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A mysterious Bitcoin donor has stepped in to pay the debt accrued by Julian Assange in private airline bills following his release after over a decade of legal troubles and imprisonment.  Forced To Take Private Jet After being forced to take private jets following his release, a mysterious Bitcoin donor stepped in to take care of Assange’s transportation costs.  Julian Assange, co-founder of WikiLeaks, has regained freedom from a Belmarsh prison in the UK after nearly 12 years of legal…

The European Union has passed stringent anti-money laundering laws that ban anonymous crypto transactions made through hosted crypto wallets.  The ban is part of the European Union’s expanded Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorist Financing Laws.  EU Bans Anonymous Crypto Transactions  The legislation, approved on the 19th of March, puts certain limits on cash transactions and anonymous cryptocurrency payments. The new rules ban anonymous cash payments over €3,000 in commercial transactions. It also states that cash payments over €10,000 will be…

Anonymous – the infamous global hacking collective – recently posted a video message targeted at Terra ecosystem co-founder Do Kwon. The group promised to work with worldwide governments in exposing the founders’ entire criminal history since entering the industry. Terra’s Meltdown In Sunday’s message, Anonymous began by acknowledging the poor present state of the crypto market, and the broader economy. “We were likely going to experience some pain in the crypto industry because of the macro environment, regardless of what…

The international hacktivist collective known as “Anonymous” is now sourcing funds from the crypto community to help fight Russia and other governments alike. It has partnered with an organization “CultDAO”, which has already agreed to donate 13 ETH to the cause. Understanding CultDAO Anonymous announced its support from CultDAO over Twitter on Wednesday. It promised to ramp up its cyber-warfare efforts after declaring war on Russia’s government for invading Ukraine in March. This included allying with CultDAO, which it claims…

CULT DAO is one of the projects pushing for a faster decentralization of the financial world. To reach its goal, the blockchain-based DAO has announced the upcoming release of a Revolt 2 Earn token. While the concept is fascinating itself, the fact that it attracted the attention of hacktivist group Anonymous is even more intriguing. Does Anonymous Support Decentralization? In recent years, Anonymous has often proven its support for a more decentralized world where individuals would be free from society’s…

How blockchains and cryptocurrencies handle investor data is a topic of great interest in the market. The data-encryption layer of a blockchain is one of the mechanisms that attract traders the most. However, there is an essential difference between encrypting users' data and providing transaction anonymity. How can a system guaranteeing perfect traceability of transactions achieve excellent privacy protection? This article introduces and explores the topic of crypto anonymity with some practical, real-life examples. The original Bitcoin idea Before better…

The alleged founder of the infamous hacker group ''Anonymous'' has claimed to use Monero for transactions. This was revealed in a series of AMA questions and answers by a Reddit user named Aubrey Cottle.  Cottle claimed to be the originator of the Internet Hate Machine and the founder of the Anonymous group. He opened an AMA session that drew Redditors' attention and revealed that he’s coming out of retirement to deal with the current QAnon menace happening worldwide.  [caption id="attachment_19786"…