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Monero
Monero: The Privacy Coin Explained
Privacy coins built on their own blockchains have a firm hold within the larger cryptocurrency community, even as regulators and exchanges seek to limit their adoption. This post is part of CoinDesk's Privacy Week series.
US Nuclear Engineer, Wife Charged With Sale of Naval Secrets for Crypto
Justin Ehrenhofer, monero community member, discusses the specifics of an alleged espionage case: A nuclear engineer employed by the U.S. Department of the Navy and his wife were accused of attempting to sell restricted data in exchange for the privacy-centric crypto monero.
US Nuclear Engineer, Wife Charged Over Sale of Naval Secrets for Crypto
The pair had received $100,000 in monero before they were arrested by the FBI and NCIS, according to the criminal complaint.
Leaked Slides Show How Chainalysis Flags Crypto Suspects for Cops
Walletexplorer.com, a block explorer site secretly operated by Chainalysis, has provided law enforcement with “meaningful leads,” the documents say.
Riccardo ‘Fluffypony’ Spagni Released by US Court, ‘Actively Working’ on Return to South Africa
The release frees Spagni, at least temporarily, while he attempts to “address this matter” and put it behind him “once and for all.”
Cake Wallet Brings Readable Usernames to Its Crypto Wallets
Unstoppable Domains will let Cake Wallet’s 150,000 users create usernames under the [NAME].crypto format.
Riccardo ‘Fluffypony’ Spagni Hires Top Attorney to Battle Extradition to South Africa on Fraud Charges
Spagni has hired Brian Klein, a leading crypto trial attorney, to handle his case.
Former Monero Maintainer 'Fluffypony' Arrested for Non-Crypto Crimes
Riccardo Spagni, aka "Fluffypony" and former maintainer of privacy coin monero, was arrested in Tennessee and extradited to South Africa to face fraud charges for crimes unrelated to crypto. Why are regulators clamping down on leaders in leaderless systems? "Cryptocurrencies are decentralized and don't really need these figureheads," host Naomi Brockwell said. "So if this is a means of controlling the narrative or controlling the currency, it's going to fail."
Former Monero Maintainer ‘Fluffypony’ Arrested and to Be Extradited for Non-Crypto Crimes
Riccardo Spagni, who was arrested in Tennessee, will be extradited to South Africa to face fraud charges.
Bug Found in Decoy Algorithm for Privacy Coin Monero
A “significant” bug with the potential to expose users’ transactions has been spotted in the decoy selection algorithm of monero, a cryptocurrency known for providing users privacy. "Monero really [does] have a commitment to being the most private currency [it] can be," host Benjamin Powers said. "And that this all the more discouraging, unfortunately."