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Latest Ethereum Blocks Suggest Validators Are Reversing Censorship

Noncensoring relays such as Agnostic and ultra sound are delivering more data blocks on Ethereum than Flashbots, the one-time king of MEV-delivering relays.

By Margaux Nijkerk

Mar 22, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. UTC

Mar 22, 2023

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Tornado Cash Fork, Privacy Pools, Deployed on Optimism Testnet

Privacy Pools uses zero-knowledge proofs to prove that funds in anonymous transactions are not linked to criminal activity, such as North Korea’s $625 million hack on Axie Infinity.

By Sage D. Young

Mar 6, 2023 at 10:27 p.m. UTC

Mar 6, 2023

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Crypto Crime Hit All-Time High of $20.6B in 2022: Chainalysis

Kim Grauer, the blockchain sleuthing firm's head of research, told CoinDesk TV sanctioned activity and hacking were the driving forces behind the rise in illicit transaction volumes last year.

By Fran Velasquez

Feb 27, 2023 at 8:41 p.m. UTC

Feb 27, 2023

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Fewer Than Half of New Ethereum Blocks Over the Past 24 Hours Are OFAC Compliant

For the first time since October, fewer than 50% of new blocks over a 24-hour period are OFAC compliant, partially thanks to more noncensoring options that make up a larger share of the blockspace market.

By Margaux Nijkerk

Feb 14, 2023 at 10:26 p.m. UTC

Feb 14, 2023

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Bitzlato Co-Founder Released After Arrest in Moscow, Pledges Relaunch of Seized Exchange

“I could launch the exchange from my apartment," Anton Shkurenko said of the exchange multinational authorities shut down in January. The Bitzlato team has retained most of its users’ funds and could resume operations quickly, he said.

By Anna Baydakova

Feb 10, 2023 at 1:39 a.m. UTC

Feb 10, 2023

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