PriFi.info changes

New DefiLlama Privacy listing: Lincoln Protocol

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

DefiLlama added Lincoln Protocol to its Privacy category on 17 Oct 2026. New listings are not counted until PriFi.info has reviewed them.

Source: Lincoln Protocol protocol page (DefiLlama)

New DefiLlama Privacy listing: Umbra Privacy V1

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

DefiLlama added Umbra Privacy V1 to its Privacy category on 2 Sep 2026, tracking it on Solana. New listings are not counted until PriFi.info has reviewed them.

Source: Umbra Privacy V1 protocol page (DefiLlama)

New DefiLlama Privacy listing: Umbra Privacy V2

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

DefiLlama added Umbra Privacy V2 to its Privacy category on 17 Oct 2026, tracking it on Solana. New listings are not counted until PriFi.info has reviewed them.

Source: Umbra Privacy V2 protocol page (DefiLlama)

Live transaction ticker on the Activity page

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Activity page now opens with a Live panel that lists privacy transactions as they reach six chains, read from the public nodes and block explorers named on the Sources page: Tornado Cash, Railgun and Privacy Pools on Ethereum, Monero, Zcash, Privacy Cash on Solana, Liquid and Aztec. It shows only what any public node sees, never an address, with amounts only for the fixed amounts of Tornado Cash pools and for fully transparent Zcash transactions; the list can be filtered by protocol and paused, and the events are kept for 7 days.

About page: corrections policy and licence

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The About page now sets out the corrections policy: how entries are checked, how to send a correction with a source and how one is applied, with a note on the Changes page and in its feed, and a table of when each part of the data was last checked. It also gives the data licence (CC BY-NC 4.0) and the citation line, what the site does not do, and the terms of each upstream source as read on 16 October 2026.

Activity page

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A new Activity page charts daily use beside the value locked: Monero and Zcash transactions, Railgun's private transactions and shields, Tornado Cash deposits, Privacy Pools deposits and withdrawals, and Privacy Cash and Aztec transactions. Each chart says what it measures, its limits and its sources.

Anonymity sets page

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A new Anonymity sets page counts, once a day, the crowd each privacy pool hides a user among, read from the projects' own contracts and nodes: Tornado Cash deposits and unspent notes, note commitments in Railgun, Zcash and Privacy Cash, Privacy Pools deposits, and Monero's ring size and outputs. Every figure has its source and time, with a chart per measure and a note on what the counts do not show.

Bitcoin privacy section

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Protocols page has a new Bitcoin privacy section on 12 privacy tools for bitcoin itself, from the Liquid sidechain and coinjoin wallets to Silent Payments, PayJoin and Ark, each with its status, how it works, what free public data can measure and its sources, and a chart of Liquid's L-BTC supply against the federation's bitcoin reserves since 2018, updated daily. None of it counts in the private DeFi TVL.

Calendar page

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A new Calendar page lists 18 dates ahead, to October 2027: deadlines in laws and rules in Brazil, Kenya, the UK, the EU and Japan, FATF meetings, the retrial of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm and the Zcash NU7 network upgrade, each with how firm its date is, a countdown and its sources, then the past events. The seven past events were checked again against their sources, so the Zcash Orchard fix is now dated 3 June 2026.

Data downloads, changes page and RSS feed

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The data behind the site can now be downloaded as CSV files from a new Data page, and a new Changes page lists dated changes to exchange listings, country rules, protocols and the site, also as an RSS feed.

Funding page

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A new Funding page lists 65 disclosed funding rounds, token sales and grants for 29 projects from 2016 to 2026, each with its amount where disclosed, its lead, its investors and its sources, with totals by year and a note on what the figures leave out.

Private share of DeFi

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The overview has a fifth headline figure and chart: the private share of DeFi, which is private DeFi TVL divided by DefiLlama's total DeFi TVL across all chains, daily since December 2019, excluding Tornado Cash with an option to include it.

Protocol profiles

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Eight projects now have a profile page, linked from the Protocols page: Monero, Privacy Cash, Privacy Pools, Railgun, Shield Swap, Tornado Cash, Zama and Zcash. Each sets out how the project works, what it hides and what it does not, a chart of its TVL or market cap, its audits, incidents, milestones, funding and risks, with sources for every entry.

Summary of the 16 October 2026 release

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

This release adds nine pages (Timeline, Activity, Anonymity sets, Funding, Watchlist, Wallets and tools, Calendar, Data and Changes, with an RSS feed), eight protocol profiles, a Bitcoin privacy section on Protocols, the private share of DeFi on the overview and a rebuilt About page, each described in its own note. It also adds a daily check of which of the seven coins the 14 exchanges list for spot trading, read from each exchange's own public market API and charted on Access and rules.

