8 April 2025

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Tag: Privacy coins

  • The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed:  Central Bank Digital Currency and the death of privacy

    The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Central Bank Digital Currency and the death of privacy

    President Joe Biden sent out an executive order to his people to learn all they could about crypto and determine if it was a threat to national security, and the news flew under the radar when they finally came back. It wasn’t anything anyone in the crypto space wasn’t expecting already—regulations required at all levels…

  • The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed:  The Case for Privacy Part 1.

    The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: The Case for Privacy Part 1.

    Earlier this week the Biden administration took aim at cryptocurrency by announcing they’re preparing an executive order for release early next month outlining the U.S. government strategy on cryptocurrency. Here’s a handy bullet point list: The directive would place the White House in a central role overseeing efforts to set policies and regulate digital assets,…

  • Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed:  Monero (XMR)

    Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Monero (XMR)

    Cryptocurrency has a number of different problems and one of them is that it’s not even remotely private. Transparency is baked into the system for most coins. Anyone can see what’s happening right now on Bitcoin’s blockchain by going to https://www.blockchain.com/explorer and after a search and a few clicks, you can find out what’s going…

  • Why your crypto bets are down and what’s to be done?

    Why your crypto bets are down and what’s to be done?

    Bitcoin’s down almost half of its high point mark achieved earlier this year, and naysayers are chuckling about the things they’ve always known about the currency. Like they always do whenever crypto hits the skids, which it does ever so often. It’s a common occurrence, and common enough that folks involved will keep quiet during…