Privacy news articles
#FreeAlexPertsev Protest March Kicks Off After Tornado Cash Dev’s Arrest
A week after the arrest of Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev, public dissent has reached a crescendo. Crypto and privacy advocates are p...
Suspected Tornado Cash Developer Arrested by Dutch Authorities
Dutch authorities have announced their arrest last week of a Tornado Cash developer in Amsterdam for his alleged involvement in concealing c...
NuCypher (NU) Token Soars 87% Amid Threshold Network Merger
The Keep Network and NuCypher are being hard merged into one project called the Threshold Network. KEEP tokens and NU tokens will cease to e...
Brave Browser Update Expands Web3 Access to Solana
Privacy-focused browser Brave has partnered with Solana to facilitate Web3 for crypto newbies while also providing a robust suite of Web3 to...
Monero (XMR) Rallies Amid Plans of Hard Fork in July
Privacy-focused protocol Monero is set to undergo a hard fork in July which would improve network security and fee changes, according to an ...
ETH Privacy Tool Tornado Cash Starts Blocking Sanctioned Addresses
Tornado Cash is apparently using Chainalysis oracles to block access from US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) addresses. The blockade...
EU Set to Vote on Prohibiting Transactions to Unhosted Wallets
The global crypto community is up in arms over proposed new European Union rules that would sanction the invasion of personal privacy and tr...
Stanford University Raises $32 Million for Privacy Focused Blockchain
Espresso is the new scalability optimised and privacy-focused layer-1 blockchain being developed in the US by Stanford University’s cr...
Privacy Coins XMR, ZCASH Surge Amid Political and Regulatory Uncertainty
The past 24 hours has been kind to privacy coins, with many seeing gains of over 20 percent amid concerns about the regulatory environment i...
Tornado Cash Token (TORN) Surges 94% Following Bullish Protocol Updates
The native token for the Tornado Cash protocol (TORN), an Ethereum-based privacy protocol, has surged 94 percent following the launch of its...
Monero Mining Pool Dominance Drops Dramatically Amid Concerns of 51% Attack
With a market capitalisation of US$3.2 million, Monero (XMR) is the world’s largest privacy token, more than double that of its closes...
Australian Homegrown Messaging App ‘Session’ Surpasses 1 Million Downloads
Session, an Australian born decentralised messaging platform running on the Oxen privacy network, hit a milestone at the beginning of this y...