TLDR Venezuela has blocked access to Binance, social media platform X (formerly Twitter), and other online services amid unrest over…

Key points: Tornado Cash has seen a resurgence in 2024, with $1.9 billion in deposits in the first half of…

A Dutch court has rejected the request to be released on bail by Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev, according to…

TLDR Hinkal announced the upcoming launch of the Shared Privacy Protocol The protocol enables cross-chain privacy via anonymity staking It…

TLDR Brazil’s data protection authority (ANPD) has banned Meta from using Brazilian personal data to train its AI models. The…

TLDR Sesame Online, a Bulgarian online gambling platform, partners with iDenfy for identity verification iDenfy’s solution aims to prevent underage…

TLDR Julian Assange has been released from prison after reaching a plea deal with the U.S. Department of Justice. Assange…

TLDR The EU Commission has revised its Chat Control law proposal, now seeking to mandate “upload moderation” for encrypted messaging…

TLDR OpenAI appointed retired U.S. Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, a former NSA director, to its board of directors and the…

TLDR IOTA Foundation’s Web3 Identification Solution, developed with partners, has been selected for the European Blockchain Sandbox. The solution tokenizes…

TLDR Fhenix, an Ethereum Layer 2 network focused on data confidentiality, has raised $15 million in a Series A funding…

TLDR Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder, donated 30 ETH (approximately $113,000) to the legal defense fund for Tornado Cash developers Alexey…

The identity verification sector continues to attract significant investment, with two recent funding rounds highlighting the growing demand for secure…

The financial industry is facing an ever-growing threat of fraud, with global losses exceeding $1 trillion annually. As digital interactions…

Cryptocurrency exchange BitOasis has announced a new partnership with verification and compliance platform Sumsub to enhance its user onboarding process…

Data Zoo, a Sydney-based fintech providing global identity verification solutions, has secured $35 million (US$22.7 million) in Series A funding…

LocalMonero, a prominent peer-to-peer trading platform for Monero (XMR), announced its closure effective May 7, 2024.  The decision, influenced by…

Two self-custody wallet provider announced they would withdraw from the US market and stop servicing local customers. The two providers…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a public service announcement warning Americans against using unregistered cryptocurrency money transmitting…

peaq, the layer-1 blockchain for DePIN and Machine RWAs (real-world assets), has announced a significant expansion of its ecosystem as…

In a win for the U.S. government’s crackdown on illicit crypto-mixing services, Roman Sterlingov, the 35-year-old founder of Bitcoin Fog,…