Privacy

Privacy

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.

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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)

Finance

Crypto Means Absolutely Nothing Without Censorship Resistance

The battle for how to regulate cryptocurrency might handicap the entire value proposition if we simply apply the same old rules to a new way of moving money around.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Hardliners Stymie Online Identity Innovation

Lack of middle ground between blind crypto idealists and blinkered monetary regulators hampers self-sovereign, privacy-enhanced identity solutions.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Hodling Shielded Assets Is the Best Way to Maintain Privacy

The best way to gain privacy in crypto is to hold funds in a shielded asset. The longer you hold your funds, the stronger your anonymity set becomes.

(Liana Qu/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)