38 stories about Privacy from across the crypto press, curated and summarized daily. Most recent: Jul 20, 2026.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin "vibe-coded" an anonymous billboard demo on Aztec with onchain moderation, a censor role, and a local LLM flagging daemon.
Zcash has launched a new node client called Zakura, the first live piece of a plan to scale the network from roughly one private transaction per second to 50,000 TPS — comparable to Visa's capacity — while maintaining strong privacy protections.
The team behind Ethereum's institutional privacy push has spun out into a for-profit firm called EthSystems, backed by Bitmine and Joe Lubin. The startup aims to provide a privacy layer for institutions hesitant to run money on a public chain.
The Ethereum Foundation has spun out a new company, EthSystems, focused on bringing blockchain privacy solutions to traditional banks. This move comes as part of a significant restructuring within the foundation.
Bull Bitcoin has filed a landmark legal challenge to annul France’s DAC8 crypto data surveillance rules, arguing that forced data collection undermines privacy and could push users to unregulated alternatives. This is the first major legal challenge to DAC8 in the EU.
Built on Signal’s open-source technology, Radar Chat combines encrypted messaging with self-custodial Bitcoin payments via Lightning Network.
Bull Bitcoin has petitioned a French court to annul a decree implementing the EU's DAC8 tax transparency rules, arguing the rules could create surveillance and physical risks for up to 135 million European crypto holders.
Ethereum is undergoing its most significant upgrade since the Merge, with plans to rebuild nearly every core piece of the protocol over the next 3-4 years. Quantum safety and privacy are now top priorities, according to Vitalik Buterin.
Vitalik Buterin has outlined priorities for a new 'Lean Ethereum' strawmap, focusing on privacy and scalability. The plan includes a new virtual machine with leanISA and RISC-V as leading candidates.
Bull Bitcoin has obtained a MiCA license in France while maintaining full self-custody and privacy features. Founder Francis Pouliot announced the self-financed, three-year achievement, highlighting successful PASSI and DORA cybersecurity audits without outsourcing core infrastructure.
Bitcoin developers want to remove a feature that allows users to speed up stuck transactions, as it has become a privacy risk. This change could make transactions harder to track but might also complicate fee management for users.
Zama, Morpho, and Steakhouse have launched the first confidential DeFi yield vault on Ethereum, allowing firms to earn yield without exposing their balances. This innovation enhances privacy for institutional and high-net-worth investors in the DeFi space.
The U.S. Treasury is considering new regulations to restrict the use of crypto mixers and privacy coins. This could impact users seeking financial privacy and developers building privacy-focused tools.
Onchain sleuth ZachXBT traced $120 million in suspicious funds across exchanges, instant swap services, and other blockchains. Tether later froze $72 million in USDT linked to the activity, as Monero's price jumped to $438.
Ethereum developers are revisiting privacy as a priority, exploring new token standards to enhance user anonymity. This could lead to more private transactions on the blockchain, benefiting users concerned about financial privacy.
StarkWare and Sui are launching confidential transfer systems that comply with regulations, while Zama is enhancing its compliance efforts. This move comes as a bug in Zcash’s Orchard highlights the risks of unregulated privacy models.
Zcash has finalized its Ironwood upgrade, which will introduce a new shielded pool and ensure the supply of ZEC remains bounded. The upgrade is scheduled to activate in July 2026.
Zcash's value surged by $2.5 billion after its developers announced a fix to address concerns about its coin supply. The upgrade aims to restore confidence in the privacy-focused cryptocurrency.
Starknet has introduced STRK20, a privacy feature for ERC20 tokens that allows users to hide their balances and transfers. The system includes tools for regulators to access information when needed, balancing privacy with compliance.
Zcash's price surged 42% after the team fixed a critical vulnerability in its privacy-focused Orchard shielded pool. The upgrade required a two-step process to ensure network security and stability.
The price of Zcash cratered following the disclosure of a serious vulnerability for the privacy coin. Can ZEC make a comeback anytime soon?
A viral tweet by @galactiator dismantles the claim that Big Tech can easily add privacy as a checkbox feature, calling it historically illiterate and pointing out that if it were that simple, companies would have already done it.
Shares of Cypherpunk Technologies, the company behind Zcash, fell sharply due to concerns over a privacy bug in the ZEC cryptocurrency. The bug could potentially expose transaction details, raising worries among investors.
Fallout from a bug that enabled undetectable Zcash counterfeiting shows that privacy can sometimes present tradeoffs, experts say.