Zcash was launched in October 2016 as a Bitcoin codebase fork with a 21 million coin supply limit, proof-of-work consensus, and optional zero-knowledge privacy features.

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CoinShares added the new Zcash exchange-traded product to its physical product range

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Euronext Paris suspended trading of the newly launched CoinShares Zcash exchange-traded product

The WEF and BCG report states that digital asset regulation now extends beyond cryptocurrencies to reshape money movement, financial market operations, and currency control.

Grayscale's US-listed Zcash fund recorded its highest weekly inflows since mid-September during the week ending October 23, 2026.

Allium resumed data distribution to Snowflake, Databricks, and Google BigQuery by October 28, 2026, while continuing to verify and backfill missing records for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Base, and Hyperliquid.

Zcash provides optional viewing keys that allow users to grant auditors or regulators access to selective transaction details.

The CoinShares Zcash ETP carries a 1.50% annual fee and is 100% physically backed by ZEC tokens.

The suspended CoinShares fund was set to become the fourth Zcash-based exchange-traded product to list on European markets in 2026.

EU Regulation 2024/1624, adopted on May 31, 2024, will bar licensed crypto firms and exchanges from handling privacy coins like Monero starting July 1, 2027.

Former Monero developer Riccardo Spagni described upcoming EU anti-money-laundering regulations as lopsided toward surveillance for barring access to anonymous wallets.

In March 2026, criminals posing as police officers robbed a French couple in their late 50s of approximately $1 million worth of Bitcoin.

Zcash maintains a hard supply cap of 21 million units inherited from Bitcoin

Baron Koch transitioned from traditional institutional finance to serve as chief financial officer at Braiins

Sean Bowe co-founded Zcash and has worked on Zcash since 2015

Zcash was the first cryptocurrency held by Dev Ojha

The XRP Ledger permission flaw addressed by the fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment allows accounts authorized only to destroy issued tokens to create new tokens under certain conditions, while leaving XRP's own supply unaffected

XRP Ledger official documentation warns developers against granting token-burning permissions until the fixCleanup3_4_0 correction takes effect

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Chainalysis released a report on North America's crypto economy, which finds that tokenization and AI-driven commerce are fueling U.S. crypto usage

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Babylon Labs submitted a governance proposal to let Bitcoin holders borrow stablecoins through Aave V4 without selling their BTC, moving it to another blockchain, or handing it to a custodian

RedotPay raised $194 million in 2025 equity funding, with backing from investors including Goodwater Capital, Pantera Capital, Blockchain Capital, and investment arms of Coinbase and Circle.