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Early Bitcoin Investors Promoted Zcash Prior to Multi-Month Price Surge
Veteran Bitcoin holders reportedly reallocated portions of their portfolios into Zcash before the token rallied past the $1,000 threshold.
Former Kraken executive and early investor Dan Held disclosed in an interview that several high-net-worth Bitcoin holders urged him to buy Zcash over a three- to six-month window when the asset traded between $100 and $400. These early market participants funded their purchases by reallocating between one-eighth and one-fifth of their long-term Bitcoin holdings.
Zcash subsequently rallied past $1,000, marking a multi-year high and gaining 182% over a three-month period. The advance coincided with capital inflows into Grayscale's ZCSH fund and a short squeeze among traders betting against the asset.
Held expressed continued skepticism regarding the rally, noting that market narratives often follow price increases rather than precede them. He highlighted structural differences between the protocols, pointing out that Zcash accepted trade-offs between privacy and supply auditability, and referenced past uncertainty regarding ZEC's circulating supply during a suspected exploit.
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