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Markets

Ripple Engineers Publish Design for Private Transactions on XRP Ledger

Ripple engineer Nik Bougalis has proposed a method of shielding transactions on the XRP ledger.

Ripple engineer Nik Bougalis has published a proposal for shielding XRP transactions. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Ex-State Street Blockchain Team Drops DLT From New Data-Privacy Startup

Data privacy startup Manetu goes live early next month with $3.5 million in backing from Castle Island Ventures and others.

Manetu CEO Moiz Kohari. (Credit: Moiz Kohari)

Finance

While Some Hoard Dollar Bills, Others Envision Germy Cash's Quick Demise

Is a cash-based society sustainable in a pandemic? Hoarders say yes. Health experts say maybe. Visionaries say no: It’s a moment for systemic change.

TAINTED? “A single dollar bill can be home to as many as 3,000 different bacteria and has changed hands upwards of a thousand times,” claims the Colorado Bankers Association. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Tech

Privacy Advocates Are Sounding Alarms Over Coronavirus Surveillance

Crises provide opportunities for surveillance architecture to move forward, say privacy advocates. This time is no different.

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Policy

Think a Privacy Law Will Stop Surveillance Capitalism? You Don't Know Google

Big Tech's business model isn't threatened by the prospect of new data privacy laws, says one VC. FAANG firms are too nimble, powerful and ingenious.

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Policy

What an Uptick in 'Coinjoins' Says About Bitcoin's Value Proposition

A bitcoin privacy technology is seeing more usage as the global markets tank.

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Policy

Israeli Bitcoiners See Surveillance as Unavoidable During Coronavirus Crisis

Tracking mobile-phone data may save lives during the pandemic, but will it become a permanent feature of the surveillance state?

BTC HUB: The Tel Aviv Bitcoin Embassy is closed during the coronavirus pandemic. (Image via Facebook)

Policy

Controversial Group Behind Coronavirus Tracking App Has Crypto Ties

The coronavirus crisis may highlight the overlap between the surveillance state and the cryptocurrency industry.

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Policy

In Fight Against Coronavirus, Governments Face Trade-Offs on Privacy

Safeguarding privacy rights is tricky during a time of pandemic and panic.

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Tech

Mass Surveillance Threatens Personal Privacy Amid Coronavirus

The extreme surveillance measures taken to address COVID-19 are not normal or inevitable.

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