Are We Witnessing the Death of Privacy in Crypto? 🚨

Back in the early days, crypto was all about privacy, freedom, and decentralization. 
Now? It feels like we're heading toward full surveillance. 👀

Think about it: 
- KYC everywhere. 
- Government tracking tools are improving. 
- Even the biggest crypto companies are cooperating with regulators. 

Privacy coins like Monero (XMR) and Zcash (ZEC) are under constant pressure. 
Meanwhile, CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies) are being pushed by governments — which are basically surveillance tools in disguise.

So, the question is: 
❓ Is true privacy in crypto dead? 
❓ Or is there still hope for a decentralized, private future?

Let’s discuss: 
- What are the biggest threats to privacy in crypto today? 
- Which privacy tools/coins still have a chance to survive? 
- Will CBDCs completely destroy financial freedom?

Your thoughts? 🤔

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Bought LUNA on the dip for about $50, and will just let it be there forever. One thing that makes me want to ride the LUNA is that it isn't just a coin. It's a whole different blockchain.

Or you can probably do practice trading and from there, gain experience and at the same time learn all the things that you want to learn in there, to be hones it's a really underrated thing to do, not a lot of people do practice trading because they see it as a waste of time when it's a good way to do risky moves without having to face consequences.

That's not surprising, given how we compare gambling and trading and deciding that it's all too similar with the risks that they're involved in, I think that there's nothing wrong with what they're doing, they're a helpline and if someone asks for help, you have to help them right?

Afaik, there's no need to their KYC, you can buy and sell in their spot market even if you're only verified with email and phone number, I don't know about going full verification though but I am doing fine with being uverified.

Not just risky but also really crazy because loans have some form of interest and it's not really in your best interest if you use it to fund your trading because trading is a difficult work and you can't guarantee that you're going to win all your trades and there are statistics that supports how trading has more losers than winners so loans aren't advisable as a meams to fund your trading journey.

Eagerness to learn in trading doesn't guarantee you a profit, remember that crypto trading is much more volatile and difficult than a stock or forex trading. In the eyes of trading, all is equal and your only difference that can make you profit is your skills in analytics and data gathering.

There are some online courses that can really help you get in track but they're a rare gem online as the most popular online courses are just clickbait or just a quick cash grab for the creators of those courses, you're right that it's all theories but at the same time we also need to do some applications on those theories.

It's not a threat to them, they're antagonizing bitcoin because they have a stake in bitcoin. They manipulate the market because they know that they can do this, there's a reason why the big FUDs come from them because that's how they move the market.

There's no connection between the two, OP's just trying to connect things and make some sense out of it even though there's nothing to be connected in it at all. This is like when people happens to witness a coincidence but they don't know that it's a coincidence.

That's my point in my first reply, they need to teach them and tell them right then and there that there's going to be risks involved investing in crypto that's far more dangerous than any other investment instruments but the problem is that people shouldn't force other people to get in the market and deceive them of riches and such.

Exactly my point, you can't be the person that going to give the advice, tell them about the things that they need to do but do not force them to get in and you don't have to tell them what to do next. That's what makes newbies quit or panic, they thought that it's easy money because the people that told them said so.

I do hope that we do get to that point, I'm really excited about this because if this is going to be reached, then it's not really that crazy anymore to think that bitcoin will probably reach a million dollars.

I do hope there's some weekend slump because I really want to make sure that I have enough bitcoin and I can use that slump as a window of opportunity to buy more bitcoin in hopes that I will be able to buy more with my money and at the same time make sure that I can guarantee a big profit.

There's a possibility that it will hit 70k USD but not exactly on Christmas, that's a highly unlikely thing to happen especially with how accurate the date that you want it to happen, maybe it will happen this month, or in November or December but exactly Christmas is a low probability.

That's subjective, some people out there will find it ridiculous especially when the prices starts going up again and we see another all time high albeit not 100k. You're optimistic but the problem is that you're ignoring the uncertainty of the future, what if along the way, the prices starts going down or there's a news that heavily influenced the market in a negative way.

You probably should move this somewhere in the the Marketplace OP, that's the part where they buy and sell service and product. There's a move Topic on the lower left of this thread, click on it and move it to the appropriate board.