Zcash NU7 is active on public testnet with a 25-second block target and a 60% fee reserve. Mainnet awaits review, while legacy Sprout funds face a spending cutoff.
Grayscale's proposed Zcash income ETF targets payouts every two weeks through options, with capped upside, possible returned capital and fees still undisclosed.
Zcash crossed $1,600 after 21shares listed a European ZEC ETP. The 2.5% fee, debt structure and small initial asset base put the launch in perspective.
Zcash is shifting node operators away from zcashd and toward Zebra before the July 28 Ironwood upgrade, while Zebra 6.1.0 fixes four node-security issues.
Fortitude Mining plans to take 95% of a Nasdaq-listed company through a HeartSciences merger, giving public investors direct exposure to 157,000 ZEC of annualized output.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas barred licensed VASPs from listing privacy coins, tightening token reviews as XMR, ZEC and DASH rallied.
ERC-8287 proposes privacy-native Ethereum tokens with hidden balances and transfers, public totalSupply and a compliance freeze mechanism.
Zcash patched a critical Orchard shielded-pool bug through an emergency soft fork and NU6.2 upgrade as ZEC sold off and traders questioned supply-audit assurances.
Zcash developers at Electric Coin Company exit after a governance dispute with its nonprofit parent, raising questions for ZEC’s roadmap.