Zero-Knowledge Proofs


Finance

Citrea unveils U.S. Treasury-backed stablecoin for its Bitcoin ecosystem

The first stablecoin issued through MoonPay’s launchpad aims to solve liquidity fragmentation by issuing natively on Citrea.

(Photo by CoinWire Japan on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Ethereum’s future hinges on zero-knowledge proofs, EF director says

In a recent interview with CoinDesk, Ethereum Foundation co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang described zero-knowledge as part of Ethereum’s midterm roadmap, pointing to “many amazing breakthroughs” in the past one to two years.

Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz K. Stańczak

Tech

Ethereum Devs Push ZK ‘Secret Santa’ System Toward Deployment

The proposed protocol uses zero-knowledge proofs to verify sender–receiver relationships without revealing identities.

Santa Claus (Pixabay)

Opinion

AI Agents Need Identity and Zero-Knowledge Proofs Are the Solution

ZKPs could become the backbone of a new era of trusted AI and digital identity, giving individuals and organizations a way to interact safely and transparently across platforms and borders, argues Evin McMullen, CEO and co-founder of Billions Network.

Robots (Unsplash/Sumaid pal Singh Bakshi/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Zero-Knowledge Identity Startup Self Raises $9M, Introduces Points Program

Self raised $9 million to expand its zero-knowledge identity platform and introduced a rewards program aimed at driving on-chain verification adoption.

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

Tech

Boundless Launches Mainnet on Base, Ushering in Universal Zero-Knowledge Compute

The milestone builds on the network’s incentivized testnet, which went live in July and stress-tested Boundless’ architecture under real-world conditions.

Gaming on a computer (Sean Do/Unsplash)

Tech

Risc Zero’s 'Boundless' Incentivized Testnet Goes Live

The incentivized testnet, which the team is calling its Mainnet Beta, will let users participate in the network's decentralized marketplace for ZK computation.

RISC Zero is building a scalable blockchain using zk rollups (Andrew Haimerl/Unsplash)

Markets

Google Adds Blockchain Tech to Wallet to Let Users Prove Age Without Sharing Data

The new cryptographic system lets users prove they’re old enough to use restricted applications without giving more information than required.

Google logo in Sunnyvale, CA (Greg Bulla/Unsplash)

Tech

Bitcoin DeFi Expansion Faces Fork Dilemma as Developers Explore ZK Proofs

BitcoinOS contributor and crypto OG Edan Yago describes forks on Bitcoin as like "open-heart surgery."

Photo of Edan Yago standing in front of  a sponsor board. (Courtesy: BitcoinOS)

Tech

Everyone Wants a Piece of the Bitcoin Pie, Now the AI Bots Are Coming for It Too

AI-focused Ethereum layer-2 Mode is the latest network to bridge to Bitcoin in an attempt to get access to deep wells of liquidity held in BTC.

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