Zcash is a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency that provides anonymous value transfer using zero-knowledge cryptography. The protocol offers the option to make transactions either shielded, which will be completely anonymous, or transparent, which will be visible on the Zcash blockchain.
that, according to its official page, Robinhood has listed ZEC.
According to Fortune, Foundry, a leading Bitcoin mining pool, officially launched a new mining pool for the privacy coin Zcash on April 13. Mike Colyer, CEO of Foundry, stated that this move aims to address growing institutional demand for privacy coins. The pool has already attracted several institutional miners, and its output now accounts for nearly one-third of all newly minted Zcash globally. Zcash implements transaction privacy via zero-knowledge proof technology while supporting selective disclosure to meet regulatory compliance requirements—making it more appealing to institutions than its competitor Monero. Fueled by this news, Zcash’s price has surged over 75% in the past 30 days, with its current market capitalization standing at approximately $6.3 billion. Foundry currently controls about 31% of the global Bitcoin hash rate, making it the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pool operator.
According to CoinMarketCap data, the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization performed as follows today: Top 5 Gainers: Humanity Protocol (H): +14.53%, currently priced at $0.1639; Binance Life: +9.11%, currently priced at $0.3754; Siren (SIREN): +7.30%, currently priced at $0.7059; Pi (PI): +5.45%, currently priced at $0.1915; Tezos (XTZ): +5.34%, currently priced at $0.3842. Top 5 Losers: MemeCore (M): −9.26%, currently priced at $3.55; DeXe (DEXE): −6.32%, currently priced at $13.43; Zebec Network (ZBCN): −6.26%, currently priced at $0.003695; Zcash (ZEC): −5.70%, currently priced at $334.42; Chiliz (CHZ): −5.07%, currently priced at $0.04609.
that, according to its official page, Robinhood has listed ZEC.
According to Fortune, Foundry, a leading Bitcoin mining pool, officially launched a new mining pool for the privacy coin Zcash on April 13. Mike Colyer, CEO of Foundry, stated that this move aims to address growing institutional demand for privacy coins. The pool has already attracted several institutional miners, and its output now accounts for nearly one-third of all newly minted Zcash globally. Zcash implements transaction privacy via zero-knowledge proof technology while supporting selective disclosure to meet regulatory compliance requirements—making it more appealing to institutions than its competitor Monero. Fueled by this news, Zcash’s price has surged over 75% in the past 30 days, with its current market capitalization standing at approximately $6.3 billion. Foundry currently controls about 31% of the global Bitcoin hash rate, making it the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pool operator.