Electric Coin Company CEO Josh Swihart said the development team resigned and will launch a new company after disputes with the nonprofit board overseeing Zcash. The split creates governance and operational uncertainty for the ZEC ecosystem.
The SEC invited Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox to a December 15 roundtable on privacy and financial surveillance, intensifying debate over privacy features in Bitcoin after criticism from figures like Michael Saylor.
Grayscale has filed with the SEC to convert its Zcash Trust into a spot ZEC ETF that could list on NYSE Arca, potentially becoming the first exchange-traded product tied to a privacy coin. The proposal follows a wave of spot crypto ETF listings from Grayscale and other asset managers and will test regulatory tolerance for privacy-focused products.
Reliance Global has completed a full transition to Zcash (ZEC) as its primary treasury anchor, naming ZEC its exclusive digital-asset reserve. The company cited Zcash's privacy and fungibility features as core reasons for the switch.
Grayscale has submitted an S-3 registration statement to the SEC seeking approval to list the first U.S. exchange-traded fund for Zcash (ZEC). The filing marks a notable step toward regulated, brokerage‑accessible exposure to a major privacy-focused cryptocurrency.
Reliance Global Group announced on Nov. 25, 2025 that it has shifted its entire digital asset treasury to Zcash (ZEC) after a strategic review by a newly formed Crypto Advisory Board chaired by Blake Janover. The company said it has abandoned prior holdings of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano and XRP accumulated between September and October 2025.
Zcash has surged about 125% over the past month, driving miner revenue higher and pushing the network's hashrate to record levels. The privacy coin added another 18% today, leaving bitcoin mining as the second-most profitable PoW activity behind ZEC.
OKX will list a ZEC/USDⓈ spot trading pair, with trading opening on November 24, 2025 at 15:00 UTC. The listing expands OKX's USDⓈ ecosystem and aims to improve liquidity and access for ZEC traders.
Winklevoss-backed Cypherpunk increased its Zcash (ZEC) holdings to about $150 million after making an $18 million purchase, the firm reported on Nov. 19, 2025. The move is being watched as a sign of institutional interest in privacy tokens.