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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A hand holds up a Zcash coin in front of the US Capitol and American flag, illustrating reports that the US government is holding ZEC.

Privacy

Zcash is discreetly sitting in US government wallets, creating a bizarre conflict for the regulators attacking privacy

Tension mounts as Zcash's traceability claims coincide with federal asset disclosure and regulatory discussions.

4 months ago

A hand holds a glowing Bitcoin coin as a stressed man stands in a neon city, illustrating time-locked Bitcoin incentives that reward behavior change for your future self.

Payments

Bitcoin’s new “self-bribe” code lets you build sobriety wallets that pay your enemies if you break a promise

Using Taproot updates, these wallets automatically route your locked funds to an anti-charity the moment a digital oracle detects a trigger.

4 months ago

A hooded man furiously types on a laptop as a hand holds a Bitcoin coin with the US Capitol behind him, illustrating the provocative claim of adding Bitcoin to America’s arsenal of weapons.

Analysis

Has Congress quietly forced the Department of War to use Bitcoin to bankrupt Chinese hackers?

The new defense bill avoids the word "crypto" entirely, yet Section 1543 creates a stealth mandate that could make Jason Lowery’s controversial SoftWar thesis the law of the land.

4 months ago

A dramatic scene showing an eagle symbolizing the SEC looming over Zcash as storm clouds gather, highlighting the high-stakes meeting that could determine personal liability for privacy-protocol developers.

Privacy

Zcash and privacy protocols face a “do-or-die” SEC meeting that determines if developers are personally liable for code

With Samourai’s November sentencing and Tornado Cash’s mixed verdict, the SEC’s Dec. 15 privacy roundtable lands in a new phase for wallet privacy and exchange compliance.

5 months ago

Privacy

Inside Vitalik’s 256 ETH grants: When Ethereum falls, privacy rises

The grants point to a simple idea: privacy begins with how messages move and how identities are avoided.

5 months ago

Zcash coin stands prominently in front of the New York Stock Exchange, with Grayscale and ZCSH ETF banners and American flags displayed on the building in the background under a bright blue sky

Analysis

Grayscale’s Zcash ETF: Regulated privacy, or privacy in name only?

Wall Street is about to price privacy without practicing it.

5 months ago

Low-angle ultra-wide daylight view of a hyper-real glass-and-steel skyline with a luminous Chainlink hexagon floating above a long reflective boulevard under mid-tone skies.

Privacy

Chainlink says it finally solved crypto’s $3.4 trillion problem: The privacy fix Wall Street has been waiting for

What privacy-preserving compute would unlock for institutions, and how it competes with L2 rollups and TEEs.

5 months ago

A Ledger hardware wallet with a glowing red padlock icon stands in front of London’s skyline at sunset, surrounded by yellow caution tape and watched by a CCTV camera, symbolizing digital restrictions and surveillance.

Censorship

Ledger pages blocked as UK’s crypto crackdown hits education, advertising, banking

Due to new UK financial promotion rules in 2025, Ledger has blocked access to certain educational blog pages for UK users, highlighting a wider crackdown on crypto education, advertising, and banking.

5 months ago