Zcash Unleashes Trading Frenzy

Zcash Unleashes Trading Frenzy

The launch of the much anticipated anonymous currency led to a trading frenzy yesterday with price reaching a dizzying high of more than $2 million per coin on Poloniex, the most popular altcoin exchange. Zcash trading on its launching day. In what can only be described as absolute insanity, Zec’s price changed by hundreds of thousands of dollars in seconds on Poloniex. By comparison, BitMEX’s Zec futures went from $7,000 per coin, to $3,000 to $1,000 to only reach $7,000 once more, all within minutes. Today, price has calmed slightly, but it remains absurd, with one Zec going for more....


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