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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.
Cantor Fitzgerald: Bitcoin Bear Market May Be Nearing the End, Expected to Bottom Out Around October
According to CoinDesk, Wall Street bank Cantor Fitzgerald issued a research report indicating that the crypto market is entering the final phase of the current bear cycle. As of June 10, Bitcoin has declined approximately 51% from its 2025 peak, with 252 days having passed since the peak. Synthesizing the past three market cycles, BTC bottoms on average 384 days after the peak; based on this, the low point of this cycle is projected to appear around the end of October. Analysts also noted that the model is not a precise timing tool, and macro, regulatory, and geopolitical risks remain. Regarding network value assessment, Cantor believes Hyperliquid is the prime example of fee-driven token economics, Bitcoin remains the benchmark monetary asset, and Ethereum serves as the primary collateral layer for on-chain finance; Solana, Sui, XRP, and Zcash each possess differentiated advantages, but still need to prove that their ecosystem growth can translate into sustained token demand.
Arthur Hayes: Rising Oil Prices, AI-Related IPOs, and Trump's Anti-AI Rhetoric Could Pop the AI Bubble and Drag Down the Crypto Market
Odaily News, June 9th — BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes stated in his latest article "Reality Test" that if oil prices continue to rise due to the US-Iran conflict, it could trigger a collapse of the AI stock bubble and drag the entire crypto market down.Hayes said that if traffic restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz persist deep into the second quarter, spot prices for hydrocarbons and other key commodities could rise in the third quarter. If oil prices continue to climb and inflationary pressures impact the US midterm elections, Trump might pivot to a tough stance targeting data center construction, AI regulation, and taxation. Hayes believes the market could anticipate Trump limiting AI capital expenditure and taxing AI companies, thereby triggering the burst of the AI stock bubble.Hayes also noted that since November 2022, the scale of AI-related debt issuance has been approximately $1.5 trillion, and US M2 has increased by roughly the same amount during the same period. He believes the three factors that could pop the AI bubble include rising energy costs, the market's inability to absorb three major AI-related IPOs — namely SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI — and Trump's shift to opposing AI. In terms of portfolio, Hayes stated that Maelstrom's stock portfolio holds significant positions in US-listed energy producers; he has sold AI-related stocks and offloaded non-core crypto assets, having dumped HYPE, NEAR, and WLD last week, as well as selling ZEC due to the Orchard Pool vulnerability. He still holds Bitcoin and ETH and will execute tactical short trades via derivatives.
Bitwise CIO: Crypto Investment Shifting from Momentum Trading to "Contrarian Betting"
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan stated that as U.S. stocks continue to rise, AI stocks attract significant capital, and the regulatory outlook for the U.S. "Clarity Act" remains uncertain, crypto assets are transitioning from past momentum trading to longer-term fundamental "contrarian bets."Hougan pointed out that against the backdrop of the Nasdaq 100 index rising 43% year-over-year and AI concepts dominating market attention, the appeal of allocating crypto assets for institutional investors has diminished. However, this does not mean the crypto industry is disappearing; rather, the investment logic is changing, requiring a longer-term perspective and stronger fundamental judgment.He also noted that the current "crypto winter" differs from the past, as funds are no longer simply flowing into large-cap assets like Bitcoin but are beginning to reward projects with independent fundamental narratives. For instance, Hyperliquid, BNB, Zcash, and Stellar have all seen notable gains recently, indicating that the market is placing greater emphasis on the actual progress and differentiated logic of specific projects.
Zcash Foundation Q1 Report: Total Liquid Assets Reach Approximately $36.7 Million, ZEC Holdings Exceed 85,000 Coins
The Zcash Foundation released its Q1 2026 report, disclosing total liquid assets of approximately $36.7 million, including roughly $12.11 million in cash, 506,556 USDC, 85,412 ZEC (valued at ~$21.2 million), 41.8 BTC (valued at ~$2.85 million), and 12.02 ETH (valued at ~$25,000). The Zcash Foundation added that, although the first quarter of this year saw personnel changes within the Electric Coin Company’s development team and governance-related disputes, network operations remained unaffected, with transactions and block production continuing normally. On the regulatory front, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has concluded its investigation without taking any enforcement action, thereby resolving long-standing regulatory uncertainty.
