CoinRabbit and ChangeNOW Publish a Report on Financial Privacy in Digital Assets
Toronto, Canada, August 5th, 2026, Chainwire
The new report by CoinRabbit and ChangeNOW argues that crypto privacy is a protective tool against authoritarian oppression, corporate data leaks, and violent targeted attacks, moving the debate far beyond its association with illicit activity.
CoinRabbit and ChangeNOW have published a joint report, “Financial Privacy in the Digital Age,” examining the growing need for confidentiality on public ledgers. Combining data from multiple sources, including TRM Labs, Chainalysis, RAND Corporation, and internal research, the study highlights that privacy and compliance are not mutually exclusive. As blockchain adoption grows, the cost of unshielded transparency only increases.
The report argues that protecting transactional data is a fundamental aspect of digital asset ownership, and offers realistic approaches to balance personal confidentiality with regulatory oversight.
Three Key Findings on Financial Privacy
The study breaks down three central themes around transparency, risk, and compliance in digital assets:
1. Personal Safety and Wealth Risks
Blockchain transparency fundamentally changes how personal financial data is exposed. While open ledgers strengthen public verification, they also make wallet balances and transaction histories visible to anyone. Privacy tools restore the baseline confidentiality that has long existed in traditional finance, a factor especially critical for individuals under economic restrictions. Furthermore, CoinRabbit’s internal research shows that targeted social engineering remains a major risk for high-net-worth investors, alongside physical extortion, with 52 verified “wrench” attacks in the first half of 2026 alone, leaving over $124 million stolen.
2. Corporate Data Exposure
As more companies move treasury operations on-chain, wallet transparency introduces distinct commercial risks. In traditional banking, operational spending remains strictly confidential; on a public ledger, open addresses can expose supplier relationships, payment schedules, and total cash reserves to competitors. With corporate data breaches averaging $4.44 million, default ledger openness presents a direct threat for the 36% of board members who rank financial leaks as a primary operational concern.
3. The Compliance Myth
The report rejects the idea that privacy and compliance are incompatible. Although illicit crypto flows reached an estimated $158 billion in 2025 (84% moving via stablecoins), law enforcement rarely relies on raw blockchain monitoring to track illicit activity. Instead, it is most effective where digital assets interact with regulated infrastructure: exchange KYC checks, fiat on- and off-ramps, and stablecoin freezes. Relying on these gateways allows authorities to combat illegal activity effectively without stripping financial privacy from legitimate users.
How Modern Platforms Put Responsible Privacy into Practice
The study highlights two architectural models that demonstrate how these principles work in real-world infrastructure:
- CoinRabbit’s Custodial Architecture
Operating since 2020, CoinRabbit protects user data through dynamic address generation and internal asset management. While initial deposit transactions remain visible on-chain, external observers cannot track how funds are subsequently allocated, utilized, or withdrawn. This breaks the end-to-end transaction chain on public ledgers, protecting capital flows for retail users as well as institutional clients in the CoinRabbit Private Program.
- ChangeNOW’s Private Crypto Transfers
ChangeNOW’s framework breaks the deterministic link between sender and receiver without relying on communal mixing pools. By pairing private transaction routing with automated AML monitoring, the platform preserves user privacy while retaining compliance records at key regulatory touchpoints.
Together, these implementations prove that user privacy and regulatory cooperation are simultaneously achievable design objectives for modern Web3 infrastructure.
Read the Report
The full report, “Financial Privacy in the Digital Age,” is available online.
Rethinking Transparency in Digital Assets
Walter Barrett, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at CoinRabbit, commented: “Basic confidentiality is a core requirement for any mature financial system. On public ledgers, fully visible balances create risks that simply don’t exist in traditional banking. Privacy is about protection, not evasion. At CoinRabbit, we are proving that financial safety and regulatory compliance can work together.”
About CoinRabbit
CoinRabbit is a crypto asset management platform built for long-term capital preservation. It provides flexible liquidity management across multiple environments. Instant payments and lending, yield and trading products, and also the Private Program are available from a single platform. Since 2020, CoinRabbit has maintained a 100% capital reserve model, ensuring that client assets are fully reserved and never rehypothecated.
About ChangeNOW
ChangeNOW.io is a crypto super app built for every crypto move, giving newcomers, professionals, and businesses the tools they need to access Web3 finance in a simple and secure way. Since 2017, ChangeNOW has grown from a fast, secure, and limitless instant exchange into a trusted platform where storage, swaps, trading, staking, and asset management are covered in one simple experience for millions of clients worldwide.