Monero RingCT: How Privacy Coins Work and Why They're Being Removed from Exchanges

When you send Monero RingCT, a privacy-focused cryptographic protocol that hides transaction amounts, senders, and receivers on the Monero blockchain. It's not just encryption—it's a complete redesign of how money moves without leaving a trail. Unlike Bitcoin, where every transaction is public, Monero RingCT makes it impossible to trace who sent what to whom. This isn’t theoretical—it’s built into every single Monero transaction since 2015. And it’s why exchanges like Binance, Coinbase, and Kraken have quietly removed Monero from their platforms.

RingCT works by combining two key ideas: Ring Signatures, a method that groups a sender’s transaction with others to obscure their identity, and Confidential Transactions, a system that hides the exact amount being sent while still proving the transaction is valid. Together, they create a financial privacy layer that even blockchain analysts can’t crack. That’s why governments and financial regulators see it as a threat. The FATF, for example, has pushed for global bans on privacy coins, arguing they enable money laundering. But users who rely on Monero aren’t criminals—they’re activists, journalists, and people in countries with capital controls who just want to own their money without asking permission.

What you’ll find in the posts below isn’t just a list of articles. It’s a snapshot of what’s happening to financial privacy right now. You’ll see how Monero delisted from major exchanges, why regulators are targeting privacy coin, cryptocurrencies designed to obscure transaction details and protect user identity like Zcash and Dash, and how users are adapting—some switching to non-custodial wallets, others exploring new privacy layers on other chains. There are also posts about scams pretending to be Monero-related, exchanges that still support it, and the real-world impact of these delistings. This isn’t about hype or speculation. It’s about a quiet revolution in money that’s being suppressed—and what happens when you try to ban something that’s mathematically impossible to trace.