News with the tag "Wasabi Wallet"

Researchers compiling the data believe the changes were due to regulatory uncertainties in the US and increased crypto adoption in emerging markets.

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: The Salvadoran government pushes a bitcoin banking bill, president Milei states bitcoin will compete with other currencies in Argentina, and the Wasabi Wallet lead d...

Adam Ficsor, the lead developer of Wasabi Wallet, a privacy-centric Bitcoin wallet, has revealed his position regarding the slow adoption of Bitcoin in El Salvador. In a recent interview, Ficsor stated that Bitcoin developers have failed El Salvador, having been unable to improve the situation of Bi...

The impending closure of zkSNACKs’ CoinJoin service has been described as a setback for Bitcoin developers and privacy proponents.

On Thursday, Zksnacks, the developer behind Wasabi Wallet, announced its decision to cease its coinjoin services following regulatory measures in the U.S. The company stated that the wallet will now operate as a standard non-custodial bitcoin wallet without the coinjoin feature. Zksnacks Withdraws C...

Following DOJ action against Samourai Wallet and a possible Metamask investigation, Wasabi Wallet and Phoenix are closing their U.S. offerings. Is non-custodial crypto under threat?

The developers of Bitcoin (BTC) wallets Phoenix Wallet and Wasabi Wallet have announced that they will stop providing services to US consumers. In a statement, Wasabi Wallet maker zkSNACKs says it is now blocking US citizens and residents from visiting its websites, downloading its wallet and using ...

Recent regulatory action against Consensys and Samourai has instilled fear among other crypto service providers operating in the United States.

In a decisive move, Zksnacks announced on Saturday that it will block all U.S. residents and citizens from accessing its bitcoin mixer, Wasabi Wallet. This policy change comes as U.S. authorities intensify their crackdown on unregulated crypto activities, spotlighting the recent indictment of Samour...

Wasabi Wallet — a software wallet meant to enhance Bitcoin (BTC) privacy through mixing — accused their main competitor Wasabi of running a “psyop” through their educational project Coinjoins.org. In a lengthy Twitter thread, Samourai claims the educational project is…