Samourai Wallet mixer co-founders arrested on AML, licensing charges
The crypto mixer allegedly handled $2 billion in unlawful transactions and facilitated $100 million in money laundering.
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Vitalik Buterin’s RailGun advocacy triggers sharp rise in privacy tokens
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European Parliament approves ban on anonymous crypto transactions
The European Parliament has a approved a proposed ban on anonymous crypto transactions executed through self-hosted wallets.
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The seven deadly sins of crypto privacy
The lack of privacy protection is the Original Sin of all public blockchains – from Satoshi’s original Bitcoin whitepaper down to the most cutting-edge, modular, and parallelized network that does 100 million transactions per second with a zeptosecond finality time.
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Worldcoin Foundation makes ORB software open-source
The Worldcoin Foundation has released the core software components of its ORB technology into the open-source domain, providing a key technological step forward in verifying human identity online with enhanced privacy and security.
The release, now available on GitHub under MIT/Apache 2.
ATOR builds deep partnerships in renewed mission to build largest privacy DePIN
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Zero-knowledge chain Aleo faces privacy leak issues
Aleo, a zero-knowledge blockchain, accidentally exposes user data, sparking privacy concerns in an ironic development for the protocol.
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Singularity attracts $2.2 million to develop KYC-compliant DeFi platform for institutions
Singularity Network, a protocol catering to institutional investors seeking confidential access to DeFi, raised $2.2 million in its second funding round that concluded in late 2023, according to a Feb. 22 statement shared with CryptoSlate.
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Op-ed: Not all blockchains need to be pseudonymous
Blockchain technology holds the potential to enhance various industries, particularly in the financial sector. Layer one protocols, which are essentially the base layer of any blockchain network, serve as key components of a blockchain system.
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Next stage of web3 evolution will be underpinned by zero knowledge tech
While the blockchain industry has correctly pointed out key issues in the worlds of legacy tech, finance, art, and culture, the revolution promised is yet to materialize, with the tools being designed to address those challenges are not yet at the required standard.
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Hong Kong authorities investigating Worldcoin over data privacy concerns
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) in Hong Kong has initiated an investigation into Worldcoin over data privacy concerns related to its collection of biometric data, according to a Jan. 31 press release.
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