Biotech company Leap Therapeutics is entering the digital asset treasury space and rebranding as Cypherpunk Technologies. The company plans to accumulate Zcash’s native, privacy-focused cryptocurrency coin, ZEC, according to a Wednesday (Nov. 12) press release. Cypherpunk has used $50 million of a $58.8 million private...
The most notable thing about the cryptocurrency exchange Huobi’s decision to delist seven anonymity-focused “privacy coins” beginning Monday (Sept. 19) is that it comes just two months after it acquired a license allowing it to enter the U.S. market. On July 5, Huobi announced that...
Five large cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance.US, Coinbase, FTX, Kraken, and KuCoin, have been asked to explain the steps they are taking to protect customers from consumer fraud and scams to Congress. “As stories of skyrocketing prices and overnight riches have attracted both professional and amateur investors...
The Securities and Exchange Commission appears to be targeting a trio of smaller, privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, including Stellar’s lumen token, the world’s largest digital asset manager revealed in filings recently. Grayscale Investments, whose Grayscale Bitcoin Trust and Grayscale Ethereum Trust hold $15.3 billion and $5.8 billion...
May 14, 2026
Cryptocurrency investors disillusioned by bitcoin are reportedly flocking to a new token: Zcash. That’s according to a report Thursday (May 14) from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which said this shift to the privacy-focused Zcash comes as bitcoin enthusiasts worry that the coin no longer offers them the privacy they seek. Zcash, on the other […]
November 12, 2025
Biotech company Leap Therapeutics is entering the digital asset treasury space and rebranding as Cypherpunk Technologies. The company plans to accumulate Zcash’s native, privacy-focused cryptocurrency coin, ZEC, according to a...
November 10, 2020
The U.K. Treasury Department is researching use cases for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), as well as drafting regulatory proposals for private stablecoins, U.K. Treasurer Chancellor Rishi Sunak said...
June 09, 2020
Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis has rolled out compliance and investigative services for the Zcash and Dash digital currencies, according to an announcement. The firm noted that the two digital currencies...