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Privacy-Preserving Payments Shouldn't Be 'Niche', Monero Contributor Justin Ehrenhofer Says

Cake Wallet's vice president of operations discusses privacy in a post-Tornado Cash world, global data policies and Monero's "technical debt" ahead of Consensus 2023.

By Daniel Kuhn

Apr 13, 2023 at 7:14 p.m. UTC

Apr 13, 2023

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EU May Ban Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins, Leaked Draft Reveals

The European Union could ban banks and crypto providers from dealing in privacy-enhancing coins such as zcash, monero and dash under a leaked draft of a money laundering bill obtained by CoinDesk. "The Hash" panel discusses the outlook for crypto regulation.

By CoinDesk Inc

Nov 15, 2022 at 6:06 p.m. UTC

Nov 15, 2022

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Electrum Bitcoin Wallet Scam Suspect Is Arrested by Dutch Police

The 39-year-old is suspected of laundering tens of millions of euros obtained from malicious software using decentralized exchange Bisq and privacy coin monero, police say.

By Jack Schickler

Sep 14, 2022 at 8:16 a.m. UTC

Sep 14, 2022

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HuobiGlobal will delist Dash (DASH), Decred (DCR), Firo (FIRO), Monero (XMR), Verge (XVG), Zcash (ZEC) Horizen (ZEN) on September 19 amid broader scrutiny of privacy tokens. (Lianhao Qu via Unsplash)

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Privacy

Crypto Exchange Huobi to Delist 7 Privacy Coins, Including Zcash, Monero

The company said it is complying with regulations in different countries and regions.

By Shaurya Malwa

Sep 12, 2022 at 5:49 p.m. UTC

Sep 12, 2022

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Tornado Cash US Ban Is ‘Bad Precedent,’ but Monero Was ‘Made for This’: Cake Wallet Exec

Justin Ehrenhofer, vice president of operations at Cake Wallet, joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover,” to discuss the implications of government regulation when it comes to privacy coins.

By Fran Velasquez

Aug 16, 2022 at 3:26 p.m. UTC

Aug 16, 2022

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Tornado Cash U.S. Ban Is ‘Bad Precedent,’ but Monero Was ‘Made for This’: Cake Wallet Exec

Crackdown concerns for crypto mixers are escalating following the U.S. Treasury blacklisting of Tornado Cash. Justin Ehrenhofer, VP of Operations at Cake Wallet, the first open-source wallet for privacy coin Monero, discusses Monero’s role in the push for privacy and censorship resistance.

By CoinDesk Staff

Aug 15, 2022 at 4:33 p.m. UTC

Aug 15, 2022

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Crypto Privacy Protocol Monero Completes Major Upgrade

Monero the popular privacy focused cryptocurrency protocol has completed a long awaited major network upgrade Justin Ehrenhofer VP of Operations at Cake Wallet the first open source Monero wallet discusses the upgrade and what this means for preserving privacy on the blockchain Plus the potential impact of the Tornado Cash U S ban on privacy [...]

By CoinDesk Staff

Aug 15, 2022 at 3:19 p.m. UTC

Aug 15, 2022

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