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“Privacy gap”: What’s missing in crypto payments? Binance founder answers Barry Silbert’s “asymmetric bet” on privacy As “crypto winter” continues to reign over the digital assets market this February, the industry’s greatest mind, this time in the person of Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, is busy figuring out what is still missing in the space of cryptocurrencies and how it could be built. For Zhao, it is privacy, and not just in the broader digital assets environment, but in crypto payments and their adoption. Interestingly, the same opinion was expressed by Barry Silbert, CEO of Digital Currency Group and chairman of Grayscale Investments. “Privacy gap”: What’s missing in crypto payments? Binance founder answers In his latest X post on Feb. 15, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, better known online as CZ, once again stated that the privacy gap is the biggest hurdle for crypto right now, a stance he and Chamath Palihapitiya made public in one of their recent podcasts. To help others understand his opinion, Zhao offered those following him and the crypto public in general to imagine a company paying employees in crypto on-chain. With the current state of crypto, you can see how much everyone in the company would be paid by simply clicking their address, says CZ.  It is hard not to agree here, especially from the management point of view, as most executives try to hide employees’ salaries not only from outsiders, but also within the company. Should private crypto payments be made fully compliant and at the same time shielded, a term Zcash made popular again in 2025, there would not be such a problem. Morning Crypto Report: Ripple CEO Says ‘Not True’ to Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes, Shiba Inu (SHIB) Sees 71% Increase in Trading Activity After New ‘Easter Egg’ Appears, Tom Lee Reveals ‘Crypto Winter’ Prediction…

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