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Zcash’s 25-second blocks hit public testnet ahead of schedule
Zcash just made its blocks three times more frequent. For now, that only applies on a network where the coins aren’t worth anything. The NU7 upgrade switched on…
Gemini’s Tyler Winklevoss Says Zcash Feels Like Crypto in 2019
In February, you could have bought Zcash for about $191. On Sept. 16, the same coin traded at $1,335.51. Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss looked at that run and…
Bitcoin researchers aim Zcash-style shielded transfers at privacy coins
ZEC climbed above $1,600 this week because investors decided privacy is worth paying for. Now a team of Bitcoin researchers says you may not need to leave BTC…
Bitcoin holds above $81,000 as NEAR jumps 23% on Zcash swap traffic
The biggest mover in crypto on Monday morning wasn’t bitcoin. It was NEAR, up roughly 23% to just above $4, and the reason has almost nothing to do…
Bitcoin touched $70,000 for the first time since June 2 [Here’s what pushed it]
Bitcoin spent most of August pinned under a level chart watchers kept circling. On Wednesday it blew through it and printed $70,000 on Coinbase, according to TradingView data,…
Binance gave Russia the data that put a Ukrainian donor in jail
Yuri Belenkiy sent transfers worth more than $700. That figure is now the basis of a terrorism financing case against him, and the paper trail Russian investigators used…
Why Russia, Bitcoin mining’s No. 2 power, is pulling the plug in Moscow
Moscow just told its Bitcoin miners to shut off the machines, and not for a season. The ban on crypto mining in Moscow, the surrounding Moscow Region and…
Bank Leumi will let you trade bitcoin in 2027, with Galaxy doing the actual work
Israel’s largest bank isn’t building a crypto desk. It’s renting one. Bank Leumi said it will offer cryptocurrency trading to customers from early 2027, making it the first…
Cypherpunk banks a $46M Zcash gain, flipping a $4.7M operating loss into $39.4M profit
Strip out one accounting line and Cypherpunk Technologies had a bad quarter. Keep it in and the company posted $39.4 million in net income. That line is a…
