Privacy Coins


Markets

Monero Nears Major Supply Zone at $180: Technical Analysis

XMR has been locked in a range with $180 as resistance and $100 as a price floor for over two years.

XMR's weekly candlesticks chart. (TradingView)

Policy

Crypto Mixers, Privacy Coins, Layer 2s Complicate Tracing for Law Enforcement, EU Innovation Hub Says

Separately, France's markets regulator said crypto remains a high risk for money laundering.

The EU's MiCA law starts to take effect at end-2024. (Pixabay)

Opinion

A Step-by-Step Guide to Going Private

From using bitcoin and monero to updating your computer's operating system, Seth for Privacy presents 10 security tips for CoinDesk's "Privacy Week."

(Kristina Flour/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Privacy-Preserving Payments Shouldn't Be 'Niche', Monero Contributor Justin Ehrenhofer Says

Cake Wallet's vice president of operations discusses privacy in a post-Tornado Cash world, global data policies and Monero's "technical debt" ahead of Consensus 2023.

U.S. lawmakers must prevent the further erosion of our privacy rights by defending  privacy-preserving tech and passing laws against unreasonable and constant digital surveillance. (Chris Yang, Unsplash)

Tech

New Privacy Blockchain Namada Proposes First-Ever Shielded Airdrop to Zcash

Namada is a layer 1 blockchain for multichain privacy, according to a release provided to CoinDesk.

Airdrop (Viaframe/Getty Images)

Policy

EU Money Laundering Law Won’t Prevent Crypto Payments, Lead Lawmaker Says

The new legislation, which will be put to vote on Tuesday, is set to impose new restrictions on transactions from self-hosted wallets.

The European Parliament inn Brussels (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

Videos

Secret Foundation Founder on Privacy Debate, Regulation

The European Union may ban banks and crypto providers from dealing in privacy-enhancing coins, under a leaked draft of a money laundering bill obtained by CoinDesk. Secret Foundation founder Tor Bair discusses the future of privacy coins and the fallout of crypto exchange FTX.

Recent Videos

Layer 2

Criminal Crypto Use Is Growing, but That’s Just Half the Story

Data suggests that while authorities are getting better at sniffing out dark web markets, dark web markets are getting better at not getting sniffed out.

Las principales criptomonedas aumentaron durante el fin de semana y los mercados de valores europeos y asiáticos subieron el lunes. (Lorenzo Cafaro/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

The Coming Privacy Wars

Whether governments like it or not, demand for privacy is growing – and will perhaps even accelerate the more they try to suppress it.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Tech

Monero’s Privacy-Focused Crypto Protocol Upgrade Is Now Live

The change to the protocol, a collaborative effort involving 71 developers, has been successfully implemented.

(Getty Images/modified by CoinDesk)

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