Grayscale Files for First Zcash Spot ETF
Grayscale submitted the first application for a Zcash spot ETF on May 8.ZEC’s price once touched $600, pushing its market cap into the top 15 and surpassing Cardano. Multicoin Capital co-founder Tushar Jain noted that this move is driven by growing demand for privacy assets amid U.S. wealth tax legislative proposals. The SEC concluded its review of Zcash in January 2026 without taking enforcement action. Data shows that approximately 30% of ZEC’s supply is held in shielded addresses. Last week, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs saw $268 million in outflows, with some capital rotating into privacy and AI infrastructure tokens.
Foundry, a leading Bitcoin mining pool, has officially launched its Zcash mining pool, already accounting for nearly one-third of newly minted 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.
B² Network Suffers Hacker Attack, Losses Approximately $3.86 Million
According to on-chain analyst Specter, B² Network on BNB Chain suffered a hack, resulting in a loss of approximately 8.591 million B2 tokens (approximately $3.86 million). The attacker swapped them for 5409 WBNB (approximately $3.11 million) and bridged to Ethereum, and is currently transferring the funds to Zcash via NEAR Intents.
Multicoin Capital: No Plan to Sell HYPE, Long-Term Bullish on Zama and Zcash
Tushar Jain, Managing Partner of Multicoin Capital, posted on platform X, stating that a large amount of HYPE was unstaked yesterday, but not for the purpose of selling assets. He noted that because institutional capital flows are constantly tracked on-chain, it forces them to periodically rotate wallets, highlighting the importance of privacy infrastructure. This is why Multicoin Capital is long-term bullish on Zama and Zcash.Previously, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a suspected Multicoin Capital-related address (0xaB3...297) is selling 607,000 HYPE, worth $37 million.
A trader opened a $10.9 million short position on Hyperliquid, shorting 163.02 BTC and 877 ZEC
according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a trader opened a $10.9 million short position on Hyperliquid, including 163.02 BTC (approximately $10.4 million) and 877 ZEC (approximately $463,000).
Ansem: If Zcash breaks through the 750 range, the uptrend could significantly accelerate.
Trader Ansem stated that Zcash has been consolidating within the relevant range for nearly a year, identifying 750 as a key level to watch. He believes that if the price breaks out upward and sets a new high, the next phase of gains in the current trend could be quite rapid. Although he does not currently hold long positions, he believes that failing to allocate after the breakout is confirmed could be a mistake.
Multicoin Capital Partner Claims Crypto Market Has Bottomed, Remains Bullish on SOL, Hyperliquid, and ZEC
: Tushar Jain, Managing Partner of Multicoin Capital, stated that the crypto market has bottomed out and entered a turning point. Market sentiment has truly hit rock bottom, recent major hacking incidents and other news have not triggered large-scale sell-offs, application adoption rates continue to rise, and there is a decoupling between price and fundamentals. He maintains a long-term bullish outlook on Solana, believing SOL represents the correct architecture for spot trading and tokenized securities. Simultaneously, he is bullish on Hyperliquid's leading position in the derivatives space and currently holds significant positions in both.Regarding ZEC, he stated that Multicoin has accumulated a considerable proportion of its supply and believes it represents the industry's return to "cypherpunk" values, with the potential to enter the top five by market cap. In terms of position management, he adopts a "three-way split" strategy: immediately buying the first third, dollar-cost averaging the second third, and reserving the final third as flexible capital to cope with significant market downturns. During the Zcash code vulnerability incident, after the team observed and confirmed no hacker exploitation, they significantly increased their positions.
