Attack that had been ongoing is now over.

Treasury officially delisted Tornado Cash from sanctions in March 2025 following a November 2024 federal appeals court ruling that immutable smart contracts are not "property" under sanctions law.

Banned in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), prohibiting trading, promotion, marketing, investment funds, asset management, and derivatives linked to the token, effective immediately as part of an update to the Crypto Token Regulatory Framework.

Reached 395-400 transactions per second (TPS).

Has 541,576 holder addresses.

Long positions represent 85% or more of total leverage on the token.

The entire staff at Electric Coin Company (ECC), the core development team, resigned on January 7th, 2026 following a dispute with the Bootstrap board of directors.

Included in HTX's crypto futures trading contest running until 2026-01-06, with a $20,000 prize pool shared among multiple assets.

Reached a price of $523 on January 1st, 2026, compared to $58.11 on January 1st, 2025.

Bitwise filed to launch a crypto ETF that includes ZEC among 11 assets this week.

Ranked 6th by number of unique content creators posting about Zcash across social media in 2025.

Participated in a hackathon track with Mina Protocol focused on elliptic-curve cryptography, with at least one participant creating related content.

Experienced a halvening event in November 2024, reducing inflation rate and new token issuance.

Won an honorable mention at the Colosseum cypherpunk hackathon for Lockbox project, which relates to Zcash through the announcement of PACT, a fully recoverable Zcash wallet.

Nominated for "Best In Privacy" award with ceremony scheduled for 2025-12-30.

Listed as a perpetual futures market (ZEC/USD) on GMX with up to 100x leverage, available on Ethereum, Arbitrum, BNB Chain, Solana, and Base.

Ranked second among BSC & Binance Chain projects by development activity, moving up from the previous month's ranking.

A developer built Ikki, a new cross-platform desktop wallet for testnet using Tauri, Rust, and Svelte with unified address support and fast sync via lightwalletd.

Appointed a new Community Grants Committee consisting of zerodartz, Artkor, Hanh, Frank Braun, and Vlad Costea to control Dev Fund allocations for the next year.

A blockchain timestamping tool called zOpenTimestamps was developed in Rust, demonstrated by timestamping the Bitcoin whitepaper PDF on Zcash testnet.

Listed perpetual futures trading on Based Terminals and Based Mobile App on December 16, 2025.

DeFi functionality for Zcash comes soon to RHEA platform through NEAR Intents integration.

ZEC goes live on Arkham blockchain analytics platform and receives backlash from the community.

A website launches advocating for the Crosslink proposed upgrade by ShieldedLabs. A podcast episode releases this week featuring Raoul Pal from RealVision discussing what conditions would lead him to buy ZEC.

An SEC roundtable discussion takes place this week with Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox as one of the panelists.

Price drops to under $30 with whale buying $250,000 worth at this level. ZEC was included in UCC heavyweight trading competition alongside ETH and SOL, with the winner achieving 194% ROI on $1.15M+ volume.

ZEC ranks as the #5 top weekly crypto gainer on December 15, 2025 according to CoinMarketCap.

A trader characterizes ZEC as a "scam pump" alongside other tokens, claiming profitable trades from shorting at the top.

A 10-minute presentation about Zcash takes place at the SEC in Washington DC. ZEC gained 772% over the last 90 days, ranking as the top performer among the top 100 tokens.

Near Protocol integration mentioned as part of a "privacy trinity" combining Zcash, Near, and Starknet, with Near providing convenient entry and exit points for privacy transactions.

Technical trader now targets downside for ZEC/USD below $443 after bullish setup failed.

Technical analysis shows all price action over 441.5 is bullish, with a trader confirming they took the trade.

ZEC bridges to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Starknet through a unified cross-chain layer connecting four blockchain communities.

A trader reports profitable short positions on ZEC, while bearish price predictions circulate forecasting $0 by 2026.

Unusual concentrated whale activity detected on Binance spot market with repeated $1M/second trades from a single actor. ZEC surges 33% weekly, cutting monthly losses to 6%.

OKX lists ZEC spot trading in US. Zeus Network debuts Zeus MPC device enabling yield earning on ZEC. ZEC gets listed on Solana alongside other L1 coins.

