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Crypto Exchange Altsbit Hacked By LulzSec, Will Be Forced To Close Exchange

Cryptocurrency exchange Altsbit is shutting down this May. The exchange made the announcement after reporting an alleged security breach earlier this month.

In a statement, Altsbit says a hack late last week led to the theft of nearly all of the exchange’s Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin (BTC), VersusCoin (VRSC), Komodo (KMD) and Pirate Chain (ARRR) holdings.

“Unfortunately, we have to notify you with the fact that our exchange was hacked during the night, and almost all funds from BTC, ETH, ARRR, and VRSC were stolen. A small part of the funds are safe on cold wallets.”

Altsbit says the hackers took roughly 6.929 BTC, 2.321 ETH, 3,924,082 ARRR, 414,154 VRSC and 1,066 KMD. The total amount of ETH and BTC lost was less than $70,000 and reportedly dealt a lethal blow to the nascent exchange.

The cryptocurrency exchange says affected users should apply for partial refunds and that remaining funds will be used to refund users until May 8th.

Source: altsbit.com The company further advises users to be wary of anyone pretending to be Altsbit employees who are allegedly distributing refunds.

Just last year, hackers bagged approximately $282,617,000 in leading cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash, from a wide variety of crypto exchanges.

Global central bank leaders have rallied behind US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, warning that political pressure on the Fed risks undermining economic stability worldwide. This joint statement from 11 major central banks comes in response to a criminal investigation opened by US authorities into Powell.

Still, while established coins like the Dogecoin price prediction struggle, niche coins are exploding. Pirate Chain (ARRR) has surged over 120% in just seven days. However, smart money is looking at DeepSnitch AI as the superior gem.

Central banks fight for independence Table of Contents

Central banks fight for independenceDeepSnitch AI looks ready to beat the Dogecoin price predictionDeepSnitch AI ($DSNT): Last chance to buy this gemDogecoin price predictionPirate Chain market updateFinal verdictFAQsWhat is the current Dogecoin price prediction for 2026?Can DeepSnitch AI really beat Pirate Chain’s gains?Are the DOGE chart patterns bullish or bearish? Signatories, including ECB President Christine Lagarde, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, and leaders from Switzerland to Brazil, stressed the critical importance of central bank independence. They warned that the investigation into Powell over a $2.5 billion renovation of the Fed’s headquarters is a dangerous encroachment that could destabilize global markets.

This political theater is creating fear in traditional markets, sending investors hunting for non-sovereign assets. For the Dogecoin price prediction, this macro fear is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it validates the need for decentralized currency. On the other hand, the resulting “risk-off” environment is currently hurting speculative assets like DOGE.

DeepSnitch AI looks ready to beat the Dogecoin price prediction The current market outlook for the DOGE chart patterns shows that there’s a chance DeepSnitch AI will outperform the token.

DeepSnitch AI ($DSNT): Last chance to buy this gem DeepSnitch AI is generating the kind of massive potential that defines a supercycle. The project has raised over $1,190,000 in its presale, driven by the immediate success of its AuditSnitch security layer. This tool allows users to verify token contracts instantly, a utility that is seeing massive adoption as traders go through the current volatility.

The FOMO angle here is simple math and momentum. Pirate Chain dazzled the market with a 120% gain over seven days. Many believe DeepSnitch AI has the tokenomics and demand to achieve that same 120% gain, or more, in a single day upon its January launch. With more than 29 million tokens staked, the circulating supply will be heavily constricted when trading goes live, creating a supply shock.

Combined with rumors of a major strategic announcement coming very soon, DeepSnitch AI is positioning itself to be the fastest runner in Q1 2026. While the Dogecoin price prediction offers slow growth, DeepSnitch AI offers the gains of a new launch backed by the fundamentals of a live product.

Dogecoin price prediction The current Dogecoin price trends are facing many issues. Dogecoin is down 6% over the last seven days as of January 13th, underperforming a market that is down only slightly. The trading volume has also dropped by 4%, suggesting a retreat in interest. Dogecoin technical analysis indicates the asset is trading below its 50-day SMA at $0.1384, a bearish signal.

Investors looking at the Dogecoin price prediction for hope will find an average forecast. Analysts predict a 20% rise to reach $0.1681 by April 2026. Still, the sentiment is bearish with a Fear & Greed Index of 26. This pessimistic Dogecoin price trend shows why capital is rotating out of stagnant memes.

