Privacy


Opinion

Apple's New Encryption Policy Is a Huge Boon for Crypto

Opt-in end-to-end encryption tools are an immense win for digital privacy – and crypto.

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Videos

Consensys to Update MetaMask Crypto Wallet After Privacy Backlash

ConsenSys, the company behind the MetaMask crypto wallet, said Tuesday it will release a series of updates to the platform in response to user backlash regarding its data-collection practices. "The Hash" team discusses the implications for privacy in crypto.

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Consensus Magazine

Zcash Doesn’t Need Your Trust

For years, the Electric Coin Company has been breaking new ground with zero-knowledge proofs. This year it radically improved privacy on its Zcash protocol, even as the right to use it is under attack. That’s why CEO Zooko Wilcox is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.

Zooko Wilcox (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

Policy

3 Things We Learned at Tornado Cash Dev Alexey Pertsev's Trial

The prosecution said little about free speech during the trail of the Tornado Cash privacy protocol developer. The focus may be on the mechanics of DeFi.

Courthouse in ‘S Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, where Alexey Pertsev's case was heard. (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Uniswap Says It Collects Users' Public On-Chain Data

The development lab behind the decentralized exchange said personal identifiers are not collected.

(Unsplash, modificado por CoinDesk)

Policy

Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins Could Be Banned Under Leaked EU Plans

Crypto providers would be forbidden from touching the likes of monero or dash under proposed government amendments to anti-money laundering rules.

Proposed EU money laundering rules for crypto have implications for online privacy (boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images)

Policy

Privacy Protection a Top Issue for Digital Yuan: China's Central Bank Governor

"We must strike a delicate balance between protecting privacy and combating illicit activities," said Yi Gang.

(Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)