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Privacy. Blockchain. Cryptography. Surveillance. Cypherpunk culture. Markets. Developments that matter, sourced and filtered through the ZeroTrace lens.
THE WALLET WAS REAL. THE SECURITY WASN'T.
Genuine Ledger devices, concealed recovery-phrase implants, and the supply-chain weakness in self-custody.
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RECENT INTELLIGENCE
NEWEST FIRST // VERIFIED SOURCESGRAYSCALE ZCASH ETF DRAWS REPORTED $41.1M IN WEEKLY INFLOWS
Third-party trackers report a four-day rebound in ZCSH inflows; Grayscale confirms $686.2M in assets.
TETHER BLACKLISTS 10 TRON WALLETS HOLDING $2 MILLION IN USDT
USDTBanList reports $2,000,405 associated with 10 blacklisted TRON wallets in a three-minute wave.
KRAKEN ADMITS IT WENT TOO FAR QUESTIONING MONERO WITHDRAWALS
Kraken withdraws intrusive XMR questions after its co-CEO acknowledges the exchange crossed a line.
SWITZERLAND APPROVES FIRST RETAIL BITCOIN ETF — BUT WHO CONTROLS THE BTC?
FINMA approves direct Bitcoin exposure for retail investors. ETF shares and self-custody are not the same.
STABLECOINS ARE GOING MAINSTREAM. SO IS FINANCIAL SURVEILLANCE.
Mastercard brings risk scoring to stablecoin payments. Faster settlement does not necessarily mean less monitoring.
THE WALLET WAS REAL. THE SECURITY WASN'T.
Genuine Ledger devices, concealed recovery-phrase implants, and the supply-chain weakness in self-custody.
THE ADDRESS IS PUBLIC. THE PAYMENTS AREN’T. FOR NOW.
Zakura proposes one-time viewing keys to contain future quantum privacy exposure from publicly disclosed Zcash swap addresses.
WHEN SOFTWARE STOPS LOOKING LIKE A BROKER.
The CFTC broadened no-action relief for qualifying passive software providers connecting users to regulated derivatives markets.
WALL STREET MOVES ONCHAIN — WITH PERMISSION.
The SEC opened a temporary path for tokenized NMS stocks on permissioned AMMs deployed to public blockchains.
NU7’S SCOPE IS TAKING SHAPE.
ZCAP closed its poll on five outstanding NU7 scope questions, with 135 of 198 eligible members participating.