Zcash $ZEC is leading financial privacy by innovation. Zcash funds its own development. 80% of mining rewards go to miners, with 20% flowing into R&D through the Dev Fund, keeping the ecosystem free from venture capital. That funding recently went toward Ironwood, a new pool with advanced privacy features. Read more on The Stack by @LowBeta: https://t.co/xaxUmfoTik

Frontier tech and crypto are converging. Crypto projects part of the AI buildout: $DATA → Licensing and verifying AI training data. $CHIP → Financing GPU hardware through onchain loans. $PEARL → Merging proof-of-work with AI compute, letting miners earn rewards while powering compute. Read more on The Stack by @willhamilogden: https://t.co/7HTKvs9oCD

9 years ago, we launched the first Zcash $ZEC trust

Top 10 Tokenholder Yield: $HYPE, $LIT, $CAKE, $AERO, $UNI, $RAY, $PENDLE, $AAVE, $JUP, $CRV Top 10 Adjusted Earnings Yield: $CAKE, $LIT, $HYPE, $RAY, $AAVE, $JUP, $SKY, $UNI, $AERO, $PENDLE Crypto valuations don’t have to rely on narratives alone. Many crypto assets can be valued on their cash flows, earnings, and capital returned to tokenholders. Read more on The Stack: https://t.co/mlaf3UvXIa

Solana $SOL just got 85x faster. Alpenglow by @anza_xyz now live, transaction finality dropped from 12.8 seconds to just 150 milliseconds.

Introducing in-kind investing at Grayscale: contribute eligible digital assets directly in exchange for shares of a Grayscale product. Benefits for investors include: - Reduced burden of self-custody - Potentially lower execution costs - Incorporation into conventional portfolio management In-kind is now available for 10 Grayscale products: - Grayscale Avalanche Staking ETF ($GAVA) - Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF ($BTC) - Grayscale Chainlink Trust ETF ($GLNK) - Grayscale Ethereum Staking Mini ETF ($ETH) - Grayscale Dogecoin Trust ETF ($GDOG) - Grayscale Hyperliquid Staking ETF ($HYPG) - Grayscale Solana Staking ETF ($GSOL) - Grayscale Sui Staking ETF ($GSUI) - Grayscale XRP Trust ETF ($GXRP) - The Zcash ETF ($ZCSH) Learn more about in-kind: https://t.co/BALS0BDcpL

Solana ($SOL) is in a league of its own. Averaging 1,400 transactions per second versus just 40 TPS across other blockchain networks, its lead over rivals is only set to expand. Next week's consensus upgrade is expected to drop transaction finality to just 150 milliseconds. Read more on The Stack: https://t.co/3BVX9yVUap

We're excited to announce a partnership with @joinrepublic to expand access to Grayscale investment products for eligible investors. Grayscale products to be available on the Republic platform are: • Grayscale DeFi Fund: exposure to a basket of leading DeFi protocols $UNI, $AAVE, $ONDO, $ENA, $CRV, $LDO • Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund: exposure to protocols operating at the intersection of blockchain and AI $NEAR, $TAO, $RENDER, $FIL • Grayscale Data Network Trust: exposure to $DATA, the native token of the DATA Network. Visit the landing page on Republic to learn more: https://t.co/G16O6hRB3i

Bitcoin’s $BTC volatility has declined over the past decade as the asset has matured, with deeper liquidity, institutional participation, and regulation. Over the past year, Bitcoin’s realized volatility fell to 43%, down from 81% five years ago, placing it within the range of S&P 500 constituents. For investors already comfortable owning volatile equities, Bitcoin’s price fluctuations may be less daunting than assumed. Read more on The Stack: https://t.co/VQ24ZAt9jc

“Tokenization, stablecoins, and tokenized deposits will all run on smart contract platforms like $ETH and $SOL.” Hot take from our Head of Research @LowBeta: Attention is flowing to emerging narratives while overlooking the infrastructure that makes them possible.