On December 15, a meeting that could potentially change the fate of privacy coins is about to take place. The US SEC has invited top industry figures like the founder of Zcash to a roundtable, with the agenda focusing squarely on the boundaries between cryptocurrency privacy technologies and financial surveillance.
To put it bluntly, regulators are fixated on one question: Should zero-knowledge proofs even exist? This technology makes transactions completely invisible—serving as a shield for users but seen as a gray area by regulators.
There are only a few possibilities on the table. The ideal scenario? The authorities recognize “auditable privacy solutions,” giving the technology a path to survive. The worst-case scenario? They flip the table and go straight to legal proceedings, which could lead to class-action lawsuits and the potential wipeout of privacy projects. Then there’s a third option—continuing to play it vague, with no definitive answer from anyone, letting the market slowly wear itself out in uncertainty.
The impact isn’t limited to privacy coins themselves. Layer2 projects using zero-knowledge proofs for scaling, and DeFi protocols with added privacy features, all need to pay close attention to the direction set by this meeting. Once regulators draw a line, the entire technical landscape could be reshuffled.
What do you think? Do you believe regulators will show some leniency or take decisive action? If you hold any related assets, would you consider rebalancing now?
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DefiOldTrickster
· 12-09 13:40
Ha, it's the same old story. I heard this back in 2017, and at that time they were still calling for a ban. So what happened?
Middlemen are still profiting from the price difference, Layer2 is still running fast as ever, and on the other hand, hardly anyone is using old relics like ZEC anymore...
Not rebalancing the portfolio, instead waiting for the price to crash after this meeting to buy the dip. History tells me that the harsher the regulation, the more opportunities there are. The assets that get hammered down are all chips for bottom-fishing.
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ZKProofEnthusiast
· 12-07 22:42
Sigh, could December 15 be the prelude to another round of fleecing retail investors? Feels like ZEC is being targeted.
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BetterLuckyThanSmart
· 12-07 15:00
How much longer will this regulatory push-and-pull last? Look at how much ZEC has dropped. Instead of guessing, it’s better to just reduce your holdings to protect yourself.
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MEVHunterX
· 12-07 14:57
Just waiting for December 15th, feels like ZEC is about to get knocked down. There's never really any "leniency" from regulators—it's either total annihilation or getting stuck holding the bag.
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StableBoi
· 12-07 14:50
This meeting is probably going to be turbulent again, and ZEC is likely to be under intense scrutiny.
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TokenomicsTrapper
· 12-07 14:48
honestly if you actually read the sec filing language they're using... "auditable privacy" is just regulatory theater, they'll ban it anyway lol
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AirdropHunter
· 12-07 14:43
If they take direct action at this meeting, how much is ZEC going to drop... But I don't think the regulators will be that harsh. Most likely, they'll end up giving some vague, gray-area solution.
#数字货币市场洞察 $ZEC , $BTC , $ETH
On December 15, a meeting that could potentially change the fate of privacy coins is about to take place. The US SEC has invited top industry figures like the founder of Zcash to a roundtable, with the agenda focusing squarely on the boundaries between cryptocurrency privacy technologies and financial surveillance.
To put it bluntly, regulators are fixated on one question: Should zero-knowledge proofs even exist? This technology makes transactions completely invisible—serving as a shield for users but seen as a gray area by regulators.
There are only a few possibilities on the table. The ideal scenario? The authorities recognize “auditable privacy solutions,” giving the technology a path to survive. The worst-case scenario? They flip the table and go straight to legal proceedings, which could lead to class-action lawsuits and the potential wipeout of privacy projects. Then there’s a third option—continuing to play it vague, with no definitive answer from anyone, letting the market slowly wear itself out in uncertainty.
The impact isn’t limited to privacy coins themselves. Layer2 projects using zero-knowledge proofs for scaling, and DeFi protocols with added privacy features, all need to pay close attention to the direction set by this meeting. Once regulators draw a line, the entire technical landscape could be reshuffled.
What do you think? Do you believe regulators will show some leniency or take decisive action? If you hold any related assets, would you consider rebalancing now?