Market analysis identifies Zcash as a top weekly performer clustered within the privacy and censorship resistance narrative, with attention and capital lining up around this theme.

ZEC consolidates at $450 for 4 days while remaining stable despite broader market decline. Funding rate turns negative.

Tate shills Zcash according to a crypto trader's stream agenda for December 12.

Grayscale Zcash fund trades below net asset value, with holder expressing hope for ETF conversion. A community member commits to writing a book about the project with monthly blog post chapters starting January 2026.

Arkham announces on-chain monitoring for ZEC claiming to have tagged 53% of transactions and labeled $2.5 billion in balances (37% of total), though the community disputes this applies to fully shielded transactions. A Fee Market Proposal offers reduced transaction costs and boosted network efficiency while whale accumulation drives over 20% weekly price increase.

ZEC gains 8% to reach $452 and breaks resistance level on December 12.

A crypto trader takes 50% profit from long positions due to bearish ZEC outlook and warns of potential downside if support breaks.

ZEC remains among the highest volume altcoins with a 50% price recovery after declining to $300.

Maya protocol now supports cross-chain ZEC transfers while EdgeWallet adds mobile support for shielded transactions.

ZEC demonstrates extreme relative strength as the only positive performer while Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana decline in a broader market selloff, with price moving significantly above the low $300s range.

Massive whale accumulation occurs this week with 15% price increase over 7 days. ZEC becomes available on Luno exchange in South Africa and Nigeria.

A developer forked the Zcash shielded transaction chain and references the ZTARKNEAR collaboration connecting Starknet, Zcash, and Near protocols.

Arkham analysis reveals U.S. government holds ~$1.5M in seized ZEC from 2017 AlphaBay case, and SEC Crypto Task Force schedules Dec. 15 privacy roundtable with Zcash as a key discussion topic.

Developer successfully implements Zcash-like privacy network on Bitcoin using BitVM, completing transactions without Layer 1 involvement and promises detailed technical write-up soon.

Traders warn ZEC reached a local price top and underperforms as a secondary "proxy trade" compared to primary assets in its category.

US government holds ZEC positions.

ZEC achieves top 10 performance ranking over 7-day period while shielded pool approaches 4.2M ZEC.

Zcash goes live on Arkham Intelligence platform amid criticism.

Cypherphunk Technologies stock surges 40% after Zooko Wilcox joins the ZEC treasury firm. ZEC price increases 11% leading major crypto gainers.

Founder Zooko Wilcox engages in dialogue with US Senator Mark Warner about financial privacy. Zooko joins Nasdaq-listed Cypherpunk Technologies as advisor.

EdgeWallet rolls out upgrade supporting shielded ZEC swaps with decentralized functionality. gTrade extends ZEC as featured trading pair with 50% fee discount promotion through the week.

Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox joins a ZEC Treasury Firm in a new organizational role.

Zcash sits in US government wallets creating regulatory conflict for authorities attacking privacy. Ranks #11 on LunarCrush AltRank by social momentum and market strength.

ZEC launches on The New Money App for US users alongside NIGHT and DASH tokens. Arkham faces accusations of misrepresenting Zcash data in a viral post.

The shielded pool remains unchanged during a 50%+ price correction, and a community shielded transaction torch chain reaches hop counter 13 with participants passing 1.014 ZEC.

Maya protocol preserves Zcash privacy throughout the swap path when shielded flows are handled correctly.

Arkham labels 50% of Zcash transactions including transparent (t->t) and semi-shielded (z-t, t-z) transaction types, with Zooko acknowledging their ecosystem contributions. An advisor joins Cypherpunk citing Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss's intentions to empower people to control their own money through Zcash.

New Zashu exploration project integrates Zcash with Cashu protocol, tracking ZEC testnet deposits and issuing ecash through a forked CDK implementation that combines Chaumian ecash privacy with Zero Knowledge Proofs.

ZEC proposes a dynamic fee model to reduce transaction costs, resulting in a 12% price jump and 94% volume increase in 24 hours.

Eli Ben-Sasson will speak at LONGITUDE Abu Dhabi on December 11, hosted by Cointelegraph, discussing privacy topics including Bitcoin vs Zcash comparisons.