Timeline page

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A new Timeline page lists 104 dated events in private DeFi and privacy coins from 2016 to 2026: exploits, sanctions, prosecutions, court rulings, regulation, exchange delistings, shutdowns, launches and upgrades, each with its sources. The overview now shows the five newest.

Wallets and tools page

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A new Wallets and tools page lists 28 wallets, swap routes and tools with privacy features: 18 wallets for Zcash, Monero, Bitcoin, Ethereum and other coins, 6 swap routes and 4 tools, each with its coins, platforms, what it keeps private, whether it is open source, its maintainer, its status, its last release and its sources, checked on 16 October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement, and the page says to download only from each project's official site.

Watchlist page

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A new Watchlist page lists 31 privacy projects that the site follows but does not count in its figures, in seven groups from confidential tokens and privacy-focused blockchains to networks for institutions, Bitcoin and stablecoins, each with its status, what it hides and from whom, its backers, its latest milestone and its sources.

Shield Swap: status changed to alpha

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Status changed from Live to Alpha. Confidential DEX on Aleo, in early access since 17 Aug 2026, which Provable describes as a beta period ahead of a public launch it expects in Q4 2026.

Source: shield.fi

Access and rules page

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A new page shows where the seven privacy coins in the basket trade on 14 large exchanges and what the rules say in 73 jurisdictions, with a world map and sources for every entry.

How it works page

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A new page explains private DeFi in plain English: how shared pools hide payments, where privacy still leaks and the technologies behind it, with a glossary and primary sources. It replaces the Methodology page, whose old address now leads to it.

Protocols page

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The protocol table moved from the overview to a page of its own, with the split of private DeFi TVL by type and the protocols that are listed but not counted.

New DefiLlama Privacy listing: Tacit

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

DefiLlama added Tacit to its Privacy category on 9 Oct 2026, tracking it on Ethereum, Base and Robinhood Chain. New listings are not counted until PriFi.info has reviewed them.

Source: Tacit protocol page (DefiLlama)

PriFi.info launched

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PriFi.info went live, tracking four headline figures in separate units, each with daily history: private DeFi TVL, the privacy-asset float, Zcash shielded supply and PriFi penetration.

Pakistan: no restriction found

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

No outright bar: since 21 August 2026 licensed firms may handle privacy coins only if they can meet every anti-money-laundering duty.

Sources: Pakistan Virtual Asset Services Regulations, 2026 (S.R.O. 1419(I)/2026) (Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA)); Pakistan Virtual Asset Services Activity Specific Regulations, 2026 (S.R.O. 1420(I)/2026) (Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA)); Virtual Assets Act, 2026 (as passed by the National Assembly) (Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA)); PVARA home page: transitional persons notice and regulatory framework (Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA))

Kraken: DCR listed

Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The public API's trade history for the DCR/USD pair begins on 22 May 2026; no Kraken listing announcement was found, so it is not known whether other coins were listed alongside it.

Source: Kraken public API: Trades (DCRUSD, from the start) (Kraken)

Malaysia: exchanges barred from listing

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Licensed crypto exchanges may not offer privacy tokens for trading, under Securities Commission guidelines in force since 20 May 2026.

Sources: Guidelines on Recognized Markets, SC-GL/6-2015(R14-2026) (Securities Commission Malaysia); Summary of amendments: revised Guidelines on Recognized Markets (Securities Commission Malaysia); Frequently-asked questions: Digital Asset Exchange framework (revised 20 May 2026) (Securities Commission Malaysia)

Gemini: ZEC restricted

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Gemini ceased operations in the UK, EEA and Australia for all assets, not only ZEC, after placing accounts there in withdrawal-only mode from 5 Mar 2026.

Source: Gemini closing accounts in the UK, EU, and Australia - Everything you need to know (Gemini)

OKX: ZEC listed

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

ZEC/USD and ZEC/EUR spot pairs were added for EEA customers on 26 Feb 2026 as part of a 60-token notice that also covered DASH; the notice gives 09:00 UTC while the API listTime for ZEC-EUR and ZEC-USDC is 06:00 UTC.

Sources: OKX to support 60 tokens on unified USD and EUR spot trading pairs in EEA (OKX); OKX public instruments API, spot (instType=SPOT) (OKX)

Brazil: exchanges barred from listing

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Since 2 February 2026, licensed crypto firms may not offer assets designed to aid money laundering through anonymity; existing firms are still in transition.

