🚀 @a16zcrypto Big Ideas for 2026 spotlights Privacy as the most important moat in Crypto being both a great feature and a network effect multiplier.At ZKsync, this sits at the core of what we are building with Prividiums. Private where it matters.Connected where it counts. https://t.co/VnkXmtvDWZ ...

[2025 Crypto Wrapped] Privacy: From Shadows to SpotlightPrivacy is not a new crypto narrative, it has been building in the shadows for years. Yet, it wasn't until November that the market finally shifted, turning "Privacy" from a niche into a mainstream narrative.To cut through the hype and understand the real mechanics behind this rotation, we mapped out the current landscape, benchmarking @monero, @Zcash, and @Dashpay.Here is the breakdown 👇 ...

As CEO of billion-user messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov may stand as the most pivotal figure in bona fide mass adoption of cryptocurrency for many observers. This feature is a part of CoinDesk's Most Influential 2025 list. By embedding the wallet for the TON blockchain into its popular messaging app, Telegram aims to remove some of the most cumbersome elements of interacting with crypto, such as remembering seed phrases and registering on an exchange. In short, Durov wants to make Telegram the biggest ...

Some companies have made it their explicit goal to create robots that look as human as possible. Robotics uses silicone skin humanoids with expressive faces and eyes that follow you, all to mimic emotion and build trust. The company is not afraid to march right into the unsettling feeling known as the uncanny valley.A zone in which people can tell something is trying to pass as human, but it isn't quite passing yet. Which may make some people uncomfortable. That is at least until these robots become advance ...

One of the key areas of this meeting and the round table today is financial surveillance. When we're talking about blockchain and crypto, what do you think is needed in financial surveillance. And I I think a lot of people are wondering would that help the price action.Would it help reduce the volatility. What will financial surveillance do for the industry. >> Well, I think the key is actually a discussion more as why we shouldn't have financial surveillance.You know, this discussion was really driven by, ...

RT mert | helius.dev (@0xMert_)wow chamath is zec pilled!"The great thing about the US dollar is the physical bill in your pocket is fungible. We have to find a way to replicate that digitally to preserve privacy. If you transact all day and theres no way to shield some privacy, that's a scary outcome." https://t.co/tGAp2QzQw1 ...

RT StarkWare (BTCFi arc) 🥷 (@StarkWareLtd)The @SECgov is looking to learn more about privacy and zero-knowledge.StarkWare General Counsel @kkirkbos will take part in today’s Crypto Task Force roundtable on Financial Surveillance and Privacy.Integrity shouldn’t require mass surveillance. ZK makes that possible. https://t.co/uMc8sN2X9n ...

The Funding: Why privacy is a hot narrative in crypto right now https://t.co/YnFUquW64p ...

full blurb by @chamath:"This is the absolute biggest risk. Both of you guys nailed it on the head. In the future when you have these really powerful models, the reality is the incentive for governments to try to infiltrate the information cycle. They will not be able to hold themselves back. And then what comes with that is a lack of privacy, a total loss of privacy and then a push towards censorship. So as these AIs become more powerful, we have to marry it with a set of technologies that can preserve priv ...

wow chamath is zec pilled!"The great thing about the US dollar is the physical bill in your pocket is fungible. We have to find a way to replicate that digitally to preserve privacy. If you transact all day and theres no way to shield some privacy, that's a scary outcome." https://t.co/tGAp2QzQw1 ...