Privacy
Coinbase will shut down staking service if regulators mandate censoring transactions
Coinbase's staking services are a high growth area and generated 8.5% of its revenue in the second quarter.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
