Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Polygon Merges With Hermez Network in $250M Deal

This is the first complete merger of one blockchain network into another.

Business  ·  13 August 2021

US Financial Surveillance Agency Wants to Know More About Privacy Tech

The Treasury Dept. agency is asking privacy focused companies to participate in a virtual event aimed at boosting its understanding of privacy tech.

News  ·  27 May 2021
Crypto Lending

Fireblocks, Celsius Back Zero-Knowledge Credit Scoring for Institutional Crypto Traders

X-Margin’s real-time risk solution is working with crypto hedge fund Dunamis Trading.

Business  ·  22 April 2021
Privacy

A16z Leads $28M Funding Round for Data Privacy Platform Aleo

Aleo’s pitch is about building out a web platform that leverages zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs).

Tech  ·  20 April 2021
Ethereum

Ethereum’s Top Dapps Are Increasingly Turning to ‘Rollups’: Here’s Why

A majority of the top Ethereum-based decentralized applications (dapps) are switching to rollups, a layer 2 for increasing throughput.

Tech  ·  13 October 2020
Startups

Startup Aleo Wants to Help You Use the Internet Without Sacrificing Data Privacy

Aleo co-founder Howard Wu says a better data privacy model for both companies and consumers can be built using zero-knowledge proofs.

Tech  ·  24 September 2020
CoinFlash

Fireblocks, X-Margin Partner to Offer Institutions Cross Margin Trading in Crypto Derivatives

The firms will leverage privacy enhancing zero-knowledge proof technology to enable institutional trading firms to cross margin and bilaterally trade derivatives from a single pool of collateral.

Markets  ·  8 September 2020
Enterprise Blockchain

Is This the Blockchain Firm That Will Get Enterprise to Finally Embrace Open Networks?

Concordium, whose CEO is a Volvo board member, is looking to shake up the seemingly glacial world of enterprise blockchain.

Business  ·  27 August 2020
Privacy

EY Open-Sources Tech It Says Slashes Cost of Private Ethereum Transactions

Lowering the costs of private transactions in this way makes the public ethereum blockchain more competitive with private chains, EY says.

Tech  ·  19 December 2019
News

Samsung SDS Beefs Up Privacy on Its Business-Grade Blockchain

Samsung SDS, the enterprise tech arm of the South Korean behemoth, is enhancing privacy on its Nexledger blockchain with zero-knowledge proofs.

Markets  ·  14 November 2019
News

Kaleido’s Enterprise Clients Can Now Transfer Tokens In Complete Privacy

Enterprise blockchain firms using Kaleido's platform will now be able to transact privately with one another.

Markets  ·  15 September 2019
Banking

ING Bank Is Bringing Bitcoin ‘Bulletproofs’ to Private Blockchains

ING’s blockchain team is testing privacy tech called "bulletproofs," the latest in a series of such experiments at the global bank.

Business  ·  15 April 2019
Exchanges

ConsenSys Targets Crypto Privacy and Adoption With New Investments

ConsenSys Ventures has invested $1.15 million in blockchain privacy startup Ligero and an undisclosed amount in crypto exchange PDAX.

Business  ·  7 March 2019
MakerDAO

JP Morgan Is Quietly Testing Cutting-Edge Ethereum Privacy Tech

Fresh off its big reveal of JPM Coin, the megabank is quietly testing a cutting-edge form of ethereum privacy tech.

Business  ·  28 February 2019
Ethereum

EY Reveals Zero-Knowledge Proof Privacy Solution for Ethereum

EY has announced a prototype that uses zero-knowledge proofs to allow companies to create ethereum tokens while keeping transaction private.

Business  ·  31 October 2018