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Trezor Model T Gets Bitcoin Privacy Upgrade With New CoinJoin Feature

CoinJoin will increase privacy by combining multiple bitcoin payments from multiple spenders to produce a single transaction whose history and ownership are obfuscated.

By Frederick Munawa

Apr 19, 2023 at 10:25 p.m. UTC

Apr 19, 2023

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Privacy-Focused Wasabi Wallet Reinstates ‘Coin Control’ Feature in Latest Software Upgrade

The feature was reinstated after advanced users complained about the constraints of Wasabi’s automated version of coin control, called “privacy control,” introduced in a previous upgrade.

By Frederick Munawa

Mar 21, 2023 at 3:12 p.m. UTC

Mar 21, 2023

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Wasabi Wallet Will Pay You to 'Crack' a Bitcoin Wallet

The challenge is part of a week-long educational game that has received support from 12 major partners, including Blockstream, Trezor, BTCPay and others.

By Frederick Munawa

Jan 24, 2023 at 10:37 p.m. UTC

Jan 24, 2023

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ARK Fintech Innovation ETF Buys More Coinbase; Wasabi Wallet's Alleged Role in China BTC Bribery Scheme

ARK s Fintech Innovation Fund ARKF has added 10 880 more shares of Coinbase COIN to its holdings to a total 60 5 million Rishi Sunak has been appointed U K s next prime minister following Liz Truss controversial exit from office last week Guochun He and Zheng Wang allegedly used coin mixing wallet Wasabi [...]

By CoinDesk Inc

Oct 25, 2022 at 8:17 p.m. UTC

Oct 25, 2022

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Chinese Intelligence Officers Allegedly Used Wasabi Wallet in Bitcoin Bribery Scheme

Guochun He and Zheng Wang, the two Chinese intelligence officers charged with obstructing justice for allegedly bribing a U.S. double agent with $61,000 in bitcoin, used coin mixing wallet Wasabi Wallet to try to cover their tracks, analytics firm Elliptic says. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest developments.

By CoinDesk Inc

Oct 25, 2022 at 5:31 p.m. UTC

Oct 25, 2022

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How Popular Are Crypto Mixers? Here’s What the Data Tells Us

Volume data suggests crypto coin mixing is not as prevalent as one might think. This article is part of CoinDesk's Privacy Week.

By George Kaloudis Edward Oosterbaan

Jan 25, 2022 at 2:22 p.m. UTC

Jan 25, 2022

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Money Trail From Liquid Exchange Hack Points to Wasabi Privacy Wallets

Hackers are using Wasabi wallets to launder BTC stolen from Liquid or received in exchange for other stolen cryptos, according to Crystal Blockchain.

By Anna Baydakova

Aug 30, 2021 at 6:54 p.m. UTC

Aug 30, 2021

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Bitcoin Privacy Wallet Wasabi Lays Out Roadmap for Version 2.0

Wasabi Wallet 2.0 will introduce privacy enhancement "WabiSabi," a more efficient CoinJoin framework.

By Myles Sherman

Jul 7, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 7, 2021

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Elliptic Is Mapping Bitcoin Stolen From 2016 Bitfinex Hack

New research from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic asks whether zkSNACKs, the firm behind bitcoin privacy wallet Wasabi, is turning a blind eye to stolen coins.

By Ian Allison

May 13, 2021 at 3:57 p.m. UTC

May 13, 2021