Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has announced the removal of privacy coins from its platform after removing XRP markets for its US customers. Monero (XMR), Zcash (ZEC), and DASH are the affected cryptocurrencies.

Starting Jan. 15, 2021, 23:00 UTC, BTC-XMR, ETH-XMR, USDT-XMR, BTC-ZEC, ETH-ZEC, USDT-ZEC, USD-ZEC, BTC-DASH, ETH-DASH, USDT-DASH, and USD-DASH would no more be available on the platform.

After this, Bittrex users would have up to 30 days, a period that may be shortened in “certain instances,” to withdraw any of these delisted tokens. The exchange states, after the withdrawal deadline, “there may be circumstances under which a user may not be able to withdraw a token due to events outside of Bittrex’s control.”

From a technical standpoint, Dash’s privacy functionality is no greater than Bitcoin’s, making the label of “privacy coin” a misnomer for Dash. We have reached out to @BittrexExchange to request a meeting with their compliance team. Hopefully this will be rectified soon. https://t.co/QA66OoshPn

— Dash (@Dashpay) January 1, 2021

Up until now, only XRP XRP -0.01% XRP / USD XRPUSD $ 0.22
$0.00 -0.01% Volume 5.26 b Change $0.00 Open $0.22 Circulating 45.4 b Market Cap 10.2 b baseUrl = "https://widgets.cryptocompare.com/"; var scripts = document.getElementsByTagName("script"); var embedder = scripts[scripts.length - 1]; var cccTheme = {"Chart": {"fillColor": "rgba(248,155,35,0.2)", "borderColor": "#F89B23"}}; (function () { var appName = encodeURIComponent(window.location.hostname); if (appName == "") { appName = "local"; } var s = document.createElement("script"); s.type = "text/javascript"; s.async = true; var theUrl = baseUrl + 'serve/v1/coin/chart?fsym=XRP&tsym=USD'; s.src = theUrl + (theUrl.indexOf("?") >= 0 ? "&" : "?") + "app=" + appName; embedder.parentNode.appendChild(s); })(); 5 h Bittrex Delisting Privacy Coins Monero (XMR), Zcash (ZEC), and DASH Without Any Explanation 2 d eToro and CEX Suspend Trading for US Customers; Grayscale Buys 3.23 Million XRP 3 d Binance US, Genesis, & Abra Suspends XRP Support; Bittrex & Uphold Clarifies No Plan to Delist trading and deposits were suspended and only for the US customers due to SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple and its two executives for allegedly selling unregistered securities, but now more cryptos are being targeted. Trader CryptoSqueeze noted,

“Privacy coins are the next on the target list. Bittrex might just be the beginning. This is gonna be a rough and uncertain year for alts.”

Bitcoin BTC -0.54% Bitcoin / USD BTCUSD $ 32,555.20
-$175.80 -0.54% Volume 81.82 b Change -$175.80 Open $32,555.20 Circulating 18.59 m Market Cap 605.19 b baseUrl = "https://widgets.cryptocompare.com/"; var scripts = document.getElementsByTagName("script"); var embedder = scripts[scripts.length - 1]; var cccTheme = {"Chart": {"fillColor": "rgba(248,155,35,0.2)", "borderColor": "#F89B23"}}; (function () { var appName = encodeURIComponent(window.location.hostname); if (appName == "") { appName = "local"; } var s = document.createElement("script"); s.type = "text/javascript"; s.async = true; var theUrl = baseUrl + 'serve/v1/coin/chart?fsym=BTC&tsym=USD'; s.src = theUrl + (theUrl.indexOf("?") >= 0 ? "&" : "?") + "app=" + appName; embedder.parentNode.appendChild(s); })(); 5 h GBTC Added $1.6B in December But Grayscale Hasn’t Purchased Any BTC in Over a Week 5 h Bitcoin Smashes $34,810 as Market Sees Some 'Serious and Prolonged Investor Activity' 2 d Altcoins’ Market Cap Still 59% Off its Peak as Bitcoin Dominance Exceeds 70% and Ethereum ETH 16.62% Ethereum / USD ETHUSD $ 907.85
$150.88 16.62% Volume 39.26 b Change $150.88 Open $907.85 Circulating 114.1 m Market Cap 103.59 b baseUrl = "https://widgets.cryptocompare.com/"; var scripts = document.getElementsByTagName("script"); var embedder = scripts[scripts.length - 1]; var cccTheme = {"Chart": {"fillColor": "rgba(248,155,35,0.2)", "borderColor": "#F89B23"}}; (function () { var appName = encodeURIComponent(window.location.hostname); if (appName == "") { appName = "local"; } var s = document.createElement("script"); s.type = "text/javascript"; s.async = true; var theUrl = baseUrl + 'serve/v1/coin/chart?fsym=ETH&tsym=USD'; s.src = theUrl + (theUrl.indexOf("?") >= 0 ? "&" : "?") + "app=" + appName; embedder.parentNode.appendChild(s); })(); 2 d Altcoins’ Market Cap Still 59% Off its Peak as Bitcoin Dominance Exceeds 70% 4 d Bitcoin Going to $1 Million in the Next Decade Says Kraken CEO; Highlights ETH & DeFi 4 d Ethereum Is A 'Huge Success Story' But is 'Undervalued' in Terms of Institutional Buying are free from any such uncertainties because they have been explicitly stated by regulators to not be a security because they are decentralized.

Meanwhile, Bittrex’s lack of explanation on their motive behind this decision has led the crypto twitter (CT) to speculate.

“Privacy is a constitutional right, not a crime,” said Jake Chervinsky, General Counsel at Compound Finance who shares his disappointment on exchanges removing crypto assets with privacy-preserving features. “There's no law or regulation requiring this, just DOJ's opinion that privacy is “indicative of possible criminal conduct,’” he added.

The de-listing of privacy coins from regulated exchanges was the inevitable escalation in govt attempts towards totalitarian financial surveillance.

Ironically, while this shows these privacy coins work, the market is "upset"

Decentralized exchanges still list them ;-)

— Andreas M. Antonopoulos (@aantonop) January 1, 2021

According to Josh Swihart, SVP of Growth at Electric Coin Company, the creators of Zcash, there could be more than what meets the eye here. He pointed out how US-based crypto exchanges Gemini and Coinbase recently added additional support for ZEC.

Meanwhile, other crypto exchanges clarified that there isn’t any regulatory pressure to delist these privacy-focused cryptos.

“Haven’t heard of anything on the regulatory side. Presumably, it’s something specific to their business,” said Jesse Powell, co-founder, and CEO of crypto exchange Kraken. He also shared that these cryptos meanwhile are not supported by Kraken in Australia because of being “banned by local fiat funding rails” and that they are working on the alternatives.

Zcash $ZEC is easily the most underrated crypto right now. It brings privacy to money, which is a fundamental building block of a free and open society. Proud that @Gemini supports this noble project with @NYDFS approval.

— Tyler Winklevoss (@tyler) January 1, 2021

For now, the damage has been done to these cryptos price-wise as they performed poorly following the delisting news.

XMR dropped over 11% in the last seven days and is currently trading around $138, DASH lost 17% of its value in the last seven days and is now trading at $89 and after a 13% drop, ZEC is now keeping around $58.

Some believe XMR, DASH, ZEC’s loss can be Litecoin’s gain which is working on bringing privacy to the network. Ever since Bitcoin bulls went crazy in Oct., LTC also moved in tandem, up 183% in the last three months to climb the levels not seen since June 2019.

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