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What Is KYC?

Know Your Customer (KYC) guidelines are requirements that compel financial services providers to make an effort to identify their customers. Fulfilling KYC requirements often...

A Treatise on Bitcoin and Privacy Part 2: Don’t Be Misled by Red Herrings

In order to make the most of Bitcoin’s inherent privacy features, we must be able to distinguish between real privacy and some persistent “red herrings.”

A Treatise on Bitcoin and Privacy Part 1: A Match Made in the Whitepaper

In Part 1 of 2, Giacomo Zucco explores the fundamental relationship between Bitcoin and privacy by going back to the beginning with the whitepaper.

“Your Expectations of Privacy Are Too High” (But They Shouldn’t Be)

Every bitcoiner has a responsibility to themselves and their community to establish the following precept: We are not guilty simply because we own or use bitcoin.

The EU’s Updated AML Regulations Forced Bottle Pay to Shut Down. Who’s Next?

Following adoption of 5AMLD in the EU, Lightning Network service Bottle Pay shuts down. What precedent does this set for other Bitcoin businesses?

Darknet Markets Can’t Live With — or Without — Bitcoin

Inside the darknet market seizure made possible by Bitcoin.

Bitcoin Still the Preferred Cryptocurrency of Cybercriminals: Report

Bitcoin is still the preferred cryptocurrency among cybercriminals, according to this year’s Internet Organized Crime Threats Assessment from Europol.

LocalBitcoins’ New KYC Rules Raise Privacy Concerns

Can an exchange with KYC/AML be “decentralized”?

Unlicensed Exchange Conviction Leads to Seizure of 54 BTC

The latest unlicensed bitcoin exchange conviction led authorities to seize $889,000 and 54.3 in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Trade Association Proposes Code of Practice for Singapore Cryptocurrency Industry

The Association of Cryptocurrency Enterprises and Startups, Singapore, has released a draft of a code of practice for cryptocurrency businesses in the country.
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