Daily Archives: 01/09/2020

CipherTrace created tools to track Monero transactions commissioned by the US government

The developers of CipherTrace have presented a set of tools for tracking transactions with the Monero cryptocurrency (XMR). The tools will be used by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). CipherTrace executives explained that the firm’s end-to-end solution will enable analysts to search and monitor XMR transactions. The company has been working on the creation of the tools for a year, working with DHS’s R&D department. According to the GovTribe, CipherTrace received $…

Chainlink acquired privacy-focused DECO oracle protocol

Chainlink has acquired the privacy-focused DECO oracle protocol created by developers at Cornell University and is also working on the project’s second White Paper. DECO was co-authored with Ari Juels, former chief scientist at RSA, a digital security company. He will now hold a similar position at Chainlink Labs. Jewels, who also teaches at Cornell University, developed DECO with other developers. Chainlink co-founder Sergei Nazarov and Jewels have started to create the second White Paper…