The latest developments across the Zcash ecosystem — markets, network upgrades, privacy, and the wider ecosystem.
Macro investor and Real Vision founder Raoul Pal argues that the risk of government asset confiscation drives demand for privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, positioning Zcash as a "privacy version of Bitcoin."
ZEC trading at $1,317.56, down 5.04% over 24 hours, with market cap at $22.35B and shielded pool holdings stable at 4.94M ZEC.
Grayscale's Zcash ETF (ZCSH) saw strong inflows in September 2026, with net inflows of $245.9 million across 21 trading days. The fund ended the month with net assets of $875.9 million.
Cake Wallet has upgraded its Zcash infrastructure by moving from Zebra to Zakura, reporting faster request handling and quicker wallet synchronization for users.
The NU7 network upgrade for Zcash has reached code-complete status in the Zebra implementation, with testnet activation scheduled and mainnet launch planned for November 5, 2026.
The ZEC pool is now live on THORChain following a network churn event, allowing ZEC holders a permissionless route into the cross-chain ecosystem. THORChain nodes are now watching the Zcash blockchain.
ZEC traded at $1,389.03, down 3.20% over 24 hours, as the Zcash network processed 7,448 transactions with 38.20% involving shielded addresses.
Shielded Labs has announced Epoch, a research initiative to develop post-quantum and quantum-resistant cryptography for Zcash. The project includes formal verification of critical code and recruits Ulrich Haböck from StarkWare as Chief Cryptographer.
ZecZcash.com has published a comprehensive guide explaining how ZEC holders can participate in Zcash coinholder voting, covering eligibility, voting power, process, and privacy considerations.
Zcash coinholders have approved 17 proposals totaling approximately $8.39 million in the Q3 retroactive grants round, including a $1.95 million award to the Zcash Open Development Lab for core protocol work completed in the first half of 2026.
Zcash traded at $1,440.68 on October 1, up 2.27% over 24 hours, with the shielded pool growing by 52,201 ZEC as network difficulty declined.
On-chain investigator ZachXBT reports that approximately 2,700 ZEC from the September 24 Bitget breach—worth around $3.8 million—has begun moving into Zcash's shielded pool, which obscures transaction details on-chain.
Grayscale's Zcash ETF (ZCSH) commenced trading on a 3-for-1 split-adjusted basis on September 30, with each existing share converting into three shares at one-third the previous price per share.
Zcash developers have released Udon, a new piece of technology being developed as part of the network’s broader scaling roadmap. The release is connected to…
THORChain nodes are beginning preparation work for upcoming ZEC integration, with node operators now able to scan the Zcash blockchain and report results to the network. Full activation is planned for a future node churn event once health checks and synchronization are confirmed.
Grayscale Research reports that Zcash's market cap has grown from less than 0.1% to around 1.5% of Bitcoin's market cap over the past year, citing growing demand for financial privacy as a potential driver.
Mining difficulty on the Zcash network jumped 15.01% in 24 hours, the largest movement reported. ZEC traded at $1,409.06, up 3.15%, with the network at block height 3,501,075.
Gemini has migrated its Zcash infrastructure to Zakura, a client implementation designed to handle faster block times coming with the NU7 network upgrade, which will reduce block times from 75 to 25 seconds.
Valour, a subsidiary of DeFi Technologies, has launched a Zcash exchange-traded product on Sweden's Spotlight Stock Market, giving traditional investors exposure to ZEC through a standard brokerage account.
The Zcash Foundation is urging Zebra node operators running versions 6.4.0 or 6.4.1 to upgrade immediately to patch a high-severity vulnerability that could allow remote node crashes.
Zcash (ZEC) declined 10.5% over the past 24 hours to $1,386.23, maintaining its #9 position by market cap at $23.51 billion. Shielded pool activity showed a decrease of 335 ZEC over the same period.
ZecZcash has published a guide explaining how Zcash viewing keys work, including the differences between incoming and full viewing keys, Unified Viewing Keys, and what information they disclose to recipients.
Zodl wallet has released version 3.15.0 on iOS and Android, introducing viewing key export functionality that allows read-only access to shielded wallet activity via QR code or text.
ZEC traded at $1,542.08 on September 28, down 7.22% over 24 hours, with a market cap of $26.15 billion and trading volume of $1.06 billion. The Grayscale Zcash Mini Trust (ZCSH) held net assets of $995.68 million.
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