A whale with historical profits exceeding $38.75 million went heavily long on ZEC and LIT after months of silence, with a total position value of approximately $10.99 million.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a whale wallet with historical cumulative profits exceeding $38.75 million has reactivated after months of silence. Several hours ago, it deposited $892,000 USDC into Hyperliquid and staked HYPE, then opened two long positions: 14,290 ZEC (approximately $7.01 million, 10x leverage) and 1.62 million LIT (approximately $3.98 million, 5x leverage), with a total position size of approximately $10.99 million. Additionally, the wallet has placed limit orders planning to buy another 10,032 LIT.
Zcash Mainnet Completes Ironwood Upgrade, New Privacy Pool Officially Enabled
According to official announcements, Zcash has officially activated the Ironwood NU6.3 network upgrade at mainnet block height 3,428,143 and launched the new shielded pool Ironwood. This upgrade aims to address the previously discovered Orchard soundness vulnerability, improve protocol security, and enhance the independent verifiability of ZEC circulating supply integrity.
B² Network suspected of being exploited, attacker transfers 8.591 million B2
: According to on-chain detective Specter’s monitoring, B² Network may have suffered a vulnerability exploit on BNB Chain. The attacker transferred 8.591 million B2, worth $3.86 million, and exchanged them for 5,409 WBNB, worth $3.11 million. The funds were then bridged to Ethereum, and are currently being transferred to Zcash via NEAR Intents. The addresses used for the theft are 0xEc443f7D79835B464FBEAC798d3f92B62d6Ff433 and 0xf977427Ec8e583C55D413061FC205BCD57e8Bf6D.
B² Network Suffers Hacker Attack, Losses Approximately $3.86 Million
According to on-chain analyst Specter, B² Network on BNB Chain suffered a hack, resulting in a loss of approximately 8.591 million B2 tokens (approximately $3.86 million). The attacker swapped them for 5409 WBNB (approximately $3.11 million) and bridged to Ethereum, and is currently transferring the funds to Zcash via NEAR Intents.
Multicoin Capital Partner Claims Crypto Market Has Bottomed, Remains Bullish on SOL, Hyperliquid, and ZEC
: Tushar Jain, Managing Partner of Multicoin Capital, stated that the crypto market has bottomed out and entered a turning point. Market sentiment has truly hit rock bottom, recent major hacking incidents and other news have not triggered large-scale sell-offs, application adoption rates continue to rise, and there is a decoupling between price and fundamentals. He maintains a long-term bullish outlook on Solana, believing SOL represents the correct architecture for spot trading and tokenized securities. Simultaneously, he is bullish on Hyperliquid's leading position in the derivatives space and currently holds significant positions in both.Regarding ZEC, he stated that Multicoin has accumulated a considerable proportion of its supply and believes it represents the industry's return to "cypherpunk" values, with the potential to enter the top five by market cap. In terms of position management, he adopts a "three-way split" strategy: immediately buying the first third, dollar-cost averaging the second third, and reserving the final third as flexible capital to cope with significant market downturns. During the Zcash code vulnerability incident, after the team observed and confirmed no hacker exploitation, they significantly increased their positions.
Zcash close to completing mathematical proof to prevent hidden inflationary vulnerability, ZEC up 12%
Odaily Zcash's native token ZEC rose over 12% on Tuesday after the team responsible for developing its privacy pool said it is nearing completion of a mathematical proof to confirm that there are no undetectable counterfeit minting vulnerabilities in the latest Zcash shielded pool.The verification work, driven by Project Tachyon, is aimed at Zcash's upcoming Ironwood shielded pool. Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox stated that the project is on the verge of producing a mathematical proof, with the goal of proving that the latest Zcash privacy pool has no undetectable minting vulnerabilities.This development follows the disclosure last month of a serious counterfeit vulnerability in the Zcash Orchard shielded pool. At the time, the flaw sparked market concerns about the potential for undiscoverable, hidden inflation risks within Zcash's privacy system, causing ZEC to drop by over 40% within two days.Developers say that with the help of AI-assisted formal verification, proof work that previously might have taken years has now been compressed to a few weeks. The news pushed ZEC back above $500, its highest level since early June. (The Block)
Zcash's new privacy pool Ironwood to adopt formal verification, aiming to eliminate undetectable counterfeiting vulnerabilities
the Zcash development team announced plans to introduce formal verification through the upcoming new privacy pool Ironwood, using mathematical proof methods to eliminate the risk of "Undetectable Counterfeiting."Previously, although the vulnerability in the Orchard shielded pool has been fixed and there is no evidence of exploitation, the community decided to launch a completely new Ironwood shielded pool and perform comprehensive formal verification on its protocol, as it is theoretically impossible to confirm through on-chain history whether covert counterfeiting has occurred.
