Zcash Founder Renounces CEO Position
Zcash, a privacy coin built on Bitcoin tech and one of the more popular privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, will be welcoming Josh Swihart as the new CEO of its developer, the Electric…
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Wrapped Crypto Tokens, Explained
Wrapped tokens are blockchain assets that represent other assets from different blockchains, facilitating interoperability within specific ecosystems.
Horizen Protocol Confirms ZEN to Lose Privacy Coin Status
Privacy coins have been facing intense regulatory crackdowns in recent months. The latest one to back-pedal on its core functionality is the privacy-focused network ‘Horizen,’ which announced that all privacy…
Binance to delist privacy tokens in France, Italy, Spain and Poland
Binance users in France, Italy, Poland and Spain will no longer be able to buy or sell 12 privacy tokens starting from June 26.
Privacy Coins Take a Beating This Year Losing Over $6 Billion, Anonymity Takes a Back Seat to Defi, NFTs
The last 12 months have been tough on digital currency investors as the crypto winter has caused a large sum of value to leave the once-bustling economy. The privacy coin…
Privacy Is a Gradient: An Interview With Zcash’s Josh Swihart
Josh Swihart is senior vice president of growth, product strategy, and regulatory affairs at Electric Coin Company, the organization behind privacy coin Zcash. Previously, Swihart worked for a host of...
Vitalik Buterin Names the Two Cryptocurrencies He Wants to See Move to PoS
The co-founder of Ethereum suggested that two other PoW blockchain protocols could transition to PoS in the near future. He also spoke about the Merge during the 2022 Mainnet blockchain…
The Top Privacy Coins Saw Fewer Percentage Losses Than Most Tokens This Week
The privacy coins monero and zcash managed to see fewer percentage losses against the U.S. dollar this week, in contrast to crypto assets like bitcoin, ethereum, and solana. Seven-day statistics…
Crypto Economy’s Top Privacy Coins Take a Hit After US Government Banned Tornado Cash
Following the U.S. government prohibiting the use of the ethereum mixing service Tornado Cash, the crypto economy’s top privacy coins lost more than 8% in USD value the following evening…
Top Privacy Cryptocurrencies by Market Cap Lost Half Their Value in Less Than 2 Months
Since the end of April, the top privacy crypto assets by market capitalization went from a combined value of $10.7 billion to today’s valuation of around $5.09 billion. During that…