The question isn't whether privacy. It's what sort of privacy

The question isn't whether privacy. It's what sort of privacy

Search/NewsVideoPricesResearchConsensus 2026Data & IndicesSponsoredSearch/enOpinionShareShare this articleCopy linkX iconX (Twitter)LinkedInFacebookEmailThe question isn't whether privacy. It's what sort of privacy Blockchains are going private. The only question left is what kind of privacy the industry will build, argues Schiller.By Benjamin Schiller|Edited by Betsy Farber Apr 22, 2026, 6:30 p.m. Make preferred on (Richard Drury/Getty Images)Blockchains were built as public networks in the best tradition of open-source technology. But their future is private. And that future is arriving faster than most people realize. This month, Tempo — the Stripe-backed payment blockchain that raised $500 million at a $5 billion valuation, with Visa, Mastercard, Paradigm, and UBS among its backers — published a detailed architectural proposal for private enterprise stablecoin transactions. Tempo is

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