Pirate Chain market update Pirate Chain has seen a massive 121% price increase in the last seven days, with trading volume spiking 108% as of January 13th. This performance proves that 100x moves are still possible in this market. However, chasing the Pirate Chain now is dangerous.

The 14-Day RSI is at 70.09, indicating it is overbought. On the other hand, DeepSnitch allows investors to enter at a fixed presale price before the pump, rather than chasing a vertical chart like ARRR.

Final verdict Global instability is shaking the Dogecoin price prediction. On the other hand, DeepSnitch AI is ready to outperform the market’s biggest gainers. That’s why many investors are shifting to its presale with more than $1,190,000 raised, and those who go early are up by more than 120%.

Visit the official DeepSnitch AI website, join Telegram, and follow on X for the latest updates.

FAQs What is the current Dogecoin price prediction for 2026? The current Dogecoin price prediction projects a 20% increase to $0.1681 by April 2026.

Can DeepSnitch AI really beat Pirate Chain’s gains? Yes, analysts believe DeepSnitch AI can exceed Pirate Chain’s 120% weekly gain in a single day post-launch.

Are the DOGE chart patterns bullish or bearish? The Dogecoin price prediction is currently average. Technical indicators show DOGE trading below key moving averages with declining volume.

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Privacy coins have been lauded by some as necessary to protect users’ basic right to privacy. So, what are the top 10 privacy-centric cryptocurrencies?

The Benefits of Privacy Coins Privacy cryptocurrencies occupy a sacred place in the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

While most cryptocurrency transactions are traceable on the blockchain, privacy coins utilize a range of protocols to obscure the addresses of transacting parties. Some privacy cryptocurrencies are private by default. Others offer identity-preserving features as an option.

Some exchanges have even delisted many coins due to regulatory pressures to implement strict KYC requirements. But if protecting one’s identity is a highly valued commodity, it’s important to understand how each of the top privacy coins operates.

Privacy Coins By Default Monero (XMR) Monero is the privacy coin with the largest market cap, at around $1 billion at press time. 

Monero uses the CryptoNight Proof-of-Work protocol to make the network ASIC resistant. The protocol also obscures wallet transaction details and user amounts on the public blockchain. A truly fungible cryptocurrency, XMR coins’ transaction histories cannot be traced. 

CryptoNight uses ring signatures and stealth addresses to hide transaction details. All transactions are private by default.

RingCT (Ring Confidential Transactions), an enhancement of CryptoNight, implements ring signatures to obfuscate transactions on the network by mixing them with other spendable transaction inputs.

The blockchain displays the validity of transactions, but only the sender and receiver involved in a particular transaction can see the amount of coins transferred in a transaction.

Monero is widely considered the most important of this category of cryptocurrencies.

Zcoin (XZC) Zcoin uses a protocol known as Sigma to preserve user identity. Sigma removes the ability to link coins with transaction histories. Only the parties to a transaction have knowledge of the exchange of funds.

The privacy-focused coin has integrated Tor into its network to hide users’ IP addresses. The development team also added Dandelion++ to improve IP address protection when a transaction is broadcast.

The team is currently building toward the launch of Lelantus, an upgrade that would improve the protocol’s scalability, privacy, and ease of use.

Lelantus will usher in completely untraceable transactions. Called HOOMP, Hierarchical One-out-of-Many-Proofs, the algorithm significantly improves on the performance of the One-Out-of-Many Proofs (OOMP).

OOMP is a building block of many other upcoming privacy protocols, such as Beam, Anonymous Zether, JP Morgan’s Many to Many proofs, and Monero’s Triptych and Triptych-2.

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On average, Zcoin developers found a 10x faster proving time, as well as a reduction in verification time, using HOOMP. This feature could make it one of the most important privacy coins in the market.

Bytecoin (BCN)  Bytecoin bills itself as the world’s first private untraceable cryptocurrency. To ensure user privacy, Bytecoin deploys CryptoNote technology.

The protocol utilizes ring signatures to bundle transactions as well as making addresses unlinkable through the generation of “non-repeating, one-time address.” 

Bytecoin’s privacy credentials are only enhanced by the fact that the more widely known Monero is a fork of the BCN project.

Grin (GRIN) & MimbleWimble Grin is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency “without censorship or restrictions.” The project deploys two methods to ensure transaction privacy for its users.

