[Grayscale: Zcash's Privacy Features May Become a Necessity in the AI Era, Potential 9x Value Increase if Market Share Reaches 5%] Grayscale released a research report on Zcash, stating that as AI development introduces new methods of financial surveillance, Zcash's privacy features could become essential in the AI era. Zcash utilizes zero-knowledge proofs to enable shielded transactions, concealing the sender, receiver, and transaction amount, offering privacy attributes similar to cash. Currently, shielded transactions account for approximately 90% of Zcash's transaction volume, with a shielded supply of about 4.2 million ZEC (25% of the circulating supply). Grayscale noted that Zcash's market capitalization is approximately $8 billion, representing only 0.6% of the "currency-type crypto assets" category (total market capitalization of $1.4 trillion). If this category's market share reaches 5%, the value of ZEC could increase ninefold.