Sources: Resolução BCB nº 520, de 10 de novembro de 2025 (Banco Central do Brasil); Resolução BCB nº 589, de 23 de setembro de 2026 (Banco Central do Brasil); Mercado Bitcoin API v4: symbols (Mercado Bitcoin); Mercado Bitcoin API v4: ZEC-BRL ticker (Mercado Bitcoin)

India: exchanges barred from listing

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Registered crypto firms may not handle deposits, withdrawals or dealings in privacy coins, under FIU-IND guidelines in force since 8 January 2026.

Sources: AML & CFT Guidelines for Reporting Entities Providing Services Related to Virtual Digital Assets (updated as on 08.01.2026) (Financial Intelligence Unit, India (FIU-IND)); Downloads: AML & CFT Guidelines for Reporting Entities Providing Services Related to Virtual Digital Assets, updated as on 8 January 2026 (Financial Intelligence Unit, India (FIU-IND)); WazirX public API: exchangeInfo (XMR and ZEC pairs, fetched 13 October 2026) (WazirX)

OKX: ZEC listed

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

OKX Europe added ZEC to Buy/Sell and Convert for EEA customers at 07:00 UTC on 7 Jan 2026, in the same notice as DASH.

Source: OKX to list ZEC and DASH on BSC in EEA (OKX)

Bitget: ZEC listed

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Bitget opened ZEC/USDT spot trading at 11:00 UTC with deposits already open and withdrawals from 4 Dec 2025 12:00 UTC; ZEC was the only coin in the announcement.

Sources: Bitget to list Zcash (ZEC) (Bitget); Bitget Lists Zcash (ZEC) for Spot Trading (GlobeNewswire release) (Bitget Limited via FinancialContent)

OKX: ZEC relisted

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ZEC/USDT spot trading opened at 12:00 UTC on 24 Nov 2025 after a pre-open from 11:00 UTC (deposits from 23 Nov 2025, withdrawals from 14:00 UTC on 24 Nov 2025) and ZEC/USDS followed at 15:00 UTC, though no ZEC-USDS pair appears in the API today; DASH was relisted separately on 26 Nov 2025.

Sources: OKX to list Zcash (ZEC) for spot trading (OKX); OKX will launch ZEC/USDS for spot trading (OKX); OKX public instruments API, spot (instType=SPOT) (OKX)

Gate: XMR relisted

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Gate listed the XMRUSDT perpetual contract again on its exchange and on Gate Perp DEX with leverage of up to 50x; the announcement did not mention spot XMR and no other coins were included.

Source: Gate and Gate Perp DEX Simultaneously List XMR Perpetual Contract (USDT-M) (Gate)

Gate: ZEC relisted

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Gate listed the ZECUSDT perpetual contract again on its exchange and on Gate Perp DEX, with DASH in the same announcement; spot ZEC was not affected.

Source: Gate and Gate Perp DEX Simultaneously List ZEC and DASH Perpetual Contract (USDT-M) (Gate)

Gemini: ZEC shielded support

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Gemini added Orchard support, with ZEC withdrawals to unified addresses routed to the Orchard pool when available.

Source: Privacy gets an upgrade: Gemini adds Zcash Orchard support (Gemini)

OKX: ZEC relisted

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ZEC/USDT perpetual futures returned at 03:15 UTC on 6 Nov 2025, in the same notice as DASH/USDT perpetual futures; this is a derivatives listing, not spot.

Source: OKX to list perpetual futures for DASH, ZEC crypto (OKX)

Kenya: mixers targeted

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Licensed crypto firms may not offer mixers or anonymity-enhancing services; the law does not name privacy coins and existing firms have until 4 November 2026.

Sources: Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2025 (Act No. 20 of 2025) (Kenya Law (National Council for Law Reporting)); The Virtual Asset Service Providers Regulations, 2026 (Legal Notice 134 of 2026) (Kenya Law (National Council for Law Reporting))

HTX: FIRO delisted

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

HTX announced on 16 Sep 2025 that FIRO trading would cease at 07:00 UTC on 19 Sep 2025 for insufficient trading volume, alongside AZERO, ELIZA, ERG, ERTHA, HGG, KMD, LUCE and WLKN.

Source: HTX to Delist AZERO, ELIZA, ERG, ERTHA, FIRO, HGG, KMD, LUCE and WLKN (HTX)

Canada: delisted under pressure

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

No rule bars privacy coins; Kraken dropped Monero for Canadian clients on 2 September 2025, citing compliance requirements, but still offers Zcash.

