Cryptoverse: Remember when bitcoin was 'anonymous'?


FILE PHOTO A bitcoin is seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris France June 23 2017. REUTERSBenoit Tessier

FILE PHOTO: A bitcoin is seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris, France, June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

(Reuters) - Bitcoin just isn't anonymous enough for a growing cohort of crypto users who are seeking greater seclusion.

A volatile class of crypto known as privacy coins, created with the primary aim of masking the identity of users and details of transactions, has quietly been gaining ground this month as maturing bitcoin inches towards mainstream finance.

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