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In an exclusive interview, Belgium’s Assita Kanko tells CoinDesk she just wants to stop anonymous payments being used for crime – but her claims seem unlikely to impress an industry that complains of privacy violations and stifling innovation.
2022-4-1 23:10 | |
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According to a study published by the blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, over 13% of all proceeds of crime in bitcoin (BTC) were laundered via privacy wallets in 2020, up from 2% from the figures posted in 2019.
2020-12-11 22:30 | |
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The number of crypto criminals using so-called privacy wallets to help hide their identities is on the rise, according to analytics firm Elliptic.
2020-12-9 18:14 | |
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The EU Council of Ministers has asked for end-to-end encryption to be removed on WhatsApp, Signal, and other apps to help tackle crime. If passed, the resolution could have an enormous impact on individual privacy.
2020-11-9 12:52 | |
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Monero (XMR) price is trading nearly 5% lower this week after an impressive rally that resulted in a new 2-year high. The digital asset focused on privacy has also found itself in the Europol’s latest organized crime report.
2020-10-18 00:27 | |
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The growing popularity of privacy-centered Wasabi and Samourai bitcoin wallets has made tracking crypto transactions on the darknet harder than before. Europol is targeting privacy protocols in their recent crime threat assessment.
2020-10-7 23:30 | |
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The Citizen app, which normally fights crime, is now tracing coronavirus cases. Is your data safe with a powerful private company?
2020-5-21 20:53 | |
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Block. one’s beta launch of Voice has raised privacy alarms. Home addresses, government identification, and personal photos are required merely to use the platform. More concerning, the service tasked with verifying...The post Block.
2020-2-21 01:46 | |
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The American government’s long-running war on privacy escalated this week following the arrest of Coin Ninja’s Larry Harmon on money laundering charges. A Department of Justice statement that “seeking to obscure virtual currency transactions in this way [using mixers] is a crime” means that bitcoiners risk prosecution simply for exercising their right to privacy.
2020-2-14 15:00 | |
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The arrest of Larry Harmon for an alleged connection to AlphaBay raises major questions: Do bitcoiners have a right to build privacy tech?
2020-2-14 02:45 | |
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The debate over the police using machine learning is intensifying – it is considered in some quarters as controversial as stop and search. Stop and search is one of the most contentious areas of how the police interact with the public.
2019-9-21 12:00 | |
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It looks as if cryptocurrency service providers will have to adopt stricter know-your-customer (KYC) policies all across the world — and not everyone is happy about that.
2019-5-13 21:33 | |
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A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against BitcoinBitcoin’s core value proposition is that it is an uncontrolled, apolitical money.
2019-4-30 20:16 | |
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When Coinbase acquired Neutrino for an unspecified amount in February 2019, the news looked like business as usual: A cryptocurrency juggernaut had made another acquisition.
2019-3-1 17:19 | |
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MyEtherWallet (MEW) now allows its customers to conduct trades of up to $5,000 without KYC protocols, as announced via a press release on February 20, 2019. New Rules One of the most talked-about issues in crypto is the issue of privacy.
2019-2-25 22:00 | |
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While crypto has done a lot of good in the world by allowing people to send money at record speeds and removing the monopoly held by large Institutions, there has been a significant number of downsides to the use of the currencies.
2019-2-17 22:26 | |
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is finding its way into more and more aspects of our daily lives. It powers the smart assistants on our mobile phones and virtual “home assistants. ” It’s in the algorithms designed to improve our health diagnostics.
2018-12-25 16:00 | |
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With contributing reporting from Jimmy Aki. Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), suggested a new course of action for central banks around the world: turn their fiat currencies digital.
2018-11-15 22:38 | |
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Tenth-largest cryptocurrency Monero has announced the launch of a malware response workgroup website intended to address the platform’s rampant digital crime. Monero’s privacy, security, decentralization, and fungibility have long made it a favorite among digital currency users, but, as previously reported by Unhashed, recent analysis has revealed that more than 5 percent of Monero tokens… The post Monero Launches Malware Response Workgroup Website appeared first on UNHASHED.
2018-10-1 07:15 | |
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Market analysis suggests a bullish outlook for the privacy coin Monero; the XMR price having gained nearly 70% in the past three weeks. Monero has increased just over two-thirds since mid-August, with significant gains being made since the start of September.
2018-9-4 16:51 | |
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Criminals still tend to favor Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to mask their activities. That is not an advisable course of action, as most of these currencies lack both privacy and anonymity features.
2018-7-22 16:00 | |
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The Supreme Court announced on June 28, 2018, that it will not reconsider the conviction or life sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged mastermind behind the darknet site Silk Road.
2018-6-30 23:20 | |
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Supreme Court Issues Narrow Cell Phone Privacy Victory For the cryptocurrency community, cell phones, smart phones, mobile phones are a vital part of life. Essentially, police reverse-engineered Mr.
2018-6-23 19:15 | |
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About sixteen major cryptocurrency exchanges, payment processors and digital wallet providers have joined the EU’s law enforcement agency for an event about preventing money laundering. The three-day conference on digital currencies and cyber crime began on Tuesday in the Hague.
2018-6-21 22:20 | |
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Monero price extended its rally on Wednesday, pushing to fresh multi-month highs as the market continues to show interest in privacy-focused assets. At press time, Monero was trading near $690, up 8% on the day, capping a sharp move that…
Dash leads a sharp rally in privacy coins as Monero, Zcash, Verge and Horizen bounce from support, with thin liquidity magnifying moves versus Bitcoin and Ethereum. Dash price reached new highs in the past 24 hours, leading a rally among…
As crypto heads toward 2026, the debate over transparency versus privacy is intensifying.
Bitcoin Magazine Async Payjoin, the HTTPS of Bitcoin Privacy Executive Director Dan Gould highlights the nonprofit's mission to sustain open-source Bitcoin privacy development, drawing parallels to HTTPS mass adoption via Let's Encrypt.
Zcash price jumped to the highest level since Nov. 27 as demand for privacy tokens rose and the futures open interest neared its all-time high. Zcash (ZEC) token soared to a high of $513, up by over 70% from its…
Ethereum’s transparency has long been one of its greatest strengths, but for many real-world applications, it has also become a structural limitation. From MEV-driven trading inefficiencies to data leakage in DeFi, gaming, and AI-driven workflows, the assumption that everything must be public in order to be verifiable is increasingly being challenged.
Zcash price bounced back, reaching its highest point since December 13 and 47% above its lowest level this month. Zcash (ZEC), the biggest player in the privacy industry, jumped to a high of $440, bringing its market capitalization to over…