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Geopolitical Uncertainties Boosting Demand for Privacy Coins in 2022?
Geopolitical Uncertainties Boosting Demand for Privacy Coins in 2022?
Privacy coins Monero XMR, Zcash ZEC and Secret SCRT all saw large price spikes, possibly gaining favor from certain users over other cryptocurrencies.
Geopolitical Uncertainties Boosting Demand for Privacy Coins in 2022?

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Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 31, 2022
With bitcoin falling as regulatory concerns resurface and a look at why privacy coins haven't quite caught on yet, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundu...
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What Is Zcash? The Privacy Coin Explained
Zcash has seen ZKP breakthroughs, its first halving and progress toward further scalability. This feature is part of CoinDesk's Privacy Week.
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Can Privacy Coins Comply With Regulators?
A16z Leads $28M Round for Privacy Coin Iron Fish
Other investors in the round included Sequoia, Electric Capital and MetaStable, as well as Terra co-founder Do Kwon and Anchorage co-founder Nathan McCauley.
Can Privacy Coins Comply With Regulators?

US Nuclear Engineer, Wife Charged With Sale of Naval Secrets for Crypto
US Nuclear Engineer, Wife Charged With Sale of Naval Secrets for Crypto
Justin Ehrenhofer, monero community member, discusses the specifics of an alleged espionage case: A nuclear engineer employed by the U.S. Department of the Navy and his wife w...
US Nuclear Engineer, Wife Charged With Sale of Naval Secrets for Crypto

Iron Fish
New Privacy Coin Iron Fish Launches Testnet With $5.3M in Funding
Iron Fish is betting there is still a demand for privacy coins in a crowded market.
Iron Fish

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Privacy Coin Firo Temporarily Disables Protocol to Investigate 'Suspicious Transactions'
Core devs have activated their emergency switch to temporarily disable Lelantus.
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Which chain will win the Firo hash war?
Privacy Coin Firo in Midst of 'Hash War' With 51% Attacker
From a Proof-of-Work perspective, both chains are valid. Which will win?
Which chain will win the Firo hash war?

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The IRS Wants to Know More About Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins, Tools
America's tax collector is laying the groundwork for a possible assault on privacy-enhancing cryptocurrency technologies.
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Electric Coin Company SDK Paves Way for Shielded Zcash Payments on Mobile
The Electric Coin Company has released development tools to help build mobile wallets able to support shielded payments, which obfuscate addresses and transaction amounts.
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