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PART 1Executive summaryOn-chain finance is approaching an inflection point. Privacy is increasingly necessary for user safety, market integrity, and mainstream adoption — while anti-money laundering (AML) / countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) regulations and national security objectives require data-accessibility, speed, and the ability to act.The policy question is no longer “privacy versus compliance.” It’s: Which privacy regime — combined with which compliance model and which governance controls — can meet the minimum needs of all stakeholders?This paper provides a framework for evaluating five privacy regimes common in privacy-preserving blockchain systems:Transaction view keys (per-transaction disclosure)Address view keys (wallet-scoped disclosure)Set membership…

MoonPay, a famous crypto payments and Web3 onboarding platform, is pleased to announce its landmark partnership with Dreamcash, a decentralized, mobile-first, self-custodial trading platform and ecosystem built on the Hyperliquid Layer-1 blockchain.  The primary objective of this partnership is to enable fast and seamless fiat trading on-ramp for better performance in the trading field. MoonPay has released this news through its official social media X account. MoonPay and Dreamcash Set to Advance Trading Access MoonPay already is fulfilling its best duty in serving humanity with different solutions to cryptocurrency-related problems; simultaneously, it is efficiently satisfying crypto users all over the…

The US is mounting its largest military buildup in the Middle East since 2003. Here’s a list of the weapons and hardware that it’s sent to the region as the Trump administration pressures Iran to strike a deal that would limit its nuclear and military capabilities.At least a dozen warships collectively worth an estimated $50 billion have been deployed to the region. Satellite imagery shows the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, and a second carrier strike group led by the USS Gerald R. Ford is on the way. The buildup also includes a variety…

The Trump family’s entry into the crypto industry has become a cautionary event for retail investors. Specifically, both Melania Meme ($MELANIA) and Official Trump ($TRUMP) tokens have gone through extreme dips since their launch. As per the data from CryptoRank, $MELANIA and $TRUMP tokens have plummeted to $0.123 and $3.66. Majorly, the retail investors have absorbed the losses during the crash, while the insiders have potentially gone away with gains. Trump Memecoins: How Insiders Pocketed Millions While Retail Investors Lost BillionsThe official $TRUMP and $MELANIA tokens have collapsed 92% and 99% from their all-time highs, respectively, and the damage to…

Spain is tightening its fight against illegal football streaming by pushing the enforcement burden onto VPN providers, starting with NordVPN. Quick Summary – TLDR: A Spanish commercial court has backed LaLiga and Telefónica linked firms in a case that targets VPN services used to access illegal match streams. The ruling allows dynamic IP blocking, meaning the blocked IP list can be updated during matches as new streams are found. NordVPN and Proton VPN say they have not been formally notified, raising concerns about due process and practical impact. Privacy advocates warn of collateral damage because VPN servers often use shared…

In this second February edition of crypto regulatory affairs, we will cover:

Layer-2 (L2) refers to secondary protocols built on top of a blockchain’s base layer (layer-1 or L1) that help the network scale more efficiently. Instead of executing every transaction directly on the main chain, L2 solutions handle execution off-chain or in aggregated batches and then periodically anchor results back to the base layer. This design significantly increases throughput, reduces costs, and improves overall performance without weakening the underlying network’s security. Common L2 approaches include state channels, sidechains, optimistic rollups, and zero-knowledge (ZK) rollups, each using different techniques to bundle or validate transactions more efficiently. While L1 blockchains prioritise decentralisation and…

Gold back over $5,000 is a market tell: fear is back. Tether just paid $150 million for the last mile. By taking ~12% of Gold.com and integrating XAU₮, Tether is buying distribution, so a USDT holder can reach for gold without leaving the crypto payment loopGold is trading above $5,000 an ounce again, and the mood that comes with that price level is back with it. When people start getting gold fever, they are paying for a certain feeling: safety, portability, and a hedge against the kind of macro mess that makes every other asset feel risky, according to Reuters.Crypto,…

US-based ETF issuer Roundhill Investments has filed with the US securities regulator to launch six exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to event contracts on the outcome of the 2028 US presidential election.ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said in an X post on Saturday that, if approved, the ETF products would be “potentially groundbreaking.” “Opens up huge door to all kinds of stuff,” Balchunas said, adding that prediction market applications are easy to sign up to, but ETFs are “just that much easier.”Roundhill Investments filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday to launch six ETF products that allow investors to…

Every year, around this time, I notice a shift in conversations with barristers.