ChangeNOW Launches Private Send to Break Blockchain Address Tracking

[PRESS RELEASE – Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, March 17th, 2026]

Non-custodial change platform ChangeNOW has introduced the rollout of Non-public Ship, a characteristic designed to stop direct hyperlinks between sender and recipient addresses on public blockchains.

Built-in into NOW Pockets, Private Send introduces a toggle inside the transaction stream. As a substitute of a direct wallet-to-wallet switch, funds are routed by means of ChangeNOW infrastructure earlier than reaching the ultimate tackle. To the recipient, the transaction seems normal, whereas the sender’s tackle doesn’t seem within the recipient’s transaction historical past.

Pauline Shangett, CSO at ChangeNOW, says, “Public blockchains had been speculated to be about monetary freedom, not monetary surveillance. But right this moment, analytics corporations map billions of addresses into clusters, constructing profiles on bizarre customers. Non-public Ship isn’t about hiding from regulators, it’s about stopping the default publicity of each transfer you make. One click on, and the direct hyperlink between you and the recipient disappears. That’s it.”

Function of Blockchain Analytics

Blockchain analytics has turn into normal infrastructure throughout the trade. A typical false impression is that holding crypto in self-custodied wallets ensures anonymity. Analytics corporations map billions of addresses into identifiable clusters, linking pockets exercise to people or entities. Non-public Ship was developed in response to this setting by introducing an middleman into the transaction stream. The blockchain data the transaction with out establishing a direct connection between the sender and the recipient.

Transaction Stream Construction

• Customers toggle “Non-public Ship” in NOW Pockets’s normal ship stream
• Transaction routes: sender → ChangeNOW → recipient
• Recipient sees funds arriving from a ChangeNOW tackle
• No extra apps, registrations, or technical information required

Key particulars

• Most property obtainable in NOW Wallet
• All transactions bear normal AML screening
• Geographic availability matches ChangeNOW’s present restrictions
• Requirement: newest model of NOW Pockets

Typical use instances

• Transferring funds between private wallets with out consolidating on-chain historical past
• Paying distributors or contractors with out exposing full portfolio exercise
• Common privacy-conscious transfers the place direct tackle hyperlinks are undesirable

Non-public Ship is just not a mixing service or an anonymization device. It operates fully inside ChangeNOW’s compliance framework and doesn’t alter the ultimate transaction document; it solely modifications the trail to the vacation spot.

About ChangeNOW

ChangeNOW is a non-custodial cryptocurrency change platform that values velocity, safety, and consumer liberty. Since its launch, it has served over 8 million clients worldwide, providing entry to over 110 blockchains and 70+ fiat currencies. By combining the very best charges from prime centralized and decentralized platforms, ChangeNOW provides a seamless expertise with simplified onboarding the place customers have full management over their property.