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🚨 Privacy on the Blockchain: SEC to Host Major Roundtable on Dec 15
According to Cointelegraph, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially unveiled the agenda for its upcoming Financial Monitoring & Privacy Roundtable, scheduled for December 15.
What makes this event stand out is the powerful lineup:
🔹 Zcash – champions of zero-knowledge privacy
🔹 StarkWare – pioneers in scalable ZK-proof technology
🔹 Aleo – leaders in fully private Web3 applications
🔹 ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) – defenders of digital rights and civil liberties
🔹 Plus several other key organizations shaping the future of privacy in finance
This roundtable signals one thing clearly:
👉 Privacy technologies are no longer a side topic—they’re taking center stage in global financial regulation.
As discussions unfold, the crypto community will be watching closely. Will regulators embrace privacy-focused innovation or tighten oversight? December 15 may set the tone for the future of privacy in blockchain.
DYOR No Financial advice!
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Bitcoin’s Future: Privacy, Protocol Upgrades, and the Debate Between StarkWare and Michael Saylor

In a recent public discussion of Bitcoin's future centered around privacy and protocol development, StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson and Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor debated the issue. Saylor was particularly wary of developing greater privacy, cautioning that greater privacy could trigger greater scrutiny by regulators and thus greater restrictions on Bitcoin.

Ben-Sasson countered that given modern cryptographic techniques, such as zero-knowledge proofs, privacy can be enhanced without necessarily sacrificing the necessary transparency for legitimacy or audits.

They also debated possible protocol upgrades, such as the enabling of features like OP_CAT, with Saylor emphasizing prudence to avoid unintended consequences and Ben-Sasson emphasizing that studied, incremental improvements might be made to Bitcoin's functionality without compromising its security.

A key tension in the crypto community is highlighted by this conversation: how to balance Bitcoin's transparency and regulatory compliance with privacy, scalability, and broader usability. As Bitcoin evolves, the outcomes of these debates may shape adoption and institutional confidence in the network's long-term development-particularly through Layer-2 solutions and privacy-focused innovation.

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StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson has voiced $ETH #support for introducing a new virtual machine (VM) to Ethereum but has reservations about adopting the RISC-V architecture. He advocates for exploring blockchain-native VMs optimized for zero-knowledge proofs, such as Cairo, Valida, Miden, or Zisc, or even developing an entirely new VM tailored to Ethereum’s needs. Ben-Sasson emphasizes that these alternatives could offer better scalability and efficiency compared to general-purpose architectures like RISC-V.

For instance, Cairo, developed by StarkWare, is designed specifically for efficient generation of validity proofs, providing a modern, Rust-like language for writing provable programs. This approach allows for optimized validity proofs, with each instruction having an efficient algebraic representation, which is crucial for scalability in blockchain applications. 

Ben-Sasson’s stance highlights a strategic focus on leveraging specialized, zero-knowledge-friendly VMs to enhance Ethereum’s scalability and performance, rather than relying on existing general-purpose architectures.

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🧠 StarkWare Strengthens Team with Moni Naor as Principal Researcher: Recognized for her key contributions to computer science, Naor will focus on Bitcoin cryptography and decentralization at Starknet. 🔐✨
The next big thing in blockchain? 🚀
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🚀 Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) Go Mainstream – Here’s Why It Matters

From Crypto to Wall Street:
✔️ White House now acknowledges ZKPs in official reports
✔️ JPMorgan uses ZKPs in its Nexus blockchain for settlements
✔️ StarkWare’s open-source tools driving mass adoption

💡 Why ZKPs Change Everything
▪️ Verify data without revealing it (privacy + compliance)
▪️ Process 1 day of transactions in seconds
▪️ Vital for scaling Ethereum & enterprise blockchains

🔥 Who’s Adopting?
- Banks (tokenized cash)
- Governments (secure digital IDs)
- DeFi (private trading)

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Will ZKPs become crypto’s most important tech? 👇

(Not financial advice. Tech adoption accelerating.)⚡

Layer 3 is here — and it's a game changer.

Layer 2s like Arbitrum and Optimism gave Ethereum a boost, but now, builders are going deeper with Layer 3 — custom-built chains for DeFi, gaming, AI, and more.

Projects like StarkWare are leading the charge, creating faster, cheaper, and more specialized environments on top of Ethereum.

Think of it as Web3’s version of app stores.
Are you ready for Layer 3?
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Disclaimer: This is not financial advice. For informational purposes only.

🪙 Bitcoin is coming out of hibernation — now it’s not just gold

For a long time, BTC has been a dead weight: bought and held. But the era of 'hold and pray' is coming to an end. Through wrappers, bridges, and #DeFi — Bitcoin is learning to work.

🤖 What’s changing?

🟡 Wrapped BTC — allowing bitcoins into DeFi on Ethereum, but requiring trust in the custodian
🟡 Trustless bridges — enable the use of BTC without transferring control (an alternative to wBTC)
🟡 Vaults and loans — you can already take out a dollar loan against BTC or earn yield

🤔 Why is this important?

🟡 Bitcoin has 600K+ BTC on the balance only at Strategy
🟡 BTC cannot handle smart contracts, but the demand for DeFi adventures is growing
🟡 OP_CAT — one step towards native bridges, but the community is not ready yet

"People dream of putting gold under the mattress and it multiplying. $BTC has such a chance." — Ilya Volokh, #StarkWare

If BTC stops just lying around and starts working — it won’t be a new page, but a new chapter for the entire financial system.

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