Monero

Opinion by: Carter Feldman, CEO of Psy For thousands of years, money changed hands in private. A bronze coin passed from merchant to customer, leaving no record of the transaction. No government official knew what […]

While the rest of the crypto space has entered a slump, traders are banking on privacy tokens, with Zcash leading the charge.  CoinMarketCap data shows that Zcash (ZEC) climbed to a high of $655 earlier […]

Privacy tokens are taking center stage this week, bucking the slump that has affected the broader cryptocurrency market. Notable commentators in the cryptocurrency space have been predicting a spike in privacy coin prices for months. […]

Investor demand for financial privacy is fueling a rally in privacy-preserving cryptocurrencies, signaling renewed interest in self-sovereign blockchain transactions. The market capitalization of privacy-preserving cryptocurrencies rose by about 80% over the past week to briefly […]

Some of the leading privacy coins are defying the gravity of the digital asset market, signaling growing investor demand for privacy-focused cryptocurrencies. Zcash (ZEC) surged to an over eight-year high of $388 on Friday after […]

Privacy blockchain Monero has rolled out a new client update to provide users with greater security against “spy nodes” on the network. The “Fluorine Fermi” software update was announced via X on Thursday, with the […]

Blockchain industry participants and regulators continue wrangling over privacy rights as the European Union’s sweeping Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules look set to ban privacy-preserving tokens and anonymous crypto accounts starting in 2027. Credit institutions, financial […]

Monero’s privacy token rose more than 7% despite its blockchain suffering an 18-block reorg that reversed around 117 transactions and triggered community concerns over the Monero ecosystem’s future. The security breach was committed by the […]

Update July 30, 2025, 8:25 am UTC: This article has been updated to Dan Dadybayo’s role as a researcher at Unstoppable Wallet. Privacy-focused Monero is facing what appears to be an attempted network takeover by […]

Update (Aug. 4, 2025, at 1:50 pm UTC): This article has been updated to add commentary by XMRig developer Sergei Chernykh. A mining pool behind an attempted 51% takeover of Monero is reportedly under a […]