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Snowden Issues ‘Final Warning’ to Bitcoin Developers on Privacy Enhancements

May 4, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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In the wake of the U.S. intensifying its clampdown on privacy-oriented software and Zksnacks closing its coordinated coinjoin service, Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower and former contractor, has issued a stern warning to Bitcoin developers. Snowden emphasizes that time is running out for enhancing privacy and insists it must be integrated at the protocol level. […]

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Snowden to Musk: ‘I Take Payment in Bitcoin’; Big Short Investor Says Audits of Exchanges like Binance and FTX Are ‘Meaningless,’ and More — Week in Review

December 25, 2022 Bitcoin.com

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Ahead of the holidays and new year, the former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor known to the world as a staunch privacy advocate and whistleblower, Edward Snowden, has offered to step up as the new CEO of Twitter after current “Chief Twit” Elon Musk has said he is stepping down. In other news from […]

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Amid the FTX Confusion, Whistleblower Edward Snowden Says ‘Custodial Exchanges Were a Mistake’

November 9, 2022 Bitcoin.com

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Whistleblower and former NSA contractor, Edward Snowden, has been very vocal about the crypto economy in recent times. After publishing a copy of Bitcoin’s white paper on Twitter on the document’s 14th birthday, Snowden had some words with Craig Wright, the man who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto. Following the news tied to the troubled […]

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Edward Snowden Secretly Joined the Zcash Creation Ceremony

April 28, 2022 The Crypto Briefing

World-renowned NSA whistleblower and long-time privacy advocate Edward Snowden has been revealed as one of the six key figures that participated in The Ceremonya trusted setup event that launched the...

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Whistleblower Edward Snowden Issues Crypto Gaming Warning, Highlights Potential ‘Unethical’ Practices

December 5, 2021 The Daily Hodl

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Whistleblower Edward Snowden says that the use of non-fungible tokens (NFT) in crypto gaming comes with certain consequences. In a new interview on Parachains, a Polkadot and Kusama-focused YouTube channel, Snowden says he is against the monetization of gaming platforms that use NFTs because they utilize a false sense of scarcity. “We have people that […]

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Edward Snowden Calls CBDCs ‘Cryptofascist Currency’ — ‘Closer to Being a Perversion of Cryptocurrency’

October 9, 2021 Bitcoin.com

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On October 9, whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden published an opinion editorial concerning central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and claimed CBDCs are “the newest danger cresting the public horizon.” Snowden stressed that rather than being an innovation, CBDC’s are “closer to being a perversion of cryptocurrency” and a “cryptofascist currency.” Snowden Stresses CBDCs ‘Are […]

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Whistleblower Edward Snowden Says China Crypto Ban Only Made Bitcoin Stronger

October 4, 2021 The Daily Hodl

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Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee and famed government whistleblower Edward Snowden says China’s latest attempt to ban cryptocurrencies only makes Bitcoin (BTC) stronger. The ex-government contractor shares with his 4.8 million Twitter followers a post from March 13, 2020, when Bitcoin was collapsing during a Covid-19-induced market shock. Snowden said during that 2020 sell-off, […]

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These Two Privacy Coins Are About To Take Flight, Says High-Profile Trader

May 13, 2021 The Daily Hodl

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A popular crypto trader is shining the spotlight on two privacy-centric coins that he says are preparing for major breakouts. Kaleo, the pseudonymous analyst in question, believes that Zcash (ZEC) is looking bullish and ready for a significant move upward. The trader notes that the ZEC/BTC chart appears eerily similar to the Ethereum Classic (ETC) […]

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Edward Snowden Plans to Auction an NFT, Proceeds Will Go to Freedom of the Press Foundation

April 15, 2021 Bitcoin.com

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The whistleblower and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee and subcontractor Edward Snowden has revealed he is stepping into the world of non-fungible token (NFT) assets. Moreover, 100% of the NFT sale proceeds will be donated to the Freedom of the Press Foundation. American Whistleblower Edward Snowden Mints an NFT Edward Snowden is a well […]

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