In this week’s edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re looking at where privacy is headed in the Ethereum ecosystem. www.coindesk.com
Privacy
-
-
Scams
Winklevoss-Backed Zcash Treasury Plunges Nearly 40% on ZEC Privacy Bug Concerns
by shayaanby shayaanIn brief Cypherpunk Technologies shares tumbled 37% on Friday as jitters tied to a Zcash bug knocked the Winklevoss-backed firm. The company, …
-
Smart Contracts
Zcash Crash Just Wiped Billions From the Privacy Coin’s Market Cap—Can ZEC Recover?
by shayaanby shayaanIn short Zcash’s price fell by more than 40% after the discovery of a vulnerability that could have led to the counterfeiting …
-
In brief Zcash plummeted in price following the disclosure of a critical, four-year-old vulnerability. Because of Zcash’s privacy features, the bug’s scope …
-
Markets
It's not all HYPE: Privacy and quantum-resistant coins advance as bitcoin marks time
by shayaanby shayaanYour day-ahead look for May 21, 2026 www.coindesk.com
-
Markets
Privacy and accountability can coexist onchain, say panelists at Consensus Miami
by shayaanby shayaanPublic blockchains make transactions traceable, but that transparency can come at the expense of user privacy. Speakers from Moody’s Ratings and ChangeNOW …
-
$COTI Foundation, a programmable privacy layer for Web3 and decentralized finance (DeFi) payments, is excited to announce its strategic partnership with MetaMask, …
-
Blockchains are going private. The only question left is what kind of privacy the industry will build, argues Schiller. www.coindesk.com
-
Privacy coins are back and not quietly either. Since April 4, the privacy coins surge has been hard to ignore, with tokens …
-
In the past, crypto regulation in the U.S. has been badly fractured. Not only did federal agencies fail to collaborate — they …