Sources: Notice of delisting for Monero (XMR) in Canada (Kraken); Where is Kraken licensed or regulated? (Kraken); Money laundering and terrorist financing indicators: Virtual currency transactions (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)); NDAX API: GetInstruments (NDAX)

Kraken: XMR restricted

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Kraken paused XMR deposits for Canadian clients on 21 August 2025 and disabled XMR trading for them on 2 September 2025, citing Canadian compliance requirements, with withdrawals left open; no other coins were in the notice.

Source: Notice of delisting for Monero (XMR) in Canada (Kraken)

Gemini: ZEC shielded support

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Gemini added ZEC withdrawals to Zcash unified addresses, while deposits continue to go to transparent Gemini addresses.

Source: Privacy made simple: Gemini adds Zcash unified addresses (Gemini)

Binance: ZEC relisted

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Binance removed the Monitoring Tag from ZEC, ending the 4 Jan 2024 restriction (ZEC was never delisted), with Seed Tag removals for ENA, PYTH, TAO and W in the same announcement.

Source: Binance Will Remove the Monitoring Tag for ZEC and the Seed Tag for ENA, PYTH, TAO & W on 2025-07-09 (Binance)

Norway: exchanges barred from listing

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Trading platforms may not list privacy coins whose holders cannot be identified, under EU MiCA rules applied in Norway by law since 1 July 2025.

Sources: Lov om kryptoeiendeler (kryptoeiendelsloven), LOV-2025-05-27-20 (Lovdata); Kryptoeiendeler (MiCA) (Finanstilsynet); Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on markets in crypto-assets (EEA-Lex record) (EFTA); Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets (MiCA) (Publications Office of the European Union); Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing (EEA-Lex record) (EFTA); Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing (Publications Office of the European Union); Support for Monero (XMR) in Europe (Kraken)

Turkey: exchanges barred from listing

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Licensed Turkish crypto platforms may not list coins that hide wallet addresses in transfers, a rule in force since 30 June 2025.

Sources: Kripto Varlık Hizmet Sağlayıcılarının Çalışma Usul ve Esasları ile Sermaye Yeterliliği Hakkında Tebliğ (III-35/B.2) (Resmî Gazete (Sermaye Piyasası Kurulu)); Ödemelerde Kripto Varlıkların Kullanılmamasına Dair Yönetmelik (Resmî Gazete (Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası))

Iceland: exchanges barred from listing

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Trading platforms may not list privacy coins whose holders cannot be identified, under EU MiCA rules, part of the EEA Agreement since 24 June 2025.

Sources: Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on markets in crypto-assets (EEA-Lex record) (EFTA); Interim MiCA register: authorised crypto-asset service providers (CASPS.csv) (European Securities and Markets Authority); Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets (MiCA) (Publications Office of the European Union); Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing (EEA-Lex record) (EFTA); Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing (Publications Office of the European Union); Support for Monero (XMR) in Europe (Kraken)

Binance: ZEC, DCR restricted

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Binance began moving Dubai users to its locally regulated Binance Dubai (FZE) exchange, which does not support privacy tokens under VARA listing requirements, so spot trading in ZEC and DCR stopped for those users, with DASH and XMRUSDT perpetual contracts in the same 9 Apr 2025 announcement and privacy token withdrawals allowed until 8 Jun 2025.

Source: Binance FZE Will Not Support Certain Assets on the Dubai Local Exchange (Binance)

Binance: FIRO delisted

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Binance ceased spot trading in FIRO at 03:00 UTC with 13 other tokens from its first Vote to Delist batch, announced on 8 Apr 2025, in which ZEC was also a candidate but was not selected.

Source: Binance Announced the First Batch of Vote to Delist Results and Will Delist FIRO and 13 other tokens on 2025-04-16 (title shortened) (Binance)

Bybit: ZEC delisted

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ZEC/USDT spot trading and Convert ended after 08:00 UTC, announced 24 Feb 2025 together with DASH; withdrawals stayed open until 28 May 2025, and the ZECUSDT perpetual contract was not part of the notice.

Source: Delisting of ZEC and DASH (Bybit)

Liechtenstein: exchanges barred from listing

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Trading platforms may not list privacy coins whose holders cannot be identified, under EU MiCA rules, applied in Liechtenstein since 1 February 2025.

Sources: Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on markets in crypto-assets (MiCAR): activities under MiCAR (Financial Market Authority Liechtenstein); MiCAR (Financial Market Authority Liechtenstein); Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on markets in crypto-assets (EEA-Lex record) (EFTA); Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets (MiCA) (Publications Office of the European Union); Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing (EEA-Lex record) (EFTA); Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing (Publications Office of the European Union); Support for Monero (XMR) in Europe (Kraken)