Key Takeaways Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm is on trial for money laundering and sanctions violations, with proceedings expected to last three …
Privacy
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Markets
Legitimate Privacy Tool or Dirty Money ‘Laundromat’? Lawyers Debate Role of Tornado Cash on Day 1 of Roman Storm Trial
by shayaanby shayaanNEW YORK — There is at least one fact that both the defense and the prosecution agree in the ongoing criminal money …
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Regulation
Urgent appeal to help defend Tornado Cash’s Roman Storm and the right to financial privacy
by shayaanby shayaanTornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm took to Twitter with an urgent plea for support, ahead of his high-profile trial date tomorrow. Storm, …
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Regulation
Worldcoin Halts Iris Scans in Germany Amidst Urgent Privacy Concerns
by shayaanby shayaanIn a significant development for the burgeoning world of digital identity and cryptocurrency, Worldcoin, the ambitious project co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, …
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Regulation
Trump Admin Beats Coinbase, Privacy Advocates in Supreme Court IRS Showdown
by shayaanby shayaanThe U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a case that would have re-examined how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital …
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Web3
NullTrace Announces Shadow DEX Rollout, AI Integrations & Upcoming Wallet Launch: Building Solana’s Full-Stack Privacy Layer
by shayaanby shayaanDubai, UAE , June 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a major leap toward redefining privacy in Web3, NullTrace officially announces the upcoming …
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Markets
Vitalik Buterin Uses Privacy Tool Railgun Again, Signaling Ongoing Embrace of On-Chain Anonymity
by shayaanby shayaanEthereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin transferred around $2.6 million worth of tokens through the privacy-focused protocol Railgun on Wednesday, in what appears to …
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Adoption
Elon Musk targets privacy rivals with ‘Bitcoin-style’ encrypted XChat
by shayaanby shayaanElon Musk has announced a novel update to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. A new feature, called XChat, …
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Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, the Ethereum protocol …
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DeFi
Oxbow Lifts Deposit Limits on Privacy Pools, Opens Doors to Institutional Users
by shayaanby shayaanOxbow, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform balancing privacy and compliance, has removed deposit limits on its Privacy Pools tool, enabling unrestricted Ethereum …