Benjamin Powers

Powers is a tech reporter at Grid. Previously, he was privacy reporter at CoinDesk where he focused on data and financial privacy, information security, and digital identity. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Daily Beast, Rolling Stone, and the New Republic, among others. He owns bitcoin.

Benjamin Powers

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Tech

Secret Network Raises $11.5M to Further Privacy and App Development

The position continues a string of ongoing interest in privacy-protecting tech.

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Tech

Anoma Network Raises $6.75M to Make Exchanging Crypto Assets Easy and Private

With funding from Polychain Capital, Electric Capital and Coinbase Ventures, the project looks to bring privacy to blockchain interoperability.

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Markets

Crypto Wallet ZenGo Raises $20M to Grow Services and Team in Bullish Market

The funds will be used to double the team size and offer additional services.

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Tech

Privacy Coin Firo Re-Launches Lelantus Protocol After February Suspension

The protocol was disabled while the Firo team investigated a number of suspicious transactions .

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Markets

Craig Wright Can Serve Bitcoin.Org Over Publication of Bitcoin White Paper, UK Court Rules

The move is largely procedural and does not settle any questions around the origin of the Bitcoin white paper.

Craig Wright

Tech

A16z Leads $28M Funding Round for Data Privacy Platform Aleo

Aleo’s pitch is about building out a web platform that leverages zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs).

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Tech

ENS Is Minting NFTs of 23 Top Level Domains. Here’s What That Means

Winners will receive both the DNS TLD and an NFT representing the ENS version.

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Policy

NYPD's Crypto Sleuthing Is Powered by Chainalysis, Documents Show

The largest police force in the U.S. has beefed up rules governing who can trace crypto transactions. It’s been using Chainalysis software since 2019.

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Finance

Privacy Will 'Become a More Popular Investing Theme': Barry Silbert

In an appearance this morning on CoinDesk TV’s "First Mover," Silbert said he believes privacy tech will be a draw for investors.

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