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Morning Edition · Thursday, September 17, 2026Published at 1:45 AM EDT · New York
Zcash Rises 23% as Paradigm's Matt Huang Frames Privacy as a Complement to Bitcoin and Miden Ships a Private Wallet
The privacy assets moved on the same day two teams made self-custodial confidential transfers available to ordinary users rather than only to researchers.
Zcash rose 23% while bitcoin and the rest of the large capitalization tokens also gained, according to CoinDesk, on a day when the Federal Reserve raised rates. In the same report, Matt Huang of the investment firm Paradigm described Zcash…
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Privacy Chains Pivot From Niche to Institutional Pitch
Over 3-6 months, confidential execution reframes as a prerequisite for serious/institutional on-chain use, with privacy L2s shipping live networks and contesting who controls confidentiality.
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