Browsing: Zcash

Zcash (ZEC) is one of the few cryptocurrencies built for financial privacy, but buying it has become harder. Many large exchanges no longer list it, and the ones that do ask for a passport and a selfie before you can trade. For a coin whose main feature is privacy, that is an awkward first step.

Winklevoss Asset Services has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a spot Zcash ETF on Nasdaq under WINK, with a 0.25% annual fee and up to $100 million of nonbinding purchase interest from Winklevoss Capital. Winklevoss Asset Services filed for a Nasdaq Zcash ETF that would directly hold ZEC tokens. The…

A Zcash-focused advocacy group has registered to lobby the U.S. government on crypto market rules, taxation, financial privacy and developer protections, with its federal registration effective Oct. 1. PGPZ registered in Washington on October 1 with executive director Divij Pandya as sole lobbyist. The filing lists the CLARITY Act and two digital asset tax bills…

What if the future of financial privacy hinged upon a cryptocurrency often overlooked? Enter Zcash, where a new wave of advocacy is challenging the status quo with the birth of the Pretty Good Policy for Zcash (PGPZ). This lobbying powerhouse emerges as a beacon for responsible innovation in digital assets, deftly maneuvering through the web…