Confidential stable finance isn’t a niche — it’s a necessity. @HorizenLabs CTO @zainlabs just wrapped a packed session at @EthCC on a critical topic in crypto: Compliant Private Stablecoins, deep diving into the roadmap to confidential stable finance. A quick breakdown🧵:

Stablecoins are crypto’s killer app: • $27.6T in volume in 2024 • Used in 190+ countries • Instant, cheap, global But today, they leak everything - who you pay, what you earn, what you buy. That’s not privacy. It’s surveillance finance.

There are 4 dominant models of private stablecoins today: ✅ TEE-based: fast, auditable, enterprise-ready 📈 FHE-based: promising, but heavy on compute 🔬 ZK systems: powerful but still maturing 🛡️ Anonymity sets: strong privacy, weak compliance No one-size-fits-all, but privacy is advancing. Horizen is starting with TEEs for fast, auditable, compliant privacy on Base.

Privacy isn’t optional. It’s fundamental. At Horizen, we’re building the infrastructure for: • Transparent compliance • Confidential payments • Privacy-preserving UX • Proof-first trust Thanks @EthCC. Let’s keep building 💪