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Grayscale Research stated that Zcash (ZEC), a decentralized digital currency with privacy features and similarities to Bitcoin, could pose a genuine challenge to Bitcoin’s network effects.
Grayscale believes that Zcash offers advantages Bitcoin does not, including financial privacy, ongoing development to address cybersecurity risks such as quantum computing, and cross-chain connectivity through “intent” technology. These features may become more important in an AI-driven surveillance era.
Grayscale noted that ZEC has risen approximately 19-fold over the past year, but its current market capitalization remains less than 1% of Bitcoin’s. The institution believes this indicates that room for competition remains in the monetary crypto asset sector and that Zcash may continue to expand its market share. However, Grayscale also emphasized that investing in Zcash is high risk, and even if it successfully challenges Bitcoin, it is unlikely to rise in a straight line.$ZEC