The price of Tornado Cash (TORN) token lost almost 50% of its value since news broke this week of a US government clampdown and ban. As the August 8th news made headlines around the world including on …
U.S. Attack On Crypto Mixers Threatens Collateral Damage To Privacy
The crypto community contends Washington is overreaching, preventing legitimate users from protecting their privacy and stifling software developers.
Crypto Privacy Features
Privacy features like zero-knowledge proofs are necessary to protect digital identities. For policymakers, it’s a balancing act between preventing illicit activity and stifling a technology they will …
Hackers and fraudsters used crypto bridge RenBridge to launder $540 million, says report
Hackers, fraudsters, and others laundered at least $540 million through the cryptocurrency bridge network RenBridge since 2020, according to blockchain analysis group Elliptic. Elliptic researchers …
Cloning Tornado Cash Would Be Easy, But Risky
A pseudonymous crypto user is sending small ETH payments from a Tornado Cash wallet to high-profile crypto holders, making them inadvertently interact with a sanctioned entity (because crypto …
What the Tornado Cash Sanction Means for Privacy Coins
The U.S. government’s sanction of a key Ethereum application shows the need for anonymizing tools in crypto, an advocate says.
Tornado Cash’s sanctions are unprecedented, but clampdown was hardly a surprise
Tornado Cash founder Roman Semenov was booted from Github, the official website has been taken down, and TORN token fell by 30% in a day … to achieve the same result as Tornado Cash. ZCash, on the …
Ethereum outpaces Bitcoin as DOGE and SHIB have a brief rally
Global crypto market capitalisation remained at the US$1.12tn point in Tuesday’s early trade, with Bitcoin staying relatively flat at US$23,800. Ethereum continues to outpace the market, enjoying a 2.
Crypto On Aug. 9: Bitcoin, Ether Turn Bullish As Trading Volume Soars
The crypto market turned green Tuesday with the majority of cryptocurrencies turning bullish. Leading cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) showed promising growth as they retained $23,000 …
US Treasury sanctions Tornado Cash, accused of laundering stolen crypto
Tornado Cash, along with other mixers such as AlphaBay, enables customers to conceal the source of their crypto funds when participating in a transaction in exchange for a fee. It blends potentially …
Zcash Price Prediction: ZEC Gathers Catalysts to Surge Higher
The daily chart reveals the crypto market gathers catalysts to surge higher. The horizontal line drew at the $50 support level, marking …
Cryptocurrency Race In 2023: Will These Tokens Face Off Against One Another?
The current level of cryptocurrency volatility makes it impossible to predict when the market will experience a significant decline. Here are 10 cryptocurrencies that will likely be in direct …
Cryptocurrency prices today: Check rates of Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, Solana
The second most popular token, Ethereum, has dropped 0.3% from yesterday and is trading at $1,657.20. From the previous week, it is down 3.8%. The market capitalization of Bitcoin and Ethereum is now …
Bitcoin vs. Altcoins: A Story of Six Coins and Two Outliers
Bitcoin vs. Altcoins is a hot topic, and there are several large groups sharing a school of thought and millions of individuals with their own views. This may or may not change your opinion. However, …
5 Reasons to Be Bearish on Shiba Inu Price and Bullish on Tamadoge
Out of several ecosystems in the cryptocurrency industry, the meme Shiba Inu sub-sector is one of the best performings, …
Learn About Zebra, an Independent Zcash Node Implementation Ready for Collaborators to Build Upon
When Zcash launched in 2016, smart observers in the crypto sector knew they were looking at something special. Its groundbreaking implementation of zk-SNARKs set new standards in transaction privacy, …
Edward Snowden reveals he’s one of the creators of Privacy Coin Zcash
Snowden agreed to make his participation public in a recent message to Zooko Wilcox, co-founder and CEO of Electric Coin Company, Zcash’s developer. “As long as it is clear that I was never …
A Stanford Graduate Raises $2M To Plug Privacy Into The Right Web3 Socket
As Web3 and cryptocurrency applications mature and grow in user adoption, the privacy concerns around sharing your wallet address persist. Socket, founded by Stanford graduate Eva Zhang in 2022, is a …
The 6 Most Private Cryptocurrencies
Zcash (ZEC) defines itself as “If Bitcoin is … Beam is a security-focused token with core features that include complete control over your privacy. All transactions are private by default …
Now That Bitcoin Is Considered Property In The UK, Reclaiming Ransomed Assets Sent To Exchanges Is Much Easier
While bitcoin itself is difficult to confiscate or censor, U.K. courts have labeled bitcoin as property which aids in recovery when scammers try to cash out.
What are crypto faucets and how do they work?
Zcash (ZEC) faucets, like other faucets … especially if the market value of the tokens you’ve gathered increases. So, should you use a crypto faucet? It all depends upon your availability …