Privacy

Privacy

Markets

Zcash Overtaking Monero Market Cap Points to Privacy-Coin Power Shift

Zcash's market cap rose to as high as $7.2 billion, while Monero's held around $6.3 billion.

Privacy (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Crypto Privacy Shouldn't Be a Purity Test

By refusing to compromise on privacy, crypto risks marginalizing itself. There may be a path forward that respects both individual choice and practical constraints, says Rob Viglione, CEO of Horizen Labs.

Masks (Unsplash/Rach Teo/Modified by CoinDesk)Masks

Finance

Coinbase Is Building Private Transactions for Base, CEO Brian Armstrong Says

The move is part of Coinbase's effort to prioritize privacy, which was bolstered by its March 2025 acquisition of the team behind Iron Fish.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Privacy Tokens Zcash, Dash, Railgun Rip Higher as Market Rotates Back to 2018 Narratives

What stands out is how capital is rotating into the once-forgotten privacy sector at the exact moment broader liquidity is still searching for a narrative.

Pile of cash. (Emilio Takas/Unsplash)

Tech

Monero Releases Privacy Boost Against Sneaky Network Nodes

Monero has released the 'Fluorine Fermi' update to enhance user privacy against spy nodes.

A notable portion of Bybit's hacked funds remain dark. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Finance

Grvt Raises $19M to Bring Privacy and Scale to On-Chain Finance

ZKsync, Further Ventures, EigenCloud and 500 Global back privacy-driven DEX in push toward trillion-dollar on-chain finance

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Jack Dorsey Unveils Bitchat: Offline, Encrypted Messaging Inspired by Bitcoin

Much like Bitcoin eliminates reliance on centralized intermediaries in finance, Bitchat would removes central authorities from digital communication.

Jack Dorsey

Finance

Midnight Network Unveils NIGHT Tokenomics, 'Glacier Drop' Airdrop Mechanism

The distribution model, called 'Glacier Drop,' invites token holders from the eight launch ecosystems to claim 100% of the NIGHT tokens.

Muir Glacier in Alaska

Tech

Vitalik Buterin Uses Privacy Tool Railgun Again, Signaling Ongoing Embrace of On-Chain Anonymity

Railgun's RAIL token has spiked 15% higher after Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin transferred over $2.6 million in crypto using the privacy protocol.

Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Markets

Key Reasons Monero Surge Continues Even as Bitcoin Bulls Take a Breather

XMR has rallied over 100% since the early April panic selling.

Monero's price surge. (CoinDesk)