Investors Flocking to Super-Anonymous Cryptocurrency Used for the Sketchiest Stuff Imaginable

Investors are rushing into Zcash, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency, as demand for harder-to-trace tokens rises.

The Wall Street Journal says Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are backing purchases through Cypherpunk Technologies.

Zcash prices and trading volume have climbed as privacy coins draw more mainstream interest.

The trend could support legitimate privacy use cases, while making crime, tax, and capital-flow monitoring harder.