Grayscale Predicts 18x Upside For Zcash If This Happens
Grayscale is making a case for Zcash as the most credible challenger to Bitcoin’s dominance in the digital currency segment, arguing that a relatively small shift in market share could translate into outsized upside for the privacy-focused asset. In a March 18 research note, Zach Pandl, Grayscale’s Head of Research, frames the opportunity in stark terms. Bitcoin still accounts for roughly 90% of the “Currencies Crypto Sector,” a segment the firm estimates at $1.6 trillion across fifteen assets. Zcash, by comparison, represents just a fraction of that total. But Pandl suggests that the gap....
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With 418,244 ZEC in circulation right now, the market cap of ZCash becomes all the more impressive. Ever since ZCash as launched, people have been paying close attention to its price. Although its value against Bitcoin has declined, one ZEC is still quite costly. In fact, one can say the price of ZCash is going up slowly but steadily. Despite a small dip in value over the past 24 hours, ZCash is setting new highs month after month. Quite an impressive trend on the charts, when looking at the bigger picture. The uptrend of ZCash cannot be denied. Everyone knew ZEC would get dumped hard as....
On October 28 the Zcash (ZEC) project will release its genesis block into the wild. There’s a lot of anticipation for this project, because it will deploy zero-knowledge security. Thanks to this, developers believe Zcash will be a truly anonymous ledger that doesn’t leak or reveal transaction data. The Upcoming Zcash Project Launch The Zero Knowledge....
In January, Bitcoin Magazine reported that a public alpha technology preview of Zcash, “a decentralized and open-source cryptocurrency that aims to set a new standard for privacy and anonymity through the use of groundbreaking cryptography,” had been released on Github. Zcash offers total payment confidentiality, while maintaining a decentralized network using a public blockchain. Unlike Bitcoin, Zcash transactions automatically hide the sender, recipient and value of all transactions on the blockchain. Only those with the correct view key can see the contents. Users have complete control....
Grayscale said it would proceed "once there’s official and verifiable evidence of the SEC’s comfort with the underlying Bitcoin market." Institutional asset manager Grayscale has announced it will be converting its GBTC Trust into an exchange-traded fund once the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has “comfort” with recently approved Bitcoin futures ETFs.In an Oct. 18 Twitter thread, Grayscale communications director Jennifer Rosenthal said the asset manager would proceed with offering an exchange-traded fund, or ETF, when “the SEC has formally expressed their requisite comfort with....