Privacy coins, Zcash (ZEC) and Monero (XMR), have been outperforming larger cryptocurrencies in the last 24 hours. The sudden surge on the price of these cryptocurrencies seems to be responding to recent developments around the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and the signed of an executive order from the U.S. Joe Biden administration. Related Reading | Monero (XMR) Price…
One of the best-performing crypto assets of the past 24 hours has been Zcash (ZEC). According to data from Trading View, the cryptocurrency has gained 12% over the past day’s trading session, outperforming Bitcoin’s 4% gains and Ethereum’s 2.5% gains. Analysts expect the altcoin, which was one of the worst performers throughout the 2018 bear…
A guideline issued by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is prompting OKEx to delist popular privacy-centering cryptocurrencies. Travel Rule The Korean wing of the cryptocurrency firm announced on Monday that it is going to stop trading of Monero, Zcash, Dash, Horizen, and Super Bitcoin on its exchange. All the five assets, in one way or…
Unlike many fans of cryptocurrency, Edward Snowden has no problem with the Zcash founders’ reward. The former CIA employee-turned whistle-blower Tweeted his support for the anonymity-focused digital asset earlier today. For Snowden, the founders’ reward incentivises and funds the team behind the privacy coin to address issues with the project, such as that identified and…
A branch of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DoHS) is researching the possibility of using blockchain forensic analysis tools to better trace privacy coin transactions. Privacy No More: US Government Preparing Forensic Analysis Tools Among the biggest concerns surrounding cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are fears that the emerging technology could facilitate money laundering by…
Crypto markets have held their gains, Stellar and Zcash leading the way. Cryptocurrency markets have held on to their gains following two days of recovery from extremely low levels. Things are not great mind you and markets are still at very depressed levels for the year, but the good news is that they haven’t dumped…
Markets are still generally flat; Nem, Zcash, XRP, and Iota climbing, Stellar and MOAC sliding. Red is still dominating most cryptocurrencies this morning as the slow selloff continues. Downward pressure has eased somewhat though and total market capitalization has not fallen that much overnight, it remains above $210 billion for now. Over the past 24…
Friday markets are still in decline; Zcash and Stellar opposing the drop, Dogecoin and BAT getting dumped. Yesterday’s decline has continued today though its momentum has slowed a little. Crypto market capitalization has fallen below $215 billion as all hopes of a real recovery have by now evaporated. Bitcoin has dropped almost a percent on…