Over 129,000 ZEC Migrated to Ironwood Shielded Pool, Worth Over $60 Million
According to official sources, a total of 129,396 ZEC were migrated to the Ironwood shielded pool today, worth over $60 million at current value. Officials stated that Ironwood, as Zcash's latest shielded pool, has completed formal verification, supports independent audits, and is currently holding an increasing proportion of shielded funds within the network.
Zcash Mainnet Completes Ironwood Upgrade, New Privacy Pool Officially Enabled
According to official announcements, Zcash has officially activated the Ironwood NU6.3 network upgrade at mainnet block height 3,428,143 and launched the new shielded pool Ironwood. This upgrade aims to address the previously discovered Orchard soundness vulnerability, improve protocol security, and enhance the independent verifiability of ZEC circulating supply integrity.
Fortitude Launches 12 MW Mining Facility in Nebraska, Surpassing 60 MW in Self-Owned Power Portfolio
: Zcash mining company Fortitude has launched its 12 MW facility in Grand Island, Nebraska, completing its first greenfield data center construction and expanding its self-owned power portfolio to over 60 MW across seven sites. Fortitude stated that the facility has completed construction and electrical testing and is ready for commercial operations. This milestone comes ahead of Fortitude's planned public listing through a business combination with HeartSciences (Nasdaq: HSCS), a listed medical technology company. Fortitude expects that, with successful miner deployment and stable power, network, and market conditions, the facility will reduce the direct cash cost of mining Zcash from approximately $70 per coin to around $40 per coin. The company attributes the cost reduction to lower-cost self-owned power and more efficient next-generation mining hardware. The facility is expected to procure power at approximately $0.045 per kilowatt-hour. It is located between two solar power generation facilities and adjacent to a substation with spare capacity. Fortitude was spun off from the Foundry mining division of Digital Currency Group in January 2025, with operations including mining Bitcoin and other proof-of-work cryptocurrencies.
MoonPay Integrates Discover Network, US Users Can Purchase Crypto Assets with Discover Cards
MoonPay announces a partnership with Discover Network, enabling US Discover credit cardholders to now purchase thousands of supported crypto assets via MoonPay, including BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, TRX, HYPE, and ZEC. This partnership integrates Discover card payment channels into MoonPay's crypto asset purchase service, providing US users with a new fiat on-ramp method.
Zcash Launches New Node Zakura, Targeting Processing Capacity of 50,000 Privacy Transactions Per Second
According to CoinDesk, Zcash has released the full node software Zakura 1.0.0, a new client refactored based on Zebra that supports pruning, snapshot synchronization, and compatibility mode with the legacy zcashd, capable of reducing new node startup time to within two minutes. The project is maintained by Zcash zero-knowledge cryptography founding member Sean Bowe and Valar Group head Dev Ojha, aiming to lay the foundation for Zcash's subsequent scaling to throughput capabilities approaching those of Visa and Mastercard.
