Encryption

Opinion

We Have Entered the Age of Anonymous Crypto

Rachel-Rose O'LearyJan 25, 2021

Spurred by an information crisis and compounding global unrest, privacy has entered public consciousness.

Privacy

Duality Technologies Launches Platform for Analyzing Big Data While Keeping It Private

Benjamin PowersNov 18, 2020

The platform is a step forward in practical uses for Homomorphic Encryption, letting multiple actors conduct analysis while keeping the data encrypted.

Consensus 2021

Consensus 2021: The Ongoing Fight for Privacy

Daniel KuhnApr 21, 2021

A conversation with crypto lawyer Marta Belcher about how cryptocurrencies fit into the decades-long battle for online privacy and the coming attacks against it.

Encryption

Balaji Srinivasan, HashKey Back $2M Round in Twitter Privacy Tool Mask Network

Doreen WangNov 17, 2020

Mask Network, the protocol that allows users to send encrypted messages and even cryptocurrencies over Twitter, announced a funding round Tuesday.

Privacy

DOJ’s Crypto Framework Is ‘a Complete Disaster’ for Digital Privacy Rights

Nikhilesh DeOct 22, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice's enforcement framework may pose a serious threat to the digital privacy rights of crypto users.

Encryption

Encryption

Prospective Node Operators Stake $125M in ETH to Participate in NuCypher Encryption Network

Jaspreet Kalra

Encryption startup NuCypher has finished distributing its network’s native token, NU, to over 2,000 prospective node operators.

Encryption

Cryptocurrencies Have ‘No Way’ to Comply With US Anti-Encryption Bills

Benjamin Powers

U.S. Senate bills meant to crack down on encryption could have negative effects for privacy-oriented tech, including cryptocurrencies, entrepreneurs and critics say.

Keybase

Zoom Seeks to Deflect Privacy, Security Concerns With Keybase Buy

Benjamin Powers

Zoom, the popular-by-necessity video conferencing service, has acquired Keybase in a bid to bring end-to-end encryption to its paying customers.

Podcasts

FluffyPony on Encryption, Clearview and How Coronavirus Could Impact Privacy

Nathaniel Whittemore

The former lead maintainer of Monero and co-founder of Tari speaks about the state of global privacy

Encryption

Polychain, Bitmain Back $10.7 Million SAFT for Encryption Startup NuCypher

Brady Dale

NuCypher has raised $10.7 million in a SAFT with Polychain, Bitmain and others. It's also launched the testnet for its suite of encryption services.

Privacy

Data Privacy Startup StrongSalt Raises $3 Million for Encrypted API Service

William Foxley

StrongSalt aims to bring standardized encryption techniques to the blockchain and will showcase its API product later this year.

Andreessen Horowitz

Stellar Investment Could Make Crypto as Easy as Chat

Brady Dale

Stellar makes a bet that Keybase can port easy end-to-end encryption over to person-to-person payments in cryptocurrency.