ZEC captures 1.3% of all social activity across crypto and ranks as the 9th strongest coin, reaching a high of 3.2% social share on November 9, 2025.

Zcash tops LunarCrush's AltRank™ today, ranking first among all tracked cryptocurrencies based on combined social activity and price action metrics.

Zcash goes live on Arkham platform with over half of shielded and unshielded transactions labeled, representing $420B in tagged volume to known entities.

ZEC records $729M in 24-hour volume, ranking as the second-largest volume surge across tracked cryptocurrencies according to CoinMarketCap data.

A trader predicts ZEC at $2000 by early next year. ZEC listed among hot coins in market update.

Zcash is coming to the Nexus app according to official announcement. (ID: 1998068665108037898)

The SEC released the agenda for its December 15 roundtable on Financial Surveillance and Privacy, featuring speakers from Zcash alongside StarkWare, Aleo, and the ACLU.

Trader 0x152e with over $9.6M in total profits opened a $2.45M long position on ZEC in the past 2 hours.

ZEC bounced 44% from recent lows and printed a higher low technical pattern. (IDs: 1997957339865882705, 1997965625822793993)

ZEC reported running from $20 to $750 over past 2 years from beginning of 2023. ZEC gains +9% as major altcoin gainer in current session.

Ztarknet, a Starknet L2 for Zcash, is built using Cairo programming language to expand capabilities into DeFi and automated payments with programmable features.

gTrade platform offers 50% discount on ZEC trading fees as part of their discounted pairs promotion alongside HYPE, FARTCOIN, XAU, and XAG.

Heavy short interest reported on ZEC according to trader analysis comparing market conditions to BCH.

GrapheneOS now accepts shielded ZEC donations. (ID: 1997680209194025363)

HNDL attacks acknowledged to break privacy chains today with Zcash shielded pools facing encryption vulnerabilities that threaten historical privacy. Quantum computing threat (Shor's algorithm) referenced as live possibility by next election cycle with debate over quantum-resistant cryptographic approaches.

A $292 price test is imminent for ZEC/USD.

ZEC swaps integrated into Vultisig plugins using Maya Protocol with recurring swap functionality now ready.

Zashi wallet integrates NEAR intents and features auto-shielding functionality. (ID: 1997369174465601827)

SEC meeting determines whether developers face personal liability for code written for privacy protocols. (ID: 1997312574774460629)

Shielded transaction adoption reaches 70% of volume with 30% of supply locked in private pools. EU implements ban on privacy coins starting July 2027.

Chamath states that extreme privacy and a shielded monetary system are required.

Tachyon technology offers quantum resistance against harvest now, decrypt later attacks that threaten other privacy coins.

Founder Zooko Wilcox confirmed as panelist at SEC crypto roundtable on December 15. Brave Wallet integrates Zcash shielded transactions.

Zcash representatives proactively engage with regulators in response to regulatory request to discuss privacy-preserving protocols.

Vitalik credits Zcash for pioneering zero-knowledge proofs and private payments in conversation with Roger. Zcash runs advertising campaign on Blockworks platform.

Zcash co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson reveals Michael Saylor stated Bitcoin shouldn't have Zcash-style privacy because nation states would shut it down.

Ztarknet announced as Starknet L2 solution on Zcash with Twitter Space scheduled for 2pm UTC today to discuss encrypted Layer 1 with Layer 2 scaling and programmability.

$709.5M in short liquidations occur within an hour as market cap jumps $400M from $6.3B to $6.7B; breaks macro descending resistance with open interest at all-time highs and negative funding.

Hackathon receives approximately 200 entries including multisigs, explorers, and DEXes; Tachyon scaling project underway alongside PoW scaling and quantum resistance development work; miners purchased aggressively to compete on hash rate.

ZEC ranks #1 on LunarCrush AltRank for social momentum and community engagement metrics.

Native Zcash lending launches soon on RHEA platform powered by NEAR Intents integration.

Zcash Community Grants elections open for voting. Price retraces -60% from above $500 levels.

A new anonymous phone carrier is mentioned in connection with Zcash, allowing signup with only a zip code. (ID: 1996640584317227386)

Zcash is included as one of 17 contenders in a privacy protocol ranking competition where participants can vote and earn rewards based on winning protocols. (ID: 1996623197127532653)