ca. 1515 (Metropolitan Museum of Art/Creative Commons)

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How a Bitcoin Mixer Laundering Conviction Might Be Appealed
Roman Sterlingov was convicted on four charges related to operating the crypto mixer Bitcoin Fog, a decision noted defense attorney Tor Ekeland intends to challenge.
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Rand Hindi, CEO of Zama (Zama)
Cryptography Firm Zama Raises $73M for 'Fully Homomorphic Encryption' Apps
The funding found was led by Multicoin Capital and Protocol Labs and included participation from Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko and Ethereum and Polkadot co-founder Gavin...
Rand Hindi, CEO of Zama (Zama)

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Shiba Inu Adopts Tech to Bring More Privacy to SHIB Token Holders
Shiba Inu ecosystem token TREAT will power a "new privacy layer" for the Shibarium blockchain.
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(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)
India CBDC Insider Reveals Current Stance of Country's Central Bank
India’s central bank is weighing CBDC privacy technology and crypto tax is not part of its domain, a senior official told CoinDesk.
(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)

Privacy was a central concern for those responding to the Bank of England's ideas on a digital pound, but experts are hopeful. (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)
UK's Digital Pound Approach Should Help Manage Privacy Concerns, Experts Say
The Bank of England's recent consultation saw 50,000 responses, many welcoming the digital pound's design but sharing concerns about privacy.
Privacy was a central concern for those responding to the Bank of England's ideas on a digital pound, but experts are hopeful. (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

Zooko Wilcox (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
Zcash Developer Electric Coin CEO Zooko Wilcox Steps Down, Swihart Named to Role
The overseeing board of Zcash, known for its privacy-oriented "shielded" addresses or "z-addresses," credited Wilcox with delivery of "the first real-world application of zero...
Zooko Wilcox (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)
Warren’s Crypto Bill Is Likely Unconstitutional. It’s Also Unlikely to Pass
Democratic lawmakers signed on to sponsor the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act. The bill is bad for crypto in the U.S., even if it never gets through Congress.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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China to Verify Citizens' Identities With New Blockchain-Based Platform
The announcement follows a government rule change to require social media influencers to display their real names.
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The U.S. is weighing crypto tax rules, and a hearing today will hear from industry representatives worried about the government going too far. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk.)
IRS 'Raided' by Crypto Investors as Industry Puts Up Fight Against U.S. Tax Proposal
The proposal to establish a U.S. tax regime for digital assets has drawn a stunning 120,000 comments and will be the focus of an IRS hearing today.
The U.S. is weighing crypto tax rules, and a hearing today will hear from industry representatives worried about the government going too far. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk.)