Cross-chain protocol THORChain has activated a liquidity pool for Zcash (ZEC), enabling the first direct, permissionless, intermediary-free swaps between Bitcoin (BTC) and ZEC without wrapping or KYC requirements. This integration addresses a historic gap: in 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto sacrificed BTC privacy for double-spending protection, a tension resolved in 2013-2014 by zk-SNARKs developed at Johns Hopkins and MIT. ZEC currently trades between $1,330 and $1,390, with a market capitalization of $23 to $24.5 billion (9th-10th rank), while BTC oscillates between $85,000 and $86,500 for a valuation of $1.72 trillion, approximately 28% below its October 2025 all-time high.
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