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Most influential

Zcash Doesn’t Need Your Trust

For years, the Electric Coin Company has been breaking new ground with zero-knowledge proofs. This year itradically improved privacy on itsZcash protocol, even as the right to use it is under attack. That’s why CEO Zooko Wilcox is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.

By Daniel Kuhn

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Dec 5, 2022 at 12:13 p.m. UTC

Dec 5, 2022

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Podcasts

Money reimagined

The Mother of All Risks: Attacks by Rogue States, With Juan Zarate

A discussion about how compliance and risk management can be improved in the crypto industry as a result of the FTX debacle.

By Michael J. CaseySheila Warren

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Dec 2, 2022 at 6:47 p.m. UTC

Dec 2, 2022

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Layer 2

Privacy

Privacy Isn’t Just an Edge Case for Crypto

Financial privacy is useful for dissidents in extreme situations. But nobody should have to justify keeping their personal lives private, says our columnist.

By Leah Callon-Butler

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Nov 28, 2022 at 2:39 p.m. UTC

Nov 28, 2022

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Policy

Regulations

3 Things We Learned at Tornado Cash Dev Alexey Pertsev's Trial

The prosecution said little about free speech during the trail of the Tornado Cash privacy protocol developer. The focus may be on the mechanics of DeFi.

By Jack Schickler

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Nov 23, 2022 at 6:11 p.m. UTC

Nov 23, 2022

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Business

Defi

Crypto Exchange Uniswap Says It Collects Users' Public On-Chain Data

The development lab behind the decentralized exchange said personal identifiers are not collected.

By Shaurya Malwa

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Nov 21, 2022 at 1:33 p.m. UTC

Nov 21, 2022

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Podcasts

Podcasts

Why the FTX Collapse Looks an Awful Lot Like Enron

The most valuable crypto stories for Friday, Nov. 18, 2022.

By Zack SewardJennifer SanasieWilliam FoxleyWendy O

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Nov 18, 2022 at 9:20 p.m. UTC

Nov 18, 2022

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Policy

Regulations

Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins Could Be Banned Under Leaked EU Plans

Crypto providers would be forbidden from touching the likes of monero or dash under proposed government amendments to anti-money laundering rules.

By Jack Schickler

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Nov 15, 2022 at 11:21 a.m. UTC

Nov 15, 2022

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Podcasts

The breakdown

Jonathan Wu on Why Technology Might Be a Better Solution to Privacy Than Public Policy

Plus a primer on the promise of zero-knowledge proofs.

By Nathaniel Whittemore

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Nov 11, 2022 at 8:24 p.m. UTC

Nov 11, 2022

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Policy

China

Privacy Protection a Top Issue for Digital Yuan: China's Central Bank Governor

"We must strike a delicate balance between protecting privacy and combating illicit activities," said Yi Gang.

By Amitoj Singh

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Oct 31, 2022 at 7:22 p.m. UTC

Oct 31, 2022

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Business

Crypto long & short

Crypto Means Absolutely Nothing Without Censorship Resistance

The battle for how to regulate cryptocurrency might handicap the entire value proposition if we simply apply the same old rules to a new way of moving money around.

By George Kaloudis

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Oct 23, 2022 at 2:50 p.m. UTC

Oct 23, 2022

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