The latest developments across the Zcash ecosystem — markets, network upgrades, privacy, and the wider ecosystem.
Former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan predicts Bitcoin will serve as a transparent reserve asset for Western institutions, while Zcash becomes encrypted digital cash for individuals seeking financial privacy.
ZEC traded at $1,214.02 on October 13, 2026, down 9.62% in 24 hours, with a market cap of $20.62 billion. Shielded pool activity and network metrics showed modest declines.
ZEC traded at $1,342.73 on October 12, up 9.08% over 24 hours, with market capitalization at $22.79 billion. The shielded pool grew to 4.97 million ZEC, representing 29.25% of total supply.
ZecZcash has published a guide explaining Zcash's encrypted memo field feature, which allows users to send encrypted messages within shielded transactions, including details on the 512-byte message limit and who can access the messages.
The Grayscale Zcash Mini Trust (ZCSH) recorded $30.72 million in net outflows for the week ending October 9, 2026, a 67.2% decline from the previous week's $93.56 million in redemptions. Net assets stand at $674.22 million.
ZEC trades at $1,219.53 with modest gains, while shielded pool holdings and activity metrics show continued adoption of privacy features.
Zcash developers are working toward a January 2027 target date for implementing quantum-resistant payments, initially focusing on protecting transparent ZEC transactions that represent approximately 70% of the circulating supply. The timeline remains a development goal rather than a confirmed mainnet activation date.
ZecZcash has published an analysis examining Zcash's readiness for quantum computing threats, discussing Ironwood, ZIP 2005, and the protocol's roadmap toward quantum resistance.
ZEC traded at $1,217.86 on October 9, down 1.9% over 24 hours, with the network's shielded pool holding 4.95M ZEC. Grayscale's Zcash Trust saw net outflows of $18.66M the previous day.
ZEC traded at $1,240.69, down 5.62% over 24 hours, with a market cap of $21.05B and $750.80M in volume. The Grayscale Zcash Trust held net assets of $767.02M.
Zodl has introduced Zodl Vault, a desktop application designed for long-term self-custody of shielded ZEC. The product is not yet live, but the company has opened a waitlist for early access.
ZEC traded at $1,315.01, down 1.73% over 24 hours, with a market cap of $22.31 billion. The Grayscale Zcash ETF (ZCSH) held net assets of $789.34 million.
The Winklevoss twins have filed a proposal for a spot Zcash ETF with the SEC. The filing is under review and has not yet been approved.
The Winklevoss twins are making another major move into $ZEC! Winklevoss Asset Services has officially filed an S-1 with the SEC for a new spot Zcash ETF. Key…
ZecZcash.com has published a new blog post profiling Zooko Wilcox, Zcash's founder, covering his background, the creation of Zcash, and his current work at Shielded Labs.
ZEC traded at $1,337.25 on October 6, up 1.60% in 24 hours, with shielded-pool activity increasing to 39.22% of transactions. The Grayscale Zcash Trust (ZCSH) held $781.96 million in net assets.
Pretty Good Policy for Zcash, a newly registered lobbying organization, has been approved to represent Zcash interests in U.S. policy discussions with $750,000 in initial funding from Zcash Community Grants.
Zcash has activated the NU7 network upgrade on testnet at block 4,465,026. The upgrade includes a block time reduction from 75 seconds to 25 seconds, disabling of v4 transactions, and a Network Sustainability Mechanism.
ZEC traded at $1,315.26 on October 5 with a $22.32B market cap and rank #10, while shielded pool activity continued with 4.94M ZEC held privately and the Grayscale Zcash Trust reporting $751.03M in net assets.
Week ending Oct 2 NET FLOW This week: -$93.56M 🔻 Last week: +$35.17M Outflow days: 4 · Inflow days: 0 · Flat days: 1 Largest day: Sep 30 · -$30.25M TOTALS…
Zcash traded at $1,332.91 on October 4, up 1.31% in 24 hours, with a market cap of $22.53 billion. The shielded pool held 4.94 million ZEC, representing 29.09% of circulating supply.
ZecZcash has published a guide comparing methods to acquire ZEC without going through traditional exchange identity verification, covering options including NEAR Intents, Maya Protocol, THORChain, Bisq, and Atomic Swaps.
ZecZcash has released a guide explaining that Zcash remains Proof of Work and does not currently support staking on mainnet, while outlining the proposed Crosslink hybrid consensus model being tested and alternative yield methods available to ZEC holders today.
Grayscale has filed for a new Zcash-related fund, the ZCSH High Income ETF, which uses options on the existing ZCSH ETF to generate income through covered calls with planned distributions every two weeks.
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