DeFi· ★★★· bullish·

Grayscale: AI makes privacy crypto's next battleground, Zcash offers the fix

  • —About 4.9 million ZEC sits in the shielded pool, roughly 29% of mined supply
  • —ZEC gained around 2,300% between September 2025 and September 2026
  • —Grayscale's spot Zcash product on NYSE drew nearly $1 billion in just over a month
  • —The July 2026 Ironwood upgrade replaced part of the cryptographic engine and fixed known issues
Why it matters: If regulators accept selective disclosure, privacy chains could scale into mainstream finance.
Source: TokenPost