Bluesky's new leader has worked on Zcash and more.
The funding will go toward developer salaries as they develop Arti.
In an appearance this morning on CoinDesk TV’s First Mover, Silbert said he believes privacy tech will be a draw for investors.
Halo Arc includes updates to Zcashd, an ECC Wallet prototype and the ECC wallet SDKs.
While Bittrex gave no reason for the removals, exchanges around the world have been moving to delist coins that seek to hide the activity of their users.
Along with the halving, Zcash has rolled out its Canopy upgrade that replaces the Founders Reward with built-in funding for development.
XMR, DASH and ZEC "were delisted at the same time for the same reason – to further derisk the company from a regulatory standpoint."
In the latest CoinDesk 20 revision, five assets were replaced by crypto assets that saw recent quarterly volume surges.
Bitcoin’s price bounced Wednesday as Ethereum transaction fee data shows a DeFi downturn.
Bitcoin’s price hit $13,600 before retrenching while some investors pulled crypto out of DeFi.
Bitcoin’s price passed $12,000 while Ethereum fees dipped.
Privacy protocols have become the focal point of regulators and law enforcement agencies when the race among central banks to launch sovereign digital currencies is heating up.
Bitcoin’s price is rebounding after an OKex-related dip. Meanwhile, ether options traders have a bearish "beacon chain" attitude.
Litecoin (LTC) founder Charlie Lee told CoinDesk in an interview the project is now looking to adopt key privacy-enhancing features, which he sees as increasingly attractive to cryptocurrency users.
Bitcoin’s price is slipping while the amount of ether parked in DeFi is stuck in neutral.