Hinkal, a multi-chain privacy layer for confidential on-chain transactions, today announced the upcoming launch of the Shared Privacy Protocol, enabling cross-chain privacy via anonymity staking. Institutional investors are entering crypto markets at a rapid pace and demanding the same privacy in DeFi trading that they have enjoyed in traditional equities markets. However, complete privacy in DeFi trading requires a large pool of “Shielded TVL” on each chain to properly mask transactions, a nearly impossible task with over 200 Layer-1 and Layer-2...