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Decoding Onchain Privacy

May 9, 2025 ⋅  19 min read

This report analyzes how privacy in crypto is shifting from isolated tools to integrated systems that balance confidentiality, composability, and compliance. It covers the rise of programmable privacy, the regulatory tensions shaping adoption, and the architectural tradeoffs developers face as privacy becomes a native layer across networks.
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Alice is a Research Analyst on the Protocol Services team. She previously worked as a Research Analyst at The Block and was an Investment Intern at Variant Fund. Alice graduated from Northwestern University, where she studied Economics.

Austin is a Research Analyst on the Protocol Services team. Before joining Messari, he studied IT and Global Commerce at the University of Virginia.

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Alice is a Research Analyst on the Protocol Services team. She previously worked as a Research Analyst at The Block and was an Investment Intern at Variant Fund. Alice graduated from Northwestern University, where she studied Economics.

Austin is a Research Analyst on the Protocol Services team. Before joining Messari, he studied IT and Global Commerce at the University of Virginia.

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