Privacy News

Updated April 12, 2026 · 1:38 PM UTC

Read crypto privacy news, privacy coins, zero-knowledge tech, wallet protections, and debates over surveillance and financial freedom.

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Censorship

Bitcoin Lightning Network at regulatory risk after Tornado Cash saga

Patrick Hansen fears the heavy-handed approach against Tornado Cash may spill over to the Bitcoin Lightning Network.

4 years ago

Privacy

Monero enhances privacy, security features with new upgrade

The Monero community has remained focused on enhancing the protocol's privacy and security features despite increased scrutiny from regulators on privacy tokens.

4 years ago

Regulation

Circle says freezing wallets went against its beliefs on an open internet

Circle explained that complying with the regulatory demands was both a right and an obligation it owes to continue building trust with all parties.

4 years ago

Crime

US vows to ‘aggressively pursue’ crypto mixers following Tornado Cash sanctions

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the government will continue clampdowns against crypto mixers that are laundering money for criminals.

4 years ago

Culture

Erik Voorhees urges MakerDAO community to exit USDC positions after Tornado Cash sanctions

Shapeshift CEO Erik Vorhees urged the MakerDAO community to unwind USDC collateral and move it to a stablecoin more "resistant" to censorship.

4 years ago

Privacy

Circle ‘blacklists’ all Tornado Cash ETH addresses effectively freezing USDC

Circle's USDC has "blacklisted" all Ethereum addresses owned by Tornado Cash listed in the US Treasury Department's sanction against the protocol.

4 years ago

NFTs

Vitalik proposes private NFTs using ‘stealth addresses’ to hide owner’s identity

Vitalik Buterin suggests an idea to use stealth addresses to hide the identity of NFT owners without the need for ZK-SNARKs or Merkle trees

4 years ago

Layer-2

Polygon launches Nightfall to provide enterprise solutions via ZKP tech

Polygon's Head of Enterprise Antoni Martin introduced Nightfall, Polygon's new scalability solution with enhanced privacy.

4 years ago

Crime

Mixer usage sees all-time high thanks to nation-affiliated cybercriminals

Chainalysis' recent report revealed that crypto mixer platforms reached an all-time high of $51.8 million, with the majority of the volume coming from criminals with known nation-state affiliations and sanctioned entities.

4 years ago