# 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.

- Published: 2026-09-17T05:45:36.942Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-09-17/zcash-rises-23-as-paradigm-s-matt-huang-frames-privacy-as-a
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/09/17/zcash-jumps-23-as-bitcoin-and-major-tokens-rise-despite-fed-s-first-hike-since-2023), [Miden](https://miden.xyz/blog/bread-is-privacy-baked-in), [Miden](https://miden.xyz/prifi-stack), [Aztec Network](https://aztec.network/blog/dark-forest-aztec-game-goes-live)

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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