First, the Grin blockchain does not store amounts or addresses involved in transactions. Transactions are relayed through “a sub-set of peers” prior to being broadcast.

Secondly, using Mimblewimble allows past transaction data to be erased. That not only contributes to the privacy of transactions, but it also helps the blockchain scale. Beam is another project that uses the Mimblewimble protocol.

To ensure privacy and fungibility, the Litecoin Foundation has considered implementing the protocol on the LTC blockchain. According to the foundation: 

“We have started exploration towards adding privacy and fungibility to Litecoin by allowing on-chain conversion of regular LTC into a MimbleWimble variant of LTC and vice versa. Upon such conversion, it will be possible to transact with MimbleWimble LTC in complete confidentiality.”

Super Zero (SERO) Super Zero is the native token for the SERO Dapp platform. SERO uses Super-ZK for privacy, and is reportedly 20 times faster than the Sapling upgrade of zk-SNARKs.

Its protocol claims to be the first to support smart contracts that use zero-knowledge proofs.

Privacy Coins With Optional Privacy Dash (DASH) Dash, a fork of the Bitcoin protocol that began life as Xcoin in 2014, has an optional privacy feature that allows users to hide transaction details if they want to through the network’s mixing mechanism. Dash’s privacy feature is called PrivateSend.

It has become a very popular way to transact in Venezuela. The feature, an implementation of CoinJoin, mixes coins with other transactions, to obscure the origin of the funds.

Dash is not, strictly speaking, a privacy coin and does not market itself as one.

In fact, the company’s website promotes it as “instant, global, and easy to use.” Transactions cost less than one cent and are near-instant.

Zcash (ZEC) Zcash is another widely-used coin with optional privacy.

Zcash transactions can take two forms: transparent or private. In private transactions, address details are hidden. 

Zcash is a fork of the Bitcoin protocol, adding a privacy layer through a cryptographic proof known as zk-SNARKs. Zero Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge allows transactions to be verified without any knowledge of the wallet addresses involved or the amounts transferred.

According to the Zcash team:

“’Zero-knowledge’ proofs allow one party (the prover) to prove to another (the verifier) that a statement is true, without revealing any information beyond the validity of the statement itself. For example, given the hash of a random number, the prover could convince the verifier that there indeed exists a number with this hash value, without revealing what it is.”

Horizen (ZEN) Horizen is “a technology platform with optional privacy features that aims to enable an application-rich and inclusive ecosystem to provide people with freedom and everyday usability.”

ZEN is the platform’s native cryptocurrency.

Like other privacy coins, its privacy features are optional, offering both T-Addresses (transparent) and Z-Addresses (private). Z-Addresses utilize zero-knowledge cryptography to allow users to obfuscate transaction amounts and sender and receiver addresses.

Komodo (KMD) Komodo was a source-code fork of Zcash, enabling the project to implement the zk-SNARKs protocol. It is not a privacy blockchain itself, and KMD is not a privacy coin. But the platform allows for the creation of privacy protocols by third parties.

If a project wishes to adopt Komodo’s privacy as a feature, it can choose whether to make it optional or mandatory. (The Komodo project itself is not privacy-centric.)

Komodo developers also built an entirely separate blockchain, Pirate Chain, in mid-2018. Pirate Chain (ARRR) has mandatory transaction privacy using the zk-SNARKs protocol. The team claims it to be one of the most private blockchains in operation.

The Komodo website outlines that Monero’s ring-signature protocol leaves traces of metadata, which the zk-SNARKs protocol does not.

Verge (XVG) Verge, originally DogecoinDark, uses an anonymous network layer and the Tor anonymity tool to hide IP addresses and user locations.

The Wraith Protocol upgrade brought the ability to accommodate stealth addressin to the Verge network.  The upgrade offers senders and receivers the ability to choose to have transactions recorded to the public or the private ledger.

Not only are the locations of senders and receivers private by default, but it also offers stealth addressing.

For these reasons, Verge is a payment option accepted by Pornhub, an ideal use case for privacy coins.

Privacy Coins an Important Part of the Crypto Ecosystem Privacy coins remain an important part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Despite, or perhaps because of, the increased regulatory scrutiny of privacy-enhancing features in the cryptocurrency markets, privacy-focused projects will continue to be important tools against privacy infringements.

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