Zcash launches Zakura node, aiming to support 50,000 transactions per second
: Zcash has launched a new full node, Zakura, maintained by a team independent of the Zcash Foundation. It is released as a fast-sync branch that is a trimmed version of Zebra and is compatible with the legacy zcashd client, whose lifecycle will end on July 18th. Zakura is part of Zcash's scaling efforts, working in conjunction with Project Tachyon and private information retrieval research. The goal is to increase network throughput to the level of Visa and Mastercard by reducing verification data and eliminating wallet performance bottlenecks. Zakura also supports the Ironwood (NU6.3) upgrade, which will be activated on July 28th. This upgrade introduces a turnstile mechanism to limit withdrawals from the Orchard shielded pool and to control the creation of counterfeit ZEC that could be generated by potential long-term soundness bugs.
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Fortitude Mining Invests $45 Million in Zcash Mining Infrastructure
Fortitude Mining, a mining company under Digital Currency Group (DCG), has signed a procurement agreement worth approximately $45 million. The deal involves mining hardware and infrastructure in Nebraska, aimed at advancing the vertical integration of Zcash mining. The expansion includes a $31.5 million commitment for miner purchases, along with two acquisitions totaling $13.9 million covering power contracts, land, buildings, and mining equipment. Fortitude stated that its controlled data center capacity has increased to over 60 megawatts in 2026. Fortitude is proceeding with a proposed merger with HeartSciences Inc., a Nasdaq-listed company. If completed, the DCG subsidiary will gain a public listing status. In the first quarter of 2026, Zcash accounted for 61% of Fortitude's mining revenue, while Bitcoin's share fell to 36%.
Zcash Founder Claims ZEC Supply is Instantly Verifiable, Denies Possibility of Secret Minting
Odaily Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox posted on X platform stating that some users believe the ZEC supply may have been secretly minted, and that confirmation would require waiting for the Ironwood migration to complete or even months or years. However, this view is incorrect.Zooko Wilcox said that users can now verify the current ZEC supply locally on their own computers, with data showing the total ZEC supply stands at 16,848,458.
Over 129,000 ZEC Migrated to Ironwood Shielded Pool, Worth Over $60 Million
According to official sources, a total of 129,396 ZEC were migrated to the Ironwood shielded pool today, worth over $60 million at current value. Officials stated that Ironwood, as Zcash's latest shielded pool, has completed formal verification, supports independent audits, and is currently holding an increasing proportion of shielded funds within the network.
Gemini Co-founder: Funds May Flow Back from AI Theme to Bitcoin and Zcash
Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss stated that the AI trading frenzy has come to a pause, and currently significant capital is seeking relatively stable allocation directions, potentially flowing back into crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Zcash.
Zcash Mainnet Completes Ironwood Upgrade, New Privacy Pool Officially Enabled
According to official announcements, Zcash has officially activated the Ironwood NU6.3 network upgrade at mainnet block height 3,428,143 and launched the new shielded pool Ironwood. This upgrade aims to address the previously discovered Orchard soundness vulnerability, improve protocol security, and enhance the independent verifiability of ZEC circulating supply integrity.
Fortitude Launches 12 MW Mining Facility in Nebraska, Surpassing 60 MW in Self-Owned Power Portfolio
: Zcash mining company Fortitude has launched its 12 MW facility in Grand Island, Nebraska, completing its first greenfield data center construction and expanding its self-owned power portfolio to over 60 MW across seven sites. Fortitude stated that the facility has completed construction and electrical testing and is ready for commercial operations. This milestone comes ahead of Fortitude's planned public listing through a business combination with HeartSciences (Nasdaq: HSCS), a listed medical technology company. Fortitude expects that, with successful miner deployment and stable power, network, and market conditions, the facility will reduce the direct cash cost of mining Zcash from approximately $70 per coin to around $40 per coin. The company attributes the cost reduction to lower-cost self-owned power and more efficient next-generation mining hardware. The facility is expected to procure power at approximately $0.045 per kilowatt-hour. It is located between two solar power generation facilities and adjacent to a substation with spare capacity. Fortitude was spun off from the Foundry mining division of Digital Currency Group in January 2025, with operations including mining Bitcoin and other proof-of-work cryptocurrencies.