Just picture Madame Dubois, owner of the small fromagerie on my block in Paris, where I lived for a time. She produces the most phenomenal brie, but she’s always fighting huge credit card processing fees. Each swipe significantly reduces her profit margin that is already razor thin. She dreams of...
Europe is at it again. This time, it’s not just about regulating cookie banners or punishing tech titans. It's a full-blown assault on the very foundation of crypto: freedom. These new European Data Protection Board (EDPB) guidelines, masquerading as data protection, are nothing short of a digital land grab, attempting...
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, recently released an extensive privacy roadmap for the blockchain platform. He argues that privacy is a key component in safeguarding all individual liberties and resisting the pervasive encroachment of federal and corporate powers. Buterin’s proposals are mostly focused on utilizing ZK-proofs, AKA zero-knowledge proofs...
The crypto space, usually praised for its transparency, is undergoing a crucial reckoning. Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, is here to make a difference. He writes about privacy—not as a luxury but as a fundamental freedom that’s getting obliterated in our digital age. BlockOpulent.com is going block by block to...
The SEC has done it again. Another delay. Another stall tactic. Another reason to doubt whether they’re really protecting investors—or just protecting their power. This time it’s the Ethereum ETFs from VanEck and Grayscale that have found themselves on the default death row of regulatory limbo. They claim they need...
