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Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies are regaining momentum as growing concerns over financial surveillance, data collection, and compliance-heavy digital payment systems drive renewed institutional interest in privacy-preserving blockchain infrastructure.

While recent gains in tokens such as Zcash and Monero have attracted retail attention, several third-party research fi...


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Bakkt is repositioning itself as a stablecoin infrastructure provider after reporting a 77% drop in first-quarter revenue, as the crypto firm bets on cross-border payments and programmable finance to revive growth.

The Intercontinental Exchange-backed company said revenue fell to $243.6 million in the quarter ended March 31 2026, from $1.07 billion a year earlier, hurt...


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Leading crypto exchange, Binance, said it blocked $10.53 billion in potential fraud losses and protected more than 5.4 million users between the start of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026 as the company ramped up the use of artificial intelligence to combat increasingly sophisticated scams.

The exchange said AI-powered scams, including

phishing, deepfakes, fake p...

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Billionaire investor, Ray Dalio, said Bitcoin’s transparent blockchain makes it unlikely to be adopted by central banks as a reserve asset arguing that governments are unlikely to embrace a financial system where transactions can be fully monitored.

Speaking during a discussion on the future of money and digital assets, Dalio said Bitcoin transactions ‘can be monitored...


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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is seeking the identities of cryptocurrency traders as it steps up efforts to pursue tax cheats and widen its revenue base amid growing digital asset adoption in the country.

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is targeting crypto investors and traders whose transactions have largely remained outside the formal tax system, according to a...


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