# Zcash advocacy group registers its first Washington lobbyist as the CLARITY Act sits frozen through the election recess

Pretty Good Policy for Zcash names executive director Divij Pandya to lobby on market structure and digital-asset taxes, while Illinois seeks to delay its 0.2% crypto transaction tax to July 2027.

- Published: 2026-10-05T05:31:33.542Z
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Pretty Good Policy for Zcash (PGPZ), an advocacy group for the privacy coin's ecosystem, has registered to lobby in Washington on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act), crypto taxes, privacy and protections for developers. The…

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