Anonymity


Policy

EU Lawmakers Vote in Favor of Payment Limits on Anonymous Crypto Wallets

Crypto rules form part of a money-laundering overhaul supported by the European Parliament Committees

The European Parliament (Laura Zulian Photography/Getty Images)

Opinion

An Alleged Tornado Cash Developer Was Arrested. Are You Next?

If you’re developing a crypto mixer, it’s best to do it anonymously.

(Slim Emcee/Unsplash)

Opinion

The Fake Team That Made Solana DeFi Look Huge

We already knew that crypto developers cannot always be trusted. But can we even trust the data?

A new CoinDesk report reveals that a major Solana DeFi project was created not by 11 different developers, but two brothers who conducted an elaborate masquerade. (iStock/Getty Images)

Layer 2

Master of Anons: How a Crypto Developer Faked a DeFi Ecosystem

The Macalinao brothers used a web of bogus identities to create the illusion of a dev community, juicing value on the Saber protocol and Solana blockchain. Now they're moving to Aptos.

Ian Macalinao, one of the Saber brothers (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Layer 2

Who You Really Are: A Conversation About Pseudonymity With Default Friend at Consensus

The internet phenomenon and historian explains why true anonymity is hard within internet culture.

Katherine Dee, aka, Default Friend speaks at Consensus 2022 (CoinDesk)

Opinion

The Perils of Crypto's Pseudonymous Economy

Let's pull the rug on "anonymous" crypto devs.

Groucho Marx in "A Day at the Races" (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Implicated in Child Porn, Terrorism, French Official Says, Calling for End to Online Anonymity

The head of France’s anti-dirty money unit said the authorities should be able to access information about even small online transfers.

Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances (Daniele SCHNEIDER/Getty Images)

Opinion

The Hard Truth About Being an 'Anon'

If you want to stay pseudonymous in crypto, you have to work for it – or maybe pay for it.

(Michael Dziedzic/Unsplash)

Opinion

Wonderland's (and DeFi's) Anonymity Problem

Is pseudonymity really viable in crypto? asks a veteran Canadian bitcoiner following this week's Wonderland scandal.

(John Tenniel, Public Domain)

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