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Regulatory Pressure Did Not Shut Down Ethereum Privacy Tools zk.Money, Aztec Connect, Founders Say
In March 2021, Aztec launched its first product – zk.money – a basic software for private transactions on the Ethereum blockchain. In July 2022, a sister product, Aztec Connect, was launched. Both products will be shut down simultaneously, Aztec said. As of Friday, Aztec Connect had little over $20 million
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Gov. Ron DeSantis, Privacy and the Politicization of the Digital Dollar — CoinDesk
At one level, his concerns are partly understandable. Depending on how it is technically designed and legally regulated, a consumer-facing CBDC could potentially amass and store large volumes of personal information about individuals’ daily purchases and movements. Domestically, groups including the American Civil Liberties Union have repeatedly stressed the importance
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Marta Belcher: Reframing Privacy for the Digital Age
Somehow we accept that financial transactions get turned over to the government by default without a warrant, says civil liberties lawyer Marta Belcher, a speaker at this year's Consensus festival. Source
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Congressional privacy proposals could kill scores of blockchain projects
With public trust in large tech companies at an all-time low, Congress is once again considering comprehensive data privacy legislation. But the rise of blockchain technologies and the nascent decentralized web mean that these comprehensive proposals are already behind the times. Without major revisions, these legislative proposals risk strangling decentralizing
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India’s Central Bank Seeking Privacy Legislation for Retail CBDC Users
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Manta Network seeks to bring privacy to non-fungible crypto assets with new NPO platform
Zk layer 1 blockchain Manta Network announced on March 20 that it has added support for assets including Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and Soul Bound Token (SBTs) to its protocol. The MantaPay protocol, which initially supported only fungible crypto assets, promises to now allow for privacy-preservation support for NFTs and SBTs through the
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MetaMask addresses privacy concerns with new features for enhanced control
Web3 wallet app MetaMask has introduced a number of new features aimed at enhancing privacy and giving users more control, according to a March 14 blog post by the developer. The new features come after MetaMask had previously been criticized for allegedly intruding on users’ privacy.MetaMask Mobile v6 is now
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CBDCs should protect privacy, not be a surveillance tool: Former CFTC chair
The United States should lead the development of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) away from being “surveillance coins” and towards being "freedom coins,” says the former chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).In a Mar. 13 op-ed in The Hill, Christopher Giancarlo, nicknamed "Crypto Dad" for his pro-crypto outlook,
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DeFi Privacy Bridge Aztec Connect Sunsets After Less Than a Year
“The immense research invested into Aztec Connect will be usable and indeed critical to the development of our next-gen product," wrote the Aztec team in a Medium post. "Having an encrypted rollup live and in production gives us confidence in our shift to focusing on a fully programmable version." Source
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