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Policy

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

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

Nov 15, 2022

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Tecnologia

No-livewire

¿Qué son las monedas de privacidad y qué tan legales son?

Regular las monedas de privacidad continúa siendo una de las principales prioridades para las autoridades financieras en su intento de evitar actividades ilegales de trading de criptomonedas.

By Robert Stevens

Oct 31, 2022 at 1:27 p.m. UTC

Oct 31, 2022

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Opinion

Hodling Shielded Assets Is the Best Way to Maintain Privacy

The best way to gain privacy in crypto is to hold funds in a shielded asset. The longer you hold your funds, the stronger your anonymity set becomes.

By Ian Sagstetter

Oct 21, 2022 at 3:43 p.m. UTC

Oct 21, 2022

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Business

Zcash

Zcash May Be Getting Spammed but the Blockchain Is Doing Just Fine, the Company Behind It Says

Electric Coin Co., the organization behind Zcash, claims that concerns of a spam attack are mostly just fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD).

By Frederick Munawa

Oct 7, 2022 at 3:38 a.m. UTC

Oct 7, 2022

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Tech

Tornado cash

Tornado Cash Adds Chainalysis Tool for Blocking OFAC-Sanctioned Wallets From Dapp

The blockade only applies to the Tornado Cash front end, not the underlying smart contract, one of the protocol's founders later tweeted.

By Eliza Gkritsi

Apr 15, 2022 at 2:03 p.m. UTC

Apr 15, 2022

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Policy

Money laundering

Crypto Privacy Positions Harden Ahead of Crunch EU Vote

Lawmakers don’t appear swayed by crypto industry claims as they consider applying anti-laundering identification rules to the sector, but some argue the EU plans are unworkable or unlawful.

By Jack Schickler

Mar 28, 2022 at 8:08 p.m. UTC

Mar 28, 2022

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Podcasts

Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 31, 2022

With bitcoin falling as regulatory concerns resurface and a look at why privacy coins haven't quite caught on yet, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

By Adam B. Levine Adrian Blust

Jan 31, 2022 at 5:28 p.m. UTC

Jan 31, 2022

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Privacy Week

Zcash

What Is Zcash? The Privacy Coin Explained

Zcash has seen ZKP breakthroughs, its first halving and progress toward further scalability. This feature is part of CoinDesk's Privacy Week.

By Benjamin Powers Ollie Leech

Jan 26, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. UTC

Jan 26, 2022

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Business

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A16z Leads $28M Round for Privacy Coin Iron Fish

Other investors in the round included Sequoia, Electric Capital and MetaStable, as well as Terra co-founder Do Kwon and Anchorage co-founder Nathan McCauley.

By Brandy Betz

Nov 30, 2021 at 8:02 p.m. UTC

Nov 30, 2021

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