The French finance ministry is imposing sweeping KYC rules on all VASPs in the country.
A New York Times decision to name Scott Alexander, the author of Slate Star Codex, raises questions about who deserves pseudonyms, journalism in 2020 and where we place value when it comes to news stories.
Whether out of concern for personal security or a desire to preserve privacy, many Bitcoin developers are known to the world only by their pseudonyms.
Europe's central bankers have developed an "anonymity voucher" to give prospective CBDC users limited privacy in their retail transactions.
Payments giant Mastercard claims to have developed a new way of keeping cryptocurrency transactions private using intermediary addresses.
Infamous developer Amir Taaki believes bitcoin's potential is exhausted, but he's not giving up the fight to change the world with cryptocurrency.
A new non-profit foundation has been launched to support the development of the zcash protocol.
CoinDesk explores the alternative digital currency monero and its long road to becoming of the industry's most talked-about projects.
Three months since its launch, not many people appear to be using Zcash's signature 'shielded addresses'.
A type of anonymous bitcoin transaction that privacy enthusiasts have been awaiting for years has finally been tested successfully.
An anonymous cryptographer named after Harry Potter’s archenemy has put forth a proposal experts believe could help solve major issues facing bitcoin.
Steptoe & Johnson partner Jason Weinstein argues that, despite perception, blockchain tech benefits law enforcement agents more than criminals.
Bitcoin wallet and technology provider Coinkite has announced Bitkit, its bitcoin wallet API, is now available on Tor.
Bitcoin, less private than credit or debit transactions, is generally anonymous. Here are some distinctions between privacy and anonymity in bitcoin.
Researchers at the University of Luxembourg have found that using bitcoin over Tor leaves users open to privacy-busting attacks.